{"1": {"fulltext": "", "height": "2905", "width": "2296", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph11chic_0001.jp2"}, "2": {"fulltext": "Rook hl PR", "height": "2778", "width": "2117", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph11chic_0002.jp2"}, "3": {"fulltext": "", "height": "2852", "width": "2085", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph11chic_0003.jp2"}, "4": {"fulltext": "", "height": "2778", "width": "2117", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph11chic_0004.jp2"}, "5": {"fulltext": "", "height": "2852", "width": "2085", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph11chic_0005.jp2"}, "6": {"fulltext": "", "height": "2778", "width": "2117", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph11chic_0006.jp2"}, "7": {"fulltext": "", "height": "2852", "width": "2085", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph11chic_0007.jp2"}, "8": {"fulltext": "", "height": "2778", "width": "2117", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph11chic_0008.jp2"}, "9": {"fulltext": "f\\n-r -fi n -:[i [iv)T-\\nniii^M-i^k^\\nT-\\nX\\nc.\\nf\\nliirii^^t\\n5\\nOF\\n^INEWi^YCO COUNTY, WIICl^.\\nre\\nI\\ni\\nCOKTAINING\\ngOI^TI^AITS AND BlOGr^APHIGAL Sl^E^GHES\\nOF\\npi^oniiiient and I^epre^eritatiiVe Citizeq^ of i-fje Counti},\\nrOdETHER WITH PORTli AITS A\\\\/ lllOdl! M ll I ES OF ALL THE liOV EliXOHS OF MKIIldA.:\\nAND OF THE PFES/DEXTS Oh THE VXITEl) STATES.\\nALSO CONTAINING A COMPLKTE IIISIOJJV il I U I-. l HNr\\\\. IIJOM ITS K A I! I.I KS I SETTLKM ENT\\nTO THE I UESUXT TIME.\\nCHICAGO:\\n-P-gilAPMAN HROTIIERS.\\n1884.\\nI,\\n_ ^P^.,\\nc/^ c -fi[i:-^:iinn\\nifci^^^^", "height": "2831", "width": "2180", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph11chic_0009.jp2"}, "10": {"fulltext": "^^N^^^^^\\nr2^^ 6-7 ^tlI]:^nn^ rr?\\n^^c^vl\\n(h\\n1)\\nS3\\ni\\ni \u00c2\u00ae^^^t4)l^\u00c2\u00ae#-\\nTZ;^^/^^^\\nV\u00c2\u00ae\\nC\\nI\\n-S^\u00e2\u0082\u00acS!^\\nA ^fl!]^niif\\nfj^fj", "height": "2809", "width": "2212", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph11chic_0010.jp2"}, "11": {"fulltext": "m Mh\\nyiffl^iXS\\n-^^^i^M\\nh^ffm^mm x^-:\u00c2\u00ab). ..r^\\nn\\nAVING (:oin|)letcd our labors in writing and compiling ihe PoRruAir ani\\nBiDGRAPHiCAU Album ov Nf.wavuo C duntv. we wish, in presenting it to its\\npatrons, to speak briefly of the importance of local works of this nature. It is\\ncertainly the duty of the present to commemorate the past, to perpetuate the\\nnames of the pioneers, to furnish a record of their early settlement, and to relate\\nthe story of their progress. The civilization of our day, the enlightenment of the\\nage, and this solemn duty which men of the present time owe to their ancestors,\\nto themselves and to their posterity, demand that a record of their lives and deeds should be\\nmade. In local history is found a iwwer to instruct man by precedent, to enliven the mental\\nfaculties, and to waft dow n the river \u00c2\u00abf time a safe vessel in which the names and actions of\\nthe people who contributed to raise this region from its primitive state may be preserved.\\nSurely and rapidly the noble men who in their prime entered the wild forests of Newaygo\\nand claimed the virgin soil as their heritage, are passing to their graves. The number\\nremaining who can relate the history of the first days of settlement is becoming small indeed,\\nso that an actual necessity exists for the collection and preservation of historical matter\\nwithout delay, before tlie settlers of the wilderness are cut down by time. Not only is it of\\nthe greatest importance to render history of pioneer time fciU and accurate, but it is also essential that the\\nhistory of the county, frdm its settlement lo the present day, should be treated through its various phases, so\\nthat a record, comi)lete and impartial, may be handed down to the future. The present, the age of progress,\\nIS reviewed, standing out in bold relief over the quiel, unostentatious olden times; it is a brilliant record,\\nwhich is destined to live in the future; the good works of men, their magnificent enterprises, their lives,\\nwhether commercial or military, do not sink into olilivion, but, on the contrary, grow brighter with age, and\\ncontriljute 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 hidde.i in t l\\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\\ntreated indifferently in the entire book, and we flatter ourselves tliat it is one of the most accurate works\\nof its nature ever published.\\nAs one of the most interesting features of this work, we present tiie portraits of numerous repre-\\nsentative citizens. It has been our aim to have the prominent men of lo-day, as well as the pioneers,\\nrepresented in this department; and we congratulate ourselves on the uniformly high character of the\\n1 gentlemen whose portraits we present. They are in the strictest sense representative men, and are\\n.X, selected from all the callings and professions worthy to be represented. There are others, it is true,\\nfa who claim eciual prominence with those presented, but of course it was impossible for vis to give por-\\n0/ traits of all the leading men and jjioneers of the county.\\ni^ CllAI M.W IIKOIIIKKS.\\nV, Chicago, February, 1884.\\nI\\nA\\ni\\n^D!i: lltlr", "height": "2831", "width": "2180", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph11chic_0011.jp2"}, "12": {"fulltext": "-^m^ i^v ^liP:^:(iD T-\\nf\\nvi\\n-J\\nA\\nr.l\\n.2^??i^e: -K ^D D n tl^\\nC?.\\n4*", "height": "2809", "width": "2233", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph11chic_0012.jp2"}, "13": {"fulltext": "ii- \u00e2\u0096\u00a0\u00e2\u0096\u00a0J\\nV\\nI- \\\\j f-\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0^M^^ ?T-T\\n^lll] :illiv\\ni\\nV\\nM\\n1\\n1^\\nA\\nAbel, My re II 406\\nAdams, John 23\\nAdams, Johi Qtiincy 3g\\nAlger, CM 365\\nAlvord, Charles N 187\\nAnderson, Robert 263\\nAnderson, Wm A 19?\\nAndriis, A 43^\\nAngevine, A H 418\\nArmstrong, A. F 247\\nArmstrong, Hon. S. 265\\nArthur, Chester A 99\\nA vary. Henry vaq\\nB\\nBackart, C eorge 335\\nHackart, J. B 38^\\nBagley. John J 157\\nBailey, John 212\\nBailey, Wm. H 244\\nHaillargeon, J 259\\nBaldwin, Henry P 153\\nHarbour. Frank W 185\\nBardan, Ricliard 319\\nHarder, Joseph 301\\nHarks, John 278\\nHarlow, I. H 440\\nBarnhard, S. P 223\\nBarnes, CM 412\\nBarnhard, Jacob 222\\nBarnhard, John 308\\nBarniim, S. D 256\\nBarn urn, Urben 243\\nBarry, John S 113\\nBartlett, (leo. U 19 j\\nBarton, Henry 378\\nBarton, Hon- James 293\\nBarton, Mark 298\\nBarton, Wm 394\\nBasford, Frank A 456\\nBeaton, Duncan 412\\nHcgole, Josiah W 169\\nBennett, John N 279\\nBigelow, (leo. L.... 212\\nBigelow, Phebe E 209\\nBingham, Kinsley S 137\\nBIOGI^fl^r^Kgfl Li.\\nBisard, Asahel 278\\nBisard, Benj 325\\nBisard, Mrs. S 267\\nBitely, Stephen 391\\nBlair, Austin 145\\nBlair, Henry M 183\\nBlood, Charles 195\\nBonner, S. D 445\\nBotsfoid, J A. 333\\nBowman, F. M 437\\nHoyd, Richard 298\\nBoyd, Wm. A 300\\nBrace, H. I 251\\nBreckon, (ieo R.. M. -40^\\nBromley, Henrj 203\\nBrooki-, Samuel F, 407\\nHroilierton J ohn 302\\nBrown, J. O 185\\nBuc!ianan. James 75\\nBull, M. D 399\\nHurril, E. S 249\\nBush. Russell 285\\nc\\nCampbell, A 196\\nCander, Benj 411\\nCanovan, J. H 203\\nCarlisle, Mrs. C. C 204\\nCarlisle, Jacob 418\\nCai penter, Asa P 306\\nCarpenter, Benj 359\\nCarpenter, J. R 369\\nCarpenter, J. W 754\\nCarpenter, Wm F 419\\nCarrington, tieorge 238\\nCavender, L. L 348\\nChapman, Justice 297\\nChilds, J G 30fJ\\nChurchill, H .32c\\nClark, Henry D 213\\nCoburn,S. I J 249\\nCole. John 276\\nCollins, David :394\\nCook, Asa 315\\nCook, Joel G 343\\nCook, Joseph W 354\\nCook, Nelson P 306\\nCootbaugh. B H 461\\nCoon, Ezra 28*\\nCope, Wm. H 307\\nCornet, John A 198\\nCorsaut, James 455\\nCourlrighl, W 467\\nCrabtree, James 3C1\\nCram, Uavid 259\\nCram, Wm 324\\nCrandall, John V 393\\nCrapo, Henry H 149\\nCrawford, H. W 215\\nCroswell, Charles M 161\\nD\\nDake, Aruna 457\\nDaly, Peter 216\\nl)arliiig, Henry 225\\nDarling, J H 45^\\nDarling, Wm 188\\nDavenport, Warren 257\\nDavenport, Wm M 355\\nDavenport, Wm H 32^\\nDavis, r)anicl 226\\nDavis, Martin 269\\nDavis, Wm 196\\nDay, Alberto 208\\nDean, James M ...185\\nDean .John T 207\\nDegroot, A. A., M. D 195\\nDelong, Jesse P 44^\\nDickinson, Wm 18S\\nDingman, J 4 4\\nDobson. F. 204\\nDobson, Hiram 34^\\nDocherly, J 334\\nDoud, S. E 223\\nDragoo, Tucker 211\\nDubois, W m H 288\\niHiffy, James 369\\nE\\nEdgecomb, Silas 308\\nEdwards, Edward 444\\nEdwards, Timothj 400\\nElwcM, F.lias 3 5\\nEnglish, Geo. W 319\\nEvans, John F 213\\nEvarts, F. E 379\\nEvens, Samuel T 205\\nEvcrington, T 202\\nI\\nc\\nF\\nFelch, Alpheus 117\\nFellows, H. H 283\\nFillmore, Millard 67\\nFisher, Robert 286\\nFlora, D. W M D 303\\nFowler, H E 207\\nFox, Irwin C 232\\nFranklin, J. A 319\\nFranklin, Marshall R. 476\\nFrench, Mrs. S. E jss\\nFrey, Theo. S aos\\nFuller, Wm. D 179\\nG\\nCJanson, Fred A .234\\nGaid, Squire 321\\nlarfieid. James A 95\\nGauweilcr. J F 326\\nGerber, Andrew 216\\nGerbcr, Joseph 417\\nGibbs, J. M 360\\nGiddings, A. H 474\\nGiddings, B 432\\nr.ifford, Fred 247\\nGiles, Gustiis .282\\nGleason, Edwin 440\\nGowell, John D 299\\nCraccy, Alex 455\\nGrant, Ulysses S 87\\n(iray, Edgar L 452\\nGraham, J. H 431\\nGraham, Wm 368\\nGrant, J. A 228\\nGraves, Peter 465\\nGrawn, John 243\\nGreen, Jesse R 369\\nGreenly, William 1 121\\nGrovesteen, J M 473\\nGrow, Gilbert 38\\nG.rundy, T C 225\\nH\\nliaiK^t, Ambrose 356\\nHaighl, E. R 468\\nHill. F. F 334\\nA\\nKy\\nm^y\\nJx-ca.\\nr^", "height": "2831", "width": "2180", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph11chic_0013.jp2"}, "14": {"fulltext": "-z^S^\\nTT\\nINDEX.\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a05\u00c2\u00a3^^^^\\n-4^^^C(\u00c2\u00aeV^i\\nV\\nA\\ni ^5\\nv\\n1\\nI\\nHall. Jotham W 287\\nHarrison, P. A 917\\nHarrison, Wm. H 51\\nH;irt, James F 279\\nHartt, Samuel 366\\nHaskins, James H 408\\nHatch, David C 262\\nHatfield, J. K 222\\nHawlcy. H. C, M. i) 205\\nHayes, Rutherford B gi\\nHeadlcy, H. A 268\\nHcadley,Orvin 219\\nHert/er, E. H 283\\nHertzer, e;. A. H.,M. n....345\\nHcweti, J. W 284\\nHindcs,J. A 251\\nHirdning, John 238\\nHoag, Abram J 186\\nHoag, Wm. H 240\\nHoffman, P. P 201\\nHomes, Henry 458\\nHopper. John W 25C\\nHorning, Wm. H 261\\nHyde. J. H 248\\nIsh. Bcnj\\nJ\\nJackson, .-Vndrew 4^\\nJakeway, Ami J 194\\nJ arse, Mrs. Julia 207\\nJay, Wm 324\\nJefferson, Thomas 27\\nJenne, H. C 338\\nJernstadt, John 281\\nJerome, David H 165\\nJcwelI,J. K 347\\nJewell, Wm. J... 296\\nJohnson, Andr ^w 83\\nJohnson, Arnold 251\\nJonc-., E. N 208\\nJones, Geo. B 284\\nJones, Hiram 103\\nJoslin,D. R 210\\nKaufman, C 332\\nKeefe, Charles K. 305\\nKempf, Chri iopher 209\\nKctchum, John B 195\\nKimbcU, Wm 259\\nKinch,T. C 325\\nKing, Levi W* 282\\nKinK. Wm. C 269\\nKnowles. .Mfred 433\\nKnowles, T- J 432\\nKriger, J, R 333\\nKrit^cr, Conrad 228\\nKrit/cr, Henry 385\\nI.amtison, A. W 353\\nl.areva, John 264\\nLawrence. Alex 234\\nLawrence, Silas 332\\nLe Baron. Wm 316\\nI^cni7, George 356\\nLeonard, Jackson 232\\nLewis, Hiram 332\\nLewis, Samuel 439\\nLewis, Wm. A 387\\nLincoln, Abraham 79\\nLordon, Dennis 255\\nLuce, Elea7cr 314\\nLuton, George 465\\nM\\nMacumbcr, N. D 267\\nMadison, James 31\\nMallcry.J. B 336\\nMallory, Freeman 446\\nManning, J. H 242\\nMarshall, Fred 277\\n^Ll^ti^, Geo. F 426\\nMartin, Wm 365\\n.^!ason, Stevens T 105\\nMathews, Frank 321\\nMaynartl, F J 467\\nMaynard. Henry T 187\\nMaynard.J. F 4^5\\nMaze, Jesso 266\\nMcClelland, Robert 129\\nMcCool, Michael 264\\nMcCowen.J. C 432\\nMcCullon Xeil 205\\nMcDonald, Nelson \u00c2\u00a705\\nMcDnnell. Thos 348\\nMcFarland, John 297\\nMcKec, J. H 262\\nMcKie, Charles 258\\nMcKinley, Alex 274\\nMcLellan, Peter -..433\\nM c I ,cod J a mcs 336\\nMcNabb, Orlando 197\\nMcXabb, J, W., M. D ...467\\nMcXutt, George 273\\nMead, A. G 476\\nMeeker, L. R 377\\nMeier, John 357\\nMerrill,!. D ^..451\\nMerrill, W. S 250\\nMeyers, Lewis 307\\nMillard. D 22;\\nMiller, Dennis 211\\nMiller, George 206\\nMiller, Jacob .230\\nMiller, John 279\\nMillis, George H 210\\nMillis, Silas 295\\nMills, Geo. A 227\\nMills, L. E 242\\nMisner, E 381\\nMisner, R. K... 321\\nMonroe, Charles 283\\nMonroe, James -^5\\nMonroe, P 437\\nMoon, Cyrus 360\\nMootc, John 323\\nMorgan, L. C 322\\nMorton, B. E 318\\nMoses, Michael 241\\nMudge, .\\\\ndiew 434\\nMiidget, A. T 342\\nMnlder,K 381\\nMundy, A J 246\\nMundy, Jasper 414\\nMnndy. John A 995\\nMurphy. S. j., Jr 458\\nMurphy, Wm. L .288\\nMyers, James 276\\nN\\nNafcGco. W., M. D 270\\nNelson, J E 250\\nNeville, Patrick 304\\nNcwburg, M 402\\nNorth, E. S 461\\nNorihway, A. H 275\\nNorton. L. E., M. D 455\\nNorton, Wm. H 214\\no\\nOdell. James K 443\\nOdell, Salmon P 191\\nOhrenbergcr, J W 357\\nGsburn. John 408\\nOslrom, Wm H 286\\nOverly, Geo. D 215\\nPackard, Geo. W 79\\nPainter, John 439\\nParmcter, J. F 248\\nParnieter, L. 1 328\\nParsons, .A.ndrew 133\\nPawling, F 263\\nPeacock, Richard 230\\nPeacock Wm J 364\\nPects, Charles W 348\\nPersons. Wellington 382\\nPeters, George H 475\\nPeterson, F. H 314\\nPeterson N 263\\nPeterson, S.W 280\\nPfeiflc, C 393\\nPickett. L. W 377\\nPierce, Franklin 70\\nPierson, W m M 191\\nPike, Francis .M 407\\nPittwood, John 468\\nPlait, Jonailian 338\\nPiatt, W. S 238\\nPolk, James K 59\\nPollard, George 357\\nPond, Gny C 206\\nPowers, David 474\\nPreston S 226\\nPrice, T.L.,Jr. 300\\nQ\\nuackenbush, R.\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a03=S\\nR\\nRaci;, W..iii:r M ^^6\\nRaider. J. P. A 391\\nRandall, J. H 287\\nRandall, Lcroy 276\\nRandolph, C. T 265\\nRanney, Edwin J 192\\nRansom, Epaphroditus 152\\nRathbun, C I 240\\nRead, H. M 264\\nReed, H. T.. M. D 405\\nReed, Joseph 260\\nReed, Sylvanus 282\\nReinoldt, Louis .333\\nReynclds, Floyd 184\\nRiblct, S. K 380\\nRice, James R... 345\\nRichardson, E 298\\nRocdel, Phil M 420\\nRogers, Benj 367\\nRogers, Robert .315\\nRooke, John 197\\nRose, Sam 423\\nRossiter, Jeremiah 2;zi\\nRull. George W 986\\nRupp, George 347\\nRussell, John 341\\nRutherford. R.W 339\\nSchanck, Ihcrcn C 184\\nSchroeder, John F 302\\nScott, M W 277\\nSeaman, W 214\\nSeelcy, Alex. M 344\\n.Seeley. A. S 438\\nSelby, F. C 426\\nSharp, Monroe L 452\\nShaw, E. O 370\\nShepherd, George 274\\nShick, Isaac 260-\\nSimpson, Parker 407\\nSidler, Wm. C 208\\nSimcoc, James 388\\nSkinner, A. S 426\\nSlocum, George B 413\\nSlocum, S. K 433\\nSmeltzer, Joseph 326\\nSmith. Barlow 212\\nSmith, C. G 316\\nSmith, Daniel D .-318\\nSmith, O. L 277\\nSmith, Simon P. 345\\n-Smith, Tyson, M D 402\\nSnyder, A- H 197\\nSpencer, James 306\\nSquicr,A. T 364\\nSquicr, David W 227\\nSquier, R J 369\\nSiacey, Seth S 388\\nStandish, Col. J. H 462\\nStearns, C E 374\\nStevens, S. R. B 387\\nStirling, Walter 356\\nStockton, J E 343\\nStone, Hon Charles W 341\\nStone, H. C 246\\n.Stuart, i H 316\\nStuart, Richard 358\\nSurplice, Richard 358\\nSuiliff, A. E 335\\nSntliff, C A 337\\nSwain, D. T 336\\nSweet, .-Monzo 193\\nSwest, John 338\\ni\\nT\\nTaite. i- tco. W. 196\\nTanncwitz, J., Jr 367\\nTaylor, Alanson. 334\\nTaylor, George E 363\\nTaylor, Zachary 61\\nThayer, Alonzo 221\\nf^,\\n-ss^^iK^ ^^A D g W^^", "height": "2809", "width": "2233", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph11chic_0014.jp2"}, "15": {"fulltext": "zi^^^ ^?-T DH :ilOs r\\n(h\\nH\\nThomas, E, O 224\\nTibbitts, B. E 25a\\nI ibbitts, M argaret E 220\\nlift, I.eroy 255\\nI oncr, John 320\\nTown, Elias 261\\nTown, J. A 258\\nTownsend, J C 37\\nTrain, Mrs. L 246\\nTrask, R. S.,M.D 45\u00c2\u00bb\\nIraver, I). C 387\\nTrciber, j F... 343\\nTrumbley, J 231\\nTrumbiili. J. W 261\\nTucker, J. W 323\\nTiircotie, Michael 44\\nTurner, Charles -233\\nTurner. Hezekiah 93\\nTurner, Wni 1S7\\nTyler, John 55\\nu\\nVpton, A. K ^?2\\nINDEX.\\nUtIey.C. W \u00e2\u0080\u00a2\u00e2\u0096\u00a0\u00e2\u0080\u00a2\u00e2\u0080\u00a2377\\nUtiey, Ephraim 4^\\nUlley, llcorge 4 4\\nUticy, Will. S l8i\\nVanBurcn, M.irtin 47\\n\\\\*ancier water. Lewi*; 344\\nw\\n\\\\Vade,CJeo.N 296\\nWalker, S. V.. 457\\nWallace, R. C 231\\nWarren, Horace 359\\nWashington, George ly\\nWaters, L 250\\nWaters, Merrick 249\\nWaters, T. L 198\\nWatroivs, S. S 33^\\nWeaver, Daniel 412\\nWeaver. P. H 466\\nWebster, G. D 420\\nWebber. Win. A 250\\nWebster, Ceo. K 302\\nWebster. H K y^o\\nWebster, I r. James 373\\nWebster, John K -^f^i,\\nWebster, Wni K 311\\nWcitbrook, K. A 280\\nWheeler, Wm. M 240\\nWhipple, D. J 367\\nWhipple, Luther 323\\nWhipple, Walter L 3 7\\nWhite, Augustine 202\\nWhite, W T 734\\nWhitehead. Joseph 198\\nWhitman, Wm .265\\nWhitney, Frank 285\\nWilbur IS. R 211\\nWilcox, Charles 439\\nWilcox, I). W 204\\nWillius, Maitin 244\\nWisner, Moses 141\\ni:ii\\nWonch.JohnR 360\\nWood, Benj. F 296\\nWood, Jack T 245\\nWood, John F ,Sr 35*\\nWoodard, C. M 186\\nWoodbridgc, Wm 109\\nWof.il*, Tho.; I .194\\nVales Monzo 458\\nYoung, Clark N 337\\noun^;, John 978\\nYoungs, Hcnj .157\\nZerlaut, Henry 245\\nZerlaiil, I K 270\\n/other. Frank 413\\nI\\nV\\nI\\nAdams, John 22\\nAdams, John Quincy 38\\nArthur, Chester A 98\\nliagley, John J 156\\n*)JaIdwin, Henry P 152\\n^^arry, John S 112\\n^iiarton, James 290\\nHaiton, Mrs. J 291\\n\u00e2\u0080\u00a2^Hegolc. Josiah W 168\\nV Ifinghain, Kinsley S 136\\nRitely, Stephen 390\\n\u00e2\u0080\u00a2Hlair, -Austin 144\\nHowman, F. M 436\\nBuchanan, James. 74\\nI Bull, M. I) 396\\nBull, Mrs. M. I) 397\\nCollins, David 394\\n*^CooIbaugh, B.H 460\\nCrapo, Henry H .148\\nCroswell, Charles M 160\\nV Fclch, Alpheus 116\\nFillmore. Millard 66\\nFuller. Wm. D 178\\nGarfield, James A 04\\nGerber, Joseph 416\\n^Graham, J. H 429\\nGraham, Mrs. J. H 428\\nGrant, Ulysses S 86\\nGreenly. William 1 120\\niGrovcstcen, J M 470\\nGrovcsrccn, Mrs. J. M 471\\nHarrison, VVm. H.... 50\\nHayes, Rutherford B qo\\nHeadley, Orvin 218\\nHoffman, Philip 200\\nJackson, Andrew 42\\nJefferson, Thomas 26\\nV Jerome, David H 164\\nJohnson, .Andrew 82\\n^Kritzer, Herfry 384\\nl,ambson, A. W 350\\nI.ambson, Mrs. A W 351\\nLincoln, Abraham 78\\nMadison James 30\\nMason, Stevens T 104\\nMcClelland. Robert 128\\nMcNutt, George 272\\nMonroe, James 34\\n*^MiiIdcr, Kornelis 281\\nOdell, James R 442\\nParsons, Andrew 132\\nI Pierce, Franklin [70\\nPicrson, Wm. M ...188\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0pierson, Mrs. W. M 189\\nPolk, lames K 58\\ni Ransom, Kpaphroditiis 124\\nRerd. H. T 4^4\\nKosc, Samuel 422\\nStone, Hon. Charles W .340\\nSutliff, C. .A 235\\ntSutliff, Mrs. C. A 336\\nTaylor. George E 36a\\nI aylor, Zachary 62\\nTift, Lcroy 254\\nTr,ask, R. S., M. D 448\\nI rask, Mrs. R. S 449\\nTyler, John 54\\nUlley, F.phraim 410\\n1 VanBurcn, Martin 46\\nWashington, tJeorge 18\\n/Watroiis, Seth S 330\\nWebster. James, M D 372\\nWebster. M rs. J 373\\nWebster. Wm R 310\\nWebster, Mrs. Pbcl\u00c2\u00ab: A 311\\nWisner, Moses 140\\nV Woodbridce, William 108\\n^mxM^\\n-4^^C", "height": "2831", "width": "2180", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph11chic_0015.jp2"}, "16": {"fulltext": "i\\nT=rvC^IlII :llII^ T-e ^J^^a\\nINDEX.\\n^-r-\\ny^\\ns5\\nr\\na\\nV\\nf?l)^#^tf 5)\\nINTKODrt TOHV 47!)\\nPI1YSI(;AL FEATl KES 481\\nGeology 482\\nBotanical 483\\nINDIANS 484\\nIndian Lite 485\\nTlic Indian Di-ad 4S(;\\nKARLY SET l I.K.MKN r 4S,s\\nHow Our Fatlicrs Lived 4\\nMrXKlI-Al, 401\\n\u00e2\u0080\u00a2KusspH County 496\\nSupervisors 497\\nTIIK BAR 500\\nXKWAYGOS I AIM IN IHE\\nWAR 50(!\\nTtie Beginning 507\\nEnrollment and Eidi^tnient rflH\\nHrafts 50H\\nThe End 508\\nJ lie fJlosn 509\\nTHE I NDl AX W A K 5(19\\nSOLDIERS- AND SAILORS-\\nREUNION 51(1\\nPOLITICAL -,11\\nElection ReturM 511\\nTHE PRESS 519\\n1\\n8^\\nNewaygo Repuljlican\\nNewaygo Tribune\\nFremont Times\\nFremont Indicator\\nHcsjicrian\\nHes])eiian Investigator\\n;ieaner\\nLeader\\nNews\\nEDICATIONAL\\nMATERIAL INTERESTS\\nNavigation\\nRailii)ad\\nLmnber lnt Mests\\nAgricultural\\nPIONEER SOCIETY\\nREMINISCENCES, BY\\nWATERS\\nMISCELLANEOUS\\nCounty Jail\\nPoor Farm\\nMedicine\\nFirst Dam\\nFirst -Marriages\\nFires in the Fores-t. 1871\\nI njiiilation\\nr. 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(ggi (g tasi tgJi\\nHE Father of our Country was\\ns^ liorii in\\nWestmorland Co., Va.,\\nFeb. 22, 1732. His [larents\\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 si.K 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 i)arental 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\\nA\\nm\\nmathematics. His spelling v/as rather defective.\\nRemarkable stories are told of his great physical\\nstrength and development at an early age. He was\\nan acknowledged le;ider among his companions, and\\nwas early noted for that nobleness of character, fair-\\nness and veracity which characterized his whole life.\\nWhen George wan 1 4 years old he had a desire to go to\\nsea, and a midshipman s warrant was secured for liim,\\nbut through the ojiposition of iiis mother the idea was\\nabandoned. Two years later he was appointed\\nsurveyor to the immense estate of Lord Fairfax. In\\nthis business he spent three years in a rough frontier\\nlife, gaining experience which afterwards proved very\\nessential to him. In 175 i, though only 19 years of\\nage, he was apiK)inted adjutant with the rank of\\nmajor in the Virginia militia, then being trained for\\nactive service against the French and Indians. Soon\\nafter this he sailed to the West Indies with his brother\\nLawrence, who went there to restore his health. They\\nsoon returned, and in the summer of 1752 Lawrence\\ndied, leaving a large fortune to an infant daughter\\nwho did not long survive him. On her demise the\\nestate of Mount Vernon was given to George.\\nUpon the arrival of Robert Dinwiddie, as Lieuten-\\nant-Governor of Virginia, in 1752, the militia was\\nreorganized, and the province divided into four mili-\\ntary districts, of which the northern was assigned to\\nWashington as adjutant general. Shortly after this\\na very perilous mission was assigned him and ac- 1\\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\\nBD^^A\\n4 ^^f*", "height": "2831", "width": "2180", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph11chic_0023.jp2"}, "24": {"fulltext": "t\\nt\\n^))\u00c2\u00ab^r#\u00c2\u00bb\\nTZi^a^\\nA\\n\u00e2\u0080\u00a2I\\n-S\\n-^rrv ^iiii;^;nns v\u00e2\u0080\u0094\\nGEORGE WASHINGTON.\\n^EKixST S^\\n-4^\u00c2\u00ab^5\u00c2\u00ab\u00c2\u00aeVI^\\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 reixirt of his expedition. A regiment\\nof 300 men was raised in Virginia and put in com-\\nmand of Col. Joshua Fry, and Major Washington was\\nconnnissioned lieutenant-colonel. Active war was\\ntlien begun against the French and Indians, in which\\nWashington took a most imixirtant part. In the\\nmemorable event of July 9, 1755, known as Brad-\\ndock s defeat, Washington was almost the only officer\\nof distinction who escaped from the calamities of the\\nday with life and honor. The other aids of Braddock\\nwere disabled early in the action, and Washington\\nalone was left in that capacity on the field. In a letter\\nto his brother he says: i had four bullets through\\nmy coat, and two horses shot under me, yet I escaped\\nunhurt, though death was levcliu my companions\\non every side. An Indian sliar[)shooter said he was\\nnot born to be killed l)y a bullet, for he had taken\\ndirect aim at him seventeen times, and failed to hit\\nhim.\\nAfter having been five years in tiie military service,\\nand vainly sought promotion in the royal army, he\\ntook advantage of the fall of Fort Duquesne and the\\nexpulsion of the French from the valley of the Ohio,\\nto resign his commission. Soon after he entered the\\nLegislature, where, although not a leader, he look an\\nactive and imjjortant part. January 17, 1759, he\\nmarried Mrs. Martha (Dandridge) Custis, the wealthy\\nwidow of John Parke Custis.\\nWhen the British Parliament had closed the i ort\\nof Boston, the cry went up throughout the provinces\\nthat The cause of Boston is the cause of us all.\\nIt was then, at the suggestion of Virginia, that a Con-\\ngress of all the colonies was called to meet at Piiila-\\ndelphia.Sept. 5, 1774, to secure their common liberties,\\npeaceably if ixjssible. To this Congress Col. Wash-\\nington was sent as a delegate. On May 10, 1775, the\\nCongress re-assembled, when the hostile intentions of\\nEngland were plainly apparent. The battles of Con-\\ncord and Lexington had been fought. .Among the\\nfirst acts of this Congress was the election of a com-\\nmander-in-chief of the colonial forces. This high and\\nres|x)nsible office was conferred w\\\\)on Washington,\\nwho was still a member of the Congress. He accepted\\nit on June 19, but ujion the express condition that he\\nreceive no salarj He would keep an exact account\\nof expenses and expect Congress lo pay them and\\nnothing more. It is not the object of this sketch to\\ntrace the military acts of Washington, to whom the\\nfortunes and liberties of the people of this country\\nwere so long confided. The war was conducted by\\nhim under every possible disadvantage, and while his\\nforces often met with reverses, yet he overcame every\\nobstacle, and after seven years of heroic devotion\\nand matchless skill he gained liberty for the greatest\\nnation of earth. On Dec. 23, 1783, Washington, in\\na parting address of surpassing beauty, resigned his\\ncommission as commander-in-chief of the army lo\\nto the Continental Congress sitting al Annajxjlis. He\\nretired immediately to Mount Vernon and resumed\\nhis occupation as a farmer and planter, shunning all\\nconnection with public life.\\nIn February, 1 7 89, Washington was unanimously\\nelected President. In his presidential career he wa^\\nsul)ject to the peculiar trials incidental to a new\\ngovernment trials from lack of confidence on the part\\nof other governments trials from want of harmony\\nbetween the different sections of our own country;\\ntrials from the impoverished condition of the country,\\nowing to the war and want of credit; trials from the\\nbeginnings of party strife. He was no partisan. His\\nclear judgment could discern the golden mean; and\\nwiiile perhaps this alone kept our government from\\nsinking at the veiy outset, it left him exposed to\\nattacks from both sides, which were often bitter and\\nvery annoying.\\nAt the expiration of his first term he was unani-\\nmously re-elected. At the end of this term many\\nwere anxious that he be re-elected, but he absolutely\\nrefused a third nomination. On the fourth of March,\\n1797, at the expiralon of his second term as Presi-\\ndent, he returned to his home, hoping to pass there\\nhis few remaining years free from the annoyances of\\nl)ul)lic life. Later in the year, however, his repose\\nseemed likely to be interrupted by war with France.\\n.\\\\t the prospect of such a war he was again urged to\\ntake command of the armies. He chose his sub-\\nordinate officers and left to them the charge of mat-\\nters in the field, which he superintended from his\\nhome. In accepting the command he made the\\nreservation that he was not to be in the field until\\nit was necessar) In the midst of these preparations\\nhis life was suddenly cut off. December 12, he took\\na severe cold from a ride in the rain, which, settling\\nin h^s throat, produced inflammation, and terminated\\nfatally on the night of the fourteenth. On the eigh-\\nteenth his body was borne with military honors to its\\nfinal resting place, and interred in the family vault at\\nMount Vernon.\\nOf the character of Washington it is impossible to\\nspeak but in terms of the highest respect and ad-\\nmiration. The more we see of the operations of\\nour government, and the more deeply we feel the\\ndifficulty of uniting all opinions in a common interest,\\nthe more highly we must estimate the force of his tal-\\nent and character, which have been able lo challenge\\nthe reverence of all parties, and principles, and na-\\ntions, and to win a fame as extended as the limits\\nof the globe, and which we cannot but believe will\\nbe as lasting as the existence of man.\\nThe person of Washington was unusally tall, erect\\nand well projxjrtioned. His muscular strength was\\ngreat. His features were of a beautiful symmetry.\\nHe commanded respect without any appearance of\\nhaughtiness, and ever serious without being dull.\\nt\\n^v\\njL ;0!l: IlI|,. i^^^\\n-M\\nr\\nMl", "height": "2809", "width": "2233", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph11chic_0024.jp2"}, "25": {"fulltext": "", "height": "2831", "width": "2180", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph11chic_0025.jp2"}, "26": {"fulltext": "rf\\nI", "height": "2809", "width": "2233", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph11chic_0026.jp2"}, "27": {"fulltext": "\u00e2\u0080\u00a2^K/^\\ng-^ iJ^ yA.t.,t. t..t..t.4.t^A4^*.-t\u00c2\u00ab.t .4.tA.t..t..^^\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0^m^^ :r-7 ^tia :illl^ v\\nSECOND PRESIDENT.\\n23 J\\n/m JBP/cm.\\nOHN ADAMS, the second\\nresident and the first Vice-\\nresident of the United States,\\nwas born in Hraintree now\\nQuincy ),Mass., and about ten\\nmiles from Boston, Oct. 19,\\n1735. His great-grandfather, Henry\\nAdams, emigrated from England\\nabout 1640, with a family of eight\\nsons, and settled at Braiatree. The\\nparents of John were John and\\nSusannah (Boylston) Adams. His^\\nfather was a farmer of limited\\nmeans, to whicli he added the bits-\\niness of shoemaking. He gave his\\neldest son, John, a classical educa-\\ntion at Harvard College. John\\ngraduated in 1755, and at once took charge of the\\nschool in ^Vorcester, Mass. This he found but a\\nschool of affliction, from which he endeavored to\\ngain relief by devoting himself, in addition, to the\\nstudy of law. For this purjxjse he placed himself\\nunder the tuition of the only lawyer in the town. He\\nhad thought seriously of tlie clerical profession\\nbut seems to have been turned from this by what he\\ntermed the frightful engines of ecclesiastical coun-\\ncils, of dialjolical malice, and Calvanistic good nature,\\nof tlic 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 (|uick percep-\\n1 tive jKiwers. He gradually gained practice, and in\\n.%.-i \u00e2\u0080\u00a27 4 married .\\\\bigail Smith, a daughter of a minister,\\nand a lady of superior intelligence. Shortly after his\\nmarriage, (1765), the attempt of Parliamentary taxa-\\ntion turned him from law to jwlitics. He took initial\\ni\\nsteps toward holding a town meeting, and the resolu\\ntions he offered on the subject became very ixijuilar\\nthroughout the Provnice, and were adopted word for\\nword by over forty different towns. He moved to Bos-\\nton in 1768, and became one of the most courageous\\nand prominent advocatesof the popular cause, and\\nwas chosen a member of the General Court (the Leg-\\nlislature) in 1770.\\nMr. Adams was chosen one of the fust delegates\\nfrom Massachusetts to the first Continental Congress,\\nwhich met in 1774. Here he distinguished himself\\nby his capacity for business and for debate, and ad-\\nvocated the movement for independence against the\\nmajority of the members. In May, 1776, he moved\\nand carried a resolution in Congress that the Colonies\\nshould assume the duties of self-government. He\\nwas a prominent member of the committee of five\\nappointed June 11, to prepare a declaration of inde-\\npendence. This article was drawn by Jefferson, but\\non .^dams devolved the task of battling it through\\nCongress in a tliree days debate.\\nOn the day after the Declaration of Independence\\nwas passed, while his soul was yet warm with the\\nglow of excited feeling, lie wrote a letter to his wife,\\nwhich, as we read it now, seems to Jiave been dictated\\nby the spirit of projihecy. esterday, 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 was passed\\nwitliout one dissenting colony, that these United\\nStates are, and of right ought to be, free and inde-\\npendent states. I he day is passed. The fourth of\\nJuly, 1776, will be a memorable epoch in the history\\nof America. I am apt to believe it will be celelirated\\nby succeeding generations, as thtj great anniversary\\nfestival. It ought to be commemorated as the day of\\ndeliverance by solemn acts of devotion to .Mmighty\\nGod. It ought to be solemnized with i)onip, shows\u00c2\u00bb\\nW\\nI\\nV.\\nr", "height": "2831", "width": "2180", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph11chic_0027.jp2"}, "28": {"fulltext": "m\\n24\\n/OJIJV ADAMS.\\n-.a^\\ni?^5((^Xii^f)\\nf\\nV\\n1\\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\\nraj s 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\\nfroin the French Government. I his was a severe trial\\nto his patriotism, as it separated him from his home,\\ncompelled him to cross the ocean in winter, and ex-\\n[XDsed 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 ije found willing to listen to such pvoposels. He\\nsailed for France in November, from there he went to\\nHolland, where he negotiated inii)ortant loans and\\nformed important commercial treaties.\\nFinally a treaty of peace with England was signed\\nJan. 21, 1783. The re-action from the excitement,\\ntoil and anxiety through which Mr. Adams had passed\\nthrew him into a fever. After suffering from a con-\\ntinued fever and becoming feeble and emaciated he\\nwas advised to go to England to drink the waters of\\nBath. While in England, still drooping anddes[X)nd-\\ning, he received dispatches from his own government\\nurging the necessity of his going to Amsterdam to\\nnegotiate another loan. It was winter, his health was\\ndelicate, yet he immediately set out, and through\\nstorm, on sea, on horseliack and foot,hemade the tri]).\\nFel)ruary 24, 1 7 CS5, Congress apiKjinted 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 apix)int 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. Again\\nat the second election of Washington as President,\\nAdams was chosen Vice President. In 179 Wash-\\nington retired from iniblic life, and Mr. Adams was\\nelected President, though not without much opposition.\\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 u tteriy abhored the\\nclass of atheist philosophers who he claimed caused it.\\nOn the other hand Jefferson s sympathies were strongly\\nenlisted in behalf of the French peoi^le. Hence or-\\niginated the alienation between these distinguished\\nmen, and two jx)werful parties were thus soon organ-\\nized, Adams at the head of the one whose symjwthies\\nwere with England and Jefferson led the other in\\nsympathy with France.\\nThe world has seldom seen a spectacle of more\\nmoral beauty and grandeur,.than was presented by the\\nold age of Mr. Adams. The violence of party feeling\\nhad died away, and he had begun to receive that just\\nappreciation which, to most men, is not accorded till\\nafter death. No one could look upon his veneralile\\nform, and think of what he had done and suffered,\\nand how he had given uj) all the prime and strength\\nof his life to the public good, without the deepest\\nemotion of gratitude and respect. It was his peculiar\\ngood fortune to witness the complete success of the\\ninstitution which he had been so active in creating and\\nsupix)rting. In 1824, his cup of happiness was filled\\nto the l)rim, by seeing his son elevated to the highest\\nstation in the gift of the people.\\nThe fourth of July, 1826, which completed the half\\ncentury since the signing of the Declaration of Inde-\\npendence, arrived, and there were but three of the\\nsigners of that immortal instrument left upon the\\nearth to hail its morning light. And, as it is\\nwell known, on that day two of these finished their\\nearthly [lilgrimage, a coincidence so remarkable as\\nto seem miraculous. For a few days before Mr.\\nAdams had been rapidly failing, and on the morning\\nof the fourth he found himself too weak to rise from\\nhis bed. On being recpiested 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, Tt is a great and\\nglorious day. The last words he uttered were,\\nJefferson survives. Tint he had, at one o clock, re-\\nsigned his spirit into the hands of his God.\\nThe ])ersonal appearance and manners of Mr.\\nAdams were not particularly prepossessing. His face,\\nas his jjortrait nianifests,was intellectual and exjires-\\nsive, but his figure was low and ungraceful, and his\\nmanners were frequently abrupt and uncourteous.\\nHe had neither the lofty dignity of Washington, nor\\nthe engaging elegance and gracefulness which marked\\nthe manners and address of Jefferson.\\nA\\nr\\nI\\nvm\\n3\u00c2\u00abg^^-\u00c2\u00bb-.\\nj^^,.\\n^Da", "height": "2809", "width": "2233", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph11chic_0028.jp2"}, "29": {"fulltext": "", "height": "2831", "width": "2180", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph11chic_0029.jp2"}, "30": {"fulltext": "L", "height": "2809", "width": "2233", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph11chic_0030.jp2"}, "31": {"fulltext": "7 mi^m\\nI\\nTHIRD PRESIDENT.\\n^7s\\nV\\ns\\n27\\nt\\nr77rnT77P^\\n\\\\S JEFFEESOKa I\\nHOMAS JE;FFERS0N was\\nl)orn April 2, 1743, at Shad-\\n^pwell, Albermarle county, Va.\\nHis [larents were Peter and\\nJane Randolph) Jefferson,\\nthe former a native of Wales,\\nand the latter born in Lon-\\ndon. To them were born six\\ndaughters and two sons, of\\nwhom Thomas was the elder.\\nWhen 14 years of age his\\nfather died. He received a\\nmost liberal education, hav-\\nlecn kept diligently at scliool\\nfrom the time he was five years of\\nage. In 1760 he entered William\\nand Mary College. Williamsburg was then the seat\\nof the Colonial Court, and it was the obode of fashion\\na.id splendor. Young Jefferson, who was then 17\\nyears old, lived somewhat expensively, keeping fine\\nhorses, and much caressed by gay society, yet he\\nwas earnestly devoted to his studies, and irreproacha-\\nai)le ill his morals. It is strange, however, under\\nsucli influences, that he was not ruined. In the sec-\\nond year of his college course, moved by some un-\\nexplained inward impulse, he discarded his horses,\\nsociety, and even his favorite violin, to which he had\\n[ireviously given much time. He often devoted fifteen\\nhours a day to hard study, allowing himself for ex-\\nercise only a run in the evening twilight of a mile out\\nof the city and back again. He thus attained very\\nhigii intellectual culture, alike excellence in philoso-\\nl)hy and the languages. The most difficult Latin and\\nireek authors he read with facility. A more finished\\nir has seldom gone forth from college halls; and\\niS^i^a,. ^^-y^ ^^DD^\\nW.,\\nV\\nA\\nthere was not to be found, perhaps, in all Virginia, a\\nmore pureminded, upright, gentlemanly young man.\\nImmediately ujxjn leaving college he began the\\nstudy of law. For the short time he continued in the\\npractice of his profession he rose rapidly and distin-\\nguished himself by his energy and accuteness as a\\nlawyer. But the times called for greater action.\\nThe policy of England had awakened the spirit of\\nresistance of the American Colonies, and the enlarged\\nviews which Jefferson had ever entertained, soon led\\nhim into active political life. In 1769 lie was chosen\\na member of the Virginia House of Burgesses. In\\n1772 he married Mrs. Martha Skelton, a very beauti-\\nful, wealthy and highly accom|)lished young widow.\\nUpon Mr. Jefferson s large estate at Shadwell, there\\nwas a majestic swell of land, called Monticello, which\\ncommanded a prospect of wonderful extent and\\nbeauty. This spot Mr. Jefferson selected for his new\\nhome; and here he reared a mansion of modest yet\\nelegant architecture, which, next to Mount Vernon,\\nbecame the most distinguished resort in our land.\\nIn 1775 he was sent to the Colonial Congress,\\nwhere, though a silent member, his abilities as a\\nwriter and a reasoner soon become known, and he\\nwas placed upon a number of important committees,\\nand was chairman of the one appointed for the draw-\\ning up of a declaration of independence. This com-\\nmittee consisted of Thomas Jefferson, John Adams,\\nBenjamin Franklin, Roger Sherman and Robert R.\\nLivingston. Jefferson, as chairman, was appointed 1\\nto draw u[) the [xiper. Franklin and \\\\dams suggested\\na few verbal changes before it was submitted to Con- [fj\\ngress. On June 28, a few slight changes were made\\nin it by Congress, and it was passed and signed July n\\n4, 1776. What must have been the feelings of that\\nr\\n\u00e2\u0080\u00a2\u00e2\u0080\u00a2^^^^w", "height": "2831", "width": "2180", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph11chic_0031.jp2"}, "32": {"fulltext": "V\\nI\\nrs\\n28\\nr^\\n-^-r ^Il[l :DI]\\nTHOMAS JEFFERSON.\\nWk\\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 i)apers ever written and did no other effort\\nof the mind of its authcjr exist, that alone would be\\nsufficient to stamp his name witli immoitality.\\nIn 1779 Mr. Jefferson was elected successor to\\nPatrick Henry, as (rovernor of Virginia. At one time\\nthe British officer, Tarleton, sent a secret expedition to\\nMonticello, to capture the Governor. Scarcely five\\nminutes elajised 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 this excitement, and\\nin the summer of 1782 she died.\\nMr. Jefferson was elected to Congress in 1783.\\nTwo yeirs later he was appointed Minister Plenipo-\\ntentiary to France. Returning to the United States\\nin September, 1789, he became Secretary of State\\nin Washington s cabinet. Tliis position he resigned\\nJan. T, 1794. In 1797, he was chosen Vice Presi-\\ndent, and four years later was elected President over\\nMr. Adams, with Aaron Burr as Vice President. In\\n1804 he was re-elected with wonderful unanimity,\\nand George Clinton, Vice President.\\nThe early part of Mr. Jefferson s second adminstra-\\ntion was disturbed by an event which threatened the\\ntranijuilily and peace of the Union this was the con-\\nspiracy of Aaron Burr. Defeated in the late election\\nto the Vice Presidency, and led on by an unprincipled\\nambition, this extraordinary man formed the plan of a\\nmilitary expedition into the Spanish territories on our\\nsouthwestern frontier, for the purpose of forming there\\na new republic. This has been generally supposed\\nwas a mere pretext and 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 lieen elected, he determined\\nto retire from political life. For a period of nearly\\nforty years, he had been continually before the pub-\\nlic, and all that time had been em[)loyed in offices of\\nthe greatest trust and respoiisiliility. 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 recpiired, and u[)on the organization of\\nthe new administration, in March, 1809, he bid fare-\\nwell forever to public life, and retired to Monticello.\\nMr. Jefferson was profuse in his hospitality. Whole\\nfamilies came in their coaches with their horses,\\nfathers and mothers, hoys 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, 182^), being the fiftieth annivcr-\\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 tlie few surviving signers of the Declara-\\ntion, to particii)ate 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 hinv, but in such a reduced\\nstate that his medical attendants, entertained no\\nhope of his recovery. From this time he was perfectly\\nsensible that his last hour was at hand. On the next\\nday, which was Monday, he asked of those around\\nhim, the day of the month, and on being told it was\\nthe third of July, he expres.;ed the earnest wisii that\\nhe might be permitted to breathe the air of the fiftieth\\nanniversary. His ])rayer was heard that day, whose\\ndawn was hailed with such rapture througli 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 liis own act had\\nrendered glorious; to die amidst the rejoicings and\\nfestivities of a whole nation, who looked up to him,\\nas the author, under God, of their greatest blessings,\\nwas all that was wanting to fill up the record his life.\\nAlmost at the same hour of his death, the kin-\\ndred spirit of the venerable Adams, as if to bear\\nhipt company, left the scene of liis 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 desiwnding countrymen; for half a\\ncentury they had labored together for the good of\\nthe country; and now hand in hand they depart.\\nIn their lives they had been united in the same great\\ncause of liberty, and in their deaths they were not\\ndivided.\\nIn person Mr. Jefferson was tall and thin, rather\\nabove six feet in height, but well formed; his eyes\\nwere light, his hair originally red, in after life became\\nwhite and silvery; his complexion was fair, his fore-\\nhead broad, and his whole countenance intelligent and\\nthoughtful. He ix)ssessed 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 jnire and correct. He\\nwas a finished classical scholar, and in his writings is\\ndiscernalile the care with whi( h he formed his style\\nupon the best models of .inticpiity.\\nJ\\nt\\nv|)\\nA\\ns^\\nr\\n^^\\\\\u00c2\u00a7^^(^k\\n^drnM^^ -Q S^^\\n^^^1^^-7^^^\\nQfi)", "height": "2809", "width": "2233", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph11chic_0032.jp2"}, "33": {"fulltext": "", "height": "2831", "width": "2180", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph11chic_0033.jp2"}, "34": {"fulltext": "iHe-c^-^t^^\\ni- ^iiu.y^ ^iif\\nt", "height": "2809", "width": "2233", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph11chic_0034.jp2"}, "35": {"fulltext": "^^i^/^D^e^^\\nz ^[lD: IiDr: r\\nFOURTH PRESIDENT.\\n^X\\nWW n]:aDisoi].\\nAMES MADISON, Father\\nB) of the Constitution, and fourth\\n|,f President ot the United States,\\nwas born March i6, 1757, and\\ndied at his home in Virginia,\\nJune 28, 1836. The name of\\nJames Madison is inseparably con-\\nnected with most of the im[wrtant\\nevents in that lieroic 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-\\njjeake 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\\nHlue Ridge. It was but 25 miles from the home of\\nJefferson at Monticello. The closest jjersonal and\\nl)olitical 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\\n1 8 he was sent to Princeton College, in New Jersey.\\nHere he applied himself to study with the most im-\\nprudent zeal; allowing himsel/, for months, but three\\nhours sleep out of the 24. His health thus became so\\nseriously impaired that he never recovered any vigor\\nof constitution. He graduated in 177 i, with a feeble\\nbody, with a character of utmost purity, and with a\\nmind highly disciplined and richly stored with learning\\nwhich embellished and gave proficiency to his subse-\\n(|uent career.\\nReturning to Virginia, he commenced the study of\\nlaw and a course of e.xtensive and systematic reading.\\nThis educational course, the spirit of the times in\\nwhich he lived, and the society with which he asso-\\nciated, all combined to inspire him with a strong\\nlove of liberty, and to train him for his life-work of\\na statesman. Being naturally of a religious turn of\\nmind, and his frail health leading him to think that\\nhis life was not to be long, he directed especial atten-\\ntion to theological studies. Endowed with a 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 ne.\\\\t year\\n(1777), he was a candidate for the General Assembly.\\nHe refused to treat the whisky-lovir.g voters, and\\nconsctpiently lost his election but those who had\\nwitnessed tlie talent, energy and public s|)irit of the\\nmodest young man, enlisted themselves in his behalf,\\nand he was appointed to tlie Executive Council.\\nBoth Patrick Henry ami Thomas Jefferson were\\nGovernors of Virginia while Mr. Madison remained\\nmember of the Council and their appreciation of his\\nv..\\nn\\nA\\nk\\np\\nktlSga\\nV^MO\\n3;", "height": "2831", "width": "2180", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph11chic_0035.jp2"}, "36": {"fulltext": "l^p^.\\nr^^ (J A M n n^: T\\n-:2^^S^\\n-*4^^^\\nJ\\nA\\nV\\n1\\n4.\\n3^\\nJAMES MADISON.\\nintellectual, social and moral worth, contributed not\\na little to his subsenuent eminence. In the year\\n1780, he was elected a member of the Continental\\nCongress. Here he met the most illustrious men in\\nour land, and he was immediately assigned to one of\\nthe most conspicuous positions among them.\\nFor three years JSIr. Madison continued in Con-\\ngress, one of its most active and influential members.\\nIn the year 1784, his term having expired, he was\\nelected a member of the Virginia Legislature.\\nNo man felt more dee[)ly than Mr. Madison the\\nutter inefficiency of the old confederacy, with no na-\\ntional government, with no power to form treaties\\nwhich would be binding, or to enforce law. There\\nwas not any State more iirominent than Virginia in\\nthe declaration, that an efficient national government\\nmust be formed. In January, 1786, Mr. Madison\\ncarried a resolution through the General Assembly of\\nVirginia, inviting the other States to appoint commis-\\nsioners to meet in convention at Annapolis to discuss\\nthis subject. Five States only were represented. The\\nconvention, however, issued another call, drawn up\\nby Mr. Madison, urging all the States to send their\\ndelegates to Philadelphia, in May, 1787, to draft\\na Coustituuon for the United States, to take the place\\nof that Confederate League. The delegates met at\\nthe time appointed. Every State but Rhode Island\\nwas represented, (ieorge Washington was chosen\\npresident of the convention and the present Consti-\\ntution of the United States was then and there formed.\\nThere was, perhaps, no mind and no pen more ac-\\ntive in framing this immortal document than the mind\\nand the pen of James Madison.\\nThe Constitution, adopted by a vote 81 to 79, was\\nto be presented to the several States for acceptance.\\nHut grave solicitude was felt. Should it be rejected\\nwe should be left but a conglomeration of independent\\nStates, with but little power at home and little respect\\nabroad. Mr. Madison was selected by the conven-\\ntion to draw uj) an address to the people of the United\\nStates, expounding the principles of the Constitution,\\nand urging its adoption. There was great opposition\\nto it at first, but it at length triumphed over all, and\\nwent into effect in 1789.\\nMr. Madison was elected to the House of Repre-\\nsentatives in the first Congress, and soon became the\\navowed leader of tlie Republican party. While in\\nNew York attending Congress, he met Mrs, Todd, a\\nyoung widow of remarkable [wwer of fascination,\\nwlioni he married. She was in person and character\\n(|ueenly, and probably no lady has thus far occupied\\nso prominent a position in the very peculiar society\\nwhich has constituted our republican court as Mrs.\\nMadison.\\nMr. Madison served as Secretary of State nnder\\nJefferson, and at the close of his administration\\nwas chosen President. At this time the encroach-\\nments of England had brought us to the verge of war.\\nBritish orders in council destioyed our commerce, and\\nour flag was exijosed to constant insult. Mr. Madison\\nwas a man of peace. Scholarly in his taste, retiring\\nin his disposition, war had no charms for him. But the\\nmeekest spirit can be roused. It makes one s blood\\nboil, even now, to think of an American ship brought\\nto, ujjon the ocean, by the guns of an English cruiser.\\nA young lieutenant steps on board and orders the\\ncrew to be paraded before him. With great nonchal-\\nance he selects any number whom he may please to\\ndesignate as British subjects; orders them down the\\nship s side into his boat; and places them on the gun-\\ndeck of his man-of-war, to fight, by compulsion, the\\nbattles of England. This right of search and im-\\npressment, no efforts of our Government could induce\\nthe British cabinet to relin iuish.\\nOn the i8th of June, 1812, President Madison gave\\nhis approval to an act of Congress declaring war\\nagainst Great Britain. Notwithstanding the bitter\\nhostility of the Federal party to the war, the country\\nin general approved; and Mr. INIadison, on the 4th\\nof March, 1813, was re-elected by a large majority,\\nand entered upon his second term of office. This is\\nnot the place to describe the various adventures of\\nthis war on the land and on the water. Our infant\\nnavy then laid the foundations of its renown in grap-\\npling wilh the most formidalile power which ever\\nswept the seas. The contest commenced in earnest\\nby the appearance of a British fleet, early in February,\\n1813, in Chesapeake Bay, declaring nearly the whole\\ncoast of the United Slates under blockade.\\nThe Emperor of Russia offered his services as me\\nditator. America accepted England refused. A Brit-\\nish force of five thousand men landed on the banks\\nof the Patuxet River, near its entrance into Chesa-\\npeake Bay, and marched raj. idly, by way of Bladens-\\nburg, upon Washington.\\nThe straggling little city of Washington was thrown\\ninto consternation. The cannon of the brief conflict\\nat Bladensburg echoed through the streets of the\\nmetropolis. The whole population fled from the city.\\nThe President, leaving Mrs. Madison in the White\\nHouse, with her carriage drawn up at the door to\\nawait his speedy return, hurried to meet the officers\\nin a council of war. He met our troops utterly routed,\\nand he could not go back without danger of being\\ncaptured. But few hours elapsed ere the Presidential\\nMansion, the Capitol, and all the public buildings in\\nWashington were in flames.\\nThe war closed after two years of fighting, and on\\nFeb. 13, 1 8 15, the treaty of peace was signed al 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 i)f 85 years, he fell asleep in death. Mrs. Madi-\\nson died July 12, 1849.\\nf\\n)m^\\n^D a tii]^\\n^4^^^", "height": "2809", "width": "2233", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph11chic_0036.jp2"}, "37": {"fulltext": "", "height": "2831", "width": "2180", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph11chic_0037.jp2"}, "38": {"fulltext": "\\\\j\\na\\nJ^ ^T-", "height": "2861", "width": "2254", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph11chic_0038.jp2"}, "39": {"fulltext": "^li!i:^IiDf v\\n-:2i\\n4 ^?f\\nV\\nFIFTH PRESIDENT.\\nPIIQES n]01]ItOE.\\n\\\\MES MONROE, the fifth\\nresident of The United States,\\nwas born in Westmoreland Co.,\\na., April 28, 1758. His early\\nlife was passed at the place of\\n\\\\^iu.^ J nativity. His ancestors had for\\nCifJL? niany years resided in the prov-\\nI\\nince in which he was born. When,\\nat 1 7 years of age, in the process\\nof completing his education at\\n^Villiam and Mary College, the Co-\\nlonial Congress assembled at Phila-\\ndelphia to deliberate upon the un-\\njust and manifold opi)ressions of\\n(ireat Britian, declared the separa-\\ntion of the Colonies, and promul-\\ngated the Declaration of Indepen-\\ndence. Had he been born ten years before it is highly\\nprobable that he would have been one of the signers\\nof that celebrated instrument. At this time he left\\nschool and enlisted among the patriots.\\nHe joined the army when everything looked liope-\\nless and gloomy. The number of deserters increased\\nfrom day to day. The invading armies came [wuring\\nin and the tories not only favored the cause of the\\nmother country, but disheartened the new recruits,\\nwho were sufficiently terrified at the prospect of con-\\ntending with an enemy whom they had been -taught\\nto deem invincible. To such brave spirits as James\\nMonroe, who went right onward, undismayed through\\ndifficulty and danger, the United States owe their\\nix)litical emancipation. The young cadet joined the\\nranks, and espoused the cause of his injured country,\\nwith a firm determination to live or die with her strife\\nV^\\nA\\nfor liberty. I inuly yet sadly he shared in the mel-\\nancholy retreat from Harleam Heights and White\\nPlains, and accomiianied the dispirited army as it fled\\nbefore its foes througli New Jersey. In four months\\nafter the Declaration of Independence, the patriots\\nhad been beaten in seven battles. At the battle of k,\\nTrenton he led the vanguard, and, in the act of charg-\\ning upon the enemy he received a wound in tlie left\\nshoulder.\\nAs a reward for his bravery, Mr. Monroe was ])ro-\\nmoted a captain of infantry; and, having recovered\\nfrom his wound, he rejoined the army. He, however,\\nreceded from tlie 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, Germanlown and Monmouth, he continued\\naid-de-camp; but becoming desirous to regain his\\nposition in the army, he e.\\\\erted himself to collect a\\nregiment for the Virginia line. Tliis scheme failed\\nowing to the exhausted condition of tlie .State, l^ijon\\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 Kxecutive\\nCouncil. He was thus honored with the confidence\\nof liis fellow citizens at 23 years of age and having\\nat this early period disi)layed some of that ability g^\\nand aptitude for legislation, which were afterwards (j)\\\\\\nemployed with unremitting energ)- for the public good,\\nk\\nr\\nI\\n4\\na\\n-5i.\\n-K^^nn^tntif^^\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0-^^^f:\u00c2\u00ae", "height": "2831", "width": "2180", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph11chic_0039.jp2"}, "40": {"fulltext": "tt^*\\nA\\ni\u00c2\u00ab\\nV\\na\\nI\\nJAMES MONROE.\\n-#i^^(5jvSi;\\nhe was in the succeeding year chosen a member of\\nthe Congress of the United States.\\nDeeply as Mr. Monroe felt the imperfections of the old\\nConfederacy, he was opposed to the new Constitution,\\nthinking, with many others of the Republican party,\\nthat it gave too much power to the Central Government,\\nand not enough to the individual States. Still he re-\\ntained the esteem of his friends who were its warm\\nsupporters, and who, notwithstanding his opposition\\nsecured its adoption. In 1789, lie became a member\\nof the United States Senate which office he held for\\nfour years. Every month the line of distinction be-\\ntween the two great i)arties which divided the nation,\\nthe J- ederal and the Republican, was growing more\\ndistinct. The two jirominent ideas which now sep-\\narated them w^ere, that the Republican party was in\\nsympathy with France, and also in favor of such a\\nstrict construction of the Constitution as to give the\\nCentral Government as little power, and the State\\nGovernments as much power, as the Constitution would\\nwarrant. The Federalists sym[)athized with England,\\nand were in favor of a liberal construction of the Con-\\nstitution, wjiich would give as much ])ower to the\\nCentral Government as that document could possibly\\nauthorize.\\nThe leading Federalists and Republicans were\\nalike noble men, consecrating all their energies to the\\ngood of the nation. Two more honest men or more\\npure patriots than John Adams the Federalist, and\\nJames Monroe the Republican, never breathed. In\\nbuilding u|) this majestic nation, which is destined\\nto eclipse alKirecian and Assyrian greatness, the com-\\nbination of their antagonism was needed to create the\\nlight ecpiilibrium. And yet each in his day was de-\\nnounced as almost a demon.\\nWashington was tlien President. England had es-\\npoused the cause of the Bourbons against the princi-\\nples of the French Revolution. All Eurojje was drawn\\ninto the conflict. We were feeble and far away.\\nWashington issued a proclamation of neutrality be-\\ntween these contending jjowers. France had heljied\\nus in the struggle for our liberties. All the despotisms\\nof Europe were now coml)inedto prevent the French\\nfrom es(a])ing from a tyranny a thousand-fold worse\\nthan that which we had endured. Col. Monroe, more\\nmagnanimous than prudent, was anxious that, at\\nwl iatever hazard, we should help our old allies in\\ntheir extremity. It was the impulse of a generous\\nand noble nature. He violently opposed tlie Pres-\\nident s jjroclamation as ungrateful and wanting in\\nmagnanimity.\\nWashington, who could appreciate such a character,\\ndeveloped his calm, serene, almost divine greatness,\\nby appointing that very James Monroe, who was de-\\nnouncing the policy of the Government, as the minister\\nof that Government to the Republic of France. Mr.\\nMonroe was welcomed by the National Convention\\nin France with the most entluisiastic demonstrations.\\nShortly after his return to this country, Mr. Mon-\\nroe was elected Governor of Virginia, and held the\\noffice for three years. He was again sent to France to\\nco-operate with Chancellor Livingston in obtaining\\nthe vast territory then known as the Province of\\nLouisiana, which France had but shortly before ob-\\ntained from Spain. Their united efforts were suc-\\ncessful. For the comparatively small simi of fifteen\\nmillions of dollars, the entire territory of Orleans and\\ndistrict of Louisiana were added to the United States.\\nThis was probably the largest transfer of real estate\\nwhich was ever made in all the history of the world.\\nFrom France Mr. Monroe went to England to ob-\\ntain from that country some recognition of our\\nrights as neutrals, and to remonstrate against those\\nodious impressments of our seamen. But Eng-\\nland was unrelenting. He agaui returned to Eng-\\nland on the same mission, but could receive no\\nredress. He returned to his home and was again\\nchosen Governor of Virginia. This he soon resigned\\nto accept the position of Secretary of State under\\nMadison. While in this office war with England was\\ndeclared, the Secretary of War resigned, and during\\nthese trj ing times, the duties of the N\\\\ ar Department\\nwere also put upon him. He was truly the armor-\\nbearer of President Madison, and the most efficient\\nbusiness man in his cabinet. Upon the return of\\npeace he resigned the Department of War, but con-\\ntinued in the office of Secretary of State until the ex-\\npiration of Mr. Madison s adminstration. At the elec-\\ntion held the previous autumn Mr. Monroe liimself had\\nbeen chosen President with but little opposition, and\\nupon March 4, 1817, was inaugurated. Four years\\nlater he was elected for a second term.\\nAmong the imjiortant 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 ^\\\\ish\\nto have European powers longer attempting to sub-\\ndue portions of the American Continent. The doctrine\\nis as follows: That we should consider any attempt\\non the part of European powers to extend their sys-\\ntem to any portion of this hemisphere as dangerous\\nto our peace and safety, and that we could rot\\nview any interposition for the purpose of oppressing\\nor controlling American governments or provinces in\\nany other light than as a manifestation by European\\nl)owers of an unfriendly disposition toward the United\\nStates. This doctrine immediately affected the course\\nof foreign governments, and has become the approved\\nsentiment of the United States.\\nAt the end of his fecond term Mr. Monroe retired\\nto his home in Virginia, where he lived unlil 1830,\\nwhen he went to New York to live with his son-in-\\nlaw. In that city he died, on the 4th of July, 1834.\\nA\\nr\\nWli\\na^.f;.,^_.\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0A ^n n nov ^u=i ^^^r-", "height": "2809", "width": "2233", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph11chic_0040.jp2"}, "41": {"fulltext": "", "height": "2831", "width": "2180", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph11chic_0041.jp2"}, "42": {"fulltext": "4\\nt// oZ/. c M.M/7yx^\\nBmOE", "height": "2809", "width": "2233", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph11chic_0042.jp2"}, "43": {"fulltext": "-r -|]Il :llDs -r-\\ni(^\\nSIXTH PRESIDENT.\\n39\\n(f^\\nI\\nOHN QUINCY ADAMS, the\\nsixtli President of the United\\npStates, was born in the rural\\nlionie of his honored fatlier,\\nJohn Adams, in Quincy, Mass.,\\non the I ith cf July, 1767. His\\nmother, a woman of exalted\\nworth, watched over his childhood\\nduring the almost constant ab-\\nsence of his father. When but\\neight years of age, he stood with\\nhis mother on an eminence, listen-\\ning to the booming of the great bat-\\ntle on Bunjver s Hill, and gazing on\\nupon the smoke and flames billow-\\ning ui) from the conflagration of\\nCiiarlestown.\\nWhen but eleven years old he\\ntook a tearful adieu of his mother,\\nto sail with his father for Europe,\\nfleet of hostile British cruisers. The bright,\\nl)oy spent a year and a half in I aris, where\\nliis father was associated with Franklin and Lee as\\nminister plenipotentiary. His intelligence attracted\\nthe notice of these distinguished men, and he received\\nfrom them flattering marks of attention.\\nMr. John Adams had scarcely returned to this\\ncountr)% in 1779, ere he was again sent abroad. Again\\nJohn Quincy accompanied his father. At Paris he\\napplied Jiimself with great diligence, for si.x months,\\nto study; then accompained his father to Holland,\\nwhere he entered, first a school in .Amsterdam, then\\nthe University at Leyden. About a year from tiiis\\ntime, in 1781, when the manly boy was but fourteen\\nyears of age, he was selected by Mr. Dana, our min-\\nister to the Russian court, as his i)rivate secretary.\\nIn this school of incessant labor .ind of enoi)ling\\nculture he spent fourteen months, and then returned\\nto Holland through Sweden, Denmark, Haml)urg and\\nBremen. This long journey he took alone, in the\\nwinter, when in his sixteenth year. Again he resumed\\nhis studies, under a private tutor, .Tt Hague. Them e.\\nI\\nin the spring of 1782, he accompanied liis 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 witli 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. l o a brilliant young\\nman of eighteen, who had seen much of the world,\\nand who was familiar with the eti(|uette of courts, a\\nresidence with his father in London, under such cir-\\ncumstances, must have been extremely attractive;\\nbut vvitli judgment very rare in one of his age, he pre-\\nferred to return to America to comi)lete his education\\nin an American college. He wished then to study\\nlaw, that with an honorable profession, he might be\\nable to obtain an independent 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\\nNetlierlands. 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 Hrilian. After thus sjiending a fortnight in\\nLondon, he proceeded to the Hague.\\nIn July, 1797, he left the Hague logo to Portugal as\\nminister plenipotentiary. On his way to Portugal,\\nupon arriving in London, he met with despatches\\ndirecting him to the court of Berlin, but requesting\\nhim to remain in London until he should receive his\\ninstructions. While waiting he was married to an\\nAmerican lady to whom he had been ))reviously en-\\ngaged, Miss Louisa Catherine Johnson, daughter\\nof Mr. Joshua Johnson, American consul in London;\\na lady endownd with that beauty and those accom-\\njilishment which eminently fitted her to move in the\\nelevated sphere for which she was destined.\\nr\\nma\\nJ\\nU^^i-^\\n-^P!i: Olls A.^^", "height": "2831", "width": "2180", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph11chic_0043.jp2"}, "44": {"fulltext": "\u00e2\u0080\u00a2)^ri-\\n-2^^ r-r :Qli: IlIl r\\n-#t^( s^g\u00c2\u00a7\\n4\\nV\\nV\\ns\\n4\u00c2\u00b0\\nJOHN QUINCY ADAMS.\\nHe reached Berlin with his wife in November, 1797\\nwhere he remained (intil July, 1799, when, having ful-\\nfilled all the purjxises 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 finn resistance.\\nIn 1809, Madison succeeded Jefierson 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 imjxjttaiit\\npart of his studies. It was his rule to read five\\nchapters every day.\\nOn the 4th of March, 18 17, Mr. Monroe took the\\nPresidential chair, and immediately apix)inted Mr.\\nAdams Secretary of State. Taking leave of his num-\\nerous friends in public and private life in Europe, he\\nsailed in Jane, 1819, for the United States. On the\\n1 8th 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-\\nseven. As there was no choice by the people, tlie\\nquestion went to the House of Re[)resentativcs. 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\\nV\\nwas poured in one uninterrupted stream, upon this\\nhigh-minded, upright, patriotic man. There neverwas\\nan administration more pure in principles, more con-\\nscientiously devoted to the best interests of the coun-\\ntry, than that of John Quincy Adams; and never, per-\\nhaps, was there an administration more unscrupu-\\nlously and outrageously assailed.\\nMr. Adams was, to a very remarkable degree, ab-\\nstemious and temperate in his habits; always rising\\nearly, and taking much exercise. When at his home in\\nQuincy, he has been known to walk, before breakfast,\\nseven miles to Boston. In Washington, it was said\\nthat he was the first man up in the city, lighting his\\nown fire and applying himself to work in his library\\noften long before dawn.\\nOn the 4th of March, 1829, Mr. Adams retired\\nfrom the Presidency, and was succeeded by Andrew-\\nJackson. John C. Calhoun was elected Vice Presi-\\ndent. The slavery question now began to assume\\n[xjrlentous 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 tlie 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 Us moral daring and heroism. For persisting in\\npresenting petitions for the abolition of slavery, he\\nwas threatened with indictment by the grand jury,\\nwith expulsion from the House, with assassination;\\nbut no threats could intimidate him, and his final\\ntriumph was complete.\\nIt has been said of President Adams, that when his\\nbody was bent and his hair silvered by the lapse of\\nfourscore years, yielding to the simple faith of a little\\nchild, he was accustomed to repeat every night, before\\nlie 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 afaly-\\nsis, and was caught in the arms of those around him.\\nFor a lime he was senseless, as he was conveyed to\\nthe sofa in the rotunda. With reviving conscious-\\nness, he opened his eyes, looked calmly around and\\nsaid This is the end of earth then after a moment s\\npause he added, I am eonteiil. These were the\\nlast words of the grand Old Man Elotjuent.\\nA\\nJ\\ni\\n.^sjt^^fjr:-\\n^Da^iinr\\nS|;^^", "height": "2809", "width": "2233", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph11chic_0044.jp2"}, "45": {"fulltext": "", "height": "2831", "width": "2180", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph11chic_0045.jp2"}, "46": {"fulltext": "", "height": "2809", "width": "2233", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph11chic_0046.jp2"}, "47": {"fulltext": "\u00e2\u0080\u00a2vjW\\nV\\ns\\n-r :l]ll^(iDr\\nSEVENTH PRESIDENT.\\n\u00e2\u0080\u00a2^i^fK^^^PF^\\nV\\niVDREW JACKSON, the\\nsevcntli President of the\\nUnited States, was born in\\nWaxhaw settlement, N. C.,\\nMarch 15, 1767, a few days\\nafter his father s death. His\\nparents were poor emigrants\\nfrom Irehmd, and took up\\ntheir abode in Waxhaw set-\\ntlement, where they lived in\\ndeepest poverty.\\nAndrew, or Andy, as he was\\nuniversally called, grew up a very\\nrough, rude, turbulent boy. His\\nfeatures were coarse, his form un-\\ngainly; and there was but very\\nlittle in his character, made visible, which was at-\\ntractive.\\nWhen only thirteen years old he joined the volun-\\nteers of Carolina against the British invasion. In\\n1781, he and his brother Robert were captured and\\nimprisoned for a time at Camden. A British officer\\nordered him to brush his mud-spattered boots. I am\\na prisoner of war, not your servant, was the reply of\\nthe dauntless boy.\\nThe brute drew his sword, and aimed a desperate\\nblow at the head of the helpless young prisoner.\\nAndrew raised his hand, and thus received two fear-\\nful gashes, one on the hand and the other upon the\\nhead. The officer then turned to his brother Robert\\nwith the same demand. He also refused, and re-\\nceived a blow from the keen-edged sai)re, which (juite\\ndiiabled him, and which probably soon after caused\\nhis death. They suffered ipuchother ill-treatment, and\\nwere finally stricken with the small-pox. Their\\nmother was successful in obtaining their exchange.\\nA\\n(5))\u00c2\u00ab\u00c2\u00a7i)f|*\\n\u00e2\u0080\u00a2!-r/L.\\n-ni]:^\\nand took her sick boys home. After a long illness\\n.\\\\ndrew recovered, and the death of his mother soon\\nleft him entirely friendless.\\nAndrew supported himself in various ways, such as\\nworking at the saddler s trade, teaching school and\\nclerking in a general store, unril 1784, when he\\nentered a law office at Salisbury, N. C. He, however,\\ngave more attention to the wild amusements of the\\ntimes than to his studies. In 1788, he was apix)inted\\nsolicitor for the western district of North Carolina, of\\nwhich Tennessee was then a part. This involved f^\\nmany long and tedious journeys amid dangers of\\nevery kind, but Andrew Jackson never knew fear,\\nand the Indians had no desire to repeat a skirmish V*\\nwith the Sharp Knife.\\nIn 179 1, Mr. Jackson was married to a woman who\\nsupposed herself divorced from her former husband.\\nGreat was the surprise of both parties, two years later,\\nto find that the conditions of the divorce had just been\\ndefinitely settled by the first husband. The marriage\\nceremony was performed a second time, but the occur-\\nrence was often used by his enemies to bring Mr.\\nJackson into disfavor.\\nDuring these years he worked hard at his [jiofes- F\\nsion, and frecpiently had one or more duels on hand,\\none of which, when he killed nickenson,_was espec-\\nially disgraceful.\\nIn January, 1796, the Territory of Tennessee then\\ncontaining neariy eighty thousand inhabitants, the\\npeople met in convention at Knoxville to frame a con- O\\nstitution. Five were sent from each of the eleven\\ncounties. Andrew Jackson was one of the delegates.\\nThe new State was entitled to but one member in\\nthe National House of Representatives. Andrew Jack- iL\\nson was chosen that member. Mounting his horse he\\nrode to Philedelphin, where Congress then held its", "height": "2831", "width": "2180", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph11chic_0047.jp2"}, "48": {"fulltext": "i\\nV\\nV\\nI\\nANDRE W JACKSON.\\nsessions, a distance of about eight hundred miles.\\nJackson was an earnest advocate of the Demo-\\ncratic pirty. Jefferson was his idol. He admired\\nBonaparte, loved France and hated England. .VsMr.\\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 api)rove of the address, and was one of the\\ntwelve wlio voted against it. He was not willing to\\nsay that Gen. Washington s adminstralion had l)een\\nwise, firm and patriotic.\\nMr. Jackson was elected to the United States\\nSenate in 1797, but soon resigned and returned home.\\nSoon after he was chosen Judge of the Supreme Court\\nof his State, which position he held fjr six years.\\nWhen the war of 181 2 with Great Britian com-\\nmenced, Madison occupied the Presidential chair.\\nAaron Burr sent word to the President that there was\\nan unknown man in the West, Andrew Jackson, who\\nwould do credit to a commission if one were con-\\nferred \\\\ipon him. Just at that time Gen. Jackson\\noffered his services and tliose 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 (len. Wilkinson was\\nin command, he was ordered to descend the river\\nwith fifteen hundred trooi)s to aid Wilkinson. The\\nexpedition reached Natchez; and after a delay of sev-\\neral weeks there, without accomplishing anjthing,\\nthe men were ordered back to their homes. But the\\nenergy (Jen. Jackson had displayed, and his entire\\ndevotion to the comrfort of his soldiers, won hinr\\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 iijxjn a bed of suffering news came that the\\nIndians, who had comlnned under Tecumseli from\\nFlorida to the Lakes, to exterminate the white set-\\ntlers, were committing the. most awful ravages. De-\\ncisive action became necessary, (ien. Jackson, with\\nhis fractured bone just beginning to heal, his arm in\\na sling, and unable to mount his horse without assis-\\ntance, gave his amazing energies to the raising of an\\narmy to rendezvous at Fayettesville, Alabama.\\nThe Creek Indians had established a strong fort on\\none of the i)endsoftiie Tallapoosa River, near the cen-\\nter of Alabama, ai)out fifty miles below Fort Slrotlier.\\nWith an army of two thousand men, Gen. Jackson\\ntraversed the pathless wilderness in a march of eleven\\ndays. He readied their fort, called i oho])eka or\\nHorse-shoe, on the 27th of March. 1814. The bend\\n(iV\\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 acce[)t of quarter. \\\\Vhen\\nbleeding and dying, they would fight tliose who en-\\ndeavored to spare their lives. l roni 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\\n[XDwer of the Creeks was broken forever. This bold\\nplunge into the wilderness, with its terriffic slaughter,\\nso ajipalled 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 ;en. Jackson could have conducted this Indian\\ncampaign to so successful an issue Immediately lie\\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 lieach, anchored near the little fort,\\nand from botli shi]) 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 Mobile, where he had taken liis 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 ill connection with the Presidency, but, in 1824,\\nhe was defeated liy 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. P rom the shock of\\nher death he never recovered.\\nHis administration was one of the most memoralile\\nin the annals of our countr) ajijilauded by one party,\\ncondemned by the other. No man had more hitter\\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 C hristian man.\\n:A\\nA\\nIf\\no\\n^-9\u00c2\u00bb-\\nU^i-J\\nK\\nA^\\nf-ress\\nm", "height": "2809", "width": "2233", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph11chic_0048.jp2"}, "49": {"fulltext": "", "height": "2831", "width": "2180", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph11chic_0049.jp2"}, "50": {"fulltext": "liT\\nO 7 T^^f^ e.^t^^ Ut-", "height": "2809", "width": "2233", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph11chic_0050.jp2"}, "51": {"fulltext": "-cr\\nV ^nil^IiDr v\\n-3\u00c2\u00ab^^ r\\nEIGHTH PRESIDENT.\\n-#^f\u00c2\u00aevii\\n47\\n6\\nV\\ns\\no\u00c2\u00bb\\n\u00c2\u00a3)KiK\u00c2\u00ae\\nARTIN VAN BUREN, the\\nL-iyhth President of the\\nUnited States, was born at\\nKinderhook, N. Y., Dec. 5,\\n1782. He died at the same\\nplace, July 24, 1862. His\\nbody rests in the cemetery\\nat Kinderhook. Above it is\\n.1 plain granite shaft fifteen feet\\nhigh, bearing a simple inscription\\nabout halt way up on one face.\\nThe lot is unfenced, unbordered\\nor unbounded by shrub or flower.\\nThere is but little in the life of Martin Van Buren\\nof romantic interest. He fought no battles, engaged\\nin no wild adventures. Though his life was stormy in\\n|X3litical and intellectual conflicts, and he gained many\\nsignal victories, his days passed uneventful in those\\nincidents which give zest to biography. His an-\\ncestors, as his name indicates, were of Dutch origin,\\nand were among the earliest emigrants from Holland\\nto the banks of the Hudson. His father was a farmer,\\nresiding in the old town of Kinderhook. His mother,\\nalso of Dutch lineage, was a woman of superior intel-\\nligence and exemplary piety.\\nHe was decidedly a precocious boy, developing un-\\nusual activity, vigor and strength of mind. At the\\nage of fourteen, he had finished liis 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\\nl)efore he could be admitted to the i)ar. Inspired with\\na lofty ambition, and conscious of his powers, he [)ur-\\nsued his studies with in defatigable industry. After\\nspending six years in an office in his native village.\\nA\\nhe went to the city of New York, and prosecuted his\\nstudies for the seventh year.\\nIn 1803, Mr. Van Buren, then twenty-one years of\\nage, commenced the i)ractice of law in his native vil-\\nlage. The great conflict between the Federal and\\nRepublican party was then at its height. Mr. Van\\nBuren was from tile ))eginning a politician. He had,\\nperhaps, imbibed that spirit while listening to the\\nmany discussions which had been carried on in his\\nfather s hotel. He was in cordial sympatliy with\\nJefferson, and earnestly and eloquently espoused the\\ncause of State Rights; though at that time the Fed- S^\\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 sjient seven years,\\nconstantly gaining strength by contending in the\\ncourts with some of the ablest men who have adorned\\nthe bar of his State.\\nJust before leaving Kinderhook for Hudson, Mr.\\nVan Buren married a lady alike distinguished for\\nbeauty and accomplishments. After twelve short\\nyears she sank into the grave, the victim of consump-\\ntion, leaving her husband and four sons to weep over\\nher loss. For twenty-five years, Mr. Van Buren was\\nan earnest, successful, assidtious lawyer. The record\\nof those years is barren in items of public interest, f\\nIn 181 2, when thirty years of age, he was chosen to\\nthe State Senate, and gave his strenuous sui |)ort to\\nMr. Madison s adminstration. In 18 15, lie was ap-\\npointed -Xttorney-Oeneral, and the ne.xt year moved\\nto Albany, the cai)ital of the State.\\nWhile he was acknowledged as one of the most\\nprominent leaders of the Democratic party, he had\\n^Dii: ^:nii;.", "height": "2831", "width": "2180", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph11chic_0051.jp2"}, "52": {"fulltext": ";fl^\u00c2\u00ab\\nrrv\\n^uy^m\\nV\\n48\\nMARTIN VAN BUREN.\\n6\\nA\\nV\\n1\\nthe moral courage to avow that true democracy did\\nnot require that Liniversal suffrage which admits\\nthe vile, the degraded, the ignorant, to the right of\\ngoverning the State. In true consistency with his\\ndemocratic principles, he contended that, while the\\npath leading to the privilege of voting should be open\\nto every man without distinction, no one sliould 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 I he was elected a member of the United\\nStates Senate; and in the same year, he took a seat\\nin the convention to revise the constitution of his\\nnative State. His course 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 tlie beginning a de-\\ntermined opposer of the Administration, adopting the\\nState Rights view in opposition to what was\\ndeemed the Federal proclivities of Mr. Adams.\\nSoon after this, in 1828, he was chosen Governorof\\nthe State of New York, and accordingly resigned his\\nseat in the Senate. Proljably no one in the United\\nStates contributed so much towards ejecting John\\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 spiings of action; how to pull all\\nthe wires to put his machinery in motion; and how to\\norganize a political army which would, secretly and\\nstealthily accomplish the most gigantic results. By\\nthese powers it is said that he outv. itted Mr. Adams,\\nMr. Clay, Mr. Webster, and secured results which\\nfew tliought then could be accomplished.\\nWhen Vndrew Jackson was elected President he\\napjKiinted Mr. Van Buren Secretary of State. This\\n]X)sition lie resigned in 1831, and was immediately\\naiipointed Minister to England, where he went the\\nsame autumn. Tlie Senate, however, wlien 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 confirm his nomination\\nas ambassador.\\nHis rejection by the Senate roused all the zeal of\\nPresident Jackson in behalf of his repudiated favor-\\nite and this, probably more tlian 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 liim the power to appoint a successor.\\nHis administration was filled with exciting events.\\nThe insurrection in Canada, which threatened to in\\nvolve this country in war 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 tlic Democratic party,\\nand brought the President into such disfavor tliat lie\\nfailed of re-election.\\nWith the exception of being nominated for tlie\\nPresidency by the Free Soil Democrats, in 1.S48,\\nMr. Van Buren lived qnietlv u|)on 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 umiuestioned\\npatriotism, and the distinguished positions which he\\nhad occupied in the government of our country, se-\\ncured to him not only the homage of his party, but\\nthe respect ot the whole community. It was on the\\n4th of March, 1841, that Mr. Van Buren retired from\\nthe presidency. From his fine estate at Lindenwald^\\nhe still exerted a powerful influence upon the politics\\nof the country. From this time until his death, on\\nthe 24tli 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 liap|iiness than he had before\\nexperienced amid the stormy scenes of his active life.\\nf\\nA\\n0\\nr", "height": "2809", "width": "2233", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph11chic_0052.jp2"}, "53": {"fulltext": "", "height": "2831", "width": "2180", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph11chic_0053.jp2"}, "54": {"fulltext": "y^//f^Cl^t^ t^^", "height": "2809", "width": "2233", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph11chic_0054.jp2"}, "55": {"fulltext": "^7s\\ny^\\n^\u00c2\u00absj^^\\n-^a\u00c2\u00ab^^-\\n!DO^IjD\\nNINTH PRESIDENT.\\n-3*^S^\\n-\u00c2\u00ab^?f^JC S)\\n5\\n^-r\\nWMiiiyLM SENRT m4ER^(i j;.\\nS-8-^\\ng\\nI\\nILLIAM HENRY HARRI-\\nSON, the ninth President of\\nthe United States, was born\\nat Berkeley, Va., Feb. 9, 1773.\\nHis father, Benjamin Harri-\\nson, was in comparatively op-\\nulent circumstances, and was\\none of the most distinguished\\nmen of his day. He was an\\nintimate friend of George\\nWashington, as early elected\\na member of the Continental\\nCongress, and was conspicuous\\namong the patriots of Virginia in\\nresisting the encroachments of the\\nBritish crown. In the celebrated\\nCongress of 1775, Benjamin Har-\\nrison and John Hancock were\\nboth candidates for the office of\\nspeaker.\\nMr Harrison was subsequently\\nchosen Governor of Virginia, and\\nwas twice re-elected. His son,\\ni William Henry, of course enjoyed\\nin childhood all the advantages which wealth and\\nintellectual and cultivated society could give. Hav-\\ning received a thorough common-school education, he\\nentered Hampden Sidney College, where he graduated\\nwith honor soon after the death of his father. He\\nthen repaired to Philadelphia to study medicine under\\nthe instructions of Dr. Rush and the guardianshij) of\\nI Robert Morris, both of whom were, with his father,\\nv signers 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 Wasiiington. He was then but ig 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 by Congress into two portions. The\\neastern portion, comprising the region now embraced\\nin the State of Ohio, was called Tiie Territory\\nnorth-west of the Ohio. Tlic western portion, which\\nincludeil what is now called Indiana, Illinois and\\nWisconsin, was called the Indiana Territory. Wil-\\nliam Henry Harrison, then 27 years of age, was ap-\\npointed by John Adams, Governor of the Indiana\\nTerritory, and immediately after, also Governor of\\nUpper Louisiana. He was thus ruler over almost as\\nextensive a realm as any sovereign upon the.globe. He\\nwas Superintendent of Indian Affairs, and was in-\\nvested with powers nearly dictatorial over the now\\nrapidly increasing white population. The ability and\\nfidelity with which he discliarged these responsible\\nduties may be inferred from the fact that he was four\\ntimes appointed to this office first by John Adams,\\ntwice by Thtjmas Jefferson and afterwards by Presi-\\ndent Madison.\\nWhen he began his adminstration there were but\\nthree white settlements in that almost boundless region,\\nnow crowded with cities and resounding with all the\\ntumult of wealth and traffic. One of these settlements\\nwas on the Ohio, nearly opixjsite 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\\ny^\\nK\\nV\\nA\\n^^It^\\nmm\\\\i\\nVA.\\n-i)::^\\n^^J", "height": "2831", "width": "2180", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph11chic_0055.jp2"}, "56": {"fulltext": "^7 ^^nD: ^lll^\\nt7 w;uu.\u00c2\u00ae.HH:y\\nWILLIAM HENRY HARRISON.\\nmi^\\nf\\nA\\nV\\nt\\nthe year 1806, two extraordinary men, twin brothers,\\nof the Shawnese tribe, rose among them. One of\\nthese was called Tecumseh, or The Crouching\\nPanther; the other, Olliwacheca, or I he Prophet.\\nTecumseh was not only an Indian warrior, but a man\\nof great sagacity, far-reaching foresight and indomit-\\nable perseverance in any enterprise in which he might\\nengage. He was inspired with the highest enthusiasm,\\nand had long regarded with dread and with hatred\\nthe encroachment of the whites upon the hunting-\\ngrounds of his fathers. His brother, the Prophet, was\\nanorator, who could sway the feelings of the untutored\\nIndian as the gale tossed the tree-tops beneath which\\nthey dwelt.\\nBut the Prophet was not merely an orator: he was,\\nin the superstitious minds of 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 tliem 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 gvery precaution against surprise.\\nHis troops were posted in a hollow square, and slept\\nupon their arms.\\nThe troops threw themselves upon the ground for\\nrest; but every man had his accourtrements on, his\\nloaded musket by his side, and his bayonet fixed. The\\nwakeful Governor, between three and four o clock in\\nthe morning, had risen, and was sitting in conversa-\\ntion with his aids by the embers of a waning fire. It\\nwas a chill, cloudy morning with a drizzling rain. In\\nthe darkness, the Indians had crept as near as possi-\\nble, and just then, with a savage yell, rushed, with all\\nthe desperation which superstition and passion most\\nhighly inflamed could give, upon the left flank of the\\nlittle army. The savages had been amply provided\\nwith guns and ammunition by the English. Their\\nwar-whoop was accompained by a shower of bullets.\\nThe camp-fires were instantly extinguished, as the\\nlight aided the Indians in their aim. With hide-\\nous yells, the Indian bands rushed on, not doubting a\\nspeedy and an entire victory. But Gen. Harrison s\\ntroops stood as immovable as the rocks around them\\nuntil day dawned they then made a simultaneous\\ncharge with the bayonet, and swept every thing be-\\nfore them, and completely routing the foe.\\nGov. Harrison now had all his energies tasked\\nto the utmost. The British descending I rom theCan-\\nadas, were of themselves a very formidable force but\\nwith their savage allies, rushing like wolves I rom the\\nforest, searching out every remote farm-house, burn-\\ning, plundering, scalping, torturing, the wide frontier\\nwas plunged into a state of consternation which even\\nthe most vivid imagination can but faintly conceive.\\nThe war-whoop was resounding everywhere in the\\nforest. The horizon was illuminated with the conflagra-\\ntion of the cabins of the settlers. Gen Hull had made\\nthe ignominious surrender of his forces at Detroit.\\nUnder these despairing circumstances. Gov. Harrison\\nwas appointed by President Madison commander-in-\\nchief of the North-western army, with orders to retake\\nDetroit, and to protect the frontiers.\\nIt would be diflicult to place a man in a situation\\ndemanding more energy, sagacity and courage; but\\nGeneral Harrison was found equal to the position,\\nand nobly and triumphantly did he meet all tiie 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, sapped with him after the battle.\\nThe only fare he could give them was beef roasted\\nbefore the fire, without bread or salt.\\nIn i8i6. Gen. Harrison was cliosen a member of\\nthe National House of Representatives, to represent\\nthe District of Ohio. In Congress he proved an\\nactive member; and whenever he spoke, it was with\\nforce of reason and power of eloquence, which arrested\\nthe attention of all the members.\\nIn 1819, Harrison was elected to the Senate of\\nOhio; and in 1824, as one of the jiresidential electors\\nof that State, he gave his vote for Henry Clay. The\\nsame year he was chosen to the United States Senate.\\nIn 1836, the friends of Gen. Harrison brought him\\nforward as a candidate for the Presidency against\\nVan Buren, but he was defeated. At the close of\\nMr. Van Buren s term, he was re-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 any President had ever been\\nsurrounded. Never were the prospects of an admin-\\nistration more flattering, or the hopes of the country\\nmore sanguine. In the midst of these bright and\\njoyous prospects. Gen. Harrison was seized by a\\npleurisy-fever and after a few days of violent sick-\\nness, died on the 4th of April just one month after\\nhis inauguration as President of the United Stales.\\nt|\\n^D!l :^nDr V", "height": "2809", "width": "2233", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph11chic_0056.jp2"}, "57": {"fulltext": "", "height": "2831", "width": "2180", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph11chic_0057.jp2"}, "58": {"fulltext": "o\\nnim.", "height": "2809", "width": "2233", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph11chic_0058.jp2"}, "59": {"fulltext": "4\\nI\\nOHN TYLER, the- tenth\\nresidentof the United States.\\nHe was born in Charles-city\\nCo., Va., March 29, 1790. He\\nwas the favored child of af-\\nfluence and high social po-\\nsition. At the early age of\\ntwelve, John entered William\\nand Mary College and grad-\\nuated with much honor when\\nbut seventeen years old. \\\\fter\\ngraduating, he devoted him-\\nself with great assiduity to the\\nstudy of law, partly with his\\nfather and partly with Edmund\\nRandolph, one of the most distin-\\nguished lawyers of Virginia.\\nAt nineteen years of age, ne\\ncommenced the practice of law.\\nHis success was rapid and aston-\\nishing. It is said that three\\nmonths had not elapsed ere there\\nwas scarcely a case on the dock-\\ni et of the court in which he was\\nnot retained. When hut twenty-one years of age, he\\nwas almost vmanimousiy elected to a seat in the State\\nLegislature. He connected himself with the Demo-\\ncratic party, and warmly advocated the measures of\\nJefferson and Madison. For five successive years he\\nwas elected to the Legislature, receiving nearly the\\nunanimous vote or his county.\\nWhen but twenty-six years of age, he was elected\\na member of Congress. Here he acted earnestly and\\nably with the Democratic party, opposing a national\\nbank, internal improvements by tlie General Govern-\\nment, a protective tariff, and advocating a strict con-\\nstruction of the Constitution, and the most careful\\nvigilance over Stale rights. His labors in Congress\\nwere so arduous that before the close of his second\\nterm he found it necessary to resign and retire to his\\nestate in Charles-city Co., to recruit his health. He,\\nhowever, soon after consented to take his seat in the\\nState Legislature, where his influence was powerful\\nin promoting public works of great utility. With a\\nreputation thus canstantly increasing, he was chosen\\nby a very large majority of votes. Governor of his\\nnative State. His administration was signally a suc-\\ncessful one. His popularity secured his re-election.\\nJohn Randolph, a brilliant, erratic, half-crazed\\nman, then represented Virginia in the Senate of the\\nUnited States. A jiortion of tiie Democratic party\\nwas displeased with Mr. Randolph s wayward course,\\nand brought forward John Tyler as his opponent,\\nconsidering him the only man in Virginia of sufificient\\npopularity to succeed against the renowned orator of\\nRoanoke. Mr. Tyler was the victor.\\nIn accordance with his professions, upon taking his\\nseat in the Senate, he joined the ranks of the opposi-\\ntion. He opixjsed the tariff; he spoke against and\\nvoted against the bank as unconstitutional; he stren-\\nuously opposed all restrictions upon slavery, resist-\\ning all projects of internal improvements by the Gen-\\neral Government, and avowed his sympathy with Mr.\\nCalhoun s view of nullification he declared tliat Gen.\\nJackson, by his oi)position to tiie nullifiers, had\\nabandoned the principles of tlie Democratic party.\\nSuch was Mr. Tyler s record in Congress, a record\\nin perfect accordance with the principles which he\\nhad always avowed.\\nReturning to Virgima, lie resumetl the practice of\\nliis profession. There was a split in tlie Democratic\\nft\\na\u00e2\u0080\u009eg^r-\\nKim^my-\\ni^\\n^n;", "height": "2831", "width": "2180", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph11chic_0059.jp2"}, "60": {"fulltext": "Whrm^m^^-\\n7if\\nr.\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0tTtV^DO^DD^^v\\ne^^^\\nJ\\n56\\nyOZTiV 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-si.x. 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 tlie culture of his plan-\\ntation. Soon after this he removed to Williamsburg,\\nfor the better education of his children and he again\\ntook his seat in the Legislature of Virginia.\\nBy the Southern Whigs, he was sent to the national\\nconvention at Harrisburg to nominate a President in\\n1839. The majority of votes were given to Gen. Har-\\nrison, a genuine Whig, much to the disappointment of\\nthe South, who wished for Henry Clay. To concili-\\nate the Southern Whigs and to secure their vote, the\\nconvention then nominated John Tyler for Vice Pres-\\nident. It was well known that he was not in sympa-\\nthy with the Whig party in the North: but the Vice\\nPresident has but very little power in the Govern-\\nment, his main and almost only duty being to pre-\\nside over the meetings of the Senate. Thus it hap-\\npened that a Whig President, and, in reality, a\\nDemocratic Vice President were chosen.\\nIn 1841, Mr. Tyler was inaugurated Vice Presi-\\ndent of the United States. In one short month from\\nthat time. President Harrison died, and Mr. Tyler\\nthus found himself, to his own surprise and that of\\nthe whole Nation, an occupant of the Presidential\\nchair. This was a new test of the stability of our\\ninstitutions, as it was the first time in the history of our\\ncountry that such an event had occured. Mr. Tyler\\nwas at home in Williamsburg when he received the\\nunexpected tidings of the death of President Harri-\\nson. He hastened to Washington, and on the 6th of\\nApril was inaugurated to the high and responsible\\noffice. He was placed in a jxisition of e.\\\\ceeding\\ndelicacy and diffic:ulty. All his longlife he had been\\nopposed to the main jirinciples of the party which had\\nbrought him into power. He had ever been a con-\\nsistent, honest man, with an unblemished record,\\n(ien. Harrison had selected a Whig cabinet. Should\\nhe retain them, and thus surround himself with coun-\\nsellors whose views were antagonistic to his own? or,\\non the other hand, should he turn against the party\\nwhich had elected him and select a cabinet in har-\\nmony with himself, and which would oppose all those\\nviews which the Whigs deemed essential to the pub-\\nlic welfare? This was his fearful dilemma. He in-\\nvited the cabinet which President Harrison had\\nselected to retain their seats. He reccommended a\\nday of fasting and prayer, that God would guide and\\nbless us.\\nThe Whigs carried through Congress a bill for the\\nincorixiration of a fiscal bank of the United States.\\nThe President, after ten days delay, returned it with\\nhis veto. He suggested, however, that he would\\napprove of a bill drawn up upon such a plan as he\\nproposed. Such a bill was accordingly prepared, and\\nprivately submitted to him. He gave it his approval.\\nIt was passed without alteration, and he sent it back\\nwith his veto. Here conmienced the open rupture.\\nIt is said that Mr. Tyler was provoked to this meas-\\nure by a published letter from the Hon. John M.\\nBotts, a distinguished Virginia Whig, who severely\\ntouched the pride of the President.\\nThe opposition now exultingly received the Presi-\\ndent into their arms. The party which elected him\\ndenounced him bittedy. All the members of his\\ncabinet, e.xcepting Mr. Webster, resigned. The Whigs\\nof Congress, both the Senate and the House, held a\\nmeeting and issued an address to the people of the\\nUnited States, proclaiming that all political alliance\\nbetween the Whigs and President Tyler were at\\nan end.\\nStill the President attempted to conciliate. He\\nappointed a new cabmet of distinguished Whigs and\\nConservatives, carefully leaving out all strong party\\nmen. Mr. Webster soon found it necessary to resign,\\nforced out by the pressure of his Whig friends. Thus\\nthe four years of Mr. Tyler s unfortunate administra-\\ntion passed sadly away. No one was satisfied. The\\nland was filled with murmurs and vituperation. Whigs\\nand Democrats alike assailed him. More and more,\\nhowever, he brought himself into sympathy with his\\nold friends, the Democrats, until at the close of his term,\\nhe gave his whole influence to the support of Mr.\\nPolk, the Democratie candidate for his successor.\\nOn the 4th of March, 1845, he retired from the\\nharassments of office, to the regret of neither party, and\\nprobably to his own unspeakable relief. His first wife,\\nMiss Letitia Christian, died in Washington, in 1842;\\nand in June, 1844, President Tyler was again married,\\nat New York, to Miss Julia Gardiner, a young lady of\\nmany personal and intellectual accomplishments.\\nThe remainder of his days Mr. Tyler passed mainly\\nin retirement at his beautiful home, Sherwood For-\\nest, Charles-city Co., Va. A polished gentleman in\\nhis manners, richly furnished with information from\\nbooks and experience in the world, and jxjssessing\\nbrilliant powers of conversation, his family circle was\\nthe scene of unusual attractions. \\\\Vith sufficient\\nmeans for the exercise of a generous hospitality, he\\nmight have enjoyed a serene old age with the few\\nfriends who gathered around him, were it not for the\\nstorms of civil war which his own principles and\\npolicy had helped to introduce.\\nWhen the great Rebellion rose, which the State-\\nrights and nullifying doctrines of Mr. John C. Cal-\\nhoun had inaugurated, President Tyler renounced his\\nallegiance to the United States, and joined the Confed-\\nerates. He was chosen a member of their Congress;\\nand while engaged in active measures to deslroy, by\\nforce of arms, the Government over which he had\\nonce presided, he was taken sick and soon died.\\nI\\n\\\\A\\nA\\n-^^D!i^nn\\nJjJ!^", "height": "2809", "width": "2233", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph11chic_0060.jp2"}, "61": {"fulltext": "", "height": "2831", "width": "2180", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph11chic_0061.jp2"}, "62": {"fulltext": "", "height": "2809", "width": "2233", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph11chic_0062.jp2"}, "63": {"fulltext": "^Iw^.\\n:2!^;sr\\nrrrr\\nmmh r-^\\nELEVENTH PRESIDENT.\\nI AMES K.POLK, the eleventh\\n^a,President of the United States,\\nwas born in Mecklenburg Co.,\\nN. C.,Nov. 2, 1795. His par-\\nents were Samuel and Tane\\n(Kno.\\\\) Polk, the former a son\\nof Col. Thomas Polk, who located\\nat the above place, as one of the\\nfirst pioneers, in 1735.\\nIn the year 1S06, with his wife\\nand children, and soon after fol-\\nlowed by most of the members of\\nthe Polk farnly, Samuel Polk emi-\\ngrated some two or three hundred\\nmiles farther west, to the rich valley\\nof the Duck River. Here in the\\nmidst of the wilderness, in a region\\nwhich was subsequently called Mau-\\nry Co., they reared their log huts,\\nand established their homes. In the\\nhard toil of a new farm in the wil-\\nderness, James K. Polk spent the\\nearly years of his childhood and\\nyouth. His father, adding the pur-\\nsuit of a surveyor to that of a farmer,\\ngradually increased in wealth until\\nhe became one of the leading men of the region. His\\nmother was a superior woman, of strong common\\nsense and earnest piety.\\nVery early in life, James developed a taste for\\ntreading and expressed the strongest desire to obtain\\na liberal education. His mother s training had made\\nC 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 the\\ncounter, hoping to fit him for conmiercial pursuits.\\nThis was to James a bitter disappointment. He\\nhad no taste for these duties, and his daily tasks\\nwere irksome in the e-xtreme. He remained in this\\nuncongenial occujiation but a few weeks, when at his\\nearnest solicitation his father removed him, and made\\narrangements for him to prosecute his studies. Soon\\nafter he sent him to Murfreesboro Academy. ^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 1818, witli the highest honors, be-\\ning deemed the best scholar of his class, both in\\nmathematics and the classics. He was then twenty-\\nthree years of age. Mr. Polk s health was at tliis\\ntime mtich impaired by tlie assiduity with whicii he\\nhad prosecuted his studies. After a short season of\\nrelaxation he went to Nashville, and entered tlie\\noffice of Felix Grundy, to study law. Here Mr. Polk\\nrenewed his acquaintance with .Andrew Jackson, who\\nresided on his plantation, the Hermitage, but a few\\nmiles from Nashville. They had probably been\\nslightly acquainted before.\\nMr. Polk s father was a Jeffersonian Republican,\\nand James K. Polk ever adhered to the same j)oliti-\\ncal faith. He was a popular jniblic speaker, and was\\nconstantly called \\\\ipon to address the meetings of his\\nparty friends. His skill as a speaker was such that\\nhe was popularly called the Napoleon of the stump.\\nHe was a iVian of unblemished morals, genial and\\n1\\nVs.\\n!o\\n--^^Il!]^IlDf\\nr\\nr", "height": "2831", "width": "2180", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph11chic_0063.jp2"}, "64": {"fulltext": "ws^\\nm-r^^^^\\nTai\u00e2\u0082\u00ac^te: ^V4iIlI] :nils T-\\n-#^((i^\\n60\\nA\\nO\\n:J\\nI\\nJAMES K. POLK.\\n^t courteous in his bearing, and witli that sympathetic\\nx. nature in the jo) s and griefs of others which ever gave\\n;V^ him troops of friends. In 1823, Mr. Polk was elected\\nI to the Legislature of Tennessee. Here he gave his\\nstrong influence towards the election of his friend,\\nMr. Jackson, to the Presidency of the United States.\\nIn January, 1824, Mr. Polk married Miss Sarah\\nChildress, of Rutherford Co., Tenn. His bride was\\naltogether worthy of him, a lady of beauty and cul-\\nture. In the fall of 1825, Mr. Polk was chosen a\\nmember of Congress. The satisfaction which he gave\\nto his constituents may be inferred from the fact, that\\nfor fourteen successive years, until 1839, he was con-\\ntinued in that office. He then vohmtarily 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\\nlie spoke it was always to the point, and witliout any\\nambitious rhetorical display.\\nDuring five sessions of Congress, Mr. Polk was\\nSpeaker of the House Strong passions were roused,\\nT\u00e2\u0080\u0094 T and stormy scenes were witnessed but Mr. Polk per-\\nformed his arduous duties to a very general satisfac-\\nS tion, and a unanimous vote of thanks to him was\\npassed by the House as he withdrew on the 4th of\\nMarch, 1839.\\nIn accordance with Southern usage, Mr. Polk, as a\\ncandidate for (lovernor, canvassed the .State. He was\\nelected by a large majority, and on the 14th of Octo-\\nber, 1839, took the oath of office at Nashville. In 1841,\\nhis term of office expired, and he was again the can-\\ndidate of the Democratic party, but was defeated.\\nOn the 4th of March, 1845, Mr. Polk was inaugur-\\nated President of the United States. The verdict pf\\nthe countryin favor of the annexation of Texas, exerted\\nits influence upon Congress and the last act of the\\nadministration of President Tyler was to affi.x his sig-\\nnature to a joint resolution of Congress, passed on the\\n3d of March, approving of the annexation of Texas to\\nthe American Union. As Mexico still claimed Texas\\nas one of her provinces, the Mexican minister,\\nAlmonte, immediately demanded his passports and\\nleft the country, declaring the act of the annexation\\nto lie an act hostile to Mexico.\\nIn his first message, President Polk urged that\\nTexas should immediately, by act of Congress, be re-\\n_ ceived into the Ihiion on the same footing with the\\nother States. In the meantime, (ien. Tayloi- was sent\\n^^^*^e\\n2^.\\nm\\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 Kio 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 hands.\\nWe now consented to peace upon the condition that\\nMexico should surrender to us, in addition to Texas,\\nall of New Mexico, and all of Upper and Lower Cal-\\nifornia. This new demand embraced, exclusive of\\nTexas, eight hundred thousand square miles. This\\nwas an extent of territory equal to nine States of the\\nsize of New York. Thus slavery was securing eighteen\\nmajestic States to be added to the Union. There were\\nsome Americans who thought it all right tliere were\\notiiers who thought it all wrong. In the prosecution\\nof this war, we exi)ended twentv thousand lives and\\nmore than a hundred million of dollars. Of this\\nmoney fifteen millions were i)aid 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 Cajjitol in the\\nsame carriage with Gen. Taylor; and the same even-\\ning, with Mrs. Polk, he commenced his return to\\nTennessee. He was then but fifty-four.years of age.\\nHe had ever been strictly temiierate in all his habits,\\nand his health was good. With an ample fortune,\\na choice library, a cultivated mind, and domestic ties\\nof the dearest nature, it seemed as though long years\\nof tranquility and hapjiiness were before him. But the\\ncholera that fearful scourge was then sweeping tq)\\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,\\nI\\nA\\ni\\n0:\\nT\\n1", "height": "2809", "width": "2233", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph11chic_0064.jp2"}, "65": {"fulltext": "", "height": "2831", "width": "2180", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph11chic_0065.jp2"}, "66": {"fulltext": "y", "height": "2809", "width": "2233", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph11chic_0066.jp2"}, "67": {"fulltext": "(ti,\\n-:2^^ ^V ^lln^IlIl^ T\u00e2\u0096\u00a0\\nrr\\nTIVELFTH PRESIDENT.\\nACHARY TAYLOR, iwcUth\\nPresident of the United States,\\ni,v*\\\\vas born on the 24th of Nov.,\\n784, in Orange Co., Va. His\\nfather, Colonel Taylor, was\\na Virginian of note, and a dis-\\ntinguished patriot and soldier of\\nthe Revolution. When Zachary\\nwas an infant, his father with his\\nwife and two children, emigrated\\nto Kentucky, where he settled in\\nthe pathless wilderness, a few\\nmiles from Louisville. In this front-\\nier home, away from civilization and\\nall its refinements, young Zachary\\ncould enjoy but few social and educational advan-\\ntages. When six years of age he attended a common\\nschool, and was then regarded as a bright, active boy,\\nrather remarkable for bluntness and decision of char-\\nacter He was strong, fearless and self-reliant, and\\nmanifested a strong desire to enter tiie army to fight\\nthe Lidians who were ravaging the frontiers. There\\nis little to be recorded of the uneventful years of his\\nchildhood on his father s large but lonely plantation.\\nIn 1808, his father succeeded in obtaining for him\\nthe commission of lieutenant in the United States\\narmy and he joined the troops which were stationed\\nat New Orleans under Gen. Wilkinson. Soon after\\nthis he married Miss Margaret Smith, a young lady\\nfrom one of the first families of Maryland.\\nImmediately after the declaration of war with Eng-\\nland, in 1 8 12, Capt. Taylor (for he had then been\\npromoted to that rank) was put in command of Fort\\nHarrison, on the Wabash, about fifty miles above\\nVincennes. This fort had been built in the wilder-\\nness by Gen. Harrison, on his march to Tippecanoe.\\nIt was one of the first points of attack by the Indians,\\nled by Tecumseh. Its garrison consisted of a broken\\nJf\\ncompany of infantry numbering fifty men, many of\\nwhom were sick.\\nEarly in the autumn of 1S12, the Indians, stealthily,\\nand in large numbers, moved uixDn the fort. Their\\napproach was first indicated by the murder of two\\nsoldiers just outside of the stockade. Capt. Taylor\\nmade every possible [jrciiaralion to meet the antici-\\npated assault. On the 4th of September, a band of\\nforty painted and plumed savages came to the fort,\\nwaving a white flag, and informed Capt. Taylor that\\nin the morning their chief would come to have a talk\\nwith him. It was evident that their object was merely\\nto ascertain the state of things at the fort, and Capt.\\nTaylor, well versed in the wiles of the savages, kept\\nthem at a distance.\\nThe sun went down; the savages disappeared, the\\ngarrison slept upon their arms. One hour before\\nmidnight the war-whoop burst from a thousand lips\\nin the forest around, followed by the discharge of\\nmusketry, and the rush of the foe. Every man, sick\\nand well, sprang to his post. Every man knew that\\ndefeat was not merely death, but in the case of cap-\\nture, death by the most agonizing and prolonged tor-\\nture. No pen can describe, no immagination can\\nconceive the scenes which ensued. The savages suc-\\nceeded in setting fire to one of the block-houses-\\nUntil six o clock in the morning, this awful conflict\\ncontinued. The savages then, baffled at every point,\\nand gnashing their teeth with rage, retired. Capt.\\nTaylor, for this gallant defence, was promoted to the\\nrank of major by brevet.\\nUntil the close of the war, MajorTaylor was i)laced\\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, w^hich\\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-\\nS\\nA\\nV\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0^7K^iDll ^IDD^ V^\\nT\\nI", "height": "2831", "width": "2180", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph11chic_0067.jp2"}, "68": {"fulltext": "A\\nV\\ns\\nA\\ni. 64\\nI\\nf\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0-=r-7 :IlD: llIlr: rrr-\\nZACHARY TAYLOR.\\n7^^\\n-*#^5(^i)V(^\\nm.\\ntellectual stimulus. Thus with him the uneventful\\nyears rolled on Gradually he rose to the rank of\\ncolonel. In the Black-Hawk war, which resulted in\\nthe capture of that renowned chieftain, Col Taylor\\ntook a subordinate but a brave and efficient part.\\nFor twenty-four years Col. Taylor was engaged in\\nthe defence of the frontiers, in scenes so remote, and in\\nemployments so obscure, that his name was unknown\\nbeyond the limits of his own immediate acquaintance.\\nIn the year 1836, he was sent to Florida to comiael\\nthe Seminole Indians to vacate that region and re-\\ntire beyond the .Mississippi, as their chiefs by treaty,\\nhad [jrouiised they should do. Tlie services rendered\\nhere secured for Col. Taylor the high appreciation of\\nthe Government and as a reward, he was elevated\\nto the rank of brigadier-general by brevet and soon\\nafter, in May, 1838, was appointed to the chief com-\\nmand of the United States troops in Florida.\\nAfter two years of such wearisome employment\\namidst the everglades of the peninsula. Gen. Taylor\\nobtained, at his own request, a change of command,\\nand was stationed over the Department of the South-\\nwest, This field embraced Louisiana, Mississippi,\\nAlabama and Georgia. Establishing his headquarters\\nat Fort Jessup, in Louisiana, he removed his family\\nto a plantation which he purchased, near Baton Rogue.\\nHere he remained for five years, buried, as it were,\\nfrom tlie world, but faithfully discharging every duty\\nimposed upon him.\\nIn 1846, Gen. Taylor was sent to guard the land\\nbetween the Nueces and Rio Grande, the latter river\\nbeing tlie boundary of Texas, which was then claimed\\nby the United States. Soon the war with Mexico\\nwas i)rought on, and at Palo Alto and Resaca de la\\nPalma, Gen. Taylor won lirilliant victories over the\\nMexicans. The rank of major-general by Ijrevet\\nwas then conferred upon (ien. 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,\\n\\\\k\\\\t sobriquet of Old Rough and Ready.\\nThe tidings of the brilliant victory of Buena Vista\\nspread the wildest enthusiasm over the country. The\\nname of Gen. Taylor was on every one s li|is. The\\nWhig party decided to take advantage of tiiis wonder-\\nful popularity in bringing forward the impolished, un-\\nlettered, honest soldier as their candidate for the\\nPresidency. Gen. Taylor was astonished at the an-\\nnouncement, and for a time would not listen to it; de-\\nclaring that he was not at all qualified for such an\\noffice. So little interest had he taken in politics that,\\nfor forty years, he iiad not cast a vote. It was not\\nwithout chagrin that several distinguished statesmen\\nwho had l)een long years in tlie public service found\\ntheir claims set aside in behalf of one whose name\\nhad never been heard of, save in connection with Palo\\nAlto, Resaca de la Palma, Monterey and Buena\\nVista. It is said that Daniel Webster, in his haste re-\\nmarked, It is a nomination not fit to be made.\\nGen. Taylor was not an eloquent speaker nor a fine\\nwnter His friends took possession of him, and pre-\\npared such few communications as it was needful\\nshould be presented to the public. The popularity of\\nthe successful warrior swept the land. He was tri-\\numphantly elected over two opposing candidates,\\nGen. Cass and E.\\\\-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 per[)le.\\\\ed 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 acquainted with\\nGen. Taylor, gave the following graphic and truthful\\ndescription of his character: With a good store of\\ncommon sense, Gen. Taylor s mind had not been en-\\nlarged and refreshed by reading, or much converse\\nwith the world. Rigidity of ideas was the conse-\\nquence. The frontiers and small military ]josts 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.\\n.\u00e2\u0080\u00a2\\\\ny 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.\\ni\\nI\\nKS\\nm^\\n^\u00e2\u0096\u00a0y^\\nA/\u00c2\u00ab;\\n.;|)I]5i A.c", "height": "2809", "width": "2233", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph11chic_0068.jp2"}, "69": {"fulltext": "", "height": "2831", "width": "2180", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph11chic_0069.jp2"}, "70": {"fulltext": "", "height": "2809", "width": "2233", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph11chic_0070.jp2"}, "71": {"fulltext": "THIRTEENTH PRESIDENT.\\nHi\\n67\\n^^-Hr\\nIf. \u00e2\u0096\u00a0v^\u00e2\u0080\u00a2 w. ^M .if. v n^,a. v/^ o.\u00c2\u00bb. vN -.tt^ ^ilfc*^ -*ilti lift \u00e2\u0096\u00a0gt Jh*^*^ A^ ^^rih ^ijfc\\nMILLftRn FILLMnRE.\\n4^;;;$H|^;ig.,|^;:;$,S^;!g^$;!;$\u00c2\u00ab|,^;K5-*$;:;$\u00c2\u00ab^;:;$*$;::$\u00c2\u00ab**^^^\\n4^\\n-\u00e2\u0096\u00a0J\\nj^\\ni\\nILLARn FILLMORE, thir-\\nteenth President of the United\\nStates, was born at Summer\\nHill, Cayuga Co., N. Y on\\nthe 7th of January, 1800. His\\nfather was a farmer, and ow-\\ning to misfortune, in humble cir-\\ncumstances. Of his mother, the\\ndaughter of Dr. Abiathar Millard,\\nof Pittsfield, Mass., it has been\\nsaid that she possessed an intellect\\nof very high order, united with much\\npersonal loveliness, sweetness of dis-\\nposition, graceful manners and ex-\\nquisite sensibilities. She died in\\n1831 having lived to see her son a\\nyoimg man of distinguished prom-\\nise, though she was not permitted to witness the high\\ndignity which he finally attained.\\nIn conse(juence of the secluded home and limited\\nmeans of his father, Millard enjoyed but slender ad-\\nvantages for education in his early years. The com-\\nmon schools, which he occasionally attended were\\nvery imperfect institutions; and books were scarce\\nand expensive. There was nothing then in his char-\\nacter to indicate the brilliant career upon which he\\nwas about to enter. He was a plain farmer s boy\\nintelligent, good-looking, kind-hearted. The sacred\\ninfluences of home had taught him to revere the Bible,\\nand had laid the foundations of an upright character.\\nWhen fourteen years of age, his father sent him\\nsome hundred miles from home, to the then wilds of\\nLivingston County, to learn the trade of a clothier.\\nNeai- the 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 witli 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 hapjjcned 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 nbandon 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 tliat he kindly oflTercd 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 by no means as\\n3=3\\nV\\nDD^t^\\nf\\nS\u00c2\u00a35s^ J^\\\\\\nr\\nt", "height": "2831", "width": "2180", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph11chic_0071.jp2"}, "72": {"fulltext": "68\\nMILLARD FILLMORE.\\nm\\n4^^\u00c2\u00a7^^f\u00c2\u00aeVp\\nV\\nwell prepared to prosecute his legal studies as was\\nMillard Fillmore when he graduated at the clothing-\\nmill at the end of four years of manual labor, during\\nwhich every leisure moment had been devoted to in-\\ntense mental culture.\\nIn 1823, when twenty-three years of age, he v/as\\nadmitted to the Court of Common Pleas. He then\\nwent to the village of Aurora, and commenced the\\npractice of law. In this secluded, peaceful region,\\nhis practice of course was limited, and there was no\\nopportunity for a sudden rise in fortune or in fame.\\nHere, in the year 1826, he married a lady of great\\nmoral worth, and one capable of adorning any station\\nshe might be called to fill, Miss Abigail Powers.\\nHis elevation of character, his untiring industry,\\nhis legal acquirements, and his skill as an advocate,\\ngradually attracted attention and he was invited to\\nenter into partnership under highly advantageous\\ncircumstances, with an elder member of the bar in\\nBuffalo. Just before removing to Buffalo, in 1829,\\nhe took his seat in the House of Assembly, of the\\nState of New York, as a representative from Erie\\nS County. Though he had never taken a very active\\npart in politics, his vote and his sympathies were with\\nthe Whig party. The State was then Democratic,\\nand he found himself in a helpless minority in the\\nS Legislature 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 rei)-\\nutation and success. After a lapse of two years\\nhe again became a candidate for Congress was re-\\nelected, and took his seat in 1837. His past expe-\\nrience as a representative gave hmi strength and\\nconfidence. The first term of service in Congress to\\nany man can be but little more than an introduction.\\nHe was now i)rej)ared for active duty. All his ener-\\ngies were brought to bear uixan the public good. Every\\nmeasure received his impress.\\nMr. Fillmore was now a man of wide repute, and\\nhis |X)pulariiy filled the State, and in the year 1847,\\nhe was elected Comptroller of the State.\\nA\\nO\\ns\\nMr. Fillmore had attained the age of forty-seven\\nyears. His labors at the bar, in the Legislature, in\\nCongress and as Comptroller, had given him very con-\\nsiderable fame. The Whigs were casting about to\\nfind suitable candidates for President and Vice-Presi-\\ndent at the approaching election. Far away, on the\\nwaters of the Rio Grande, there was a rough old\\nsoldier, who had fought one or two successful battles\\nwith the Mexicans, which had caused his name to be\\nproclaimed in trumpet-tones all over the land. But\\nit was necessary to associate with him on the same\\nticket some man of reputation as a statesman.\\nUnder the influence of these considerations, the\\nnamesof Zachary Taylor and Millard Fillmore became\\nthe rallying-cry of the Whigs, as their candidates for\\nPresident and Vice-Peesident. The Whig ticket was\\nsignally triumphant. On the 4th of March, 1849,\\nGen. Taylor was inaugurated President, and Millard\\nFillmore Vice-President, of the United States.\\nOn the 9th of July, 1850, President Taylor, but\\nabout one year and four months after his inaugura-\\ntion, was suddenly taken sick and died. By the Con-\\nstitution, Vice-President Fillmore thus became Presi-\\ndent. He appointed a very able cabinet, of which\\nthe illustrious Daniel Webster was Secretary of State.\\nMr. Fillmore had very serious difficulties to contend\\nwith, since the opposition had a majority in both\\nHouses. He did everything in his power to concfliate\\nthe South but the pro-slavery party in the .South felt\\nthe inadequacy of all measuresof transient conciliation.\\nThe population of the free States was so rapidly in-\\ncreasing over that of the slave States that it was in-\\nevitable that the power of the Government should\\nsoon pass into the hands of the free States. The\\nfamous compromise measures were adopted under Mr.\\nFillmcre s adminstration, and the Japan Expedition\\nwas sent out. On the 4th of March, 1853, Mr. Fill-\\nmore, having served one term, retired.\\nIn 1856, Mr. Fillmore was nominated for the Pres-\\nidency by the Know Nothing party, but was beaten\\nby Mr. Buchanan. After that Mr. Fillmore lived in\\nreUrement. 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, witliout 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\\nV\\n-K-^n!l :DD^:\\nTB-", "height": "2809", "width": "2233", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph11chic_0072.jp2"}, "73": {"fulltext": "", "height": "2831", "width": "2180", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph11chic_0073.jp2"}, "74": {"fulltext": "k\\n(^///^y^U^", "height": "2809", "width": "2233", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph11chic_0074.jp2"}, "75": {"fulltext": "^v ^iiii ;nD- v\\n4^^f\\nA\\n1\\nFOURTEENTH PRESIDENT\\n3=5 t^afl^ktv^is\\n^FRMKLIN PIEHCE.\\n\u00c2\u00ab^^-^4^;^+^^fc\u00c2\u00a3**\u00c2\u00bbM**5!5l\\nRANKLIN PIERCE, the\\nfourteenth President of the\\nl^ United States, was born in\\nHillsborough, N. H., Nov.\\n23, 1804. His father was a\\nRevolutionary soldier, who,\\nwith his own strong arm,\\nhewed out a home in the\\nwilderness. He was a man\\nof inflexible integrity; of\\nstrong, though uncultivated\\nmind, and an uncompromis-\\ning Democrat. The mother of\\nFranklin Pierce was all that a son\\ncould desire, an intelligent, pru-\\ndent, affectionate, Christian wom-\\nan. Franklin was the sixth of eight children.\\nFranklin was a very bright and handsome boy, gen-\\nerous, warm-hearted and brave. He won alike the\\nlove of old and young. The boys on the play ground\\nloved him. His teachers loved him. The neighbors\\nlooked upon him with pride and affection. He was\\nby instinct a gentleman; always speaking kind words,\\ndoing kind deeds, with a peculiar unstudied tact\\nwhich taught him what was agreeable. Witliout de-\\nveloping any precocity of genius, or any unnatural\\n(o\\\\ devotion to books, he was a good scholar; in body,\\nI in mind, in affections, a finely-developed boy.\\nWhen sixteen years of age, in the year 1820, he\\nentered Bowdoin College, at Brunswick, Me. He was\\none of the most jwpular young men in the college.\\nThe purity of his moral character, the unvarying\\ncourtesy of his demeanor, his rank as a scholar, and\\ngenial nature, rendered him a universal favorite.\\nThere was something very peculiarly winning in his\\naddress, and it was evidently not in the slightest de-\\ngree studied it was the simple outgushing of his\\nown magnanimous and loving nature.\\nUpon graduating, in the year 1824, Franklin Pierce\\ncommenced the-study of law in the office of Judge\\nWoodbury, one of the most distinguished lawyers of\\nthe State, and a man of great private worth. The\\neminent social qualities of the young lawyer, his\\nfather s prominence as a public man, and tlie brilliant\\n[wlitical career into which Judge Woodbury was en-\\ntering, all tended to entice Mr. Pierce into the faci-\\nnating yet perilous path of political life. With all\\nthe ardor of his nature he espoused the cause of Gen.\\nJackson for the Presidency. He commenced the\\npractice of law in Hillsborough, and was soon elected\\nto represent the town in the State Legislature. Here\\nhe served for four yeais. The last two years he was\\nchosen speaker of the house by a very large vote.\\nIn 1833, at the age of twenty-nine, he was elected\\na member of Congress. Without taking an active\\npart in debates, he was faithful and laborious in duty,\\nand ever rising in the estimation of those with whom\\nhe was associatad.\\nIn 1837, being then Iiut thirty-three years of age,\\nhe was elected to the Senate of the United States;\\ntaking his seat just as Mr. Van Buren commenced\\nhis administration. He was the youngest member in\\nthe Senate. In the year 1834, he married Miss Jane\\nMeans Appleton, a lady of rare beauty and accom-\\nplishments, and one admirably fitted to adorn every\\nstation with wliich her husband was honoied. Of tlie\\nA\\nc^:\\n:DDi\\nt\\nI\\nmiii", "height": "2831", "width": "2180", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph11chic_0075.jp2"}, "76": {"fulltext": "^K/^l))(^\\nFRANKLIN PIERCE.\\n-T^Sr^S,\\n\u00c2\u00ab|4^jf\\n1\\nA\\nthree sons who were bom 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 imixjrtant part in this war, proving him-\\nself a brave and true soldier.\\nWhen Gen. Pierce reached his home in his native\\nState, he was received enthusiastically by the advo-\\ncates of the Mexican war, and coldly by his oppo-\\nnents. He resumed the practice of his profession,\\nvery frequently taking an active part in political ques-\\ntions, giving his cordial support to the pro-slavery\\nwing of the Democratic party. The compromise\\nmeasures met cordially with his approval and he\\nstrenuously advocated the enforcement of the infa-\\nmous fugitive-slave law, which so shocked the religious\\nsensibilities of the North. He thus became distin-\\nguished as a Northern man with Southern principles.\\nThe strong partisans of slavery in the South conse-\\nquently regarded him as a man whom they could\\nsafely trust in office to carry out their [ilans.\\nOn the I 2th of June, 1852, the J)emocratic conven-\\ntion met in Baltimore to nominate a candidate for the\\nPresidency. For four days they continued in session,\\nand in thirty-five ballotings no one had obtained a\\ntwo-thirds vote. Not a vote thus far had been thrown\\nfor Gen. Pierce. Then the Virginia delegation\\nbrought forward his name. There were fourteen\\nmore ballotings, during which Gen. Pierce constantly\\ngained strength, until, at the forty-ninth ballot, he\\nreceived two hundred and eighty-two votes, and all\\nother candidates eleven. Gen. Winfield Scott was\\nthe Whig candidate. Gen. Pierce was chosen with\\ngreat unanimity. Only four States Vermont, Mas-\\nsachusetts, Kentucky and Tennessee cast their\\nelectoral votes against him Gen. Franklin Pierce\\nwas therefore inaugurated President of the United\\nStates on the 4th of March, 1853.\\nHis administration proved one of the most stormy our\\ncountry had ever experienced. The controversy be-\\ntween slavery and freedom was then approaching its\\nculminating point. It became evident that there was\\nan irrepressible conflict between them, and that\\nthis Nation could not long exist half slave and half\\nfree. President Pierce, during the whole of his ad-\\nministration, did every thing he could to conciliate\\nthe South but it was all in vain. The conflict every\\nyear grew more violent, and threats of the dissolution\\nof the Union were borne to the North on every South-\\nern breeze.\\nSuch was the condition of affairs when President\\nPierce approached the close of his four-years term\\nof office. The North had become thoroughly alien-\\nated from him. The anti-slaver) 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 tlie world, without wife or child.\\nWhen the terrible Rebellion burst forth, which di-\\nvided our country into two parties, and two only, Mr.\\nPierce remained steadfast in the principles which he\\nhad always cherished, and gave his sympathies to\\nthat pro-slavery party with which he had ever been\\nallied. He declined to do anything, either by voice\\nor pen, to strengthen the hand of the National Gov-\\nernment. He continued to reside in Concord until\\nthe time of his death, which occurred in October,\\n1869. He was one of the most genial and social of\\nmen, an honored communicant of the Episcoi)al\\nChurch, and one of the kindest of neighbors. Gen-\\nerous to a fault, he contributed liberally for the al-\\nleviation of suffering and want, and many of his towns-\\npeople were often gladened by his material bounty.\\nI\\nO\\nO\\n4\\nr^\\nA ^I1 fl jtentir^A-^^ ^^^f^", "height": "2809", "width": "2233", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph11chic_0076.jp2"}, "77": {"fulltext": "", "height": "2831", "width": "2180", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph11chic_0077.jp2"}, "78": {"fulltext": "11\\nSi\\nC^^PLci^^^d^^Pl^f^", "height": "2809", "width": "2233", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph11chic_0078.jp2"}, "79": {"fulltext": "llll :iltls\\nV\\ni lFTEENTH PRESIDENT.\\n4t lij!\\nI?^.\\ni\u00c2\u00a3^^\\n71\\n^t^\\nrjtS;\\nAMES BUCHANAN, the fif-\\n.leenth President of the United\\nStates, was born in a small\\nfrontier town, at the foot of the\\neastern ridge of the Allegha-\\nnies, in Franklin Co., Fenn.,on\\nthe 23d of April, 17 91. The lace\\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 Mercersljurg, where\\nj* his son was placed at school, and commenced a\\nI course of study in English, Latin and Creek. His\\ni--^ progress was ra[)id, and at the age of fourteen, he\\nentered Dickinson College, at Carlisle. Here he de-\\nveloped remarkable talent, and took his stand among\\nthe first scholars in the institution. His api)lication\\nto study was intense, and yet his native powers en\\nabled him to master the most abstruse subjects with\\nfacility.\\nIn the year 1809, he graduated with the highest\\nhonors of his class. He was then eighteen years of\\nage; tall and graceful, vigorous in health, fond of\\nathletic sport, an unerring shot, and enlivened with\\nan exuberant flow of animal spirits. He immediately\\ncommenced the study of hnv 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-si.x years of age, unaided by counsel, he suc-\\ncessfully defended before the State Senate one of the\\njudges of the State, who was tried upon articles of\\nimpeachment. At the age of thirty it was generally\\nadmitted that he stood at the head of the bar; and\\nthere was no lawyer in the State who had a more lu-\\ncrative practice.\\nIn 1820, he reluctantly consented to run as a\\ncandidate for Congress. He was elected, and for\\nten years he remained a member of the Lower House.\\nDuring the vacations of Congress, he occasionally\\ntried some important case. In 1831, he retired\\naltogether from the toils of his (jrofession, having ac-\\nquired an ample fortune.\\nGen. Jackson, upon his elevation Uillic Presidency,\\nappointed Mr. Buchanan minister to Russia. The\\nduties of his mission he performed with ability, which\\ngave satisfaction to all parties. L pon his return, in\\n1833, he was elected to a seat in the United States\\nSenate. He there met, as his associates, Webster,\\nClay, Wright and Calhoun. He advocated the meas-\\nures proposed by President Jackson, of making repri-\\n*i.v\\nr\\nI\\n-4^^^", "height": "2831", "width": "2180", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph11chic_0079.jp2"}, "80": {"fulltext": "M^r^^^m^\\n^^7 ^W^M^ r^~\\n76\\nJAMES BUCHANAN.\\nJ\\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 who were not the sup-\\n1 porters of his administration. Upon this question he\\nwas brought into direct collision with Henry Clay.\\nHe also, with voice and vote, advocated ex[)ungtng\\nfrom the journal of the Senate the vote of censure\\nagainst Gen. Jackson for removing the deposits.\\nEarnestly he opposed the abolition of slavery in the\\nDistrict of Columbia, and urged the prohibition of the\\ncirculation of anti-slavery documents by the United\\nStates mails.\\nAs to petitions on the subject of slavery, he advo-\\ncated that they should be respectfully received; and\\nthat the reply should be returned, that Congress had\\nno power to legislate upon the subject. Congress,\\nsaid he, might as well undertake to interfere with\\nslavery under a foreign government as in any of the\\nStates where it now exists.\\nUpon Mr. Polk s accession to the Presidency, Mr.\\nBuchanan became Secretary of State, and as such,\\ntook his share of the responsibility in the conduct of\\nthe Mexican War. Mr. Polk assumed that crossing\\nthe Nueces by the American trooiis into the disputed\\nterritory was not wrong, but for the Mexicans to cross\\n==i the Rio Grande into that territory was a declaration\\nof war. No candid man can read with pleasure the\\naccount of the course our Government pursued in that\\nmovement.\\nMr. Buchanan identified himself thoroughly with\\nK the party devoted to the pi;rpetuation and extension\\nf\\\\^ of slavery, and brought all tlie energies of his mind\\nto bear against the W ilmot Proviso. He gave his\\ncordial approval to the compromise measures of 1S50,\\nwhich included the fugitive-slave law, Mr. Pierce,\\nupon his election to the residency, honored Mr.\\nBuchanan with the mission to England.\\nIn the year 1856, a national Democratic conven-\\ntion nominated Mr. Buchanan for the Presidency. The\\npolitical conflict was one of the most severe in which\\nour country has ever engaged. All the friends of\\nslavery were on one side; all the advocates of its re-\\nstriction and final abolition, on the other. Mr. Fre-\\nmont, the candidate of the enemies of slavery, re-\\nceived 1 14 electoral votes. Mr. Buchanan received\\n174, and was elected. The popular vote stood\\n1,340,618, for Fremont, 1,224,750 for liuchanan. On\\nMarch 4th, 1857, Mr. Buchanan was inaugurated.\\nMr. Buchanan was far advanced in life. Only four\\nyears were wanting to fill up his threescore years and\\nten. His own friends, those with whom he had been\\nallied in political |)rinciples and action for years, were\\nseeking the destruction of the Government, that they\\nmight rear upon the ruins of our free institutions a\\nnation whose corner-stone should be human slavery.\\nIn this emergency, Mr. Buchanan was hopelessly be-\\nwildered. He could not, with his long-avowed prin-\\ne\\nV\\npKV^ 5\u00c2\u00ab^\u00e2\u0082\u00ac\\nciiiles, consistently oppose the State-rights [larty in\\ntheir assumptions. As President of the United States,\\nbound by his oath faitlifully to administer the laws,\\nhe could not, without perjury of the grossest kind,\\nunite with those endeavoring to overthrow the repub-\\nlic. He therefore did nothing.\\nThe opponents of Mr. Buchanan s administration\\nnominated Abraham Lmcoln as their standard bearer\\nin the next Presidential canvass. The pro-slavery\\nparty declared, that if he were elected, and the con-\\ntrol of the tiovernment were thus taken from their\\nhands, they would secede from the Union, taking\\nwith them, as they retired, the National Capitol at\\nWashington, and the lion s share of the territory of\\nthe United States.\\nMr. Buchanan s sympathy with the pro-slavery\\nparty was such, that he had been willing to offer them\\nfar more than they had ventured to claim. All the\\nSouth had professed to ask of the North was non-\\nintervention upon the subject of slavery. Mr. Bu-\\nchanan had been ready to offer them the active co-\\noperation of the (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 jtrevent it, one of\\ntlie most pitiable exhibitions of governmental im-\\nbecility was exhibited the world has ever seen. He\\ndeclared that Congress had no power to enforce its\\nlaws in any .State which had withdrawn, or which\\nwas attempting to withdraw from the Union. Tliis\\nwas not the doctrine of Andrew Jackson, when, with\\nhis hand upon his sword-hilt, he exclaimed, The\\nUnion must and sliall be preserved.\\nSouth Carolina seceded in December, 1S60; nearly\\nthree months before the inauguration of President\\nLincoln. Mr. Buchanan looked on in listless despair.\\nThe rebel flag was raised in Charleston: Fort Sumjjter\\nwas besieged our forts, navy-yards and arsenals\\nwere seized our depots of military stores were plim-\\ndered; and. our custom-houses and post-oftices were\\nappropriated by the rebels.\\nThe energy of the rebels, and llie imbecility of our\\nExecutive, were alike marvelous. The Nation looked\\non in agony, waiting for the slow weeks to glide away,\\nand close the administration, so terrible in its weak-\\nness At length the long-iooked-for hour of deliver-\\nance came, when Abraham Lincoln was to receive the\\nscepter.\\nThe administration of President Buchanan was\\ncertainly the most calamitous our country has ex-\\nperienced. His best friends cannot recall it with\\nl)leasure. And still more deplorable it is for his fame,\\nthat in that dreailful conflict which rolled its billows\\nof fiame and blood over our whole land, no word came\\nfrom his lips to indicate his wish that our country s\\nbanner should triumph over the Hag of the rebellion.\\nHe died at his Wheatland retreat, June 1, 18C8.\\nf\\nJ3E,\\nidggsiri.\\n-^^D!i:A:Dni", "height": "2809", "width": "2233", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph11chic_0080.jp2"}, "81": {"fulltext": "", "height": "2831", "width": "2180", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph11chic_0081.jp2"}, "82": {"fulltext": "L", "height": "2809", "width": "2233", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph11chic_0082.jp2"}, "83": {"fulltext": ":2\u00c2\u00ab^^te: er-7 4Dn:^nfl v\\nrr\\nTitf^^\\nSIXTEEISTTH PK^SWEiVT.\\nV\\n-i^kiafefc;-. \u00e2\u0080\u00a2V.-v\\nI ABRAHAM *i- LINCOLN.\\nBRAHAM LINCOLN, the\\nsixteenth President of tlie\\nf#United States, was born in\\nHardin Co., Ky., Feb. 12,\\n1809. About the year 17 So, a\\nt man by the name of Abraham\\nLincohi left Virginia with his\\nfamily and moved into the tlien\\nwilds of Kentucky. Only two j-ears\\nafter this emigration, still a young\\nman, while working one day in a\\nfield, was stealthily approached by\\nan Indian and shot dead. His widow\\nwas left in extreme poverty with five\\nlittle children, three boys and two\\ngirls. Thomas, the youngest of the\\nboys, was four years of age at his\\nfather s death. This Thomas was\\nthe father of Abraham Lincohi, the\\nPresident of the United States\\nwhose name must henceforth forever be enrolled\\nwith the most prominent in the annals of our work4.\\nOf course no record has been kept of the life\\nof one so lowly as Thomas Lincoln. He was among\\nthe poorest of the |)Oor. His home was a wretched\\nlog-cabin; his food the coarsest and the meanest.\\nEducation he had none he could never either read\\nor write. As soon as he was able to do anything for\\nhimself, he was compelled to leave the cabin of his\\nstarving mother, and push out into the world, a friend-\\nless, wandering boy, seeking work. He hired him-\\nself out, and thus spent the whole of his youth as a\\nlaborer in the fields of others.\\nWhen twenty-eight years of age he buill a log-\\ncabin of his own, and married Nancy Hanks, the\\ndaughter of another family of poor Kentucky emi-\\ngrants, who had also come from Virginia. Their\\nsecond child was Abraham Lincoln, the subject of\\nthis sketch. The mother of Abraham was a noble\\nwoman, gentle, loving, pensive, created to adorn\\na palace, doomed to toil and pine, and die in a hovel.\\n.All that I am, or hope to be, exclaims the grate-\\nful son I owe to my angel-mother.\\nWhen he was eight years of age, his father sold his\\ncabin and small farm, and moved to Indiana. Where\\ntwo years later his mother died.\\nAbraham soon liecame the scrii)e of the uneducated\\ncommunity around him. He could not iiave had a\\nbetter school than this to teach him to \\\\m\\\\. tlioughts\\ninto words. He also became an eager reader. The\\nbooks he could obtain were few but these he read\\nand re-read until they were almost committed 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 years 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. Abraham w-orked diligently at this\\nuntil he saw the family comfortably settled, and their\\nsmall lot of enclosed prairie planted with corn, when\\nhe announced to his father his intention to leave\\nhome, and to go out into the world and seek his for-\\ntune. Little did he or his friends imagine how bril-\\nliant that fortune was to be. He saw the value of\\neducation, and was intensely earnest to improve his\\nmind to the utmost of his power. He saw the ruin\\nwhich ardent spirits were causing, and became\\nstrictly temperate; refusing to allow a dro|) of intoxi-\\ncating licpior to [)ass his lips. And he had read in\\n(jod s word, Thou shalt not take the name of the\\nLord thy God in vain and a profane ex[iression he\\nwas never heard to utter. Religion he revered. His\\nmorals were pure, and he was uncontaminated by a\\nsingle vice.\\nYoung Abraham wotked for a time as a hired laborer\\namong the farmers. Then he went to Springfield,\\nwhere he was emi)loyed in building a large flat-boat.\\nIn this he took a herd of swine, floated them down\\nthe Sangamon to the Illinois, and thence by the Mis-\\nsissippi to New Orleans. ^Vhatever Abraham Lin-\\ncoln undertook, he performed so faithfully as to give\\ngreat satisfaction to his employers. In this advcn-\\nA\\nV\\nV\\nA D D^ DDf^^V;^^ ^Hg^^\\n-4)^\u00c2\u00a75f?", "height": "2831", "width": "2180", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph11chic_0083.jp2"}, "84": {"fulltext": "W\\nJt^\u00c2\u00ab^-\\nBll :ilD r\\n80\\nI\\nV\\nV\\ns\\nf*fe\\n-s\\n-J\\nABRAHAM LINCOLN.\\n^xi-j\\nture his employers were so well pleased, that upon\\nhis return they placed a store and mill under his care.\\nIn 1832, at the outbreak of the Black Hawk war, he\\nenlisted and was chosen captain of a company. He\\nreturned to Sangamon County, and althougli 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. All the letters he\\nreceived he carried there ready to deliver to those\\nhe chanced to meet. He studied surveying, and soon\\nmade this his business. In 1834 he again became a\\ncandidate for the Legislature, and was elected Mr.\\nStuart, of Springfield, advised him to study law. He\\nwalked from New Salem to Springfield, borrowed of\\nMr. Stuart a load of books, carried them back and\\nbegan his legal studies. When the Legislature as-\\nsembled he trudged on foot with his pack on his back\\none hundred miles to Vandalia, then the capital. In\\n1836 he was re-elected to the Legislature. Here it\\nwas he first met Stephen A. Douglas. In 1839 he re-\\nmoved to Springfield and began the practice of law.\\nHis success with the jury was so great that he was\\nsoon engaged in almost every noted case in the circuit.\\nIn 1854 the great discussion began between Mr.\\nLincoln and Mr. Douglas, on the slavery ([uestion.\\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\\ns])eechesin opposition to Senator Douglas in the con-\\ntest in 1 85 8 for a seat in tlie Senate, form a most\\nnotable part of his history. The issue T\u00c2\u00bbras 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 r6th of June, i860. The delegates and\\nstrangers who crowded the city amounted to twenty-\\nfive thousand. An immense building called The\\nWigwam, was reared to accommodate the Conven-\\ntion. There were eleven candidates for whom votes\\nwere thrown. William H. Seward, a man whose fame\\nas a statesman had long filled the land, was the most\\nprominent. It was generally su[)posed he would be\\nthe nominee. Abraham Lincoln, however, received\\nliie nomination on the third ballot. Little did he then\\ndream of the weary years of toil and care, and the\\nbloody death, to which that nomination doomed him:\\nand aslittledid he dream tliat he was to render services\\nto his country, which would fix upon him the eyes of\\nthe whole i-ivilized world, and which would give him\\naplaceinthe affections of his countrymen, second\\nonly, if second, to that of Washington.\\nElection day came and Mr. Lincoln received 180\\nelectoral votes out of 203 cast, and was, therefore,\\nconstitutionally elected President of the United States.\\nThe tirade of abuse that was poured upon this good\\nand merciful man, especially by the slaveholders, was\\ngreater than upon any other man ever elected to this\\nhigli position. In Februar} 1861, Mr. Lincoln started\\nfor Washington, stopping in all the large cities on his\\nway making speeches. The whole journey wqsfrought\\nwith much danger. Many of the Southern States had\\nalready seceded, and several attempts at assassination\\nwere afterwards brought to light. A gang in Balti-\\nmore had arranged, upon his arrival to get up a row,\\nand in the confusion to make sure of his death with\\nrevolvers and hand-grenades. A detective uiiravelled\\nthe plot. A secret and special train was provided to\\ntake him from HarrisL urg, through Baltimore, at an\\nune.xpected hour of the night. The train started at\\nhalf-past ten and to prevent any possible communi-\\ncation on the part ot the Secessionists with their Con-\\nfederate gang in Baltimore, as soon as the train had\\nstarted the telegraph-wires were cut. Mr. Lincoln\\nreached Washington in safety and was inaugurated,\\nalthougli great an.xiety was felt by all loyal people.\\nIn the selection of his cabinet Mr. Lincoln gave\\nto Mr. Seward the Department of State, and to other\\nprominent opponents before the convention he gave\\nimixjrtant positions.\\nDuring no otlier administration have the duties\\ndevolving ui)on the President been so manifold, and\\nthe responsibilities so great, as those which fell to\\nthe lot of President Lincoln. Knowing this, and\\nfeeling his own weakness and inability to meet, and in\\nhis own strength to cope with, the difficulties, he\\nlearned early to seek Divine wisdom and guidance in\\ndetermining his plans, and Divine comfort in all his\\ntrials, bo h |)ersonal and national. Contrary to his\\nown estimate of himself, Mr. Lincoln was one of the\\nmost courageous of men. He went directly into the\\nrebel capital just as the retreating foe was leaving,\\nwith no guard but a few sailors. From the time he\\nhad left Springfield, in 1861, however, planshadbeen\\nmade for his assassination, and he at last fell a victim\\nto one of them. April 14, 1865, he, with Gen. Crant,\\nwas urgently invited to attend Fords Theater. It\\nwas announced that they would be present. (len.\\n(irant, however, left the city. President Lincoln, feel-\\ning, witli his characteristic kindliness of heart, that\\nit would be a disappointment if he should fail them,\\nvery reluctantly consented to go. While listening to\\nthe play an actor by the name of John Wilkes Booth\\nentered the box where the President and family were\\nseated, and fired a b\\\\illet into his brains. He died the\\nnext morning at seven o clock.\\nNever before, in the history of the world was a nation\\nl)lunged 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 wilt fitly become a\\nmodel. His name as the savior of his country \\\\vill\\nlive with that of ashington s, its father; hiscountr}\\nmen being unable to decide whicli is the greater.\\nV\u00c2\u00a9\\ni\\nt\\nK\\nf\\nVDK^^.\\n^^^tf^\\nj:l.\\n-K^^(ia:^:tins v^\\n^ry", "height": "2809", "width": "2233", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph11chic_0084.jp2"}, "85": {"fulltext": "", "height": "2831", "width": "2180", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph11chic_0085.jp2"}, "86": {"fulltext": "i^?ve-C\\nSii^^^^z^-", "height": "2809", "width": "2233", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph11chic_0086.jp2"}, "87": {"fulltext": "m\\nI\\n-r -^IIIl :ii|]r^\\n-85^\\n|?^5f\\n(0\\nI\\nf\\ni\\n((i\\nW\\nSE VEN TEEN Til PRESIDENT.\\nNDREW JOHNSON, seven-\\nteenth President of the United\\nSlates. The early life of\\nAndrew Johnson contains but\\nthe record of poverty, destitu-\\ntion and friendlessness. He\\nwas born December 29, i8o8,\\nin Raleigh, N. C. His parents,\\nbelonging to the class of tlie\\npoor whites of the Soutii, 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 herorically endeavoring to save a\\nfriend from drowning. Until ten years of age, .\\\\ndrew\\nwas a ragged boy about the streets, sup[)orted by the\\nlabor of his mother, who obtained her living with\\nher own hands.\\nHe then, having never attended a school one day,\\nand being unable either to read or write, was ap-\\nprenticed to a tailor in his native town. A gentleman\\nwas in the habit of going to the tailor s shop occasion-\\nally, and reading to the boys at work there. He often\\nread from the speeches of distinguished British states-\\nmen. Andrew, who was endowed with a mind of more\\nthan ordinary native ability, became much interested\\nin these speeches his ambition was roused, and he\\nwas inspired with a strong desire to learn to read.\\nHe accordingly applied himself to the alphabet, and\\nwith the assistance of some of his fellow-workmen,\\nlearned his letters. He then called upon the gentle-\\nman to borrow the book of speeches. The owner.\\nV^\\n1853, he was elected Oovernor of Tennessee, and\\nwas re-elected in iS^s. In all these resiionsible posi-\\ntions, he discharged his duties with distinguished abil-\\nA\\nv-^.\\nV\\npleased with his zeal, not only gave him the book,\\nbut assisted him in learning to combine the letters\\ninto words. Under such difficulties he pressed on-\\nward laboriously, spending usually ten or twelve hours\\nat work in the shop, and then robbing himself of rest\\nand recreation to devote such time as he could to\\nreading.\\nHe went to Tennessee in 1826, and located at\\nGreenville, where he married a young lady who pos-\\nsessed some education. Under her instructions he\\nlearned to write and cipher. He became prominent\\nin the village debating society, and a favorite with\\nthe students of Greenville College. In 1828, he or-\\nganized a working man s party, which elected him\\nalderman, and in 1830 elected him mayor, which\\nposition he held three years.\\nHe now began to take a lively interest in political\\naffairs; identifying himself with the working-classes,\\nto which he belonged. In 1835, he was elected a\\nmember of the House of Representatives of Tennes-\\nsee. He was then just twenty-seven years of age.\\nHe became a very active member of the legislature,\\ngave his adhesion to the Democratic party, and in\\n1840 stumped the State, advocating Martin Van\\nBuren s claims to the Presidency, in opposition to those\\nof Gen. Harrison. In this campaign he acquired much\\nreadiness as a speaker, and extended and increased\\nhis reputation.\\nIn 1 84 1, he was elected State Senator; in 1843, he\\nwas elected a member of Congress, and by successive ^t\\nelections, held that important post for ten years. In\\nr\\nr^\\n.r. V-iJi.\\n:|f|| r ^4i -f^f^", "height": "2831", "width": "2180", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph11chic_0087.jp2"}, "88": {"fulltext": "84\\nw^-\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0^^v ^nn^^iin^ T\\nANDRK IV JOHNSON.\\nA\\n1\\nI\\nity, and proved himself the warm friend of the work-\\ning classes. In 1857, Mr. Johnson was elected\\nUnited States Senator.\\nYears before, in 1845, he had warmly advocated\\nthe annexation of Texas, stating however, as his\\nreason, that he thought this annexation would prob-\\nably prove to be the gateway out of which the sable\\nsons of Africa are to pass from bondage to freedom,\\nand become merged in a population congenial to\\nthemselves. In 1850, he also supported the com-\\npromise measures, the two essential features of which\\nwere, that the white people of the Territories should\\nbe permitted to decide for themselves whether they\\nwould enslave the colored people or not, and that\\nthe 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:\\no\u00c2\u00ab 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. Tlie people\\nmust understand that it (treason) is the blackest of\\ncrimes, and will surely be punished. Yet his whole\\nadministration, the history of which is so well known,\\nwas in utter inconsistency with, and the most violent\\nopposition to, the principles laid down in that sj^ech.\\nIn his loose ix)licy 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 ix)ssible, 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 Act, articles of impeachment were pre-\\nferred against him, and the trial began March 23.\\nIt was very tedious, continuing for nearly three\\nmonths. A test article of the impeachment was at\\nlength submitted to the court for its action. It was\\ncertain that as the court voted upon that article so\\nwould it vote upon all. Thirty-four voices pronounced\\nthe President guilty. As a two-thirds vote was neces-\\nsary to his condemnation, he was pronounced ac-\\nquitted, notwithstanding the great majority against\\nhim. The change of one vote from the not guilty\\nside would have sustained the impeachment.\\nThe President, for the remainder of his term, was\\nbut little regarded. He continued, though impotently,\\nhis conflict with Congress. His own party did not\\nthink it expedient to renominate him for the Presi-\\ndency. The Nation rallied, witli cntliusiasm unpar-\\nalleled since the days of Washington, around the name\\nof Gen. Grant. Andrew Johnson was forgotten.\\nThe bullet of the assassin introduced him to the\\nPresident s chair. Notwithstanding this, never was\\nthere presented to a man a better opportunity to im-\\nmortalize his name, and to win the gratitude of a\\nnation. He failed utterly. He retired to his home\\nin Greenville, Tenn., taking no very active part in\\npolitics until 1875. On Jan. 26, after an exciting\\nstruggle, he was chosen by the Legislature of Ten-\\nnessee, United States Senator in the forty-fourth Con-\\ngress, and took his seat in that body, at the special\\nsession convened by President Grant, on the 5th of\\nMarch. On the 27th of July, 1875, the ex-President\\nmade a visit to his daughter s home, near Carter\\nStation, Tenn. When he started on his journey, he was\\napparently in his usual vigorous health, but on reach-\\ning the residence of his child the following day, was\\nstricken with paralysis, rendering him unconscious.\\nHe rallied occasionally, but finally passed away at\\n2 A.M., July 31, aged sixty-seven years. His fun-\\neral was attended at Geenville, on the 3d of August,\\nwith every demonstration of respect.\\nA\\nr\\nivy\\n%A ^D!i: Pll^", "height": "2809", "width": "2233", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph11chic_0088.jp2"}, "89": {"fulltext": "", "height": "2831", "width": "2180", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph11chic_0089.jp2"}, "90": {"fulltext": "", "height": "2809", "width": "2233", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph11chic_0090.jp2"}, "91": {"fulltext": "-2s\u00e2\u0082\u00ac^^5^ ^r-r :M H Il^\\n87\\nV\\ns\\nLYSSES S. GRANT, the\\neighteenth President of the\\n\u00c2\u00bbj United States, was born on\\nthe 29th of April, 1822, of\\nChristian parents, in a humble\\nhome, at Point Pleasant, on the\\nbanks of the Ohio. Shortly after\\nhis father moved to George-\\ntown, Brown Co., O. In this re-\\nmote frontier hamlet, Ulysses\\nreceived a common-school edu-\\ncation. At the age of seven-\\nteen, in the year 1S39, he entered\\nthe Military Academy at West\\nPoint. Here he was regarded as a\\nsolid, sensible young man of fair abilities, and of\\nsturdy, honest character. He took respectable rank\\nas a scholar. In June, 1843, he graduated, about the\\nmiddle in his class, and was sent as lieutenant of in-\\nfantry to one of the distant military posts in the Mis-\\nsouri Territory. Two years he past in these dreary\\nsolitudes, watching the vagabond and exasperating\\nIndians.\\nThe war with Mexico came. Lieut. Grant was\\nsent with his regiment to Corpus Christi. His first\\nbattle was at Palo Alto. There was no chance here\\nfor the exhibition of either skill or heroism, nor at\\nResaca de la Palma, his second battle. At the battle\\nof Monterey, his third engagetnent, 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 ballets of the foe. Lieut.\\nGrant, adopting an expedient learned of the Indians,\\ngrasped the mane of his horse, and hanging ujx)n one\\nside uf the animal, ran the gauntlet in entire safety.\\nFrom Monterey he was sent, with the fourth infantry,\\nto aid Gen. Scott, at the siege of Vera Cruz. In\\npreparation for the march to the city of Mexico, he\\nwas appointed quartermaster of his regiment. At the\\nbattle of Molino del Rey, he was promoted to a\\nfirst lieutenancy, and was brevetted captain at Cha-\\npultepec.\\nAt the close of the Mexican War, 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,\\nUncle Sam has educated me for the army; though\\nI have served him through one war, I do not feel that\\nI have yet repaid the debt. I am still ready todischarge\\nmy obligations. I shall therefore buckle on my sword\\nand see Uncle Sam through tliis 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 straightfonvard executive ability of Capt.\\nGrant, gave him a desk in his office, to assist in the\\nvolunteer organization that was being formed in the\\nStale ill lieli:ilf of the Government. On the 15th of\\nt\\nI\\nr\\n:o:ilDr\\nz\u00e2\u0080\u0094\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0^^^^r^ 4J^K^^XilS^", "height": "2831", "width": "2180", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph11chic_0091.jp2"}, "92": {"fulltext": "V\\n88\\n-:2^ sr\\nl/ZVSSES S. GRANT.\\nT\\nSi\\n/O.\\nV\\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 stars and\\nstripes were unfurled in its stead.\\nHe entered the service with great determination\\nand immediately began active duty. This was the be-\\nginning, and until the surrender of Lee at Richmond,\\nhe was ever pushing the enemy with great vigor and\\neffectiveness. At Belmont, a few days later, he sur-\\nprised and routed the rebels, then at Fort Henry\\nwon another victory. Then came the brilliant fight\\nat Fort Donelson. The nation was electrified by the\\nvictory, and the brave leader of the boys in blue was\\nimmediately made a Major-General, and the military\\ndistrict of Tennessee was assigned to him.\\nLike all great captains, Gen. Grant knew well how\\nto secure the results of victory. He immediately\\npushed on to the enemies lines. Then came the\\nterrible battles of Pittsburg Landing, Corinth, and the\\nsiege of Vicksburg, where Gen. Pemberton made an\\nunconditional surrender of the city with over thirty\\nthousand men and one-hundred and seventy-two can-\\nnon. The fall of Vicksburg was by far the most\\nsevere blow which the rebels had thus far encountered,\\nand opened up the Mississippi from Cairo to the Gulf.\\nGen. Grant was next ordered to co-operate with\\nGen. Banks in a movement upon Texas, and pro-\\nceeded to New Orleans, where he was thrown from\\nhis horse, and received severe injuries, from which he\\nwas laid up for months. He then rushed to the aid\\nof Gens. Rosecrans and Thomas at Chattanooga, and\\nby a wonderful series of strategic and tactical meas-\\nures put the Union army in fighting condition. Then\\nfollowed the bloody battles at Chattanooga, Tx)okout\\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, I S64, Congress revived the grade of lieutenant-\\ngeneral, and the rank was conferred on Gen. Grant.\\nHe rei)aired to Wasliington to receive his credentials\\nand enter upon the duties of his new office.\\n1\\nI\\nGen. Grant decided as soon as he took charge of\\nthe army to concentrate the widely-dispersed National i4\\ntroops for an attack upon Richmond, the nominal\\ncapital of the Rebellion, and endeavor there to de- I\\nstroy the rebel armies which would be promptly as- V^\\nsembled from all quarters for its defence. The whole\\ncontinent seemed to tremble under the tramp of these\\nmajestic armies, rushing to the decisive battle field.\\nSteamers were crowded with troops. Railway trains\\nwere burdened with closely packed thousands. His\\nplans were comprehensive and involved a series of\\ncampaigns, which were executed with remarkable en-\\nergy and ability, and were consummated at the sur-\\nrender of Lee, April 9, 1865.\\nThe war was ended. The Union was saved. The\\nalmost unanimous voice of the Nation declared Gen.\\nGrant to be the most prominent instrument in its sal-\\nvation. The eminent services he had thus rendered\\nthe country brought him conspicuously forward as the f\\nRepublican candidate for the Presidential chair.\\nAt the Republican Convention held at Chicago, /K^\\nMay 21, 1868, he was unanimously nominated for the a\\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 5 th of June, 1872,\\nplaced Gen. Grant in nomination for a second temi\\nby a unanimous vote. The selection was emphati-\\ncally indorsed by the people five months later, 292\\nelectoral votes being cast for him.\\nSoon after the close of his second term. Gen. Grant\\nstarted upon his famous trip around the world. He\\nvisited almost every country of the civilized world,\\nand was everywhere received with such ovations\\nand demonstrations of respect and honor, private\\nas well as public and official, as were never before\\nbestowed upon any citizen of the United States. It\\nis not too much to say that his modest, courteous, and\\ndignified demeanor in the presence of the most dis-\\ntinguished men in the different nations in the world,\\nreflected honor upon the Republic which he so long f^,\\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 throvigh the .States,\\nwhich extended North and South, evorywliere mark-\\ned by great acclamation and splendid ovations.\\nsy\\nS;^^\\nJ^\\nil!i:o:iiiiv\\njj.\\n^^Ifif^\\nk\u00c2\u00ae", "height": "2809", "width": "2233", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph11chic_0092.jp2"}, "93": {"fulltext": "", "height": "2831", "width": "2180", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph11chic_0093.jp2"}, "94": {"fulltext": "-r\u00c2\u00a5", "height": "2809", "width": "2233", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph11chic_0094.jp2"}, "95": {"fulltext": "g9\u00c2\u00bb\\nr^^^^K-\\n\\\\imm T\\nV\\nNINETEENTH PRESIDENT.\\n^^^^^^^^m^^^^^^\\nUTHERFORD B. HAYES,\\nthe nineteenth President of\\nthe United States, was bori\\\\in\\nDelaware, O., Oct. 4, 1822, al-\\nmost three months after the\\n/\u00e2\u0096\u00a0O death of his father, Rutherford\\nHayes. His ancestry on both\\nthe paternal and maternal sides,\\nwas of the most honorable char-\\nacter. It can be traced, it is said,\\nas far back as 1280, when Hayes and\\nRutherford were two Scottish chief-\\ntains, fighting side by side with\\nBaliol, William Wallace and Robert\\nBruce. Both families belonged to the\\nnobility, owned extensive estates,\\nand had a large following. Misfor-\\ntune overtaking the family, George Hayes left Scot-\\nland in 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 liorn in 1724, and was a manufac-\\nturer of scythes at Bradford, Conn. Rutherford Hayes,\\nson of Ezekiel and grandfather of President Hayes, was\\nborn in New Haven, in August, r756. 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\\n^titfr^^tiii^\\nborn. He was married, in September, t8i3, to Sophia\\nBirchard, of Wilmington, Vt., whose ancestors emi-\\ngrated tliither from Connecticut, they having been\\namong the wealthiest and best famlies of Norwich. /S\\nHer ancestry on the male side are traced back to =t\\n1635, to John Birchard, one of the principal founders\\nof Norwich. Both of her grandfathers were soldiers i=i\\nin the Revolutionary War.\\nThe father of President Hayes was an industrious,\\nfrugal and opened-hearted man. He was of a me-\\nchanical turn, and could mend a plow, knit a stock-\\ning, or do almost anything else that he choose to\\nundertake. He was a member of the Church, active\\nin all the benevolent enterprises of the town, and con-\\nducted his business on Christian principles. After\\nthe close of the war of i8t2, for reasons inexplicable\\nto his neighbors, he resolved to emigrate to Ohio.\\nThe journey from Vermont to Ohio in that day,\\nwhen there were no canals, steamers, nor railways,\\nwas a very serious affair. A tour of inspection was\\nfirst made, occupying four months. Mr. Hayes deter-\\nmined to move to Delaware, where the family arrived\\nin tSiy. 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 brotlier 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\\nj3^ %r: .=#i^?^: ysf iP\\nr\\nf^", "height": "2831", "width": "2180", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph11chic_0095.jp2"}, "96": {"fulltext": "V\\nr\\nrs\\nV\\n92\\n^^-r ^III]\u00c2\u00bb:[iIl T\\nRUTHERFORD B. HAYES.\\nsubject of this sketch was so feeble at birth that he\\nwas not expected to live beyond a month or two at\\nmost. As the months went by he grew weaker and\\nweaker, so that the neighbors were in the habit of in-\\n(lairing from time to time if Mrs. Hayes baby died\\nlast night. On one occasion a neighbor, who was on\\nfamiliar terms with the family, after alluding to the\\nboy s big head, and the mother s assiduous care of\\nliim, said in a bantering way, That s right! Stick to\\nhim. You have got him along so far, and I shouldn t\\nwonder if he would really come to something yet.\\nVou need not laugh, said jNIrs. Hayes. You\\nwait and see. You can t tell but I shall make him\\nPresident of the United States yet. The boy lived,\\nin spite of the universal predictions of his speedy\\ndeath; and when, in 1825, his older brother was\\ndrowned, he became, if possible, still dearer to his\\nmother.\\nThe boy was seven years old before he went to\\nschool. His education, however, was not neglected.\\nHe probably learned as much from his mother and\\nsister as he would have done at school. His sports\\nwere almost wholly within doors, his playmates being\\nhis sister and her associates. These circumstances\\ntended, no doubt, to foster that gendeness of dispo-\\nsition, and that delicate consideration for the feelings\\nof others, which are marked traits of his character.\\nHis uncle Sardis Birchard took the deepest interest\\nin his education and as the boy s health had im-\\nproved, and he was making good progress in his\\nstudies, he proposed to send him to college. His pre-\\nparation commenced with a tutor at home; but he\\nwas afterwards sent for one year to a professor in the\\nWcsleyan University, in Middletown, Conn. He en-\\ntered Kenyon College in 1838, at the age of sixteen,\\nand was graduated at the head of his class in 1842.\\nImmediately after his graduation he began the\\nstudy of law in the office of Thomas Sparrow, Esq.,\\nin Columbus. Finding his opportunities for study in\\nColumbus somewhat limited, he determined to enter\\nthe Law School at Cambridge, Mass., where he re-\\nmained two years.\\nIn 1 845, 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\\nwiili Ralph P. Buckland, of Fremont. Here he re-\\nmained three years, acquiring but a limited practice,\\n.111(1 apparently unambitious of distinction in his pro-\\nfession.\\nIn 1849 he moved to Cincinnati, where his ambi-\\ntion found a new stimulus. For several years, how-\\never, his i)rogress was slow. Two events, occurring at\\nthis period, had a ])0werful influence upon his subse-\\nquent life. One of these was his marrage with Miss\\nLucy Ware Webb, daughter of Dr. James Webb, of\\nChilicothe; the other was his introduction to the Cin-\\ncinnati Literary Club, a body embracing among its\\nmembers such men as Chief Justice Salmon P. Chase,\\nGen. John Pope, Gov. Edward F.\\nothers hardly less distinguished\\nmarriage was a fortunate one in\\neverybody knows. Not one of all\\nNoyes, and\\nin after life.\\nevery respect, as\\nthe wives of our\\nmany\\nThe\\nI\\nPresidents was more universally admired, reverenced\\nand beloved than was Mrs. Hayes, and no one did\\nmore than she to reflect honor upon American woman-\\nhood. The Literary Club brought Mr. Hayes into\\nconstant association with young men of high cliar-\\nacter and noble aims, and lured him to display the\\nqualities so long hidden by his bashfulness and\\nmodesty.\\nIn 1856 he was nominated to the office of Judge of\\nthe Court of Common Pleas; but he declined to ac-\\ncept the nomination. Two years later, the office of\\ncity solicitor becoming vacant, the City Council\\nelected him for the unexpired term.\\nIn 1861, when the Rebellion broke out, he was at\\nthe zenith of his professional life. His rank at the\\nbar was among the the first. But the news of the\\nattack on Fort Sumpter found him eager to take up\\narms for the defense of his country.\\nHis military record was bright and illustrious. In\\nOctober, 1861, he was made Lieutenant-Colonel, and\\nin August, 1862, promoted Colonel of the 79th Ohio\\nregiment, but he refused to leave his old comrades\\nand go among strangers. Subsequently, however, he\\nwas made Colonel of his old regiment. At the battle\\nof South Mountain he received a wound, and while\\nfaint and bleeding displayed courage and fortitude\\nthat won admiration from all.\\nCol. Hayes was detached from his regiment, after\\nhis recovery, to act as Brigadier-General, and placed\\nin command of the celebrated Kanawha division,\\nand for gallant and meritorious services in the battles\\nof Winchester, I Msher s Hill and Cedar Creek, he was\\npromoted Brigadier-General. He was also brevetted\\nMajor-General, for gallant and distinguished services\\nduring the campaigns of 1864, in West Virginia. In\\nthe course of his arduous services, four horses were\\nshot from under him, and he was wounded four times.\\nIn 1864, Gen. Hayes was elected to Congress, from\\nthe .Second Ohio District, which had long been Dem-\\nocratic. He was not present during the campaign,\\nand after his election was imjiortuned to resign his\\ncommission in the army; but he finally declared, 1\\nshall never come to Washington until I can come liy\\nthe way of Richmond. He was re-elected in 1S66.\\nIn 1867, Gen Hayes was elected Governor of Ohio,\\nover Hon. .Mien G. I hurman, a popular Democrat.\\nIn 1869 was re-elected over George H. Pendleton.\\nHe was elected Governor for the third term in 1875. i\\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 ^j^\\naugurated Monday, March 5, 1875. He served hi\\nfull term, not, hcwever, with satisfaction to his party,\\nbut his administration was an average one\\nc\\nA\\nc\\nV\\nk^\\n_L\\n^l3li: nil^ A^\\nf^^^", "height": "2809", "width": "2233", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph11chic_0096.jp2"}, "97": {"fulltext": "", "height": "2831", "width": "2180", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph11chic_0097.jp2"}, "98": {"fulltext": "^7 ^^m^^^", "height": "2809", "width": "2233", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph11chic_0098.jp2"}, "99": {"fulltext": "W\\nTIVENTIETH PRESIDENT.\\n^^^f^vH\\n95\\n|^;s*g;g\\n^Iv* ^X* r, 1-^ 2 ^/i\\ni?np-^tv\\n;5^-?;;:c ie;::^*^ ;;;^^jK;;:^4^;:;^4^;;s- f\\n?i\u00c2\u00ab\\nMi^ii GARFIELD.\\ni^WZ^P\\nV\\nV\\nV\\nC; ir\\nAMES A. liARFIELD, twen-\\ntieth rresidentof the United\\nSlates, was born Nov. 19,\\nI S3 1, in the woods of Orange,\\nCuyahoga Co., O His par-\\nents were Abram and Eliza\\n(Ballou) Garfield, both of New\\nEngland ancestry and from fami-\\nlies well known in the early his-\\ntory of that section of our coun-\\ntry, but had moved to the Western\\nReserve, in Ohio, early in its settle-\\nment.\\nThe house in which James A. was\\nborn was not unlike the houses of\\npoor Ohio farmers of that day. It\\nwas about 20 x 30 feet, built of logs, with the spaces be-\\ntween the logs filled with clay. His father was a\\nhard working farmer, and he soon had his fields\\ncleared, an orchard planted, and a log barn built.\\nThe household comprised the father and mother and\\ntlieir four children Mehetabel, Thomas, Mary and\\nJames. In May, 1823, the father, from a cold con-\\ntracted in helping to put out a forest fire, died. At\\ntliis 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 very\\nmuch. He now lives in Michigan, and the two sis-\\nters live in Solon, 0.,near their birthplace.\\nTlie early educational advantages young Garfield\\nenjoyed were very limited, yet he made the most of\\nthem. He labored at farm work for others, did car-\\npenter work, chopped wood, or did anything that\\nwould bring in a few dollars to aid his widowed\\nmother in 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-\\nghng childhood, youth and manhood, neither did they\\never forget him. When in the highest seats of honor,\\nthe humblest fiiend of his boyhood was as kindly\\ngreeted as ever. Tlie poorest laborer was sureof the\\nsympathy of one who had known all the bitterness\\nof want and the sweetness of bread earned by the\\nsweat of the brow. He was ever the simple, plain,\\nmodest gentleman.\\nThe highest ambition of young Garfield until he\\nwas about sixteen years old was to be a captain of\\na vessel on Lake Erie. He was anxious to go aboard\\na vessel, which his mother strongly opposed. She\\nfinally consented to his going to Cleveland, with the\\nunderstanding, however, that he should try to obtain\\nsome other kind of employment. He walked all the\\nway to Cleveland. This was his first visit to the city.\\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 i*v: 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 tlie Disciples of Christ in 1850, of\\nwhich church he was then a member. He became\\njanitor and bell-ringer in order to help pay his way.\\nHe then became both teaclier 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 niem-\\nIjer, often preaching in its pulpit and places where\\nhe happened to be. Dr. Noah Porter, President of\\nYale. College, says of him in reference to his religion:\\nI\\nA\\n^c^\\n^nii^nni\\ni\\n-4 ^5((2^^", "height": "2831", "width": "2180", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph11chic_0099.jp2"}, "100": {"fulltext": ":)\u00c2\u00ab^rf\\n6\\n,0\\nV\\nJAMES A.\\nGARFIELD.\\nPresident Garfield was more than a man of\\nstrong moral and religious convictions. His whole\\nhistory, from boyhood to the last, shows that duty to\\nman and to God, and devotion to Christ and life and\\nfaith and spiritual commission were controlling springs\\nof his being, and to a more than usual degree. In\\nmy judgment there is no more interesting feature of\\nhis character than his loyal allegiance to the body of\\nChristians in which he was trained, and the fervent\\nsympathy which he ever showed in their Christian\\ncommunion. Not many of the few wise and mighty\\nand noble who are called show a similar loyalty to\\nthe less stately and cultured Christian 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, the church in which he was\\ntrained, and in which he served as a pillar and an\\nevangelist, and yet with the largest and most unsec-\\nlarian charity for all who loveour Lord in sincerity.\\nMr. Garfield was united in marriage with Miss\\nLucretia Rudol[)h, Nov. 1 1, 1858, who proved herself\\nworthy as the wife of one whom all the world loved and\\nmourned. To them were born seven children, five of\\nwhom are still living, four boys and one girl.\\nMr. (iarfieldmade his first political speeches in 1856,\\nin Hiram and the neighboring villages, and three\\nyears later he began to speak at county mass-meet-\\nings, and became the favorite speaker wherever he\\nwas. During tliis year he was elected to the Ohio\\nSenate. He also began to study law at Cleveland,\\nand in 1S61 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 inmiediately 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 witli 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 accomplislied, although against great odds. Pres-\\nident Lincoln, on his success commissioned him\\nBrigadier-General, Jan. 10, 1862; and as he had\\nbeen the youngest man in the Ohio Senate two years\\nbefore, so now he was the youngest General in the\\narmy. He was with Gen. Buell s army at Shiloh,\\nin its operations around Corinth and its march through\\nAlabama. He was then detailed as a memberof the\\nGeneral Court-Martial for the trial of Gen. Fit/.- John\\nPorter. He was then ordered to report to Gen. Rose-\\ncrans, and was assigned to tlie C hief of Staff.\\nThe military history of Gen. Garfield closed with\\nhis brilliant services at Chickamauga, where he won\\nthe stars of the Major-General.\\nWitliout 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 sixty years\\nmainly by two men Elisha M hittlesey and Joshua\\nR. Giddings. It was not without a struggle that he\\nresigned his place in the army. At the time he en-\\ntered Congress he was the youngest member in that\\nbody. There he remained by successive re-\\nelections until he was elected President in 1880.\\nOf his labors in Congress Senator Hoar says Since\\nthe year 1864 you cannot think of a question which\\nhas been debated in Congress, or discussed before a\\ntribunel of the American people, in regard to which\\nyou will not find, if you wish mstruction, the argu-\\nment on one side stated, in almost every instance\\nbetter than by anybody else, in some speech made in\\nthe House of Representatives or on the hustings i)y\\nMr. Garfield.\\nUi\u00c2\u00bbn Jan. 14, 1880, Gen. Garfield was elected to\\nthe U. S. Senate, and on the eighth of June, of llie\\nsame year, was nominated as the candidate of his\\nparty for President at the great Cliicago Convention.\\nHe was elected in the following November, and on\\nMarch 4, 1881, was inaugurated. Probably no ad-\\nministration ever opened its existence under brighter\\nauspices than that of President Garfield, and every\\nday it grew in favor with the people, and by the first\\nof July he had completed all the initiatory and pre-\\nliminary work of his 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, l)ut inflicting no further\\ninjury. It has been very truthfully said that this was\\nthe shot that was heard round the world Never\\nbefore in the history of the Nation had anything oc-\\ncurred which so nearly froze the blood of the people\\nfor the moment, as this awful deed. He was smit-\\nten on the brightest, gladdest day of all his life, and\\nwas at the summit of his power and hope. For eighty\\ndays, all during the hot months of July and August,\\nhe lingered and suffered. He, however, remained\\nmaster of himself till the last, and by liis magnificent\\nbearing was teaching the country and the world the\\nnoblest of human lessons how to live grandly in the\\nvery clutch of death. Great in life, he was surpass-\\ningly great in death. He passed serenely away Sept.\\n19, 1883, at Elberon, N. J., on the very bank of the\\nocean, where he had been taken shortly ]irevious. The\\nworld wept at his death, as it never had done on the\\ndeath of any other man who had ever lived upon it.\\nThe murderer was duly tried, found guilty and exe-\\ncuted, in one year after he committed the foul deed.\\nf\\nV\\n^D !1 W:\\nmm", "height": "2809", "width": "2233", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph11chic_0100.jp2"}, "101": {"fulltext": "", "height": "2831", "width": "2180", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph11chic_0101.jp2"}, "102": {"fulltext": "ii\\nII\\nmmmtmem^-w\\nL:. JM^ ^*Mpm 3ti\u00c2\u00ab JfWt TiMW", "height": "2809", "width": "2233", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph11chic_0102.jp2"}, "103": {"fulltext": "I\\nf\\nA\\n4\\nTWENTY-FIRST PRESIDENT\\nzM:^\u00e2\u0080\u0094\\n99\\ni#.\\nI\\nHESTER A. ARTHUR,\\nP twenty-first President of the\\nUnited States, was born m\\nFranklin C ount), Vermont, on\\n^id s thelil thof October, 1830, andis\\nr^ the oldest of a family of two\\nsons and five daughters. His\\nfather was the Rev. Dr. William\\nArthur, a Baptist clergyman, who\\nemigrated to this country from\\nthe county Antrim, Ireland, in\\n8th year, and died in 1875, in\\nNewtonville, near Albany, after a\\nong and successful ministry.\\nYoung Arthur was educated at\\nUnion College, Schenectady, where\\nhe excelled in all his studies. Af-\\nter his graduation he taught school\\nin Vermont for two years, and at\\nthe expiration of that time came to\\nNew York, with $500 in his pocket,\\nand entered the office of ex-Judge\\nE. D. Culver as student. After\\nbeing admitted to the bar he formed\\na partnership with his intimate friend and room-mate,\\n(5^ Henry I). 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\\n*if hung out their shingle, and entered iii)on a success-\\n/i\u00c2\u00ab^ ful career almost from the start. General Arthur\\nsoon afterward married the daughter of Lieutenant\\nHerndon, of the United States Navy, who was lost at\\nsea. Congress voted a gold medal to his widow in\\nrecognition of the bravery he displayed on that occa-\\nsion. Mrs. Arthur died shortly before Mr. Arthur s\\nnomination to the Vice Presidency, leaving two\\nchildren.\\nGen. Arthur obtained considerable legal celebrity\\nin his first great case, the famous Lemmon suit,\\nbrought to recover possession of eight slaves who had\\nbeen declared free by Judge Paine, of the Superior\\nCourt of New York City. It was in 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.\\nAnother great service was rendered by General\\nArthur in the same cause in 1856. Lizzie Jennings,\\na respectable colored woman, was put off a Fourth\\nAvenue car with violence after she had paid her Aire.\\nGeneral Arthur sued on her behalf, and secured a\\nverdict of $500 damages. The next day the comi)a-\\nny issued an order to admit colored persons to ride\\non their cars, and the other car companies quickly\\nS^\\nV^\\nA\\nh\\nW\\nGm\\nt*TC\\nr.-v^", "height": "2831", "width": "2180", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph11chic_0103.jp2"}, "104": {"fulltext": "M.\\nm}^\\nCHESTER A\\ni.\\nrs\\nV\\nJ\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0O\\nfollowed their example. Before that the Sixth Ave-\\nnue Company ran a few special cars for colored per-\\nsons and the other lines refused to let them ride at all.\\nGeneral Arthur was a delegate to the Convention\\nat Saratoga that founded the Republican party.\\nPrevious to the war he was Judge-Advocate of the\\nSecond Brigade of the State of New York, and Gov-\\nernor Morgan, of that State, appointed hun Engineer-\\nin-Chief of his staff. In 1861, he was made Inspec-\\ntor General, and soon afterward became Quartermas-\\nter-General. In each of these offices he rendered\\ngreat service to the Government during the war. At\\nthe end of Governor Morgan s term he resumed the\\npractice of the law, forming a partnership with Mr.\\nRansom, and then Mr. Phelps, the District Attorney\\nof New Yoik, was added to the firm. The legal prac-\\ntice of this well-known firm was very large and lucra-\\ntive, each of the gentlemen composing it were able\\nlawyers, and possessed a splendid local reputation, if\\nnot indeed one of national extent.\\nHe always took a leading part in State and city\\npolitics. He was 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, rSyS, when he was succeeded by Collector Merritt.\\nMr. Arthur was nominated on the Presidential\\nticket, with Gen. James A. Garfield, at the famous\\nNational Republican Convention held at Chicago in\\nJune, t88o. This was perhaps the greatest political\\nconvention that ever assembled on the continent. It\\nwas composed of the leading politicians of tlie Re-\\npublican party, all able men, and each stood firm and\\nfought vigorously and with signal tenacity for tlieir\\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-ljearer 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-\\nk\\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 tliis 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 i\u00c2\u00bbsition in the world was at any moment\\nlikely lo 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, ^l\\nSept. 20, i88r. 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- ==i\\nlect as advisers. The duties of the office had been\\ngreatly neglected during the President s long illness,\\nand many important measures were to be immediately\\ndecided by liim; and still farther to embarrass him he\\ndid not fail to realize under what circumstances he\\nbecame President, and knew the feelings of many on\\nthis point. Under these trying circumstances President\\nArthur took the reins of the Government in his own\\nhands; and, as embarrassing as were the condition of\\naffairs, he has hap])ily surprised the Nation, acting so\\njustly, so wisely, so well, tliai but few have criticised\\nhis administration. Should he continue during the\\nremainder of his term to pursue the wise policy lie\\nhas followed thus far, we lielieve 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 i\\nwarmest personal friends, With the good of the\\n])eople at heart, and guided by tlie wisdom already (j^\\ndisplayed, he will surpiise his opponents, gratify his\\nfriends, and bless the American Re|niblic, during\\nthe years he occupies the Presidential chair.", "height": "2809", "width": "2233", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph11chic_0104.jp2"}, "105": {"fulltext": "crv DIi: ^:ilDv\\n\u00c2\u00a3f=c\\n-^0^i^j\\\\4m\\nI\\ni\\nk\\ni\\nr^\\n?D !1 DD i^-^;^ ^si^pc", "height": "2831", "width": "2180", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph11chic_0105.jp2"}, "106": {"fulltext": "iw^^^^^-\\n-r7^v^mHMi\\nrr\\nO\\n0)\\nt\\nt\\nV\\nT^-^:-nDSDii-\\nf-\u00c2\u00bbi3;?\u00c2\u00bb5", "height": "2809", "width": "2233", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph11chic_0106.jp2"}, "107": {"fulltext": "(j. mrMh^ T\\nrMi\\nd;.\\nA\\nV\\nA\\n.-9\\n^mxM^\\n1", "height": "2831", "width": "2180", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph11chic_0107.jp2"}, "108": {"fulltext": "a-\\n^^(^ti^\\nr^^ ^^v D0 :ilIl^ V^^^5\\n-4?^5((s^^^\\n1:3\\nv^\\nr^\\nISS^\\n^^^g^r^\\nD!l^^Dtlr A", "height": "2809", "width": "2233", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph11chic_0108.jp2"}, "109": {"fulltext": "", "height": "2831", "width": "2180", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph11chic_0109.jp2"}, "110": {"fulltext": "aBmmiifSKia99KW\\nj^^tA^a^uS\\n^A\\na4Mi^.\\n9", "height": "2809", "width": "2233", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph11chic_0110.jp2"}, "111": {"fulltext": "I\\nd;\\n.T^ T\\n^myM T\\n-#^C^^\\nGOVERNORS OF MICHIGAN.\\nV\\n-m\\n^^ijk-ysJlSlii;\u00c2\u00ae^-\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0^w. ,.i w- o\u00c2\u00bb.^.g);Z7jrrjv.|\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0\u00e2\u0080\u00a2\\\\ijs/\\nTEPHEN T. MASON, the\\nfirst Governor of Michigan, was\\ns^* a son of Gen. 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 St ate\\norganization, and immediately en-\\ntered ujxjn the performance of the\\nduties of the office, although the\\nState was not yet admitted into the Union. After\\nthe State was admitted into the Union, Governor\\nMason was re-elected to the position, and served witli\\ncredit to himself and to the advantage of the State.\\nHe died Jan. 4, 1S43. The princijial 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 ix)int of Lake Michigan, extending through\\nLake Erie, to the Pennsylvania line. This she\\nclaimed as a vested right a right accruing to her by\\ncompact. This compact was the ordinance of 1787,\\nthe parties to which were the original 13 States, and\\nthe territory northwest of the Ohio; and, by the suc-\\ncession of parties under statutory amendments to the\\nordinance and laws of Congress the United States on\\nthe one part, and each Territory northwest of the\\nOhio, as far as affected by their provisions, on the\\nA\\nother. Michigan, therefore, claimed it under the iirior\\ngrant, or assignation of boundary.\\nOhio, on the other hand, claimed that the ordinance\\nluid 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 tliat the\\nConstitution of the State of Ohio having described a\\ndifferent line, and Congress having admitted the State\\nunder that Constitution, witliout mentioning the sub-\\nject of the line in dispute, Congress had thereby given\\nits consent to the line as laid down by the Constitu-\\ntion of Ohio. This claim was urged by Ohio at\\nsome periods of the controversy, but at others she ap-\\npeared to regard the question unsettled, by the fact\\nthat she insisted upon Congress taking action in re-\\ngard to the boundary. Accordingly, we find that, in\\ni8i2, 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 tSi8. In 1820, the (juestion 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 l)y Mr.\\nWoodliridge, 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,\\n(c\\nJ*^*.t^*-\\n^D!] :Dtl^-", "height": "2831", "width": "2180", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph11chic_0111.jp2"}, "112": {"fulltext": "i^/^^^^m^\\no v imm\\\\\\\\^\\n;2\u00c2\u00bbNi,^Ai^\\nmm\\nio6\\nSTEPHEN T. MASON.\\ni\\nz=z\\nV\\n1\\nfrom the names of the surveyors. The territory was\\nvahiable for its rich agricultural lands; but the chief\\nvalue consisted in the fact that the harbor on the\\nMauniee River, where now stands the flourishing city\\nof Toledo, was included within its limits The town\\noriginally bore the name of Swan Creek, afterwards\\nPort Lawrence, then Vestula, and then Toledo.\\nIn February, 1835, the Legislature of Ohio passed\\nan act extending the jurisdiction of the State over\\nthe territory in question; erected townships and\\ndirected them to hold elections in April following. It\\nalso directed Governor Lucus to appoint three com-\\nmissioners to survey and re-mark the Harris line and\\nnamed the first of April as tlie day to commence the\\nsurvey. Acting Governor Mason, however, anticipated\\nthis action on the part of the Ohio Legislature, sent\\na special message to the Legislative Council, appris-\\ning it of Governor Lucas message, and advised imme-\\ndiate action by that body to anticipate and counteract\\nthe proceedings of Ohio. Accordingly, on the 12th\\nof February, the council passed an act making it a\\ncrimmal offence, punishable by a heavy fine, or im-\\nprisonment, for any one to attempt to exercise any\\nofficial functions, or accept any office within the juris-\\ndiction of Michigan, under or by virture of any au-\\nthority not derived from the Territory, or the United\\n.States. On the gth 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. Tliis\\nwas soon accomplislied, and the force fully armed and\\nequipped. The force then went into camp at Fort\\nMiami, to await the Governor s orders.\\nIn the meantime. Governor Mason, with General\\nBrown and staff, had raised a force 800 to 1200\\nstrong, and were in possession of Toledo. General\\nBrown s Staff consisted of Captain Henry Smith, of\\nMonroe, Inspector; Major J. J. Ullman, of Con-\\nstantine, Quartermaster; William E. Broadman, of\\nDetroit, and Alpheus Felch,of Monroe, Aids-de-\\ncamp. When Governor Lucas observed tlie deter-\\nmined bearing of the -Micliigan braves, and took note\\nc\\nof their number, he found it convenient to content\\nhimself for a time with watching over the border.\\nSeveral days were passed in this exjiilarating employ-\\nment, and just as Governor Lucas had made up his\\nmind to do something rash, two commissioners ar-\\nrived from Washington on a mission of peace. They\\nremonstrated with Gov. Lucus, and reminded him of\\nthe consequences to himself and his State if he per-\\nsisted in his attempt to gain possession of the disputed\\nterritory by force. After several conferences with\\nbolh governors, the commissioners submitted projxjsi-\\ntions for tlieir consideration.\\nGovernor Lucas at once accepted the jiropositions,\\nand disbanded his forces. Governor Mason, on the\\nother hand, refused to accede to the arrangement, and\\ndeclined to compromise the rights of his people by a\\nsurrender of possession and jurisdiction. When Gov-\\nernor Lucus disbanded his forces, however, Governor\\nMason partially followed suit, but still held himself\\nin readiness to meet any emergency that might arise.\\n(iovernor Lucus now supposed that his way was\\nclear, and that he could re-mark the Harris line with- ^i\\nout being molested, and ordered the commissioners\\nto proceed with their work.\\nin the meantime. Governor Mason ke[)t a watch-\\nful eye upon the proceedings. General Brown sent\\nscouts through the woods to watch their movements,\\nand report when operations were commenced. When\\ntlie surveying party got within the county of Lena-\\nwee, the under-sheriff of that county, armed with a\\nwarrant, and accompanied by a posse, suddenly made\\nhis appearance, and succeeded m arresting a portion\\nof the party. The rest, including the commissioners,\\ntook to their heels, and were soon beyond the dis-\\nputed territory. They reached Perrysburgh the fol-\\nlowing day in a highly demoralized condition, and\\nreported they had been attacked by an overwhelm-\\ning force of Michigan malitia, under command of\\n(reneral Brown.\\nThis summary breaking up of the surveying party\\nproduced the most tremendous excitement throughout\\nOhio. Governor L\\\\icas called an extra session of the f*^\\nLegislature. But little remains to lie said in reference\\nto the war. The question continued for sometime\\nto agitate the minds of the opposing parties; and the\\naction of Congress was impatiently awaited. Michigan\\nwas admitted into the Union on the condition that\\nshe give to Oliio the disputed territory, and accept\\nin return the Northern Peninsula, which she did.\\nO)\\nI\\n[ll]; \\\\a s^f^\\n4^^^^", "height": "2819", "width": "2254", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph11chic_0112.jp2"}, "113": {"fulltext": "", "height": "2831", "width": "2180", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph11chic_0113.jp2"}, "114": {"fulltext": "r z^-r/Z^^T^^^y", "height": "2819", "width": "2254", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph11chic_0114.jp2"}, "115": {"fulltext": "rsjiij^\\nZ^-^ii*\\nSECOND GO VERNOR OF MICHIGAN.\\n109\\nt\\nA-\\nV\\ns\\n^M ^^IIjLIAM ^oodbi^idge.^^\\ni!.~v.?\u00c2\u00bb*-55^5)/;7Zr2i\u00c2\u00bb\\\\\u00c2\u00bb IX*?^\\nILLIAM WOODBRIDGE,\\nrksecond Governor of Michigan,\\nwas born at Norwich, Conn.,\\nAug. 20, 1780, and died at\\n^^^fif Detroit Oct. 20, 1861. He\\nwas of a family of three brothers\\nand two sisters. His father,\\nDudley Woodbridge, removed to\\nMarietta, Qhio, about 1790. The\\nlife of Wm. Woodbridge, by Chas.\\nLauman, from which this sketch\\nis largely compiled, mentions noth-\\ning concerning his early educatidn\\nbeyond the fact that it was such as\\nwas afibrded by the average school\\nof the time, e.xcept a year with the\\nFrench colonists at Gallipolis,\\nwhere he acquired a knowledge of\\ntl the French language. It should\\nbe borne in mind, however, that\\nhome education at that time was\\nan indispensable feature in the\\ntraining of the young. To this and\\nand to a few studies well mastered,\\nis due that strong mental discipline which has served\\nas a basis for many of the grand intellects that have\\nadorned and lieljjed to make our National history.\\nMr. Woodbridge studied law at Marietta, having\\nas a fellow student an intimate personal friend, a\\nyoung man sul)seipiently 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, on-\\nnecticut, Juleanna, daughter of John Trumbell, a\\ndistinguished author and judge and author of ihi\\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\\nfully of men, because of their active participation in\\npublic affairs, but human actions are stamped upon\\nthe page of time and when the scroll shall be unrolled\\nthe influence of good women upon the history of the\\nworld will be read side by side with the deeds of men.\\nHow much success and renown in life many men owe\\nto their wives is probably little known. Mrs. W. en-\\njoyed the best means of early education that the\\ncountry afforded, and her intellectual genius enabled\\nher to improve her advantages. During her life, side\\nby side with the highest type of domestic and social\\ngraces, she manifested a keen intellectuality that\\nformed the crown of a faultless chaiacter. She was\\na natural poet, and wrote quite a large number of fine\\nverses, some of which arc 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 mafters 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 jwrtion of her life, but was patient\\nand cheerful to the end.\\nIn 1807, Mr. W. was chosen a representative to the\\nGeneral .\\\\sseml)ly of Ohio, and in (S09 was elected to\\nthe Senate, continuing a memiier by re-election until\\nhis removal from the State. He also held, by aiv\\npointment, during the time the office of Prosecuting\\nAttorney for his county. He took a leading part in\\nthe Legislature, and in i.Si 2 drew up a declaration and\\nrr-.solutions, whicii passed tlu two hiiusesunaminously\\nvb\\nK-\\n8B Vg^\u00c2\u00ab\u00c2\u00a7^-\\nr\\n:o:nilr.\\n{^\u00e2\u0080\u00a2-^^5^(1^1", "height": "2831", "width": "2180", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph11chic_0115.jp2"}, "116": {"fulltext": "^t#\u00c2\u00ab^\\n3i)\\nf\\nV\\nt\\ni\\nWILLIAM WOODBRIDGE.\\n\u00c2\u00bb#^N ^A^1^\\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 Cass, had be-\\ncome widely separated. The latter was Governor of\\nthe Territory of Michigan under the historic Governor\\nand Judges plan, with the indispensable requisite of a\\nSecretary of the Territorry. This latter jxisition was,\\nin 18 1 4, without solicitation on his part, tendered to\\nMr. W. He accepted the position with some hesita-\\ntion, and entered upon its duties as soon as he could\\nmake the necessary arrangements for leaving Ohio.\\nThe office of Secretary involved also the duties of\\ncoUectorof customs at the pori 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 hider 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 ))eople, by corresjxjndence and also by a visit to\\nthe National capital, so clearly set forth the demand\\nfor representation by a delegate, that an act was\\npassed in Congress in 18 19 authorizing one tobe chosen.\\nUnder tliis act Mr. W. was elected by the concurrence\\nof all ])arties. 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 liy Governor Cass, was set on foot\\nby means of representations made to the liead of the\\ndepartment by Mr. W. While in Congress he stren-\\nuously maintained the right of Michigan to the strip\\nof territory now forming the northern boundary of\\nOhio, which formed tlie suljject 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 apjxjinted one of a board of\\ncommissioners for adjusting private land claims in\\nthe Territory, and was engaged also in the practice of\\nhis profession, having the best law library in the Ter-\\nritory. In 1828, upon the recommendation of the\\nGovernor, Judges and others, he was appointed by the\\nPresident, J. Q. Adams, to succeed Hon. James With-\\nerell, who had resigned as a Judge of what is conven-\\ntionally called the Supreme Court of the Territory.\\nThis court was apparently a continuation of the Terri-\\ntorial Court, under the frrst grade or Governor and\\nJudges system. .Mthougli it was supreme in its ju-\\ndicial functions within the Territor} its powers and\\nduties were of a very general character.\\nIn 1832, the term of his appointment as Judge ex-\\npiring, President Jackson appointed a successor, it is\\nsupix)sed on polirical grounds, much to the disappoint-\\nment of the public and the bxr of the Territory. The\\npartisan feeling of the time extended into the Terri-\\ntory, and its jieople began to think of assuming the\\ndignity of a State government. Party lines becom-\\ning very sharply drawn, he identified himself with\\nthe Whigs and was elected a member of the Conven-\\ntion of 1835, which formed the first State Constitution.\\nIn 1837 he was elected a member of tVe State Senate.\\nThis sketch has purposely dealt somewhat in detail\\nwith what may be called Judge W s. earlier career,\\nbecause it is closely identified with the early his-\\ntory of the State, and the development of its jwliti-\\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 ser\\\\ ed as Governor but\\nlittle more than a year, when he was elected to the\\nSenate of the United States.\\nHis term in the Senate practically closed his polit-\\nical life, although he was strongly urged by many\\nprominent men for the Whig nomination for Vice\\nPresident in T848.\\nSoon after his apiwintment as Judge in 1828, Gov-\\nernor W. took up his residence on a tract of land\\nwhich he owned in the township of Spring Wells, a\\nshort distance below what 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, Ciovernor shows himself a mas-\\nter of language; he is fruitful in simile and illustra-\\ntion, logical in arrangement, happy in the choice and\\ntreatment of topics, and terse and vigorous in expres-\\nsion. Judge W. was a Congrcgationalist. His opinions\\non all subjects were decided he was earnest and\\nenergetic, courteous and dignified, and at times ex-\\nhibited a vein of fine humor that was the more at-\\ntractive because not too often allowed to come to the\\nsurface. His letters and addresses show a deep and\\nearnest affection not only for his ancestral home, but\\nthe home of his adoption and for friends and family.\\nA\\n(g^,\\ni|-V5))C^^\\nJ^.\\nJL\\n^D!] :iii]s\\nA\\n-1^", "height": "2819", "width": "2254", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph11chic_0116.jp2"}, "117": {"fulltext": "", "height": "2831", "width": "2180", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph11chic_0117.jp2"}, "118": {"fulltext": "", "height": "2819", "width": "2254", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph11chic_0118.jp2"}, "119": {"fulltext": "\u00e2\u0096\u00a0^iu\\n5 ^!Dl] :ilDi\\nGOVERNORS OF MICHIGAN.\\n-^^((\u00c2\u00aeV |y\\n3\\nS\\nW\\nV^\\nJi^j. ^^JlS\\n-^\u00c2\u00bbJ^\\n^r\\nxJOHN S. BARRY\\n1\\nOHN STEWARD BARRY,\\nGovernor of Michigan from\\nJan. 3, 1842, to Jan. 5, 1846,\\nand from Jan. 7, 1850, to Jan.\\nI, 1852, was born at Amherst,\\nN. H., Jan. 29, 1802. His par-\\nents, John and Ellen (Steward)\\nRarry, early removed to Rocking-\\nham, Vt., where he remained until\\nhe became of age, working on his\\nlather s farm, and pursuing his\\nstudies at the same time. He mar-\\nried Mary Kidder, of Grafton, Vt.,\\nand in 1824 went to Georgia, Vt\u00e2\u0080\u009e\\nwhere he had charge of an academy\\nfor two years, meanwhile studying\\naw. He afterward practiced law in\\nthat State. While he was in Georgia he was for some\\nlime a member of the Governor s staff, with the title\\nof Governor s Aid, and at a somewhat earlier period\\nwas Captain of a company of State militia. In 1831\\nhe removed to Michigan, and settled at White Pigeon,\\nwhere he engaged in mercantile business with I. W.\\nWiUard.\\nFour years after, 1834, Mr. ]5arry removed to Con-\\nh\\nA\\nstantine and continued his mercantile pursuits. He\\nbecame Justice of the Peace at White Pigeon, Mich.,\\nin 1831, and held the office until the year 1835.\\nMr. Barry s first public office was that of a member\\nof the first constitutional convention, which assembled\\nand flamed the constitution upon which Michigan\\nwas admitted into the Union. He took an important\\nand prominent part in the proceedings of that body,\\nand showed himself to be a man of far more than\\nordinary ability.\\nUpon Michigan being admitted into the Union,\\nMr. Barry was chosen State Senator, and so favorably\\nwere his associates impressed with his abilities at the\\nfirst session of the Legislature that they looked to him\\nas a party leader, and that he should head the State\\nticket at the following election. Accordingly he re-\\nceived the nomination for Governor at the hands\\nof his party assembled in convention. He was\\nelected, and so jwpular was his administration that, in\\n1842, he was again elected. During these years\\nMichigan was embarrassed by great financial diffi-\\nculties, and it was through his wisdom and sound judg-\\nment that the State was finally placed upon a solid\\nfinancial basis.\\nDuring the first year of Gov. Barry s first term, the\\nUniversity at Ann Arbor was opened for the reception\\nS\\\\\\n:~:-Z o!?^\\n2^\\nimyM\\n-4yi^l", "height": "2831", "width": "2180", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph11chic_0119.jp2"}, "120": {"fulltext": "m^\\ni|S/^l\\n114\\nJOHN STEWARD BARRY.\\n2\\nV\\nVT\\n1\\ntt\\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 1S43, 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 fovmd to be over\\nIwenty-eiglit millions of dollars, the tax being at the\\nrate of two mills 011 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 lime the University of\\nMichigan had become so prosperous that its income\\nwas ample to pay the interest on the University debt\\nand the amount of money which the State was able\\nto loan the several progressing railroads was one\\nhundred and twenty thousand dollars. Efforts were\\nmade to increase the efficiency of the common schools\\nwith good results In 1845, when Gov. Bariy s sec-\\nond term ex|)ired, the population of the State was\\nmore than th -ee hundred thousand.\\nThe constitution of the State forbade more than two\\nconsecutive terms, but he was called upon to fill the\\n]X)sition 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 dejxit\\nat Detroit, in 1850.\\nAt a setting of the grand jury of Wayne County,\\nApril 24, 185 I, 37 men of the 50 under arrest for this\\ncrime were indicted. May 20, following, the accused\\nparties appeared at the Circuit Court of Wayne, of\\nwhich Warner Wing was resident judge. The Rail-\\nroad Company employed ten eminent lawyers, in-\\ncluding David Stuart, John Van Arnian, James\\nVan Dyke, Jacob M. Howard, Alex. D. Fraser, I^an-\\niel Goodwin and William Gray. The defendants were\\nrepresented by six meuibers 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 ill 40 days. Mr. Van Dyke addressed the jury\\nfor the prosecution; William H. Seward for tlic\\ndefense.\\nThe great lawyer was convinced of the innocence\\nof his clients, nor did the verdict of that jury and the\\nsentence of that judge remove his firm belief that his\\nclients were the victims of purchased treachery,\\nrather than so many sacrifices to justice.\\nThe verdict of guilty was rendered at 9 o clock\\np. M., Sept. 25, 185 I. On the 26th the prisoners were\\nput forward to receive sentence, when many of them\\nprotested their entire innocence, after which the pre-\\nsiding judge condemned 12 of the number to the fol-\\nlowing terms of imprisonment, with hard labor, within\\nthe State s prison, situate in their county Ammi\\nFilley, ten years Orlando L. Williams, ten years;\\nAaron Mount, eight years Andrew J. Freeland, eight\\nyears; Eben Farnham, eight years; W llliam Corvin,\\neight years; Richard Price, eight years; Evan Price,\\neight years; Lyman Champlin, five years; Willard\\nW. Champlin, five years; Erastus Champlin, five\\nyears; Erastus Smith, five years\\nIn 1840, Gov. Barry became deeply interested in\\nthe cultivation of the sugar I eet, and vjsited Euroi)e\\nto obtain information in reference to its culture.\\nHe was twice Presidential Elector, and his last\\npublic service was that of a delegate to the National\\nDemocratic Convention held in Chicago in 1864.\\nHe was a man who, throughout life, maintained a\\nhigh character for integrity and fidelity to the trusts\\nbestowed upon him, whether of a public or a private\\nnature, and he is acknowledged by all to have been\\none of the most efficient and popular Governors the\\nSlate has ever had.\\nGov. Barry was a man of incorrujjtible integrity.\\nHis opinions, whicli he reached by the most thorough\\ninvestigation, he held tenaciously. His strong con-\\nvictions and outspoken jionesty made it impossible for\\nhim to take an undefined position when a principle\\nwas involved. His attachments and prejudices were\\nstrong, yet he was never accused of favoritism in his\\nadministration of public affairs. As a speaker he was\\nnot remarkable. Solidity, rather than brilliancy, char-\\nacterized his oratory, which is described as argument-\\native and instructive, but cold, hard, and entirely\\nwanting in rhetorical ornament. He was never elo-\\nquent, seldom humorous or sarcastic, and in manner\\nrather awkward.\\n.Mthough Mr. Barry s educational advantages were\\nso limited, he was a life-long student. He mastered\\nIjoth 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 willi the Democratic party, and his opin-\\nions were usually extreme.\\nMr. Barry retired to [jrivate life after the beginning\\nof the ascendency of the Republican party, and car-\\nried on his mercantile business at Constantine. He\\ndied Jan. 14, 1870, his wife s death having occurred a\\nyear previous, March 30, 1869. They left no children.\\nv^\\nf\\nK\\nr\u00c2\u00bb ii!i:*:\u00c2\u00bbJ! s ^\u00c2\u00a7c-", "height": "2819", "width": "2254", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph11chic_0120.jp2"}, "121": {"fulltext": "", "height": "2831", "width": "2180", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph11chic_0121.jp2"}, "122": {"fulltext": "", "height": "2819", "width": "2254", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph11chic_0122.jp2"}, "123": {"fulltext": "M\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0!=rv\\\\:\\n:nii: iCD r\\nGOVERNORS OF MICHIGAN.\\ns\\nV\\nI\\nA:^//r\\\\y\\n.1\\nf(\u00c2\u00ab\\nLPHEUS FELCH, the third\\nGovernor of Michigan, wtis\\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 tliat re-\\ngion when it was yet a wilderness.\\nThe father of Mr. Felch embarked in\\nmercantile life at Limerick. He was\\nthe first to engage in that business in\\nthat section, and continued it until\\nhis death. The death of the father,\\nfollowed within a year by the death of\\nthe mother, left the subject of this sketch, then three\\nyears old, to the care of relatives, and he found a\\nhome with his paternal grandfather, where he re-\\nmained until his death. Mr Felch received his early\\neducation in the district school and a neighboring\\nacademy. In 182 1 he became a student at Phillips\\nExter Academy, and, subsecpiently, entered ISowdoin\\nCollege, graduated with the class of 1827. He at\\nonce began the study of law and was admitted to\\npractice at Bangor, Me., in 1830.\\nHe began the practice of his profession at Houlton,\\nMe., where he remained until 1833. The severity\\nof the climate impaired his health, never very good,\\nand he found it necessary to seek a change of climate.\\nHe disposed of his library and started to seek\\na new home. His intention was to join his friend,\\nSargent S. Prentiss, at Vicksburg, Miss., but on his\\narrival at Cincinnati, Mr. Felch was attacked by\\ncholera, and when he had recovered sufficiently to\\npermit of his traveling, found that the danger of the\\ndisease was too great to permit a journey down the\\nriver. He therefore determined to come to Michi-\\ngan. He first began to practice in this State at Mon-\\nroe, where he continued until 1S43, wlien he removed\\nto Ann Arbor. He was elected to the State Legisla-\\nture in I S35, and continued a member of that body\\nduring the years 1836 and 1837. While he held this\\noffice, the general banking law of the State was enact-\\ned, and went into operation. After mature delibera-\\ntion, he became convinced that the proposed system\\nof banking could not prove beneficial to the public\\ninterests and that, instead of relieving the people\\nfrom the pecuniary difficulties under which they were\\nlaboring, it would result in still further embarrass-\\nment. He, therefore, opposed the bill, and pointed\\nout to the House the disasters which, in his opinion,\\nwere sure to follow its passage. The public mind,\\nhowever, was so favorably impressed by the measure\\nthat no other member, in either brancli of the Legisla-\\nture, raised a dissenting voice, and but two voted with\\nhim in opposition to the bill. Early in 1S38, lie was\\nappointed one of the Bank Commissioners of the\\nState, and held that office for moie than a year. Dur-\\ning this time, the new banking law had given birth lo\\nthat numerous progeny known as wild-cat banks.\\nAlmost every village had its bank. The country was\\nflooded with depressed wild-cat money. The ex-\\naminations of the Bank Commissioners brought to\\nlight frauds at every point, which were fearlessly rc-\\nV^\\n9\\nA\\nC\\nf\\n-K-^iii] :niiv\\nm.", "height": "2831", "width": "2180", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph11chic_0123.jp2"}, "124": {"fulltext": "ii8\\n-2^^-\\nTT-T\\n^tltl ^Illl\\nT\\ni\\nA\\nV\\nALPHEUS FELCH.\\nported to the Legislature, and were followed by crim-\\ninal prosecutions of the guilty parties, and the closing\\nof many of their institutions. The duties of the of-\\nfice were most laborious, and in 1839 Mr. Felch re-\\nsigned. The chartered right of almost every bank\\nliad, 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-\\nnatioa of Judge Fletcher. In January, 1843, he was\\nelected to the United States Senate for an unexpired\\nterm. In 1845 he was elected Governor of Michigan,\\nand entered upon his duties at the commencement of\\nthe ne.\\\\l year. In 1847 he was elected a Senator\\nin Congress for six years; and at once retired from\\nthe office of Governor, Ijy resignation, which took\\neffect March 4, 1847, when his Senatorial term com-\\nmenced. While a member of the Senate he acted on\\nthe Committee on Public Lands, and for four years\\nwas its Chairman. He filled the honorable position\\nof Senator with becoming dignity, and with great\\ncredit to the State of Michigan.\\nDuring Governor Felch s administration the two\\nrailroads belonging to the State were sold to private\\ncorporations, the Central for $2,000,000, and the\\nSouthern for Ss\u00c2\u00b0o.ooo- 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-\\n])loyment to 18,000 seamen. In 1847, there were 39\\ncounties in the State, containing 435 townships and\\nI 275 of these townships were supplied with goodlibra-\\nries, containing an aggregate of 37,000 volumes.\\nAt the close of his Senatorial term, in March, 1853,\\nMr. Felch was apix)inted, by President Pierce, one of\\nthe Commissioners to adjust and settle the Spanish\\nand Mexican land claims in California, under the\\ntreaty of Gaudalupe Hidalgo, and an act of Congress\\npassed for that purpose. He went to California in\\nMay, 1853, and was made President of the Commis-\\nsion.- The duties of this office were of the most im-\\nportant and delicate character. The interest of the\\nnew State, and the fortunes of many of its citizens,\\nboth the native Me.xican population and the recent\\nAmerican immigration the right of the Pueblos to\\ntheir common lands, and of the Catholic Church to\\nthe lands of the Missions, the most valuable of the\\nState, wereinvolved in the adjudicationsof this Com-\\nmission. In March, 1856, their labors were broujrht\\nto a close by the final disposition of all the claims\\nwliich were presented. The record of their proceed-\\nings, the testimony which was given in each case,\\nand the decision of the Commissioners thereon,\\nconsisting of some forty large volumes, was deposited\\nin the Department of the Interior at Washington.\\nIn June of that year. Governor Felch returned to\\nAnn Arbor, where he has smce been engaged piinci- r=\\np.iUy in legal business. Since his return he has\\nbeen nominated for Governor .uid also for U. S. Sen-\\nator, and twice for Judge of the Supreme Court. But\\nthe Democratic party, to which he has always been\\nattached, being in the minority, he failed of an elec-\\ntion. In 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 his home\\nin Ann Arbor. In 1877 the University of Michigan g\\nconferred upon him the degree of LL. D. For f.\\nmany years he was one of the Regents of Michigan\\nUniversity, and in the spring of 1879 was appointed\\nTajjpan Professor of Law in the same. Mr. Felcli is\\nthe oldest surviving member of the Legislature from\\nMonroe Co., tlie oldest and only surviving Bank Com- f^\\nmissioner of the State, the oldest surviving Auditor J\\nGeneral of the State, the oldest surviving Governor of ^j-\\nthe State, the oldest surviving Judge of the Supreme M/\\nCourt of Michigan, and the oldest surviving United (g-\\nStates Senator from the State of Miihigan.\\n/S", "height": "2819", "width": "2254", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph11chic_0124.jp2"}, "125": {"fulltext": "", "height": "2831", "width": "2180", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph11chic_0125.jp2"}, "126": {"fulltext": "", "height": "2819", "width": "2254", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph11chic_0126.jp2"}, "127": {"fulltext": "f^\\nV\\n0^%\\nV\\ns\\nv ^llll IID r-\\nGO VERNORS.\\nnr J\\nf\\n+s;sf*T?;s*-s-^*\u00c2\u00abs -g;s-* ^;g-*-ss\u00c2\u00ab \u00c2\u00abS 5 -s-g\u00c2\u00ab^;s^s;s-\u00c2\u00ab^i3J s^;s*g;s*s;g*Sfs*\\na\\n$,^;:g4^;:g4^;:g*^;:g*^:;g*$ ;g*$;.:g*^;::ij*$;:;es\u00c2\u00abgK*$:;S*7;:g^\\ne\\nB\\nI\\ni\\nIIJJAM L. GREENLY\\ni^Ciovernor of iMicliigan for the\\nyear 1847, was horn at Hamil-\\nton, Madison Co N. Y., Sept.\\n^\u00e2\u0096\u00a0^{\u00c2\u00a7f 18,1813. He graduated at Un-\\nI xtiiiii- ion College, Schenectady, in\\nI V 1 73 1, studied law and was ad-\\nniitted to the bar in 1834. In\\n1836, having removed to Michi-\\ngan, he settled in Adrian, whcr\\nhe has since resided. The year\\nfollowing his arrival in Michigan\\nhe was elected State Senator and\\nserved in that cai)acity 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 L nitcd\\nStates Senate.\\ni The war with Mexico was brought\\nto a successful termination during Gov. Grecnley s\\nadministration. We regret to say tiiat there are only\\nfew records extant of the action of Michigan troops\\nin the Mexican war. That many went there and\\nfought well are points conceded but their names and\\nnativity are hidden away in United States archives\\nand where it is almost impossible to find them.\\nTiie soldiers of this State deserve much of the\\ncredit of the memorable achievements of Co. K, 3d\\nDragoons, and Cos. A, K, and G of the U. S. Inf. rS\\nThe two former of these companies, recruited in this 1\\nState, were reduced to one-third their original num- A\\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 wherever demanded. At his sum-\\nmuns 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, e,\\nScott and Brady upon their banners. Of the re-\\nmainder Monroe tendeietl two, Lenawee County three,\\nSt. Clair, IJerrien and Hillsdale each one, and Wayne\\nCounty an additional company. Of these alone the\\nveteran Hradys were accciited and ordered into ser-\\nvice. In addition to them ten companies, making the\\nFirst Regiment of Micliigan Volunteers, springing y\\nfrom various parts of the State, but embodying to a\\ngreat deare the material of which the fust volunteers ^c\\nh\\nwas formed, were not called for until October follow- 1^\\ning. This regiment was soon in readiness and pro-\\nceeded by orders from Government to the seat of war.\\nJL\\n-|]D :Dlli\\nJ,\\n-^d", "height": "2831", "width": "2180", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph11chic_0127.jp2"}, "128": {"fulltext": "T ^my.m\\n^:i^\\\\m\\nJ\\nC\\nA\\n1\\n_v\\n-^D[!\u00c2\u00bb:ilI!s\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0^5^\u00e2\u0082\u00ac^^\\nV\u00c2\u00a7)", "height": "2819", "width": "2254", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph11chic_0128.jp2"}, "129": {"fulltext": "", "height": "2831", "width": "2180", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph11chic_0129.jp2"}, "130": {"fulltext": "j^iC.Gi ^t^t.^if-Xr-*^", "height": "2819", "width": "2254", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph11chic_0130.jp2"}, "131": {"fulltext": "r:,i-^\\nT\\nT^I^^r^\\nGO VEJiNORS.\\n25\\n1^\\n^/^W\\nt\\nEP^PI}RODI mS pi]soii]. I\\nVii^\\nHE HON. EPAPHRODI-\\nrUS RAXSOM, the Seventh\\nGovernor of Michii;an, was a\\nnative of Massachusetts. In\\nthat State he received a col-\\nlegiate education, studied law,\\nand was admitted to the bar.\\nV .|1%xU Removing to Michigan about\\nrT 7) 1 {j^g ixme of its admission to the\\nUnion, he took up his residence\\nat Kalamazoo.\\nMr. Ransom served with marked\\nability for a number of years in the\\nState Legislature, and in 1837 he was api)oiiited .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.\\nSiiortly afterwards he became deeply interested in\\nthe l)uildnig of plank roads in the western jwrtion of\\nthe State, and in this business lost the greater portion\\nof the property which he had accumulated by years\\nof toil and industry.\\nMr. Ransom became Governor of the State of\\nMichigan in the fall of 1847, and served during one\\nterm, performing the duties of the office in a truly\\nstatesmanlike manner. He subsequently became\\nPresident of the Michigan .Agricultural Society, in\\nwhich jxjsition he displayed the same ability that\\nshone forth so ])rominently in his acts as Governor.\\nHe held the office of Regent of the Michigan Univer-\\nsity several times, and ever advocated a liberal {Xilicy\\nin its management.\\nSubsequently he was apjwinted 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 l)efore 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\\n.Asylum 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 |l8i.,5oo. On the first\\nof March, 1848, the first telegraph line was com-\\nl)leted from New York to Detroit, and the first dis-\\npatch transmitted on that day. The following figures\\nshow the progress in agriculture The land rejwrted\\nas under cultivation in 1848 was 1,437,460 acres; of\\nwheat there were produced 4,749,300 bushels; other\\ngrains, 8,197,767 bushels; wool, 1,645,756 pounds;\\nmaple sugar, 1,774,369 pounds horses, 52,305 cat-\\ntle, 210,268; swine, 152,541; sheep, 610,534; while\\nthe flour mills numbered 228, and the lumber mills\\namounted to 730. 1S47, an act was passed removing\\nthe Legislature from Detroit to Lansing, and tempo-\\nrary buildings for the use of the Legislature were im-\\nmediately erected, at a cost of $12,450.\\nc\\nA\\nr\\n4\\nkV^^?\\nA\\n-D!l:\\n:V-\\nU", "height": "2831", "width": "2180", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph11chic_0131.jp2"}, "132": {"fulltext": "-rTT\\n^0I]glll|i1\\nrr\\n-;^^i\\n-*^^5^^^\\n1=3\\nt\\nC\\nJ\\nA\\nI\\nV\\nv^Vl^^\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0^-^^^[lO^lltly^^ -i^^^5\u00c2\u00ab\u00c2\u00ae g||", "height": "2819", "width": "2254", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph11chic_0132.jp2"}, "133": {"fulltext": "IwL^\\nGOVERNORS OF MICHIGAN.\\n129 *N\\nr^^r-^^^v-MJact^^\\nj^j^Sij^^r4- r+*\u00c2\u00bb-P\u00c2\u00a5 -f 4f T r^^\\n-s\\n4\\nOBERT McClelland,\\n|jj.Ciovernor of Michigan from\\nJan. I, 1852, to March 8,1853,\\nwasbornat Grceiicastle,Frank-\\nlin Co., Penn., Aug. i, 1807.\\nAmong his ancestors were several\\nofficers of rank in the Revolution-\\nary war, and some of his family con-\\nnections were distinguished in the\\nwar of 1812, and that with Mexico.\\nHis father was an eminent physician\\nand surgeon who studied under Dr.\\nBenj. Rush, of Philadelphia, and\\njjracticed his profession successfully\\nuntil si.x months before his death, at\\nI the age of 84 years. Although Mr.\\nMcClelland s family had been in good circum-\\nstances, wlien he was 17 years old he was thrown\\nuix)n his own resources. After taking the usual pre-\\nliminary studies, and teaching school to obtain the\\nmeans, he entered Dickinson College, at Carlisle,\\nPenn., from which he graduated among the first in\\nhis class, in 1829. He then resumed teacliing, and\\nliaving completed the course of study for the legal\\nprofession, was admitted to the bar at Chambersburg,\\nPenn., in 1831. Soon afterward he removed to tlie\\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 apixjinted the\\nfirst Bank Commissioner of the State, by Gov. Mason,\\nand received an offer of the Attorney Generalship, but\\ndeclined both of these offices in order to attend to his\\nprofessional duties.\\nIn 1838, Mr. McClelland was elected to the State\\nLegislature, in which he soon became distinguished\\nas the head of several imjx)rtant committees. Speaker\\nro 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 Miclii-\\ngan was carried by the Whigs under the popular crj-\\nof Woodbridge and reform against the Democratic\\nparty. At this time Mr. McClelland stood among the\\nacknowledged leaders of the latter organization was\\nelected a mem!)crof the State House of Re[)resenta-\\ntives, and wiili others adopted a plan to regain a lost\\nauthority and prestige.\\nThis party soon came again into jxiwer in t lie Slate,\\nand having been returned to the State Legislature Mr.\\nMcClelland s leadership was acknowledged by his\\nelection as Speaker of the House of Reiuesentatives\\nA\\n(9\\nt\\ni -s\u00c2\u00ae-\\nmVMm^\\nr^\\n^k^^\\n-s\u00c2\u00ab^?^^vi y^", "height": "2831", "width": "2180", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph11chic_0133.jp2"}, "134": {"fulltext": "r-\\n130\\n5\u00c2\u00ab.\\nrs^ i^TS^\\nv -^[lll\u00c2\u00bb:iiD\\n1:3\\nE3\\nV\\ns\\nROBERT McClelland.\\n^^-^-ii\\nin 1843. Down to this time Michigan had consti-\\ntuted one congressional distrit t. Tlie l;ite Hon. Jacob\\nM. Howard luid been elected against Hon. Alpheiis\\nl elcli by a strong majority but, in 1 843, so thoroughly\\nhad tlie DeuuK ratio party recovered from its defeat\\nof 1840 that Mr. McClelland, as a candidate for Con-\\ngress, carried Detroit district by a majority of about\\n2,500. Mr. McClelland soon took a prominent posi-\\nlion in Congress among the veterans of that body\\nI )uring his first term he was placed on Coumiittee on\\nCommerce, and organized and carried through wliat\\nwere known as the Hadior bills. l he 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 parlimcniarian that his\\nname was mentioned for Speaker of the Houseof Rep-\\nresentatives. He declined the offer in favor of J. \\\\V\\nDavis, of Indiana, who was elected. During tiiis term\\nhe became Chairman of C ommittee on t ommcrce, in\\nwhich position his reports and advocacy of important\\nmeasures at once attracted public attention. The\\nmembers of this committee, as an evidence of the es-\\nteem in which they held his services and of their\\npersonal regard for him, presented him with a cane\\nwhich he retains as a souvenir of the donors, and of\\nhis hiliors in Congress.\\nIn 1847, Mr. McClelland was re-elected to Con-\\ngress, and at the oi ening of the 30th Congress be-\\ncame a member of the Committee on Foreign Rela-\\ntions. While acting in this capacity what was known\\nas the French Si)oliation Bill came under his spe-\\ncial charge, and his management of the same was such\\nas to command universal approliation. 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 i)resented in the juoper manner. This he re-\\ngarded as the citizens constitutioual right which should\\nnot be impaired by any doctrines of temporary e.xpe-\\ndiency. He also voted for the adoption of Mr. Gid-\\ndings s bill for the abolisliing 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\\nslaveiy in new territory which might be acquired by\\nthe United States. He and Mr. Wilmot were to-\\ngether at the time in Washington, and on intimate\\nand confidential terms. Mr. McClelland was in sev\\ner.al National conventions and in the Baltimore con-\\nvention, which nominated Vj tx\\\\. Cass for President,\\nin 1848, doing valiant service that year for the elec-\\ntion of that distinguished statesman. On leaving\\nongress, in 1S48, Mr. McClelland returned to the\\npractice of his profession at Monroe. In 1S50 a\\nconvention of the State of Michigan was called to\\nrevise the State constitution. He was elected a\\nmember and was regarded therein as among the ablest\\nand most experienced leaders His clear judgment\\nand wise moderation were conspicuous, both in the\\ncommittee room and on the floor, in debate. In 1850,\\nhe was President of the Democratic State convention\\nwhich adopted resolutions \\\\w supiwrt of Henry Clay s\\nfamous compromise measures, of which Mr. !NIcClel-\\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 tliorough canvass of tlie State.\\nHe continued earnestly to advocate the Clay com-\\npromise measures, and took an active part in the\\ncanvass which resulted in the election of Gen Pierce\\nto the Presidency.\\nIn 185 I, the new State constitution took effect 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 under\\nthe new constitution Mr McClelland was elected\\n(iovernor, and m 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-\\ntory, and was as jiopular as could be expected at a\\nlime when party spirit ran high. There was really\\nno op|X)sition, and when he resigned, in March, 1853,\\nthe State Treasury was well filled, and the State\\notherwise prosperous. So widely and favorably had\\nMr. McC lelland become known as a statesman that on\\nthe organization of thecabinet by President Pierce, in\\nMarch, 1S53, lie was made Secretaiyof the lnterior,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 tliem 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 cons])icuous as a prudent adviser, a\\nsagacious parliamentary leader. As a lawyer he was\\nterse and iiointed in argument, clear, candid and im-\\npressive in his addresses to the jury. His sincerity\\nand earnestness, with which was occasionally mini;led\\na pleasant humor, made hiln an able and effective\\nadvocate. In speaking before the people on ix)litical\\nsubjects he was especially forcible and hajipy. In\\n1870 he made the tour of Europe, which, through his\\nextensive personal acquaintance with European diji-\\nlomates, he was enabled to enjoy much more than\\nmost travelers\\nMr. McClelland married, in 1S37, Miss Sarah\\nF;. Sabin, of Williamstown, Mass. I hey have had\\nsix children, two of whom now survive.\\n7\\nA\\ns^\\n-K-^iiti :iiii;\\n7^:\\nI", "height": "2819", "width": "2254", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph11chic_0134.jp2"}, "135": {"fulltext": "", "height": "2831", "width": "2180", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph11chic_0135.jp2"}, "136": {"fulltext": "\u00e2\u0096\u00a0II ^^^111\\n;^^-t-t.^^", "height": "2819", "width": "2254", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph11chic_0136.jp2"}, "137": {"fulltext": "yC-r^\\n^lltl :tltiv\\nT\\nGO VERNORS OF MICHIGAN.\\nrasf^^s\\n133\\nV*\\nY\\n1\\nV\\nlrf\\nANDREW P^RiONi.\\nNDREW PARSONS, Gover-\\np nor of Michigan from March\\n8, 1853 to Jan. 3, 1855, was\\nborn in the town of Hoosick,\\ns County 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 Newbury port,\\nMass., Oct. 2, 1782, and who was the\\nson of Andrew Parsons, a Revolutionary\\nsoldier, wlio was the son of Phineas\\nParsons, the son of Samuel Parsons,\\na descendant of Walter Parsons, born\\nin Ireland in 1290.\\nOf this name and family, some one hundred and\\nthirty years ago, Bishop Gilson remarked in his edi-\\ntion of Camden s Kritannia: The honorable family\\nof Parsons have been advanced to the dignity of\\nViscounts and more lately Earls of Ross.\\nThe following are descendants of these families\\nSir John Parsons, born 1 481, was Mayor of Hereford;\\nRobert Parsons, born in 1546, lived near Hridgewater,\\nEngland. He was educated at Hallial College, Ox-\\nford, and was a noted writer and defender of the\\nRomish faith. He established an F.nglish College at\\nRome and another at Valladolia. Frances Parsons,\\nborn in 1556, was Vicar of Rothwell, in Notingham;\\nHartliolomew Parsons, born in 1618, was another\\nnoted member of tlie family. In 1634, Thomas Parsons\\nwas knighted by Charles i. Joseph and Benjamin,\\nbrothers, were born in Great Torrington, England,\\nand accompanied their father and others to New\\nEngland about 1630. Samuel Parsons, born at Salis-\\nbury, Mass., in 1707, graduated at Harvard College in\\nr73o, ordained at Rye, N. H.,Xov. 3, 1736, married\\nMary Jones, daughter of Samuel Jones, of Boston,\\nOct. 9, 1739, died Jan. 4, 1789, at the age of 82, in\\nthe 53rd year of his ministry. The grandfather of Mary\\nJones was Capt. John Vdams, 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 l* .ast to Michigan when it\\nwas an infant State, or, even prior to its assuming\\nthe dignity of a State, and who, by their wisdom,\\nenterprise and energy, have developed its wonderful\\nnatural resources, until to-day it ranks with the proud-\\nest States of the Union. These brave men came to\\nMichigan with nothing to aid them in the con(iuest\\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 Commonwealth.\\nf\\nI\\nA\\nC^\\nr\\n(iW^M^-y^", "height": "2831", "width": "2180", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph11chic_0137.jp2"}, "138": {"fulltext": "134\\n^nD:^UU r\\nANDREW PARSONS\\n^^H^ i^\\n1\\nIn the fall of 1835, he explored the (Irand River\\nValley in a frail canoe, the whole length of the river,\\nfrom Jackson to Lake Michigan, and spent the following\\nwinter as clerk in a store at Prairie Creek, in Ionia,\\nCounty, and in the spring went to Marshall, where he\\nresided with his brother, the Hon. Luke H. Parsons,\\nalso now deceased, until fall, when he went to Shia-\\nwasseCounty,then with Clinton County, and an almost\\nunbroken wilderness and constituting one organized\\ntownship. In 1837 this territory was organized into\\na county and, at the age of only 19 years, he (An-\\ndrew) was elected County Clerk. In 1840, he was\\nelected Register of Deeds, re-elected in 1842, and\\nalso in 1844. In 1846, he was elected to the State\\nSenate, was appointed Prosecuting Attorney in 1848,\\nand elected Regent of the University in 1851, and\\nLieutenant Governor, and became acting Governor,\\nin 1853, elected again to the Legislature in 1854, and,\\novercome by debilitated health, hard labor and the\\nresponsibilities of his office and cares of his business,\\nretired to his farm, where he died soon after.\\nHe was a fluent and persuasive speaker and well\\ncalculated to make friends of his accjuantances. He\\nwas always true to his trust, and the whole world\\ncould not persuade nor drive him to do what he con-\\nceived to be wrong. When Governor, a most power-\\nful railroad influence was brought to bear upon him,\\nto induce him to call an e.xtra 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 l)eyond\\nmeasure. Fearing that all tliese influences might\\nfail to induce liim to call tlie e.xtra session, a large\\nsum of money was sent him, and liberal offers ten-\\ndered him if lie would gratify the railroad interest of\\nthe State and call tlie extra session, but, immovable,\\nhe returned the money and refused to receive\\nany favors, whether from any party who would at-\\ntempt to corrupt him by laudations, liberal offers, or\\nby threats, and in a short letter to the people, after\\ngiving overwhelming reasons that no sensible man\\ncould dispute, showing the circumstances were not\\ne.xtraordinary, he refused to call the extra session.\\nThis brought down the wrath of various parties upon\\nhis head, but they were soon forced to acknowledge\\nthe wisdom and the justice of his course. One of\\nhis greatest enemies said, after a long acquaintance\\nthough not always coinciding with his views I never\\ndoubted his lionesty of purpose. He at all times\\nsought to perform his duties in strict accordance,\\nwith the dictates of his conscience, and the behests\\nofhisoath. The following eulogium from a politcal op-\\nponent is just in its conception and creditable to its\\nauthor: Gov. Parsons was a politician of the Dem-\\nocratic school, a man of pure moral character, fixed\\nand exemplary habits, and entirely blameless in every\\npublic and private relation of life. As a politician he\\nwas candid, frank and free from bitterness, as an ex-\\necutive officer firm, constant and reliable. The\\nhighest conunendations we can pay the deceased is\\nto give his just record, that of being an honest man.\\nIn the spring of 1854, during the administration of\\nGovernor Parsons, the Republican party, at least\\nas a State organization, was first formed in the United\\nStates under the oaks at Jackson, by anti-slavery\\nmen of both the old parties. Great e.xcitenient pre-\\nv ailed at this time, occasioned by the settling of\\nKansas, and the issue thereby brought u]), whether\\nslavery should exist there. For the jnirposeof permit-\\nting slavery there, the .Missouri compromise (which\\nlimited slavery to the south of 36\u00c2\u00b0 30 was re-\\nrepealed, under the leadership of Stephen A, Douglas.\\nThis was repealed by a bill admitting Kansas and\\nNebraska into the Union, as Territories, and those who\\nwere opposed to this rejjcal measure were in short\\ncalled anti-Nebraska men. The epithets, Ne-\\nbraska and anti-Nebraska, were temporally em-\\njiloyed to designate the slavery and anti-slavery\\nparties, jiending the desolution of the old Democratic\\nand Whig parties and the organization of the new\\nDemocratic and Republican parties of the present.", "height": "2819", "width": "2254", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph11chic_0138.jp2"}, "139": {"fulltext": "", "height": "2831", "width": "2180", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph11chic_0139.jp2"}, "140": {"fulltext": "", "height": "2819", "width": "2254", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph11chic_0140.jp2"}, "141": {"fulltext": "TziC G.. --[lD :D(l r\\n^y CK-r^\\nGO VEKNORS OF MICHIGAN.\\nV^\\n37 S\\nf\\nKlNSLElY BlNOHAM.\\nA\\nV\\nI\\n-\u00c2\u00ab^-2^\\nINSLEY S. lilNGHAM,\\nGovernor of Michigan from\\n1855 to 1859, and United\\nStates Senator, was born in\\nCamilUis, Onondaga County,\\nN. v., Dec. 16, 1S08. 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 accjuisition\\nof knowledge in the life of a farmer\\nhe managed to secure a good aca-\\ndemic education in his native State\\nand studied law in the office of\\nGen. James R. Lawrence, now of\\nSyracuse, N. Y. In the spring of\\n1 833, he married an estimable lady\\nwho had recently arrived from Scot-\\nland, and obeying the impulse of a\\nnaturally enterprising disposition,\\nhe emigrated to Michigan and\\n[jurchased 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 ta.sk of\\npreparing a future home, clearing and fencing, put-\\nting up buildings, etc., at such :i rate that the land\\nSiA^\\ns\\n-\u00e2\u0096\u00a0\u00e2\u0080\u00a2...-.rlX\\n^D!i:\\nchosen was soon reduced to a high stale of cultivation.\\nBecoming deservedly prominent, Mr. Bingham was\\nelected to the office of Justice of the. Peace and Post-\\nmaster under the Territorial government, and was the\\nfirst Probate Judge in the county. In the year 1836,\\nwhen Michigan became a State, he was elected to the\\nfirst Legislature. He was four times re-elected, and\\nSpeaker of the House of Representatives three years.\\nIn 1846 he was elected on the Democratic ticket. Rep-\\nresentative to Congress, and was the only practical\\nfarmer in that body. He was never forgetful of the\\ninterest of agriculture, and was in particular opposed\\nto the introduction of Wood s Patent Cast Iron\\nPlow wliich he completely prevented. He was re-\\nelected to Congress in 1S48, during which time he\\nstrongly opposed the extension of slavery in the\\nterritory of the United States and was committed to\\nand voted for the Wilmot Proviso.\\nIn 1854, at the first organization of the Republican\\nparty, in consequence of his record in Congress as a\\nFree Soil Democrat, Mr. Bingham was nominated\\nand elected Governor of the State, and re-elected in\\n1856. Still faithful to the memory of his own former\\noccupation, he did not forget the farmers during his\\nadministration, and among other profits of his zeal in\\ntheir behalf, he became mainly instrumental in the\\nestablishment of the Agricultural College at Lansing.\\nIn 1859, Governor Bingham was elected Senator in\\nCongress and took an active part in the stormy cam-\\npaign in the election of Abraham Lincoln. He wit-\\nc\\nSi/\\no\\nr^..", "height": "2831", "width": "2180", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph11chic_0141.jp2"}, "142": {"fulltext": "i\\nV\\ns\\n\u00e2\u0080\u00a238\\nKINSLEY S. BINGHAM.\\n-IS\\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(]reen 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 Si. Mary. In 1852, ^ngust 26, an act of\\nCongress was aijproved, granting to the State of Mich-\\nigan seven hundred and fifty thousand acres of land\\nfor the purpose of constructing a ship canal between\\nLakes Huron and Superior. In 1853, tlie Legislature\\naccepted the grant, and provided lor the appointment\\nof commissioners to select the donated lands, and to\\narrange for building the canal. A company of enter-\\njtrising 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, dejjth twelve feet and it has two locks\\nof solid nuisonary. In May, 1855, the work was com-\\n|)leted, 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 Ui)per Peninsula.\\nThere were several educational, charitable and re-\\nformatory institutions inaugurated and opened during\\nGov. Bingham s administrations. The Michigan .\\\\g-\\nricultural College owes its establishment to a provision\\nof tlie State Constitution of 1850. Article 13 says,\\nThe Legislature shall, as soon as practicable, pro-\\nvide for the establishment of an agricultural school.\\nFor the purpose of carying into practice this provision,\\nlegislation was conniienc-ed in 1S55, and the act re-\\nipiired that the school should l)e within ten miles of\\nLansing, and that not more than $[5 an acre should\\nl)e 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 Unite l States.\\nUntil the spring of i86i,it was under the control\\nof the State Board of Education; since that time it\\nhas been under the management of the State Board\\nX.\\n-D!1\\nof Agriculture, which was created for that purjXJSe.\\nIn its essential features, of combining study and\\nlabor, and of uniting general and professional studies\\nin its course, the college has remained virtually un-\\nchanged from the first. It has a steady growth in\\nnumber of students, in means of illustration and\\nefficiency of instruction.\\nThe Agricultural College is three miles east of\\nLansing, comprising several fine buildings; and there\\nare also very beautiful, substantial residences for the\\nprofessors. There are also an extensive, well-filled\\ngreen-house, a very large and well-equipped chemical\\nlaboratory, one of the most scientific apiaries in the\\nUnited States, a general museum, a meseum of me-\\nchanical inventions, another of vegetable products,\\nextensive barns, piggeries, etc., etc., in fine trim for\\nthe purposes designed. The farm consists of 676\\nacres, of whicli about 300 are under cultivation in a\\nsystematic rotation of crops.\\nAdrian College was established by the Wesleyan\\nMethodists in 1859, now under the control of the\\nMethodist Church. The grounds contain about 20\\nacres. There are four buildings, capable of accom-\\nmodating about 225 students. Attendance in 1875\\nwas 179; total number of graduates for previous year,\\n121 ten professors and teachers are euj ployed. Ex-\\nclusive of the endowment fund ($80,000), the assets\\nof the institution, including grounds, buildings, furni-\\nture, apparatus, musical instruments, outlying lands,\\netc., amount to more than $137,000.\\nHillsdale College was established in 1855 by the\\nFree Baptists. The Michigan Central College, at\\nSpring Arbor, was incorporated in 1845 It was kept\\nin operation until it was merged into the present\\nHillsdale College. The site comprses 25 acres,\\nbeautifully situated on an eminence in the western\\npart of the city of Hillsdale. The large and imjxjs-\\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. So by 80,\\n48 by 72, 48 by 72, 80 by 60,52 by 72, and they con-\\ntain one-half more room than the original buildmg.\\nThe State Reform School. This was established\\nat Lansing in iS55,in the northeastern jwrtionof 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.\\nllii; j_^ -^i^x-\\ne\\nr", "height": "2819", "width": "2254", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph11chic_0142.jp2"}, "143": {"fulltext": "", "height": "2831", "width": "2180", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph11chic_0143.jp2"}, "144": {"fulltext": "^^^^Uf^ ^iH^^", "height": "2819", "width": "2254", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph11chic_0144.jp2"}, "145": {"fulltext": "V\\nOSES WISNER. Governor of\\nj^-, Michigan from 1 85 9 to 1861,\\n^was born in Springport, Cayu-\\nga Co., N Y., June 3, rSis.\\n^Sji His early education was only\\nwhat could be obtained at a\\ncommon school. Agricultural labor\\nand frugality of his parents gave\\nhim a physical constitution of unus-\\nual strength and endurance, which\\nwas ever preserved by temperate hab-\\nits. In 1837 he emigrated to Michi-\\ngan and purchased a farm in Lapeer\\n?V7 County It was new land and he at\\nonce set to work to clear it and ijlant\\nW\\nY crops. He labored diligently at his\\ntask for two years, when he gave up\\nthe idea of uemg a farmer, and removed to Pontiac,\\nOakland Co. Here he commenced the study of law\\nin the office of his brother, George W. Wisner, and\\nRufus Hosmer. In 1841 he was admitted to the bar\\nand established himself in his new vocation at the\\nvillage of Lapeer. While there he was apjipointed\\nby Gov. Woodbridge Prosecuting Attorney for that\\ncounty, in which capacity he acipiitted himself well\\nand gave promise of that eminence he afterward at-\\ntained in the profession. He remained at Lapeer but\\nI a short time, removing to Pontiac, where he became\\n^h, a member of a firm and entered fully ajxin the\\npractice.\\nIn politics he was like his talented brother, a Whig\\nof the Henry Clay stamp, but with a decided anti-\\nNi, slaverj bias. His practice becoming extensive, he\\n(^\\\\S)i^^\\ntook little part in politics until after the election of\\nMr. Pierce to the Presidency in 1852, when he took an\\nactive part against slavery. As a lawyer he was a\\nman of great ability, but relied less 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 trickery or artifice in conducting a case As an ad-\\nvocate he had few equals. When fully aroused by the\\nmerits of his subject his eloquence was at once grace-\\nful and powerful. His fancies supplied the most\\noriginal, the most [xjinted illustrations, and his logic\\nbecame a battling giant under whose heavy blows the\\nadversary shrank and withered. Nature had be-\\nstowed upon him rare qualities, and his powers as a\\npopular orator were of a high order.\\nOn the passage of the Kansas-Nebraska Act of\\n1854, repealing the Missouri compromise and opening\\nthe Territories to slavery, he was among the foremost\\nin Michigan to denounce the shamful scheme. He\\nactively participated in organizing and consolidating\\nthe elements opposed to it in that State, and was a\\nmember of the popular gathering at Jackson, in July,\\n1854, which was the fnsi formal Republican Conven-\\ntion held in the United States. At this meeting the\\nname Re[)ublican was adopted as a designation of\\nthe new party consisting of Anti-slaver\\\\ Whigs,\\nLiberty men, I ree Soil Democrats and all others op-\\nl)Osed to tlie extension of slavery and favorable to its\\nexpulsion from tlie Territories and the District of\\nColumbia. At this convention Mr. W. was urged to\\naccept the nomination for Attorney General of the\\nA\\n\u00e2\u0080\u00a2o\\nV.\\nr\\nV", "height": "2831", "width": "2180", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph11chic_0145.jp2"}, "146": {"fulltext": "f*\u00e2\u0080\u0094\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0%-7 ^llll^DDf\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0r-cr\\n-^^K\\nV\\n142\\nMOSES WISNKR.\\nState, but declined. An entire State ticket was nom-\\ninated and at the annual election in November was\\nelected by an average majority of nearly 10,000.\\nMr. W. was enthusiastic in the cause and brought to\\nits support all his personal influence and talents. In\\nhis views he was bold and radical. He believed from\\nthe beginning that the political power of the slave-\\nholders would have to be overthrown l)efore quiet\\ncould be secured to the country. In the Presidential\\ncanvass of 1856 he supported the Fremont, or Re-\\npublican, ticket. At the session of the Legislature of\\n1857 he was a candidate for United States Senator,\\nand as such received a very handsome support.\\nIn 1858, he was nominated for Governor of the\\nState by the Repulilican convention that met at De-\\ntroit, and at the subsequent November election was\\nchosen by a very large majority. Before the day of\\nthe election he had addressed the people of almost\\nevery county and his majority was greater even than\\nthat of his popular predecessor, Hon. K. S. Bingham.\\nHe served as Governor two years, from Jan. i, 1859,\\nto Jan. I, 1861. His first message to the Legislature\\nwas an able and statesman-like production, and was\\nread with tisual favor. It showed that he was awake\\nto all the interests of the State and set forth an en-\\nlightened State policy, that had its view of the rapid\\nsettlement of our uncultivated lands and the devel-\\nopment of our immense agricultural and mineral re-\\nsources. It was a document that reflected the highest\\ncredit upon the author.\\nHis term having expired Jan. i, 1861, he returned\\nto his home in Pontiac, and to the practice of his\\nprofession. There were those in the State wlio\\ncoiniselled the sending of delegates to the jieace con-\\nference at Washington, but Mr. VV. was opposed to all\\nsuch temporizing expedients. His counsel was to\\nsend no delegate, but to prepare to figlit.\\nAfter Congress had met and passed tlie 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\\nc^ County, where he resided. His regiment, the 22d\\nMichigan, was armed and equipped and ready to\\nmarch in September, a regiment whose solid iiuali-\\nties were afterwards proven on many a bloody field.\\nCol. W s. connnission liore the date of Sept. 8, 1862.\\nBefore parting with his family he made his will. His\\nregiment was sent to Kentucky and cpiartered at\\nCamp Wallace. He had at the breaking out of the\\nwar turned his attention tu military studies and be-\\ncame proficient in the ordinary rules and discipline.\\nHis entire attention was now devoted to his duties.\\nHis treatment of his men was kind, though his disci-\\npline was rigid. He possessed in an eminent degree\\nthe spirit of command, and had he lived he would\\nno doubt have distinguislied himself as a good\\nofificer. He was impatient of delay and chafed at\\nbeing kept in Kentucky where there was so little\\nprospect of getting at the enemy. But life in camp,\\nso difTerent 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 part of the war, soon made their\\ninfluence felt upon his health. He was seized with\\ntyphoid fever and removed to a private house near\\nLexington. Every care which medical skill or the\\njiand of friendship could bestow was rendered him.\\nIn the delirious wanderings of his mind he was dis-\\nciplining his men and urging tliem 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 prospect of not being able to come\\nto a hand-to-hand encounter with the chivalry.\\nHe was proud of his regiment, and felt that if it could\\nfind tlie enemy it woulil cover itself with glory, a\\ndistinction it afterward obtained, but not until Col. W.\\nwas no more. The malady baffled all medical treat-\\nment, and on the 5th day of Jan., 1863, he breathed\\nhis last. His remains were removed to Michigan and\\ninterred in the cemetery at Pontiac, where they rest\\ni)y the side of the brave Gen. Richardson, who re-\\nceived his mortal wound at tlie battle of Antietam.\\nCol. was no adventurer, although he was doubtless\\nambitious of military renown and would have striven\\nfor it with characteristic energy. He went to tlie war\\nto defend and tq)hold the principles he had so much\\nat heart. Few men were more familiar than he with\\nthe causes and the underlying principles that led to\\nthe contest. He left a wife, who was a daughter of\\nGen. C. C. Hascall, of Flint, and four children to\\nmourn his loss. Toward them he ever showed the\\ntenderest regard. Next to his duty their love and\\nwelfare engrossed his thoughts. He was kind, gen-\\nerous and brave, and like thousands of others he\\nsleeps the sleep of the martyr for his country.\\nA\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0a\\n:niii", "height": "2819", "width": "2254", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph11chic_0146.jp2"}, "147": {"fulltext": "", "height": "2831", "width": "2180", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph11chic_0147.jp2"}, "148": {"fulltext": "", "height": "2819", "width": "2254", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph11chic_0148.jp2"}, "149": {"fulltext": "GO VERNORS OF MtCHIGAN.\\nyc-\\n\u00c2\u00bb4S\\nt\\n..^ft.V jv ^t-\\nW;m mUSTIH BLAIR, .a%a|;^^^;*~\\nUSTIN BLAIR, Governor\\nof Michigan from Jan. 2,\\n1S61, to Jan, 4, 1865, and\\nkown as the War (iovernor, is\\nand illustration of the benifi-\\n=p|y cent influence of republican in-\\n^sL^^MJ stitutions, having inherited neith-\\ner fortune nor fame. He was born\\nin a log cabin at Caroline, Tomp-\\nkins Co., N. Y., Feb. 8, 18 18.\\nHis ancestors came from Scot-\\nland in the time of George I, and\\nfor many generations followed the\\npursuit of agriculture. His father,\\nGeorge Blair, settled in Tompkins\\nCounty in 1S09, and felled the trees and erected the\\nfirst cabin in the county. The last 60 of the four-\\nscore years of his life were spent on that spot. He\\nmarried Rhoda Beackman, who now sleeps with him\\nin tiie 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 firm. He then\\nspent a year and a half in Cazenovia Seminary pre-\\nparing for college entered Hamilton College, in\\nClinton, prosecuted his studies until the middle of\\nthe junior year, when, attracted by the fame of I )r.\\nNott, he changed to Union College, from which he\\ngraduated in the class of 1839. Upon leaving col-\\nlege Mr. Blair read law two years in the office of Sweet\\nDavis, Oswego, N. Y., and was admitted to practice\\nin 1841, and the same year moved to Michigan, locat-\\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. He was chosen\\nReinesenlative 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 sup[)ort in favor of\\nabolishing the color distinction in relation to the elec-\\ntive franchise, and at the same session was active in\\nsecuring the abolition of capital punishment. In 1848\\nMr. Blair refused longer to affiliate with the Whig\\nparty, because of its refusial to endorse in convention\\nany anti-slavery sentiment. He joined the Free-soil\\nmovement, and was a delegate to their convention\\nwhich nominated Van Buren for President that year.\\nUpon the birth of the Republican party at Jackson,\\nin 1854, by the coalition of the Whig and Free-soil\\nelements, Mr. Blair was in full sympathy with the\\nmovement, and acted as a member of the Committee\\non Platform. He was elected Prosecuting Attorney\\nof Jackson County in 1852 was chosen State Senator\\ntwo years later, taking his seat with the incoming Re-\\npublican administration of 1855, and holding the\\nposition of 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 arduous duties of the office during that most mo-\\nV^\\nn\\nV/\\n\u00c2\u00a95\u00c2\u00ab^l#-\\n:s ^f^ \u00c2\u00abi_i ^;[|t] :f1f1i^^:-^\\n\u00c2\u00ab|y j^T\\nr\\n1", "height": "2831", "width": "2180", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph11chic_0149.jp2"}, "150": {"fulltext": "\u00e2\u0096\u00a0r^r ^nii :nD\\nA USTJN BLAIR.\\n4^^5(\\ns\\n^m\\nmentous and stormy period of the Nation s life. Gov.\\nBlair possessed a dear comprehension of the perilous\\nsituation from the inception of the Rebellion, and his\\ninaugural address foreshadowed the prompt executive\\npolicy and the administrative ability which charac-\\nterized his gubernatorial career.\\nNever perhaps in the history of a nation has a\\nbrighter example been laid down, or a greater sacri-\\nfice been made, than that which distinguished Mich-\\nigan during the civil war. All, from the War Gov-\\nernor, down to the poorest citizen of the State, were\\nanimated with a patriotic ardor at once magnificiently\\nsublime and wisely directed.\\nVery early in 1861 the coming stniggle cast its\\nshadow over the Nation. Governor Blair, in his mes-\\nsage to the Legislature in January of that year, dwelt\\nvery forcibly upon the sad prospects of civil war; and\\nas forcibly pledged the State to support the principles\\nof the Republic. After a review of the conditions\\nof the State, he passed on to a consideration of the\\nrelations between the free and slave States of the\\nRepublic, saying: While we are citizens of the State\\nof Michigan, and as such deeply devoted to her in-\\nterests and honor, we have a still prouder title. We\\nare also citizeas of the United States of America. By\\nthis title we are known among the nations of the earth.\\nIn remote quarters of the globe, where the names of\\nthe States are unknown, the flag of the great Republic,\\nthe banner of the stars and stripes, honor and protect\\nher citizens. In whatever concerns the honor, the\\nprosperity and the perpetuity of this great Govern-\\nment, we are deeply interested. The people of Mich-\\nigan are loyal to that Government faithful to its con-\\nstitution and its laws. Under it they have had peace\\nand prosperity and under it they mean to abide to\\nthe end. Feeling a just pride in the glorious history\\nof the past, they will not renounce the equally glo-\\nrious hopes of the future. But they will rally around\\nthe standards of the Nation and defend its integrity\\nand its constitution, with fidelity. The final para-\\ngraph being\\nI recommend you at an early day to make mani-\\nfest to the gentlemen who represent this State in the\\ntwo Houses of Congress, and to the country, that\\nMichigan is loyal to the Union, the Constitution, and\\nthe laws and will defend them to the uttermost and\\nto proffer to the President of the United States, the\\nwhole military power of the State for that purix)se.\\nOh, for the firm, steady hand of a Washington, or a\\nJackson, to guide the ship of State in this perilous\\nstorm Let us hope that we will find him on the 4th\\nof March. Meantime, let us abide in the faith of our\\nfathers Liberty and Union, one and inseparable,\\nnow and forever.\\nHow this stirring appeal was responded to by the\\npeople of Michigan will be seen by the statement\\nthat the State furnished 88,111 men during the war.\\nMoney, men, clothing and food were freely and abun-\\ndantly supplied by this State during all these years of\\ndarkness and blood shed. No State won a brighter\\nrecord for her devotion to our country than the Pen-\\ninsula State, and to Gov. Blair, more than to any\\nother individual is due the credit for its untiring zeal\\nand labors in the Nation s behalf, and for the heroism\\nmanifested in its defense.\\n(tOv. 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. WJiile a member of that body he\\nwas a strong supporter of reconstruction measures,\\nand sternly opposed every form of repudiation. His\\nspeech upon the national finances, delivered on the\\nfloor of the House March 21, 1868, was a clear and\\nconvincing argument. Since his retirement from Con-\\ngress, Mr. Blair has been busily occupied with liis ex-\\ntensive law practice. Mr. Blair married Sarah L.\\nFord, of Seneca County N. Y., in February, 1849.\\nTlieir family consists of 4 sons George H., a law\\njiartner of A. J. (^lOuld Charles A., a law partner with\\nhir father, and Fred. J. and .Austin T. Blair, at home.\\nGovernor Blair s religion is of the broad type, and\\ncenters in the Golden Rule. In 1S83, Gov. Blair\\nwas nominated for Justice of the Supreme Court\\nof the State by the Republican party, but was defeated.\\n:ilils -f^^^^(^", "height": "2819", "width": "2254", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph11chic_0150.jp2"}, "151": {"fulltext": "", "height": "2831", "width": "2180", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph11chic_0151.jp2"}, "152": {"fulltext": "r^^^Tl^^^ M ^aJz.", "height": "2819", "width": "2254", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph11chic_0152.jp2"}, "153": {"fulltext": "-r -^llli: :tlllv\\ns\\nV\\nCt? VERNORS OF MICHIGAN.\\nt49\\nt\\nI\\n^-tr\\nHENRY H. CRAPO.\\nU7^\\nENRY HOWLANI) CRAPO,\\nGovernor of Michitran from\\niii 1S65 to 1869, was horn May\\n24, 1804, at Dartinoutli, Bris-\\ntol Co., Mass., and died at\\nFlint, Mich., July 22, 1869.\\nHe was the eldest son of Jesse\\nand Phoebe (Rowland) Crapo.\\nHis father was of French descent\\nand was very poor, sustaining his\\n^family by the cultivation of a farnt in\\nDartmouth township, wliich yielded\\nnothing beyond a mere livelihood.\\nHis early life was consequently one\\nof toil and devoid of advantages for\\nintellectual culture, but his desire for\\nan education seemed to know no bounds. The in-\\ncessant toil for a mere subsistence upon a compara-\\ntively sterile farm, had no charm for him and, longing\\nfor greater usefulness and better things, he looked for\\nthem in an education. His struggles to secure this\\nend necessitated sacrifices and hardshi[)s that would\\nhave discouraged any but the most courageous and\\npersevering. He became an ardent student and\\nworker from his boyhood, though the means of carry-\\ning on his studies were exceedingly limited. He\\nsorely feltthe need of a dictionary, and, neither having\\nmoney wherewith to purchase it, nor being able to\\nprocure one in his neighborhood, he set out to compile\\none for himself. In order to 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\\nand I looks wliich came into his liands, from the\\ncontext, would then record the definition. Whenever\\nunable otherwise to obtain the signification of a word\\nin which he had become interested he would walk\\nfrom Dartmouth to New Bedford for that purpose\\nalone, and after referring to the books at the liisrary\\nand satisfying himself thoroughly as to its definition,\\nwould walk back, a distance of about seven miles,\\nthe same night. This was no unusual circumstance.\\nUnder such difficulties and in this manner he com-\\npiled cpiite an extensive dictionary in manuscript\\nwhich is believed to be still in existence.\\nEver in pursuit of knowledge, he obtained posses-\\nsion of a book upon surveying, and applying himself\\ndiligently to its study became familiar with this art,\\nwhich he soon had an opportunity to practice. The\\nservices of a land surveyor were wanted, and he was\\ncalled upon, but had no compass and no money with\\nwhich to purchase one. A compass, however, he\\nmust and would have, and going to a blacksmith shop\\nnear at hand, upon the forge, with such tools as he\\ncould find in the shop, while the smith was at dinner,\\nhe constructed the compass and commenced life as a\\nsurveyor. .Still continuing his studies, he fitted him-\\nself for teaching, and took charge of the village school\\nat Dartmouth. When, in the course of time and un-\\nder the pressure of law, a high school was to be\\nopened, he passed a successful examination for its\\nprincipalship and received the a[)pointment. To do\\nthis was no small task. The law required a rigid\\nexamination in various subjects, which necessitated\\ndays and nights of study. One evening, after con-\\ncluding his day s labor of teaching, he traveled on foot\\nto New Bedford, some seven or eight miles, called\\nupon the prei eptor of Friend s .Academy and passed\\nV^\\nSi\\nr\\n^-K?llli: DII\\nM", "height": "2831", "width": "2180", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph11chic_0153.jp2"}, "154": {"fulltext": "f\\nA\\n-J\\nS\\nHENRY HOWL AND CHaPO.\\n^s^\\nT\\n4)\\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\\nacqviirements and requirements of a master of the\\nhigh school.\\nIn 1832, at the age of 28 years, lie left his native\\ntown and went to reside at New Bedford, where he\\nfollowed tiie occupation of land surveyor, and oc-\\ncasionally acted as an auctioneer. Soon after becom-\\ning a citizen of this place, he was elected Town Clerk,\\nTreasurer, and Collector of taxes, which office he held\\nuntil the municipal government was changed, about\\nfifteen years, -when, upon the inauguration of the city\\ngovernment, he was elected Treasurer and Collector\\nof taxes, a position which he held two or three years.\\nHe was also Justice of the Peace for many years.\\nHe was elected Alderman of New Bedford was\\nCliairman of Council Committee on Education, and\\nas sucli prepared a report uiwn which was based the\\norder for the establishment of the free Public Library\\nof New Bedford. On its organization, Mr. Crapo was\\nchosen a member of the Board of Trustees. This\\nwas the first free public library in Massachusetts, if\\nnot in the world. The Boston Free Library was es-\\ntablished, however, soon afterwards. While a resident\\nin New Bedford, he was much interested in horticul-\\nture, and to obtain the land necessary for carrying out\\nhis ideas he drained and reclaimed several acres of\\nrocky and swampy land adjoining his garden. Here\\nhe started a nursery, which he filled with almost every\\ndescription of fruit and ornamental trees, shrubs,\\nflowers, etc. In this he was very successful and took\\ngreat pride. He was a regular contributorto the New\\nEngland Horticultural Journal, a position he filled\\nas long as he lived in iVIassachusetts. As an indica-\\ntion of the wide reputation he acquired in that field\\nof labor, it may be mentioned that after his death an\\naffecting eulogy to his memory was pronounced by the\\nPresident of the National Horticultural Society at its\\nmeeting in Philadelphia, in 1869. During his resi-\\ndence in New Bedford, Mr. Crapo was also engaged\\nin the whaling business. A fine banpie built at Dart-\\ninoulh, of which he was part owner, was named the\\n11. H. Crapo in com| liment to him.\\nMr. C. also took part in the State Militia, and for\\nseveral years held a commission as Colonel of one of\\nthe regiments. He was President of the Bristol\\nCounty Mutual Fire Insurance Co., and Secretar) of\\nthe Bedford Commercial Insurance Company in New\\nPiedford; and while an officer of the municipal gov-\\nernmenthecompiled and published, between the years\\n1856 and 1845, five numbers of the New liedford\\nDirectory, the first work of the kind ever published\\nthere.\\nMr. C. removed to Michigan in 1S56, having been\\ninduced to do so by investments made iirincipally in\\npine lands, first in 1837 and subsequently in 185C.\\nHe took up his residence in ihe city of Flint, and en-\\ngaged largely in the manufacture and sale of lumber\\nat Flint, Fentonville, Holly and Detroit, hecoming\\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 uniil its consolidation\\nwith the Flint eV Pere Marquette R. R. Company.\\nHe was elected Mayor of that city after he had been\\na resident of the place only five or six years. In\\n1862 he was elected State Senator. In the fall of\\n1864 he received the nomination on the Re|)ublican\\nticket for Covernor of the State, and was elected by a\\nlarge majority. He was re-elected in 1866, holding\\nthe office two terms, and retiring in Januar) 1869,\\nhaving given the greatest satisfaction to all parties.\\nhile 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 suflerer, yet often while in great pain gave his\\nattention to public matters. A few weeks previous\\nto his death a successful surgical operation was ])er-\\nformed which seemed rapidly to restore him, but he\\noverestimated his strength, and by too much exertion\\nin business matters and State affairs suffered a relapse\\nfrom which there was no rebound, and he died July\\n.33. 1869.\\nIn the earl)- part of his life, Cov. Crapo aftiliated\\nwith the hig party in politics, but became an active\\nmember of the Rei\u00c2\u00bbul)lican party after its organization.\\nHe was a memlier of the Christian (sometimes called\\nthe Disciples Church, and took great interest in its\\nwelfare and prosperity.\\nMr. C. married, June 9, 1825, Mary A. Slocum,\\nof Dartmouth. His marriage took jilace soon after\\nhe had attained his majority, and before his struggles\\nwith fortune had lieen rewarded with any great meas-\\nure of success. l?ut his wife was a woman of great\\nstrength of character and possessed of courage, hope-\\nfulness and devotion, iiualities which sustained and\\nencouraged her husband in the various pursuits of\\nhis early years. For several years after his marriage\\nhe was engaged in teaching school, his wife living\\nwith her parents at the time, at whose home his two\\nolder children were born. While thus situated he\\nwas accustomed to walk home on Saturday to sec\\nhis family, returning on Sunday in order to be ready\\nfor school Mondav morning. .\\\\s 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 ])erforming what he regarded\\nas a duty. His wife was none the less consci-\\nentious in her sphere, and with added resjionsibilities\\nand increasing requirements she labored faithfully\\nin the ptrfo- mance 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 Rejiresentative to Congress from the First\\nf ongressional District of Massachusetts.\\nI\\nI\\nA\\n1\\n:t]i];t\\nfj^jfi", "height": "2819", "width": "2254", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph11chic_0154.jp2"}, "155": {"fulltext": "", "height": "2831", "width": "2180", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph11chic_0155.jp2"}, "156": {"fulltext": "^W^ c^C^^^^i^C^", "height": "2819", "width": "2254", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph11chic_0156.jp2"}, "157": {"fulltext": "GO VKRNORS OF MICHIGAN.\\ne\\nV\\n1 (Si ?i\u00c2\u00ab5i-W-i S?tlt,(^\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0*ieBB x\u00c2\u00ab2a2/\u00c2\u00ae^ S- \u00c2\u00abws-\\n-S. .v\\n-SJ\\nENRY P. BALDWIN, Gov-\\neinor of Michinan from Tan.\\nIS a\\nA-S i!^ f^^ fUi)* ^^9. to Jan. I, i87j,\\nlineal descendant of Nathan-\\na\u00c2\u00bb iel Baldwin, a Puritan, of Buck-\\ninghamshire, England, who set-\\ntled at Milford, Conn., in 1639.\\nHis father was John Baldwin,\\na graduate of Dartmouth Col-\\nlege. He died at North Provi-\\ndence, R. I., in 1826. His\\npaternal grandfather was Rev.\\nMoses Baldwin, a graduate of\\nPrinceton College, in 1757, and the\\nfirst who received collegiate hon-\\nors at that ancient and honored institution. He died\\nat Parma, Mass., in 1813, where for more than 50\\nyears he had been pastor of the Presbyterian Churcli.\\nOn his mother s side Governor B. is descended from\\nRobert Williams, also a Puritan, who settled in Rox-\\nbury, Mass., about 1638. His mother was a daughter\\nof Rev. Nehemiah Williams, a graduate of Harvard\\nCollege, who died at Brimfield, Mass., in 1796, where\\nfor 21 years he was jjastor of the Congregationalist\\nChurch. The subject of this sketch was born at\\nCoventry, R. I., Feb. 22, 1814. He received a New\\nEngland common-school education until the age of\\n12 years, when, both his parents having died, he be-\\ncame a clerk in a mercantile establishment. He re-\\nmained there, employing his leisure hours in study,\\nuntil 20 years of age.\\nAt this early period Mr. B. engaged in business on\\nhis own account. He made a visit to the West, in\\n1837, which resulted in his removal to Detroit in the\\nspring of 1838. Here lie established a mercantile\\nhouse which has been successfully conducted until\\nthe present time. Although he successfully conducted\\na large business, he has ever taken a deep interest in\\nall things affecting the prosperity of the city and\\nState of his adoption. He was for several years a\\nDirector and President of the Detroit Young Men s\\nSociety, an institution with a large library designed\\nfor the benefit of young men and citizens generally.\\nAn Episcopalian in religious belief, he has been\\nprominent in home matters connected with that de-\\nnomination. The large and nourishing jjarish of St.\\nJohn, r^etroit, 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. lie was a director in the\\nMichigan State Bank until the expiration of its char-\\nter, and has been President of tlie Second National\\nBank since its organization.\\nIn i860, Mr. Baldwin was elected to the State\\n.Senate, of Michigan during the years of 1861 2 he\\nwas made Chairman of the Finance Committee, a\\nmember of Committee on Banks and Incorporations,\\nChairman of the Select Joint Committee of the two\\nHouses for the investigation of the Treasury Depart-\\nment and the official acts of the Treasurer, and of\\nthe letting of the contract for the improvement of\\nSault St. Marie Ship Canal. He was first elected\\nGovernor in 1868 and was re-elected in 1870, serving\\nfrom 1869 to 1872, inclusive. It is no undeserved\\neulogy to say that Governor B. s happy faculty of es-\\ntimating the necessary means loan end the knowing\\nof how much effort or attention to bestow u|X)n the\\nthing in hand, has been the secret of the uniform\\nA\\nr\\nI\\nc^\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0^^\u00e2\u0082\u00acy^\\nso!]^nnr: v^^\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0t\u00c2\u00a5^._^", "height": "2831", "width": "2180", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph11chic_0157.jp2"}, "158": {"fulltext": "1\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0\u00e2\u0080\u00a2*s=*^\\nT-rdM \\\\ih T\\n^)\\\\r.aT\\n1\\n4\\n54\\nHENRY P. BALDWIN.\\nsuccess that has attended his efforts in all relations\\nof life. The same industry and accuracy that dis-\\ntinguished him prior to this term as Governor was\\nmanifest in his career as the chief magistrate of the\\nState, and while his influence appears in all things\\nwith which he has had to do, it is more noticeable in\\nthe most prominent position to which he was called.\\nWith rare exceptions the important commendations\\nof Governor B. received the sanction of the Legislat-\\nure. During his administration marked improve-\\nments were made in the charitable, penal and reforma-\\ntory institutions of the State. The State Public School\\nfor dependent children was founded and a permanent\\ncommission for the supervision of the several State\\ninstitutions. The initiatory steps toward building the\\nEastern Asylum for the Insane, the State House of\\nCorrection, and the establishment of the State Board\\nof Health were recommended by Governor B. in his\\nmessage of 1873. The new State Capitol also owes\\nits origen to him. The appropriation for its erection\\nwas made upon his recommendation, and the contract\\nfor the entire work let under this administration.\\nGovernor B. also appointed the commissioners under\\nwhose faithful supervision the building was erected in\\na manner most satisfactory to the people of the State.\\nHe advised and earnestly urged at different times\\nsuch amendments of the constitution as would per-\\nmit a more equitable compensation to State officers\\nand judges. Thelavvof 1869, and prior also, permitting\\nmunicipalities to vote aid toward the construc-\\ntion of railroads was, in 1870, declared unconstitu-\\ntional by the Supreme Court. Many of the munici-\\npalities having in the meantime issued and sold their\\nbonds in good faith. Governor B. felt that the honor\\nand credit of the State were in jeopardy. His sense\\nof justice impelled him to call an extra session of the\\nT egislatureto propose the submission to the peojjle a\\nconstitutional amendment, authorizing the payment\\nof such bonds as were already in the hands of bona-\\nfide holders. In his special message he says The\\ncredit of no State stands higher than that of Michigan,\\nand the people can not afford, and I trust will not\\nconsent, to have her good name tarnished by the repu-\\ndiation of either legal or moral obligations. A spe-\\ncial session was called in March, 1872, principally for\\nthe division of the State into congressional districts.\\nA number of other important suggestions were made,\\nhowever, and as an evidence of the Governor s la-\\nborious and thouglitful care for the financial condition\\nof the State, a series of tables was prepared and sub-\\nmitted by him showing, in detail, estimates of receipts,\\nexpenditures and appropriations for the years 1872 to\\n1878, inclusive. Memorable of Governor B. s admin-\\nistration were the devastating fires which swept over\\nmany portions of the Northwest in the fall of 1871.\\nA large part of the city of Chicago having been re-\\nduced to ashes, Governor B. promptly issued a proc-\\nlamation calling upon the people of Michigan for\\nliberal aid in behalf of the afflicted city. Scarcely had\\nthis been issued when several counties in his State\\nwere laid waste by the same destroying element.\\nA second call was made asking assistance for the suf-\\nfering people of Michigan. The contributions for\\nthese objects were prompt and most liberal, more than\\n|!7 00,000 having been received in money and supplies\\nfor the relief of Michigan alone. So ample were\\nthese contributions during the short period of about\\n3 months, that the Governor issued a proclamation\\nexpressing in behalf of the people of the State grate-\\nful acknowldgment, and announcing that further\\naid was unnecessary.\\nGovernor B. has traveled extensively in his own\\ncountry and has also made several visits to Europe\\nand other portions of the Old World. He was a pas-\\nsenger on tlic Steamer Arill, which was captured and\\nbonded in the Carribean Sea, in December, 1862, by\\nCapt. Semnies, and wrote a full and interesting ac-\\ncount of the transaction. The following estimate of\\nGovernor B. on his retirement from office, by a leading\\nnewspaper, is not overdrawn: The retiring message\\nof Governor B., will be read with interest. It is\\na characteristic document and possesses the lucid\\nstatement, strong, and clear practical sense, which\\nhave been marked features of all preceding documents\\nfrom the same source. Governor B. retired to private\\nlife after four years of unusually successful adminis-\\ntration amid plaudits that are universal throughout the\\nState. For many years eminent and capable men\\nhave filled the executive chair of this State, but in\\npainstaking vigilance, in stern good sense, in genuine\\npublic spirit, in thorough integrity and in i)ractical\\ncapacity, Henr) P. Baldwin has shown himself to be\\nthe peer of any or all of them. The State has been un-\\nusually prosperous during his two terms, and the State\\nadministration has fully kept pace with the needs of\\nthe times. The retiring Governor has fully earned\\nthe public gratitude and confidence which he to-day\\npossesses to such remarkable degree.\\nt\\n^f )f\u00c2\u00a7\u00c2\u00ab#\\n-^ii!1:^:di1v\\nz.\\ne|l:?*5^r\u00c2\u00bb-\\nI\\n1", "height": "2819", "width": "2254", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph11chic_0158.jp2"}, "159": {"fulltext": "", "height": "2831", "width": "2180", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph11chic_0159.jp2"}, "160": {"fulltext": "", "height": "2819", "width": "2254", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph11chic_0160.jp2"}, "161": {"fulltext": "GOVERNORS OF MICHIGAN.\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a057\\n1\\nc-1\\nJOIIM J, IBA\u00c2\u00a91\\n^4^\\ni\\nit\\nDHN JUDSON BAGLEY,\\nv/ovcrnor of Michiiran from\\ni^iS\\nty ^^7 3 o 77 1* ^o\\n4 Medina, Orleans Co., N. V.,\\n[illy 24, 1S32. His father, John\\nIJagley, was a native of New\\nfLimpsliire, his motlier, Mary M.\\nliagley, 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 Constantinc, 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 est.\\nHis father being in very i)Oor circum-\\n\u00e2\u0080\u00a2[I stances, Mr. B. was obliged to work\\nas soon as he was able to do so.\\nLeaving school when 13 years of age\\nhe entered a country store in Constan-\\ntine as clerk. His father then re-\\nmoved toOwosso, Micli.,and he again\\nengaged as clerk in a store. From\\nearly youth Mr. B. was extravagantly fond of reading\\nand devoted every leisure moment to the perusal of\\nsuch books, papers and periodicals as came within\\nhis reach. In 1847, he removed to Detroit, where he\\nsecured employment in a tobacco manufactory and\\nremained in this position for about five years.\\nLi 1 85 3, he began business for himself in the man-\\nufacturing of tobacco. His establishment has become\\nvb\\nJ\\nA\\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 corixjrations. He was President of the\\nDetroit Safe Company for several years. He was one J\\nof the organizers of the Michigan Mutual Life Insur-\\nance Company of Detroit, and was its President from\\n1867 to 1872. He was a director of the Amer-\\nican National Bank for many years, and a stock-\\nholder and director in various other corporations.\\nMr. B. was a member of the Board of Education two\\nyears, and of the Detroit Common Council the same\\nlength of time. In 1865 he was appointed by (Gover-\\nnor CrajjO one of the first commissioners of the\\nMetropolitian police force of the city of Detroit, serv-\\ning six years. In November, 1872, he was elected\\nGovernor of Michigan, and two years later was re-\\nelected to the same office, retiring in January, 1877.\\nHe was an active worker in the Republican party, and\\nfor many years was Chairman of the Republican\\nState Central committee.\\n(Governor 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 Dubuciue, Iowa, Jan. i\\n16, 1855, to Frances E. Newberry, daughter of Rev.\\nSamuel Newberry, a pioneer missionary of Michigan, rf-\\nwho took an active ])art in the early educational mat- x^\\nters of the State and in the establishment of its ex-\\ncellent system of education. It was principally\\nn", "height": "2831", "width": "2180", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph11chic_0161.jp2"}, "162": {"fulltext": "TasC^^s: ^^^^?IlIl :Dn^\u00e2\u0080\u00a2 r\\n-4^^5C(\u00c2\u00aeVM:\\n/0//JV J. BAGLEY.\\nf\\n5$\\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 technical studies,by strengthening the hold\\nof the Agricultural College uiion the public good will\\nand making the general change which has manifested\\nitself in many scattered primary districts. Among\\nothers were an almost complete revolution in the\\nmanagement of the penal and charitable institutions\\nof the State; the passage of the liquor-tax law, taking\\nthe place of the dead letter of prohibition; the estab-\\nlishing of the system of dealing with juvenile offend-\\ners through county agents, which has proved of great\\ngood in turning the young back from crime and plac-\\ning the State in the attitude of a moral agent in se-\\ncuring for the militia the first time in the history of\\nMichigan a systematized organization upon a service-\\nable footing. It was upon the suggestion of Gov. B.\\nin the earlier part of his administration that the law-\\ncreating the State Board of Health, and also the law\\ncreating a fish commission in the inland waters of the\\nState, were passed, both of which have jiroved of great\\nbenefit to the State. The successful representation\\nof Michigan at the Centennial Exhibition is also an\\nhonorable part of the record of Gov. B. s adminis-\\ntration.\\nAs Governor, he felt that he represented the State\\nnot in a narrow, egotistical way, but in the same\\nsense that a faithful, trusted, confidential agent rep-\\nresents his employer, and as the Executive of the\\nState he was her attorney in fact. And his intelli-\\ngent, thoughtful care will long continue the pride of\\nthe peojjle 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 tliere\\nbe no ambition, life is a failure. He was not blind to\\nthe fact that the more we have the more is reciuired\\nof us. He accepted it in its fullest meaning. He\\nhad great hopes for his State and his country. He had\\nhis ideas of what they should be. With a heart as\\nbroad as humanity itself; with an intelligent, able and\\ncultured brain, the will and the power to do, lie\\nasked his fellow citizen to give him the opportunity to\\nlabor for them. Self entered not into the calculation.\\nHis whole life was a battle for others; and he entered\\nthe conflict eagerly and hopefully.\\nHis State papers were models of compact, busi-\\nness-like statements, bold, original, and brimful of\\npractical suggestions, and his administrations will long\\nbe considered as among the ablest in this or any\\nother State.\\nHis noble, generous nature made his innumerable\\nbenefactions a source of continuous pleasure. Liter-\\nally, to him it was more blessed to give than to\\nreceive.\\nHis greatest enjoyment was in witnessing the com-\\nfort and happiness of others. Not a tithe of his char-\\nities were known to his most intimate friends, or even\\nto his family. Many a needy one has been the recipi-\\nent of aid at an opportune moment, who never knew\\nthe hand that gave.\\nAt one time a friend had witnessed his ready re-\\nsponse to some charitable request, and said to him:\\nGovernor, you give away a large sum of money 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 1 have this. This expressed his idea\\nof charity, that the giving should al all times be free\\nand spontaneous.\\nDuring his leasure hours from early life, and espe-\\ncially during the last fevv years, he devoted nuich time\\nto becoming acquainted with the best authors. Biog-\\nrajihy was his delight; the last he read was the Life\\nand olk of John Adams, in ten volumes.\\nh\\\\ 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 coirtnined. Rarely do we see a business\\nman so familiar with the best English authors. He\\nwas a generous and intelligent patron of the arts, and\\nhis elegant home w.as a study and a pleasure\\nto his many friends, who always found there a\\nhearty welcome. At Christmas time he would spend\\ndays doing the work of Santa Claus. Every Christmas\\neve he gathered his children about him and, taking\\nthe youngest on his lap, told some Christmas story,\\nclosing the entertainment with The Night Before\\nChristmas, or Dickens s Christmas Carol.\\nV\\nv/\\nS;i^3,.\u00c2\u00bb-.\\n.J^\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0A -ii a B^ 25,^3 n.", "height": "2819", "width": "2254", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph11chic_0162.jp2"}, "163": {"fulltext": "", "height": "2831", "width": "2180", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph11chic_0163.jp2"}, "164": {"fulltext": "I\\n^i^yi)", "height": "2819", "width": "2254", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph11chic_0164.jp2"}, "165": {"fulltext": "V\\n:^I1D :I1D^\\nGO VERNORS OF MICHIGAN.\\ni?*a..\\nCHARLES\\nM. CROSWELL.\\n!ga\u00c2\u00bb .sj2,~k.s \u00c2\u00ab\u00c2\u00aei-S^Z 2^!ra\\\\\u00c2\u00bb gd\\nHARLES M. CROSWELL,\\nGovernor of Michigan from\\n1,^ Jan. 3, I1S77 to Jan. i, 1881,\\njj//i3 was born at Newburg, Orange\\nCounty, N. Y., C)ct. 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\\nPresident Jefferson, published a pa-\\nper called the Balance, and was\\nprosecuted for libeling the President\\nunder the obnoxious Sedition Law.\\nHe was defended by the celebrated\\nAlexander Hamilton, and the decis-\\nion of the case establised the important ruling that\\nthe truth might be shown in cases of libel. Another\\nmember of the family was Edwin Croswell, the fam-\\nous editor of the Albany Argus also. Rev. William\\nCroswell, noted as a divine and poet.\\nWhen Charles M. Croswell was seven years of age,\\nhis father was accidentally drowned in the Hudson\\nRiver, at Newburg and, within three months preced-\\ning that event, his mother and only sister had died,\\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\\n1S37, 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 tlie accpiirement 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, he took part in the first movements\\nfor tlie formation of the -ReiJublican 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 Adrian. He was also elected Mayor of the city\\nin the spring of the same year; and in the fall was\\nchosen to rei)resent Lenawee County in the State\\nSenate. He was re-elected to the Senate in 1864,\\nand again in 1866, during each term filling the jxisi-\\ntions above mentioned. Among various reports made\\nby him, one adverse to the rc-establishment of the\\ndeath penalty, and another against a proposition to\\npay tlie 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 aholishmcnt 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-\\nVii/\\nA\\nPfVS^\u00c2\u00ab^i#- iD!] ^DIlr\\n-\u00c2\u00abv\u00c2\u00a7", "height": "2831", "width": "2180", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph11chic_0165.jp2"}, "166": {"fulltext": "CHARLES M. CROSWELL.\\n^4^ 5^\\ntion of Emancipation issued by President Lincoln,\\nfk\\\\ and of his general policy in the prosecution of the\\nwar. This, at the request of his Republican associ-\\nI ates, was afterwards puljlished. In 1867, he was\\ni elected a member of the Constitutional Convention,\\nand chosen its presiding officer. This convention\\nwas composed of an able body of men and though,\\nin the general distrust of constitutional changes\\nwhich for some years had been taking possession of\\nthe people, their labors were not accepted by the pop-\\nular vote, it was always conceded tliat the constitu-\\ntion they proposed had been prepared with great care\\nand skill.\\nIn 1868, Mr. Croswell was chosen an Elector on\\nthe Republican Presidential ticket; in 1872, was\\nelected a Representative to the State Legislature\\nfrom Lenawee County, and was chosen Speaker of\\nthe House of Representatives. At the close of the\\nsession of that body his abilities as a parliamentarian,\\nna and 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 i)enal institutions of Michi-\\ngan in wliich 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\\n(lOve/nor; and, at the State Convention of the party\\nin August of the same year, he was put in nomination\\nby acclamation, without the formality of a ballot. At\\nthe election in November following, he was chosen to\\nthe high position for wliich he had been nominated,\\nby a very large majority over all opiX)sing candidates.\\nHis inaugural message was received with general\\nfavor; and his career as Governor was marked with\\nthe same (pialitics of head and heart that have ever\\ndistinguished him, both as a citizen and statesman.\\nV\\nGovernor Groswell has always prepared his ad-\\ndresses with care and, as his diction is terse, clear,\\nand strong, without excess of ornament, and his de-\\nliver) impressive, he is a popular speaker; and many\\nof his speeches have attracted favorable comment in\\nthe public prints, and have a permanent value. He\\nhas always manifested a deep interest in educational\\nmatters, and was for years a member and Secretary of\\nthe Board of Education of Adrain. At the formal\\nopening of the Central School building in that city,\\non the 24th day of April, 1S69, he gave, in a public\\naddress, an Historical Sketch of the Adrian Public\\nSchools.\\nIn his private life. Governor Croswell has been as\\nexemplary as in his public career he has been suc-\\ncessful and useful. In February, 1852, he was mar-\\nried to a daughter of Morton Eddy, Lucy M. Eddy,\\na lady of many amiable and sunny qualities. She\\nsuddenly died, March 19, 1868, leaving two daugh-\\nters and a son. Governor Croswell is not a member\\nof any religious body, but generally attends the Pres-\\nbyterian Church. He pursues the profession of law,\\nbut of late has been occupied mainly in the care of liis\\nown interests, and the ipiiet duties of advice in\\nbusiness difficulties, for which liis unfailing pru-\\ndence and sound judgment eminently fit him. Gov-\\nernor Croswell is truly [lOpular, 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 keei) within tlie limit of ap-\\npropriations; laws enacted to provide more effectually\\nfor the punishment of corruption and bribrery in elec-\\ntions; the State House of Correction at Ionia and the\\nEastern Asylum for the Insane at Pontiac were opened,\\nand the new capital at Lansing was completed and\\noccupied. The first act of his second term was to pre-\\nside at the dedication of this building The great riot\\nat Jackson occured during his administration, and it\\nwas only bv his promptness that great distruction of\\nboth life and property was prevented at that time.\\nA\\ni.\\ny^\\nJL\\n^D!l :iitli\\n^..j^", "height": "2819", "width": "2254", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph11chic_0166.jp2"}, "167": {"fulltext": "", "height": "2831", "width": "2180", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph11chic_0167.jp2"}, "168": {"fulltext": "", "height": "2819", "width": "2254", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph11chic_0168.jp2"}, "169": {"fulltext": "T\\ninP :DD v\\nt^\\ny-^\\n0^%\\nV\\nGO VERNORS OF MfCHIGAN.\\nDAVID H. JEROME, Gover-\\nft jjiior of from Jan. i, i88i, to\\nJan. I, 1883, was born at De-\\ntroit, iMich., Nov. 17, 1829.\\nHis parents emigrated to\\nMichigan from Trumansburg,\\nTompkins Co., N. Y., in 1828,\\nlocating at Detroit. His father\\ndied March 30, 1831, leaving\\nnine children. He had been\\ntwice married, and four of the\\nchildren living at the time of his\\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 the\\nman in the active duties of life. He was sent to the\\ndistrict school, and in the acijuisition 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 fb assist his widowed mother. The\\nheavy labor of the farm was carried on by his two I\\nA\\nolder brothers, Timothy and George, and when 13\\nyears of age David received his mother s permission to\\nattend school at the St. Clair Academy. While attend-\\ning there he lived with Marcus H. Miles, now de-\\nceased, doing chores for his board, and the following\\nwinter performed the same service for James Ogdeu,\\nalso deceased. The next summer Mrs. Jerome\\nmoved into the village of St. Clair, for the purpose of\\ncontinuing her son in school. AVhilc attending said\\nacademy one of his associate students was Sena-\\ntor Thomas W. Palmer, of Detroit, a rival candidate\\nbefore the gubernatorial convention in 1880. He\\ncompleted his education in the fall of his i6th year,\\nand the following winter assisted his brother Timothy\\nm hauling logs in the pine woods. The next summer\\nhe rafted logs down the St. Clair River to Algonac.\\nIn iS47,M. II. Miles being Clerk in St. Clair oun-\\nty, and Volney A. Ripley Register of Deeds, David\\nH. Jerome was appointed Deputy to each, remaining\\nas such during i848- 49, and receiving much praise\\nfrom his employers and the people in general for the\\nability displayed in the discharge of his duties. He\\nspent his summer vacation at clerical work on board\\nthe lake vessels.\\nIn 1 849- 50, he abandoned office work, and for the\\nproper development of his physical system spent\\nseveral months hauling logs. In the spring of 1S50,\\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 Letter i)art 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\\n-^^|]P: ^:nili\\n.:s^f^\u00e2\u0080\u0094\\n4ig^ 3fv^f^", "height": "2831", "width": "2180", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph11chic_0169.jp2"}, "170": {"fulltext": "V\\n1 66\\nC\\nf vessels could carry only about 10,000 bushels of grain.\\nMr. Jerome conceived the idea of towing vessels\\nVs from one lake to the other, and put his plan into\\nj operation. Through the influence of practical men,\\namong them the subject of this sketch, Congress\\nremoved the obstruction above referred to, and now\\nvessels can pass them laden with 60,000 or 80,000\\nbushels of grain.\\nDuring the season, the two brothers succeeded\\nin making a neat little sum of money by the sum-\\nmer s work, but subsequently lost it all on a contract\\nto raise the Gen. Scott, a vessel that had sunk in\\nLake St. Clair. David H. came out free from debt,\\nbut possessed of hardly a dollar of capital. In the\\nspring of 185 I, he was clerk and acting master of the\\nsteamers Franklin Moore and Ruby, plying be-\\ntween Detroit and Port Huron and Goderich. The\\nfollowing year he was clerk of the jjropeller Prince-\\nton, running between Detroit and Buffalo.\\nIn January, 1853, Mr. Jerome went to California,\\nby way of the Isthmus, and enjoyed extraordinary\\nsuccess in selling goods in a new place of his selec-\\ntion, among the mountains near Marysville He re-\\nmained there during the summer, and located the\\nLive Yankee Tunnel Mine, which has since yielded\\nmillions to its owners, and is still a paying investment.\\nHe planned and put a tunnel 600 feet into the mine,\\nbut when the water supply began to fail with the dry\\nseason, sold out his interest. He left in tlie fall of\\n1853, and in December sailed from San Francisco for\\nNew York, arriving at his home in St. Clair C ounty,\\nabout a year after his departure. During his absence\\nhis brother Tiff had located at Saginaw, and in\\n1854 Mr. Jerome joined him in his lumber operations\\nin the valley. In 1855 the brothers Ixsught Black-\\nmer Eaton s hardware and general supply stores,\\nal 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\\n1 ward was largely Democratic, but Mr. Jerome was\\n.\u00e2\u0080\u00a2\u00e2\u0096\u00a0f elected 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 coni-\\nw missioned by Gov. Austin Blair to raise one of the\\nm\\nDA VI D H. JEROME.\\n-5\\n-4\\nr\\nsix regiments apportioned to the State of Michigan, i**\\nMr. Jerome immediately went to work and held\\nmeetings at various points. The zeal and enthusiasm \u00c2\u00abv\\ndisplayed by this advocate of the Union awakened a I\\nfeeling of patriotic interest in the breasts of many vi*\\nbrave men, and in a short space of time the 23d\\nRegiment of Michigan Volunteer Infantry was placed\\nin the field, and subsequently gained for itself a bril-\\nliant record.\\nIn the fall of 1862, Mr. Jerome was nominated by\\nthe Republican party for State Senator from the 26th\\ndistrict, Appleton Stevens, of Bay City, being his op-\\nponent. The contest was very exciting, and resulted\\nin tlie triumphant election of Mr. Jerome. He was\\ntwice renominated and elected both times by in-\\ncreased majorities, defeating George Lord, of Bay\\nCity, and Dr. Chesenian, 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 prei)are\\na new State Constitution, and was Chairman of the\\nCommittee on Finance.\\nIn 1875, 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 V\\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 Repujjlican State Convention, convened al\\nJackson in August, 1880, Mr. Jerome was placed in\\nthe field for nomination, and on the 5th day of the\\nmontii received the highest honor the convention\\ncould confer on any one. His opiX)nent was Freder-\\nick M. Holloway, of Hillsdale County, who was sup-\\niwrted 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 D:ivj(l H. Jerome had\\nl)een selected by the voters of the Wolverine State to\\noccuijy the highest position within their glfl.\\nA\\nV\\nsy\\nn\\ni\\n^\u00e2\u0082\u00acS^\\n^Dli :tlli; V5\\n^^^^^^J^^", "height": "2819", "width": "2254", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph11chic_0170.jp2"}, "171": {"fulltext": "", "height": "2831", "width": "2180", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph11chic_0171.jp2"}, "172": {"fulltext": "t^^\\nm", "height": "2819", "width": "2254", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph11chic_0172.jp2"}, "173": {"fulltext": "v ?Dli;^;ilI} r\\nGOVF.RXORS OF MfCIflGAN\\n169\\n0^\\nmmm w, ^mmM\\n^^^E5\u00c2\u00a35\u00c2\u00a3\u00c2\u00a3EliS5^^S S;\\nt\\nV\\nV\\nI\\nX\\nm\\nOSIAH W. liEGOLE, the\\npresent (1883), rovernor of\\nMichigan w;is born in Living-\\nston, County, N. Y., Jan. 20,\\n1815. His ancestors were of\\nFrench descent, and settled at\\nan early period in the State of\\nMaiyland. His grandfather, Capt.\\nBolles, of that State, was an offi-\\ncer in the American army during\\nu__ the war of tiie Revolution. About\\nthe beginning of the present cent-\\nury both his grandparents, having\\nbecome dissatisfied with the insti-\\ntution of slavery, although slave-\\nholders themselves, emigrated to\\nLivingston County, N. Y., then\\nJ a new country, taking with them a\\nP number of their former slaves, who\\nvolunteered to accompany them.\\nS^ His father was an officer in the\\ng]|) American army, and served during\\nthe war of 181 2.\\nMr. 15. received his early education in a log sciiool-\\nhouse, and subsequently attended the Temple Hill\\n.\\\\cademy, at Geneseo, N. Y. Being the eldest of a\\nfamily of ten children, whose parents were in moder-\\nate though comfortable circumstances, he was early\\ntaught habits of industry, and when 2 r years of age,\\nbeing ambitious to better his condition in life, he re-\\nsolved to seek his fortune in the far West, as it was\\nthen called. In August, 1S36, he left the parental\\nroof to seek a home in the Territory of Miciiigau\\ntlien an almost unliroken wilderness. He settled in\\nGenesee County, and aided with his own hands in\\nbuilding some of the early residences in what is now\\nknown as the city of Flint. There were but four or\\nfive houses where this flourishing city now stands\\nwhen he selected it as his home.\\nIn the spring of 1S39 he married Miss Harriet A.\\nMiles. The marriage jiroved 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 unimjjroved farm, where, by his perse-\\nverance and energy, lie soon established a good home,\\nand at the end of eighteen years was the owner of a\\nwell improved farm of five hundred acres.\\nMr. liegole being an anti-slavery man, became a\\nmember of the Republican party at its organization.\\nHe served his townsmen in various offices, and was\\nt\\nin 1856, elected County Treasurer, which office he\\nlield for eight years.\\nAt the breaking out of tlie 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 1S64, was the greatest sorrow of his life.\\nWhen a few years later he was a member in Congress\\nA\\nc^:\\nV\\nc\\ng^VD)e^\\n-1^\\n^llll :illls\\nz.\\n#t$^.\\n4m", "height": "2831", "width": "2180", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph11chic_0173.jp2"}, "174": {"fulltext": "/OS/All IV. BEGOLE.\\n:j\\nA\\nV\\ns\\n1\\n4\\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 noniinated 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-\\n\u00e2\u0080\u00a2can Convention held at Philadelphia in 1S72, 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 the 43d Con-\\ngress, in which he was successful, after competing for\\nthe nomination with several of the most worthy, able\\nand experienced men in the Sixth Congressional Dis-\\ntrict, and was elected by a very large majority. In\\nCongress, he was a member of the Committee on\\nAgricultural and Public Expenditures. Being one of\\nthe 17 farmers in that Congress, he took an active\\npart in the Committee of Agriculture, and was ap-\\npointed by that committee to draft the most impor-\\ntant report made by that committee, and ujwn 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\\njwlicy of the country. Owing to the position which\\nMr. Begole occupied on these questions, he became a\\nGreenbacker.\\nIn the Gubernatorial election of 1882, Mr. Begole\\nwas the candidate of both the Greenback and Dem-\\nocratic parties, and was elected by a vote of 154,269,\\nthe Republican candidate, Hon. David H. Jerome,\\nreceiving 149,697 votes. Mr. Begole, in entering\\nupon his duties as Governor, has manifested a spirit\\nthat has already won him many friends, and bids fair\\nto make his administration both successful and jxip-\\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 in Gov. Begole s own county, and it,\\ntoo, written during the heat of a political campaign,\\nwhich certainly is a flattering testimonial of his ster-\\nling worth\\nSo far, however, as Mr. Begole, the head of the\\nticket, is concerned, there is nothing detrimental to\\nhis character that can be alleged against him. He\\nhas sometimes changed his mind in politics, but for\\nsincerity of his beliefs and the earnestness of his pur-\\npose nobody who knows him entertains a doubt. He\\nis incapable of bearing malice, even against his bit-\\nterest ix)litical 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 [burnt district a letter, from\\nwhich we make an extract of but a single sentence\\nUntil the differences between the two committees\\nare adjusted and you receive your regular supplies\\nfrom them, draw on me. Let no man suffer while I\\nhave money. This displays his true character.\\nV\\n^^f^^\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0^^^n!i :Dtir:\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0^^^r-\\n9).\\nr\\nJ", "height": "2819", "width": "2254", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph11chic_0174.jp2"}, "175": {"fulltext": "^^-T ^iin;^iinr- v\\nA\\nV\\n-S\\n%i^^\\nir/fS^\\\\,i^\u00e2\u0082\u00ac^\\n^%i a^^S^lf^\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a03^ X X V ^ar\\n^ll\\n9\\nmicr)iDj\\\\D.\\nI\\n(F\\n1\\nS!!qg^)K_\\n[1 nn^ ^tk^:^", "height": "2831", "width": "2180", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph11chic_0175.jp2"}, "176": {"fulltext": "I\\nAf^\\n%p:^ e illD :DI]^ T^- 2^^c^\\nt\\nA\\ne\\ni\\n4\\nil^HA (.)1\\n-^^-2 ^IlD?i^:DD;\\n-i^^^^jKi-\\n4^^^*fiLAm,", "height": "2819", "width": "2254", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph11chic_0176.jp2"}, "177": {"fulltext": "5)\\nTV\\n^DD :DOr. r\\n-^^^isr\\nf.-i S!*\\nK^\\na-. V\\ni^\\n^-DDt*:tinf^\\nA^u\\nA\\ns\\nV\\ni\\nI", "height": "2831", "width": "2180", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph11chic_0177.jp2"}, "178": {"fulltext": "i\\ns:: CT\\nV ^:llll^BIly\\nI\\nt\\ni\\nA\\nV\\n0\\nc\\nA", "height": "2819", "width": "2254", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph11chic_0178.jp2"}, "179": {"fulltext": "JVEWAYGO COUNTY.\\n175\\nV^\\nM int roduct: ory.\\nI S)Egata\u00c2\u00a7i ggi i 1 i\\n,1 I ,1\\n1. -.h i r. i i I t^ t^i^i^i^^t ja\\n^^f^i:-\\nA HE strength of the history of\\nJ#;i section of country hes in the\\nbiographical recoids of its set-\\ntlers and later residents. The\\nt^ annals of the one class delin-\\neate its pioneer period those of\\nI the other represent its progress\\nJ and the status of the generation\\nwhose experiences constitute the\\nperiod closed by the era of its\\ncollated records.\\nNewaygo County is fortunate in its\\nday. Its wonderful pioneer era laps\\non its present period and the regis-\\nTf^i tration is complete. Many of those\\nmh whose efforts gave the county its\\nearliest impetus may still be seen\\nin its thoroughfares. Many of the\\ncharacters in the day of its first\\nthings are still on the stage and\\nwatch with keen-eyed alertness the\\nmanipulating of the present, still\\njealous for the repute of Newaygo,\\nand eagerly solicitous for her sub-\\nstantial and permanent progress.\\nThe projectors of these records strive to establish\\nbut one claim for its biographical integrity. It is pre-\\npared from the stand-point of no man s prejudice or\\nbiased opinion. To demonstrate the exact relation\\nof every individual represented to the generations of\\nthe past and present is its full scope in personal\\nrecord.\\nSucceeding ages sweep away the debris of human\\nerrors and perpetuate the real greatness of a com-\\nmunity. Character stands out statues.que and events\\ncluster about individuals forming the grandest and\\ntruest historical structure of which any age is capable.\\nOnly biography can fitly represent the foundation,\\nprogress and rcltimainm of local history and portray\\nwith perfect justice the precise attitude and relation\\nof men to events and to circumstances.\\nNewaygo County is justly proud of her pioneer\\nrecord, and, so far as possible, the compilers of the\\nbiographical sketches have striven to honor the rep-\\nresentatives of that period as well as those of to-day.\\nLabor and struggle, performed in the light of hope\\nand the earnestness of honest endeavor, established\\nthe county on a permanent basis, and is rounding up\\na period of glorious completeness. Her villages are\\ncreditable and her agricultural community is com-\\nposed of the best grades of humanity.\\nIn the following sketches but one purpose has been\\nkept in view to collect floating threads of personal\\nrecord, through which the enterprise of decades to\\nfollow may complete a perfect and continuous his-\\ntorical line from the earliest settlement of the county.\\nA\\n:tlll^. ^r^-^ -Cr^\\n.c*\\nr", "height": "2831", "width": "2180", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph11chic_0179.jp2"}, "180": {"fulltext": "V^J-.j-\\n-:2s\u00e2\u0082\u00ac^?2sr\\n^iid: |]|1v\\n5SSjD^ li\\n-\u00c2\u00abs^\\ni\\nA\\n1\\ns\\n4\\nf\\n-i ^D!l ^!lll^ ^C^^\\nK^a(", "height": "2819", "width": "2254", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph11chic_0180.jp2"}, "181": {"fulltext": "", "height": "2831", "width": "2180", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph11chic_0181.jp2"}, "182": {"fulltext": "yrc/lc.,^..^.o(iz^\\nn A", "height": "2819", "width": "2254", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph11chic_0182.jp2"}, "183": {"fulltext": "V ^n \\\\i^ r^ :2\u00c2\u00bb^ s\\n^:g\\ni\\nt\\nNEWAYGO COUNTY.\\nm\\nK. t^ fcl^- j t\\n*5 #S:S**:;:$*$::;$#^::S \u00c2\u00bbS:gH^::;$#^i?^-gffe#g;g*$;!;$*gig-#s;S^g!^^^\\n.IPM^CGAlUa\\niV^\\n^pa\\n179\\n\u00e2\u0099\u00a6.\u00e2\u0082\u00ac\u00e2\u0099\u00a6^5^\\nI\\ni:iS3l*.\u00c2\u00bbE\\nILLIAM D. rULLEE, Pros-\\neciiiing Attorney of Newaygo\\nCounty, and editor and pro-\\nprietor of the Newaygo Trtl\\niiiii was born in Chardon,\\nGeauga Co., Ohio, Sept. 3,\\n1840. He is the third son of\\nEdson and CeUra (Canfield)\\nFuller.\\nEdson Fuller was a pioneer of\\nNorthern Michigan and settled\\nin Mecosta Co inty in 1859. In\\nthat year he established the fir t\\ngeneral f tore in that county, which\\nwas located at Big Rajjids. Of the\\nhistory of the latter place he is\\nD l inseparably part and parcel, from\\nthe date of his settlement therein\\nand his connection with the found-\\nation of its pioneer business re-\\nlations. The career of Mr. Fuller\\nwas that of the typical early set-\\ntler. He was born at Cazenovia, N.\\nY., in 1809, attained to the period\\nof his legal freedom in his native State, and, possessed\\nof the spirit which the customs and progress of the\\nEmpire State instilled into so many of her sons, he\\nwent, in the first flush of his healthful, ambitious\\nmanhood, to seek advancement in the then land\\nof promise Ohio. There, in 1830. he was married\\nto Celira Canfield, and resided until 1845, when he\\ncollected together his earthly effects and, accompa-\\nnied by his family, consisting of his wife, four sons\\nand two daughters, proceeded to Grand Rapids,\\nMich., to avail himself of the resources which have\\ngiven such splendid results as are manifest in that\\nmarvelous city. Until 1855, the career of Mr. F.\\nwas one continuous record of successes, and he went\\nto Mishawaka, Ind., wliere his ample means found its\\nWaterloo two years later, when the crisis of the finan-\\ncial world drew his resources into a ruinous vortex.\\nFalling back on the guiding p inciple of his life, he\\navailed himself of the pioneer privilege of seeking\\nprimeval territory where others similarly situated had\\ncongregated to wrest success from untested resources.\\nHe pursued his mercantile venture some years, and\\nretired to a farm in Green Township in the same\\ncounty. In 1877, he returned to Big Rapids and, in\\nApril, 1879, while on a visit to his son at Des Moines,\\nIowa, he was seized with fatal illness and died.\\nThe record of Celira (Canfield) Fuller is one that\\nverifies the law of natural heritage, and in the careers;\\nof her four sons and surviving daughter her womanly\\nworth and super-eminent intellectual qualities are\\nperpetuated. Her earliest recorded ancestors were\\nHuguenots, a fact which largely accounts for much\\nof her personal annals. Her family name had its\\norigin in the events which characterized the com-\\nmingled history of England and France in the 14th\\ncentury. A Huguenot family of Normandy, named\\nDephilo, received from the British crown a grant of\\nland lying contiguous to the river Cam in England.\\nThe bestowal was for meritorious services, and such\\nwas the appreciation of the honor bestowed with it\\nr.\\np-^^ji^^^\\n.\u00e2\u0096\u00a0\u00e2\u0080\u00a2r^ ^^fZl\\n^rK- D!i:-^:illlr\\n.3i\\n\u00e2\u0080\u00a2f^^f\\ni.", "height": "2831", "width": "2180", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph11chic_0183.jp2"}, "184": {"fulltext": "s/i\\n4\u00c2\u00ab^sr\\nT -^tin :iii]v v\\nK^-^^^\\nW:^\\nr\\ni\\n1 80\\nNEWAYGO COUNTY.\\nthat the event was made memorable by abnegation of\\nthe old family cognomen, and the compounding of a\\nnew one which should perpetuate the memory of the\\nact of the English Government to the remotest gen-\\neration. Cam and Dephilo became Camphield, and\\nthe ortliography remained unchanged until the death\\nof Thomas Camphield, in the i6th century, when\\nthe name was spelled Camfield, remaining thus until\\n1720, when it became Canfield. Matthew Camfield\\ncame from England to New Haven, Ct., in 1639.\\nWhen that province made haste to secure the favor\\nof tlie British Government in the early days of the\\nrestored monarchy, the charter which the scholarly\\nyoung Winslow, the best and truest man in all her\\nborders carried to King Charles, bor\u00c2\u00bb the name of\\nMatthew Camfield as one of the petitioners for a\\nroyal patent. Winthrop s tact and sagacity secured\\nfor the colony the most liberal and ample charter\\never granted by an English monarch, and upon the\\npeople of Connecticut was conferred power to govern\\ntliemselves, and this without ([ualification or restric-\\ntion. Under the provision of this charter Gold, Sher-\\nman and Camfield were appointed Judges and vested\\nwith power to hold court at Fairfield, opening April\\nI, 1669. Mr. Camfield afterward went with part of\\nhis family to Newark, N. J., wliere he died and where\\nhis name is perpetuated by numerous descendants.\\nThe distinction of his name and position is also\\nmarked by the fact that his son Samuel (first) was a\\nmember of the General Assembly of Connecticut in\\n1669. Samuel Camfield (second) was born atNorwalk,\\nCt., in 1672, and married .\\\\bigail Austin, of Stamford,\\nCt., Aug. I, 1709. Samuel Camfield (third) was born\\nJune 4, 17 10, at New Marlborough, Mass. His estate\\nis yet in the possession of his descendants. Thomas\\nCanfield, son of tlie last named, was born at New\\nMarlborough, and married a lady named Burr. Oliver\\nCanfield, son of Tliomas, married Sally Sherman in\\n1782, and of this marriage was horn at Tyringham,\\nMass., July 7, 1810, Celira, the mother of \\\\V. D.\\nFuller.\\nHer father died when she was in infancy, and lier\\nmother re-married and went to Ciiardon, Geauga Co.,\\nOhio, where she grew to womanhood. She married\\nEdson Fuller, Feb. 4, 1830. Her home in Ohio was\\nwith that of the pioneer element, and she had but little\\ntechnical education, as she had the advantage of but\\nten weeks of school in her life. But she was ever a\\nstudent. The profession of medicine afforded deep\\ninterest to her alert mental organization and, within\\nher scope, she pursued its practice both in Indiana\\nand at Big Rapids, being signally successful in her\\nefforts to alleviate suffering and baffle disease. She\\nwas ever prominent in educational, moral and religious\\nmovements. In 1850, 51 and 52 she was in charge\\nof the primary department of the union school\\nat Grand Rapids, Mich, ^he organized the first\\nSunday-school at Big Rapids, whose sessions were\\nheld in the old red school-house. In moral avenues\\nher influence was sensibly felt among the pioneers\\nof the village and vicinity, and extended through the\\nlatter years of her life, when Big Rapids had become\\na city incorporate and her population had increased\\nto thousands.\\nHer religious ideas were in keeping with the sim-\\nplicity and majesty of the Center of the New Testa-\\nment, and she fashioned them into articles for the\\npress, which were fraught with her own ardor and\\nC,\\na ^y\\nstrength. After the death of her husband she re-\\nsided with her children. In November, 1S82, she _i7\\nwent to Des Moines to pass the remainder of her\\nlife, and during its closing months her intellectual ac-\\ntivity seemed to culminate. She was ever keenly\\nsensitive to any real or implied attack upon the\\nChristian religion and hastened 10 give conscientious\\nand earnest sup[)ort to the principles whose vitality\\nshe had proved. The following quotation is from an\\narticle from her pen published in reply to one who\\ncaviled at some of the methods of public religious\\nworship as misleading and inconsistent with e.\\\\isting\\nfacts\\nMost men have learned something of the Bible,\\nbut comparatively few have studied it carefully in or-\\nder to understand its teachings and live according to\\nits requirements. They listen to (juotations from its\\npages and remember them, but do not know to whom\\nthe words were addressed, or the occasion which\\ncalled them forth. More men have been driven to\\ninfidelity by the wrong api)lication of Scripture and\\nthe divisions among Christians than by all other\\nforces combined. Many people have very unwisely\\ngiven over their spiritual interests to the keeping of\\nthe clergy. They pay liberally toward building\\nchurches and supporting a preacher who is supposed\\nto understand his business; attend church and are\\nvery well satisfied with their ])Osition. But there are\\nshrewd thinkers among them, men who thmk inde-\\npendently, and after listening to the preacher for a\\ntime, begin to question his doctrine. They attend\\nchurch some fine morning and the congregation is\\n-^^Da^DD^^^\\n\u00e2\u0080\u00a24^t?^^-", "height": "2819", "width": "2254", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph11chic_0184.jp2"}, "185": {"fulltext": "r\\n?s^*\\nx_\\nA\\nt\\nNEWAYGO COUNTY\\ncomposed of those classed among the best members\\nof society. Much wealth is represented by the wor-\\nshipers. Silks, laces and jewels adorn the persons of\\nthe women, proclaiming at least a competency of this\\nworld s goods. The minister arises in his place.\\nHis dress is faultless the bluest of broadcloth, with\\nthe whitest of shirt-fronts, with studs and cuff but-\\ntons that glitter like diamonds set in gold. This is\\nall very well. We will not question the right of those\\npeoi le to wear what they please, but we do ques-\\ntion their right to sing, at the request of this richly\\ndressed minister,\\nTin but ;i lr;uij;fr liore,\\nHeaven i.- niy lionie;\\nEai-th a desert ihear,\\nHeaven is my home.\\nDanger and sorrow stand\\nRound me, on every hand;\\nHeaven is my fatherland,\\nHeaven is my home.\\nNeither has he a right to say dunng his weak-worded\\nprayer, We confess that we are strangers and pil-\\ngrims on the earth; that we have no continuing city,\\nbut seek one to come. Some of his hearers are\\ndisgusted and denounce the whole thing as a farce.\\nThey say that preacher don t believe what he says.\\nIf he does, why did lie buy that corner lot when he\\nalready had a splendid home. And so the word\\nof the Lord is dishonored, for these are genuine quo-\\ntations. Let us try and learn about these pilgrims\\nand strangers. Paul, in his letter to the Hebrews, in\\norder to strengthen their faith and encourage them\\nin their afflictions, refers them to the ancient worthies\\nwhose deeds of faith were recorded in their own\\nScriptures. Also to the promise made to Abraham,\\nIn thee and in thy seed (which was Christ) shall all\\nthe families of the earth be blessed. He recounts\\nat some length the names of the men of faith and\\nsays they had trials of cruel mockings and scourg-\\ning, bonds and imprisonments they were stoned,\\nsawn asunder, tempted, slain with the sword; they\\nwandered about in sheepskins and goatskins, desti-\\ntute, afflicted, tormented. They wandered about in\\ndeserts and mountains and in dens and caves of the\\nearth. These all died in faith, not receiving the\\npromised inheritance, but believed the promises afar\\noff, were persuaded of them and embraced them and\\nconfessed that they were strangers and pilgrims on\\nthe earth. No one could object to these men calling\\nthemselves pilgrims or strangers. There is one more\\nquotation from Paul often used, not applicable to the\\npeople of our day, which he must explain himself\\nHe says, I think, that God has set forth us the\\nApostles last, as it were appointed unto death. Even\\nunto this present hour we both hunger and thirst,\\nare naked and are buffeted and have no certain\\ndwelling place. Again, in Hebrews, he says, Let\\nus go forth bearing His reproach, for here we have no\\ncontinuing city, but we seek one to come.\\n1.\\nIf a lawyer should make as many mistakes in ex-\\nplaining the meaning of our human law to a jury as\\ndo some ministers in trying to teach the people the\\nway into the kingdom of heaven, they would lose\\npractice; but the people would never say, We will\\nput the law aside and be a law unto ourselves. Let\\nus all look more carefully into the perfect law of\\nliberty and be not void of understanding.\\nShe commenced the preparation of a series of lay\\nsermons for the Newaygo Tribune, the first of which\\nreached its publishers July 9, 1883, and appeared\\nJuly 25, in the same issue which contained the notice\\nof her death. That event occurred July 12, three\\ndays after her communication reached its destination.\\nHer five surviving children watched the closing\\nhours of her life and placed her in her pale sleep by\\nthe husband at whose side she walked in wifely dig-\\nnity, in maternal beauty, in Christian consistency, for\\nnearly half a century. In her children her earthly\\nrecord yet lives her sons are all in honorable walks\\nof life, and her daughter, Mrs. Elma L. Hutchinson,\\nof Des Moines, is a physician in regular practice and\\nstanding, representing the one characteristic of the\\nmother, as the sons typify the race from which she\\nsprung in sterling merit, honorable record and inflex-\\nible courage. Corydon E. Fuller, eldest son, resides at\\nDes Moines, Iowa, and has held his present respons-\\nible incumbency of Treasurer of the Iowa Loan\\nTrust Company 12 years. Hon. Ceylon C. Fuller,\\nJudge of the Twenty-seventh Judicial Circuit, is a\\nresident of Big Rapids, Mecosta Co., Mich. Orrin\\nT. Fuller, resident at Des Moines, Iowa, is the Inter-\\nest Clerk in the office of the Iowa Loan Trust\\nCompany. Ellen J. M. Fuller died at Grand Rap-\\nids, in 1850, aged si.xteen. In her memory, parents,\\nbrothers and sister kept youth alive, and the oldest\\nand youngest await the restoration of the household\\nband in its entirety in the realms of perpetual morning.\\nWilliam D. Fuller was a lad of five years when\\nhis parents went to Grand Rapids, where he was a\\npupil in the common schools until he was 16 years\\nold. He went to Indiana with his father s family and\\nreturned with them to Michigan. In the reversed\\nfortunes to which they were subjected he never\\nflinched from the hardships which fell on all who\\nwere able to bear a burden. He shrunk from no\\nlabor, however menial, that promised proportionate\\nremuneration, and in the spring of 1858 went to\\nBig Rapids, then a village containing three houses\\nand a saw-mill. When his father s store was opened\\nI\\n-^xy", "height": "2831", "width": "2180", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph11chic_0185.jp2"}, "186": {"fulltext": "X\\n-23^S^\\n\u00e2\u0080\u00a2rrv\\nmVMh Trr-\\ny^^^\\n-4^^^\u00c2\u00ab\u00c2\u00aeV:^\\nr. 182\\nI\\n/Os\\nNEWAYGO COUNTY.\\nand the first load of goods delivered a road was cut\\nto convey them to the building where they were\\nplaced on sale. Mr. Fuller acted as the teamster,\\nhauling the goods to supply the demand from Grand\\nRapids, a distance of 65 miles, over roads which\\nwere so far from imaginable that they cannot now\\nbe brought within the scope of fancy. In the fall\\nand spring nearly a week was required for the trip,\\nand among the well remembered experiences were\\nthe lying out nights beside the wagon, unloading\\ngoods to make it possible for the horses to draw the\\nremainder up hills, or over mud-holes, etc. The ar-\\nduous labors of those days developed all varieties of\\nhuman weakness, and the drinking habit was almost\\nuniversal. Mr. Fuller possessed a rugged Saxon\\ntemperament, capable of almost any hard task if\\nmanaged judiciously, and he performed all his labors\\nwithout the aid of the stimulus of spirits or tobacco.\\nHe had only to recuperate from weariness, and he\\npassed this most laborious period of his life without\\npermanent injury, sustaining the reputation of being\\none of the most useful members of tlie teaming fra-\\nternity.\\nIn the spring of 1861, he went to Hiram, Ohio, to\\nattend school. The Rebellion of the Southern States\\naroused the patriotic soul of the immortal Garfield,\\nthen at the head of the school, and it was disbanded\\nto aid in the re-establishment of the Union. Mr.\\nFuller resumed his wonted occupation at Big Rapids.\\nIn the winter of 1861-2, he went to Geneva, Ohio,\\nwhere he took a course of penmanship under the\\npersonal instruction of Prof. P. R. Spencer, received\\nhis credentials and taught one term in Rochester,\\nFulton Co., Ind. The calling not proving attractive,\\nhe went home and, not long after, came to Newaygo\\nand read law in the office of Col. J. H. Standish.\\nLater on he went back to Big Rapids and entered\\ninto a contract to build a State road.\\nMr. Fuller was married Jan. i, 1863, to Georgiette\\nH., eldest daughter of Col. Standish, and entered\\nsoon after into one of the departments of lumbering\\nand put in saw logs (about 100,000 feet), banking\\nthem on the Muskegon River. He afterward sold\\nthe same to Sextus N. Wilcox, whose name is syn-\\nonymous with the lumber trade of Northern Michi-\\ngan. In the spring of 1863, Mr. Fuller engaged in\\ncommercial business at Berlin, Ottawa Co., Mich.,\\nassociated with his youngest brother. The venture\\nproved disastrous and Mr. Fuller retreated in the\\nfollowing December, bearing with him as trophies of\\nhis prowess in the undertaking the vouchers for an\\nindebtedness of $1,000, his assets being represented\\nby his wife, one child and a modest collection of\\npersonal effects.\\nMr. Fuller had decided to enroll himself a member\\nof the legal fraternity of Northern Michigan, and re-\\nmoved to Newaygo in order to take charge of the\\noffice of his father-in-law. Col. Standish, who was\\nwinning distinction at the front during the war. He\\nestablished himself therein and, urged by necessity\\nand press of business, made immediate acquaintance\\nwith hard work, reading law and practicing in the\\njustice court. He was entirely without guidance,\\nand at the time the Bar of Newaygo County was in\\nthe foremost ranks in point of learning and expe-\\nrience, a fact which, while it added greatly to Mr.\\nFuller s sense of inexperience and the responsibility\\nof his undertaking, spurred him to effort and quick-\\nened his apprehension of details, indispensable to\\nhis chosen profession and the importance of the du-\\nties he had undertaken. Retrospection shows that\\nthe opportunity was a rare one, and its difficulties\\nfade into nothingness beside its real advantage to\\nthe struggling, hard-beset young advocate. Judge\\nBarton was then in his prime. W. T. Howell, an ex-\\nperienced practitioner (afterwards Judge of Arizona),\\nA. H. Giddings, whose name is inseparably connected\\nwith the Judiciary of Newaygo County, and E. L.\\nGray, a lawyer of acknowledged ability as an advo-\\ncate, were prominent contestants in the judicial\\narena. This array was strengthened by accessions\\nfrom the forensic talent of Grand Rapids, and to\\nit Mr. Fuller was deeply indebted for much kind con-\\nsideration. A substantial friend appeared in the\\nperson of Sullivan Armstrong, of Ashland Town-\\nship. He was then County Treasurer, the possessor\\nof abundant resources and immoderately fond of\\nchecker-playing, in which he loved to indulge in\\nthe long summer days at the Brooks House, and\\nthe daily dollar wliich he paid to Mr. Fuller to secure\\nthe leisure he could afford, was a godsend to that in-\\ndividual, and secured from him a gratitude which has\\nnever wavered.\\nOn the first of September, 1864, two years before\\nthe twenty-fourth recurrence of his birthday, Mr.\\nFuller was admitted to the Bar of Newaygo County,\\nHon. F. J. Litllejohn presiding, and proceeded with\\nactive practice as an attorney. Among the impor-\\n\\\\A\\nA\\nn\\n3;\\nW\\nirs^i", "height": "2819", "width": "2254", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph11chic_0186.jp2"}, "187": {"fulltext": "CTT\\nv :DD^Ii|] v\\nrrr\\nNEWAYGO COUNTY.\\nu\\nV\\n1\\ntant relations he has sustained as a practitioner, is\\nhis connection with the legal affiairs of Sextus N.\\nWilcox, and the lumber firm of which he was the lead-\\ning factor. Mr. Fuller had for some years prior to\\nhis death been in sole charge of his extensive legal\\naffairs relating to his lumber interests and those of\\nthe S. N. Wilcox Lumber Company, and is now at-\\ntorney for his estate and the company.\\nIn November, 1868, he was elected Prosecuting\\nAttorney of Newaygo County and held the office\\nfour years. He served as Supervisor of Brooks\\nTownship in 1867, 69-71, and in 187 i, when D. P.\\nClay commenced his operations to establish a rail-\\nroad from Grand Rapids to Newaygo, he interested\\nhimself in the enterprise, contributed $1,000 toward\\nits consummation and subscribed another $1,000 to\\nthe same end. The terrible realities of the year\\n1873, which wrought such financial havoc in North-\\nern Michigan, swept away all the accumulations of\\nhis years of labor, and he found himself stranded,\\nlosing his home with the rest. In September of that\\nyear of disaster, he entered into partnership with\\nCol. Standish, who had established his business at\\nGrand Rapids, and conducted an office there until\\nSept. 15, 1880, when he re-established himself at\\nNewaygo.\\nOn the first of October, 1879, associated with\\nTimothy Edwards, Mr. Fuller assumed control of the\\nNewaygo Tribune. The relation closed Jan. i, 1881,\\nafter which the paper was under his sole manage-\\nment until Oct. I, 1883, when the eldest son of Mr.\\nFuller, having attained to the age of 18 years, became\\nassociate editor and proprietor by gift from his father,\\nthe style now being W. D. E. S. Fuller. The pa-\\nper is devoted in its political affiliations to the inter-\\nests of the National party, and has a satisfactory\\nsubscription list in Newaygo County.\\nMr. Fuller cast his first Presidential vote for Abra-\\nham Lincoln, and regards that act as the crowning\\nprivilege of his public career. Reclaims adherence\\nto the fundamental principles which the Republican\\nparty was created to perpetuate, and clung to its tenets\\nj until the fall of 1878, when he became identified\\nwith the National Greenback party. He was aware\\nthat it v/as a forlorn hope, but he fearlessly adopted the\\nprinciples enunciated in the platform of tlie Chicago\\nConvention of 1880, and has since been their cham-\\npion. He has been honored by the organization, and\\nat the Michigan State Convention held in September,\\n1882, was unanimously elected Chairman of the State\\nCentral Committee.\\nIn November, 1882, he was elected Prosecuting\\nAttorney of Newaygo County, by a fair majority over\\nthe two opposing candidates, carrying the townships\\nof Brooks and Garfield by 160 votes. In January,\\n1883, he was appointed State Swamp Land Road\\nCommissioner, and in the summer and fall of that\\nyear traveled over 3,000 miles in the discharge of\\nthe duties pertaining to the office. More than 600\\nmiles of the distance was traveled by team.\\nMr. Fuller is a temperance man practically and\\ntheoretically. He believes in the perpetuity of the\\nRepublic from its innate tendencies. The lessons\\nhe has learned from the march of events have con-\\nvinced him of the deathless character of truth and\\nthe inevitable triumph of right.\\nThe family of Mr. Fuller includes five children,\\nborn in the following order: Jennie E., Oct. 16,\\n1863; Earnest S., Sept. 20, 1865; Hettie C, Nov. 19,\\n1867 Alice F., Nov. 4, 1869; John E., Nov. 12, 1872.\\nAs a prominent county official and -a representative\\nof the element which distinguishes him by its sup-\\nport, we have the pleasure of presenting the portrait\\nof Mr. Fuller to the citizens of Newaygo County.\\nS^t^m\\n^t\\nenry M. Blair, farmer, section 35, Sheridan\\n^\u00e2\u0096\u00a0i.; j,.o\u00c2\u00bb Township, was born in Portage Co., Ohio,\\n^K^ June 17, 1828. His parents, Alfred and Julia\\n(Miller) Blair, were najtives respectively of Mas-\\nsachusetts and New Hampshire, and in early life\\nbecame residents of the same county where\\nthey were married.\\nMr. Blair grew to manhood in the Buckeye State\\nand at the age of 20 years came to Michigan. He\\nestablished himself in the grocery and provision\\ntrade at Niles and continued to conduct the same\\nuntil the spring of 185 1, when he returned home to\\nsecure o])portunity to complete an invention which\\nhad engaged his attention for some time. It was a\\nmachine designed to use double circular saws, con-\\nstructed for the purpose of sawing staves, heading\\nand other prepared lumber. He succeeded in the\\naccomplishment of his purix)se, and after securing\\nhis i)atcnt went to Three Oaks, Mich., where he op-\\nerated with his machine extensively and successfully\\nuntil the fall of 1855, when he engaged in agricul-\\n^:linS^DIl .^-.^^v^\\ni", "height": "2831", "width": "2180", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph11chic_0187.jp2"}, "188": {"fulltext": "184\\ne^^^Dti:^llD^ TH= :2J^s\\n-*f?^C i^^\\nt\\nA\\nf^\\nV\\ni\\nT\\nA \u00c2\u00a3lVAYGO COUNTY.\\nture on a farm near Galien, Berrien County. After\\nsome time he went to the lake shore, where he en-\\ngaged in cutting ar.d delivering wood at the pier of\\nGreenbush. Through exposure he c: ntracted a pul-\\nmonary disease which compelled his return to his\\nfarm and, despairing of recovery, he prepared for a\\njourney to California, but changed his intention and\\ncame to Newaygo, where he fixed his residence and\\npassed three years in out-door active life engaged as\\na book canvasser. In 1869 he settled upon a farm\\nin Sheridan Township. It contained 80 acres of\\nland, and he has increased its dimensions to 160\\nacres, a good proportion of which is under improve-\\nment.\\nMr. Blair was married in Berrien County, in 1855,\\nto Statira R., daughter of Gardner K. and Rebecca\\n(Loop) James. The parents were born, lesjiectively,\\nin Rhode Island and New York. Mrs. Blair was\\nborn in Clay, Onondaga Co., N. Y., April 5, 1845.\\nWhen she was six years old her parents located in\\nOakland County and afterwards in Berrien County.\\nSeven of eight children born to Mr. and Mrs. Blair\\nare living Alfred H., James C, Alice, Ellen, Frank\\nP., Edwin E. and Merritt W. Julia C, the eldest\\nchild, is deceased.\\niloyd Reynolds, farmer, section 7, Good-\\nH|\u00c2\u00a3 well Township, was born in Steuben Co.,\\nN. Y., April 2, 1836. His parents, John\\nand Naomi (Cole) Reynolds, were born in the\\nthe State of New York. Before marriage his\\nfather was engaged as a teacher and preacher:\\nafter that event he passed the remaining years of his\\nlife as a farmer.\\nMr. Reynolds came to Michigan with his parents\\nwhen he was but 16 years old, and located in Cook\\nCo., 111., in 185 1, where he resided until 1856. In\\nthat year he came to Muskegon County, where he\\nengaged in lumbering and in the manufacture of\\nshingles. In 1875 came to Newaygo County and\\nsettled in (then) Big Pine Township, where he bought\\n140 acres of land. He has since purchased 180\\nacres additional, making his farm aggregate 320 acres,\\nof which he has placed 40 acres under improvement.\\nHe is a Democrat in political principle and has held\\nvarious townshij) and school offices. He was mar-\\nried in 1857 to Susan, daughter of Silas and Eliza-\\nbeth (Roberts) Belden, the former a native of Ohio,\\nthe latter of Virginia. Mrs. Reynolds was born\\nJune 2, 1839, in the Old Dominion, and is the mother\\nof five children Jefferson D., Carrie B., Addie M.\\nOscar Rex and Claude A.\\n.i^\\n^m\\nheron C. Schanek, farmer, section i Bridge-\\nton Townsliip, was born June 6, 1835, in\\nLivingston Co., N. Y. He is a son of Henry\\nand Rachel (Harriott) Schanek, natives of New\\nJersey and of Holland-Dutch descent. The\\nfather was a saddler by trade, which he followed\\nin his native State some time previous to his removal\\nto the State of New York.\\nThe mother died when her son was but a few days\\nold, and he was taken in charge by a family named\\nRobinson, in the town of Springwater, Livingston\\nCounty, by whom he was reared and educated. His\\nfoster-parents removed to Michigan previous to his\\narrival at man s estate, and he resided with them four\\nyears in Richmond Township, Macomb County, un-\\ntil the fall of 1856, when he established himself in\\nthe business of stave-making in St. Clair County,\\nafterwards removing to Sanilac County, where, and at\\nother points, he continued to conduct the same enter-\\nprise until 1864, when he engaged in rafting on the\\nMississippi River. He made a brief tour through\\nCanada and afterwards returned to Michigan, where\\nhe again engaged in the lumber trade and rafting\\nlogs on the Muskegon River, until the summer of\\n1870, when he made a permanent settlement on the\\nfarm whereon he now resides, and which he pur-\\nchased from the United States Government. He\\nhas made some improvements, but has devoted him-\\nself chiefly to the river service, pursuing the lumber\\nbusiness.\\nMr. Schanek was married at Wales, St. Clair\\nCounty, March 17, i860, to Barbara A., daughter of\\nRichard and Catherine (Blackader) Kilgour. The\\nparents were natives of Scotland, where the daughter\\nwas born, Dec. 2, 184 1, in the vicinity of Glasgow.\\nHer parents came to the United States when she was\\nfour years old and located on Lake Isrie, afterwards\\ngoing to New London, Ontario, and thence to Port\\nSarnia, where they resided three .years and removed\\nto St. Clair Co., Mich. Following is the record of\\nCs-;\\nV^\\nA\\nt", "height": "2819", "width": "2254", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph11chic_0188.jp2"}, "189": {"fulltext": "NEWAYGO COUNTY.\\n185\\nA\\nV\\nt\\nthe children of Mr. and Mrs. Schanck Amelia A.\\nwas born Dec. 12, 1861 Mary C, Nov. 8, 1863;\\nWilliam H., Feb. 2, 1866 (died Aug. 30, 1867) Or-\\nlando S,, Nov. 4, 1870; Richard C, June 19, 1873;\\nJohn H., Oct. 2, 1876. The eldest daughter is a\\npopular and successful teacher. The parents are\\ndevoted adherents to the doctrines of the Second Ad-\\nvent Church. Mr. Schanck is a Republican and has\\nheld the office of Assessor for the School District.\\names M. Dean, farmer, section 9, Sheridan\\nI,- Township, is a son of Francis and Marga-\\nret (De Long) Dean, the former a native of\\nConnecticut and the latter of Delaware. He\\nwas born in Tompkins Co., N. Y., April 7, 183 r.\\nAt the age of 2 1 he left New York and came to\\nNewaygo County, where he has since resided. In\\nthe spring of 1879 he purchased 60 acres of partly\\nimproved land in Sheridan Township, where he is\\nnow living, and has 35 acres under cultivation.\\nHe was married in Bridgeton Township, Aug. 5,\\n1855, to Amanda, daughter of Benjamin and Betsey\\nWhitman, all natives of Vermont. Mr. and Mrs.\\nDean have had five children, four surviving: Frank\\nE., Alma J., Willard E. and Gertie R. Arthur died\\nwhen five years old. In politics Mr. Dean is a Nat-\\nional, and himself and wife are members of the Bap-\\ntist Church.\\n-5\u00e2\u0080\u0094\\nrank W. Barbour, farmer, section 25,\\nHjin Norwich Township, was born at Pontiac,\\nOakland Co., Mich., Nov. 20, 1840. He\\nis a son of Theron W. and Abigail (Gates)\\n7^ Barbour, the former a native of Rutland, Vt.,\\nand tTie latter born in Shoreham, Addison Co.,\\nVt. The father came to Michigan in May, 1830, and\\nlocated at Pontiac, where the family resided for 20\\nyears, then removing to Farmington in the same\\ncounty. In 1869 they removed to Big Rapids, where\\nthe mother died, April 21, 1881.\\nMr. Barbour obtained his education at the com-\\nmon schools and academy at Novi Plains, attending\\nthe latter three years. After leaving school he was\\nvariously engaged for a time until he went to study\\ndentistry under the supervision of Dr. J. A. Jackson,\\nwith whom he remained one year, going thence to\\n4*^-\\n^m\\nMount Clemens, Macomb Co., Mich., where he re-\\nsided four years. He was then engaged as foreman\\nand general manager of the Detroit Lansing Plank\\nRoad, and after a service of eight years went to\\noperate in the same capacity on the Detroit\\nSaline Plank Road. There he remained 1 1 years,\\nafter which he came to Newaygo County and bought\\n80 acres of land, all in heavy timber, which he began\\nwithout delay to improve, and has now a fair propor-\\ntion of his place in good cultivation.\\nMr. Barbour was married Aug. 29, 1863, to Hattie\\nD., daughter of George and Hannah M. (Bowles)\\nMatthews. Her father was born in Connecticut,\\nApril 17, 1799, and died April 20, 187 i her mother\\nwas born Jan. 8, rSii, and died June 17, 1881.\\nMrs. Barbour was born in Mason, Ingham County,\\nDec. II, 1846. Subjoined is the record of the seven\\nchildren born to the household Arthur, born Dec. 24,\\n1865; Maud, March 30, 1866; Frank R., Oct. 12,\\n1S69; Nellie J., Dec. 28, 1871; Albert W., June 7,\\n1875; Robert F., Feb. 17, 1879; Stephen S. W.,\\nDec. 15, 1881.\\nMr. Barbour is brother-in-law of S. S. Wilco.\\\\,\\nhardware merchant at Big Rapids.\\nO. Brown, proprietor of the Forest House,\\nHesperia, was born in Cortland Co., N. Y.,\\nDec. 9, 1843. His parents, Jesse and Mary\\nm}} (Ostrander) Brown, were natives of New Eng-\\nland, and of German and Welsh English and\\nIrish descent. John was educated in the town\\nof Scott, Cortland County, and when 18 years of age,\\nAug. 9, 1862, enlisted in Co. D, 157th N. Y. Vol.\\nInf., under command of W. O. Dunbar, and was\\nconfined to the Army of the Potomac, acting as\\ndrummer boy. He was afterward transferred to the\\nDepartment of the South, where he played the cym-\\nbal in the cornet band till the close of the war.\\nDuring all the engagements in which the regiment\\nwas called into action, this band was detailed to the\\ndangerous post of stretcher bearer. At the battle\\nof Gettysburg he was captured while on duty; was\\nheld four days; was re-capturcd by the Union forces\\nand placed in a hospital, wliere he served four\\nmonths as nurse, and was afterward again placed in\\nthe ranks as musician. He was honorably discharged\\nv^\\nC\\nf^", "height": "2831", "width": "2180", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph11chic_0189.jp2"}, "190": {"fulltext": "I\\nI\\nf\\n^t\u00c2\u00a7\\nA\\n1 86\\nNEWAYGO COUNTY.\\n5Ht\u00c2\u00abrv\\nJuly lo, 1865, and returned to his home in New\\nYork. Soon after, he purchased a farm upon vvliich\\nhe worked for a time, then sold out and followed the\\nvacation of teaching, in the common schools of his\\ncounty. In 1867 he came to Michigan and located\\nin Pontiac, Oakland Co., and commenced to travel\\nas salesman for Seymore Miller, of Cortland Co., N.\\nY. He was afterward in the employ of a Chicago\\nhouse for a while, then abandoned that vocation and\\ntaught school again, this time in the vicinity of his\\nhome in Oakland County.\\nAbout this time Mr. Brown became acquainted\\nwith Miss Dorothy A. Patch, and they were afterward\\nmarried. Her parents were Anson B. and Emily\\n(Sutherland) Patch, natives of New England, and\\nshe was born Oct. 31, 1849, in Macomb Co., Mich.\\nWhen she was very young her parents moved to Oak-\\nland County, and she remained there until her mar-\\nriage. Mr. Brown then engaged in the sewing-ma-\\nchine business, which he has since followed until\\nFebruary, 1882, when he became owner and proprie-\\ntor of tlie Forest House in Hesperia, this county.\\nMr. and Mrs. Brown have four children: Ida M.,\\nborn May 9, 187 i Eda B., Oct. 3, 1872 Jessie A.,\\nOct. 16, 1874; Newton E., Sept. 9, 1877. In politics\\nMr. Brown is a Republican.\\n*H|;bram J. Hoag, farmer, section 33, Nor-\\nwich Township, was born near Cape Town,\\nCan., July 13, 1847, and is a son of John H.\\nand Isabella (Spankey) Hoag. The father\\nwas a native of England, and the mother of\\nScotland. They settled in Oxford Co., Can., where\\nthe elder Hoag died and where the mother still re-\\nsides with a part of her children.\\nWhen a boy of ir years he left home and obtained\\nemploy as a day laborer on a farm, aftenvard engag-\\ning to work by the month. He came to Jackson Co.,\\nMich., in 1862, where he followed the same [jursuit.\\nHe was there married. May 8, 1872, to Kitty J.,\\ndaughter of Joseph and Fannie (Walton) Longdon,\\nborn in England, Jan. 28, 1847. A year after his\\nmarriage he located in Norwich Townshi]), Newaygo\\nCounty, where he bought 80 acres of land, to which\\nhe afterwards added 40 acres more, and of the entire\\ntract 50 acres are under cultivation. In {xjlitical\\nsentiment he is a Republican, and has officiated as\\nConstable; is a member of the Free Methodist\\nCluirch.\\nThe family includes one child Elizabeth May,\\nborn Dec. 24, 1878.\\nijassius M. Woodard, merchant at Grant\\nStation, Ashland Township, was born\\nn{^ Sept. 21, 1856, near the city of Grand Rapids\\njlj Kent County. His parents, Amos and Ruth\\n(Congdon) Woodard, were early residents of\\nthat county, and were there married. They\\nremoved with their family to Muskegon County in\\ni860, and engaged in agriculture in Moreland Town-\\nship. Three years later they returned to Kent County,\\nwent again to Muskegon County (Casnovia), and\\nafterwards to Cedar Creek Township in that county.\\nMr. Woodard obtained a good practical education\\nduring the seven years he remained in Cedar Creek\\nTownship, and at 18 years of age became a teacher in\\nthe common schools of Newaygo, where he labored\\nfour years. In 1878 he went to the Commercial\\nCollege at Valparaiso, Ind., where he completed a\\nfull course of study according to the curriculum of\\nthe institution. He then went to Grand Rapids,\\nwhere he embarked in the grocery business. In 1880\\nhe established himself in trade in general merchan-\\ndise in Bridgeton, transferring his interests later to\\nAshland Center. He made a permanent settlement\\nat Grant Station in October, 1882, where he has since\\noperated prosperously, and is gradually extending his\\nradius of business relations. His stock includes all\\nvarieties of merchandise, to meet the local demand,\\nrepresenting a cash value of $5,000, with annual\\ntransactions aggregating $1 2,000. In addition he\\nhas established a tin shop, the trade therein requiring\\ntwo assistants.\\nIn political sentiment Mr. Woodard is a Republi-\\ncan, and has always been active in local politics. He\\nhas been Superintendent of the public schools and\\nJustice of the Peace for some time. He is connected\\nwiih the Masonic fraternity at Newaygo and with\\nLodge No. 362, I. O. O. F., at .Ashland Center.\\nMr. Woodard was married in Grand Rapids, Sept.\\n24, 1879, to Mattie, daughter of Calvin and Emily\\n1\\nt\\ni", "height": "2819", "width": "2254", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph11chic_0190.jp2"}, "191": {"fulltext": "1^^\\nii:. sj^#\\nNEWAYGO COUNTY.\\n!2Np(ir -sr\\n187 S\\nf(Woodard) Sutliff. (See sketch.) She was born in\\nBridgeton, May 6, 1859, and received her education\\nin her native township. She was an industrious\\nf student, working with a purpose, and at 15 years of\\nof age she commenced teaching, in which profession\\nshe proved herself capable, efficient and successful.\\nThe household includes two children, born as fol-\\nlows: Claude M., March 20, iSSr, and Dennis E.,\\nAug. 31, 1882.\\nA\\nV\\nc.\\nijj .eiiry T. Maynard, farmer, section 27, Den-\\nh ver Township, son of John and Lois (Cam-\\nber) Maynard, was born Dec. 12, i860.\\nO His parents were natives of Clinton County,\\nf Eng., and after coming to this country lived in\\nI New York two years, where his father was en-\\ngaged as a miller. They then moved to this State\\nand settled in Newaygo County on section 27, being\\namong the first settlers here. After a useful and\\nwell-spent life in preparing a home for a large family,\\nthey both died, leaving a vast circle of friends ^to\\nmourn their loss.\\nAlthough a young man, Henry has had all the\\nexperiences of a pioneer. He secured a fair educa-\\ntion in the district schools of his township, and the\\nremainder of his time has been spent in cultivating\\nhis farm of 80 acres. He is a hard worker, and has\\ninherited the good qualities of his honest parents.\\nIn ]X)litics he is an active Republican.\\nilliam Turner, farmer, section 27, Nor-\\nwich Township, was born in Cayuga Co.,\\n^r N. Y., March 20, 1832. His father, John Tur-\\nner, was born in New York, and in his native\\nSlate was a renter. Later in life he moved\\nto Oxford Co., Can., and there engaged a\\nnumber of years in farming, removing thence to\\nLaporte Co., Ind., to a farm near Valparaiso, Ind.,\\nwhere he spent the remainder of his life. He left a\\nlarge family of children, wCFh whom the mother, Sy-\\nrena (Smedley) Turner, returned to Canada, where\\nthey were reared and contributed to maintaining and\\nholding the household together. Mrs. Turner after-\\nward married Joseph Smith.\\nThe family lived remote from schools and their\\ncircumstances prevented the children from ol)taining\\nmuch education but their e.xperience and observa-\\ntion supplied a large degree of this deficiency. Mr.\\nTurner remained at home assisting his mother in her\\ncares until he was 22 years of age. He was then\\nmarried, Sept. 18, 1858, to Hannah, daughter of\\nChristopher and Jane (Smith) Stockdale, natives of\\nEngland. Mrs. Turner was born in Lower Canada,\\nFell. 7, 1830, and of her marriage to Mr. Turner\\ntwo children were born, as follows: Delilah, Sept. 6,\\n1862, and Lydia, May 17, 1868. The latter died\\nJuly 21, 1882.\\nAfter marriage Mr. Turner continued to labor as a\\nfarm hand. He managed a place owned by Homer\\nRanney and devoted to dairy purposes, and after\\nremaining in his employ eight years he resolved on\\nturning his energies to his own account. He came\\nto Michigan, arriving in the woods of Newaygo\\nCounty Sept. 9, 1874, and bought 40 acres of land,\\nwhich he proceeded to improve. He cut the forest\\ntrees and destroyed them by fire to obtain a field for\\na crop, built a log house and has expended years of\\nhard labor in preparing a home for his family. He\\nhas now 80 acres of land, with 25 acres improved.\\n^\u00c2\u00abHJl-*$s\\ni-feharles N. Alvord, carpenter, builder and\\nIfjis^ farmer, section 27, Ashland Township, was\\n-5^ born March 5, 1831, in Allegany Co., N. Y.\\nfilj His parents, Elias and Cynthia (Price) Alvord,\\nwere born in Cortland Co., N. Y., where they\\nwere married and resided some years, remov-\\ning thence to Allegany County. The father of Mr.\\nAlvord was a builder by profession and the son grad-\\nually acquired the details of the same calling, at which\\nhe worked under his father s instructions until he\\nwas 23 years old. Soon after he had reached that\\nage he went to McKean Co., Pa., where he was mar-\\nried, Dec. 25, 1853, to Mary E., daughter of Elister\\nand Margaret (Culp) Hargrave. The father was born\\nin England, the mother in New England. Their re-\\nspective families settled in McKean Co., Pa., where\\nthey were married, and the daughter was born, Feb.\\nf\\nK\\nC\\nr\\nm)\\\\r\\nm^^^^fCm", "height": "2831", "width": "2180", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph11chic_0191.jp2"}, "192": {"fulltext": "1 88\\n-7\\nv^^iiii :ddv v\\n^^4\\n1^\\n1\\nMEWAYGO COUNTY.\\n14,1832. She received a substantial education and\\nwhen 17 years old began teaching in tlie common\\nschools of her native county, continuing five years in\\nthat employ, when she was married. Mrs. Alvord is\\na lady of fine intellectual attainments and worthy\\ntraits of womanly character.\\nThe year following their marriage, Mr. and Mrs.\\nAlvord located in Kalamazoo Co., Mich., and after\\nworking a year at his trade Mr. A. worked as a farmer\\nin the townships of Prairie Ronde and Texas in that\\ncounty, until the spring of 1863, when they came to\\nNewaygo village, where Mr. Alvord established a\\nmeat-market and grocery, which he continued to con-\\nduct until 1867. He built a sash and door factory,\\nwhere he carried on an extensive a^id prosperous\\nbusiness, selling out a year later. In September,\\n1869, he settled on an improved farm, in Ashland\\nTownship, containing 80 acres, most of which is now\\nin a state of advanced cultivation. He has recently\\nerected handsome and substantial farm buildings, at\\nan expenditure of $2,000, and his hew residence, just\\ncompleted, cost about $3,000. He has further im-\\nproved his farm by setting out an orchard of 200\\nchoice varieties of fiuit-trees, and, altogether, has ar-\\nranged his place and farming interests with good\\njudgment and sound sense. Four children have been\\nborn to Mr. and Mrs. Alvord, Chester L., April 4,\\n1856; James Walter, Jan. 31, 1858; Nancy E.,\\nMarch 24, i860; Everett N., June 23, 1862.\\nMr. Alvord is a decided adherent to the tenets of\\nthe National party, and has held various township\\nand school offices. The famil) attend the M. E.\\nChurch.\\n1 illiam Dickinson, farmer, section 36, Den-\\nopBiaaKajic, ver I ownship, is a son of Philip and\\nfc ^ti^ Phebe (Hutchinson) Dickinson, natives of\\nJi Connecticut and of Welsh-English ancestry.\\nHe was born in Litchfield Co., Conn.,\\nNov. 29, i8ig. When he was ten years old his\\nparents moved to Trumbull Co., Ohio, where he\\nworked on a farm for 11 years. He then returned\\nto his native county and married Miss Caroline\\nHart, after which he engaged for seve^^l years in\\nthe manufacture of charcoal. He then returned to\\nTrumbull County and settled on a farm, where his\\nwife subsequently died. His second wife was Miss\\nSarah Barnes, to whom he was married Nov. 5, 1858\\nHer parents, Elijah and Diantha (Drake) Barnes,\\nwere natives of New York, where they were married\\nand subsequently moved to Fowler, Trumbull Co.,\\nOhio. Mrs. Dickinson was born at the last named\\nplace, Oct. 24, 1848. Mr. and Mrs. Dickinson\\nmoved to this county in the spring of 1863, settling\\nin Denver Township, where Mr. D. purchased 80\\nacres of land on section 36. He afterward purchased\\n120 acres more, and has 60 under improvement.\\nAug. 23, 1861, Mr. Dickinson enlisted in Co. A,\\n41st Ohio Inf., and served in the Army of the Cum-\\nberland, commanded by Gens. Buell and Nelson. He\\nwas in the battle of Corinth, and came home on\\nleave of absence July 24, 1862. He has] held the\\noffice of Highway Commissioner several years, and\\nin politics is a Greenbacker. Their children are\\nIda M., born June 8, 1859; George O., Aug. 11,\\n1863 Frank, July 23, 1866; Gertrude, Feb. 14, 1869;\\nAlice, Sept. 4, icS7i; John, Jan. 20, 1873; Willie,\\nSept. I, 1875 Orley, Sept. i, 1877 Philip, July 12,\\n1879; Chester, born Sept. 16, i85o, died June 22,\\n1876; Willie,, born Sept. 16, 1858, died July 22,\\n1862; Sherman, born March 14, 1865, died Aug. 13\\n1866.\\n9\\nii\\nI Cliy illiam Darling, the son of James and Mar-\\n^^^TTcj\u00c2\u00a3 garet (Misner) Darling, was born in\\nJ^p Tompkins Co., N. Y., May 19, 1822. His\\n.^iCn f ltlier was a native of Scotland and mother\\nof Germany. They came to Americti in an\\neady day and settled in the State of New York,\\nwhere they passed the remainder of their lives.\\nWilliam remained at home until about 30 years of\\nage, working on his father s farm. He came to Mich-\\nigan in the fall of 1858, and purchased 160 acres of\\nland, to which he has since added 40 acres of pine\\nland and has about 90 acres in good cultivation\\nwhere he now resides. He was married in the State\\nof New York, Aug. 31, 1852, to Mary daughter\\nof Jonathan and Susan Purdun, of F rench descent.\\nMr. and Mrs. Darling have had six children, viz.\\nAlice D., Lafayette, Ddfc A., and William Darling,\\nJr. Mary J. and Dora Ann are deceased.\\nMr. Darling affiliates with the Republican party.\\nm", "height": "2819", "width": "2254", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph11chic_0192.jp2"}, "193": {"fulltext": "", "height": "2831", "width": "2180", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph11chic_0193.jp2"}, "194": {"fulltext": "", "height": "2819", "width": "2254", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph11chic_0194.jp2"}, "195": {"fulltext": "", "height": "2831", "width": "2180", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph11chic_0195.jp2"}, "196": {"fulltext": "", "height": "2819", "width": "2254", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph11chic_0196.jp2"}, "197": {"fulltext": "\u00e2\u0096\u00a0s,/^^\\n^r|\u00c2\u00ab\\nT2i\u00e2\u0082\u00ac^^K e-v^iiii^nii v\\n-TT\\nNEWAYGO COUNTY.\\nii*\u00e2\u0082\u00ac^ ar\\n191\\nA\\nV\\n4\\nI\\ni\\nHe held the office of Justice of the Peace, Dayton\\nI ownshiii, whicli position lie resigned after serving\\ntwo jears. He was a charter menilicr of the Fre-\\nmont Grange, No. 495, 1*. of H.\\nilliam M. Pierson, farmt-r, section 35,\\nAshland Township, was born July 2, 1828,\\nWi^^o Steuben Co., N. Y. His parents were\\nMoses L. and Lydia (Fluent) Pierson. The\\n^1^ name represents old English stock which is\\ntraced back to the original settlers of the\\nAmerican Continent. The parents emigrated to\\nPortage Co., Ohio, in 1838, and three years later, in\\nthe fall of 1841, to De Kalb Co., Ind.\\nMr. Pierson was a member of his father s house-\\nhold until he was 21 years of age, and obtained all\\nthe education possible in a new country, working in\\nthe meanwhile on his father s farm. After attaining\\nhis majority he pursued the career of a common\\nlaborer at various places until he came to Michigan,\\nin the fall of 1852. He came to Casnovia, Muske-\\ngon County, and found employment as a farm assist-\\nant until 1859, when he became a pioneer settler of\\nAshland Township, where he was one of the fust to\\nput his shoulder to the wheel of local government.\\nHe was present at the first town meeting, and was\\nelected to the post of Constable, but. disliking the\\nsituation, he did not qualify. (The spring follow-\\ning his arrival in Muskegon County he assisted at the\\norganization of the township of Casnovia.) He built\\nthe palace of the pioneer on his tract of land and\\nhas placed 105 acres under improvement, withcredit-\\nable and suitable farm buildings. He is a typical\\nMichigan farmer, and takes a just pride in what he\\nhas accomplished by the united efforts of hands and\\nhead, figurative of strength and judgment. He\\npersistently declines office to which he has been re-\\npeatedly elected, and enjoys the esteem and respect\\nof his townsmen for the uprightness and integrity of\\nhis daily life and bearing toward his generation. Mr.\\nPierson enlisted Sept. 9, 1861, in the Second Mich.\\nC av., Co. E. His regiment was attached to the\\nWestern Division under General Halleck, and after\\nsome active service Mr. Pierson was discharged on\\nhis surgeon s certificate of disability, his papers l)ear-\\ning date of Feb. 17, 1862.\\nMr. Pierson was married March 18, 18 in Cas-\\nnovia Township, to Harriet, daughter of Drayton and\\nZilpha S. (I^oomis) Moore, natives of New England,\\nof genuine Yankee stock. Mrs. Pierson was born in\\nPortageCo., Ohio, May 7, 1836. Soon afterward her\\nparents went to Medina County, Ohio, and in\\nthe autumn of 1844 to De Kalb Co., Ind. She was\\n17 when her family settled in what is now Mus-\\nkegon Co., Mich., where she was married.\\nMr. and Mrs. Pierson have eight children, born as\\nfollows: Drayton H., Feb. 5, 1856; Louisa C, May\\n22,1857; Milon C, March 11, 1859; Rachel W.,\\nFeb. 26, 1861 Lewis B., July 19, 1864; Dennis V.,\\nJuly 14, 1868; William W.,Se|)t. 15, 1872; Julius A.,\\nOct. 6, 1875. The happy family circle is as yet in-\\ntact, the dark-winged destroyer iiaving never cast\\nhis gloomy shade over the brightness of paternal\\nand fraternal love and hope; and long may he with\\nhold his blighting visitation. The parents are de-\\nvoted adlierents to the United Brethren Ciuircli. Mr.\\nPierson is an unmistakable Republican.\\nAs pioneers eminently worthy the place, we insert\\nin this volume, in connection with this sketch, the\\nportraits of Mr. and Mrs. Pierson.\\n?Cy| almon P. Odell was born in Reading,\\n^If Hillsdale Co., Mich., May 6, 1846. H e\\nVj, lived at home most of the time until 20\\nit^ years of age, attending school until 17 years\\nold, then working at carpentering. In the\\n1 spring of 1863 he first came to Newaygo\\nCounty, remaining only a short time, then returned to\\nHillsdale County. In the fall of 1864 he enlisted\\nin the 30th Mich. Inf served nearly six months and\\nreceived an iwnorable discharge at Jackson, Mich.,\\nJune 17, 1865. This regiment was raised for Stale\\nduty, and, although mustered into the U. S. service,\\nwas not called into the field. He again came to\\nNewaygo County in the spring of 1867, and purchased\\n40 acres of wild land in Sheridan Township. He\\nbuilt a board house and cleared only a portion of the\\nland, when he sold his i)roperty to the Railroad Com-\\npany and moved into the village of Fremont, engag-\\ning in business with his brother, J. R. Odell, dealer\\nin drugs and groceries. He afterward took the stock\\nv^\\nA\\nX\\n^^^a\u00e2\u0080\u0094\\nM^^n 3 m^^y^^\\n^^-v^-", "height": "2831", "width": "2180", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph11chic_0197.jp2"}, "198": {"fulltext": "^m\\n)$f^#*--\\ni\\ns\\n192\\n-^r-7 :llI] :ilDv\\nNEWAYGO COUNTY.\\n^^m\\\\^:\\nof groceries, and for a short time carried on the bus-\\niness alone. He then sold out his stock, and after a\\nshort service with the Chicago West Michigan\\nRailroad Company, entered the employ of his brother,\\nwhere he still continues.\\nMr. Odell was married in what was then Sherman\\nTownship., but now Garfield, at the residence of, and\\nby, Benjamin Alton, Esij., to Adelaide M., daughter\\nof Elijah and Fidelia Fox, a native of Trumbull Co.\\nOhio. They have one child, Maurice, born June 9,\\n1871.\\nMr. Odell has held the office of Township Clerk\\none year, and Deputy Marshal about three terms.\\nHe is a member of the I. O. O. F., and has passed\\nthe chairs he is also a member of Henry Dobson\\nPost, G. A. R., and the Order of Chosen Friends. In\\npolitics he is neutral.\\n^3^\\nJi\u00e2\u0080\u0094A.\\nT~r\\nJ^Jl.\\nT~T\\nES-\\n\u00c2\u00abll^ iiiiam A. Anderson, farmer and miller.\\n\u00e2\u0080\u00a2?ls^5wJ? section 36, Denver Township, is a son of\\nVi^^P James F. and Catherine (Forbes) Anderson,\\nnatives of Ontario, Can., and was born Dec.\\nt2, 40, in Wellington County, in that dominion.\\nHe was educated in the select schools of his na-\\ntive county, and during the summer seasons worked\\non his father s farm, principally, until 20 years of\\nage, when he entered the employ of Dr. C. Beadle,\\nof St. Catherines, as retail agent, serving six months,\\nthen as collector for the same firm, in the nursery\\nbusiness, until 1863. His travel was extended over\\nvarious portions of the Province.\\nMr. Anderson then came to this county and set-\\ntled in Denver Township, where he was very extens-\\nively engaged in lumbering, disposing of many\\nthousand feet of Uimber annually, until 1878, when\\nhe turned his attention to farming. He has 80\\nacres of fine land, of which 40 arc improved. Dec.\\n25, 1864, he was married in Denver village, to Mrs.\\nPliebe (Stone) Barnhard, daughter of Aaron and\\nAmanda (Dickson) Stone, natives of Connecticut.\\nShe was born in Litchfield County, Sept. 10, 1840.\\nWhen she was 13 years old her parents moved to\\nDe Kalb Co., Ind., and lived three years, thence to this\\nState, locating in Denver Township, where she lived\\nuntil lier marriage. Mr. and Mrs. Anderson have\\nhad six children: Delos G., born Feb. 10, 1867;\\nCarrie, Feb. 19, 1869; Nellie, Nov. 15, 1872; Addie,\\nJan. 3, 1874; Willie B., born March 12, 1878, died\\nNov. 16, 1881 Albert G., June 22, 1880. Mrs. A.\\nhad one child by a former marriage Ocelia, born\\nAug. 19, 1 860, and died April 3, 1863. Mr. .Ander-\\nson is a member of the Masonic Lodge, No. 180,\\nFremont, and is devoted to the Republican party.\\n.dwin J. Eanney, farmer, section 26, Nor-\\nwich Township, was born in Rensselaer\\nCo., N. Y., Dec. 11, 1843. He is the son\\nof Edwin and Eliza C. (Button) Ranney. The\\nfather was born in Massachusetts, the mother\\nin Pittstown, N. V., and died in 1868. The\\nformer wai a cooper by occupation and came to\\nMichigan in 1854, locatingin Kent County, removing\\nlater to Ionia County, where he now resides.\\nMr. Ranney received a common-school education\\nin Ionia County, where he was reared and bred to the\\npursuit of agriculture. In 1871 became to Newaygo\\nCounty, and in the fall of that year homesteaded 80\\nacres of land. In politics he is a Republican and\\nhas held the offices of Township Clerk, Township\\nTreasurer and Road Commissioner.\\n-5\u00e2\u0080\u0094\\niKfauonzo Sweet, saddler, Dayton Township,\\nU^^^g was born in Walpole, Haldimand Co.,Can.,\\nSs^ Oct. 28, 1853. His father, Alonzo Sweet, was\\nl^r a native of the State of New York, and died\\nin 1869, in Canada. His mother, Sophia (Sil-\\nverthorne) Sweet, was born in Canada, and died in\\nDayton, this county, March 2, 1878. At the age of\\n17 Alonzo left home and was apprenticed to learn the\\nsaddler s trade, where he served three years. He\\ntlien worked at his trade nearly two years, when he,\\nin company with his iirother, opened a store and\\ncommenced business for themselves. At the end of\\ntwo years he sold out his interest, and in the spring\\nof 1876 came to this county and settled in Fremont.\\nHe purchased a shop, which he removed to its pres-\\nent location and which he now occupies and carries\\nc\\nA\\ni\\n35f:*4vj!^\\n^;^.JL\\n^iiii^nn^", "height": "2819", "width": "2254", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph11chic_0198.jp2"}, "199": {"fulltext": "-^i^^^K-\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0v mi^,m\\nn\\nV\\nNEWAYGO COUNTY.\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0-\u00e2\u0099\u00a6s-^\\n193\\non the leading business, in his line, of the town of\\nFremont.\\nMr. Sweet was married in Muskegon, Mich., April\\n14, 1879, to Julia A., daughter of Andrew and Ann\\nStone, natives of France and Ireland, respectively,\\nwho was a native of Canada, and lived at home until\\nher marriage. They have one child, Blanche, born\\nDec. 14, 1882. Mr. Sweet has held the office of\\nJustice of the Peace two years in Dayton Township,\\nis a member of the I. O. O. F., and in politics is a\\nRepublican.\\n||jf?ezekiah Turner, farmer, section 27, Nor-\\nwich Township, was born in Cayuga Co.,\\nN. Y., Feb. 25, 1830. His parents, John and\\nSyrena (Smedley) Turner, were natives of New\\nYork. The father died leaving a large family\\nof children dependent on their own and their\\nmother s exertions for a livelihood; consequently Mr.\\nT. grew to manhood with but few educational advan-\\ntages save such as acquired by necessity and observa-\\ntion, a kind that fits a man to do noble pioneer ser-\\nvice, and fill as honorable a position in the world as\\nthough he were trained under more favorable influ-\\nences.\\nMr. Turner was married in i860, to Matilda J.\\nTurner, a native of New Brunswick, by whom he has\\nhad eight children Charles W., Syrena E., Octavia\\nE., Alice R., Ida L., Ada B., Lucretia A. and John C.\\nThe two latter are deceased. Mr. and Mrs. Turner\\nremained in Canada four years after their marriage,\\nwhen they moved to Michigan, bought a farm in\\nIngham County, and devoted themselves to its im-\\nprovement. In 1875 they sold it and bought a farm\\nin Newaygo County, containing 80 acres, with 35 acres\\nnow improved. (See sketch of William Turner.)\\nK\\nHS^ eorge W. Bartlett, merchant and Post-\\njj!,y;;^4 master at .\u00e2\u0080\u00a2\\\\shland Center, was born Aug.\\nfi^ 12, 1850, in Saline Township, Washtenaw Co.,\\nJ^ Mich. His parents, Phineas and Mary A.\\n(Roys) Bartlett, were natives of New York,\\nwhere tkey were married, and shortly after\\ntliat event removed to Michigan. They settled for\\na time at Bridgewater, Washtenaw County, and re-\\nmoved later to Saline.\\nMr. Bartlett spent the years previous to the age of\\n18 in obtaining his education and assisting his father.\\nArriving at that age he became manager of the family\\nhomestead and operated in that capacity until the fall\\nof 1876, when he made a transfer to Bridgeton in\\nNewaygo County, and pursued agriculture until the\\nspringof 1883. In 1 880 he founded a mercantile bus-\\niness, which he managed in connection with his farm\\nuntil the above named date, when he disposed of\\nboth and located at Ashland Center, where he estab-\\nlished the business he has since conducted at that\\npoint. His stock in trade represents a cash value of\\nabout $5,000, and his yearly transactions cover an ap-\\nproximate amount of $9,000. His business is widen-\\ning in its extent and popularity, and he is increasing\\nhis store facilities to accommodate the growing de-\\nmands of his patronage. He was appointed Post-\\nmaster July I, 1883.\\nMr. Bartlett was married Jan. i, 187 i, in Alpine,\\nKent County, to Statira, daughter of Peter S. and\\nCordelia (Joslin) Smith, natives of the State of New\\nYork. Mrs. Bartlett was born in Plainfield, Kent\\nCounty, Feb. 2. 1848. Her parents removed in her\\nyouth to Alpine, where she grew to womanhood and\\nobtained a fair education. Mr. Bartlett is a Repub-\\nlican in political affiliation, and both himself and\\nwife are members of a temperance organization and of\\nthe Patrons of Husbandry, located at Ashland Center.\\nFour children have been born to them, as follows:\\nChades E., March 8, 1872; Maurice, Sept. 15, 1881;\\nClyde, Oct. 14, 1876 (died March 15, 1880); Arthur,\\nJan. 16, 1879 (died March 17, 1880).\\nSfnram Jones was born in the State of New\\npj| r York, Jan. i6, 1833. His parents, Sullivan\\nand Phebe (Billings) Jones, were natives of\\nMassachusetts and settled in the State of New\\nYork, where the father died in 1880. The\\nmother resides in Tioga County on a farm owned\\nby her son, Hiram. The latter lived at home until\\n19 years of age, when he went to Pennsylvania and\\nengaged in shingle-making, an occupation he followed\\nfor ten years. In the spring of 1863 he came to Ne-\\nwaygo. He first worked for a man by the name of\\nA\\nv\\nr", "height": "2831", "width": "2180", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph11chic_0199.jp2"}, "200": {"fulltext": "TT\\nv -?DD^DIlf^:^\\nA\\nV\\nJ??\\nNEWAYGO COUNTY.\\n^_ Blake, and was afterward employed by the Newaygo\\nLumber ompiny, remaining with them seven years.\\n_. He then engaged in business for himself, speculating\\nin lumber, etc., until the fall of 1872, when he came\\nt; to Fremont and engaged in lumbering and farming.\\nHe bought 320 acres of partly improved land, 220\\nacres being located in Sheridan Township. He\\nthen engaged in the manufacture of broom-handles\\nand cant-hooks, and is still following that occupation.\\nHe is general real-estate agent for the Empire Com-\\npany of Muskegon.\\nIn 1883 Mr. Jones formed a partnership with J\\nH. Keith, under the firm name of J. H. Keith Co\\nin the wine and lii[uor business in the village of\\nFremont. He was married in Grand Rapids, Aug.\\n19, 1873, to Mrs. Ann (Cotely) Valiet, a native of\\nNew York. He has held the office of Village Coun-\\ncilman two years has often been urged to accept\\ndifferent offices, but invariably declines. In politics,\\nhe is a Democrat.\\n-^-4^\\nilESfflirni J. Jakeway, superintendent of yards\\nH^^^ and lumber at Hungerford, was born Dec.\\n^Jij^M 15, 1842, in Herkimer Co., N. Y., and is the\\n^gr son of James and Catherine (Werrels) Jake-\\nway, who were also natives of the Empire\\nState, and who inoved to Michigan in 1852.\\nThe former is deceased.\\nMr. Jakeway was approaching manhood when the\\ncivil war broke out and, Aug. g, 1862, he enlisted in\\nthe 25th Mich. Vol. Inf., serving in defense of the\\nUnion until January, 1865. He was in the battles\\nat Perryville, Ky., Bowling (Ireen and Knoxville.\\nAt the latter place he was captured and finally sent\\nto the stockade prison at Andersonville, where his\\nexperiences, though the same in detail with thousands\\nof others, are no less replete with horror and suffering.\\nOn receiving his discharge he came to Michigan and\\nengaged in lumbering in the employ of Messrs.\\nHood Gale, of Big Rapids, in 1867, with whom he\\nremained five years. He then entered the service of\\nMessrs. Blodgett Brumon, where he operated in\\na similar capacity eight years. He came to Hunger-\\nford Sept. 14, 1882, and assumed the dvities ptrtain-\\ning to his present (wsition.\\nMr. Jakeway was married in Kent County, in 1867,\\nto Bridget Burke, who was born in 1847, in Canada.\\nHer parents were Michael and Ellen (Dorey) Burke.\\nMr. Jakeway s family includes seven children Mag-\\ngie, Katie, Alice, Nellie M., Mary E., Lena L. and\\nJames R.\\nhomas T. Woods, furniture dealer, Fre-\\nmont, was born in Mercer Co., Pa., Oct. 26,\\n1842. His parents were narives of Penn-\\nsylvania, and of English and Irish ancestry;\\nthe father died in Pennsylvania in 1857, and\\nthe mother resides in Youngstown, Ohio.\\nThomas left home when 13 years of age, and for\\ntwo years was employed on the Ohio River as deck-\\nhand. He then went to Niles, Ohio, where he worked\\na year and a half, thence to the Oil Regions of Penn-\\nsylvania, remaining three months. He enlisted in\\nthe 1 2th Pa. Cav., and served three years. He was\\nin the second battle of Bull Run, Antietam, and\\nWinchester, under Milroy, in 1862. At the place\\nlast named he was taken prisoner, June 15, and was\\nconfined seven months at Belle Island and Libby\\nprison. At the former place he was very sick and\\ncame near losing his life. After being paroled, he\\nwas honorably discharged at Washington, D. C,\\nMay 24, 1864. .\\\\fter a time he re-enlisted in the\\n8th Mich. Inf., and served till the close of the war\\nnine months. He was in the engagement before\\nPetersburg, Va., under Gen. Burnside, .^pril 3, 1865.\\nUpon his return from the army he settled in Detroit,\\nMich., where he was employed in the car works of\\nthat city for nearly two years, and soon after went\\nto Chicago, and worked in a sash and l)lind factory\\nneariy two years. He then returned to Detroit, re-\\nmaining two years, and was then employed by the\\nDetroit, Milwaukee Grand Haven Railroad Com-\\nl)any about nine years in bridge building, having in\\nhis employ from 10 to 40 men.\\nIn the spring of 1874 Mr. Woods settled in Fre-\\nmont, Newaygo County, and purchased the furniture\\nstock of Benjamin Alton. He still carries on the\\nbusiness, and, with a stock of $2,000, has the leading\\ntrade of this kind in the i)lace. During the past\\nnine years he lias lieen largely engaged in building,\\nhaving erected a large number of llie buildings in\\nFremont. He was married at Grand Rapids, Mich.,\\nV^\\nA\\nv^:\\n.Lik.\\n-^^i]!]:^:tl(lv\\n\u00c2\u00ab4)*\u00c2\u00ae5^f^\\nI\\nm", "height": "2819", "width": "2254", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph11chic_0200.jp2"}, "201": {"fulltext": "/NEWAYGO COUNTY.\\n-^4^^Jf\\nDec. 15, 1873, to Viola C, daughter of Ephraini and\\nSusan (Redfield) Richmond, natives of Xew \\\\ork,\\nwhere their daughter was born Feb. 8, 1856. Mr.\\nWoods has held the office of Village Marshall one\\nyear, was a member of the Council six years. Deputy\\nSheriff six years, Under-Sheriff two years, and Treas-\\nurer of Sheridan Township eight years. He is a\\nmember of the Masonic Order, and practically be-\\nlongs to the Greenback party.\\n^/V^^I-I^S-l/vv-T-\\n^Imont A. Degroot, M. D., physician and\\n_^ surgeon, resident of Hungerford, was born\\nSj|j\u00c2\u00bb^ in Owego, Tioga Co., N. Y., June 23, 1832,\\nand is a son of David and Jane (Farnjiam)\\nDegroot, who were also natives of the State of\\nNew York; the former died Oct. 21, 1883.\\nDr. Degroot received a primary common- school ed-\\nucation, and at 18 years of age began the study of\\nmedicine, reading three years witli Dr. J. 15. Druui-\\nniond, of New York. He began the practice of liis\\nprofession in Pennsylvania and came to Michigan in\\nthe spring of 1865. He discharged the duties of a\\nmedical practitioner in Mecosta and Montcalm\\nCounties six years, then went to Southern Michigan\\nand practiced his profession three years in P-aton\\nand Calhoun Counties. He came to Newaygo\\nCounty in 1S79, and lias since been in successful\\nbusiness at Hungerford.\\nHe was married in March, 1850, to Nancy I. Cady,\\na native of Steuben Co., N. Y. She died leaving four\\nchildren David R., Lucy A., Charles \\\\V. and Wal\\nlace G. Dr. Degroot was a second time married in\\ni860, to Lovinia A. Reynolds, who was born in\\nTioga Co., Pa., in 1830. He owns 80 acres of land\\nin Mecosta, and is health officer of Norwich Town-\\nship; is a member of the United Brethren Cliurch.\\nyl-t ohn B. Ketchum, a son of Thaddeus 11.\\n[^g,: and Pheljc I,. (Lawson) Ketchum, natives\\nI-j:? Qf Njj^y York, was born in Canada, Nov.\\n24, 1845. He lived at home, attending school\\n^r and assisting his father on the farm until 20\\nyears of age, and then opened a resl.niiant,\\nwhich he operated nearly two years, when he sold\\nVg l*\u00e2\u0080\u0094\\nout, and in the spring of 1868 came direct to Ne-\\nwaygo t ounty, where he purchased 40 acres of wild\\nland in Dayton Townshii). He made some slight\\nimprovements on the land and then sold it. He fol-\\nlowed photography four or five years, and in the\\nmeantime became interested in a grocery and notion\\nstore. He sold out his business as photographer and\\ninvested more heavily in the store, and is now en-\\ngaged exclusively in merchandising. He carries a\\nstock of nearly $5,000.\\nMr. Ketchum was married in Canada, in A|iril\\n1.S6S, to Helen L., daughter of Duncan and Sarah\\nMcKenzie, natives of Canada, and they have five\\nchildren: Louis A., Marshall F., Lula, Lena and\\nRaymond. Mr. K. has been Councilman two years,\\nand is a meml)er of the Masonic Order.\\n*fji(^vJharle.s Blood, farmer, section 27, Ashland\\nejIpS^ Township, was born in Alpine, Kent Co.,\\n^ip Mich., July 8, 1839, and is the son of Francis\\n^p and Amy (Bigelow) Blood. The parents were\\nI natives of New York, and after their marriage\\nbecame residents of Alpine, whence they removed to\\nWalker Tovvnsliii), where the father engaged in estab-\\nlishing mail routes and stage lines. The son became\\na driver for his father and continued in the calling\\nuntil he was 18 years old.\\nMr. Blood s father gave him a deed to 80 acres of\\nland on section 28, and at the age named above he\\nlocated thereon, olitained some farming land adjoin-\\ning and built a small house. He was married in\\nGrant Township, Nov. 9, 1861, to Hannah, daughter\\nof Willard and Eliza (Whitney) Post. She was born\\nAug. 27, 1842, in Orleans Co., N. Y., of which State\\nher parents were also natives. In 1844 the family\\nsettled in Hillsdale Co., Mich., locating on a farm in\\nSomerset Township. When the daughter was 17\\nyears old they came to Grant, Ashland Townshiii.\\nAfter marriage Mr. Blood established himself on\\nhis farm, to wliicli he has given his best energies and\\nsecured an additional acreage until he now owns\\n255 acres, in one of the best locations in the county.\\nHis farm ranks among the finest in the township,\\nand he is rated as one of liie most practical and |)ro-\\ngressive farmers in Northern Micliigan. I lis farm\\nv:\\nA\\nn\\na ^dd:^pds a\\nj:^", "height": "2831", "width": "2211", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph11chic_0201.jp2"}, "202": {"fulltext": "m\\nV\\nI\\nt\\nraC o X ^llD: :^(l^^ r\\nPEi^;;?\\n5s^r\\n196\\nNEWAYGO COUNTY.\\nfixtures give manifest evidence to the average ob-\\nserver of his industry and sound judgment. His\\nhandsome residence is an ornament to his farm and\\na credit to the township. He is a Republican in po-\\nlitical sentiment, and connected with the Masonic\\nOrder, Lodge No. 131, at Newaygo, in which body he\\nhas officiated as Treasurer two years. Himself and\\nwife are members of the Order of Patrons of Hus-\\nbandry, Lodge No. 545, at Ashland Center. Mr. and\\nMrs. Blood are the parents of eight children, all of\\nwhom survive and were born as follows Lula L.,\\nApril 29, 1863 Alice L., May 5, 1865 Irene, Aug.\\n31, 1868; Jennie, April 27, 1870; Nellie, July 25,\\n1872; C.Albert, July 25, 1874; \\\\Vilber, Dec. 10\\n1879; Kittie E., Nov. 17, 1881.\\nI illiam Davis, farmer, section 20, Sherman\\nTownship, was born in Tucarawas Co.,\\njpS^ p Ohio, Oct. 3, 1847. He came with his par-\\nIr^ ents to De Kalb Co., Ind., where he lived\\nimtil the fall of 1880, when became to Neway-\\ngo County and settled on 60 acres of land he\\nhad previously purchased, in Sherman Township.\\nHe has 15 acres under cultivation. He was married\\nin De Kalb Co., Ind., to Martha Rodarmer, a native\\nof Ohio. She was finely educated and taught school\\n26 terms. Mr. and Mrs. Davis have two children,\\nNellie and Harry D. Mr. Davis was elected School\\nInspector in the spring of 1882, and is now an in-\\ncumbent of that office is also Treasurer of School\\nDistrict No. 3, Sherman Township. He is a Repub-\\nlican, and his wife is a memljer of the United Breth-\\nren Church.\\n^^^i-i^S vv J-\\neorge W. Taite was born in Jefferson Co.,\\njirrngscp: N. V., June 23, 1 83S. His parents, George\\n^^W. and Jeanette (Kearns) Taite, were natives\\nof Scotland, and came to America about 1833.\\nThey first settled in New York, and afterward\\nmoved to Wisconsin and remained there as\\nlong as they lived. Ceorge was eight years of age\\nwhen his parents moved to Wisconsin. He lived\\nkegon, Mich., where he was engaged in farming and\\nlumbering until the summer of 1883, when, in com-\\npany with Henry Orton, he engaged to take charge\\nof the County Poor Farm of Newaygo County.\\nThis farm consists of 140 acres, 96 of which are un-\\nder cultivation. In June, 1875. Mr. Taite purchased\\n60 acres of land in Sherman Township, and culti-\\nvated it until the spring of 1882, when he sold to\\nByron Waters.\\nHe was first married July i, 1866, at Newaygo, to\\nFlorence Joslin, daughter of Daniel Joslin, of the\\nsame place, and they had one child, George, born\\nApril 9, 187 1. He was again married, Feb. 13,\\n1S83, to Rhoda, daughter of Ansel and Roseltha\\nSteel, the former a native of New York and the latter\\nof Ohio; they settled in Michigan in an early day.\\nFor the last 15 years Mr. Taite has been foreman\\nof large lumbering companies, being three years with\\nKelly, Wood Co., of Muskegon, five years with O.\\nW. Squires, etc. He is a member of the I. O. O. F.\\nand of the G. A. R. In politics he is a National.\\nJune 12, 186 1, he enlisted in the 3d Mich. Inf, and\\nserved till October, 1862. He was then discharged\\non account of disability, having received a gunshot\\nwound in the left hand at the battle of Malvern Hill.\\nHe was in the first battle of Bull Run, when, with\\n160 men, he was detailed as advance skirmisher.\\nHe was in the Peninsular campaign with McClellan,\\nat Fair Oaks, siege of Yorktown, Williamsburg and\\nseveral others. Mi. Taite receives a pension, which\\nhe greatly deserves.\\nV^=A=!\\nE\\n^*S4H\\nm\\nthere until the death of his mother, then came to Mus\\nI\\n.j p^ Scotland. He is a son of Malcom and Mary\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0ilaT (McArthur) Campbell, natives of Scotland,\\n1^ who emigrated to Canada in 1850, and there\\npassed the remainder of their lives.\\nMr. t ampbell, Sr., died when Archibald was in early\\nchildhood, and he was taken in charge by his uncle,\\nHugh Campbell, with whom he resided until he had\\nattained the age of 13 years, when he went to live\\nwith his brother John. He attended the district\\nschools most of the time until he was 17 years old.\\nHe then set himself to carve out his career and wen\\nc\\no\\nfir\\n(\u00e2\u0080\u00a2J\\nr 1 1 rchibald Campbell, merchant, at Lumber-\\nton, was born Aug. i, 1847, in Argyleshire,\\nt\\n9", "height": "2819", "width": "2254", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph11chic_0202.jp2"}, "203": {"fulltext": "\u00e2\u0096\u00a0\u00e2\u0096\u00a0^)s/^-)(^t|^\\n-2 \u00e2\u0082\u00ac^J\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0t:nr ^Iltl :tlD\\nV\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0^t^ i\\nNEWAYGO COUNTY.\\n197\\nfirst to Buffalo, where he entered the lake service as\\na sailor. The year following (1865) he came to\\nMichigan and located at Muskegon, where he ob-\\ntained employ as a lumberman. He followed that\\noccupation until the fall of 1882, when, associated\\nwith Fred Ganson, he established his present busi-\\nness, which he is prosecuting with satisfactory results.\\nMr. Campbell was married at Big Rapids, Mecosta\\nCounty, May 28, 1874, to Katie, daughter of ThiliiJ\\nand Julia (O Neil) Haslani, both of whom were na-\\ntives of Ireland. She was born in Hudson, Mich.,\\nMay 23, 1853. Her mother is deceased and her\\nfather resides in Mecosta County. Mr. Campbell is\\na member of the Masonic Order.\\nV\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0V\\nrlando McNabb, Village Attorney, Fremont,\\nwas born in Tuscarawas Co., Ohio, Jan. 20,\\n1846. His parents, James J. and Eliza\\n(McKine) McNabb, were natives of Ohio, and\\nof Scotch-Irish descent. He attended school\\nintil 18 years of age, and Feb. 7, 1864, en-\\nlisted in Co. A, i5Sth Ind. Reg., serving one year,\\nand was honorably discharged at Dover, Del., in\\nSeptember, 1865. After his return from the army\\nhe commenced the study of medicine with Hector\\nHill, of Rochester,- Ind. He continued his studies\\nfour years, attending one course of lectures at the\\nMichigan University. In May, 1869, he came to\\nHesperia, this county, and commenced the practice\\nof his profession. In 1873 he abandoned his pro-\\nfession and went to Chicago, where he gave his at-\\ntention to the study of law until 1876, then went to\\nPeru, Ind., and practiced his profession three years.\\nJan. 6, i88r, he settled in Fremont, this county,\\nwhere he has since followed his calling. In the\\nspring of 1883 he was elected Village Attorne)-, which\\noffice he now fills.\\nohn Rooke, son of William and Sarah\\nRooke, natives of England, was born Oct.\\n28, 1 8 14. His education was limited; was\\nemployed eight years in a (louring mill, in his\\nnative country when 23 years of age he came\\nto America, and worked one year in a flouring\\ns^ mill in Canada in the s|iring of 1837 he came to\\nMichigan and was employed four and a half years in\\na mill in Oakland County, and thirteen years in\\nCrand Rapids. In the summer of 1855 he bought\\na grist-mill in Denver Township, this county, which\\nhe operated until the fall of 1882, and moved his\\nfamily to Dayton Township, upon 100 acres of land,\\nwhich he had bought in 1856, at $1.25 an acre.\\nAbout 50 acres are im|)roved.\\nMr. Rooke was married in Ada, Kent Co., Mich.,\\nOct. 23, 1854, to Jane M., daughter of Caleb and\\nMaria Wilcox, natives of New York, where Mrs. R.\\nwas born, April 23, 1833. The following are the\\ndates of birth and names of their children: Ella I.,\\nborn Aug. 27, 1855; Mary Jessie, Nov. 4, 1856;\\nWilliam C, July 24, 1858; John I., Feb. 25, i860;\\nDaniel W. L., July 25, 1861 Maria J., Jan. i, 1863;\\nSarah J., March 14, 1864; Clara M., Dec. 4, 1865;\\nIda M., Nov. 25, 1867; Arthur A., Sept. 4, 1869;\\nLizzie A., Dec. 6, 1870; Ralph C, June 30, 1872;\\nAlmy G., Feb. 27, 1874. All these thirteen children\\nare now living.\\nMr. R. was formerly an Odd Fellow, in Canada\\nhas always been a hard-working man, being obliged\\nto work late at night. He commenced with no cap-\\nital, but by his industry and economy he has gained\\na competency. He crossed the Atlantic in a sailing\\nvessel, being 43 days on the journey, and suffered\\nmuch from sea-sickness. In political matters Mr. R.\\nis a Republican.\\nuiacfl\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00baSf-S^ZIOTtv\\n5 rf \\\\rkoses H. Snyder, farmer, section i8, Sher-\\n;i tiiksia! idan Township, is a son of George J. and\\nAvj^ Mary E. Snyder, natives of New York\\n,V/r^ and Massachusetts respectively, and was\\n)orn in Oneida Co., N. Y., Nov. 12, 1838. He\\nived in his native State until 17 years of age,\\nI\\ni^\\nI\\nthen came to Muskegon Co., Mich., and was em-\\nployed in the woods for three winters. In the fall of\\n1859 he pre-empted 160 acres of land in Muskegon\\nCounty, and afterward ascertained that his claim was\\nnot valid, as it belonged to the Indians; Mr. S. wa.s\\ntherefore a loser to the extent of $100. In the sprint;\\nof 1S60 he came to Newaygo County and bought 83\\nacres of good land for 50 cents an acre, where he now\\nresides. He has about 60 acres under cultivation,\\nm\\nr\\nr\\n%^^M^W^^^ 5 ,g3 (K-\\n-4^^^", "height": "2831", "width": "2211", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph11chic_0203.jp2"}, "204": {"fulltext": "198\\nTC^llti :Dll T-\\ni\\n1\\nTT\\nNEWAYGO COUNTY.\\nr^sr\\n-^\u00e2\u0080\u00a24 ^^fS^\\nwith good buildings. In 1864 he was drafted into\\nthe army and paid $.500 for a substitute.\\nMr. Snyder was married Aug. 10, 1863, by Elder\\nRaskins, a Baptist preacher, to Josephine McGill.\\nThey were married in Hesperia, which then consisted\\nof only one building. Mrs. Snyder s parents were\\nJohn and Sarah Mc lill, natives of New York. Mr.\\nand Mrs. Snyder have luui eight children, six of whom\\nare living: Josephine, Enieline M., Sarah E.,Georgi-\\nana, Frank H. and Waitie A.; two died in infancy.\\nMr. Snyder was one of the organizers of the town-\\nship of Cedar Creek, Muskegon County, and held\\nthe offlce of Constable in that township one year. He\\nalso assisted in the organization of Sheridan Town-\\nship, and held the office of Justice of the Peace four\\nyears, and was a school officer several years. He is\\na member of Holton Lodge No. 2,050, K. of H., and\\nin politics is a Rei ul)lican.\\n_i_Ju\\nK-\\n^i^S^oseph Whitehead, farmer, section 2, Day-\\nf,f ton Townshii), is a son of Aaron and Es-\\nther (Searies) Whitehead, and was born in\\nCanada East, June 3, 1834. His father was a\\nir native of New York and his mother of Ver-\\nI) mont. After marriage they fust settled in Can-\\nada, but afterward moved to Oiiio and thence to\\nMichigan they both died in Dayton I ownship.\\nJoseph was three years of age when his i)arents\\nmoved to Ohio. After coming to Michigan he made\\na home for them as long as they lived. He came to\\nNewaygo County in the sjiring of 1858, and (lur-\\nchased 80 acres of wild land in Dayton Township,\\non section 2. He has since lived on this farm, and\\nnow has 50 acres in a good state of cultivation. He\\nwas married in Dayton Townshii), Jidy 4, 1861, to\\nEmma J., daughter of Clark and Mary B. Hender-\\nson, natives of New York, where Mrs. W was born,\\nin 1846. Her father died in Berrien Co., Mich., and\\nher mother makes her home with her children. Mr.\\nand Mrs. Whitehead have had eiglit children, only\\none, John Albert, surviving.\\nMr. Whitehead was drafted in tlie f.dl of 1864,\\nand was assigned to the 13th Mich. Inf., and joined\\nhis regiment at Chattanooga, Tenn and was with\\nSherman in his march to the sea. He was with his\\ncommand until the army marched to Washington\\nand was discharged in June, 1S65. .\\\\t one time Mr.\\nW. was reported to be among the missing; but it\\nproved to be a mistake. He was very ill while in the\\narmy, for three weeks, in consequence of which his\\nhealth was considerably impaired.\\nMr. Whitehead has never held an office, although\\nfreipiently importuned to do so. In politics he is a\\nRepublican. He was the fourth settler in Dayton\\nTownship.\\nD-^\u00e2\u0080\u0094 5-\\n^44 !^3k,,io\\n\u00c2\u00ab\\\\tajec\u00c2\u00a9 i@^\\n./gl-a/zraaj*\\n1\\nohn A. Cornet, farmer, section 36, Den-\\nver Townsliip, son of Robert and Susanna\\n\u00e2\u0080\u00a2p (Smith) Cornet, natives of Ontario, Can.,\\n%h was born in the Township of Hope, Canada,\\n^r Sept. 19, 1859. His father died when he was\\nan infant, and he was left to his own resources\\nat a very eariy age. At the age of eight he engaged\\non a farm in the neighborhood until the fall of 1877,\\nwith the exception of one year that he was engaged\\nin a woolen factory. He then came to this State and\\nlocated in Whitehall, Muskegon County, where he\\nwas engaged in lumbering one year, then came to\\nFremont and went to lumbering on White River.\\nApril 5, 1882, at Hesi)eria, he was married to Miss\\nLaura Miller, daughter of Jacob and Eliza (Zigler)\\nMiller, natives of New York city, who was born Nov.\\n12, 1862, in Denver Township, where she was reared\\nand educated. After her marriage, herself and hus-\\nband settled upon her father s farm, where they still\\nreside. They have had two children, twins, born\\nApril 19, 1883; Frank E. survives; Fanny B. died\\nAug. 25, 1883. Mr. C. is a member of the Orange-\\nmen s Association, of Ontario, Can. In politics he\\nis a Republican.\\nI\\n1\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0^7^ II!1:a-\\nhaddeus L. Waters was born in New\\nYork, June 29, 1835. His parents, Harvey\\nand Sarah (Dunning) Waters, were also\\nnatives of New York, where tliey were married\\nand immediately went to Ohio. After living jpj?\\nin that State for nearly 18 years, they moved to (^i\\nHillsdale Co., Mich., where they passed the re-\\nmy ^-^^mj^", "height": "2819", "width": "2254", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph11chic_0204.jp2"}, "205": {"fulltext": "", "height": "2831", "width": "2211", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph11chic_0205.jp2"}, "206": {"fulltext": "-f^", "height": "2819", "width": "2254", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph11chic_0206.jp2"}, "207": {"fulltext": "(^^f^^/^^i^^^\\nm\\nT2i\u00e2\u0082\u00ac^^? 6V ^Dt]^lln^ r\\nrr\\n-lai^\\n4^^f\\n(Vi\\nA\\nV\\ns\\nA\\nNEIVAYGO COUNTY.\\nmainder of llieir lives. Thaddcus spent his boy-\\nhood days ill Ohio, attending the common schools of\\nthat State, and at the age of i8 years came with\\nhis parents to Michigan. He taught school tlie\\nlast year he lived in Ohio and for two years after he\\ncame to Michigan. In the spring of 18515 he came\\nto Fremont, this county, purchased 40 acres of wild\\nland, and at once commenced to clear it and build a\\nlog house. He spent most of his time in locating\\nlands, and nearly all of the old settlers were con-\\nducted through the vast forest, there being no roads\\nleading to the north and west.\\nMr. Waters was married in Fremont, this county,\\nMay 27, 1855, to Laura J., only daughter of Daniel\\nand Emily A. (.Salisbury) Weaver, the former a\\nnative of Massachusetts and the latter of New York.\\nThey were married in the latter State and went at\\nonce to Michigan, then a Territory, settling in Adri-\\nan. In 1855 they canne to Newaygo County, where\\nMr. Weaver built the first log house of Fremont,\\nwhich was used as a hotel, store and postoffice; it\\nwas also used as a school-house, and the first couple\\never married in Fremont was married in this same\\nlog house, the couple being Mr. and Mrs. T. L.\\nWaters. The house was built on the lot nearly op-\\nposite the new brick school-house on Main Street. Mr.\\nWeaver also built the first frame house in the town,\\nwiiicli now stands directly opposite the brick school-\\nhouse, and the first frame barn, which stood on the\\nspot where the brick school-house now stands. Mrs.\\nWeaver died in Hesperia, this county, Dec. 22, 1879;\\nMr. Weaver still resides in Hesperia.\\nMr. and Mrs. Waters have had five children; Al-\\npha F., born Jan. 20, 1857 Theron D., May i, 185 3;\\nAlbert J., July 4, i860; Frankie E., Aug. 3, 1868,\\nand Hiram J., March 30, 1878. Mr. Waters enlisted\\nAug. 15, 1862, in Co. G, 2d Mich. Cav., and served\\nnearly three years. He was in the battle of I erry-\\nviUe, Ky., Thompson s Station, Tenn., and the battle\\nof Chickamauga. At the last named battle, Sept. 20,\\n1863, he was taken prisoner, and was retained until\\nthe close of the war, being confined at Richmond,\\nVa., two months, Danville, Va., six months, and ten\\nmonths in that terrible prison at Andersonville, where\\nso many of our brave soldiers were sacrificed; he\\nwas in the last sijuad of men that passed out of that\\ndismal den of horrors. He received a bayonet wound\\nin the hip by a rebel guard, while in Danville. He\\nnow receives a pension, which he justly deserves.\\nMr. Waters has been engaged in surveying since\\n1S67. He surveyed and laid out the town of Hes-\\nperia, this county. He has held the office of Town-\\nship Clerk three years, and is now Drain Commis-\\nsioner of Sheridan Township. Mr. and Mrs. Waters\\nare members of the Seventh-Day Advent Church. In\\npolitics Mr. Waters is a prominent member of the\\nGreenback party.\\n\u00e2\u0080\u00a2otacc\\n5?^ f^\u00c2\u00ae ZraTOvi.\\nKi hilip P. Hoffman, farmer, section 35, Ash-\\niafJl V land Township, was born May 18, 1830, in\\nJ Kx Prussia, also tiie native countrv of his par-\\nJ/V.\\njf ents, Philip P. and Mary M. Hoffman. The\\nson received the degree of education common\\nto his class in Prussia (which is much more thorough\\nthm in this country) up to a certain age, wlien the\\nfinal disposal of young men is determined upon,\\neither to the trades or military life, save in time of\\nwar, when no choice can be enjoyed.\\nMr. Hoffman was ajjprenticed at the age of 15\\nyears for two and a half years to acipiire the trade of\\na builder, at which he worked until he was of age,\\nwhen he was drafted into the German (jovernment\\nservice and remained two years. He stayed at home\\nbut a short period after his discharge, and in the\\nspring of 1S54 came to the United States and set-\\ntled in the city of Newark, N. J., where he operated\\nas a builder until the fall of 1858, when he set out\\non a prospecting tour through the Great West. He\\nfinally stopped at Milwaukee, and in the spring of\\n1859 came to Muskegon, and remained until the sum-\\nmer of 1 860, when he came to Bridgeton and entered\\nthe employ of I. D. Merrill as shingle-packer,\\nand continued in that occupation until 1870. Mean-\\nwhile, in 1863, he purchased 80 acres of land on sec-\\ntion 35. Of this he took possession in all the high\\nhopefulness and ardent anticipation of a man who\\nbrings the efforts of his life and all his expanding en-\\nergies to bear upon the one purpose which gives\\npromise to the future and makes labor sweet and pri-\\nvation endurable, the building up of a home and\\ndomestic ties. M r. Hoffman enlisted all the forces\\nof his warm Teutonic nature in the crowning event of\\nhis life and devoted his best energies to preparing a\\ni\\nc\\n/s\\nc\\nC^[1!l ^nn;^.i-^.", "height": "2831", "width": "2211", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph11chic_0207.jp2"}, "208": {"fulltext": "V\\nJ\\n1\\n-2J^^^a^ ^n D n Dr r\\n!r i\\nJVEWAYGO COUNTY.\\nA\\nliome for the bride whose promise he had won, and to\\nwhose yjrecincts she would soon l)ring the grace and\\nbeauty which in his sight was pre-eminent to that of\\nall others of her sex in the world. Hut she was also fair\\nto the angels of God, and shortly before the date ap-\\npointed for her marriage she was called hence to an\\nundying youth and a life of fadeless promise in the\\nrealms of eternal beauty. Ix yal to the love of his\\nyoung, hoj^eful manhood, Mr. Hoffman has passed\\nhis years in the sacred observance of the vows to which\\nhe considers himself bound by the early death of\\nhis promised wife, and, after he had reconciled him-\\nself to an occupation of the place which once meant\\nso much to him, he devoted his succeeding years to\\nrendering it beautiful and attractive. He is living in\\nquiet, reserved retirement, hoping for reunion and the\\nfulfillment of his delayed happiness and companion-\\nship.\\nIn political sentiment he is a Republican.\\nThe portrait of Mr. Hoffman appears on another\\npage in this volume.\\ni heodore S. Frey, Treasurer of Newaygo\\nCounty, resident at Newaygo, was born in\\nCrawford Co., Pa., Jan. 26, 1835. He is ason\\nof Simeon and Mary (Lewis) Frey. His father\\nis of German descent, and was born June 15,\\n1813, on the same farm he now occupies, in\\nCrawford Co., Pa. The mother was born in the same\\ncounty, of Welsh parentage.\\nAt the age of 22, Mr. Frey bought a farm of 50\\nacres in Ashtabula Co., Ohio, where he resided until\\n1867, when he removed to Ensley Township, Ne-\\nwaygo County, and located on a farm which he had\\nobtained in exchange for the property named. He\\nremained a resident of Ensley until January, 1883,\\nwhen he was elected County Treasurer. He removed\\nto Newaygo in April, 1883, and bought the residence\\nhe now occupies.\\nI Ic was married at Lineville, Pa., .\\\\pvil 2, 1857,\\nto Rachel V., daughter of .Smith and Mary Line, born\\nin Lineville, Aug. 23, 1836. Of their marriage four\\nchildren have been born Alton .S., Simeon U ilber,\\nMary L. and Flora Adella.\\nAt the age of 18 Mr. Frey attended the Allegheny\\nCollege in Pennsylvania and took a course of theo-\\nlogical study. After completing his preparation for\\nthe ministry he was ordained at Youngstown, Ohio,\\nand has continued the labors of a preacher, either\\nlocal or circuit, ever since, in addition to his duties as\\na farmer and in his public capacities. After coming\\nto Ensley he was received into the M. E. Conference,\\nwith which he was connected six years. He has\\nbeen engaged in ministerial work most of the time\\nsince he came to Newaygo.\\ngustine White, farmer, section 22, is a\\nson ofThomas and Elizabeth White, natives\\nof Ireland and Pennsylvania respectively, and\\n\u00e2\u0080\u00a2ajiborn in the latter State Dec. 7,1849. At\\nthe age of seven years he came with his par-\\nents to Cass Co., Mich., where he lived most\\nof the time until the spring of 1878,- when he came\\nto Newaygo County and purchased 80 acres of wild\\nland on section 23, Sheridan Township he purchased\\nan additional 80 in 1883, and has 60 acres, on which\\nhe now resides, under improvement. He was mar\\nried in St Joseph Co., Mich., to Isabella Stevens,\\ndaughter of Charles and Harriet Stevens, natives of\\nOhio and. residents of Sheridan Township. They\\nhave three children May H., Lou E. and Charles\\nT. Mr. and Mrs. A\\\\ hite are members of the Advent\\nChurch, and in politics he is a Greenbacker. Mr.\\nWhite owns altogether 240 acres of land in Sheridan\\nTownship.\\n-.4.JL\\n^ll!I\\nimothy Everington, farmer, section 16,\\nDayton Township, son of Joseph and Ann\\n(Pacy) Everington, was born in England\\nJune 12, 1833. He remained in his native\\ncountry until 21 years of age, when he came\\nto ,\\\\merica, first settling in Canada, where he\\nlived about 8 years, then came to Newaygo County,\\nthis State. He was employed about three years in\\nchopping and lumbering, then purchased So acres of\\nwild land on section 16, Dayton Township, where he\\nA\\nfc-\\nt\\nMl", "height": "2819", "width": "2254", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph11chic_0208.jp2"}, "209": {"fulltext": ":ss^^^\\n:DIi:^:C[ls r\\nI\\nJ\\n0^\\\\\\nV\\niV^PT^yGO COUNTY.\\n^m\\n203\\nnow resides, and has 40 acres under good cultivation.\\nMr. E. is a charter member of the local grange of\\nPatrons of Husbandry, and in politics is a Republi-\\ncan.\\nacob Miller, farmer, Denver Township, is a\\njte- son of Jacob and Catherine Miller, natives\\nof France, and was born in that country\\n^Aug. 25, 1831. He came to America when 19\\nyears of age, and lived in Erie County, N. Y.,\\nfour years. In the winter of 1855 he came to\\nNewaygo County and took up 40 acres of Govern-\\nment land in Denver Township. He has since\\nadded 120 acres to his farm, and has 100 under cul-\\ntivation. Mr. Miller was married Dec. 24, 1854, to\\nEliza Sigler, a native of New York city. Her par-\\nents died when she was seven years old, and she\\nwent to iive with an aunt until 17 years old, then\\nlived in Cattaraugus County until her marriage.\\nMr. and Mrs. Miller have had five children, three\\nof whom are living Laura A., George L. and\\nWillie G. John died in infancy, and Frank died at\\nthe age of 11 years. Mr. Miller has held the office\\nof Highway Commissioner one year, and School Di-\\nrector three years. In politics he is a Republican.\\nIn the fall of 1882 he rented his farm in Denver\\nTownship, and now resides on the farm of his\\nbrother, George Miller.\\n^\u00c2\u00abSHJH*^\\ntohn H. Canovan was born in (ireene Co.,\\nN. Y., June 27, 1842. His parents, John\\nand Maria (Plank) Canovan, lived in New\\nYork 15 years; father was a native of Ireland\\nand mother of New York. They came to Mich-\\nigan in 1854 and settled in Kalamazoo (bounty,\\nwhere they still reside.\\n4 John H. came to this State with his parents when\\nhe was 12 years of age, and remained at home until\\nhe was 21. He was engaged in various occu])ations\\nfor eight years, and since that time has been engaged\\nin farming. He is now manager of the farm of Crei)in,\\nMurphy Son, in Sherman Township. Oct. j8,\\n1874, he was married, in Newaygo County, to Re-\\nbecca E., daughter of Willis and Mary Covell, who\\nwas born in New York Sept. 30, 1853. Her parents\\nwere natives of that State, and came to Michigan in\\n1855, first settling in Kent County, and afterwards\\nremoved to Newaygo, where Mrs. Covell died, in\\n1872. Mr. Covell still lives in Newaygo. Mrs. Cano-\\nvan was but two years of age when her parents came\\nto this State, and remained at home until her marriage.\\nMr. and Mrs. C. have one child, James IF., born\\nJune 27, 1875.\\nAug. 28, 1864, Mr. Canovan enlisted in the 1st\\nRegt. Mich. Eng. Mech., and served ten months,\\nreceiving iiis honorable discharge at Washington, D.\\nC. After his return from the army he resumed his\\nfarm labor. The farm of which he is now sole man-\\nager contains about 400 acres, and seven men are\\nconstantly employed. Mr. C. is a Democrat.\\nTs^^l\\nV\\nV,\\nA\\nc^:\\nfe\\npenry Bromley, merchant, and farmer on\\n(-Jj, sec. 27, Denver Tp., was born in Sandusky\\nCo., Ohio, Jan. i, 1847. His parents, George\\nM Magdalena (Kasamoer) Bromley, were\\nof English and German descent, and natives of\\nNew England. In 1856 they moved to Steuben\\nCounty, Ind., where their son Henry was educated\\nin the district schools. When the latter was 16 years\\nof age he enlisted, Nov. 21, 1863, in the 129th Ind.\\nVol. Inf., Co. A, of the Army of the Cumberland,\\ncommanded by W. H. Cole. He particii)ated in six\\nheavy battles Resaca, Kenesaw Mountain, Atlanta,\\nFranklin, Nashville and Kingston, N. C. He escaped itT*\\nwithout injury or imprisonment, and was honorably\\ndischarged Aug. 29, 1865. He returned home to\\nSteuben County and purchased 20 acres of land in\\nScott Township, and then alternated between farm\\nwork and attending school until the fall of 1868,\\nwhen he came to Michigan and settled in Kinder-\\nhook i ownship, Branch County. Jan. 6, 1876, he\\nwas married in Grand Rapids, to Miss Eliza Quincy,\\ndaughter of Joseph and Julia (McCarty) Quincy,\\nnatives of New York, who was born in the city of\\nRochester, March 11, 1855. He then returned to\\nIndiana and worked on his land three years, after\\nwhich he came to Newaygo County and settled on a\\nW y^l0\\ni\\n1\\nJ", "height": "2831", "width": "2211", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph11chic_0209.jp2"}, "210": {"fulltext": "I\\nf\\n-J\\n4\\nA\\nV\\ni\\n204\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0^:r-T ^llIl^:nDf T^tr-\\nNEWAYGO COUNTY.\\nfarm in Denver Township. He purchased 45 acres\\nof timljered land and has it all improved. In 187 1-2\\nhe owned and operated a saw-mill in Montcalm\\nCounty, this State.\\nIn the spring of i88r, Mr. Bromley engaged in\\nthe mercantile business, and has a fast increasing\\ntrade. They have one child. Bertha, born July 10,\\n1879. Mr. B. is now Postmaster at Denver, and has\\nbeen in Government employ for some time. In pol-\\nitics he is a Republican.\\ni?^-i-\\ntt^-1-^\\n;i-?\\nW. Wilcox was born\\nBranch Co..\\njj, Mich., Dec. 3, 1844; jiis parents, Calelj\\nand Maria Wilcox, were natives of New\\nj^ York, who came to Michigan about 1835, first\\nW settling in Jackson County, tlien in Branch\\nCounty, then Kent, and finally in Newaygo\\nCounty, where they died. Mr. W., the subject of\\nthis sketch, has lived at home most of his life, and\\nin company with his sisters, Caroline and Irene, owns\\n40 acres of land, all in good cultivation. He has\\nheld the offices of Overseer of Highway and Con-\\nstable. In political affairs he is a National.\\nAug. 20, 1861, he enlisted in the 8th Mich. Inf,\\nand after serving three years was honorably dis-\\ncharged, at Petersburg. Va. He was in the battles\\nof Gettysburg, the Wilderness, Antietam, Sharpsburg\\nand a score of other battles. He was slightly\\nwounded in the hand by a minie ball in a skirmish\\nnear Savannah, Ga.\\n^\u00c2\u00ab\u00c2\u00abH{h-*4\\n^gig^benezer Dobson, shoemaker, and farmer\\nSfs\u00c2\u00ab on section 34, Denver Township, is a son\\nT\\nof James and Esther (Bull) Dobson, natives\\nof Orange County, N. Y.; was born in that\\ncounty Aug. 22, 181 7. Soon after this event,\\nhis father moved to Bradford County, Pa., and lo-\\ncated upon a farm, where he lived until his death,\\nwhich occurred when Ebenezer was four years old.\\nThe latter assisted his brothers in taking care of\\ntheir widowed mother until he was 13 years old,\\nwhen he went to work for a neighbor. He remained\\nwith him one year and then returned home. After\\na few months he went to work for a farmer, where he\\nenjoyed some school privileges and a good deal of\\nhard labor. In the summer of 1836 he apprenticed\\nhimself to Mr. .Alva Cooley, of the town of Wysox,\\nto learn the shoemaker s trade. At the exjiiration of\\ntwo years he commenced to work for the proprietor,\\nand was the principal manager for several months.\\nHe then spent some time in school, worked on a\\nfarm for a brief period, and in the fall of 1 840, came\\nto Michigan, Jackson County, where he worked at\\nhis trade about three years. He then went to Oak-\\nland County, where he was treated by a physician\\ntwo months for a sciatic and spinal affection. In\\nSeptember, 186 1, he came to Newaygo County and\\nsettled in Denver Township, where he has since re-\\nsided.\\nMr. Dobson held the office of Township Clerk six\\nterms, when Dayton Townsht^) extended nine miles\\nfrom east to west and 2 i miles from north to south.\\nHe was Postmaster at Panama in this county nine\\nyears. He is a member of the M. E. Church, a\\nstrong advocate of temperance principles, and in\\npolitics a Republican.\\n,rs. Cynthia C. Carlisle, Hesperia, was\\nborn in Cattaraugus Co., N. Y.. March 4,\\n1850. She is a daughter of Reuben and\\nAnna E. (White) Dake, natives of New York.\\nMrs. Carlisle attended the common schools of\\nCattaraugus and Allegany Counties, and lived\\nat home with her parents until the fall of 1870, when\\nshe came with them to the State of Michigan,\\nlocating in Denver Township, this County. Here she\\nwas married, Sept. 25, 1870, to Mr. J. L., son of\\nJacob and Hannah (Simmons) Carlisle. Mr. Carl-\\nisle was born in Oakland County, this State, May\\n14, 1843, and remained with his parents until he was\\n19 years old, when he began to learn the mason s\\ntrade. He soon (ompleted his scholarshi[), and was\\nknown and acknowledged as a skillful workman.\\nIn June, 1862, he enlisted in Co. E, 21st Mich.\\nVol. Inf., and participated in many hard-fought bat-\\ntles. In one of these numerous engagements he was\\ndisabled for duty, and on application received an\\nvi\\nA\\nt\\nK\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0^d\\n\u00c2\u00ab^i=i=^ i", "height": "2819", "width": "2254", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph11chic_0210.jp2"}, "211": {"fulltext": "NEWAYGO COUNTY.\\n-3tf^^?^\\n-*4^^f\\nhonorable discharge and returned home. Here he\\nsoon recuperated, and again enlisted in the defense\\nof his country. Again he met with an accident, and\\nthis time it left him a cripple for life. While being\\ntransferred from Nashville to Chattanooga the train\\nwas wrecked, and Mr. C. was among the unfortu-\\nnates. His thigh was so badly crushed he was com-\\npelled to have the limb amputated. After he was\\ndischarged he returned home, and after a long spell\\nof illness he sufficiently recuperated to resume again\\nhis trade, which he worked at until 1874, when he\\nbecame stage-driver between Hesperia and Fremont.\\nThis position he held until July i, 1883, and on Aug.\\n10 of the same year was drowned in White Piver.\\nMr. Carlisle left four children to the care of his\\nbeloved wife, all living, and born as follows Edith\\nM., Sept. 14, 1871; Charles I., May i, 1873; Min-\\nnie, Dec. 13, 1876; John, June 3, 1878.\\nMrs. Carlisle is an active worker and member of\\nthe M. E. Church.\\n-5-\\n\u00c2\u00bb-{3^\\nf F (^\\\\l^^ eil McCuUom, farmer, section 6, Dayton\\niLlji^^ I ownship, was born in Scotland, Oct. 10,\\nT|f^)= 1841. His parents, Duncan and Isabella\\nw (C ampbell) McCulloni, were natives of Scot-\\nIG land, and came to America in the fall of 1856,\\nsettling in Oceana County, Mich., where they passed\\nthe remainder of their lives. Mr. McCullom lived\\nat home until 22 years of age, then rented a farm of\\nhis brother in Dayton Township, upon which he lived\\nmost of the time for three years. In the spring of\\n1865 he bought 122 acres of land in the above\\nnamed township, to which he has since added 50\\nacres, and has about 120 acres in a fair state of cul-\\ntivation, where he now resides.\\nHe was married in what is now Denver Township,\\nDec. 24, 1864, to Sarah A., eldest daughter of Isaac\\nH. and Susan A. (Sheldon) Cogswell, who were na-\\ntives of New York, and came to Michigan in 1852.\\nThey afterward came to this county, settling in Den-\\nver Township, on section 28. Mr. Cogswell was one\\nof the oldest settlers of Newaygo County, and filled\\nmany prominent positions in the county and town-\\nship, being Probate Judge six yeais, and Supervisor\\nof Dayton Township several years. He afterward\\nmoved to Oceana County, where he lived until his\\ndeath. Mrs. Cogswell is a resident of Lansing, Mich.\\nMrs. McCullom was born in New York, June 20,\\n1843 and came to Michigan with her parents, and\\nremained at home until her marriage. Mr. and Mrs.\\nMcCullom have had seven children, viz: Maria,\\nArchibald, Isabella, Henry and Duncan C. are\\nliving, Mary and Annie are deceased. Mr. McCul-\\nlom is a member of the Masonic lodge was a char-\\nter member of Hesj)erian Grange, No. 495, P. of H.,\\nand in politics belongs to the National party. Him-\\nself and wife are members of the Presbyterian Church.\\n-;3-.:-^^:.~^.\\n^5Uk\\nisa\\nAlamuel T. Evens, son of Samuel H. and\\n^C Keturah (Lippincott) Evens, was born\\nDec. 13, 1843. His parents were natives\\nl\\\\\\\\^ of New Jersey, and were living there about the\\ntime William Penn settled in Pennsylvania.\\nThe mother is deceased and the father resides\\nwith his oldest daughter. Samuel remained at home\\nwith his father until he was 20 years of age, then\\nwent to Indiana for a few months, and afterward\\ncame to Michigan, where he purchased 55 acres of\\nwild land on section 28. He afterward exchanged\\nthis land for 179 acres, with 100 acres under cultiva-\\ntion, where he now resides.\\nMr. Evens was married in 1868, in Niles, Mich., to\\nMary C, daughter of Uel and Jane (Barnhouse)\\nDragoo, natives of Virginia, who came to Michigan\\nin an early day. Mrs. Evens was born in Berrien\\nCo., Mich., in 1854. Children are Lilly B., Nel. B.,\\nKeturah M. and Clyde L. Mr. and Mrs. Evens are\\nmembers of the Church known as the Baptized\\nBelievers. Mr. E. is a Republican.\\nI 1 C H y C. Hawley, physician and surgeon,\\njj llcs|)eria, was born in Rensselaer Co., N. Y.,\\n\u00c2\u00a70^ Aug. II, 1830. His parents were natives\\nof New York, where they married and lived un-\\ntil 1857, when they moved to Indiana, and both\\nI lived to an advanced age. He attended school\\nat the Academy in Saratoga, and assisted his father\\nin the millwright trade until he was 20 years old.\\n4-\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0^^Da5^:Dii VH-\\nV\\nvs\\nA\\nv/\\n4", "height": "2831", "width": "2211", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph11chic_0211.jp2"}, "212": {"fulltext": "s\\n206\\nNEWAYGO COUNTY.\\nthen apprenticed himself to learn the pattern-mak-\\ning profession and served three years.\\nJune 6, 1850, he was married, in Rensselaer County,\\nto Miss Clarissa McGill, daughter of John and Sarah\\nJane (Ilermonce) McGitl, natives of New York, who\\nwas born in that State May 30, 1833. She was edu-\\ncated at Troy, and remained at home until her mar-\\nriage. They moved to Aurora, Ind., in the fall of\\n1852, where he followed his trade for a short time,\\nthence to Louisville, Ky., where he remained three\\nyears. He then moved to Seymour, Ind., thence to\\nHardinburg, where, in 1858, he commenced to study\\nmedicine, under Dr. Alfred Force, of that place.\\nHe remained here until the spring of 1861, when,\\nowing to the ill health of his wife, he came North\\nand settled in the vicinity of Hesperia, this county.\\nHere he began to practice his profession. The\\ncountry being new, he was compelled to visit his pa-\\ntients by following a trail through the woods on foot\\nmany times he has been obliged to creep through the\\nwoods where a horse could not go.\\nMr. and Mrs. Hawley have had 14 children, 1 1 of\\nwhom are living. There were five girls and nine\\nboys; one of the former and two of the latter are\\ndeceased of the living, three are married two\\ndaughters and one son.\\nMr. H. is a member of the Masonic Lodge No.\\n346, of Hesperia, of the Newaygo Chapter, R. A. M.,\\nof Newaygo, and the Muskegon Commandery, K. T.,\\nNo. 22, of Muskegon; also a member of the L O.\\nO. F., 334, of Hesperia, and the L O. G. T. He has\\nbeen Justice of the Peace 18 consecutive years, Su-\\npervisor 10 years, and County Surveyor six years. In\\npolitics he is an active and an influential Republican.\\names Spencer, farmer, section 2, Dayton\\nWm^ Townshij), was lorn in Scotland, Dec. 13,\\nP^ 1832. His parents, James and Jane\\n(Christian) Spencer, were natives of that coun-\\ntry, where the father died the mother subse-\\nquently came to America, and now resides with\\na son in Sherman Township. James was 22 years of\\nage when he came to America. He lived in Canada\\nfour years, and came to Michigan in the fall of 1858.\\n?Ie spent four years in St. Clair County, and in the\\nfall of r862 came to Newaygo County and purchased\\n80 acres of partly improved land,, where he now re-\\nsides; 70 acres are in a fair state of cultivation.\\nIn January, 1859, he was married, in St. Clair\\nCounty, to Ruth A., daughter of John C. and Anna\\nOstrander, and they have had eight children James,\\nEdward O., Edith M., Jolm, Alexis, Charles F. and\\nan infant. One child died in infancy. Mr. Spencer\\nin politics is a Republican.\\neorge Miller was Imrn in France, March\\n3, 1837, a son of Jacob Miller, a native of\\nthe same country, who died there. He\\nemigrated to America in the fall of 1866, and\\npurchased 120 acres of land in Dayton Town-\\nship, this County, where he now lives and has\\nabout 40 acres under cultivation. I olitically, Mr.\\nM. is a Republican.\\n4\\na j uy C. Pond, merchant, .i^tna village, was\\n^^g^ born in Onondaga Co., N. Y., July 4, 1812.\\n^\\\\r^ His parents, were Levi and Samantha\\nj^ (Lawrence) Pond, natives of xVew England, who\\nmoved to New York in a very early day. He\\nwas brought by his parents to this State, and\\nthey located at Brockpjrt, Livingston County, where\\nhe was reared and educated. hen 16 years old he\\nwas apprenticed to Mr. Mitchell C. Gardner, of that\\nplace, to learn the blacksmith trade, where he re-\\nmained three and a half years. After this he estab-\\nlished a general blacksmith shop of his own in the\\ntown where he liad learned his trade, and at the same\\ntime gained a reputation as a skilled workman. He\\nworked at his trade 15 years, then moved to Detroit\\nand ojiened a grocery, and afterward, to Capac, St.\\nClair County, where he carried on a general store on\\nan extensive scale for over three years, -when he had\\nthe misfortune to lose his whole stock and store by\\nfire. He then moved to Cedar Creek, Muskegon\\nCounty, and followed farming nearly four years. In\\nJanuary, 1S69, he moved to /litna, where he worked\\nat his trade until 1882, and then ojjened a store of\\ngeneral merchandise.\\nca:\\ni\\ns^-^- 4^^? n|\\nm", "height": "2819", "width": "2254", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph11chic_0212.jp2"}, "213": {"fulltext": "r:^^^^ rrv\\nmmh r\\n5il!)fJ^P2r\\nNEWAYGO COUNTY.\\n207\\nr:;;;:-:\\nT\u00c2\u00bb\\nh\\ns\\n)i\\nJune 37, iSjjS, he was ni.iiricd, in ihe village of\\nBrighton, to Miss I, aura Roe, daughter of James and\\nRebecca (Arnold) Roe, natives of Connecticut, wlio\\nwas born in New York July 7, 1809. She was edu-\\ncated in Ontario Co., N. Y., and came with her par-\\nents to this State. She died Jan. 7, 1850, at her\\nhome in Brighton, leaving two children, Caroline H.\\nand Levi; Mortimer and Charles died in infancy.\\nMarch 15, 1S50, Mr. Pond married Mrs. Frances M.\\n(Hutchinson) McDonald, who was born in Connect-\\nicut Jan. 13, x8o6. She is now 77 years of age;\\nremarkably active, does her housework and attends\\nto customers in the store. Mr. Pond is an active\\nmember of the Masonic Order, No. 180, at Fremont\\nhas held the office of Justice of the Peace six consec-\\nutive years. Notary Public 25 years and still holds\\nthat position, and Deputy Sheriff two terms. In pol-\\nitics he is a Republican.\\nJ3rs. Julia Jarse, proprietress of the Jarse\\nHouse at Newaygo, was born at St. Mary s,\\nCanada, Jan. i, 1821, and is the daugli^er\\nof i^5,ooo, and contains ipiarlers for the accommoda-\\ntion of 30 guests. Mrs. Jarse owns, besides the hotel\\nand two lots on which it stands, a residence and one\\nacre of ground in the village, and 80 acres of farm-\\ning land in the township of Garfield. She has one\\nson, John Bailey (see sketch), in business at Ne-\\nwaygo.\\n^\u00e2\u0096\u00a0IfliVo Ct-V\\nCf ohn T. Dean was born in Pennsylvania,\\nof Peter and Margaret LeMay. The par-\\nents were of pure French descent. Her father\\nremoved to Burlington, Vt., when she was 12\\nyears old, where he engaged in farming about ten\\nyears, returning to Canada with his wife, where both\\nremained during the closing years of their lives. The\\ndaughter was married at Vergcnnes, Vt., Dec. i,\\n1838, to John Bailey, a native of Three Rivers, Can.\\nBy this marriage she became the mother of five chil-\\ndren Julia, Rosa, Josephine, John and Joseph. Mr.\\nBailey died in 1850, and not long after that event she\\nwent with her children to Glens Falls, Washington\\nCo.,N. Y., and after a widowhood of threeyears was\\nmarried, July 4, 1853, to David Jarse. He was of\\nFrench lineage and a native of Montreal. In 1854\\nMr. Jarse came to Michigan with his f\u00c2\u00abmily and set-\\ntled at Newaygo, where he operated about ten years\\nas a saw-filer. In 186; he built a commodious house,\\nwhich was utilized as a boarding-house until its de-\\nstruction by fire in April, 1883. Mr. Jarse died in\\n1875. The burning of her house with no insurance\\ninvolved a loss of $4,000, and Mrs. Jarse rebuilt with\\nas little delay as was possible. The new structure is\\na handsome edifice, built of brick, at an expenditure\\nX^#\\n_g(Sf ir .v$^!! .rr i^-^\\nrfj P-y crman E. Fowler, farmer, section 21, Day-\\niihyAi ton Townshii), is a son of John and Abigail\\nV|i^ Fowler, natives of New York, and was born\\nin Cayuga Co., N. Y., Sept. 11, 1854. When\\nhe was about a year old his parents came to\\nI Berrien Co., Mich., and afterward moved to La\\nPorte Co., Ind., thence to Eaton Co., Mich. He lived\\nat home until 18 years of age, when he was employed\\nby the month in farming until 1877. He then came\\nv\\nMarch 15, 1S43. His parents, James and\\nH^^ Mary (Melier) Dean, were natives of Eng-\\nd,^ land, and came to America about 1842, lived\\n]L 12 years in Pennsylvania, and since that time\\nin Berrien County, this State. He was 12 years\\nof age when the family came to Michigan, and when\\n18 he went to McLean Co., III., and worked as a farm\\nhand two years. He then enlisted in the 5th III. Vol.\\nInf., for three years, but was honorably discharged\\nat the end of a year on account of disability. He\\nreturned to Berrien County a few months, and then\\ncame to Newaygo County, in 1864, buying 40 acres\\nof wild land in Dayton Township, on section 16,\\nwhere he now resides he has bought 80 acres more,\\nand now has a farm of 120 acres, 92 of which is cul-\\ntivated.\\nMr. Dean was married in Dayton Township, this\\ncouniy, June 21, 1870, to Emma, daughter of Warren\\nand Alvina Broadway, natives of New England. She\\nwas born at Hillsdale, Mich., July 26, 1853. Their\\nchildren are: Mary T,., Eula C, Coral A., John O.,\\nClara A. Charles S. died in infancy. Mr. D. is a\\nRepublican.\\nC\\nV\\nr", "height": "2831", "width": "2211", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph11chic_0213.jp2"}, "214": {"fulltext": "i:^\\n^T?\u00c2\u00ab^\\n-23\u00e2\u0082\u00ac^\\nrr-T\\n^^DO: iins r\\n23^ff i\\nt?^K I^^1\\n4J\\n4\\nV\\nrs)\\n208\\nNEWAYGO COUNTY.\\nto Newaygo County and bought 120 acres of land in\\nDayton Townsliip, where he now resides. He was\\nmarried in Eaton County, Sept. 26, 1878, to Maria L.\\nBenedict, who was a native of that county, where she\\nwas born, May 30, 1858, and where her parents re-\\nside. Mr. and Mrs. Fowler have had two children,\\nonly one, Belle, surviving. They are members of the\\nCongregational Church, the I. O. G. T., and Mr.\\nFowler is a Republican.\\nfi vl-fe.i\\nIjilbert G. Day, Attorney, resident at Ne-\\nji^l^i waygo, was born at Glens Falls, N. Y., April\\ns^jljts/ 6, 1845. He is a son of Pliny and Martha\\n\u00e2\u0080\u00a2iHr (Putnam) Day, and was educated in the\\nschools of his native town. At the age of 18\\nyears he engaged as a clerk in a general store,\\nwhere he continued until the spring of 1864, when\\nhe came to Newaygo.\\nHe found employment in the mercantile establish-\\nment of S. K. Riblet and acted in the capacity of\\nsalesman until the summer of 1867, when he went to\\nCheyenne, making the trip from Ft. Laramie as an\\nattache of a mule train. He came back to Chicago\\nand remained during the winter. In the spring fol-\\nlowing he went to Muskegon, where he passed a year\\nas a lumber inspector. In November, 1868, he re-\\nturned to his former employ with S. K. Riblet, and\\noperated as clerk and book-keeper until Novem-\\nber, 1869, when he entered the law office of m. D.\\nFuller, preparatory to engaging in the duties of his\\nprofession. He was admitted to practice in Septem-\\nber, 1870, and from the establishment of his office has\\nhad an extensive business, which is constantly in-\\ncreasing.\\nMr. Day has been connected witii the local and\\ngeneral interests of Newaygo since he entered ujion\\nhis business career. He was elected President of the\\nvillage in 1878-9. In 1872 he was elected Prose-\\ncuting Attorney of Newaygo County, and held the\\nposition four years. He is a member of the Masonic\\nfraternity.\\nMr. Day was married at Jackson, Mich., in March,\\n1S74, toLibby.daughterof Charles S. Laird, who was\\nborn on Prince Edward s Island. One son has been\\nborn of this marriage.\\nf. Il||; lUiam C Sidler, son of Jonathan and\\n\\\\s Agnes (Frazier) Sidler, natives of Penn-\\nA^r^ sylvania, was born in Northumberland Co.,\\nPa., Feb. 8, 1844. When he was nme years\\nn of age, his parents came to Kalamazoo County,\\nthis State, where he worked on his father s farm.\\nHe received a good common-school education, and\\nFeb. 26, 1873, he was married, at Schoolcraft, same\\ncounty, to Miss Mary Judson, daugliter of Albert\\nand Mary Judson, natives of Connecticut and Nova\\nScotia respectively. They emigrated to Kalamazoo\\nCounty, where Mary was born, March 19, iS5o,and\\nwhere she received a good education in the district\\nschools.\\nAfter marriage Mr. Sidler managed his father s\\nfarm until the spring of 1883, when he moved to this\\ncounty and settled on a farm of 70 acres of fine\\nland, in the vicinity of Hesperia. He has a fine res-\\nidence, costing $4,500. Mr. Sidler is a staunch Re-\\npublican, and although he has been here but a short\\ntime, he is destined to be one of the most prosperous\\nfarmers of Denver Township. Mr. and Mrs. Sidler\\nhave had three children, all deceased the eldest, a\\ngirl, died in infancy; Roy W., born Aug. 14, 1876,\\ndied Nov. 17, 1877 Mildred K., born Feb. 22, 1879,\\ndied Sept. 15, 1881.\\nOOP\\nI\\nA\\n\\\\f\\nX55~\\nLdward Nelson Joues was born in Medina\\nCounty, Ohio, Jan. 11, 1837. His parents\\nwere Hamilton and Salonia (Jenne) Jones,\\njglSv. the former a native of New York, and the latter\\nof Vermont. Soon after their marriage they\\nsettled in Medina County, Ohio, where they\\nlived until his father s death. His mother then re-\\nturned to St. Lawrence County, N. Y., where she\\npassed the remaining years of her life. Edward N.\\nwas but four years old when his father died. He\\nwas taken to New York by his mother, and lived\\nwith his grandfather in St. Lawrence County until\\n?il!i: 00i", "height": "2819", "width": "2254", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph11chic_0214.jp2"}, "215": {"fulltext": "NEWAYGO COUNTY.\\nBSi^6v\\n^m^\\n209\\nt\\nr\\nhe was 17 years of age. In the spring of 1855 he\\ncame to Michigan, spent a few montlis in Allegan\\nCounty, and in November following came to Dayton\\nTownship and located 40 acres of good land, pay-\\ning $1.25 per acre. He tiien returned to St. Law-\\nrence County, N. Y., where he was married Marcli\\n27, 1856, to Elizabeth W., second daughter of Dex-\\nter and Mary (Wood) Glazier, natives of Massachu-\\nsetts she was born in Worcester County, Mass.,\\nFeb. 4, 1837. When five years old she went to St.\\nLawrence, N. Y., with her parents, and remained\\nwith them until her marriage. After this event Mr.\\nand Mrs. Jones returned to their new home in Day-\\nton Township, where they now reside. In the spring\\nof 1856 Mr. Jones pre-empted 80 acres of land ad-\\njoining his original purchase. In September, 1866,\\nhe purchased 60 acres more, and he now owns one of\\nthe finest farms in Michigan; 180 acres all in one\\nbody, with 140 acres in good cultivation, and fine\\nbuildings.\\nMr. and Mrs. Jones are the parents of eight chil-\\ndren, all of whom are living, viz Ida M., born Aug.\\n25, 1857; Dexter M., Oct. 21, 1859; George W.\\nAug. 12, 1861 Judson E., Nov. 13, 1863 Clark A.\\nAug. 25, 1866; EffieM., Oct. 2, 1868 Elda A., April\\n15, 1870; Mary S., April 3, 1878.\\nIn June, 1882, Mr. Jones purchased 420 acres of\\ntimbered land on section 32, Troy Township, with a\\ngrist and saw mill on the same. In June, 1883, he\\nsold the mill, and at the same time purchased 100\\nacres more of partly improved land in the same\\ntownship. He now owns over 500 acres of land in\\nthis county, a portion of which is well improved.\\nWhen Mr. Jones commenced life he had nothing\\nbut willing hands and a good constitution but by\\nhard labor and persevering industry he now enjoys\\na fine home, surrounded by an intelligent family\\nand all that tends to make life enjoyable. He has\\ngiven his son Dexter 80 acres of fine land in Den-\\nver Township, where he now resides, 4a acres of\\nwhich are well improved. He introduced the first\\nblooded stock of Durham cattle into the county, in\\n1873, whicli he purchased in Oakland County, Mich.,\\nand has just taken the four first premiums for blooded\\nstock in the fair, in which Newaygo, Oceana and\\nMuskegon Counties coni[)ele. This is known as the\\nHesperian Agricultural Society. Mr. Jones built\\ni(*) the first frame barn in Dayton Township, in 1858.\\nV, He bought and operated the first eight-horse-power\\nV\\nseparator, and also put up the first windmill in the\\ntownship. Wlien lie first came into tiiis county he\\nwas obliged to chop trees in order to make a road,\\nall being a dense forest. He has seen these forests\\nconverted to beautiful farms, tiic log cabins give way\\nto modern structures, and scliool-houses built with\\nall modern improvements truly he is a pioneer.\\nMr. Jones held the office of Constable one year in\\nDayton Township. He used to be identified with\\nthe Rei)ublican party, but now affiliates with the\\nNational party.\\nA h\\nr jhristopher Kempf, farmer, section 32,\\ni v--v5^ Sheridan Township, is a native of Germany\\n^1^ and came to America when 20 years of age.\\nf)\\\\^ He first settled in Muskegon, this State, and\\nlived ihei-e about nine years. In the fall of\\ni860 he came to Newaygo County and bought\\n80 acres of wild land in Sheridan Township. He\\nhas since purchased 540 acres more and has 130\\nunder cultivation. He was married in Muskegon to\\nCatherine Kopf, who was born in Strasburg, Germany,\\nin 1825, and they are the parents of three children\\nRobert, Gustaf and Emiel.\\nMr. K. has held the office of School Director nine\\nyears, and in the spring of 1883 he was elected\\nHighway Commissioner. Mr. and Mrs. Kempf are\\nmembers of the Lutheran Church. In politics Mr.\\nK. is indeiiendent.\\n~\\\\tl2\u00c2\u00a3\u00c2\u00a3/!S-^\u00c2\u00ab\u00e2\u0080\u0094 fe|\\n*^^S /V?nnr\\n-\u00e2\u0096\u00a0\u00e2\u0099\u00a6v\\n|,iW;hebe E. Bigelow, daughter of Daniel L.\\nI ^i i-, and Klmira (fuller) IJigelow, natives of\\nJll^ Vermont, was born in that State March 26,\\njj? J 1823. She came with her parents to the State\\n7I\\\\ of New York, and they afterward moved to\\nOhio, where they remained about 19 years, and finally\\nmoved to Micliigan, settling in Newaygo County,\\nwhere they passed the remainder of their lives.\\nMiss Bigelow remained at home until after her moth-\\ner s death, then left her father s home, and for 16\\nyears lived in the township of Everett, this county.\\nIn the fall of 1880 she purchased 40 acres of land\\nr:\\ni\\nrt\\n\u00c2\u00a7^i^m-^\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0^^-^M ntiitV^^^ ^k^f^\\n^;^^:ij", "height": "2831", "width": "2211", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph11chic_0215.jp2"}, "216": {"fulltext": "j?sr\\nT nP:\u00c2\u00abODf r\\n^i^m\\\\^i^}\\nNEWAYGO COUNTY.\\nof A. P. Bigelow in Dayton Township, where she\\nnow resides. About 20 acres of this land is well\\nimproved.\\nA\\n0;\\neorge H. Millis, farmer, section 26, Den-\\nl_^ ver Township, is a son of John and Lois\\n~^W (Porter) Millis, natives of New England,\\nand was born in P2rie Co., N. Y., Junes, 1828.\\nHe was engaged upon his father s farm and in\\nattending the district school until 21 years of\\nage, then came to Monroe County, this State, via\\nLake Erie, taking passage on the propeller Detroit.\\nDuring the voyage, which lasted ten days, he experi-\\nenced that terrible storm of October, 1850, in which\\nthe fine boat, Henry Clay, was sunk, the Detroit be-\\ning only one-half mile from the ill-fated vessel. He\\nremained in Monroe County one year, during which\\ntime he was married, in the township of Dundee, to\\nMiss Philena NVeatherljy, daughter of Reuben and\\nCatharine (Harmin) Weatherby, natives of Saratoga\\nCo., N. v., who was born in Alonroe County, this\\nState, March j\\\\, 1834. She was educated in her native\\ncounty, and remained at home until her marriage.\\nIn October, 1851, Mr. Millis moved to Van Buren\\nCounty, where he was engaged in various kinds of\\nlabor until the fall of 1S56, when he came to this\\ncounty and settled upon a farm of 120 acres in Den-\\nver Township,. At that time it was a wild, unbroken\\nforest, and many privations were endured before the\\nland could be made productive. Bat Mr. Millis\\nstemmed the tide, and now has 45 acres under the\\nplow and in good farming condition.\\nOwing to the many hardships and severe labor\\nconsequent ui)on being obliged to provide for a large\\nfamily under so many difficulties, he contracted a\\ndisease of the liver, and has for many years been an\\ninvalid. But notwithstanding all this he has been\\nable to secure a good home for his children. Mrs.\\nMillis, an ambitious lady of remarkable physical\\npowers, has been of great assistance, both at home\\nand abroad; being always ready to aid the needy\\n:ind nurse the sick at a moment s warning. She en-\\ndured, with great fortitude, the trials of their pioneer\\nlife. Many times their children were obliged to go\\nbarefoot all winter, through rough, cold, stormy\\nweather and deep snows.\\nMr. Millis is a member of the L O. G. T. at Den-\\nver, and has held the office of Justice of the Peace\\nfour years. In [xilitics he is a staunch Republican,\\nand himself and wife are identified with the Second-\\nAdvent Church. They have had nine children, four\\nof whom are living: Ella M., born April 7, 1864;\\nMelvin J., July 17, 1867 Ortha, Aug. 17, 1871 Lois,\\nMay 23, 1880; Albert, born Feb. 20, 1854, died Nov.\\n20, T879; .Sarah, born May 23, 1857, died Sept. 25,\\n1863; Gilbert, born March 17, 1878, died Oct. 23,\\n1879; George, born Jan. 22, i860, died Dec. 22\\n1862 one died in infancy.\\nj^^aniel R. Joslin, resident at Newaygo, is\\nE^^aJl supposed to be the second oldest pioneer\\n\u00e2\u0080\u00a2Jj iijjv settler in Newaygo County. He was born\\nJ^ Sept. I, 1816, in Madison County, N. Y., and\\nh is a son of Daniel and Martha (Jenks) Joslin.\\nI Before he was a year old his parents removed\\nto Cohocton, Steuben Co., N. Y., where he remained\\nuntil 1836. Meanwhile his brother, John J. Joslin,\\nhad located at Utica, Macomb Co., Mich., and he\\nwent thither when he was 20 years old and remained\\na year. In 1837 he came to Grand Haven, where\\nhe obtained employ as a sawyer and acted in that\\ncapacity two seasons, operating as a lumberman in\\nthe succeeding winters. In 1839 he went to -Mus-\\nkegon, where he found ready employ because of his\\nskilled ability in the management of mill machinery.\\nIn 1843 he went to Croton, Newaygo County, where\\nhe rented a mill of Joachim Bone, which he\\nstocked and operated one year, shipping the products\\nto Chicago. The next year (1844) he went to Alle-\\ngan, Michigan, and after a residence of three years\\nhe went to Saugatuck and opened a grocery, which\\nhe managed one year. In 1848 he went to Manistee\\nand engaged in his former occupation in a mill, con-\\ntinuing two years. In 1850 he returned to Newaygo\\nCounty and purchased 320 acres of land in the (now)\\ntownship of Fremont, becoming with his family the\\nfirst permanent settler in the township. He retained\\nthe ownership of the property until 1853, when he\\ndisposed of it by exchange, receiving as part payment\\na house and lot in what is now the village of Newaygo,\\nwhere he has since been a resident and variously\\nft!\\n\\\\A\\nV\\n(7^\\nI\\n\u00c2\u00ab-^-IIDSDn3 A*)-", "height": "2819", "width": "2254", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph11chic_0216.jp2"}, "217": {"fulltext": "\u00e2\u0096\u00a07^^^\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0cnr\\n?DD:t:GD^=\\n^A^\\ni^Sd\\nNEWAYGO COUNTY.\\nV\\nemployed in different mills. He owns considerable\\nproperty at Newaygo.\\nMr. Joslin was married in Allegan, to Sarah A.\\nYeldom, a native of England, born near I,ondon, in\\n1826. Of eight children born to them Daniel (ist)\\nand David are deceased. Daniel D. is the manager\\nof Squier s Mills, located six miles south of Newaygo.\\nEllis is the wife of James Odell, druggist at Fre-\\nmont. Franklin resides at Newaygo. Fleety A. is\\nthe second daughter. Fremont Jackson was the first\\nwhite child born in Fremont Township and was\\nnamed therefor, the town having been named a few\\ndays before his birth. Byron is a job printer at Ne-\\nwaygo. The wife and mother died Dec. 2, i860.\\nueker Dragoo is a son of Uel and Jane\\n(Iiarnhouse) Dragoo, natives of Virginia,\\nand was born in that State July g, 1842 he\\ncame with his parents to Berrien Co., Mich.)\\nwhen three years of age and lived there 24\\nyears engaged in farming. In the spring of\\n1869 he came to Newaygo County and bought 80\\nacres of wild land in Dayton Township, where he\\nnow resides, and has 55 acres under cultivation. He\\nwas married Jan. 22, 1865, to Sarah Kirkendall, a\\nnative of Ohio, who was born Dec. 25, 1841, a\\ndaughter of Samuel and Margaret Kirkendall. They\\nhave three children Adelbert J., Lawrence V. and\\nIda M.\\nMr. D. is a National in politics.\\n4- ^(4^\\nilamuel R. Wilbur, blacksmith, Hesperia, is\\na son of Job and Alice (Everts) Wilbur\\nnatives of New York, and was born in Bel-\\nVj fast, Allegany County, that State, Sept. 25,\\n1835. He attended school until 14 years of\\nage, wlien his parents moved to Cattaraugus\\nCounty. When he was in his 17th year he returned\\nto his native county and learned the blacksinitli s\\niW trade, under tlie instruction of Harrison Noble, of\\nthe town of Rushford. After serving three years ap-\\nC_prenticeship he went tu Smithville, Chenango County,\\nand established a large custom shop, where he was\\nquite successful. He afterward returned to Cattar-\\naugus County, where he was employed in various\\nplaces until Sept. 25, 1862, when he enlisted in Co.\\nK, 1 1 2th Reg. N. Y. Vol. Inf., Army of the Potomac,\\nloth Division. He participated in the battles of\\nCold Harbor, Juries Bluff, and many other minor\\nbattles. He was honorably discharged June 15,\\n1865. Returning to Cattaraugus County, he worked\\nat his trade until his marriage to Miss Esther A.\\nBooth, who was born in East Bloomfield, Livingston\\nCo., M. Y., Dec. 25, 1843. Her parents, Thomas\\nand Harriet (Hunt) Booth, were natives of New\\nYork, and of German ancestry. Esther attended\\nschool in her native town. After marriage, Mr. and\\nMrs. Wilbur moved to Michigan, and located in\\nHesperia, this county, where he established his bus-\\niness, and he is known far and near as a skilled work-\\nman. They liave had four children Maud E.,\\nborn Nov. 23, 1873; Lena M., Aug. 6, 1874; two\\ndied in infancy.\\nMr. W. is a member of the G. A. R of Hesperia,\\nalso of the A. O. U. W. He has held the office of\\nDeputy Sheriff four years, and Constable two years.\\nPolitically his sympathies arc with the Greenback\\nparty.\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0jMi feSij\\nI\\nfeennis Miller, farmer, section 28, Sheridan\\nS-g J, Township, was born in Paris, France, Jan.\\n_\\nt\\nA\\n12, 1846. His parents, Ignatius and\\nT)iv Teresa Miller, were natives of Germany. They\\ncame to America when Dennis was a year old\\nf and settled in Detroit, afterward moved to St.\\nClair Co., Mich., where the mother died in 1854. The\\nfather still resides there. Dennis lived with his parents\\nuntil he was ten years old. After the death of his\\nmother he went to live with a man named Joel Hart,\\nwith whom he remained nearly nine years. He\\nthen worked on the farm by the month until 2 1 years\\nof age. In the fall of 1865 he came to Newaygo\\nCounty and bought 160 acres of land in Sheridan\\nTownship, where he now resides, and has 140 acres\\ncleared.\\nHe married in Macomb Co., Mich., Oct. 3, 1865,\\nRhoda S., daughter of David and Lydia Crawford,\\nwho was a native of Macomb Co., Mich. Her par-\\nc\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a04", "height": "2831", "width": "2211", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph11chic_0217.jp2"}, "218": {"fulltext": "\u00e2\u0096\u00a0:24\u00c2\u00ab-\\nCC\\n-t^\\nv ^ilD^PDf\\nNEWAYGO COUNTY.\\nV\\no\\nents were natives of New York, and came to Michi-\\ngan in an early day, settling in Macomb County. Mr.\\nand Mrs. Miller are the parents of nine children\\nCharles J., Fannie M., Louise H., Egbert R., Frank\\nD., Allison I., Lewis H., Chauncy O. and Eva G. Mr.\\nMiller has held the office of Constable about seven\\nyears, and Highway Commissioner six years, and in\\npolitics is a Republican.\\neorge L. Bigelow, farmer, section 9, Day-\\nton Township, is a son of Daniel L. and\\nM Almira (Pratt) Bigelow, natives of Mary-\\nland, and was born in Vermont, March 30,\\n1827 he came to Michigan in the fall of 1858,\\nfirst settling about two miles north of Newaygo,\\nwhere he lived about three years, and in the spring of\\n1861 purchased 80 acres of wild land, and now has\\n50 acres under cultivation. Nov. 4, 1850, in Ohio, he\\nmarried Betsey A. Ames, daughter of Lemuel H. and\\nHannah (Chamberlin) Ames, natives of the State of\\nNew York, born in Seneca Co., Ohio, Oct. 19, 1832,\\nand their children since born are: Pryntha J.,\\nHannah A., Edwin L. (died when seven years of\\nage), Edwin D., George N. and Phebe L.\\nMr. and Mrs. B. are members of the Wesleyan\\nMethodist Church. Mr. B. was once chosen Con-\\nstable, but declined to serve. Politically, he is a\\nRepublican.\\n-5-^ wvf\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0f^S-v^^--\\n|^3|parlow Smith, farmer, section 11, Dayton\\n||j? i ownship, is a son of Elias and Mary E.\\n(Yates) Smith, the former a native of Ger-\\nmany and the latter of New Jersey. He was\\nborn in Crawford Co., Pa., May 8, 1844. He\\nlived in his native State until 13 years of age,\\nwhen his parents came to Steuben Co., Ind., where\\nthey lived two years, then to Branch Co., Mich. He\\nremained at home with his parents until he\\nw 18 years old. He then enlisted in the Ninth\\nMich. Inf., and was in the service 49 months. He was\\nin the battle fif .Murfreesboro, Tenn., where he was\\naken prisoner, but held only a short time, then pa-\\nroled. He participated in the battle of Stone River,\\nChickamauga, siege of Atlanta, and numerous smaller\\nengagements. He was mustered out of the service\\nat Nashville, Tenn., then returned to Branch County\\na short time, and in the fall of 1865 came to Neway-\\ngo County and purchased 90 acres of wild land in\\nwhat is now the township of Sheridan. He lived\\nhere about two years, then sold out and bought 80\\nacres in Dayton Township. This he afterwards sold\\nand took up 40 acres of Government land, where he\\nnow resides, and has 25 acres under improvement.\\nHe was married in Quincy, Branch Co., Mich.,\\nSept. 6, 1862, to Minerva Kirby, a native of New\\nYork, and they had one child, Marietta L., born Sept\\n25, 1868. Mrs. Smith died April 25, 1879. Mr.\\nSmith is a Republican, and a member of Henry Dob-\\nson Post, No. 182, G. A. R.\\nA\\nt ohn Bailey, of Newaygo, was born at Ver-\\ngennes, Vt., Dec. 8, 1848, and is a son of\\nJohn and Julia (LeMay) Bailey. His\\nfather died at Vergennes in 1850, and his\\nmother was married again in 1853, to David\\nJarsc, of Glens Falls, N. Y., who two years\\nlater removed with his wife and her children to Ne-\\nwaygo. The pleasant, promising village was then al-\\nmost in a state of nature Main street was a thor-\\noughfare of stumps, and civilization was represented\\nby the energetic prosecutors of the lumber interests,\\nwhich almost wholly attracted hither and held the\\njiopulation.\\nMr. Bailey found his first employ at Newaygo in\\nthe shingle-mill of Fairchilds, and afterwards in that\\nof George H. Hess and others, where he spent some\\nyears. In May, 1876, the year after the death of his\\nstepfather, he rented the Jarse House of his mother\\nand conducted it as a hotel one year. In 1877 he\\nbegan to manage a saloon business on Main street,\\nwhere he operated successfully until April, 1883,\\nwhen the fire destroyed his business and two build-\\nings where he was located. He sustained a loss of 4\\n$3,000, with no insurance. He at once entered upon\\nthe work of re -construction, and has erected on the w\\nsanie site an elegant building of the same variety of \u00c2\u00bbi\\nwhite brick used in the edifices on Main street that\\nt\\nare rapidly replacing those destroyed in the big fire", "height": "2819", "width": "2254", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph11chic_0218.jp2"}, "219": {"fulltext": "(s)$\u00c2\u00ab^^-*\\nI\\nNEWAYGO COUNTY.\\nwhicli, ruinous as it was, paved the way for the grow-\\ning and substantial beauty of the chief street in Ne-\\nwaygo. The block erected by Mr. Bailey is a double\\nfront, 50 X 75 feet in dimensions and two stories\\nhigh. Mr. Bailey occupies one front and rents the\\nother. Besides his village property he owns 40 acres\\non section 2 in Grant Townshi[). Jn addition to his\\nregular business he operates as a loan broker quite\\nextensively.\\nMr. Bailey was married at Newaygo, June 20, 1874,\\nto Sarah E., daughter of Silas and Aurelia Benient,\\na native of Centerville, Crawford Co., Pa., born Jan.\\n29, 1855. March 15, 1875, Lola and Lulu, twin\\ndaughters, were born to Mr. and Mrs. Bailey also,\\nJune 21, 1877, John, and Dec. 26, 1882, Harry. The\\nlatter died Sept. 22, 1883. Lulu died Sept. 25, 1876.\\nK ohn r. Evans, fiirmer, section 20, Dayton\\nTownship, is a son of William and Ann\\n(Biddle) Evans, natives of England, and\\nwas born in that country Sept. 8, 1815. He\\ncame to America in the fall of 1831, and lived\\nin the city of New York one year, then went to\\nNiagara County, where he lived until 1855. In the\\nfall of that year he came with his family to Oceana\\nCo., Mich., and purchased 160 acres of land. He\\nafterward took up 40 acres adjoining, and had 100\\nacres under cultivation. He also owned 80 acres\\nnear by. He gave his three children 40 acres apiece,\\nin Oceana County, and then sold the remainder of\\nhis land and came to Newaygo County in the spring\\nof 1882, and traded for 40 acres of land where he\\nnow resides.\\nHe was first married in Niagara Co., N. Y., to Mar-\\ngaret Tonks, a native of Erie Co., N. Y., and of Eng-\\nlish parentage. I hey had 13 children, five only\\nsurviving, having lost by death four at one time and\\nthree at another. The names of the living are\\nAnn M., Charles, Franklin, Margaret E. and Rosa-\\nbelle; the deceased are Charlotte L., Sarali L., John\\nF., Margaret E., William FL, Mary, Joseph and Ed-\\nwin. Mrs. Evans died in March, 1880, and in July,\\n1880, Mr. Evans married Amanda .A. Dutton, widow\\nof David R. Dutton, who died in March, 1872, leav-\\ning five children Frank P., Florence E., Florene\\nM., Eugene W. and Emigene D. (twins). Leslie\\nM. died when six years old.\\nMr. E. has held the office of Supervisor in Oceana\\nCounty, and lias been Justice of the Peace, Highway\\nCommissioner and held various other offices. In\\npolitics he is a Democrat.\\n^f^^-i^S-v/v^-\\n9iy\\n^SiK^^ m\\n^m\\n^lipy, enry D. Clark, son of John and Dorcas\\nI Mpajj^ (Sweet) Clark, was born in Lodi, Seneca\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0j,(^ Co., N. Y., April 18, 1822. His parents\\nwere natives of New York, and moved from\\nI Seneca to Wayne County, where they lived six\\nI years, and where the father died the mother\\nthen moved to Ohio, where she is still a resident.\\nHenry D. left home when 12 years of age and went\\nto live with John De Mott, who was a Brigadier\\nGeneral in the war of 1S12. He remained vvitli him\\nfour years, going to scliool and doing chores, then\\nwent to the town of Lyons, Wayne County, and\\nworked for his uncle on a farm during the summer\\nseason and attended school during the winter. He\\nremained with his uncle four years, then went to Sen-\\neca Co., Ohio, with a cousin, for whom he worked\\ntwo and a half years, clearing land, then went to\\nyandot Co., Ohio, where he married Elmira Dunn,\\na native of Ohio. They lived here nearly three\\nyears, when Mrs. Clark died, leaving two children,\\nOrral and Olive; the latter died when six months old.\\nTwo years subsequently, Mr. Clark married Barbara,\\ndaughter of Nicholas and Barbara Isli, all natives of\\nGermany.\\nAfter his second marriage, Mr. Clark moved to\\nHillsdale Co., Mich., and purchased 80 acres of land,\\nwhich he partly cleared and occupied five years, then\\nsold out and went to Oceana C ounty in September,\\n1855, his wife following him the next December. In\\nthe meantime he had built a good log house and had\\nit in readiness when his wife came. The nearest\\nrailroad station was at Kalamazoo, and Mr. Clark\\nwas obliged to get his provisions at Newaygo and\\nWjiite Lake. He built the first house in Greenwood\\nownship. In the fall of 1857 he returned to Ohio\\nwith his family, and rentetl a farm for hit h lie paid\\n$200 a year. His object in making tins change was\\nto obtain better school privileges. In fact, there\\nv^\\nA\\nr\\nI\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0\u00e2\u0096\u00a0f*\u00c2\u00ae-v", "height": "2831", "width": "2211", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph11chic_0219.jp2"}, "220": {"fulltext": "iils?,\\n^^^*-^c\\nTC^Dn:t:DD rr^\\nm~s Mi\\nNEWAYGO COUNTY.\\nV\\no*\\nS\\nwas hardly a school-house in this section of the\\ncounty at that time. Mr. Clark remained in Ohio\\neight years, and in the fall of 1865 again came to\\nOceana Co., Mich., and occupied the old log house\\nhe had built ten years previous. He lived in this\\nhouse two years, then built a good frame house, which\\nhe now occupies. Two years afterward he built a\\nfine barn, being at that lime the largest barn in the\\nState.\\nAlthough Mr. and Mrs. Clark have no children of\\ntheir own, they have reared five that were without\\nhomes. Their names are Alice Ish, Milford Hitchne,\\nMary Nelson, Minnie B. McCormick and Willard\\nGreene. Minnie is their adopted daughter.\\nMr. Clark is a Democrat. He never aspired to\\ncounty or town offices, but takes a deep interest in\\neducational matters and in all the reforms of the\\nday. When he first came to this county the nearest\\nvoting place was 32 miles distant. He cut ten acres\\nof wood where Ihe town of Fremont now stands. He\\nnow owns 350 acres all in one body, and has 200\\nacres improved. He keeps over 30 head of Short-\\nhorn cattle, nine horses and a herd of sheej), and\\nfrom 30 to 40 head of swine.\\nSrf^Sj illiam H. Norton, farmer, section i, Sher-\\n^U idan Township, was born in Maine, Sept.\\nr\\n3, 1834. His parents were Samuel and\\nCharlotte (Waugh) Norton, who were natives\\nof Maine, where they still reside. At the\\nage of 21 he enlisted in the Regular Army, serv-\\ning five years. When the war of the Rebellion broke\\nout he was in San Francisco, Cal.; and in August,\\n1861, he enlisted in the ist Reg. Cal. Vol. Inf, and\\nserved over three years. While stationed at Fort\\nYuma, Cal., he was injured in the back while on\\nguard duty, which laid him up six months. His reg-\\niment was engaged most of the lime in figlitiiig\\nIndians.\\nAfter his discharge he returned to the East, and in\\nApril, 1865, came to Newaygo County. The follow-\\ning May he came to Sheridan Township and pur-\\nchased 73 acres of land, mostly wild, where he now\\nresides: about 30 acres are under cultivation. He\\nwas married in Fremont Oct. 24, 1867, to Rose Ann\\nPitman, of Dayton Township, and they have two\\nchildren Lincoln G. and Bradford S. Mrs. Norton\\ndied in February, 1874, and April i, 1876, in Sheri-\\ndan Township, he married Cornelia Knowlton, widow\\nof William Douglas, who died in 1872, leaving five\\nchildren: Ida M., Alice S., Marj S., Nettie B. and\\nOra D. Mr. Norton is a member of Henry Dobson\\nPost, No. 182, G. A. R., at Fremont, and in politics is\\na National.\\nashington Seaman, farmer, section 15,\\nAshland Township, was born in Cattarau-\\njtjox gus Co., N. Y., May r6, 1834. His par-\\nents, John and Lucretia (Willis) Seaman,\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0A z,f\\\\ were natives of New York and Massachusetts,\\nof English and German descent. They came\\nin r842 to Hillsdale Co., Mich., where the father\\nmanaged a farm ten years, during which time the\\nson devoted all his spare moments to obtaining such\\neducation as the times and circumstances permitted.\\nHis parents again decided to change their location\\nand fixed on Casnovia as a desirable point, where\\nthey went in the fall of 1852.\\nMr. Seaman remained with his parents until 1854,\\nwhen he went to Mecosta County and located on a\\nfarm containing 80 acres in the vicinity where\\nnow stands tlie beautiful city of Big Rapids, en-\\ngaged in farming and extensive prosecution of lum-\\nber interests. In the spring of 1867, he returned to\\nCasnovia and operated there until the summer of\\n1870, wjien he came to Newaygo County. He lo-\\ncated on 80 acres of heavily timbered land, where he\\nhas since devoted his time and energies to clearing\\nand otherwise improving a home. His place is finely\\nlocated and his recently constructed house cost about\\nSt, 5 00.\\nHe was married Aug. 30, 1856, in Casnovia, to\\nSarah M., daughter of Drayton and Sophronia\\n(Loomis) Moore, natives of Ohio. The daughter was\\nborn, Aug. 25, 1840, in Portage Co., Ohio. Her par-\\nents removed to l)e Kalb Co., Ind., when she was six\\nyears old, removing eight years later to Casnovia,\\nwhere she continued her efforts to secure an educa-\\ntion in the connnon schools until she was married.\\nMr. and Mrs. Seaman are held in high esteem in\\ns\\nSi/", "height": "2819", "width": "2254", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph11chic_0220.jp2"}, "221": {"fulltext": "m^\\npitf^*--\\nT^m U^^-r-^ :2^ hs-\\nNEJVAYGO COUNTY.\\n2 5\\nf\\ntheir community as energetic, enterprising, valuable\\nmembers of society. Hoth are members of the Bap-\\ntist Church in full and regular standing. Their\\nseven children are all living, born as follows Arthur\\nE., Dec. 29, 185S Julia C, Aug. 30, 1S60; EUaN.,\\nJuly 26, 1863; Martin L., April 5, 1867; Frank R.,\\nFeb. 4,1871; Milton M., Nov. 18, 1S72; Effie D.,\\nApril II, 1S80.\\nMr. Seaman is an adherent of the Republican\\nparty and a fearless advocate of the prohibition\\nmovement. He is present Township Clerk, and has\\nheld the position of Supervisor and other offices. He\\nbelongs to Grange No. 545. P. of H., at Ashland\\nCenter.\\nA\\nPi\\nV\\nM\\n3-V\\nIff oily W. Crawford, farmer, section 3i,Sher-\\n^^^^_^ idan Township, is a native of Macomb Co.,\\nMich., and was born June 24, 1837. His\\nparents, David and Lydia (Farr) Crawford, were\\nt natives of New York, and settled in Macomb\\nCounty in a very early day. They afterwards\\nmoved to Oakland County, where the father died,\\nand the mother came to Fremont, this county, and\\nafterward died. Holly \\\\V. was 12 years old when his\\nparents removed to Oakland County. He lived there\\nthree years and then returned to Macomb County,\\nwhere he lived until he obtained his majority, then\\nwent to Illinois and remained about three years.\\nIn June, 1861, he enlisted in the nth 111. Inf. and\\nserved three years. He was wounded in the hand\\nand shoulder in the battle of Fort Donelson, and re-\\nceived a furlough of two months. He was honorably\\ndischarged at Springfield, 111., and returned to Ma-\\ncomb County, where he lived one year, and August,\\n1865, he came to Newaygo County and purchased\\n80 acres of wild land in Sheridan, in what was then\\nBridgeton Township, where he now lives, and has 50\\nacres under cultivation. He was married in Sheri-\\ndan Township, in 1869, to Luclla A., daughter of\\nJohn and Sarah Nelson, natives of Ontario, Canada,\\nand New York, respectively. She is a naliveof On-\\ntario, Canada, where she was born Feb. 16, 1852.\\nMr. and Mrs. Crawford are the parents of seven\\nchildren Rilla M., John C, Reuben E., Perrin H.,\\nGuy VV., Lydia A. and Geo. N.\\nMr. Crawford has held the office of Township\\nClerk two years. Justice of the Peace 17 years and\\nSupervisor one year. He was appointed Postmaster\\nat Sitka in 1S68, under P. M. Gen. Randall, and has\\nsince held that office. He is a staunch Republican.\\n:ff v\u00c2\u00abal eorge D. Overly, car[ienterand joiner, and\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0ji l^^^fe City Marshal, Hesperia, was born in\\nyM Wayne Co., Ohio, Sept. 29, 1844. His\\nparents were Daniel and Mary A. (Glacon)\\nOverly, natives of Pennsylvania, and of Ger-\\nman-Scotch ancestry. When he was two and\\na half years old his parents moved to Wabash Co.,\\nInd., and settled on a farm in Chester Township; and\\nin 1856 they went to Miami County, same State,\\nwhere George attended school. When the civil war\\nbroke out he enlisted, Sept. 13, 1861, in Co. D, 29th\\nReg. Ind. Inf., and joined the Army of the Cumber-\\nland, commanded by Gen. Buell. He was in the\\nbattles of Shiloh, Stone River, Chickamauga, and sev-\\neral minor ones, without receiving even a scratch,\\nand was honorably discharged Oct. 11, 1864. He\\nimmediately returned home, and Feb. i, 1865, he\\nagain enlisted in Co. A, issth Reg. Ind. Inf., and\\njoined the Eastern army but before he was called into\\naction the war closed, and he was discharged at In-\\ndianapolis, Aug. 12, 1865. Again returning home, he\\nwent to learn the car[)enter s trade, under the instruc-\\ntions of David Coopier, where he remained one year,\\nthen commenced to work for Jacob Harman, remain-\\ning two years. In Oct., 1870, he came to Michigan\\nand settled in Hesperia, working at his trade, initil\\n1877, then engaged in milling two years; after this he\\nbecame proprietor of the Hesperian Hotel, which he\\nhas operated until (luite recently he left the hotel\\nto attend to his duties as City Marshal.\\nSept. 14, 1873, Mr. Overly was married to Mary E.\\nGre\\\\son, daughter of Martin and Mary (Font) Grey-\\nson, natives of North Carolina; they moved to In-\\ndiana, where her father finally died. She was born\\nin Indiana, March 27, 185 i. Mr. and Mrs. Overly\\nhave had three children: (ieorge, born Sept. 12,\\n1874; Maggie, Nov. 25, 1876; Nellie, born Oct. 3,\\n1878, died May t, 1880. Mr. O. is a staunch Re-\\nVi;,\\ni\\nr\\n1\\n\u00c2\u00ab|4^^", "height": "2831", "width": "2211", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph11chic_0221.jp2"}, "222": {"fulltext": "NEWAYGO COUNTY.\\n^1\\nJ\\npublican; is City Marshal, an office he fills very ac-\\nceptably, and is a meniljer of tlis I. O. (i. T., and\\nOdd Fellows.\\nm^i,! eter Daly, farmer, section 20, Denver Town-\\nship, is a son of Thomas and Elizabeth\\n(Agen) Daly, natives of Ireland and of Irish\\nj\\\\|i( descent. He was born in the town of Gal-\\n1^ loway, Ireland, June 16, 1S38. At the tender\\nage of eight years, he and a younger sister came by\\nthemselves to America, landing at New York, June\\n28, 1844. Shortly afterward he went to Long Island\\nto work on a farm for nine months, thence to Sara-\\ntoga County for a year, thence to New York city,\\nwhere he engaged himself as cabin boy on a steamer.\\nHe remained here some time, and then, in company\\nwith Ills brother, came to Michigan and settled on a\\nfarm of timber land in what is now known as Climax\\nPrairie, Kalamazoo County. Tliey succeded in cul-\\ntivating a farm that took the first premium at the\\nStale fair for five consecutive years. Mr. Daly then\\nremoved to Grand Rapids, where he was emijloyed on\\nthe steamboat Empire, as steersman, on Grand River,\\nvmtil 1856, when he sailed on Lake Michigan one\\nyear. While on the lake he was accidentally thrown\\noverboard one midnight in November, and almost\\nmiraculously rode the waves for 12 hours on a part of\\na bale of shingles, when he was finally picked up by\\na passing vessel. After this he came to White Lake,\\nMuskegon County, where he has since been engaged\\nas ])ilot during the summer season, and winters en-\\ngaged as foreman in the camps of the pineries of this\\nand Oceana Counties.\\nIn 1867 Mr. Daly purchased 80 acres of land in\\nDenver Township, which he has partly improved,\\nand has since bought 90 acres more, partly under\\ncultivation. Dec. 26, 1868, he was married, at M hiie-\\nhall, to Miss Annie L. Rossiter, daughter of Jere-\\nmiah and Bridget (Fortune) Rossiter, natives of Wex-\\nford, Ireland, where Anna was born, March 4, 1S50.\\nWhen 18 months old her parents emigrated to\\nLower Canada, and after three years came to I ort\\nHuron, Mich. Here she received her education,\\nand afterwards came to Denver Township, where she\\nhas since resided. Mr. and Mrs. Daly are the par-\\nents of seven children: Maggie, born April 25, 1869;\\nKatie, June 30, 1871; Nellie, Sept. 17, 1873; Anna\\nS., May 24, 1876; John, April 11, 1878; Jennie, Aug.\\n15, 1881 Bessie M., born Jan. 20, 1868, died April\\n3, 1868. They are active members of the Roman\\nCatholic Church. Mr. D. has held the office of\\nSchool Director and Postmaster for 13 years, and\\nin politics is a Republican.\\nndrew Gerber, tanner, Fremont, was born\\nH in Valparaiso, Ind., Aug. 6, 1856. His\\nparents, Daniel and Rebecca (Comfort) Ger-\\nh^ ber, were natives of Pennsylvania, and came\\nX to Michigan about the year 1863, settling in\\nDouglas, Allegan County, where they now reside.\\nAndrew attended the Presbyterian and Methodist\\nColleges at Valparaiso, and afterward attended the\\nHigh School at Douglas. He remained at home un-\\ntil he was of age, then came to Fremont, and was\\nadmitted into the firm of D. Gerber Sons, tanners,\\nhaving previously had charge of his father s tannery\\nabout three years. Mr. Gerber was married in Fre-\\nmont, May 13, 1883, to Sarah Mallery. He is a\\nmember of the F. A. M., K. of H., and Order of\\nChosen -Friends. In politics he is independent.\\nhomas H. Stuart, farmer, section 6, Gar-\\nfield Township, was born in Washington,\\nMacomb Co., Mich., Sept. 26. 1829, and is\\nthe son of Wilkes L. and Frances (Hopkins)\\nStuart. When he was 12 years old his father\\nwent to Tyrone, Livingston County, and took\\ncharge of 1,000 acres of timber land belonging to\\nJohn A. Wells, Cashier of the Farmers Mechanics\\n]5ank, of Detroit, where the family resided seven\\nyears, clearing 100 acres.\\nIn 1845, Mr. W. L. Stuart bought 100 acres of\\nwild land in Hartland Township in the same county,\\nand lying adjacent. He retained the place but a\\nshort time and went to Cambria, Hillsdale County,\\nwhere he bought 40 acres of land, and by additional\\nk\\nI\\nA\\nk\\n^K\u00c2\u00a7^i^^\\n;J^^\\nm^m^\\nz.-:^.\\n:^^^bi^", "height": "2819", "width": "2254", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph11chic_0222.jp2"}, "223": {"fulltext": "", "height": "2831", "width": "2211", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph11chic_0223.jp2"}, "224": {"fulltext": "(UlC^l ^L a^^ct^^\\n7^", "height": "2819", "width": "2254", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph11chic_0224.jp2"}, "225": {"fulltext": "t^m\\nTT\\nt\\nJ\\nA\\nV\\nJ\\n4\\nIV E IV AY GO COUNTY.\\n219\\npurchases increased his farm to 160 acres. In 1856\\nhe sold out and came to Newaygo County, ac-\\ncompanied by his son, Thomas H., where, in com-\\npany with Daniel Weaver, he bought 320 acres of\\nhind on the present site of Fremont Center and east\\nof that village. Under the regulations of the Home-\\nstead Act they could not hold the land in partnership,\\nand it was conseciuently divided, Mr. Weaver taking\\nthe portion now constituting the village site. The\\nentire tract was wild and covered with the primeval\\nforest. Mr. Stuart and his companion made their\\n-sC way from Newaygo through unbroken woods, cutting\\ntheir road as they advanced. On arrival they cleared\\na small space and built a cabin of logs, 18 x 24 feet\\nin dimensions, on the present site of the residence\\nof William Webber. The structure was occupied\\nthe succeeding winter by James B. Mallory and wife,\\nMrs. Stringham, Samuel and Henry Shupe and\\nPhilip Weaver, who kept open house for all new\\ncomers. Mr. Mallory built his house in the spring.\\nMr. Stuart, his son and Mr. Weaver returned to\\nHillsdale County for the winter. In the spring Mr.\\nStuart removed his family, consisting of his wife and\\nthree sons, to the new home.\\nOn arrival in Newaygo County, Thomas H. Stuart\\nbought 160 acres of land adjoining the farm where he\\nnow resides, located on the southeast quarter of sec-\\ntion 36 of town 13, range 14 west, where he built a\\nhouse and resided about two years. In 1858 he went\\nback to Hillsdale and passed one year, returning\\nafterwards to his farm, where he cleared 50 acres,\\nand resided until 1865, when he exchanged his farm\\nfor the Mateva Hotel at Newaygo. He managed\\nthe house about i8 months, when he again exchanged\\nhis jjroperty with his father for 80 acres of land\\nwhere he is now located. Only ten acres of this was\\nunder improvement at tliat time, but he now has 60\\nacres under cultivation with good residence, barns,\\norchards, etc., upon it.\\nMr. Stuart has accepted his share of the respons-\\nibilities of public life in the county. He was Su-\\npervisor of the old township of Fremont one year,\\nserved 12 years as Justice of the Peace in Sherman\\nTownship, and filled the same position in Garfield\\nI ownship after its re-organization. He has been\\ny Township Clerk several times and is at present High-\\nway Commissioner, which office he has filled several\\nyears. He was one of the organizers of the Grange,\\nNo. 494 at Fremont, in which he has held all the\\nimportant offices. He was also one of the organi-\\nzers of Pomona Grange, No. 1 1, at Newaygo, where\\nhe is an active worker in the interests of the Order\\nof Patrons of Husbandry.\\nMr. Stuart was married in Reading. Hillsdale C o.,\\nMich., to Sarah A., daughter of Matthew and Sarah\\nMallory, and a native of the State of New York.\\nTheir two children, Wilkes C. and Mary A., were\\nborn on the first farm in (now) Dayton Township.\\nThe son married Mary Du Bois and resides at home.\\nThe daughter has been a teacher since she was 1 6\\nyears old, and is now a student in the Literary De-\\npartment of the Normal School of Michigan.\\nfvl: \u00e2\u0096\u00a0^i l Headley, farmer, section 35, Ashland\\n.^iiidl Township, was born in Trumbull Co., Ohio,\\nj^ Dec. 5, 1 83 1, and is the son of John and\\n5) Celia (Coburn) Headley. His parents were\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a05 natives respectively of Pennsylvania and New\\nYork. They were of German descent, and\\nwhen the son was in his sixth year they removed to\\nDe Kalb Co., Ind. The father there engaged in\\nfarming and educated his children in accordance with\\nhis means and the facilities afforded by the locality\\nand period.\\nMr. Headley was married June 12, 1853, in De\\nKalb Co., Ind., to Julia A., daughter of Drayton and\\nSophronia (Loomis) Moore. Her parents were born\\nin Massachusetts and New York and were of Puri-\\ntan lineage. Mrs. Headley was born Jan. 7, 1834,\\nin Portage Co., Ohio, and while she was yet an in-\\nfant her parents removed to Medina Co., Ohio, and\\nfrom there to I e Kail) County. She secured a good\\neducation and was engaged a number of years in\\nteaching in Indiana, and continued to follow the pro-\\nfession for two years after coming to .Mi( higan. The\\nfamily includes an adopted daughter, Minta A. Co-\\nburn, born July 4, 1869. Her parents were Orson\\nand .Ann (Headley) Coburn. Mr. and Mrs. Headley\\nbelong to the religious denomination known as\\nChristians and hold their membership at Bailey.\\nIn 1854, Mr. Headley came to Michigan. He\\nmoved his entire earthly outfit, consisting of his wife,\\nhousehold effects and farm stock. The locomotive\\npower consisted of an ox-teani and the journey con-\\nr\\nC-\\nc\\nf 5\u00c2\u00ab^#-\\ns^^^ri\\n\u00e2\u0080\u00a2A", "height": "2831", "width": "2211", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph11chic_0225.jp2"}, "226": {"fulltext": "220\\n-2J%L^i5^\\nI1 ii\\nT\\n-i\\nv\\ns-v:\\ns\\nV\\nXEit-iVGO cou.yj y.\\nt::\\n^5r sumed 12 days. (He has since made the entire trip\\nbetween sun and sun. He settled first in Mus-\\nke.i^on County, occupying the cabin which had been\\nthe home of Dr. Tatman, a name well-known in Ne-\\nwaygo County. During the first year he was en-\\ngaged at chopinng in the woods, and his wife taught\\nschool. He bought a farm under the Graduation\\nAct. (This statutory provision related to (Govern-\\nment lands which had been in market for various\\nperiods with reference to which it had been con-\\nstructed. The prices for such lands varied in accord-\\nance with the time those longest in market were\\noffered at twenty-five cents an acre, and they were\\ngraded upwards to one dollar and twenty-five cents\\nan acre.) Mr. Headley arranged for the purchase of\\na tract of 40 acres in Ashland, at 75 cents per acre.\\nThis land was situated in so dense a wilderness that\\nhe was obliged to cut a road thereto. He cleared a\\npiece of land of brush whereon to set his house, and\\ndevoted all the time he could spare to the improve-\\nment of his place, his leisure for that purjwse being\\nregulated by the question of supplying the necessaries\\nof life. He was in vigorous health, with a disposition\\nto work, and found his resources in plentiful demand\\namong neighbors who had more money than available\\nstrength and he worked at clearing land until he\\nhad sufficiently improved his own property to sustain\\nhis family. The prosperity of Newaygo County is no\\nmystery to an observer who considers what the ne-\\ncessities of its early settlers really were and all the\\nprivation and hardship they entailed, and the class\\nof men who brought victory from such conditions.\\nThe generation of to-day would stand appalled if\\none simple condition of that period prevailed that\\nof obtaining supplies from remote points even with\\nthe present facilities. The contrast proves the\\nvalue of time and strength in the development of a\\nnew country, and that money may not always be a\\nnecessary means. Probably the most supreme mo-\\nment of disgust experienced by Alexander Selkirk\\nwas that in which he discovered the nugget of gold\\nand realized its intrinsic worthlessness. It is a sig-\\nnificant fact that they who were compelled to carry\\nsupplies from Cirand Rapids until their land became\\nsufficiently productive to be made sustaining, feel so\\nwell compensated by their achievements that those\\ndays of effort have sunk to comparative nothingness,\\nand it is certain that their cheerful, even joyous, re-\\ncital of their experiences convey no impression of\\nf\\nsuffering or struggle. To his original purchase, Mr.\\nHeadley has added 60 acres, and has 40 acres under\\nfine improvement.\\nMr. Headley is a Republican in political belief and\\naction. He ranks high in the esteem of his towns-\\nmen and has accepted the duties and resiwnsibililies\\nof many official positions. He has been Township\\nTreasurer 13 succeeding years and is holding his sec-\\nond incumbency as Supervisor; is also .Vssessor and\\nTreasurer of his school district, a position he has\\nheld 1 2 years. He belongs to the Order of Good\\nTemplars and is connected with Lodge No. 369, of\\nAshland, in which body he occupies the position of\\nLodge Deputy.\\nAs a representative pioneer agriculturist of Ne-\\nwaygo County, the jxjrtrait of Mr. Headley is pre-\\nsented in this work.\\nargaret E. Tibbitts, resident on section\\n28, Denver Township, was born in De\\nKalb Co., Ind., March 9, 1845. Her par-\\nents, John and Mary (Warren) Milliman.\\nwere natives of New England. They lived in\\nCleveland, Ohio, several years, and afterward\\nmoved to Indiana. Margaret was educated in her\\nnative State, and remained at home until her mar-\\nriage, Oct. 4, 1864, to James Brownlee. Just pre-\\nvious to this event Mr. Brownlee had been in the\\narmy. While there, he contracted the measles,\\nwhich terminated in the quick consumption, from\\nwhich he died May 14, 1865, at Nashville, Tenn.\\nHe belonged to Co. A, gth Ind. Inf., but was not in\\nany battle, owing to disability.\\nSept. 4, 1868, Mrs. Brownlee married Shepard\\nTibbitts, of Fremont, this county. He was a son of\\nArxa and Adaline (Shattuck) Tibbitts, natives of\\nBrown Co., Ont., where he was born, April 8, 1825.\\nHe came to this State in 1851, after having spent\\nsome time in Vermont and New York. Very soon\\nafter marriage they settled on a farm of 160 acres of\\ntimbered land in Denver Township. This land is\\nnow in a good state of cultivation, with a residence\\na\\\\ion it, built at a cost of $1,500. Mr. Tibbitts died\\nat his home March 3, 1 88 2, leaving four children and\\na large circle of friends to mourn his loss. He had\\nyw;\\nA\\nsy\\nM^\\n*-?i3t:\\nf^", "height": "2819", "width": "2254", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph11chic_0226.jp2"}, "227": {"fulltext": "t\\nI\\nJ\\n-7(i^mmh T\\nV\\nV\\nV\\nI\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0cr\\nNEWAYGO COUNTY.\\nWe^*^\\nled an honest, active life and was highly respected\\nby all who knew him. He was buried with Masonic\\niionors. Mr. and Mrs. Tibbitts had six children:\\nJennie, born July i6, 1869; Willard, Nov. 12, 187 1\\nHcrtha A.. March 28, 1876; John A., Oct. 17, 1877\\nBertie, born Aug. 19, 1873, died Sept. 24, 1873 an-\\nother child also died in infancy.\\nMr. Tibbitts held various township offices. He\\nhad for sDuie time l)een a member of the Masonic\\nOrder: was a strong advocate of the temperance\\ncause, and in politics a Republican. Both himself\\nand wife were charter members of the Grange.\\nMrs. Tibbitts lost her sight in 1879, and since that\\nlime has been unable to recognize any one. A\\nsevere cold was the cause of this sad calamity.\\ntacfi S\u00c2\u00a7^\\n|?4\u00e2\u0080\u0094 x ^-S OTzw-\\neremiah Rossiter, farmer, section 17, Den-\\nIfi- ver Township, was born in Wexford Co.,\\np Ireland, June 4, 1829, and is a son of Jo-\\nseph and Stacia (Fourlong) Rossiter, natives of\\nthat country. He attended the public schools\\nof that place and worked on his father s farm\\nuntil 21 years of age. March 4, 1848, he married\\nMiss Bridget Fortune, daughter of Nicholas and\\nMay (O Coner) Fortune, natives also of Wexford\\nCounty. Mrs. Rossiter was born June 18, 1835, and\\ndied in Denver Township, June 18, 1880. They\\nworked on the old homestead in Wexford County\\nuntil the spring of 1850, when they emigrated to Ot-\\ntawa, Can., where Mr. R. was engaged in lumbering\\nuntil 1857. He then removed to Toronto, Can., and\\na year later came to F ort Sariiia, on Lake Huron,\\nwhere he was engaged one year in a saw-mill. In\\nthe spring of 1859 he moved to Port Huron, Mich.,\\nwhere he sawed fqr some time, and in the fall of\\n1S60 moved upon liis present farm of 80 a( res,\\nwhich was then wild and uncultivated. He has add-\\ned 40 acres to his original purchase, and 80 of the\\nr20 acres are well improved.\\nMr. and Mrs. Rossiter had six children, four of\\nwhom are living Anna C, Nicholas, John and\\nMary; James and Nicholas are deceased. Mr. R.\\nmember of the Catholic Church, and is a mem-\\naymond E. Misner, son of Ephraim and\\nMarietta (Darling) Misner, natives of New\\nYork, was born in that State, April 14,\\n1850, and at the age of 16 years came to\\nMichigan and settled in Newaygo County,\\nwhere he was employed in a saw-mill for\\nnearly ten years; was also employed about two years\\nby the Chicago West Michigan Railroad Company.\\nJan. I, 1880, he formed a partnership with R. W.\\nRutherford, for the purpose of carrying on the gro-\\ncery, boot and shoe, flour and feed, and provision\\ntrade, under the firm name of Rutherford Misner,\\nin Fremont. They carry a stock of about $2,000.\\nMr. Misner was married, in Fremont, Dec. 25,\\n1869, to Sophia J., daughter of Cornelius and Chris-\\ntina Addison, natives of Holland. She came to\\nAmerica with her parents, and remained at home un-\\ntil her marriage. Mr. and Mrs. Misner have two\\nchildren Stella M., born Dec. 25, 1870, and James\\nE., born June 27, 1875. Mr. M. was ap{X)inted\\nSpecial Policeman the first year the village was in-\\ncorporated and still retains that position. In poli-\\ntics, he is identified with the Republican party.\\nI^lonzo Thayer, mechanic and engineer, sec-\\nf-r-i^y^H tion 27, Ashland Township, was born in\\nJ^ Washtenaw Co., Mich., Oct. 12, 1828. He is\\n^lieT the son of John G. and Hannah (Pangborn)\\nj Thayer, natives of New England, who settled in\\nMichigan previous to their marriage, which event\\ntook place in the city of Detroit, June 30, 1813.\\nThe father was in the service of the United States\\nduring the entire period of the war of 181 2, with the\\nrank of Captain. After their marriage they became\\nresidents of Washtenaw County, and in 1840 went\\nto Kent County, where the father died, in 1848.\\nIn 1849, Mr. Thayer attained his legal freedom,\\nand in April previous to his reaching that period he\\nber in good standing of the I. O. O. F., Lodge No. x;^\\n334, at Hesperia. In politics he is a National Green-\\nbacker.\\nV_\\ny\\nA\\nV\\nr\\n.i\\n-i ^|]ll^t^tllli\\n-\u00c2\u00bbir; t^", "height": "2831", "width": "2211", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph11chic_0227.jp2"}, "228": {"fulltext": "r\\nt\\n-Tk\\nA\\nV\\n,4\\nf\\nA /i \\\\VA YGO CO UNT J\\ni Y\\nset out on a prospecting tour through the West and\\nNorthwest. He traveled through eleven States and\\nTerritories, and in the fall of 1851 returned to Mich-\\nigan. He settled in Ottawa County, where he was\\nmarried April 3, 1852, to Sarah Jane, daughter of\\nCaleb and Sabia (Hewitt) Whittemore, natives of\\nConnecticut. Mrs. Thayer was born in Essex Co.,\\nN. Y., where her parents resided. They came to\\nMichigan in 1S50, and located in Kent County.\\nAfter his marriage Mr. Thayer remained in Otta-\\nwa County and was occupied in a saw-mill, after\\nwhicli he came to Newaygo County and followed the\\nsame calling on the Muskegon River. His ne.\\\\t re-\\nmove was to Grand Rapids, where he resided until\\nthe spring of 1867, when he made a permanent set-\\ntlement in Newaygo County, buying 40 acres of land\\nin Ashland Township, whereon he fi.xed his home-\\nstead and turned his attention and energies, to a cer-\\ntain extent, to its improvement and cultivation. He\\nbelongs to the National party in political connection,\\nand is an active member of Ashland Grange, No.\\n545-\\nThe children of Mr. and Mrs. Thayer were born\\nas follows: Ella VV., Feb. 26, 1853; .Myron F., Oct.\\n6, 1857 Frank A., Feb. 22, 1861 Florence J-, Oct.\\n1, 1863; Hiram, Feb. 23, 1866; Emma E., Dec. 23,\\n1870; Frederick Jan. 28, 1874,\\nTohn E. Hatfield, farmer, section 26, Nor-\\nwich Township, was born in the city of New\\nYork, Feb. 22, 1833. His parents, William\\nand Sarah (Craft) Hatfield, were both born in\\nVermont, where his father was a farmer. He\\ndied when his son was in early youth, and the\\nmother followed her husband to the grave not long\\nafter.\\nMr. Hatfield resided with a man named William\\nTross, and was cared for in his family until he was\\n1 6 years old, bred meanwhile to the calling of a far-\\nmer and acquiring a fair education at the common\\nschool. He aftenvard spent about five years as an\\nassistant in a saw-mill, witli Ulster, Sullivan Co.,\\nand resided in New York until 1S61, when he re-\\nmoved to Michigan, locating primarily at Grand\\nRapids. He was there employed in a mill until the\\nfall of 1867, when he entered a homestead claim of\\n40 acres of land in Nonvich Township, and devoted\\nhis energies and time to its improvement. A later\\npurchase has increased his landed possessions to 160\\nacres, where he is engaged in creditable and prosper-\\nous farming. In political faith he is an adherent of\\nthe Republican party, and has held the Township\\noffices of Justice of the Peace, Highway Commis-\\nsioner, Assessor, Treasurer, etc. He is earnestly and\\nactively interested in whatever promotes the grade of\\nprogression in his township.\\nMr. Hatfield has been twice married. His first\\nwife was Mary, daughter of Martin and Rebecca\\n(Miller) Kator, a native of the State of New York.\\nShe died Dec. 9, i860, leaving two children, Jidia\\nA. and Mary Emma. Mr. Hatfiekl was a second\\ntime married July 12, 1S74, to Mrs. Rosa (La Fave)\\nLangford, daughter of Oliver and Mar)- (Gonyon)\\nLa Fave. She was born Feb. 15, 1837, and is the\\nmother of two children, Guy P. Langford and Delia\\nMay Hatfield.\\nacob Barnhard, farmer, section\\nI en-\\nver Township, was born in Fairfield Co.,\\nOhio, Sept. 29, 1809. When he was very\\nyoung his parents left that locality, and after\\nliving some time in Pickaway County moved\\nto Sandusky Count\\\\ Here Jacob lived and\\nworked on his father s farm until 22 years of age,\\nwhen, in March, 1832, he married Miss Sarah Hi-\\nland, daughter of Edward and Mary Hiland, all na-\\ntives of Ohio. Mrs. Barnhard died in 1836, at her\\nhome in Sandusky, leaving two children.\\nJune 21, 1840, Mr. Barnhard married Miss Lu-\\ncinda Reed, of Seneca Co., Ohio, and daughter of\\nJames and Nancy (Rowley) Reed, natives of that\\nState. She was born in Huron Co., Ohio, Feb. 24,\\n1820. Mr. and Mrs. Barnhard settled on a farm in\\nSandusky County, where they lived till the spring of\\n1848, when they moved to Chicago, III.; from there\\nthey came to Muskegon, this State, where Mr. B.\\ncarried the chain to lay out the town. Finally they\\nmoved to this county and settled in Croton Town-\\nshij). Here Mr. B. located on a farm, where he\\nlived until 1855, when he removed to Daylon Town-\\nship, and built the first shanty in that township.\\nV^\\n/N\\nt\\ni\\n^V^?^\u00c2\u00ab\u00c2\u00a7^\\n^[lfl :DD^\\ni 4f\u00c2\u00ae", "height": "2819", "width": "2254", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph11chic_0228.jp2"}, "229": {"fulltext": ".VEPl^AYGO COUNTY.\\nI\\nt\\nV\\nI\\nHe labored hard and earnestly until he improved 80\\nacres of heavily timbered land. He has now grown\\nto be an old man, and has always been highly es-\\nteemed as a citizen, and recognized as one of the\\nleading men of the community in which he has lived.\\nHe has held the offices of Township Clerk, Director,\\nSupervisor, School Inspector, and at one time was\\nProbate Judge. In politics, he sympathizes with the\\nRepublican party. March 15, 1883, Mr. Barnhard\\nmoved into Denver Township.\\nMr. and Mrs. Barnhard have had seven children\\nSarah A., Nancy J-, Simon P., Thomas, Sylvanus,\\nMargaret and Jonathan two are deceased. They\\nare members of the M. E. Church.\\n^eymour E. Doud, farmer, sec. 29, Sherman\\nTownship, is a son of John and Amanda\\nA. (Silliman) Doud, natives of Connecticut\\nand Massachusetts respectively, and was born\\nin Trumbull Co., Ohio, July 13, 1854. He\\nlived in his native State until 14 years of age,\\nand March 3, 1869, he came to Newaygo County and\\npurchased 80 acres of partly improved land in Sher-\\nman Township, where he now resides, and has 45\\nacres under tillage. He was married at Lansing.\\nMich., Oct. 23, 1875, to Lillian L., eldest daughter\\nof Mark and Lorinda Alton, natives of Ohio; she\\nwas horn July 13, 1858. They have three children\\nErnest L., Eugene A. and Berniss A. Mr. D. has\\nheld the office of Highway Commissioner three years,\\nand ivas also on the Board of Review one year. In\\npolitics he is a Republican.\\n.rw^^^^^*^\\nMillard, merchant, Newaygo, was born\\n1 March 5, r832, in Allegany Co., N. V.,;uid\\nis a son of John and Polly (Doud) Millard.\\nW^v The father was a carpenter and joiner, and\\ntaught his son the details of the trade. The\\nlatter pursued the business during summers and\\nengaged in lumbering winters until he came to Mich-\\nigan, which was in the fall of 1857.\\nOn coming to this State our subject settled in\\nClinton County and was occupied there until i860\\nin farming. He then came to Newaygo and engaged\\nas a sawyer in the mill of the Newaygo Lumber\\nCompany, where he remained until 1863, when he\\nbegan to operate as a contractor, putting in pine\\ntimber. He bought 80 acres of pine land and oper-\\nated on his own account for a time. In 1866 he\\nopened a meat market, which branch of trade he\\noperated eight years, when he added a grocery and\\nprovision department, and afterwards ready-made\\nclothing and gentlemen s furnishing goods. His\\nstock is valued at $1,500 and he transacts an annual\\nbusiness of about $7,000. He owns his store build-\\ning and residence. He has served as Township\\nClerk two years and Under-Sheriff two years.\\nMr. Millard was married in Allegany Co., N. Y.,\\nNov. 3, 1854, to Phebe E., daughter of Dewitt C.\\nand Mary A. Hyde, a native of Allegany County.\\n\u00e2\u0080\u00a2MIs sriaL jjjjQj^ p Barnhard, merchant, Fremont,\\nwas born in Ottawa Co., Ohio, Nov. g,\\n1844. His parents, Jacob and Lucinda\\ni\\\\\\\\ (Reed) Barnhard, were natives of that State.\\nWhen Simon was four years of age they moved\\nto Illinois, where they remained but six months,\\nand came to the mouth of the Muskegon River, in\\nMichigan, where they lived a short time, then re-\\nmoved farther north into what is now Newaygo\\nCounty, which was then a wilderness. Simon re-\\nmained at home until 17 years of age, when he en-\\nlisted in Co. K, 3d Mich. Inf., and served two years\\nand four months in the war of the Rebellion. He\\nwas then honorably discharged on account of wounds\\nreceived at the battle of the Wilderness. He par-\\nticipated in the battles of Chancellorsville, Fredericks-\\nburg and numerous smaller engagements. At Chan-\\ncellorsville he was wounded in the leg and left on the\\nfield, where he was taken prisoner, but was paroled\\nin 13 liays. About si.x months afterward he was free\\nto enter the service again, where he remained until\\nhis discharge. He then returned to this county,\\nwhere he attended school nearly a year, and taught\\nschool for about four years. In the meantime he\\nbought 40 acres of land at one lime, and 40 at an-\\nV\\nr\\ni\\n\u00c2\u00ae)5\u00e2\u0082\u00ac^^-\\n-K Da: iiiis", "height": "2831", "width": "2211", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph11chic_0229.jp2"}, "230": {"fulltext": "r\\nm\\nr^-\\ni^^\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a07 ^nil :ilO r^=^ :2^^^^\\n^^^^^^\\\\4$\u00c2\u00a7)\\nX 224\\nt\\no\\ni\\nA\\ne\\ns\\niVj5 fF^KGC COUNTY.\\nother, of partly improved land. He lived on this\\nfarm 11 years, then sold in the winter of 1882, after\\nclearini; over 50 acres and putting up good frame\\nbuildings. He afterward moved to the village of\\nFremont, ivhere he was employed by tlie Patrons\\nCo-operative Co., as manager, and remained in that\\nposition until the following April, when he purchased\\nthe goods of the company, which consisted of gen-\\neral merchandise, and now carries a stock of $5,000\\nto $7,000. Mr. Barnhard has the confidence of his\\nfellow townsmen an l of tlie i)uhli( generally in this\\nsection of country.\\nHe was married in this county, Dec. 25, 1S66, to\\nSarah A., daughter of T. C. and Elizabeth (Moore)\\nRandolj)h, natives of Maine, where Mrs. B. was born,\\nFeb. 6, 1848. Mr. and Mrs. Barnhard have had five\\nchildren, viz: Enier, May L., Charles, Augus-\\nta and Elwood the latter is deceased. Mr. B. has\\nheld the office of Clerk of Dayton Township about\\nthree years, and School Inspector several years.\\nHe is a member of Henry Dobson Post, C. A. R.,\\nand in politics is independent.\\n^\u00c2\u00abHJH*fe\\nS-\\nP^lanson Taylor, farmer, section 17, Sher-\\nman Township, was born in Trumbull Co.,\\n)hio, Jan. 20, 1841. His parents were Alan-\\n^,IaI* son and Angeline (Viets) Taylor, the former\\na native of Massachusetts, and the latter of\\nConnecticut. They settled in Trumbull County\\nand there lived until their death. Alanson was 17\\nyears old when his mother died, and at that time he\\nleft hoilie to live with an elder brother. He remained\\nwith him for nearly three years. In the spring of\\n1 86 1 he enlisted in the 19th Ohio Reg., and was\\nsoon afterward discharged. He then took a trip to\\nMinnesota, and after a short time relumed to Ohio\\nand entered Hiram College.\\nIn the si)ring of 1862 he was married to Esther,\\nilaughter of John and Amanda Doud, natives of\\nConnecticut and Ohio. Mrs. Taylor was born in\\nTrumbull Co., Ohio, Jan. 28, 1843. They have had\\neight children, seven living: Regenia A., Grant U.,\\nLucius L., Lillian A., Plumb A., Pearl A. and Mabel\\nA. In the spring of 1869 Mr. Taylor came to Ne-\\nwaygo County and bought 80 acres of land in Sher-\\nman Township where he now resides, and has about\\n35 acres under cultivation. He has held the office\\nof Township Clerk one year, and is School Director\\nof District No. i. Politically, he is a Republican.\\nvS\\ndmund O. Thomas was born in Onon-\\ndaga Co., N. v., Sept. 6, 1827. His pater-\\nnal grandfather was a native of New South\\nWales and his father, Lewis Thomas, was a\\nnative o{ New York. His maternal grandfather\\nJ was a native of Cennany, and his mother,\\nBetsey E. (Peterson) Thomas, was born in Pennsvl-\\nvania. Edmund O. lived at home until he attained\\nhis majority. At the age of 10 years he received an\\ninjury which disabled him from attending school,\\nbeing obliged to use crutches for eight years, in con-\\nsequence of which his schooling was limited. He\\nis a self-made man and, being of keen observation,\\nhas acquired that practical education which is so es-\\nsential to success in business. His counsel and ad-\\nvice are very often sought. When 18 years of age\\nhe commenced peddling, a business he followed 15\\nyears. In 1852 he left New York and came to Mich-\\nigan, 77(7 Lake Erie, settling in Wayne County, where\\nhe lived six years was in Ingham County four\\nyears, and in Muskegon five years, and in the fall of\\n1869 came to this county and settled on 80 acres of\\nland he had previously purchased, in Dayton Town-\\nship. He built a frame house, cleared 45 acres, and\\nlived here until the spring of 1883, when he sold,\\nand bought a house and two lots in the village of\\nFremont, where he still resides.\\nHe was first married in New York, Dec. 3, 1849,\\nto Elizalieth, daughter of John and Betsey Vanauker.\\nwho was born in Monroe Co., N. W, March iS, 1834,\\nand they had five children William C, born Aug.\\n18, 1851; Flora A., Dec. 11, 1856; Edmund O.,\\nMay t8, 1863; Hiram L. Margaret A., born Jan. 1,\\n1855, died Sept. 28, 1861. Mrs. Thomas died Dec.\\nI, 1870, and Feb. 3, 1874, Mr. Thomas married Mary\\nTindall, daughter of l aniel and Sarah A. (Johnson)\\nTindall, natives of Ohio and Indiana respectively,\\nand she was born April 15, 1852. Their three chil-\\ndren arc Mary E., born Oct. 30, 1874; Charles H.,\\nJan. 20, 1876; Freddie, April 22,1881. Mr. Thomas\\nC\\nr\\nt\\nts/ i\\nr,^;^^i^_^\\n-3%^^^\\n^ll!I^tlll^\\n^J^;^\\n-4^^^", "height": "2819", "width": "2254", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph11chic_0230.jp2"}, "231": {"fulltext": "ih/^^^^\\n^m Mh\\nV\\nI\\nT5-\\nNE IV AY GO COUNTY.\\n-ZJ^\\nwas elected Justice of the Peace in 1871, and has\\nheld that office ever since; has been a member of\\nthe Masonic Order since 1S56; is a strong temper-\\nance man, and in politics is a Repuljlican.\\nslbert E. SutliflF, of the firm of Keefe, Sut-\\nliff Co., liverymen, Newaygo, wras born in\\nBndgeton Township, Newaygo Co., Mich.,\\nMarch 18, 1S61. His father, Calvin A. Sutliff,\\nwas Ijorn Jan. 27, 1828, in New York, of Eng-\\nlish and German extraction, and is a pioneer settler\\nof Bridgeton Township, where he is a heavy land-\\nholder. The mother, Emily H. (Woodward) Sutlifif,\\nis a native of New York, and was born Ajjril 13,\\n1839. Their farm comprises 272 acres, 100 acres of\\nwhich is under improvement.\\nMr. Sutliff was brought up as a pioneer s son and\\nshared in the labors and hardships of clearing the\\nhomestead and placing it in its present valuable con^\\ndition. Sept. 18, 1883, associated with his brother,\\nSolon D. Sutliff, and Charles F. Keefe, he opened^ a\\nlivery stable in Newaygo on the site of the establish-\\nment of J. M. Allen, whose building was destroyed\\nin the fire of April 29, 1883. The firm is in a pros-\\nperous condition and its establishment is well stocked\\nwith excellent horses, carriages and all other fixtures\\nnecessary to meet the local demand. Mr. Sutliff is\\na member of Jericho Lodge, Order of Good Tem-\\nplars, located at West Ashland.\\n1 homas C. Grundy, farmer, section 6, Day-\\nton Township, is the son of James and\\nAnn (Pickles) Grundy, natives of England,\\nand was born June 20, 1839. He lived with\\nhis parents until about i6 years of age, and\\nwas then ai)prenticed, for seven years, to learn\\nthe trade of carpenter and joiner. After the expira-\\ntion of his ap|)renticeship he turned his attention to\\nthe ministry, which engaged him for five years, in the\\nmeantime being licensed to preach, but was not or-\\ndained until he came to America. He left his native\\ncountry in the summer of 1867, and settled in Cold-\\nwater, Branch Co., Mich., where he followed his trade\\na part of the time and occasionally jjreached the\\ngospel. He remained at Coldwater but a few\\nmonths, when he went to Burr Oak, where he re-\\nmained for a year, thence to Reading, Hillsdale\\nCounty, where he was ordained a minister of the M.\\nE. Church. After preaching one year at Reading,\\nhe moved to Osseo, in the same county, and at the\\nexi)iration of his engagement there came to Fre-\\nmont, this county, where he preached one year, after\\nwhich he left the Conference.\\nIn the spring of 1874, Mr. Grundy returned to\\nEngland, and after spending a few months in his na-\\ntive country, came back to Newaygo County and pur-\\nchased 162 acres of partly improved land, where he\\nnow resides. He was married in England, August,\\n1864, to Ann, daughter of Rev. Thomas and Eliza-\\nbeth (Cartwright) Eckersley, also natives of England,\\nand where their daughter Ann was born, and lived\\nuntil her marriage with Mr. Grundy. In politics,\\nMr. G. sympathizes with tlie National paity.\\n000\\noSo\\na?\\nV\\nSfeenry Darling, farmer, section 6, Garfield\\nJ.jM^i Township, was born in Ulster Co., N. Y.\\nx|^ March 8, 181 1, and is the son of James and\\nMargaret (Misner) Darling. His father was a\\nnative of Scotland and was born July 23, 1774,\\nin Prestonpans, and died in Schuyler Co., N.\\nY., at the venerable age of 92 years. The mother\\nwas born Feb. 29, 1780, in Canada, of German an-\\ncestry, and died March 22, 1865, at the ripe of age of\\n85 years. They were the parents of 14 children,\\nnine of whom are still living. During the war of\\n1 81 2, the family lived in Canada, the father wishing\\nto remain neutral in the issue between the British\\n(Government and the United States.\\nMr. Darling came to Newaygo in 1858, and in 1859\\nbought a saw-mill, which was burned in 1863, with a\\nloss of $1,200, not being insured. He was married\\nDec. 22, 1861, to Eydia J., daughter of Henry and\\nCynthia Upton, born at Adrian, Aug. 18, 1841.\\nThey passed the four years following their marriage\\nin Schuyler Co., N. Y., where their two children,\\nHenry Tavern and Duane, were born, the eldest\\nK.\\nr\\n-^mm%^\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0^^f^\\nM", "height": "2831", "width": "2211", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph11chic_0231.jp2"}, "232": {"fulltext": "K-y^ jy\\nii^i^ii\\nt\\nJL\\n)K/^ ^(^r#^\\n226\\nz*\\ni\\ns\\ni\\n-T7V :llll :il|]r. -r-\\n^^H .^KGO COUNTY\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0y^^^\\nJuly II, 1863, the younger, Sept. 22, 1865. In the\\nspring of 1864, Mt. Darling returned to Newaygo\\nCounty and bought 320 acres of land in (then) Day-\\nton Township. The place is known as the Fremont\\nLake Farm, and is in what is now Sheridan Township.\\nIn the same year he built a saw-mill, which was\\ni)urned in 1870, involving a loss of $5,000. In De-\\ncember, 1870, Mr. Darling went to Kansas and en-\\ntered a claim of 160 acres of land. He remained\\nthere until the spring of 1 871, when he returned lo\\nXewaygo County and purchased the farm of which\\nhe is the present proprietor. It contains 50~acres,\\nwith one half under improvement. The owner has\\nmade additional clearings, built a substantial resi-\\ndence, set out an orchard and put the ^place in a fine\\nstate of cultivation. He has officiated four years as\\nJustice of the Peace and in several other positions of\\ntrust.\\nMr. Darling is a descendant, on both sides of liis\\nparentage, of ancestors remarkable for tenacity of\\nlife. His maternal grandfather lived to be 104 years\\nold. Every tooth was perfectly sound and bodily\\nfLiculties comparatively unimpaired at the time of his\\ndeath.\\nvv^S\u00c2\u00bb-i^S i ~^-r-\\nl^aniel Davis, farmer, section 32, Sherman\\n\\\\L Township, is a son of Joel and Mary A.\\nw\\nA\\n(McConnell) Davis, the father a native of\\nPennsylvania, and mother of Ireland they\\nfirst settled in Ohio, but now reside in Indiana.\\nDaniel was born in Tuscarawas Co., Ohio, March\\n28, 1845, and was the seventh son of a family of 14\\nchildren. He remained at home until 17 years of\\nage. At that time he enlisted in the 51st Ohio Vol.\\nInf and servetl 21 months, receiving an honorable\\ndischarge at the close of the war, at Indianapolis,\\nInd. Owing to severe exposure, he was taken sick\\nnear Atlanta, Cia., and was confined to the hospital\\nnearly (wt. months. After receiving his discharge he\\nreturned to Ohio and lived at home a year, then went\\nto I)e Kalb Co., Ind., where he lived two years, and\\nin the fall of 1868 came to Newaygo County and\\nbought 40 acres of wild land in Ashland Township.\\nHe continued to improve this land for eight years,\\nthen sold it and purchased 60 acres in Sherman\\nTownship, where he now resides. He has about 25\\nacres under tillage.\\nAug. 30, 1866, he was married in Tuscarawas Co.,\\nOhio, to Mary E., daughter of Zedekiah and Isabelle\\n(Connell) Lewis, natives of Virginia and Ohio re-\\nspectively. Mrs. Davis was born in Tuscarawas\\nCo., Ohio, April 14, S45. Their four children are\\nIsabelle, Chades Lewis C. and Ora J. Politically,\\nMr. Davis is a radical Kepublican.\\nV^\\nl^hinar Preston is a son of William and\\nMargaret (Barnhard) Preston, and was\\nfe born in Ohio Aug. 15, 1839. His father\\nwas a native of Vermont and mother of Ohio.\\nThey first settled in Ohio, and remained there\\nuntil his father s death. His mother now lives\\nin Kent Co., Mich., with one of her children. Mr.\\nPreston lived in Ohio until he was 11 years of age,\\nthen came to Michigan with his mother, with whom\\nhe made his home till 22 years of age. March 12,\\n1862, he enlisted in the 3d Mich. Inf., and served\\nthree years, taking part in many important battles.\\nAmong them were those of Gettysburg, battle of the\\nWilderness, Williamsburg (Va.), Mine Run, Locust\\nGrove and siege of Yorktown. He was honorably\\ndischarged at Elmira, N. V., in March, 1865, and at\\nonce returned to Newaygo County, where his mother\\nwas then living.\\nPrevious to his enlistment he had made a purchase\\nof 120 acres of land, about five of which were im-\\nproved. He settled on this land and began at once\\nto make improvements. He has since added to his\\nestate at different times, until he now owns 360 acres,\\n200 of which are being well cultivated. He was\\nmarried in Dayton Township, March 17, 1862, to\\nEugenia, daughter of Frederick and Keziah (Hop-\\nkins) Dickison, who was born in New York, March\\n2, 1846. Her parents were natives of Connecticut\\nand New York respectively, and came to Michigan\\nabout the year 1859, settling in Dayton Township.\\nMr. and Mrs. Preston have had ten children Reno\\nS., Nellie L., Lester P., Nettie E., Kearney N., Mary\\nO., Frank C. and William F. Two children died in\\ninfancy.\\nPohtically, Mr. Preston is a Republican. He ha^\\n^\u00e2\u0096\u00a0V.jir\\n.:::lJ^\\n^|]a:-\u00c2\u00bb:iiDit\\n^yy\\n\u00e2\u0080\u00a24)^5f", "height": "2819", "width": "2254", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph11chic_0232.jp2"}, "233": {"fulltext": "i^sferf**-\\ntltl^tlllr\\ncr-T\\n/VEIVAVGO COUNTY.\\nT-\\n\u00e2\u0080\u00a2^0^-\\n^T^2b^\\n227\\nheld the office of Highway Commissioner, School\\nInspector and Justice of the Peace; lias also been a\\nmember of Fremont C .range, No. 494, Patrons of\\nHusbandry.\\n4f\\nWT OM .avid W. Squier, farmer and lumberman,\\nf: ISis\u00c2\u00a3ir section 17, Bridgeton Township, was born\\ny^ Sif in Ft. Edward, Washington Co., N. Y.,\\nt m March 15, 1822. His parents, John and\\nf^ Mar) (Lampman) Squier, were natives of the\\nJ same county and were of English and Hol-\\nland Dutch lineage. Mr. Squier grew up on the\\nhomestead of his father, under whose care he re-\\nmained until he was 18 years old, when he fulfilled a\\nlong cherished desire to devote his attention and en-\\nergies to lumbering, which he has made the pursuit\\nof his life, and in it has achieved a large degree of\\nsuccess. He traces this inclination to the days of\\nhis boyhood when, more as a recreation than as labor,\\nhe assisted in rafting logs down the Hudson and\\nSusquehanna Rivers. He afterwards engaged in\\nthe same employment on Lake Champlain. In the\\nyears of 1844 and 1845 he operated as a contractor\\nin Monroe Co., N. Y., getting out timber to construct\\nthe schooner Genesee Chief and brig Venice\\nfor Lake Erie service, working in the heavily timbered\\nregion traversed by the Genesee River.\\nMr. Squier was married Dec. 18, 1846, to Sarah,\\ndaughter of Idas and Paulina (French) Dayton.\\nThe parents were natives of Washington Co., N. Y.\\nMrs. Squier was reared and educated in Penfield,\\nMonroe Co., N. Y., where she was born, Jan. 23, 1829,\\nand where she was married. The event of marriage\\nchanged Mr. Squier s plans to some extent for tlie\\ntime being, and he engaged in agricultural pursuits\\nin his native State until the fall of 1848, when he\\nlocated in the vicinity of Coldwater, Mich., and\\nagain pursued farming, interesting himself also in\\nbuying horses for the Eastern market. In the fall of\\n185 I, he went twice personally to Rochester, N. Y.,\\nwith a fine lot of animals for that market. He re-\\nmained in Monroe County until May, 1856, when he\\nagain came to Michigan and settled in Eggleston\\nTownship, Muskegon County, on the river, where he\\nmanaged a hotel and engaged in lumbering for a\\nA\\nV\\n1\\ntime. In the spring of 1858, he settled permanently\\nin Newaygo County. During that season he bought\\nr4o acres of partly improved land, where he kept\\nhotel 12 years and has been constantly and iieavily\\ninterested in lumbering, running in from two to\\nseven million feet of logs each winter. He has been\\none of the most extensive operators in pine and farm-\\ning lands in Northern Michigan, and is now in pos-\\nsession of 8,000 acres. One half of this immense\\nterritory is improved and cultivated, its management\\nbeing under his own personal supervision. His farm\\nbuildings are on the most extensive scale, and his\\nprivate residence, built at a cost of $r 6,000, is re-\\nputed to be the finest farm house in Newaygo County.\\nIn political sentiment Mr. Squier is a Democrat.\\nHe is no wire-puller nor office-seeker, and has per-\\nsistently declined all proffered positions.\\nThe children of Mr. Squier were born as follows\\nFrank W., Oct. 17, 1853; Eva L., Dec. 5, 1855;\\nthese two alone survive. E. D., born May 16, 1849,\\ndied June r2, 1868; Nellie, born March 24, r86o,\\ndied Oct. 8, i860; David W., born June 19, 1864,\\ndied Oct. 5, 1864. Frank W. Squier has attained a\\nfine position as civil engineer.\\n-^-^4^^\\neorge A. Mills, farmer, section 20, Sher-\\n;i n man Townshii), is a son of Stillman and\\ni fS^ Joanna (Harrington) Mills, the former a\\nnative of Vermont and the latter of New\\nYork; and was born in New York, April 20,\\n1845. At the age of 12 years he went to lixe\\nwith a brother, where he remained until he was 17,\\nand Sept. 15, 1862, he enlisted in the r49th N.\\nReg., and served till June 12, 1865, receiving an hon-\\norable discharge at Bladensburgh, Md. Owing to\\nserious sickness he was confined to the hospital for\\nsome time, and was then detailed on detached ser-\\nvice at Philadelphia. He afterwards rejoined his\\nregiment in Tennessee and remained until his dis-\\ncharge. He returned to New York, and was em-\\nployed in a paper mill nearly four years In the fall\\nof 1869 he came to Hillsdale County, this State, and\\nworked for his brother-in-law one year, and aftei--\\nward rented a farm three years. In the spring of\\n1864 he came to Newaygo County and purchased 80\\nM\\nr\\nV\\nr\\n^i\\n.^55^y^\\n(t,\\nm:", "height": "2831", "width": "2211", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph11chic_0233.jp2"}, "234": {"fulltext": "NEWAYGO COUNTY.\\n~Zi^p:\\nT\\nJ\\nacres of partly im|)roved land in Sherman Township,\\nwhere he now resides, and has about 45 acres under\\nthe plow.\\nMr. Mills was married in Auburn, N. Y., Aug. 20,\\n1867, to Esther A., daughter of George C. and\\nEsther (Wilkins) Hayward, the former a native of\\nNew Hampshire and the latter of Massachusetts,\\nand she was born in Mendon, Monroe Co., N. Y.,\\nDec. 17, 1845. IMr. and Mrs. Mills are the parents\\nof one child, Burton H., born Oct. 15, 1873. In\\npolitics Mr. M. is a Republican.\\nV\\nJ\\n4\\n~r-TS\\n%^^m\u00c2\u00a5-\\nM3\\nS{pi-|3onrad Kritzer, farmer, section 10, Ash-\\ngjl fe^ S land Township, was born in Germany\\n^JP Jan. 26, 1838, and is a son of Henry and\\nf{^ Elizabeth (Moll) Kritzer, also natives of Ger-\\n,1 many. He was educated in his native land,\\nand when 17 years old came to the United States\\n3 and found employ as a farm laborer in Lisbon, Otta-\\ny\\\\ wa County. Two years later he \\\\yent to Illinois, and\\nafter a delay there of some months duration he re-\\nturned to Michigan, and in 1865 located on 80 acres\\nof finely timbered land, most of which he has already\\nplaced under good improvements, with unusually\\ngood farm buildings.\\nHe enlisted June 10, i86i,in the 3d Mich. Inf.\\nThe regiment was assigned to the command of Gen.\\nSigel, Corps commander of the Army of the Poto-\\nmac. Mr. Kritzer was a participant in the first bat-\\ntle of Bull s Run, Fredericksburg and Fair Oaks,\\nwhere he was captured, held some time and was fin-\\nally exchanged. He was in the fights at Yorktown\\nand at Chancellorsville. At the latter engagement\\nhe was injured by a fall from the breastworks and was\\ntransferred to the Invalid Corps, to which he was\\nattached until June 20, 1864, when he was discharged.\\nHe was married June 4, 1868, in the city of Grand\\nX Rapids, to Elizabeth, daughter of Valentine and\\nCatherine (Ritz) Shafer. She was born in Germany\\nApril 15, 1846. She grew up and was educated in\\nNeiderstoll, and at 20 years of age set out alone to\\nV the United States and became an inmate of the fam-\\nxi\\\\ ily of her uncle at Lowell, Mich. She remained\\nthere two years, when she came to Grand Rapids and\\n7 resided until her marriage. All the children, five in\\n11\\nI\\nnumber, born to Mr. and Mrs. Kritzer, are living.\\nThey are, Matilda, born March 25, 1867 John, Feb.\\n12, 1870; Charles H., April 12, 1873; Mary E., Jan.\\n12, 1876; Maggie, March 28, 1879. Both parents\\nbelong to the P. of H., Lodge No. 545, Ashland Cen-\\nter. Mr. Kritzer is a member of Lodge No. 331, I.\\nO. O. F., at Ashland Center, and is a Republican.\\ni\u00c2\u00ab!l6-9s o i\u00c2\u00bb-5\\nohn Sweet, farmer, section 18, Dayton\\n^jlit Township, was born in Thorold, Ont., July\\n10, 1835. His parents were .\\\\lonzo and\\n,Z Sophia (Silverthorn) Sweet, the latter a native\\n^C of Canada. John lived in Canada until the fall\\nof 1865, when he came to Michigan and re-\\nsided at Bow s Corners, in the eastern part of the\\nState, and engaged two years in farming. In the\\nspring of 1867 he came to Newaygo County and\\nbought 80 acres of wild land on section 18, Dayton\\nTownship. He has since resided here and has 60\\nacres under good cultivation. He was first married\\nin Port Huron, June 11, 1856, to Rebecca Burdett, a\\nnative of Canada. To them were born eight chil-\\ndren, viz.: \\\\Vm. Henry, born July 19, 1857; Helena\\nM., March 4, 1859; John D., Nov. 23, i860; Eliza-\\nbeth M., March 25, 1863; Vlphonso L., Jan. 8,\\n1866; Herman E., Jan. 16, 1868; Arthur, Feb. 17,\\n1869. John D. died Sept. 26, 1861, and one died in\\ninfancy. Mrs. Sweet died June 28, 1870, and Mr.\\nS. subsequently married Emily Dandford, who was\\nborn in England, Aug. 9, 1 846. Mr. S. is a member\\nof Dayton Lodge, No. 412, I. O. G. T. In politics\\nhe is a Republican.\\nf ohn A. Grant, farmer, section 18, Garfield\\nf Township, was born in Glengarry Co., Can.,\\nDec. 13, 1S43. He is the son of Alexan-\\nder and \\\\nn (.McKillop) Grant. His father\\nwas born in Scotland and died when the son\\nwas in early youth. The mother was also a\\nnative of that country and is now residing in Corn-\\nwall, Ontario.\\nMr. Grant came to Michigan when he was 19\\nyears old and found employment at Muskegon,\\nVS\\nC\\nA\\n\u00e2\u0080\u00a2r\\nr^\\nI\\n5--?J^^!7^\\n^ii!i: iiiis", "height": "2819", "width": "2254", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph11chic_0234.jp2"}, "235": {"fulltext": "^\u00c2\u00abJ^\\nTai^^ e-7 ^[lD C Dr 7-\\n-:i^\\n-**^T\u00e2\u0082\u00aci;\\nJ^E WA YGO CO UNT Y.\\n239\\nJ\\n4\\nwhere he engaged in lumbering on the North Branch\\nof the White Cloud River for Pingra Sanford. The\\nnext spring he engaged as a farm laborer with David\\nSquier, for whom he worked one season, afterwards\\nengaging in lumbering. In 1869, he purchased his\\nfarm of So acres, nearly all of which was at that\\ntime in primeval forest, and by his industrious ap-\\nplication he has placed 50 acres under good impvove-\\nment. He also owns 40 acres of land on section 7,\\nadjoining his farm, which was bought in June, 1883\\nMr. Grant was married in Muskegon, May 24,\\n1871,10 Maggie, daughter of William and Honora\\n(Togan) Donahue, a native of Ireland. Three chil-\\ndren have been born of this marriage, as follows\\nWilliam A., Dec. 9, 1872; Delia M., May 5, 1877,\\nand John R., Dec. 31, 1878.\\n4\\n|V=cnry Avary, farmer, section 20, Ashland\\nTownship, was born in Wayne Co., Penn.,\\n*4W Aiiril ro, 1839. His parents, Lewis and Nancy\\n(Avary) Avary, were natives of Pennsylvania,\\nborn respectively of French and English par-\\nentage. He was orphaned when five years old,\\nand soon after\\\\vard was taken to bring up by a\\nman named Horace W. Gager, of Lebanon\\nTownship, with whom he remained, operating as a\\nfarmer s assistant, until he was 17 years old; then,\\ndetermined to do something for himself, he went to\\nSullivan, N. Y., and learned the trade of painter from\\nhis uncle, Isaac Newton. In the summer of 1859 he\\nlocated at Carbondale, Lawrence Co., Pa., and there\\npursued his profession. In the autumn of i860 he\\nwent to Lisbon, Ottawa Co., Mich., where he applied\\nhimself with energy to the work of acquiring an edu-\\ncation. He studied a year and June 9, 1861, en-\\nlisted in Co. H, First Mich. Inf. His command\\nwas assigned to the Army of the Potomac, where he\\nwas a i)articipant in 16 active engagements and ten\\nunimijortant skirmishes. He was in action in the\\nSeven Days Battles before Richmond, at Fredericks-\\nburg, Chancellorsville, Gettysburg, Culpepper and\\nthe battles of the Wilderness, lie was captured at\\nMalvern Hill and held prisoner of war, two months\\nand seven days, in the pens at Libby. He was\\nwounded twice in the Wilderness, receiving two bul-\\nr\\n-SW\\n-Or\\nlets in his left arm. A niinie ball jiassed entirely\\nthrough the arm and at almost the same instant a\\nbursting shell buried a fragment directly on the elbow\\njoint, shattering it covnpletely. He refused inflexibly\\nto have it amputated, and now has a stiff arm. In\\nJuly, 1864, he was promoted to the rank of Ser-\\ngeant, which he Ik-UI until his discharge May i3\\n1865, his service having continued nearly four years\\nOn returning to Michigan he lingered some time in\\nashlena\\\\v and Ingham Counties, going thence to\\nBluffton, Muskegon Co., and engaged as an assistant\\nin the lumber mills of Wilcox Co. He remained\\nuntil November, 1873, when he came to Newaygo\\nCounty and purchased 80 acres of land in Ashland\\nTownship. He disposed of a portion of his first\\npurchase and added another tract 40 acres in ex-\\ntent, making a convenient farm of 95 acres, which he\\nhas placed under good improvements with commo-\\ndious and suitable accessory farm buildings.\\nMr. Avary was married in November, 1864, to\\nEsther Wykoff, who was born in Washtenaw Co.,\\nMich., in 1842, and died in Muskegon County, in\\nAugust, 1870. Mr. Avary contracted marriage a\\nsecond rime Feb. 27, 1872, with Minnie, daughter of\\nWilliam and Sarah D. (Wegg) Buckett. The parents\\nwere natives of England and the mother, aged 7 i\\nyears, resides with her daughter. Mrs. Avary was\\nborn in the city of London, Eng., June 13, i84i,and\\naccompanied her parents to the United States when\\nshe was eight years of age. They resided for a time\\nin New York city, next in New Orleans, La., then they\\nreturned to New York, where Mrs. Avary obtained her\\neducation. Her parents transferred their residence\\nsuccessively to Pennsylvania, New York, Wisconsin\\nand back again to the Keystone State, making a per-\\nmanent settlement at last in Muskegon Co., Mich.,\\nin the fall of 1869. Three children have been born\\nto Mr. and Mrs. Avary: Ella G., Nov. 13, 1872;\\nCharles C, Jan. 16, 1875 Frank C, Sept. 5, 1876.\\nMr. Avary is a decided Republican, and has of-\\nficiated in most of the positions of trust of the\\ntownship government. He is a member of the Odd\\nFellows fraternity, Lodge No 362, at Ashland Cen-\\nter, in which body he has passed all the chairs,\\nand is now Past Crrand. Mrs. Avary belongs to the\\nDaughters of Rebekah in the same order. Both are\\nmembers of the Patrons of Husbandry, and Mr.\\nAvary is present Master of Grange No. 545.\\nJ^^^p\\ns\\nA\\nC\\nI\\nr\\nI\\n^=^llli:^.nDv", "height": "2831", "width": "2211", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph11chic_0235.jp2"}, "236": {"fulltext": ":;^)-v/^ )$^rg**-\\n-^m?^ erv :Illli?iBDv\\nA\\no\\n4\\n230\\nrrr\\nNEWAYGO COUNTY.\\nichard Peacock, farmer, section 32, Gar-\\nfield Towiisliip, was born at Kirton Lind-\\nsay, in Lincolnshire, England (situated 20\\nmiles from Hull on the River Trent), March\\nt5, 1822. His parents, Richard B and Eliza-\\nbeth (Stowe) Peacock, were born respectively\\nat Kirton and Scotton, England, and came to the\\nNew World in 1844, settling in Dunham, Canada,\\nwhere the mother is still living. She was born May\\n19, 1 81 2. The father died when he was 74 years\\nold.\\nWhen he was 12 years old, Mr. Peacock entered\\ntlie employ of a man named Thomas Brown, who\\nwas in the service of the British Government, buying\\nhorses for the batteries of artillery. In this position\\nhe remained five years, traveling through England,\\nIreland and Scotland. He next engaged as a plow-\\nman on the estate of Lord Thomas Hudson, where\\nhe served two years. He has in his possession four\\nmedals awarded him by the agricultural societies of\\nhis own and three other counties of his native coun-\\ntry, attesting his superiority in his calling. He came\\nto Canada with his parents and engaged for a time\\nas a day laborer, and during the first year ijurchased\\n200 acres of farming land of a fine grade, for which\\nhe paid by the accumulations from his labors as a\\nfarm hand. He gave his parents a life lease of the\\nplace, and after seeing them established m comfort\\nhe went to the State of New York and engaged as a\\nlumberman in Essex County several successive win-\\nters, and operating as a farm assistant in Bridgeport,\\nVt., in the alternate summers. While thus engaged\\nhe obtained his credentials of citizenship and exer-\\ncised the freeman s privilege for the first time, in vot-\\ning for James K. Polk.\\nHe returned to Canada and was married Sept. 22,\\n1847, to Martha M., daughter of William and Marian\\n(Hare) Lavery, born at St. Armour Tower, Canada,\\nMay 9, 1824. Of this marriage seven children were\\nborn: William J., George R, David J., Thomas N.,\\nMartha E,, Ann J. and Stephen Robert. All have\\ngrown to maturity and are settled in life. Mr. Pea-\\ncock transferred his family and interests to Michigan,\\nin August, 1863. He worked through the harvest\\nseason of that year, in Branch County, where he left\\nhis family, and came to Newaygo County to operate\\nas a lumberman during the succeeding winter. His\\nfamily joined him in September, 1863, when he en-\\ntered the service of Samuel R. Sanford, and worked\\nfor him in lumbering 12 years. The firm with which\\nMr. Sanforo ras connected failed, owing Mr. Pea-\\ncock a large sum of money which he never received.\\nIn 1875 he purchased the farm where he now resides,\\nwhich was then in a state of nature. He bought 40\\nacres and now owns by later purchase 160 acres, with\\n40 acres under improvement. He has a comfortable\\nhouse, convenient barns and other creditable farm\\nfixtures. He also owns 40 acres of unimproved\\nland on section 33. Politically Mr. P. is a Republican\\n\u00c2\u00bb*222 \u00c2\u00ae^*^~fe\\n\u00e2\u0080\u00a2^^ifStrmKr\\n^y f\u00c2\u00ae WK infield S. Merrill, farmer, section 17, Ash-\\nIi^ J!I|l land Township, was born Jan. 7, 1851, in\\n_j ^^r^ Bridgeton Township, Newaygo County-\\ntIw^. He is a son of Isaac D. and Augusta (Mc-\\niQJ^ Kinny) Merrill, who were born in Maine.\\nThey were married in their native State and\\ncame to Michigan. After sjjcnding some time in the\\nlumber woods on the (^rand River they located in\\nMuskegon County, coming later to Newaygo, where\\nthey resided a few months and went to Bridgeton,\\nmaking the first settlement on Sand Creek in that\\ntownship.\\nMr. Merrill passed the first 18 years of his life on\\nhis fathers farm and operating in his saw-mill, devot-\\ning every leisure moment to the cultivation of a nat-\\nurally gifted mind, studying in the common schools\\nuntil September, 1868, when he went to Ithaca, N.\\nY., to enter Cornell University, where he studied\\nthree terms in the scientific course. Returning to\\nMichigan, he became a teacher in the jniblic schools\\nof Muskegon and Newaygo Counties. Hecontinued to\\nmake this his profession for some years, during which\\nhe officiated as County Surveyor. He has also de-\\nvoted much time to making preparations to follow tlie\\ncalling of a farmer.\\nHe was married May 26, 1875, to Orinda M.,\\ndaughter of D. H. and Maria (Page) Scott, born re-\\nspectively in Ohio and England. Mrs. Merrill was\\nborn Dec. 4, 1856, in La Grange Co., Ind., and was\\nc\\nA\\nt\\nmf^ k^\u00c2\u00a5^^k-\\n^n[) :Dilv A\\nJ^.", "height": "2819", "width": "2254", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph11chic_0236.jp2"}, "237": {"fulltext": "t\\nt-,\\nI\\nNEWAYGO COUNTY.\\n4^^^\\n231\\neducated in her native country, and spent some years\\nas a teacher.\\nAfter marriage, Mr. and Mrs. Merrill lived on the\\nfarm in Bridgeton two years, and in 1877 located in\\nAshland Township, on 80 acres of stump land. Be-\\nsides the fulfillment of his obligations as teacher and\\nsurveyor, Mr. Merrill has thoroughly improved 30\\nacres of his farm. Mr. and Mrs. M. have one child,\\nKarl G., who was born Nov. 9, 1882. Mr. Merrill\\nis a zealous and influential adherent to the princi-\\nples of the Republican party, and has held the of-\\nfices of Supervisor of the township, acted as School\\nSuperintendent two years, and has also served as\\nSchool Inspector. He is a member of Blue Lodge\\nNo. 131, at Newaygo, and himself and wife are con-\\nnected with Grange No. 545, at Ashland Center, of\\nwhich he is Secretary. He is a member of the Board\\nof Trustees of the Baptist Church, and was County\\nSurveyor two terms from 1S72 to 1S74, and from\\n1880 to 1882.\\nJi.ir^!5\u00c2\u00ab\\nI oseph Trumbley, farmer, section 16, Gar-\\nMllirr field Town.ship, was born Oct. 8, 1848, in\\n,.,g. Canada, and is a son of Edward and So-\\nphia (Gyatt) Trumbley. His parents are both\\n^L^ natives of the Dominion and of French de-\\nscent. The father was born in 1830, the\\nmother in 1832, and both are jet living.\\nMr. Trumbley left the paternal home when he was\\nonly 13 years old and engaged in tlie capacity of a\\nwaiter on a Lake Champlain steamer, where he re-\\nmained one season. After this he went to North\\nAdams, Mass., and worked about 18 months on the\\nHoosac Tunnel. He next went West with a com-\\npanion named Peter Blake, and traveled about two\\nmonths, returning in June to Duck Lake, Muskegon\\nCo., Mich., where they worked six months in a saw-\\nmill, and for a considerable time thereafter as lum-\\nbermen in th;U vicinity. He then came to Newaygo\\nCounty, and has since spent the winters in lumbering,\\noperating the last few years as a contractor.\\nIn 1S76 Mr. Trumbley bought 80 acres of wild\\nland, in what was then .Sherman Township, one-half\\nlying res|)ectively on sections r6 and 17. He has\\ncleared and otherwise improved 50 acres, clearly\\nshowing what can be accomplished by industry and\\nwell directed effort. He belongs to the Patrons of\\nHusbandry and has served his township in various\\nofficial capacities.\\nOur subject was married in Hesperia, Oceana Co.,\\nMich., July 7, 1870, to Elizabeth, daughter of Thomas\\nand Hannah O Brien, who was born Oct. 11, 1846,\\nin Indiana. They have four children, Edward L.,\\nJoseph L., Georgie L. and Lena B.\\n^t\\ni\\nI\\nV-\\nW^i\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0^r\u00c2\u00ae3 obert C. Wallace, farmer, section 33, Ash-\\nland Township, was born in the city of\\ny^i Toronto, Can., April ri, 1844. His par-\\nx^ ents, William G. and Ann Wallace, were na-\\ny tives respectively of Scotland and Ireland,\\ncame to Canada in early life and were mar-\\nried in Toronto.\\nMr. Wallace had the best educational advantages\\nuntil he was 13 years of age, but the bent of his in-\\nclinations was toward the career of a mechanic, and\\nhe became an engineer in the machine shop of\\nAlfred Metcalf in his native city. He afterward\\nwent to Hamilton, Ontario, where he engaged in a\\nmeat market, associated with an uncle, and there\\noperated until the spring of i860, when he became\\na farmer in Haldimand Co., Ont. He remained there\\nuntil the fall of 1864, when he came to Michigan\\nand located in Mecosta County, engaging in lumber-\\ning on the Muskegon River, spending the winter of\\n1864-5 in that occupation. He entered the employ\\nof Alex. Blake of Newaygo, in the summer of 1865,\\nwhere he continued some time, as a laborer in the\\ncommon departments of the lumber business, and at\\na later period was made foreman of the entire lum-\\nber interest of Mr. Blake. In the fall of 1S76 he\\nbecame foreman for the lumber firm of Wyman,\\nBuswell (*vr Co., of Grand Haven, operating in their\\nbehalf until the fall of 187S, when he settled upon\\na partly improved farm on section ^^t\u00e2\u0080\u009e .\\\\shland Town-\\nship, where he has since exjiended his time and ener-\\ngies, with the exception of one winter.\\nMr. Wallace was married July 18, 1876, to Mary\\nJane, daughter of John and Nancy (.\\\\ustin) Mcll-\\nveen. i he parents and daughter are natives of Ire^\\nland, where the latter was born, in the city of Belfast,\\nA\\na ^dd:^,(1II^ a.^^", "height": "2831", "width": "2211", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph11chic_0237.jp2"}, "238": {"fulltext": "i^^/^:^\u00c2\u00ab^#^\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0\u00e2\u0096\u00a0j\\n^iip:t:Dii!\\nO\\n232\\niVElVAYGO COUNTY.\\nfr^i-\\ni^^^f^-iM^\\nMay 12, 1841. They came to the United States in\\n1852, and after landing at New York proceeded west-\\nward until they reached Ottawa Co., Mich., where\\nMrs. Wallace resided until her marriage.\\nMr. Wallace is a decided Republican, and is now\\n(1884) filling his second term as Township Treasurer.\\nHe is a prominent member of the Order of Odd\\nFellows and belongs to the subordinate Lodge, No.\\n362, at Ashland Center, and to the Encampment,\\nNo. 82, at Newaygo. He holds the position of C. P.\\nin the latter named body and that of M. W. G. P. in\\nthe former.\\nfH-al ilas Lawrence, farmer, section 27, Norwich\\nTownship, was born Sept. 4, 1835, in\\nUpper Canada, and is the son of Samuel\\nand Susanna (Kipp) Lawrence. He was but\\nfive years old when his father died, and he was\\nplaced in the care of John Kipp, with whom he\\nremained until he was 2 i years of age. He was mar-\\nried in 1868, to Ellen McKeage, who was born in\\nNew Castle Co., Can., June 3, 1841. She is a\\ndaughter of William and Elizabeth (Coles) McKeage,\\nthe former a native of Canada, the latter of Ireland.\\nBy the marriage of Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence seven\\nchildren have been born: Mary E., William E.,\\nMartha E., Samuel H., Anna L., Carrie B. and\\nGeorge M.\\nMr. Lawrence resided in Canada until Dec. 14,\\n1876, when he came to Newaygo County, and where\\nhe resides, owning 40 acres of land, in Norwich\\nTownship.\\nI ackson Leonard, farmer, section 20, Ash-\\nland Township, was born in Erie Co., N.\\nY., Sept. 27, 1834, and is a son of Orrin\\nand Harriet (Richardson) Leonard. His par-\\nents were born in the State of New York, of\\nScotch descent. They went to Chautauipia\\nN. Y., in 1 838, where tiie son obtained his edu-\\ncation and worked on his father s farm until he was\\n18 years old.\\nIn 1852, Mr. Leonard went to Marion Co., Ind.,\\ngoing thence to Illinois. He came to Michigan in\\nthe fall of 1857, and in 1859 went to Wisconsin,\\nwhere he operated as a lumberman two years, re-\\nturning to Michigan for a permanent settlement. In\\n1869 he located on section 20, where he bought 80\\nacres of land, all heavily timbered. Of this he has\\nplaced 45 acres under improvements, and erected\\nsuitable and substantial farm buildings. He was\\nmarried Feb. 7, r866, in Muskegon County, to Susan\\nA., daughter of Jabez Carter. She was born in Os-\\nwego Co., N. Y., and came to the county where her\\nmarriage look place, when she was 17 years old.\\nMr. Leonard belongs to the Masonic fraternity and\\nis a member of Blue Lodge No. 331, of Newaygo.\\nHimself and wife are members of Grange No. 545,\\nof Ashland Center, of which he is and has been\\nTreasurer. He is a decided and active Republican\\nand has held various township offices.\\nrwin C. Fox, son of Frederick and Susan\\n(Kelsey) Fo.x, natives of Massachusetts\\ni^ T and Connecticut, respectively, was born in\\n^{\\\\f Oswego Co., N. Y., June 18, 1844. When he\\nwas about 13 years old his parents moved to\\nElkhart, Ind., and in 1866 came to this county,\\nsettling in Dayton Township. When Mr. Fox was\\n17 years old he enlisted in tlie 9lh Reg. Ind. Vol.,\\nand served one year, when he was honorably dis-\\ncharged on account of sickness, which was brought\\non by e,\\\\posurc. He returned to Indiana, where he\\nremained about one year, then went to the Stale of\\nNew York, and attended the Commercial College\\nat Oswego, and in 1S64 again returned to Indiana.\\nThe great re! ellion had not yet been crushed, and\\nonce more his patriotic soul prompted him to again\\noffer his services to his country. Accordingly the\\nfollowing July he re-enlisted, this time in the r52d\\nInd. Vol. Inf; at this time he served nearly eight\\nmonths, and was mustered out of the service in\\nSeptember, 1S65. He was in the battle of Pittsburg\\nLanding, amp Allegheny, W. Va., and several\\nsmaller engagements. In the spring of 1866, he\\ncame to Newaygo County and took up 160 acres of\\nland on section 30, under the Homestead Act, and\\ni\\nC;\\n(c^\\nJSt^^^L.\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0K^^n!]:A:nar-\\n#i^5f\u00c2\u00aey^", "height": "2819", "width": "2254", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph11chic_0238.jp2"}, "239": {"fulltext": ")^t^-\\n-^JSiayX\\n?tlIl :DIIr r\\n^ixr\\n^w^\\nNEWAYGO COUNTY.\\nA\\n1 20 acres on section 25, Greenwood Township, Oce-\\nana County. The following spring he went to Indi-\\nana for the purpose of bringing his father s family to\\nMichigan, and they have since resided on this farm.\\nHe has 65 acres under cultivation, and has added 80\\nacres to his original farm in Dayton Township.\\nMr. Fox was married in Dayton Township, May\\n13, 1873, to Miriam E., eldest daughter of James and\\nSarah Toles. Her parents were natives of the State\\nof New York, and after marriage removed to Can-\\nada. Mr. and Mrs. Fox have had four children\\nNellie S., Bertha M., Edward G. and William C.\\nMr. Fo.x has held the office of Supervisor six years,\\nJustice of the Peace four years, Highway Commis-\\nsioner six years, Town Treasurer five years. He was\\nCounty Superintendent of the Poor six months, and\\nresigned to accept the office of Supervisor. He is a\\nmember of the Masonic Order, and of Henry Dob-\\nson Post, at Fremont. In politics he is a Republi-\\ncan. Mr. Fox has been on the county ticket three\\nsuccessive campaigns for County Treasurer, also for\\nCounty Clerk, and was defeated by only a small ma-\\njority.\\nCharles Turner, farmer, section 33, Nor-\\nwich Township, was born in Oxford Co.,\\nCan., Sei)t. 16, 1839. He is a son of John\\n4\\nand Syrena (Smedley) Turner, natives of the\\nState of New York. They moved thence to\\nOxford Co., Can., and afterward to Laporte Co.,\\nInd., where the father died. The mother returned\\nwith her family to Canada.\\nMr. Turner attended the common schools during\\nthe winter months only, and remained with his\\nmother until he was 18 years old, when he set out for\\nhimself in life, obtaining employment as a farm hand.\\nHe was married in 1865 to Martha, daughter of\\nChristopher and Jane (Smith) Stockdale, who was\\nborn Jan. 2, 1843, in Oxford Co., Can. Her parents\\nwere natives of England. Of the children of Mr.\\nand Mrs. Turner, George D. and Nettie are living;\\nMary and LaFayette are deceased. Mr. Turner re-\\nsided in the Dominion one year after his marriage, re-\\nmoving thence to Ingham Co Mich., where he bought\\n30 acres of land, which he improved and occupied as\\na homestead six years. In the spring of 187 1 he\\nmoved to Newaygo County, and bought the farm he\\nnow owns in Norwich Township, containing 80 acres\\nof land, and at once entered upon the labor of its im-\\nprovement 40 acres is now well improved all\\naccomplished by his own hard labor. In politics\\nMr. Turner is a Republican, and has held the\\nposition of Highway Commissioner.\\n-J-\\nouis Reinoldt, farmer, section 1 6, Ashland\\nTownship, was born Aug. 28, 1827, in the\\ncity of Hamm, Prussia. His parents, John\\nH. and Clarissa (Heinunk) Reinoldt, were na-\\ntives of the same place, where the father was a\\nbrewer. He worked under the directions of\\nhis father until he was 14 years old, when he engaged\\nwith a man in the distillery business in his native\\nplace, with whom he remained two years. In 1843\\nhe set out to travel through Europe, to visit the\\nleading establishments on the continent of a similar\\ncharacter and to perfect his knowledge of the busi-\\nness of a brewer. He visited many of the principal\\ncities and took thorough instructions in the details of\\nhis calling. He returned in Februar)-, 1S47, and be-\\ncame foreman in his father s distillery, which position\\nhe retained until August, 1S48. In that year he em-\\nigrated to the United States and located on a fami\\nin the vicinity of Rochester, N. Y. Later he made\\na trip to Detroit, Milwaukee and Cincinnati, returning\\nto Rochester, where he entered upon an engagement\\nin a brewery and later in the wholesale liquor estab-\\nlishment of J. H. Martin. He finally resorted to\\nthe occupation of farmer, and was married Nov. 18,\\n1852, in Monroe County, N. Y., to Polly, daughter of\\nLouis and Catherine (Byer) Baker, the former a na-\\ntive of Germany and the latter of Pennsylvania.\\nMrs. Reinoldt was born Aug. i, 1835, in Greece,\\nMonroe County, where she grew to womanhood and\\nwas married. Mr. Reinoldt pursued agriculture\\nthere until the fall of 1855, when he came to Michi-\\ngan and managed a farm in the vicinity of Detroit\\nthree years, coming thence to Newaygo County. He\\npurchased 40 acres of unimproved land, to which he\\nhas added 80 acres by subsequent purchase, and has\\ncleared and otherwise improved 95 acres, placing it\\nr\\nI\\nin a highly creditable condition, with handsome\\n^f^#\\n^^K= D!I :Dllr", "height": "2831", "width": "2211", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph11chic_0239.jp2"}, "240": {"fulltext": "/l.-)f^#^\u00c2\u00ab\\n-T\\n7 m^M T\\nsr\\n234\\nNEWAYGO COUNTY.\\nhouse and barn. The family includes eight childrLMi:\\nW John H., Frank, Harvey L., Moritz, Fred., Peter,\\nGeorge and Mary Sophia is deceased.\\nMr. Reinoldt lends his influence to the Greenback\\nparty, and is an active member of the Order of Pat-\\nrons of Husbandry, Grange No. 545, at Ashland\\nCenter. He was its first Master and has been an of-\\nficer since its institution. He also belongs to the\\nOrder of Good Templars.\\nt\\nA\\nV\\nI\\n(lexander Lawrence, farmer, section 28,\\n1^^^ Norwich Township, was born in Oxford Co.,\\nCan., July 22, 1836, and is the son of Samuel\\n^l^ and Susanna (Kipp) Lawrence, both of whom\\nwere natives of the Dominion. Mr. Lawrence\\nobtained his education at the common schools of his\\nnative county, and was trained by his father to the\\ncalling of farmer. At 20 years of age he found him-\\nself at liberty to engage in active life on his own ac-\\ncount, and entered upon the pursuit of coojier, for\\n15 years.\\nHe was married Aug. 9, 1S65, to Charlotte Hoag,\\nand of their union four children have been born\\nMyrtie E., Anna M., Nora L and Harris A.\\nThe family located in Newaygo County in 1867,\\nsettling in Norwich Township when it contained but\\nthree permanent resident householders. He entered\\na claim under the Homestead Act, consrsting of 120\\nacres of land, of which he still retains possession. In\\npolitical tendencies he is a Republican, and has held\\nthe office of Township Treasurer four years.\\n4- ^4 4#*\\nj^a^ji\\njCred A. Ganson, merchant, at Lumberton,\\nJp wa; born at Jackson, Mich., April 25, 1856,\\n4s^ and is the son of James H. and Polly\\nt (Roberts) Ganson, natives of the State of New\\nYork. His father was a pioneer of Jackson, and\\nT resided there until 1856, when the family re-\\nmoved to Allegan County, where they now reside.\\nOne of the longest streets in Jackson has tlie family\\nname.\\nMr. Ganson acquired his education at the com-\\nmon schools and seminary at Allegan, and spent the\\nyears of his minority under the guidance of his\\nfather, attending school until he had reached 21\\nyears of age. He went to Oakland, Clinton Co.,\\nOhio, to acijuire the art of telegraphy, and made that\\nhis pursuit for three years. He first had charge of\\nthe office at Hamilton, on the C. W. M. R. R.\\n(then the Grand Haven road); from there he went\\nto Fillmore, on the same route, and thence to Hol-\\nland. He stayed at the latter place nine months,\\nand was then attached to the extra force of the same\\ncompany. In September, 1881, he came to Lumber-\\nton and officiated as operator until December, 1882,\\nwhen he embarked in his present business enterprise,\\nin company with Archibald Campbell. He is en-\\ngaged in keeping a general store and is doing a\\nprosperous business.\\nMr. Ganson was married in 18 to Ida E.,\\ndaughter of Joseph and Charlotte Cook, born in 1857,\\nin Allegan County. He has held the office of\\nTownship Clerk of Norwich, and is now Deputy\\nPostmaster.\\nilbei T. White, farmer, section 21, Ash-\\nland Township, was born March 20, 1846,\\np in Walker Tp., Kent Co., Mich. His par-\\nents, Milo and Mercy (Ford) White, were born\\nin New York and Vermont respectively. In\\neaily life they went to Ontario, Can., where they were\\nmarried, and immediately after that event they loca-\\nted in Walker Township. It was about the year\\n1832, when (rrand Rapids consisted of two Indian\\ntrading posts, and Mr. \\\\Vhite built the first saw-mill\\nnorth of the present site of the city. He was promi-\\nnent in social and official circles, and operated ex-\\ntensively in lumber and as an agriculturist in Kent\\nCounty until 1864, when he came to Newaygo County\\nand purchased 160 acres of land on section 21, in\\nAshland Township, whither he removed his family af-\\nter preparing for them a comfortable and suitable\\nhome. Here he spent the balance of a useful, honor-\\nable and well-ordered life, occupying positions of\\nprominence and influence in Church and society\\nuntil his death, Feb. 24, 1873. He left a memory\\nthat is still cherished by those who knew him, and\\n*ii^\\nI\\nA\\n(c^\\n2^\\nmmw\\n-Si-f", "height": "2819", "width": "2254", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph11chic_0240.jp2"}, "241": {"fulltext": "", "height": "2831", "width": "2211", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph11chic_0241.jp2"}, "242": {"fulltext": "", "height": "2819", "width": "2254", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph11chic_0242.jp2"}, "243": {"fulltext": "1-", "height": "2831", "width": "2211", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph11chic_0243.jp2"}, "244": {"fulltext": "", "height": "2819", "width": "2254", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph11chic_0244.jp2"}, "245": {"fulltext": "/^l^\\nr^^^^sr\\nmmh\\nM:\\nNEWAYGO COUNTY.\\nA\\nV\\ns\\n237 S\\nhonored and brightened by the four children who\\nsurvive him. Mercy (Ford) White, his wife, died\\nNov. 19, 1865, after a long and distressing illness,\\nwhich made her an invalid during many years, and\\ncalled for the exercise of patience and endurance, such\\nas characterized the wives and mothers of the pioneer\\nclass to which she worthily belonged.\\nMr. White passed the early years of his life as a\\nlaborer on his father s farm and obtaining his edu-\\ncation. He accompanied his parents to Ashland\\nTownship in 1865, and on his father s death succeeded\\nto the proprietorship of 80 acres of the homestead,\\nwhere he is engaged in prosperous and practical farm-\\ning. He was married Feb. 23, 1874, in Newaygo\\nto Eva A., daughter of William and Polly (Bigsby)\\nWhittington, natives of New York. Mrs. White was\\nborn in Eaton Co., Mich., May 17, 1854. Her par-\\nents removed to Casnovia, Muskegon County, when\\nshe was four years old. She was an eager student and\\nmade the best use of her educational opportunities,\\nentering the profession of teaching at 15 years of\\nage and continuing to follow it until her marriage.\\nThe two children of Mr. and Mrs. White were bom\\nas follows: Elsie A., May 15, 1875, and Bertha L.,\\nMarch 10, 1877. Mr. White is an active Republican\\nand has officiated in the local offices of his township.\\nHe is Secretary of Lodge No. 362, I. O. O. F., at\\nAshland Center.\\nrWlvin A. SutlifT, farmer, section i2,Bridge-\\nton Township, was born in Monroe Co.,\\nN. Y., Jan. 29, 1828, and is a son of Rans-\\nley and Catherine (Barnhart) Sutliff. His\\nparents were of New England origin and of\\nmingled Scotch and Dutch lineage. His fa-\\nther was a soldier of the war of 1812, and is now\\ndrawing a pension for services rendered his country\\nat that period. When he was three years old they re-\\nmoved to Erie Co., Pa., and soon afterwards, in the\\nspring of 1833, came to Michigan, and after a stay of\\none year in Lenawee County went to Hillsdale\\nCounty and settled on a farm in Reading Townshi[).\\nMr. SutlifT was reared and educated in that place,\\nattending the schools there until 1843, when his [jar-\\nents made another remove, this time going to Clinton\\nI\\nt\\nCounty. They are now living in Isabella County,\\nand enjoying good health, aged 87 and 80 respect-\\nively.\\nMr. Sutliff remained with his parents until he was\\n22 years of age, when he decided on his course of\\nlife, and in the fall of 1849 initiated his struggle with\\nthe world by setting out for Newaygo, then in the\\ndepths of an almost .unbroken forest. He spent two\\nyears in various employments in the vicinity, and in\\n1 85 7 established his residence on the farm which\\nhas since been his homestead. He entered a claim\\nof 320 acres of timbered land and immediately\\nbrought every energy to bear upon its improvement.\\nThe apparent results show what a persevering deter-\\nmination strong hands and zeal may achieve. His\\nhomestead now includes 270 acres, 100 acres of\\nwhich are under the best possible improvements,\\nwith fine farm buildings and attractive surroundings.\\nHe also owns 240 acres of land on sections 2 and 1 1\\nin Bridgeton Township, which are yet in a compara-\\ntively unimproved state.\\nMr. Sutliff has been a man of exceptionally vig-\\norous physical ability, which has been his best capi-\\ntal in the new country to which he removed before\\nits municipal prerogatives had been regulated. He\\nassisted at the township organization, was elected\\nTownshif) Treasurer and has served 13 terms in that\\ncapacity. He has ever been keenly alive to every\\nenterprise that seemed to justify reasonable attention,\\nand has made an impression on his day and genera-\\ntion that will outlive him. He is an inflexible Re-\\npublican, and a member of the Blue Lodge, No. 131,\\nof Newaygo.\\nMr. Sutliff was married May 27, 1855, to Emily\\nH., daughter of S. M. and Lucina (Caswell) Wood-\\nward, both of whom were natives of New York.\\nThe daughter was born April 13, 1839, in Allegany\\nCounty, and five years after her birth the parents\\nsettled in Kane Co., 111., where she attended school\\nuntil the fall of 1852, when the family came to Mich-\\nigan and settled in Bridgeton Township. Both par-\\nents have recently deceased, the mother at the age of\\n67, the father at 70 years of age. They were\\nmeiubers of the Methodist Church, of which Mrs.\\nSutliff is at present a member. Her father and\\nmotlier were also members of the Methodist Ciuirch.\\nThirteen children have been born to Mr. and Mrs.\\nSutliff, ten of whom survive Matiie E. was born\\nMay 6, 1859; Albert E., March 18, 1861 Flora E.,\\nSi,\\nC\\nu\\n*-K ^D!l nnv -i-T5-", "height": "2831", "width": "2211", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph11chic_0245.jp2"}, "246": {"fulltext": "-M^ rnr^^M D ll^ rr: 2s^s-\\nNEWAYGO COUNTY.\\nDec. 24, 1862; Solon D., Oct. 16, 1864; Frank A.,\\njto Aug. 29, 1868; Lotta G., June 21, 1870; Nellie M.,\\nSept. 5, 1871; Jessie E., Aug. 29, 1873; Milan R.,\\nJune 19, 1876; Charles A., Dec. 14, 1880; Ellen E.,\\nMay 28, 1856 (died Nov. 20, 1857); Nettie, Aug. 4,\\ni866, died Sept. 23, 1880); Libbie E., Feb. i, 1874\\n(died Nov. 8, 1874).\\nMr. Sutliff has been quite extensively engaged as\\na lumberman ever since he became a resident of\\nNewaygo County. As a type of his operations it\\nmay be stated that in the winter of 1864 and for the\\nnext seven years following he put in on an average _\\none million feet of logs annually.\\nWith eminent satisfaction, the publishers present\\nthe portraits of Mr. and Mrs. Sutliff as types of the\\nagricultural community of Newaygo County. They\\nbelong to one of the classes referred to in the para-\\ngraphs which introduce the biographical dejiartment\\nof this work, the pioneers, whose stability of char-\\nacter, inflexible integrity and fi.xedness of purpose\\nplaced their generation in the foremost ranks of the\\nelement which has given this section of the Peninsular\\nState a basis destined at no distant day to yield sub-\\nstantial evidence of its real prosperity.\\nA\\nV\\ni\\nW^\u00c2\u00ab.\u00e2\u0080\u0094\\niwifill alter S. Piatt, editor of I Jn- Jihlicaior,\\nfi^Ea h Fremont, was born in Mansfield, Ohio^\\nf luly 24, 1846. His i)arents, Thomas and\\nAnn Piatt, were natives of New Jersey. He\\nleft home at 14 years of age, proceeded\\n.0 Angola, Ind., and remained a little over a\\nyear, learning the printer s trade. He tlien en-\\nlisted in the glh Ohio Cavalry and served about 18\\nmonths. After his return he went to Kendallville,\\nind., wliere he remained about five years in a print-\\ning office. In 1S70 he came to Pentwater, Mich.,\\nwhere he resided two and a half years, and was\\nafterward editor of the I entwater Times about nine\\nmonths. He then came to Fremont, this county,\\nand in the spring of 1874 establislied J ln- Iiulicalor,\\nwhich he still edits.\\nHe was married at Kendallville, Ind., April 25,\\n1868, to Laura A. Bates, a native of Indiana, and\\nthey have two children, Jennie and Pauline. Mr.\\nI latt was appointed Postmaster of Fremont in 1875,\\nand held the office about eight years, when he re-\\nsigned. He is a member of the Masonic Order, and\\nis Adjutant of Henry Dobson Post, 182, Grand Army\\nof the Republic. Politically, he is a radical Republi-\\ncan.\\n^T=4\\nJl_J.\\nTT\\nE^\\nolin Hirdning, farmer, section 27, Garfield\\nfc i ownship, was born in the city of Phila-\\ndelphia, April 4, 1836, and is son of George\\nand Catherine Hirdning. His mother died\\nir when he was two years old. His father mar-\\nI ried again and in 1839 removed his family to\\nSandusky, Ohio, whiclr was tiien in its incijiiency.\\nThe senior Hirdning remained there until 1S54, when\\nhe went to Australia.\\nMr. Hirdning was married May 20, 1858, to Har-\\nriet Reitz, a native of Pennsylvania, who was born\\nSept. 7, 1839. Of II children born of this marriage\\nnine are living: Charles E., George, Rosa E. (wife\\nof Henry Shady), Emma 15., Chester N., Wallace\\nHattie M. and Mary G. John F. and an unnamed\\ninfant are deceased. Soon after marriage Mr. Hird-\\nning came to St. Joseph Co., Mich., where he rented\\na farm fur a time, afterwards becoming owner of one,\\nu[)on which he resided 11 years. In 1872 he came\\nto Newaygo, where he was variously occupied and\\nalso bought some land, on section 22, which two years\\nlater he took possession of and remained a resi-\\ndent until the fall of 1878, when he bought his pres-\\nent estate, consisting of 120 acres, all in heavy timber.\\nHe has now 34 acres under cultivation.\\n-xjZJZfi t^\\nj^%imvi^\\neorge Carrington, merchant at Trent,\\nMuskegon Co., Mich, (and also farmer,\\nsections 2 7 ^1 34i Ashland Township),\\nwas born in I^eicestershire, England, April 6,\\n1831, and is the son of John and Mary (Abe-\\nshaw) Carrington, and of unmixed English\\nlineage. His parents emigrated to the United States\\nin 1840, and located in the town of Marcelhis, Onon-\\ndaga Co., N. Y., three years later removing to Greece\\nT\\n.VS\\nA\\n:^:nii;", "height": "2819", "width": "2254", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph11chic_0246.jp2"}, "247": {"fulltext": ")et\u00c2\u00ab^\\n:IlD^;li|]r -r\\nI\\nV\\nNEWAYGO COUNTY.\\n*^^^sr\\nMonroe Co., N. Y., where Mr. Carrington grew to\\nman s estate.\\nOur subject was jiossessed of an active, amliitious\\ntemperament and a desire to take advantage of the\\nprivileges and possibilities accorded to ever) man un-\\n_} dcr the institutions of the American (lovernmcnt.\\nHe could not but contrast the improvement in the\\nconditions of his family in a land of social and jiolit-\\nical equality with their state in the land they had left\\nand his ambition was fired to make an honest attempt\\nto place himself on the grade accorded to successful\\neffort, incited by a laudable desire to attain heights\\nreached by men of no greater worth or capacity.\\nOn reaching his majority he went to California and\\nengaged in gold-mining, at which he was occupied\\nthree years with satisfactory results. He then sold\\nhis claims and returned to his parents home in tlie\\nState of New York. He fixed upon Michigan as a\\nfavorable point for a location and in the spring of\\n1858 settled in Ashland Township. He bought 160\\nacres of land, to which he has since added by pur-\\nchase 26 acres. Of this tract he has put 70 acres in\\nfirst-class condition for farming, with all necessary\\nbuildings and a suitable residence.\\nIn 1870, Mr. Carrington desired to e.xtend his bus-\\niness connections, and in November he suspended ag-\\nricultural pursuits and founded a mercantile business\\nat Trent. His initial stock represented a cash value\\nof $700. The correctness of his judgment in the\\nselection of a business and locality is substantiated\\nby the fact that he is at present carrying a stock\\nworth about $6,000, and doing an annual business of\\n$15,000, with every prospect of a further pro|)ortion-\\nate increase of trade. But he has never lost his love\\nfor agricultural pursuits, and when his commercial\\naffairs reach a status assuring their safe management\\nby delegated parties, he contemplates a return to his\\nfirst love, for the purpose of placing his home in at-\\ntractive and satisfactory condition to pass his sur.set\\nof life and to experiment in scientific farming.\\nMr. Carrington was married Dec. 16, 1857, in\\nGreece, N. Y., to Sarah, daughter of Tlionias and\\nMary (Davis) Mitchell. She was l)orn in the vicinity\\nof Hastings, England, Jan. 12, 1837, and lier parents\\nwere also natives of that country. They came to the\\nUnited States in her infancy and settled in Monroe\\nCounty. To Mr. and Mrs. Carrington three children\\nhave been born, as follows; Libby, Sej)t. 28, 1858;\\n1\\ni(i.\\nJennie, May 31, i86g; and Anna, born Nov. 4, 1869,\\ndied in infancy. The mother is a lady of gentle, af-\\nfable cliaracter, alive to the necessities t)f those\\nabout her, kind, sympathetic and charitable, forming\\nopinions in the law of love and e.xercising toward all\\nthe spirit of lovely benignity she acquired in its full-\\nness during a trial of almost unexampled acuteness,\\nhaving been during 17 years an invalid and suffering\\nthe distress attendant iqjon active disease. She has\\nto a certain degree recovered her health and devotes\\nher renewed strength to the l)enefit of those with\\nwhom she is associated.\\nMr. Carrington is a thorough type of his national-\\nity and an essential American, adopting the charac-\\nteristics of the people of whom he is one by assimi-\\nlation and retaining his British traits of gayety and\\ngood fellowship. He is bluff and hearty, considerate\\nand energetic, and public-spirited to the last degree.\\nHe is a true gentleman in the best acceptance of the\\nterm, and liolds an elevated position in the estimation\\nof those with whom he is brought in contact in busi-\\nness or society. He is an adherent to the principles\\nof the Republican |)arty and belongs to the Order of\\nMasonry. One of his connections in the latter is\\nwith the Blue Lodge, No. 131, at Newaygo, and the\\nother with the Royal Arch Chapter of Sparta, Kent\\nCounty. He is also actively connected witli the\\nOrder of Odd Fellows, Lodge No. 302, at Trent.\\n5-\\n-N3-\\nV\\nA\\nObert W. Rutherford, of the firm of Ruth-\\nerford iV Misner, Fremont, is a son of Walker\\n^i^j^ and Teanette (Wrathie) Rutlierford, natives of\\n!rj Scotland, and was horn in that country Jan.\\nr 1 4, 1850. When only four years of age he came\\nto .America with liis parents, remained with them\\nuntil he wis 20 years of age, and then entered the\\nemploy of J. H. Darling as clerk, where he remained\\nsix years. He afterward engaged in the lumber\\ntrade one season, and was then employed as clerk by\\nthe Patrons Co-operative C o., and remained with\\nthem about three years. Jan. i, 1880, he formed a\\npartnerslii|) with R. E. Misner, for the purpose of\\ncarrying on the grocery and provision, and boot and\\nshoe trade, under the firm name of Rutherford\\nMisner, and still continues in that business. I hey\\n^mm^\\nz.\\n\u00e2\u0080\u00a24 Ny\\n^j]Tt.:j", "height": "2831", "width": "2211", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph11chic_0247.jp2"}, "248": {"fulltext": "240\\nzzf^s^ ^^^:DD^:DBr- THc 5tf\u00e2\u0082\u00ac^\\nNEWAYGO COUNTY.\\nI\\nf\\nhave a good trade and enjoy the confidence of the\\ncommunity.\\nMr. Rutlierford was married in Fremont, Feb. 20,\\n1872, to Mcdora, daughter of Ephraim and Mariette\\nMisner, natives of New York, where Mrs. R. was\\nborn, and lived with her parents until her marriage.\\nMr. and Mrs. Rutherford have had one child, Will-\\niam E., born April 14, 1875. Mr. R. has been\\nTownship Clerk of Dayton Township two terms, and\\nis now a member of the City Council. In politics he\\nis a Republican.\\n^1\\ni^\\nV\\n4\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0W\\nV\\nilliam H. Hoag, farmer, sec. 4, Goodwell\\nTownshij), was born July 13, 1847, in\\nCanada, and is the son of Henry H. and\\nIsabella (Sparks) Hoag. The father was\\nborn in England and the m other in Scot-\\nMr. Hoag was reared on a farm and educated in\\nhis native place. He was married Sept. 4, 1873, to\\nAlice, daughter of Joseph and Abigail (Reed) Bat-\\nterson, born May 28, 1850. Four children have been\\nborn to Mr. and Mrs. Hoag: Hattie M., Charles H.,\\nAlice P. and Mertie E. Mr. Hoag came to Michigan\\nin 18 and settled in Jackson County, where he\\nresided until 1874, when he settled on 40 acres of\\nland now constituting his homestead. He is present\\nTownship Treasurer of Goodwell, and himself and\\nwife are members of the United Brethren C liurch.\\nI illiam M. Wheeler, farmer and mechanic,\\nsection 29, Grant township, was born in\\nFleet, Province of Quebec, Dec. 14,1835.\\nHis parents, Henry and Eliza (Williams)\\nWheeler, were of English and French de-\\nscent, and natives of New York. In 1839 they\\nremoved to Elyria, Ohio, and six years after to\\nGrand Rapids, Mich.\\nMr. Wheeler enlisted at Grand Rapids, Aug. 9,\\n1 86 1. His command was assigned to the Army of\\nthe Potomac, and he was in the service of the United\\nStates until Jan. 21, 1862, when he was honorably\\ndischarged on account of disability. In May, 1863,\\nhe went to Albion College, where he devoted two\\nyears to the study of such branches as were best\\nadapted to the foundation of a solid education. He\\ncontinued to jjursue his course of advanced study\\nuntil the spring of 187 i, when he returned to Grand\\nRapids.\\nHe was married Oct. 5, 1873, to Emma R.,\\ndaughter of Elisha and Mahala (Wilkinson) Mutch-\\nler. The parents and daughter were born in Penn-\\nsylvania, the birth of the latter occurring May 31,\\n1856. Her father died when she was an infant, and\\nher mother moved with her family to Wisconsin, and\\nfive years later to Grand Rapids, where she died in\\n1869, and where the daughter resided until her\\nmarriage. Mr. and Mrs. Wheeler remained in the\\nlatter city three years, when they went to Alpine,\\nKent County, and soon after came to Grant, Newaygo\\nCounty. They located in November, 1877, on 40\\nacres of wild land, to which they have added ten\\nacres by subseipient purchase, and have 17 acres\\nimproved. To them have been born two children\\nFrancis L., Nov. 9, 1876, and Henry W., July 31,\\n1873-\\nMr. Wheeler gives his support to the Greenback\\nparty, and is the present Clerk of Grant has held\\nother important local offices.\\n^^Mil Mi\\nA\\njl-harles I. Rathbun, jeweler, Fremont, was\\n^1^^^ born in Adrian, Mich., Sept. 20, 1841.\\n%]P His parents, Thomas R. and Hannah E.\\nfjl? (Davis) Rathbun, were natives of New York\\nand came to Michigan in an early day, set-\\ntling first in Lenawee County, and afterward remov-\\ning to Branch County, where they now reside. His\\nfather was one of the most prominent business men\\nof Adrian. Charles I. attended the common schools\\nand afterward Adrian College. Wlien the civil war\\nbroke out he enlisted in the ist Regt. Mich. Inf Co.\\nK, for three months. This company was known as\\nthe Adrian Cadets, and the regiment was the first\\nfrom Michigan to respond to the President s call for\\ntroops. Being small of stature, Mr. R. was made the\\nright general guide of the regiment. He was in the\\nengagement when Alexandria, Va., was taken, and\\nDD^.", "height": "2819", "width": "2254", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph11chic_0248.jp2"}, "249": {"fulltext": "-3 o v C DD ^:y(ir- r\\nTT\\nNEWAYGO COUNTY.\\nTasw^sr\\nalso at the first battle of Bull Run. He has several\\nmementoes of the battle of Alexandria i)rominent\\namong them is a jnece of the rebel flag which floated\\nover the Mansion House; also three of the buck shot\\nthat were fired at Col. Ellsworth, which he dug out of\\nthe casing of the door, and a piece of the oil-cloth\\nwhich was covered with his blood. He was slightly\\nwounded at the battle of lUill Run. At the expiration\\nof his term of enlistment he went to New York and\\nre-enlisted in the iiith Regt., Co. E. as Sergeant,\\nand served three years, receiving an honorable dis-\\ncharge. He was in the battle of Harper s Ferry\\nwhen Miles surrendered und his entire regiment were\\ntaken prisoners; in three months they were ex-\\nchanged, and were again in the field. He was in the\\nbattle of Gettysburg, where he was severely wounded\\nin the foot with grape-shot, and was in the hos-\\npital at Fort Schuyler, N. Y., 1 1 months. He was in\\nthe battle of the Wilderness, Spottsylvania, and the\\nsiege of Petersburg when Lee surrendered; he was\\nslightly wounded in the battle of the Wilderness.\\nAfter his discharge Mr. Rathbun came to Adrian,\\nMich., remained a short time, then went to Buff alo,\\nN. v., where he worked two years at his trade\\n(jeweler), which he had previously learned. He\\nthen went to Elkton, Ky., where he lived si.\\\\ years,\\nthen came with his family to I entwater, Mich, where\\nhe opened a store and operated about one year. In\\nthe summer of 1874 he settled in Fremont, where he\\nnow resides and follows the occupation of watch-\\nmaker and jeweler. He is the leading merchant, in\\nthis line, in Fremont. While living in Kentucky,\\nMr. R. was burned out by the Ku Klux, and lost all\\nhis household effects, tools, etc.\\nHe was married in Bufl! alo, N. Y., Sept. 24, 1868,\\nto Ida, daughter of Thomas and Artemisia (Sherman)\\nDe Lancy, the former a native of England and the\\nlatter of New York. They have one child, Clark,\\nborn Oct. 29, 187 i. Mr. R. has held the office of\\nJustice of the Peace four years; Township Clerk, four\\nyears; and Village Clerk, five years. He is a mem-\\nber of the Masonic Order, of the Odd Fellows fra-\\nternity, and is the Senior Vice Commander of Post\\nHenry Dobson, No. 182, Orand Army of the Republic.\\nIn politics he is a Republican. He was a member of\\nthe fire department while in Adrian, holding offices\\nin the same, and while in Kentucky was Postmaster,\\nunder Grant, and agent for Adams Express Company.\\nohn Russell, farmer, section 4, Goodwell\\nTownsliip, was born in Oxford Co., Dur-\\nham Township, Can., Nov. 14, 1829. His\\nparents, James and Annie (Mail) Russell\\nwere both natives of England. They settled\\nin Oxford County in 1828, and there passed\\nthe remaining years of their lives. Mr. Russell\\nwas ten years old at the time of his father s death,\\nand was 23 years old when his mother passed away.\\nHe was married to Harriet, daughter of Christo-\\npher and Jane (Smith) Stockdale, born in Canada,\\nJune 6, 1834. In 1869 Mr. Russell removed to\\nNewaygo County and settled in wiiat was then the\\ntownship of Big Prairie, and bought 160 acres of\\nof land, to which he has added by purchase until he\\nhe has 200 acres of fine land in Goodwell Township.\\nMr. Russell is neutral in politics, and has held the\\nvarious school offices in the township. In 1882 he\\nwas elected Supervisor and held the office two years.\\nThe children of Mr. Russell s household are\\nHannah S., George and James C.\\nichael Moses, farmer, section 23, Garfield\\nTownship, was born in Germany, May\\n29, 1844. He is a son of Joseph and\\nMary A. (Tray) Moses, who came to Quebec,\\nCanada, with their family in 1855. The par-\\nents were German by biith, and the father\\ndied in Norwich, Oxford Co., Can., Dec. 22, 1879,\\naged 75 years and six months. The mother is still\\na resident of that place.\\nMr. Moses went to Batavia, Genesee Co., N. Y.,\\nin 1859, and was variously occupied there until he\\nenlisted as a soldier of the civil war. He enrolled\\nOct. 17, 1861, in Co. K, i2lh N. Y. Vol. Inf, Capt.\\nA. Root, and remained in the service until Sept. 9,\\n1862, when lie was discharged because of disability.\\nHe was in the action at Fairfax Court-House and in\\nseveral minor engagements. He returned to the\\nProvince of Ontario and engaged in agricultural pur-\\nsuits until 1866, when he came to Tuscola Co.,\\nV-\\nA\\nr\\nf\\nLj^\u00c2\u00a73\\n^:;On$?DD;. i^", "height": "2831", "width": "2211", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph11chic_0249.jp2"}, "250": {"fulltext": "zi^^-isr\\nr- T\\n^?nI] :Dl)^ r\\n242\\nNEWAYGO COUNTY.\\n-^\u00c2\u00bbQ^ is:r\\nv*\\n1\\n4\\nMich., and interested himself several successive\\nwinters in lumbering, combining farming with his\\nlabors in the woods.\\nMr. Moses was married at Clio, Genesee Co.,\\nMich., March 22, 1867, to Adaline, daughter of\\nJames B. and Rhoda A. Sigsby, a native of New\\nYork, born May 14, 1847. Of their marriage six\\nchildren have been born, Adaline, Mary A., Martha,\\nTeresa, Michael and Frederick.\\nIn 1868 Mr. Moses bought 40 acres of land in\\nBirch Run Township, Saginaw County, which he re-\\ntained until the fall of 1870, when he disposed of\\nthe place, and with his family and effects drove\\nthrough to Newaygo County. He at once purchased\\n40 acres of land where he now resides, and took\\npossession. He has since purchased an additional\\n40 which, like his first investment, was all heavily\\ntimbered. He has 65 acres in a first-class condition\\nand improved with good buildings, orchards and all\\nfixtures common with well-to-do farmers.\\nHenry Manning, farmer, section 27, Grant\\nf Township, was born Aug. 23, 1847, in St.\\nLawrence Co., N. Y. His parents, William\\nand Rachel (Russell) Manning, were of English\\nlineage and belonged all their lives to the\\nfarming community. They emigrated in 1849\\nto IvOrain Co., Ohio, where the father died in 1867,\\naged 67 years. The mother is still residing there,\\n72 years old.\\nAfter he was 12 years of age, Mr. Manning was\\nengaged in agricultural labors almost incessantly.\\nHe. married Sept. 28, 1870, in Penfield, Lorain Co.,\\nOhio, Sarah J., daughter of George W. and Thalia\\n(Shaw) Allen. The parents were natives of New\\nEngland, and during the youthful period of their\\nlives their parents settled in Medina Co., Ohio,\\nwhere they were married. Mrs. Manning was born\\nApril 16, 1849, in Hinkley Township, that county,\\nand was educated there. She went to Lorain County\\nat 17, and engaged in leaching, in which calling she\\nmade marked success.\\nTwo years after their marriage Mr. and Mrs.\\nManning came to Mi( liigan and settled on 60 acres\\nof land in Grant Township, situated in a dense, un-\\nbroken forest. The township was almost whoIJy\\nunsettled, and Mr. Manning has toiled manfully in\\nhis pioneer capacity until he has placed 40 acres of\\nhis estate under fair improvements.\\nHe is a Democrat in politics, and has held the\\nl\u00c2\u00bbsition of Clerk of Grant Township five years.\\nThe family includes the following children Rowena\\nM., born July 21,1871; Percy R., Oct. 15, 1874;\\nThalia, March 29, 1S79; Willie, born Aug. 19, 1872,\\ndied Feb. 18, 1875.\\nsj, i^j t ueius E. Mills, farmer, section 31, Garfield\\nL J jl Township, and Postmaster of Brooks (post-\\nPi^^r office), was born March 28, 1823, in Chit-\\n6i(j tenden Co., Vt., and is a son of Daniel C. and\\n/S, Dolly (Farrand) Mills. His parents removed\\nto Cuyahoga Co., Ohio, when he was 1 1 years\\nold and settled at Cleveland, where the family re-\\nsided eight years and the father was employed as a\\ncarpenter. The son acquired a knowledge of that\\nbranch of mechanics and pursued it as a vocation, in\\ncompany with his father. The family removed to\\nBranch Co., Mich., in 1843, where they settled on a\\nfarm of 40 acres.\\nMr. Mills remained in Branch County until 1835,\\nworking at his trade, when he went to Gibson Co.,\\nTenn., and established a carriage and wagon factory\\nin the village of Yorkville. He was doing business\\nthere at the period when the Rebellion made itself\\nknown and felt in all its hideous proportions, and\\nMr. Mills, who regarded the whole infamous scheme\\nand proceedings with all the aversion he had inher-\\nited from his ancestors, and cherished under the in-\\nfluences which had molded his opinions, abandoned\\nhis property in Tennessee and made his escape to a\\nregion of security and immunity from the threats\\nand venom of rebels. His father was a soldier of\\n1812, and his paternal grandfather was a participant\\nin the French and Indian war. The southern anar-\\nchists found no tolerance in a man of his lineage,\\nand he made no compromise with them for any ad-\\nvantage whatever. He bought iio acres of land in\\nCasnovia, Muskegon County, in 1S61, where he was\\nengaged in agriculture until the civil war had as-\\nsumed formidable proixartions, and he determined to\\nenlist, which he did Oct. 4, 1864, at Grand Rapids,\\ni\\ni\\nI\\nC\\nt\\nt\\n-S:\\n^0!l ^Illlr A.", "height": "2819", "width": "2254", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph11chic_0250.jp2"}, "251": {"fulltext": "-s^t^is: ^r^r M H llv r\\n-^fi-^i^^\\njveivaygo county.\\n243\\nt\\nA\\nV\\nenrolling in Co. K, 16th Mich. Vol. Inf. He par-\\nticipated in the battle of Five Forks and in numer-\\nous minor engagements until the close of the war,\\nwhen he enjoyed the culminating scene of the\\nSouthern Rebellion in ihc surrender of Gen. Lee at\\n\\\\l)|)omatlox Court-House. He received honorable\\ndiscliarge at Jeffersonville, Ind., in July, 1865.\\nHe returned to his farm in Casnovia, where he was\\nresident until 1877, in which year he came to Gar-\\nfield Township, where he owns 200 acres of land,\\nbesides 150 acres adjoining in .Ashland Township\\nMr. Mills is a successful and thrifty farmer, re|)resent-\\ning the industrious frugality of the people of New\\nEngland, of whom he is a worthy type. He has\\nproved his capacity for useful.iess in public life by\\nthe manner in which he has discharged the duties of\\nthe various incumbencies to which he has been sum-\\nmoned by his fellow citizens in Casnovia and Gar-\\nfield. He was twice elected Justice of the I eace in\\nthe former place, besides to minor offices, and has\\nbeen elected Superintendent of Schools one term in\\ntlie latter.\\nMr. Mills was married in Casnovia, Dec. 31, 1861,.\\nto Mrs. Helen M. Thomas, a native of New York,\\nby whom he has two children, Jesse E. and Lincoln\\nD. The family includes Lafayette Eugene, a son of\\nMr. Mills by a former marriage, and Myron Q. and\\nGeorge Henry, two sons of his wife by her fi^st hus-\\nband. Mr. Mills is a member of the Masonic Order,\\nin which he has taken ten degrees, and of the\\nKnights Templar.\\n[t ohn Grawn, sawyer and filer, Newaygo,\\nwas born in Sweden, Dec. 20, 185 i, and is\\na son of Andrew and Christine (Rose)\\nGrawn. His parents belonged to the agricul-\\ntural community in their native country, and\\nemigrated to llie United States in 1855. I he\\nfather was also a shoemaker by trade, and after lo-\\ncating at Salem, Washtenaw Co., Mich., where he\\nbought a small landed property, he found [ilenty of\\nemploy at his bench. The family removed to Sparta,\\nKent County, in 1861, where the parents are still\\nresident, on a farm of 60 acres.\\nMr. Grawn passed the seasons of his early years\\nalternately in farm labor and school studies, and\\nin 1870 came to Newaygo and engaged in rafting for\\nthe Newaygo Lumber Company. Not long after the\\ntransfer of tlieir interests to D. P. Clay, Mr. Grawn\\nwas employed in his saw-mill as a setter,and a short\\ntime after succeeded to the [wsition of sawyer. He\\nhas since had entire charge of the mill, which has a\\nproducmg capacity of 30,000 feet of lumber per day.\\nMr. Grawn is a member of the Order of Good\\nTemplars, and owns considerable village [iroperty.\\nHe was married in Big Praiiie Township, June 3,\\n1877, to Alice, daughter of Seth Hubbard, born Jan.\\n30, i860, in t irandville, Kent County. One child,\\nPhilorus, was born of this marriage, and is now\\ndeceased.\\n1---7..+\\nrben Barnum, farmer, section },t,, Ashland\\nTownship, was born in i ompkins Co., N.\\njfes v., Dec. 22, 1832. His parents. Czar and\\nji^j Margaret (German) Barnum, were natives re-\\n1 spectively of Connecticut and New York. In\\n1839 they removed to Lenawee Co., Mich., and\\nthe son remained at home aiding in the labors on the\\nfarm until he reached the age of 13, when he was\\nengaged in the same capacity with a neighboring\\nfarmer, his father judging that the proceeds of his\\nlabors would further his own interests to belter pur-\\npose than to retain him at home.\\nWhen he was 19 years of age, associated with one\\nof his brothers, Mr. Barnum took a farm in Hillsdale\\nCounty, which remained under their joint manage-\\nment three years, where he acipiired a practical\\nknowledge of all the details of successful agriculture\\nand an understanding of its responsibilities in an in-\\ndependent sphere. To this purpose he purchased a\\nfarm of 80 acres in .\\\\shland, Newaygo County.\\nMr. Barnum was married Dec. 23, 1856, in Hills-\\ndale County, to Susan, daughter of Nicholas and\\nBarl)ara (Voat) Ish. I he parents were born in\\nSwitzerland, and after their marriage came to the\\nUnited States, locating in Stark Co., Ohio, where\\nthe daughter was born, Oct. 15, 1832, and resided\\nuntil she was 16 years old, when she came to Hills-\\ndale County and lived until her marriage. .About a\\nyear after that event Mr. Barnum settled on his farm\\nin Newaygo C ounty, which he had purchased asmen-\\nS,!/\\nr\\nf\\ni:^Dllv", "height": "2831", "width": "2211", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph11chic_0251.jp2"}, "252": {"fulltext": "fz 244\\nt\\n-2^^^^ ^^^-ioa^Kon^^\\nNEWAYGO COUNTY.\\nJ\\nA\\nV\\n-s\\nM\\ntioned. It was situated in the inidst of unbroken\\nforest, with no neighbors in sight but himself and wile\\nentered cheerfully and hopefully into the work of the\\nregulation [)ioneer, encountering privation with\\nhardihood, gra|)pling courageously with toil and baf-\\nfling circumstances, and emerging from all their con-\\nflicts witJi victory on their banners. The character\\nof the spirit in which they have accomplished their\\nlife work is fully attested by the temper of their most\\nprominent remembrance of those early days. Its\\nfairest features and those which afforded relief and\\nrelaxation from cares are upiiermost in thought and\\nword, and their recitals are filled with interesting\\nanecdotes and reminiscences of times when small\\nopfwrtunities were eagerly seized ujxjn to secure a\\nbrief tenure upon social ties and a ride five miles\\nwith an ox team over a forest trail to enjoy the fes-\\ntivities of a dance or the excitements of a revival\\nmeeting had attractions in no sense outdone by the\\nmore elegant accompaniments of a more perfect civ-\\nilization. Mr. Barnum s farm now contains 200\\nacres, three-fourths of which is in a state of advanced\\nand highly creditable cullivati jn.\\nMr. Barnum enlisted Feb. 15, 1865, in Co. A,\\nNinth Mich. Vol. Inf., and was assigned to the Army\\nof the Cumberland. He was in active service but\\nfive months, becoming disabled by camp fe\\\\er. His\\nregiment was discharged Seiit. 13, 1875, but he was\\ncompelled to continue some time in the hospital to\\nrecover his health. In political faith Mr. Barnum is\\na Democrat, and has held various offices in the local\\ngovernment of the affairs of Ashland Township.\\nFive ciiildren have been born to Mr. and Mrs.\\nBarnum, as follows Edgar M., Sept. 28, 1857;\\nFrank L., Nov. 2, 1859; Bertha J., Aug. 19, 1862;\\nWilliam H., Feb. 3, 1872; Fred. N., born March r,\\n1870, died Aug. 25, 1872.\\nf 9j? illiam H. Bailey, farmer and blacksmith,\\nj9 section 16, Norwich Township, was born\\nJan. 25, 1830, in Flngland. Me is a son of\\nr James and Jane (Hill) Bailey, natives of\\nKent Co., Eng., where his mother still resides.\\nMr. Bailey had only the educational privileges\\ncommon to the class of people to which he belonged\\nin his native country. In 1852 he came to the Do-\\nminion of Canada, and while a resident there he\\nlearned his trade of blacksmith. In 1861 he went to\\nRochester, N. Y., where he worked at his trade, and\\nafter a time made another removal, to Aslitabula Co.,\\nOhio, and was similarly engaged until 1872, when he\\nwent to Chicago, remained four months and came to\\nNewaygo County within the year. He was employed\\ntwo months on the Chicago West Michigan rail-\\nroad, and after tiiat worked three years for Steward,\\nIves Co. At the exi)iration of that time he es-\\ntal)lished a shop of his own. He owns 42 acres of\\nland, where he is engaged in farming when not con-\\nfined by press of business to his shop. He was mar-\\nried at Big R:.pids, in 1874, to Lydia Conkwright,\\nwlio was iiorn in Oakland Co., Mich., in 1831.\\njartin Willius, farmer, section 7, Bridge-\\nton Township, was born on the Rhine\\n1^ River, Cicrmany, Sept. 14, 1834. The\\nS^^^\\\\ place of his birth was situated between\\nWorms and Mainz in Rhein-Hesse. His par-\\nents, Valentine and Anna (Oswald) Willius^\\nwere Germans and passed their lives in their native\\nland, where the father was a fisherman on the river.\\nMr. Willius was educated in his native language\\nand resided with his parents until 1853, when, in\\ncompany with three others, he came to the United\\nStates. He went to Auburn, N. H., where he en-\\ngaged to work a year for a gentleman, who removed\\nwithin the time to Ontario, Can., and he accompanied\\nhim thither. He returned to New York on the expi-\\nration of his engagement and traveled through the\\nWestern States. He came back to Muskegon, Mich.,\\nin t^ie spring of 1856. In the year following he came\\nto Newaygo Ccnmty and entered the employ of\\nRobert Jibson. in Bridgelon Township, with whom\\nhe remained a long time, oi)erating as a farm assist-\\nant. Meanwhile, he purchased and improved to\\nsome extent 1 20 acres of land, which he has in-\\ncreased to 200 acres by subsequent purchase, and\\nhas 60 acres under cultivation.\\nHe was married May 14, 1866, to Anna E., daugh-\\nter of Robert and Anna E. (Butler) Jibson, of Bridge-\\nton. The parents were natives of F^ngland, and\\nm\\nI\\nI\\nA\\n^ii", "height": "2819", "width": "2254", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph11chic_0252.jp2"}, "253": {"fulltext": "itl*\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0e-v4illll;-^tlll^ v\\nNEWAYGO COUNTY.\\n245\\n^y\\nafter their marriage came to this country. They set-\\ntled in Muskegon, where their daughter was born,\\nMay 29, 1848. In 1862 they removed to _Bridgeton.\\nMrs. Willius died Jan. 9, 1882, leaving three surviv-\\ning children, born as follows: Anna E., May 4,\\n1868; Mary T., July 20, 1870 Emma J., July 7,\\n1872. Three children preceded the mother to the\\nbetter land of the hereafter. John W. was born\\nMarch 10, 1867, and died 17 days afterward; Fallen\\nM. was born July 4, 1874, and died Nov. 17, 1881\\nIda M. was born May 12, 1876, and died Jan. 9^\\n1882.\\nMr. Willius is a zealous Republican. He has\\nbeen Assessor seven years and School Director three\\nyears.\\nTack T. Wood, farmer, section 17, Brooks\\nWM Township, was born Oct. 11, 1857, in Vo-\\nlinia, Cass Co., Mich., and is a son of\\nHenry H. and Catherine (Gant) Wood. His\\nfather was born Oct. 15, 1822, in the State of\\nNew York. He was a farmer and also en-\\ny gaged to a considerable extent in the management\\nY of saw-mills. In 1849 h^ went to California, where\\nhe operated in gold-mining two years, and in 1S51\\ncame back to Michigan. In 1858 he made another\\ntrip to the land of golden promise, remaining seven\\nyears. He died in Newaygo County, March 26,\\n1880. The mother was born Dec. 13, 1822, and is\\nstill living, in VanBuren Co., Mich.\\nMr. Wood was engaged in the callings of farmer\\nand sawyer with his father during his minority, and\\nattended school winters. He is almost exclusively\\nengaged in farming, and owns 160 acres of land on\\nsections 16 and 17 of Brooks Township. Of tliis,\\n50 acres is cleared and well improved, having good\\nfarm buildings and other creditable farm fixtures.\\nHe is a Republican in ix)litical affinity.\\nMr. Wood was married July 12, 1882, to Cynthia\\nH. Wilson. She was born in the Province of Que-\\nbec, Canada, Aug. 12, 1863, and is the daughter of\\nThomas P. and Emily Wilson, both of whom are\\nliving in Newaygo County. They became residents\\nof Michigan in 1864, when the daughter was six\\nmonths old. Mr. and Mrs. Wood have one child,\\nLoyd A., born June 3, 1883.\\n1\\nL\\nKenry Zerlaut, firmer, section 5, Bridgeton\\n1^ Townsliip, was born March 11, 1843, in\\nf Bavaria, CernKiny. His parents, Josepli and\\nElizabeth (Steiner) Zerlaut, were also natives of\\n1 Germany. They came to the United States in\\n1852 and located at Providence, R. I., and in that\\nplace Mr. Zerlaut was a pupil for five years at the\\npublic schools.\\nIn the spring of 1856 he went to Wauregan Mills,\\nWindham Co., Conn., and two years after removed to\\nMoosup in the same county, where he entered upon\\nan apprenticeship to acquire the trade of weaver of\\ncassimeres, with a man named Dalebarr. He worked\\nat the bsiness at that point four years, and went\\nthence to Pittsfield, Mass., where he remained until\\nOctober, 1861, engaged a part of the time in prepar-\\ning to follow the trade of barber, and at the date named\\nhe came to Muskegon, where he finished learning\\nthe trade. He worked five years for a man named\\nJoseph Lasser, afterwards founding a similar busi-\\nness for himself in that city, which he conducted\\nuntil the fall of 1874, when the fire which effected\\nsuch disaster to Muskegon destroyed his trade and he\\ncame to Bridgeton. He located a farm of 80 acres\\non which he has since been engaged in successful and\\ncreditable agriculture, and has nearly the entire body\\nof his land under improvement.\\nMr. Zerlaut was married Feb. 4, 1865, to Adelia E.,\\ndaughter of Guernsey and Lydia (Smith) Hall, natives\\nof Ohio. Mrs. Zerlaut was born in Medina County,\\nin the Buckeye State, Feb. 4, 1846. Her parents re-\\nmoved to Hillsdale Co., Mich., when she was nine\\nyears old, and came thence to Muskegon, where she\\nwas chiefly educated. In the spring of 1863 she\\ncame to Sheridan Township, where she remained un-\\ntil her marriage. A month after that event, March\\n14, 1865, Mr. Zerlaut enlisted, but was discharged\\nthree months later without having seen actual\\nmilitary service, as the war was ended. Seven chil-\\ndren have been born to Mr. and Mrs Zerlaut: Edmund\\nG., Nov. 16, 1867 Grace G., July 26, 1870 Jessie\\nH., Nov. s, 1872; Frederick B., May 3, i88o; Earl\\nv., Aug 23, 1883; Roy S., Sept. 16, 1875 (died Nov.\\nV^\\nr7\u00c2\u00bb\\n^\u00e2\u0096\u00a0^\u00e2\u0096\u00a0^(l!]^^:^t1^.\\n.^5^\\n,^5^\\n4^^^y\\nr\\ni\\nii", "height": "2831", "width": "2211", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph11chic_0253.jp2"}, "254": {"fulltext": "~2 %.j-l\u00c2\u00bb sr\\nT ^tl(l/:^llllv r\\n*^^5(\\n7^ !li\\njveivavgo county.\\n1\\nf\\n15, 1877); Ermina C, Aug. 13, 1877; died in No-\\nvember, 1 87 9.\\nMr. Zerlaut is a Republican, has held Ihe office of\\nSchool Director, and was elected Justice of the Peace\\nat the last election.\\nV\\nSBjlexander J. Mundy, farmer and luniber-\\nman. Brooks Township, section 13, was\\nborn March 18, 1851, in Morrow Co., Ohio-\\nHis father, Elinus Mundy, is of Scotch de-\\nscent, and was born Feb. 15, 1821, in New\\nJersey. His mother, E.xperience Patience\\n(Peters) Mundy, was born of Welsh ancestors, Feb.\\n24, 1822, in New York, and died March 28, 1S76, in\\nBrooks Township. John D. Mundy, father of Eli-\\nnus, was born in New Jersey June 30, 1788, and died\\nAug. 8, 1855. Elizabeth (Ballou) Mundy, his mother,\\nwas of French parentage, born Jan. 16, 1797, and\\ndied Nov. 26, i860.\\nIn 1862 Mr. Mundy of this sketch came to Ne-\\nwaygo with his parents. His father bought 80 acres\\nof land, and afterwards 166 acres more. The son\\nowns 67 acres of this and carries on lumbering o[)er-\\nations thereon. He adds to his calling the trade of\\nblacksmith, which he acquired in the shop of his\\nfather, for whom he worked six years. He spent four\\nyears in wagon-making, and served an apprentice-\\nship of four years in learning the trade of builder.\\nHe possesses energy and the inclination to meet all\\ndemands on his varied qualifications, and is a valua-\\nble accessory to a pioneer community. He is a^Dem-\\nocrat in political sentiment. (See sketch of John\\nA. Mundy.)\\njjtenry C. Stone, farmer, section 5, Sheridan\\nii^^^^ Township, is a son of Aaron and Amanda\\n4k (Dickinson) Stone, and was born in Olaston-\\nbury. Conn., Aug. 12, 1834. His parents were\\nnatives of Litchfield Co., Conn. His father died\\nin Michigan the mother resides in Dayton\\nTownship, this county. Henry C. lived in Con-\\nnecticut till 18 years of age, then went to De Kalb\\nCo., Ind., where he lived three years, and in January,\\n1 855, came to Newaygo County and bought 160 acres\\nof wild land in partnership with his oldest brother,\\non section 26, Dayton Township. He lived on this\\nfarm and continued to improve it for eight years,\\nwhen he sold and bought 120 acres in Sheridan\\nTownship, on sections 5 and 6, where he now re-\\nsides; he has 70 acres under cultivation.\\nMr. Stone was married in Dayton Township, June\\n23. 1859, to Ellen, daughter of Eleazer and Sarah\\nSmith, who was born in Hillsdale County, this State,\\nand came to Newaygo County with her parents, and\\nlived at home until her marriage. Children Alma,\\nFranklin, Freddie, Oscar, Stella, Ella and Burt. Mr.\\nS. has held the office of Township Treasurer five\\nyears. Supervisor three years. School Director and\\nseveral minor offices. Five of his family are members\\nof the I. O. G. T. He belongs to the National\\nGreenback party.\\nI\\nI\\n^rs. Lurana (Allen) Train, resident on\\nsection 28, Grant Township, was born in\\ntn^i^^ Pavilion, Genesee Co., N. Y., Feb. 7,\\nIx^^ 1829, and is the daughter of Amasa and\\nSophia (Kentfield) Allen. Her parents were\\nmembers of the farming fraternity all their\\nlives, and descended respectively from English and\\nScotch parentage. They were natives of New Eng-\\nland, and in 1834 removed to Medina Co., Ohio,\\nwhere they settled, in Hinkley Township.\\nThe daughter was married Dec. 31, 1854, to Sam-\\nuel Train, now deceased. He was born March 2,\\n1833, in Massachusetts. His parents, .Samuel and\\nMary (Burch) Train, removed in his youth to Hink-\\nley Township, above mentioned, where he grew to\\nmanhood, and was married, at 22 years of age. He\\nwas occupied in farming until he enlisted as a soldier\\nfor the Union in 1S62. He enrolled in the Fifth\\nRegt. Ohio Sharpshooters, Co. A. The regiment was\\nfirst assigned to the command of Gen. Rosecransand\\nafterwards to that of Gen Thomas. Mr. Train was\\nin much active and perilous duty. Being brave and\\nskilled in rifle practice, he was frequently detailed\\nfor imiwrtant and perilous service. He was in the\\nbattle of Chickahominy and afterwards was ill with\\nA\\n-^^^r- %-^c ii n ^M^y^\\nNTT^y- t\\n*e?\\nMi\\nm", "height": "2819", "width": "2254", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph11chic_0254.jp2"}, "255": {"fulltext": "NEWAYGO COUNTY.\\n-J\\nV\\n-^^-mj^\\\\%\\n247\\ncamp diarrhea. May g, 1865, while recovering from\\na serious attack of tlie disease named, he was ex-\\njX)sed to small-pox, of which he died after six days\\nillness. His death occurred May 15, 1865, in the\\nhospital at Nashville, Tenn., and lie was buried in\\nthe Second Army Cemetery in the city where he died.\\nMrs. Train came to Michigan in the summer of\\n1855 and entered a homestead claim in Grant Town-\\nship, where she has since resided. Her first purchase\\nconsisted of 120 acres of timber land. Of this 20\\nacres were afterward sold and purchase made of 60\\nacres, and the farm now includes 160 acres. At the\\ntime she made her location the township was not or-\\nganized, the postofifice was ten miles distant and the\\nnearest mill 16 miles away. She came with her two\\nsons to clear and improve a home for the father and\\nhusband, who was earning the best right to home and\\ncountry by exix)sing his life for their preservation. He\\ndied in a better cause than they who encountered the\\nsame peril to found an independence on a shameful\\nand mad principle and the home for which he\\nhoped, and the land for which he yielded up wife,\\nchildren and life, abide, the fixed monuments of his\\ndevoted, unflinching patriotism. He left two sons,\\none of whom is yet living, John B., born April 8,\\n1 86 1. Willie was born Nov. 13, 1858, and died Aug.\\n15, 1873. He was the first born and too young to\\nrealize the loss of his fatlier. In his death the\\nmother suffered anew the loss of the husband of her\\nyouth.\\nJohn B. Train was married Aug. 3, 1879, to Sarah\\nV. Baker, born in Ohio Dec. 9. 1856. Leona E.,\\nonly child, was born July 22, 1880.\\n^^^Sf-^^S-v^^-J-\\nred Giflford, farmer, Brooks Township,\\nC section 11, was born in Parma Township,\\nJackson County, Mich., Jan. i, 1858, and\\nA e^ is a son of Walter C. and Margaret (Spoor)\\ntr i- The mother was born of German\\nparentage, in 1S31, and the father of Scotch\\nancestry, in 1829. Both were natives of the State\\nJ. of New YorkantI are still living, in Newaygo County,\\nwhither they came in 1865.\\nMr. Gifford lived at home with his parents until\\nV, he was 20 years old, when he entered the employ of\\nI\\n.Aaron Courtwright, of Newaygo. A year afterward\\nhe went to Muskegon, where he continued four\\nyears, operating summers as a saw-mill hand and\\nspending the waiters as a lumberman. He is now a\\nlandholder, owning 1 60 acres, on which he is indus-\\ntriously pursuing liis chosen vocation of farming.\\nMr. Gifford was married at Muskegon, July 4,\\n1883, to Sarah L., daughter of Klinus and Experi-\\nence Patience (Peters) Mundy. She was born May\\n7, 1863, in Newaygo County. Mr. Mundy was born\\nof Scotch parentage, Feb. 15, 1821, in New Jersey.\\nThe mother was a native of New York and of Welsh\\ndescent, born Feb. 24, 1822, and died March 28,\\n1876, in Brooks Township.\\nMr. Gifford belongs to the National party in politi-\\ncal affinity.\\nfcf [lUfred F. Armstrong, firmer and cari)enter,\\n1 section 1 5, Ashland Township, was born in\\nr\\nV,\\nA\\ni.\\\\t^ -Monroe Co., N. Y., Aug. 13, 1823. His par-\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0jis^ ents, Bela and Mary (Palmer) Armstrong, were\\np natives of Connecticut. They settled in the\\nEmpire State, and in 1826 came to Oakland\\nCo., Mich. The father died soon after and the\\nmother went back to the State of New York with her\\nchildren. She returned in 1836 to Walled Lake\\nOakland County, where she died Oct. 7, 1840.\\nMr. Armstrong returned to New York after he\\ndeath and worked as a farm laborer until the fall o\\n1843, when he again came to Michigan. He inter-\\nested himself in lumbering on the Grand River and\\nfollowed that business about two and a half years\\nHe passed some years in various employments, and\\nin the fall of 1852 pre-empted a portion of section\\n15 in Ashland Township, where he has since resided\\nand operated as a farmer. He was the third perma-\\nnent settler, and is identified with the pioneer history\\nof Ashland Township and the development of Ne-\\nwaygo County. He owns 80 acres of land, and has\\nimproved 45 acres.\\nMr. Armstrong was married July 3, 1844, in Kent\\nCo., Mich., to Sarah Jane, daughter of William and\\nDeborah (Denton) Anderson. l he parents were born\\nin Ontario, Can., of which place the daughter was\\nalso a native. She died in Kent County, .April 20,\\n1848, leaving one daughter, Mary Jane. Mr. Arm-\\nr\\ni\\nr\\\\\\n4.", "height": "2831", "width": "2211", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph11chic_0255.jp2"}, "256": {"fulltext": "\u00e2\u0096\u00a0^asCP\\n-cT-T IlB^;llD rHc :2?:^^\\n-#t\u00c2\u00a75fs^-^;\\nI\\nA\\ne\\nV\\nNEWAYGO COUNTY.\\nstrong was a second time married in the fall of 1851,\\nto Amelia Whittemore, born in Connecticut and died\\nin Ashland Townshi]), Aug. 28, 1867, leaving two chil-\\ndren, who were born as follows: Hattie, May 18,\\n1861, and Alice, March 28, 18152. The latter died in\\n1876.\\nMr. Armstrong is a decided adherent to the tenets\\nof the National part) He has held the positions of\\nTownship Clerk and Supervisor for six years, and\\nRoad Commissioner five years.\\nfohn H. Hyde, farmer, Brooks Township,\\nsees. 12 and 13, was born in Delaware Co.,\\nOhio, Aug. 6, 1839, and is a son of Phil-\\nander M. and Mary Ann (Kilby) Hyde. The\\nfather was born in Hampton, N. Y., June 27,\\n1816, of English ancestors. He is still living.\\nThe mother is of Irish lineage, and was born Sept.\\n10, 1817, in Whitesbury, Oneida Co., N. Y.\\nMr. Hyde s parents settled in Barry Co., Mich., in\\n185 I, where the father purchased a farm of 40 acres,\\nin Maple Grove Township, and, with the exception\\nof a single year, the son resided there until he was\\n23 years old. He commenced his career as a farm-\\ner in that county, and in 1865 sold his ])roperty\\nand came to Newaygo County. He bought 120 acres\\nof land, where he has expended much time and\\nlabor, and brought 1 10 acres to an advanced state of\\ncultivation, and increased the value and appearance\\nof the place by adding a good barn and home, and\\nset out a judiciously selected assortment of fruit-\\ntrees. In political connection he is a Democrat, and\\nhas been elected to fill the various school offices.\\nMr. Hyde was married in 1862, in Barry County,\\nto Adaline, daughter of William and Maria (Wright)\\nJarrard. She was born Feb. 27, 1842, in Richland\\nCo., Ohio. Her father was born in 1814, in Penn-\\nsylvania, and was of French descent. He died in\\nJune, 1883, in Barry County. The mother was born\\nin 1824, in Ohio, and resides in Barry County. Mr.\\nand Mrs. Hyde have had four children, two of whom\\nare living. They were born in the following order:\\nLemuel (dec), Orville Cr., Leonard (dec.) and Mar-\\nvin W. The family are members of the Congrega-\\ntional Church.\\nOOP\\nt\\n~530~\\nX\\nA\\n5^\\\\\\nohn F. Parmeter, farmer, section i. Ash-\\nland Township, was born in Addison Co.,\\nVt., Sept. 22, 181 1, and is a son of Jesse\\nL. and Elizabeth (Goo) Parmeter. The father\\nwas of English parentage and the mother of\\nFrench descent. The parents removed to\\nHerkimer Co., N. Y., in 1819, and four years later\\nmade another transfer of their interests to Allegany\\nCounty, in the same State.\\nMr. Parmeter there passed the years preceding the\\nperiod of his legal freedom in a manner common to\\nfarmers sons, and on attaining his majority purchased\\na small farm. Shortly after he disposed of the pro-\\nperty, and in the fall of 1833 came to Michigan and\\nengaged in farming in Concord, Jackson County.\\nThe malarial climate of the Peninsular State in those\\ndays found in Mr. Parmeter an easy victim, and,\\nthoroughly worn out with his sufferings, he returned i=\\nto tlie Empire State, where he spent four years.\\nThe attractions of Michigan as an agricultural State =1\\nhad never lost their force, and he resolved on recover-\\ning his health once more to contest issues with the j(\\nclimate for the sake of securing the benefits of her\\nwonderful farming possibilities; and he came to Van\\nBuren County and managed a farm until 1846, when\\nhe established a hotel at Mattawan, where he oper-\\nated upward of ten years. Meanwhile he went to\\nCalifornia in search of gold and to recruit his health,\\nmaking a successful effort in both avenues. In 1861\\nhe came to Newaygo County and located on a farm\\nin Sheridan, where he pursued agriculture until the\\nfall of 1866, when he sold out. He bought 40 acres\\nof land on section i, Ashland Township, where he\\nhas made extraordinary progress and improvements.\\nHe has, among other attractions, an orchard com-\\nposed of fine and varied fruit trees, and is just com-\\npleting a convenient and commodious residence.\\nHe was married June 27, 1840, in Kalamazoo, to\\nSarah A., daughter of John and Mary E. (Ensley) 1\\nKyle. She was born Nov. 4, 182 1, in Tioga Co., N.\\nY., and removed when she was 1 2 years old to Kal-\\namazoo Co., Mich., where she resided until her mar-\\nriage. Her father died in her infancy. Two of four\\nchildren born to Mr. and Mrs. Parmeter are living,\\n(r-\\n^vv^r^f^i^.\\n^ii!l :i]iiv A^-\\n\\\\i^i", "height": "2819", "width": "2254", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph11chic_0256.jp2"}, "257": {"fulltext": "X\\nV\\nNEWAYGO COUNTY.\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0^tf^a\\n-4^^|j$\\nOrlando and Mary M. (Mrs. M. H. Britlon, of Ash-\\nland). Marcellus and one other are deceased.\\nMr. Parmeter is an adherent of the principles and\\nissues of the National party, and has acted as Jus-\\ntice of tlie Peace four years.\\n\u00c2\u00abej2\u00c2\u00a3r\u00c2\u00a9^^\\n^^S^OTJJv\\nerrick Waters, farmer, section\\nSher-\\nman Township, vas born in Warrick Co.,\\nInd., April 7, 1847, and is the fifth child\\nof a family of seven children. His parents\\nI* were Jonas and Lucinda (Bartholomew) Waters,\\nthe former a native of Ohio, and resides with\\nhis son in Sherman Township his mother died in\\nIndiana. When Merrick was seven years of age he\\nwent with his father to Minnesota, but remained only\\na short time, then came to St. Joseph Co., Mich.,\\nliving there two years, and in January, 1855, they\\ncame to Newaygo County. He lived at home until\\n21 years of age, when his father gave him 50 acres\\nof land in Sherman Township, where he now resides.\\nHe was married in Sherman Township, July 12,\\n1868, to Henriette, daughter of Samuel D. and Ann\\nCoburn, natives of De Kalb Co., Ind. the mother\\ndied in Indiana and the father removed to Newaygo\\nCounty. Mr. and Mrs. Waters have one child, Val-\\nleria C, born Oct. 2, 1877. In politics he is a Nat-\\nional.\\n-^3=4=4\\nA h\\nT~T\\nCl-\\nl^amuel D. Cobxirn, fanner, section 29, Sher-\\nman Township, was born in New York,\\nj[V? March 2, 1825. His parents, Girden and\\nCynthia (Phillips) Cobujrn, were natives of\\nVermont. They first settled in Genesee Co.\\nN. Y., and afterward removed to Ohio, where\\nthey lived 17 years, then went to De Kalb Co., Ind.,\\nwhere the mother died the father then came to\\nMichigan and lived in Muskegon County until his\\ndeath. Samuel remained at home until 22 years of\\nage. He first purchased a farm in Allen Co., Ind.,\\nwhich he lived on two years, then moved to La\\nGrange County, same State, and worked at coopering\\nfive years. He then returned to De Kalb County\\nand remained until 1865, and in the winter of that\\nyear came to Newaygo County and bought 80 acres\\nof wild land. He has since sold this land, and pur-\\nchased 120 acres where he now resides. He has\\n40 acres under tillage.\\nHe was married in De Kalb Co., Ind., to Annie\\nPerry, a native of Ohio, who died five years after\\nher marriage. Mr. Coburn then married Ann Der-\\nmolt, of De Kalb Co., Ind., who died in 1863, leav-\\ning five children: Henrietta, Franklin W., Charles\\nF., Ella S. and Carrie. For a third wife Mr. C. mar-\\nried Sarah E. (Walkley), widow of Rufiis W. Seaman,\\nand daughter of Oliver and Partliena (Smith)\\nWalkley. Mr. and Mrs. Coburn have three children\\nViola L., Oliver L. and Parthena D. Mr. C. has\\nheld the office of Highway Commissioner was\\nelected Justice of the Peace, but did not serve; was\\nSchool Director five years. He was elected Treas-\\nurer of Sherman Township in the spring of 1883,\\nand is the present incumbent. In jiolitics he is a\\nRepublican, and himself and wife are members of\\nFremont Grange, No. 494, P. of H.; they are also\\nmembers of the Disciples Church.\\n^\\\\^^m^^\\n-^^^p-.\\nIf\\nli^^rastus S. Burril, merchant druggist, at\\nGrant Station, Ashland Township, was\\nborn at Casnovia, Muskegon County, Nov.\\n22, 1850, and enjoys the distinction of being\\nthe first white child born in the township. His\\nparents, Ezra and Eliza (Fellows) Burril, were\\nnatives of Ohio, and after their marriage settled\\nin Kent Co., Mich., removing later to Casnovia. In\\n185 1 Ihey located on a tract of land lying on sec-\\ntions 12 and 13, the pioneer palace being erected\\non the latter. It became a historic structure from\\nthe fact of its being the place of birth of John E.\\nBurril, the first white child born in the township of\\nAshland.\\nWhen Mr. Burril was ten years old his mother\\ndied, an event that severed the family, and m.ide his\\nself-sustenance a matter of necessity. He early re-\\nalized the importance of an education, and, in addi-\\ntion to the work of self-support, he managed to\\nobtain such schooling as the facilities of the times\\nn\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0A ^Dl]r ^:Dll^: A^", "height": "2831", "width": "2211", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph11chic_0257.jp2"}, "258": {"fulltext": "ri\\n^(ltl :tlD\\nA\\nr\\nA\\n250\\nNEWAYGO COUNTY.\\nii-\\nafforded. His health became impaired, and he went\\nto California to recruit, and to obtain a fair idea of\\nthe resources of the Great West. He fixed a tempo-\\nrary residence at Santa Cruz, remaining there until\\nthe fall of 1875, when he came back to Michigan.\\nHe was married Oct. r4, 1875, to Josephine, daugh-\\nter of Andrew and Clara (Holbrook) Baker. The\\nparents were natives of New York, where they were\\nmarried, and they eventually settled in Ashland\\nTownship, where the daughter was born Sept. 22,\\n1857. Mr. and Mrs. Burril, soon after their mar-\\nriage, removed to a farm on section 11, and there\\nremained until the spring of 1878, when Mr. Burril\\nfounded a mercantile business where he is now\\nlocated, which he prosecuted until 1881, when he\\nsold out his general stock, and established himself in\\nthe drug trade, Avith a stock valued at $2,500. His\\nbusiness is prosperous and increasing. He is a zeal-\\nous Republican, and has held various local offices.\\nHe is a member of the Order of Odd Fellows, and\\nbelongs to Lodge No. 362, at Ashland Center. To\\nMr. and Mrs. Burril have been born four children,\\nnamely: Ella M., Sept. 24, 1876; Melvin E., June\\n17, 1878; Joseph E., Aug. 15, 1880; Lysle, Feb.\\n25, 1883.\\n\\\\l^t ^f^ystte Waters, farmer, section 30, Sher-\\nJi LasJ-f lan Township, son of Jonas and Lucinda\\n5 t (Bartholomew) Waters, was born in War-\\nylv ^^l^ Co- I Feb. n, 1843. When 10 years\\nof age he went with his father to Minnesota,\\nremaining only a short time, when they came\\nto St. Joseph Co., Mich., and lived nearly two years.\\nIn the winter of 1855 he came with his father to Ne-\\nwaygo County and settled in Sherman Township,\\nwhere they have made their home ever since. His\\nfather first took up 160 acres of wild land, and after-\\nward bought 40 acres in Dayton Township. His\\nmother died while they were living in Indiana, and\\nsince that time he has made his home with his father.\\nThey have about 75 acres under improvement.\\nThe subject of this sketch was married in Sheridan\\nTownship, March 17, 1867, to Polly A., daughter of\\nJohn and Elizabeth Nichols, natives of Ohio and\\n.Massacluisetls, respectively. They have had six\\nchildren, five surviving: James L., Myron L., Carle-\\n-5-\\n-5-\\ni^ft m5 illiam A. Webber, banker, at Fremont, was\\n_pj||^aj|g born in Steuben Co., N. Y., May 27, 1853.\\nHis parents, Samuel W. and Mariette\\n(Bowen) Webber, were natives of Vermont\\nand New York, respectively. They first\\nsettled in Steuben Co., N. Y., where Mr. Webber,\\nSr., was engaged in farming. They came to Michi-\\ngan in the spring of 1856 and settled in Portland,\\nIonia County, where the father now resides; the\\nmother is deceased. In early youth, William A. at-\\ntended the common schools, and during the winter\\nof 1869-70 attended Olivet College, in Eaton Co.,\\nton W., Edith A. and Ceylon L. William W. died\\nAug. 21, 1876, being three years and three months\\nold. He has held the office of Constable one year.\\nTownship Treasurer eight years. Supervisor four\\nyears, and in politics his sympathies are with the\\nNational party.\\nohn E. Nelson, farmer, section 31, Sheridan\\nTownship, is a native of Canada, and was\\nborn Nov. 9, 1850. His parents, John and\\nSarah (Sherman) Nelson, were natives of\\nir Canada and New York, and lived there until\\n1855. In the fall of that year they came to\\nOceana Co., Mich., where his father died in 1859.\\nHis mother then moved to Ionia County with her\\nfamily of six children, where they lived until 1862,\\nand in the fall of that year came to Newaygo County\\nand settled in Sheridan, then Bridgeton Township,\\nwhere she has since resided.\\nIn the fall of 1862, the subject of this sketch went\\nto Calhoun Co., Mich., to live with an uncle, with\\nwhom he remained until the spring of 1865, and\\nthen came to this county. Since that time he has\\nmade several changes, but is now a resident of\\nSheridan Township. In the fall of 1873 he was\\nmarried in Wisconsin, to Annie M. Larue, a native\\nof that State, and they have had two children Flor-\\nence and Willie M., both of whom are deceased.\\nMr. Nelson is very active in the temperance reform,\\nand in politics is a Republican.\\nc\\n1\\nt\\n}^M^\\nm", "height": "2819", "width": "2254", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph11chic_0258.jp2"}, "259": {"fulltext": "I\\nt\\ner-T ^^DIl :il[l^ r\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0:2Hi^^\\nNEWAYGO COUNTY.\\n25\\n/0^\\ni\\nMich. Soon after graduating he entered the hanking\\nhouse of S. W. Webber cS: Company, in Muir, Ionia\\nCounty, as book-keeper, where he remained neariy\\nthree years. His house owned a conlrolling interest\\nin the First National Bank, and soon closed their\\nprivate bank, and William entered the former as\\nbook-keeper. He continued there but a short time,\\nwhen he left the bank and engaged in farming\\nfor about two years, then entered tlie banking house\\nof Webber, Just iS: Com pan)- as cashier, and re-\\nmained two years. May 15, 1SS2, he came to lliis\\ncounty and settled in Fremont, wliere he opened tlic\\nbank of Webber. Hewitt Company.\\nHe was married in Lyons, Ionia County, Sept. 7\\n1873, to Abbey B., daughter of Gabriel and Mary\\nTrefry, natives of Nova Scotia, who came to Mich-\\nigan about 1852 and settled in Lyons, where they now\\nreside. Mrs. Webber was born in Ingham Co.,\\nMich., March 7, 1855. Mr. and Mrs. Webber have\\ntwo children: Murdo J., born Oct. 22, 1877, and\\nJohn M., Feb. 14, 1883. Mr. W. is a Republican in\\npolitics.\\n^^J\\n-\u00c2\u00b0sSi\\n-f\u00c2\u00ab\u00c2\u00ab-\\nonathan A. Hindes, farmer, section 32,\\nSherman Township, was born in Canada,\\nDec. 10, 1844. His father, Moses Hindes,\\nwas a native of Vermont, and his mother, Jo-,\\nanna (.Austin) Hindes, was born in Canada.\\nThey lived in Canada until the fall of 1855,\\nthen came to Michigan and settled in what is now\\nSheridan Township about six months. They then\\nrented a farm in Dayton Township, upon which they\\nlived a short time, and then moved on 40 acres of\\nland in Sherman Township, where the fatiier died, in\\nthe fall of 1880. The venerable mother resides on\\non the homestead with the subject of tiiis sketch.\\nMr. Hindes owns 80 acres of land, and aliout 70\\nacres are improved. He was married in this county\\nNov. 6, 1867, to Malinda J., daughter of William\\nand Lydia Sours, the former a native of Germany\\nand the latter of New York. Mr. and Mrs. Hindes\\nhave had eight children, six of whom are living:\\nWilliam M., Charlotte H., Mary M., Frederick J.,\\nCatherine A. and Frank A. Lydia J. and James A.\\nare deceased. Mr. H. has held the office of Consta-\\nble one year. School Director four years, was re-\\nelected in 1883. In politics he is a Republican, and\\nhimself and wife are members of Fremont Grange,\\nNo. 494, P. of H.\\nK^\\n_ -t A i A A A A a aa A WAf--^\\\\;^ ^1^\\nr f^^ rnold Johnson, farmer, sections 33 and 28,\\nSheridan Township, is a son of Kurnel and\\nf^i\u00c2\u00ae Gertrude Johnson, natives of Germany, and\\nJjI^ was born in that country Aug. 14, 1827. At\\nthe age of 25 years he left his native land\\nand came to America. He came directly to\\nthe Western country, and, after sjiendinga short time\\nin Wisconsin, settled in Muskegon, where he lived\\nmost of the time until 1861. He then came to Ne-\\nwaygo County and purchased 80 acres of wild land\\nin Sheridan Township, where he now resides, and has\\nabout 50 acres under cultivation.\\nMr. Johnson was married in Milwaukee, Sept. 26,\\n1 861, to Josepliine Gross, who was born in Paris,\\nFrance, Sept. 27, 1844. They have had nine chil-\\ndren, seven of whom are living: Christian E., Adelia\\nG., Arnold J., Philip S John J., Herman S. and\\nHenry W.; Jennie E. died when 19 years of age, and\\nGertrude died at the age of eight months. Mr. John-\\nson is a Republican, and liimself and wife are mem-\\nbers of the Catholic Cluirch.\\nl r^\\\\[ iram L. Brace, farmer, section 21, .\\\\shland\\n^^vj, Townshii), was born in Steuben Co., N. Y.,\\nJune 6, 1833. He is a son of Hiram L. and\\n.5 Jane (Vroom) Brace, of New England origin\\nand English and Dutch descent. Mr. Brace\\nI withdrew from the protection of the parental\\nroof on attaining his majority, and came to Coldwater,\\nMich., in the capacity of collector for the Pharos\\nLightning-Rod Company, where he had his head-\\nquarters for four years. Severing his relations with\\nhis employers, he became associated in partnership\\nwith the Vulcan Lightning-Rod Company, wliich con-\\nnection continued until Dec. 17, 1861, when he\\nenlisted in defense of the integrity of the Union. He\\nenrolled in Battery G, First Mich. Light Artillery,\\ntlI]^\\nc\\nso\\nr", "height": "2831", "width": "2211", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph11chic_0259.jp2"}, "260": {"fulltext": ",^^r%^\\n252\\nNEIVAYGO COUNTY.\\ni\\nr\\nA\\nV\\nhis command being assigned to the corps of Gen.\\nBuell, and joined the Army of the Cumberland. He\\nwas under fire at Chickasaw Bayou, Fort Hinman\\nand Caney Bottoms, besides several unimportant\\nskirmishes, escaping without suffering any of the ex-\\ntreme exigencies of war. He received an honorable\\ndiscliarge, Jan. 23, 1S65.\\nMr. Brace married, near Coldwater, Mich., March\\n15, 1865, Bernetta, daughter of William and Mary\\n(Martin) Skinner. She was born in Jefferson Co., N.\\nY., Dec. 3r, 1844, and when seven years of age came\\nto Branch County with her parents. She was edu-\\ncated chiefly at Colon, St. Joseph Co., Mich., and\\nbecame a successful and popular teacher. In the\\nwinter of 1866, a year and a half after their marriage,\\nMr. and Mrs. Brace located on 80 acres of land, on\\nsection 21, Ashland Township, and devoted them-\\nselves to the preparation of a suitable home for the\\nestablishment of their family interests. They remained\\nresidents until 1870, when Mr. Brace established\\nhimself in mercantile business at Cedar Springs, Kent\\nCounty, and prosecuted his interests in that direction\\nthree years, when he embarked in the manufacture of\\nheads and staves, continuing tliat pursuit three years.\\nIn 1876 he again settled u[ion his farm.\\nMr. Brace is an active and influential member of\\nthe Republican party. He has officiated in the\\npositions of Justice of the Peace, School Inspector,\\nTreasurer, etc., and is still a member of the local\\ngovernment of the township. He belongs to the\\nOrder of Odd Fellows, Lodge No. 362, at Ashland\\nCenter, and is a member of the Blue Lodge, No. 131,\\nat Newaygo. Botli himself and wife are warmly es-\\nteemed as valuable memljers of the social element to\\nwhich they belong.\\niri^^l^\\nenjamin E. Tibbitts, farmer, section 81\\nSheridan Township, was born in Shefford\\nCo., Can., Jan 24, 1839. His parents,\\nArza and Adaline (Shattuck) Tibbitts, were\\nnatives of Vermont. He left home when 16\\nyears of age, and came direct to Fremont\\nCenter, in the spring of 1855. He lived there one\\nyear, then bought 80 acres of wild land in Sheridan\\nTownship, where he now lives and has 35 acres un-\\nder tillage. He was married in Fremont March 3,\\n1867, to Lucinda, daughter of John and Catherine\\nSlater, all natives of Pennsylvania. Mr. and Mrs.\\nTibbitts are the parents of seven children Adaline\\nL., Willard A., Ida A., Agnes C, John F., Myrtle E.\\nand Harriet A. Mr. T. has held the office of Justice\\nof the Peace four years, and Dram Commissioner\\ntwo years. In politics he is a Republican, and liini-\\nself and wife are members of tlie M. E. Church.\\n-l-~^~T-^\u00c2\u00a3Bp -f^S\\n[idonijah E. Upton was born in Adrian,\\nyp s^ Mich., Nov. 29, 1837. His parents were\\nJt^ Henry and Cynthia (Weaver) Upton, the\\nikr former a native of Massachusetts and the\\n1 latter of New York. They first settled in\\nNorth Adams, Mass., and afterward came to\\nAdrian, where they lived 26 years. In 1855 they\\ncame to Newaygo County, where the father died, in\\nr866; the mother is still living, in this county.\\nMr. Upton came to this county with his parents,\\nwhere he still remains a resident, and is older in busi-\\nness than any other man in Fremont. He has dealt\\nlargely in real estate and still continues that business.\\nHe is also engaged extensively in farming and lum-\\nbering. He was married in Dayton Township, July\\nr, 1867, to Helen L., daughter of William and\\nLovilla B. Morton, residents of Dayton, who was born\\nin New York, April 23, 1845, and they are the\\nparents of four children Ada L., Ralph E., Mary B.\\nand William H.\\nMr. LTpton has held the office of Treasurer of the\\nold town of Fremont two years. Clerk one year, and\\nhas been Notary Public nearly all the time since\\n1859. He was formerly third Master of Pilgrim\\nLodge, No. 180, F. A. M., and was the first Secre-\\ntary of the Lodge, two years. He represented\\nthis county in the Grange Convention held at the new\\ncapitol, at Lansing; was County Surveyor eight\\nyears. He was agent of the F-mpire Land Company\\nfive years, commencing when the population of\\nFremont was 150. In 1870 he was a partner with S.\\nC. Hall, of Muskegon, in building a section of the\\nIonia Mackinaw State Road, but, owing to the ill-\\nness of Mr. Hall, Mr. Upton managed the business\\nalone for several months. He built the bridge at tlie\\ncrossing of the Muskegon river, and a little town has\\nt l\\n4\\ni\\nA\\nf^\\n\u00e2\u0080\u00a2^mm\\\\^\\ni^^ijf", "height": "2819", "width": "2254", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph11chic_0260.jp2"}, "261": {"fulltext": "", "height": "2831", "width": "2211", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph11chic_0261.jp2"}, "262": {"fulltext": "ss2 .^-^^jit- th/^\\nm", "height": "2819", "width": "2254", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph11chic_0262.jp2"}, "263": {"fulltext": "0l^/^-^^^i^\\nt\\nNEWAYGO COUNTY.\\nsprung up at this point which bears the name Upton.\\nHe surveyed the village of Reed City, and many\\ni* other village and city additions. He has been\\nI School Director six years, and a member of the\\nSchool Board four years. He was largely interested\\nin the organization of the Patrons Mutual Fire\\nInsurance Company, and was its Secretary four years.\\nThe company had at risk over $7 00,000 wlien it went\\nout of his hands. He was an active worker in or-\\nganizing tlie Patrons Co-operative Company, was\\nmade its Vice-President and manager, and a large\\nand successful business was done so long as he had\\ncharge of its affairs. Mr. Upton is emphatically a\\nman of Inisiness and a business man. His mind is\\ncomprehensive in its range, yet grasps the minutest\\ndetails. He persistently inquires until the whole sub-\\nject is open before him, and then adjusts his plans.\\nHimself and wife are attendants at the Disciples\\nChurch, of which Mrs. Upton is a devoted member.\\nHe was also a Trustee of the M. E. Church about six\\nyears. Politically, he was formerly a Republican,\\nbut lately has voted with the National party.\\nA\\nV\\nt\\n4\\n^-S^Hlfil)*-?*^!\\n1S;\\ni ^Jjjjennis Lordon, son of Thomas and An-\\nH^^^j_ nastia (McNamara) Lordon, natives of\\nIvV Ireland, was boru in that country March 4,\\npK 1845, and came with his parents to America\\nwhen four years of age. They settled in New\\nYork State and remained there four years, and in\\n1853 came to Grand Rapids. Dennis was the third\\nson of a family of five children. He attended the\\ncommon schools of Grand Rapids, and in 1862 came\\nwith his parents to Newaygo County, where his father\\ntook up 160 acres of land, in Slieridan Township,\\nwliich they managed together. He was married in\\nMuskegon, Oct. iS, 1867, to Mary, daughter of Rob-\\nert and Mary Meighen, natives of Ireland. Mr. and\\nMrs. Lordon have four children: Frank, Mary,\\nGeorge and Nellie. After his marriage Mr. L. set-\\ntled on a tract of land adjoining his father, and they\\nstill carry on farming together. In 1880 he fitted up\\na restaurant in the fine block recently built by Hart\\nand Bowman, in Fremont, which he manages to the\\nsatisfaction of Jiis patrons. In politics, lie has hereto-\\nfore acted with the Democratic party, but now be-\\nlongs to the National party.\\nWhen Mr. Lordon was eight years of age he at-\\ntempted to jump from a train of cars in motion, on the\\nN. Y. L. E. R. R. He lost his footing and the re-\\nsult was the loss of his right leg, just below the knee.\\nThe parents of Mr. L. reside on section 4, and are\\nquite advanced in years. They are among tlie\\npioneers of the county.\\n|JFra|;^ eroy Tift, farmer on sections 8 and 11,\\ni Croton Township, and resident at Croton\\n|l^^ village, was born in Delaware Co., N. Y.,\\nMay 9, 1832. He is the son of Martin and\\n2 Elizabeth (Hunter) Tift, both of whom were\\nborn in the State of New York and of English\\nancestry. The birth of the former occurred Dec. 15,\\n1807, and his death April 2, i88r,on Stearns Prairie\\nNewaygo County. The latter was born in 1805 and\\ndied June 11, 1858, in the same place where her\\nhusband s demise occurred 23 years later.\\nThe parents of Mr. Tift came to Michigan in the\\nfall of 1835, when the State was in its territorial\\ndays, and settled in what is now Kalamazoo County.\\nIn March, 1853, they again sought pioneer life in\\nNewaygo County. The son was 18 years of age\\nwhen he became a resident of Croton, and he made\\nhis first start in life on his own responsibility in the\\ncapacity of a lumberman on the Muskegon River.\\nHe has made a fine record in his quiet, persistent,\\nenergetic efforts, and his admirable judgment is plainly\\nmanifest by his achievements, for which he makes\\nbut modest claims. He owns 5045^ acres of land in\\nthe township of Croton and four lots in the village of\\nCroton. His farm includes 106 acres under advanced\\ncultivation. He is somewhat prominent as a mem-\\nber of the Masonic Order and belongs to the Valley\\nCity Lodge, No. 86, at Grand Rapids, and in 1865\\nconnected himself with Newaygo Lodge, No. 131.\\nIn politics he is a Republican.\\nMr. Tift has been married twice. His first wife,\\nElizabeth (Ferguson) Tift, to whom he was married\\nApril 6, 1856, was born in the Province of Ontario,\\nSept. 18, 1838, the daughter of Duncan and\\nMary (McCall) Ferguson, both of whom were born\\nin the State of New York, and of Scotch ancestors.\\nV\\nA\\n\u00e2\u0080\u00a2f\\nr\\n^(lfl nn;^-^:-S\\n4,.^,7J-", "height": "2831", "width": "2211", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph11chic_0263.jp2"}, "264": {"fulltext": "t\\n1\\nA\\n2s6\\n-2J^^^r\\nIlP :DO^ r\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a02J^\\n:2 -t4)^c\\nT^^H^yirCO COUNTY\\nThe wife of Mr. Tift died Sept. 13, 1862, leaving one\\ndaughter, Mary Isabel. Mary Estelle, the first born\\nchild, died before the mother. Mr. Tift married\\nBessie Trask, June 29, 1869, in Kalamazoo Co.,\\nMich, ^he was the daughter of Oliver and Margaret\\nTrask, natives of Maine and both deceased. Mrs.\\nTift died Aug. 30, 1874, at Grand Rapids, leaving\\nthree children Libbie, Leroy (Jr.) and Martin O.\\nIn view of his double representative character as\\na pioneer of the State of Michigan and county of\\nNewaygo, the portrait of Mr. Tift, wliic h appears on\\nanother page, has a two-told value.\\nohn W. Hopper, merchant, Fremont, was\\nborn in the State of New York, Dec. 7,\\ni860, and attended the common schools\\nof New York, Michigan and Illinois. On\\nW leaving school he was employed in the grocery\\nstore of R. N. Lloyd for three years, and was\\nafterward employed as clerk in the store of M. B.\\nFranklin six years. In 1881, he formed a partner-\\nship with C. C. Mericle, for the purpose of opening\\nbusiness in dry-goods, boots and shoes, and clotliing,\\nunder the firm name of Mericle Hoi)i)ei-. This\\nenterprise has been very successful.\\nMr. H. is a young man of industrious habits, is\\nenergetic, and has the reputation of being a shrewd\\nbusiness manager. In politics, he is a National.\\nIj? alter Stirling, tanner, section iS, (iar-\\na field I ounshiii, was born Sept. 11, 1S24,\\nir^^O in L.LUCaster, (ilengarry Co., fan., and is a\\n4Vn James and Agnes (Irving) Stirling.\\nil VViien lie was twelve years old his |)arents\\nchanged their location to Beauharnais County, where\\nthe father bought a farm of 100 acres. On this\\nthe parents passed the remainder of their lives, the\\nfather dying Aug. 21, 184 1. He was born \\\\iiril 7,\\n1S53, of Scotch descent. l he mother was the child\\nof Irish parents and was born on the sea.\\nMr. Stirling remained on the farm as his father s\\nassistant until the death of the latter, when he went\\nto learn the shoemaker s trade, which was chiefly his\\nbusiness until 1861, when he purchased the farm he\\nnow occupies. He was married July 5, 1849, to Ann\\nMcLaughlin, a native of Ireland. They have a\\nfamily of five children: Agnes, Elizabeth M., James\\nH., Mary and John D. Mr. Stirling came with\\nhis family to Newaygo in September, 1855, and dur-\\ning the winter of that year he worked in the lumber\\nwoods. During the succeeding years he followed his\\ntrade, finding his accustomed labor more profitable\\nas well as more to his taste than the hardshi|)s and\\nexposure of a lumberman s life. He took posses-\\nsion of his farm in 1862. .\\\\t the time of the i)ur-\\nchase it consisted of 80 acres of land in a wild\\nstate, 35 acres of which are now substantially im-\\nproved. Mr. Stirling has been Supervisor of the\\ntownship two years\\nspector.\\nind is at present a School\\n^^^^tephen D\\n^^^p Ashland\\n-^r: Sclnryler Co., N. V\\nBarnum, farmer, section 33,\\nt)\\\\\\\\n .hip, was born in Hector,\\n9, 1S29.\\nHis\\n-K:DD^DIlr A\\n4\\\\ parents, Czar and Margaret (German) Bariium\\nly^j were natives respectively of Connecticut and\\nNew York, and were of mi.xed Scotch, French\\nand German ancestry. In 1839 they located\\non a farm in Lenawee Co., Mich., where Stephen at-\\ntained to the age of 19 years, attending the district\\nschool and working on his father s farm.\\nMr. Barnum early resolved to obtain as good a de-\\ngree of education as was in his power In 1848 he\\nset out to accomplish his plans and engaged as a farm\\nlaborer. He was industrious and economical, saving\\nhis earnings to secure his education, and attended\\nthe High .School at Tecirmseh, Lenawee County,\\nwhere he studied two years. He put his stock of\\nlearning to practical use in teaching, whieii pr ofession\\nhe followed until 1S55. The conlinemeni of the\\nschool-rooni shattered his health, and he was conr-\\npelled to abandon his favorite jnirsuit and seek the\\nwoods of Northern Michigan. He came to Newaygo\\nCountx and located on 80 acres of land in .\\\\shland\\nTownship. The |)lace was in its original state, and\\nsince he has been its proprietor he has devoted his\\nbest energies to its improvement, and has placed 50\\ny^", "height": "2819", "width": "2254", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph11chic_0264.jp2"}, "265": {"fulltext": "rr\\nNEWAYGO COUNTY.\\nacres in the best condition for successful farming.\\nMr. Bnrnuni was married ^\u00e2\u0096\u00a0^ll^. 19, 1855, in Mus-\\nkegon County, to Rohy A., daughter of Micliael and\\nHannah arpenter) Kriger, natives of Massachusetts\\nand New York respeclivel)-. The daugliter was born\\nin Angola, Ind., July 16, 1S40. Her parents settled\\nin Hillsdale Co Mich., when she was in infancy,\\nand afterward removed to Casnovia, Muskegon\\nCounty, where she resided until her marriage.\\nMr. and Mrs. lUunum ha\\\\e been the parents of six\\nchildren, two only of whom survive; Ai, born April\\nI I, 18^7, and .Adelln, March 23, 1869. Adelsia was\\nliorn April 16, 1S60, and died Nov. 29, in tlie same\\nyear: Almond, born Dec. 6, 1862, died March 25,\\n1863; .\\\\rthur, born July 1 1, 187 i, died .Sept. 21,1873;\\nDecatur, born Aug. 18, 1873, died March 6, 1874.\\nMr. Barnuni is a zealous and active Democrat.\\nHe has been .School Inspector ten years. Justice of\\ntlie Peace, 12 years, .md Superintendent of Schools\\nseveral terms. He is also Clerk of the Baptist So-\\nciety, of which Church himself and wife are mem-\\nbers.\\n^i!HjH\u00c2\u00bb^\\narren Davenport, farmer, section 14, Bar-\\nton Township, was born in Whitley Co.,\\nInd., May 5, 1846. His father, \\\\Villiam\\n)avenport, was a son of Jesse Davenport;\\ne former was born Sept. 24, 1824, in Wayne\\nCo., Ind.; was married Jidy 31, 1842, to Jemima\\nStanley, of Richmond, Ind.; in 1845, he went to Co-\\nunbia, Whitley t ounty, where he embarked in a suc-\\ncessful mercantile enterprise, and three years later\\ncame to Newaygo County, and engaged in the busi-\\nness of millwright settled in Barton Township in\\n[856, where he has since resided.\\nWarren Davenport is the oldest of six i hildren\\nborn to his parents. He received a fair educa-\\ntion in the common schools of Indiana, and was\\nbred to the calling of farmer, which he has [lursued\\nalmost exclusively in Barton Townshi[). He owns a\\n1 line farm of 214 acres, and is cultivating 120 acres,\\no /r which he has cleared and placed under most credit-\\nfa able improvements. He was married Sept. 12,\\n1863, to Eliza, daugeter of William C. and Lucinda\\n1^ (Lord) Bliss. P{er father was born in New York\\nand her mother in Pennsylvania, of which State she\\nis a native, born in 1S46. Mr. and Mrs. Davenport V f\\nhave eight children Jessie I,., Waller, William\\nFrank F., Rosa J., Oeorge W., Addie E. ar.d Fred. C.\\n.Mr. Davenport is a Republican in respect to na-\\ntional issues. He has served his townshipas Justice\\nof the Peace eight years.\\nc\\neorge Pollard, deceased, was born in\\nYorkshire, England, Jan. j. 1822. His\\nparents, Joseph and P.etsey (Hilhngsworlh) f\\nPollard, were born, and [lassed llic entire\\nperiod of their lives, in England.\\nMr. Pollard worked in the woolen mills of\\nBradford, in his native country, until the age of 30.\\nIn 1852, he emigrated to the United States, and\\nlocated in Philadelphia, where he was employed in\\na flour and feed store two years. In 1854, he re-\\nturned to his native land, and worked at his trade of /?S\\nweaver and wool-dresser until the spring of 1857,\\nwhen he again crossed the ocean and came to Mich-\\nigan. He was employed at various points until 1859,\\nand finally settled in Newaygo County. He pre-\\nempted So acres in Ashland Townshi|j, his claim\\nbeing the last secured in the township under the law\\ngoverning pre-emption territory.\\nIn 1869 Mr. Pollard became disabled from dys-\\npepsia and a kidney disease, which continued several\\nyears. When their violence abated he found himself\\nto be afflicted with cancer of the stomach, of which\\nhe died. May 9, 1875, after a long period of unmiti-\\ngated suffering, which terminated in literal starva-\\ntion. This continued three months before death\\nbrought a merciful release. He was endowed with a\\nfine mind and was an extensive reader, possessing\\nthe ability to assimilate and make [jractically usefid\\nthe knowledge he acquired. He was engaged iluruig\\nall his active life in the best interests of Chun h,\\nsociety and all movements for moral reform. He ad-\\nhered to the tenets of the Rei)ublican party, and held\\nthe post of Treasurer of his School District nine\\nyears I efore his death. He belonged to the Baptist\\nChurch, was the Treasurer of the society and was an\\noutspoken and zealous advocate of temperance.\\nMrs. Elizabeth (Houlding) Pollard was born in the\\nity of Leeds, Yorkshire, Eng., June, 1S24. Her\\nW^:\\n5f\u00c2\u00a7\\nj^\\nv\\n^tlD :iinn\\n\u00c2\u00ab4^@^ Ai?:\\ni^r-^^-J", "height": "2831", "width": "2211", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph11chic_0265.jp2"}, "266": {"fulltext": "JV\u00c2\u00a3lV.4yG0 COUNTY.\\nT\\nV\\ninolher died when she was 20 years old, and upon\\nher devolved the care of six younger brothers and\\nsisters. This duty she continued to discharge, and\\nalso worked in the woolen factories of Leeds un-\\ntil 1857, when she came to the United States, and,\\nafter a short residence in I hiladeljjhia, joined her\\nbrothers in Ashland Township. She was married\\nMarch 25, 1859, to Vix. Pollard, when death left her\\na widow with three children. Albert was born\\nNov. 10, 1859, and died Sept. 14, 1864. Those liv-\\ning were born in the following order: Alfred L., Nov.\\n10, 1859 (twin brother of Albert); C eorge A., Dec. 3,\\n1862; Joseph W., March 6, 1866.\\nMrs. Pollard is passing a peaceful, consistent,\\nchristian, sunny old age among her children on the\\nhomestead, situated on section 9, Ashland Township.\\n.ames A. Town, farmer, sec. i8, Sherman\\nI ownship, is a son of Elias and Almira\\n(Lewis) Town, the former a native of Ver-\\nmont and the latter of New York. He was\\nborn in Pittsford, Hillsdale Co., Mich., Oct-\\n27, 1849. He came with his parents to Ne-\\nwaygo Co., and lived at home until 1872. Dec. 8, of\\nthat year, he was married to Miss Belle Hall, daugh-\\nter of Obed and Njmcy (Brown) Hall, who was a na-\\ntive of Muskegon Co., Mich., born in 1855, and their\\nfour living children are, James A., Leota B., Lula\\nK. and Leo G. one is deceased.\\nMr. Town purchased 40 acres of wild land in the\\nwinter of 1873, and lived on it till the spring of 1S80,\\nwhen he sold out and bought 80 acres on section 18,\\nwhere he now resides, and has 15 acres under\\ncultivation. In politics, Mr. Town is independent.\\nCharles McKie, farmer, section 18, Bridge-\\nton Township, was born near the St. Law-\\nrence River, 50 miles west of Montreal, Feb.\\nCT 26, 1825, and is a son of James and Elizabeth\\nI (Campbell) McKie, both of whom were of\\nCanadian birth and respectively of French and\\nScotch descent. His parents went to Glengarry,\\nCan., when he was five years old, where he remained\\nuntil he had reached the age of 23 years. He had\\nbeen reared as a farm laborer, and in 1848 went to\\nSi. Lawrence Co., N. Y., where he found employ-\\nment for some time as a millwright, afterwards en-\\ngaging in farming. He remained there until ihe\\nfall of 1854, when he came to Michigan and settled\\nin Newaygo County, at the jwint known as the\\nPlain, where he entered Ujion the business of raft-\\ning on the Muskegon River and otherwise interesting\\nhimself in the lumber business. In ^Larch, 1856, he\\nsecured a tract of land of the Government in (now)\\nBridgeton Township, by making a deposit with a\\ncondition attached giving him 30 days grace. His\\nfellow lumbermen made a bee on Easter Sunday of\\nthat year and built his house. No time could be\\nafforded during the week, and the near expiration of\\nthe marginal time made the erection of the building\\non that day necessary. The Indians located in the\\nneighborhood urged him to avail himself of their\\nhospitable invitations, to place his wife and two\\nlittle children under the shelter of their tents and\\nhe wishes to record his appreciation of the liberal\\nkindness he and his family received at their hands.\\nHe remained over night in their care, and the next\\nday he set himself vigorously at work to render\\nhis rude hut suitable for the accommodation of his\\nfamily. A nice residence, built at a cost of $1,000,\\nreplaces the pioneer home, and 65 acres of the then\\nunbroken forest are cleared and otherwise ini-\\nproved.\\nMr. McKie was married April 7, 1850, at Bur-\\nlington, Vt., to Anna, daughter of James and Mary\\n(Ragen) Shehan. Parents and daughter are natives\\nof Limerick, Ireland, where the latter was born June\\nI, 1832. The father and mother came to the United\\nStates in her infancy and located at Quebec. They\\nwent thence to Montreal and later to Lancaster,\\nGlengarry County, Ont., where the daughter re-\\nmained until the fall (./f 1849, when she went to\\nBurlington, Vermont, and resided there until she\\nwas married. She has become the mother of nine\\nchildren, born in the following order: Charles J.,\\nFeb. 17, 1851; James F,., Nov. 16, 1853 (died May\\n5,1854); William P., March 25, 1854; John A.,\\nMarch 25, i860; Elizabeth A., Aug. 25, 1865 Alice\\nM., April 8, 1867; Mary A., July 12, 1869 (died\\nA\\nf\\n\u00e2\u0080\u00a2V*\\n%^^m^-\\n_ _\\nJ^\\nD!1 :dDv\\n-i*xi.\\n-Si. f^^p^\\n4", "height": "2819", "width": "2254", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph11chic_0266.jp2"}, "267": {"fulltext": "N^EWAYGO COUNTY.\\n^\u00e2\u0096\u00a0J^^^V^\\nApril, 1870); Georgie A., April, 1870 (died April 15,\\n1871); Robert H., Dec. 22, 1871.\\nMr. McKie is a Democrat in political sentiment,\\nand has held most of the local offices in the town-\\nship.\\n^avid Cram, farmer, section 5, Good well\\nHi, Township, was born Tan. 18, 1833, in\\n^KiXf Canada, near Turkey Point, and is the son\\nvjiv of William and Margaret (Hadley) L ram.\\nThe father was a native of Scotland and the\\nmother of Engl.ind.\\nHe liad the rearing common to tlie sons of farm-\\ners, and at a very early age was brought to face the ne-\\ncessity of carving out his own fortune. He spent\\nsome years working as an assistant in the saw-mills\\nand as a lumberman, after which he came to Newaygo\\nCounty and began to improve a tract of 120 acres of\\nland, on which he remained some years next, he re-\\nsided for a time in Kent County, and finally returned\\nto his original location, of which he has since retained\\nf^ possession.\\nS Mr. Cram has been twice married. His first wife\\nwas Sarah, rice Hall, by whom he had three children.\\nnamely Mary, James and an infant deceased. In\\n1880 Mr. C. married Isabella Sharp, who was born\\nOct. 25, 1862, in Howell, Livingston Co., Mich., a\\ndaughter of Richard and Lydia (Howell) Sharp.\\noseph Baillargeon, farmer, section S,\\nIf Sheridan Township, was born in Canada\\nOct. 14, 1843. His parents, Peter and\\nAngeline (Moxin) Baillargeon, were also natives\\nof Canada. They removed to Muskegon, this\\n.State, and afterward returned to Canada, where\\nthe mother died, in the fall of 1881 the father still\\nresides there. Josepli left Canada at tlie age of 20\\nyears, and went to Massachusetts, where he followed\\nthe trade of machinist, whicli he liad formerly\\nlearned. He remained in that State about 10 months.\\nDec. 18, 1863, he enlisted in the 2d Reg t. Heavy\\nArtillery of Mass. Vol., Battery A., Capt. Kimball\\nthis company was afterward transferred to the Light\\n.Artillery. Early in September, 1865, he was mustered\\nout of the service at SmithviUc, N. C. He was in\\nthe battle of Plymouth, N. C, where two companies\\nof his regiment were taken prisoners.\\nAfter his discharge, Mr. B. went to Canada and\\nsoon after came to Muskegon, Mich., where he resid-\\ned until 1875, engaged in millwrighting, engineering\\nand lumber surveying. In tlie spring of 1875 he\\nwent to St. Louis, Mo., and took charge of the Star\\nRolling Mill, of that city, and in the fall of the same\\nyear he came to Newaygo County and bouglit So\\nacres of wild land in Sheridan Township, section 5.\\nHe improved 40 acres, and in the summer of 1883\\nsold out and removec to section 8, same township,\\nbuilt a house and barn, and still resides there. In\\nthe fall of 1S82 he built a steam hoop mill, for the\\nmanufacture of patent coil hoops. He removed this\\nmill to section 8, and still carries on the business,\\nmanufacturing from 7,000 to 10,000 hoops per day,\\nand employing about nine men.\\nAug. II, 1866, he was married to Artimise Secord,\\na native of Canada, and they have had nine chil-\\ndren Sarah A., Lea, Joseph E., Edith, Angeline\\nand Harriet A. Sarah Josepliine and Rosamond\\ndied in infancy. Mr. Baillargeon has held the office\\nof Highway Commissioner one year, Overseer of\\nHighway two years, and in politics is a Reiiublican\\nV\\nA\\nFiijilliam Kimbell, Sheriff of Newaygo Coun-\\nJteHtl k) ty, resident at Newaygo, was born in Bed-\\njfev^, ford, Cuyahoga Co., O., April 8. 1837. He\\nis a son of William and Amanda (West\\nDrook) Kimbell, and was reared on a farm, ob-\\ntaining his education at winter terms of school.\\nFrom the age of 15 years he was variously engaged\\nuntil he settled in Newaygo in 1853.\\nIn 1843 his parents transferred their family to\\nKalamazoo Co., Mich., where his father was a farmer.\\nOn coming to Newaygo, Mr. Kimbell interested him-\\nself in the pursuit which in some of its varied\\nbranches was that of nearly all men in active life in\\nthis portion of Michigan, namely, lumbering. Soon\\naftenvard he began taking contracts, engaging first\\nwith the Newaygo Lumber Company and successively\\nwith Kellv, Wood Co., of Chicago, and Lyman\\nI\\nI\\nf\\n^30 n DiivyT^^", "height": "2831", "width": "2211", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph11chic_0267.jp2"}, "268": {"fulltext": ":24^r^\\n-r-r\\n^iiii :nD\\nV\\n6\\nC\\nn/\\n60\\nNEWAYGO COUNTY.\\nT. Kinney, of (jrand Rapids. He i ommonly em-\\nf^ ployed a workinsj! force of about 50 men.\\nIn 1864 Mr. Kimbell was drafted and assigned to\\ni Co. A, 13th Reg t. Mich. Vol. Inf. He served nine\\nmonths and participated in the battle of Benton-\\nville, besides doing duty in a number of skirmishes.\\nOn receiving his discharge he returned to Newaygo\\nand resumed lumbering. He continued his ojiera-\\ntions in that pursuit until February, 1881, when he\\nrented the White Cloud House at White Cloud. The\\nhotel was under his management until December,\\n1881, wlien he was elected to his present official\\nposition and transferred his residence to Newaygo.\\nMr. Kimbell was married in Newaygo, Sept. 3, 1856,\\nto Sarah B., daughter of John and Matilda Hathley,\\na native of Canada, born April 12, 1839. Of eight\\nchildren born to them six are living: Ida I., .\\\\lice\\nM., Ruey, Sarah, Jessie and Eddie. Martha eld-\\nest daugiiter, and Edward are deceased.\\nMr. Kimbell came to Newaygo in its pioneer\\ndays and has been a witness to its varied steps of\\nprogress. Two or three shanties constituted its mu-\\nnicipality and the adjacent woods were the delight\\nof hunters and trappers. Mr. Kimbell was one to\\nwhom the abundance of wild game was a great source of\\nsatisfaction, and his exploits as one of the Ninirods\\nS of this region are full of interest. Deer and liears\\nabounded, and one of Mr. K s accounts reiords the\\nslaughter, on one occasion, of four of the latter in\\nthe evening after sup[)erl\\nAtacfiT\u00c2\u00a9^-*\\n\u00c2\u00bb-SfScZ OT v.\\nloseph Reed, farmer, section 29, Sheridan\\nTownship, was born in Canada, May 15,\\n1846. His father. Nelson Reed, was a\\nnative of Scotland, and his mother, Josette\\n^t (Thibberl) Reed, was born in Krance. At the\\nage of 18 he left home and for two years lived\\nin Vermont. He then went to Illinois for a short\\nlime, then to Muskegon, .Michigan, where he re-\\nmained until the fall of 1872, then came to Neway-\\ngo County and bought 80 acres of wild land in\\nSheridan Township, where he now resides. He has\\nsince added 40 acres to his farm, and has about 60\\naires under imprcjvement. lie was married i\\nMuskegon, June tj, 1868, to Margaret Malett, a\\nn^itive of Canada. In [wlitics he is a Republican,\\nand himself and wife are members of the Baptist\\nChurch.\\ni saae Shick, farmer, Brooks Township, sec-\\ntion 10, was born March S, 1831, in Port-\\nage Co., Ohio. He is the son of Jacob and\\nBarbara (Swineliart) Shick. His father was\\nborn March 8, 1808, in Berks Co., Pa, and\\ndied May 4, 1863, in Elkhart Co., Ind. He\\nwas of German descent, as was his wife, who was\\nborn Jan. 21, 181 2, in the same county in the Key-\\nstone State, and who is still living, in Elkhart Co.,\\nInd. They settled soon after marriage in l ort,ige\\nCo., Ohio.\\n?vlr. Shii:k remained in his native State initil he\\nwas 14 years of age, when his i)arents went to Indi-\\nana. He ir.terested himself in acquiring a good ed-\\nucation, and as he designed to fit himself for teach-\\ning he became signally proficient as a student. Dur-\\ning his last term of school he was called on to take\\nthe place of his teacher, who was suffering from a\\ntemporary illness, and officiated in the capacitv of a\\nschool-teacher, for the short space of one month.\\nThe exi)erience wholly exterminated his aspiration\\nto make teacliing the business of his life. He is\\ncharacterized by the clannish instini:ts of the nation-\\nality from wlii( h lie has descended, and lived with\\nhis parents until he was 1,- years old. He was one\\nof t4 children, all of whom survived their parents,\\nthe youngest being eight years old when tiie father\\ndied. The father s death occurred soon afterward.\\nMr. Shick was married in the course of a few days\\nthereafter, and continued to pursue agriculture in that\\nState for ten years, when he came to Michigan. He\\nsettled on 240 acres of land in Brooks Township.\\nHe sold 80 acres of this, and has by his inherited\\nthrift and good management cleared and put in first-\\nclass condition the remaining 160 acres. The place\\nis of increased value and made attractive by gootl\\nfarm buildings and a small orchard. Mr. Shick is\\na Democrat and has served his generation as Justice\\nof the Peace, Highway Connnissioner and School\\nDirector. He is a member of the F. A. M. frater-\\nnity and belongs to Newaygo Lodge, No. 131.\\nSi/\\n^WM^^y^", "height": "2819", "width": "2254", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph11chic_0268.jp2"}, "269": {"fulltext": "-:2^ i\\nNEWAYGO COUNTY.\\ni6i\\nA\\nV\\nHe was married in Si)ringfield, Ohio, May i, 1863,\\nto Sarah, daughter of Samuel and Catherine (Wey-\\nrick) Garl. both of whom were horn in Pennsylvania.\\nI Mrs. Shick was born Dec. 10, 1840, in Summit Co.,\\nOhio. Samuel Garl was born in Portage Co., Ohio,\\nJuly 22, 1818. He died March 29, 1873. His wife,\\nCatlierine. was born Aug. 27, 1819, in Mercer Co.,\\nI a., anil is still livinu, in Ohio.\\ni^ll^lias Town\\nfarmer, section 18, Sherman\\nl^^gb Township, was born in X ermont Dec. 29,\\n1826. His parents were Ira and Ruby\\n(Prouty) Town, the former a native of New\\nHampshire and the latter of New York. They\\nfirst settled in New York, then removed to Ver-\\nmont, thence to Michigan in the spring of 1845, and\\nsettled in Hillsdale County, where they passed the\\nremainder of tlieir life. In early life, P lias was en-\\ngaged mostly in farming. He came with his par-\\nents to Hillsdale County, where he was principally\\nengaged in carpentry for 22 years. In the spring\\nof 1869 he came to Newa) go County and bought 4o\\nacres of wild land in Sherman Township, where he\\nnow resides, and has 32 acres under cultivation.\\nHe was married in Hillsdale County, in 1848, to\\nAlmira Lewis, a native of New York, where she was\\nborn July 9, 1S28, and they have six children Ari,\\nIda A., Alphonce J., Alfred J., Mayne A. and Nettie\\nM. Mr. and Mrs. T. are members of the Advent\\nCliurrli, and in politics he is a Republican.\\n-4 \u00e2\u0096\u00a0^^^^^^m-^^ J-\\nilliam H. Homing, lumberman, located\\ni|g on section 23, Monroe Township, was born\\njt in Bradford Co., Pa., Feb. 28, 1849, and is\\n!r^ a son of James and Harriet A. (Barfield)\\nHorning. His [)arents were both natives\\nof the State of New York, and are deceased-\\nThe father died in 1853, and the mother removed\\nwith her family to DeKalb Co., 111., where the son\\nattended district school. When he reached the age\\nof ten years he took upon himself the burden of his\\nown support, working on a farm till he was 1 7 years\\nof age, when, in Feb., 1865, he enlisted in Co. C,\\nNinth 111. Cav. He served until the close of the war.\\nand on his discharge went to Pennsylvania, wheit:\\nhe attended Mansfield College one year. He then\\nwent to Wisconsin and engaged in lumbering, woik-\\ning a short time in the woods, after which he went to\\nCalifornia, Oregon and Washington Territory, spend-\\ning a year on the trip. He returned East and located\\nat Sand Lake, Kent Comity, where he engaged in the\\nmanufacture of lumber and shingles. After a resi-\\ndence there of eight years he came, in 187 1, to\\nNewaygo County, wliere he engaged in lumbering,\\nin connection with Samuel Hart.\\nMr. Horning was married at Sand Lake, Kent\\nCounty, in 1873, to Harriet, daughter of James and\\nHarriet Kinney. She was born in Michigan in 1852.\\nThree children liave been I orn of this marriage:\\nAngeline, Evaline and Arthur. The last named\\ndied in 1881.\\nThe first saw mill erected by Mr. Horning and his\\npartner cost about $2,000, and was destroyed by fire\\nin 1S81. They immediately re-built; and u]) to the\\npresent writing (1S83) have manufactured in the ag-\\ngregate 30,000,000 feet of pine lumber. Their present\\nproduct is about 30,000 feet of lumber daily. Mr.\\nHorning has officiated as Township Treasurer of\\nMonroe, and is a member of the I. O. O. F. of\\nSand Lake, Kent County.\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0^3-\\n.,?.a t. J-: r-.V-\\names W. Trumbull, farmer, section 6,\\nBridgeton Townshij), was born in W ayne\\n.,3 Co., Mich., Sept. 3, 1S41. His father, Squire\\nif. Trumbull, was a native of Vermont, and a de-\\nscendant of the Trumbull tamily, of Colonial\\nfame. The mother, Hannah (Crouse) Trum-\\nbull, was born in New York, of English lineage.\\nThe families of tlie parents came to Michigan at\\nan early period.\\nMr. Trumbull s[)ent his early life assisting his\\nfather on the farm and acquiring his education, until\\nthe year following his majority, when lie yielded to\\nthe influence which filled the entire North and be-\\ncame a defender of the integrity of the Union. He\\nenlisted April 28, 1862, in the i8th United States\\nInfantry, Co. H, under the command of Henry R\\nMisner. The regiment was assigned to the\\n\u00e2\u0080\u00a2C^\\nr\\nI\\n0./* c^n g ;^jii^\\n-4^^ f", "height": "2831", "width": "2211", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph11chic_0269.jp2"}, "270": {"fulltext": "-I]0 :DIIv\\nV\\ni)\\nf\\n2J\\nA\\n262\\n.VEIVAYGO COUNTY.\\nof the Cumberland, and during his period of service\\nMr. 1 runil)ull was in action at Hoover s Gap, Chick-\\namauga, Missionary Ridge, Buzzard s Roost, Resaca,\\nsiege of Atlanta, Jonesboro and other battles of minor\\nimportance. He escaped without injury except a\\nslight gunshot wound in the wrist, and received honor-\\nable discharge April 28, 1865. He returned to his\\niiome and resumed farming.\\nMr. T. was married Nov. 1 6, 65 to Ellen L., daugh-\\nter of Silas andElvira ard) Winchester. Her fa-\\nther s family was known to financial fame through\\nits oi)erations in England, and their descendants\\nsettled in Massachusetts. Mrs. T. s parents settled\\nnear Detroit in 1838, where she was born, March i,\\n1846. Her mother was a native of Vermont. After\\nhis marriage, Mr. Trumbull continued the pursuit\\nof agriculture near the home of his youth two years,\\ngoing in 1867 to Saginaw, where he interested him-\\nself in lumbering. In 187 1 he went to Oakland\\nCouiitv, and there once more engaged in farming.\\nIn the spring of 1874 he came to Bridgeton and\\nlocated on 79 acres of heavily timbered land.\\nNearly half of his place has been put under a fine\\nstate of improvement through the personal effort of\\nthe proprietor. Hattie L., only surviving child of\\nMr. and and Mrs. Trumbull, was born June 28,\\n1869. Francis A., born April 2, 1867, died Nov. 26,\\n1880.\\nMr. Trumbull is a Democrat in political sentiment,\\nhas been Justice of the Peace and is at present\\nSchool Inspector (1884). He is a member of the\\nMasonic Order and belongs to /ion Lodge. No. i,\\nat Detroit.\\nH^^^tavid C\\nIII! \\\\-l\\nI\\nr^^\\nHatch, farmer, section 4, Barton\\nTownship, was born July 12, 1850, in On-\\ntario Co., Can. His father, David VV.\\nHatch, was born Feb. 22, 1806, and his\\nT) Hatch, was l)orn l*eb. 22, 180O, and nis\\n/p mother, Eleanor (Bowes) Hatch, May 4. 1810,\\nin Pennsylvania, of English ancestry. They\\nreside in and belong to the agricultural community\\nof Canada.\\nMr. Hatch received the training of a farmer s son,\\nand at the age of 20 years, in 1870, located in the\\ntownship of Big Rapids, in Mecosta Co., Mich. He\\nV^\\nthen applied himself to the acquirement of the J^\\nbuilder s trade, which he pursued five years. In ii,\\n1875 he came to Barton I ownship and bought 80\\nacres of land, which he has increased by subsequent\\npurchase to 120 acres, with 50 acres now under im-\\n])rovements. Mr, Hatch is a Repulilican in political\\naffiliation.\\nHe was married July 27, 1873, to Nora E., daugh-\\nter of Albert and Louisa Wightman, born July 3,\\n1854, in the State of New V ork. Her parents were\\nnatives of the Empire State, and in 1870 located in\\nGreene Township, Mecosta County, coming thence to\\nNewaygo County, where they now reside. Three\\nchildren have heen born to Mr and Mrs. Hatch:\\nElla S., April i, 1876; Eari H., Oct. 12, 1879;\\nElmer A., June 3, 1881.\\nI, ames H. MeKee, i)hotographer at Newaygo,\\nwas born at Kingston, Ont., Oct. 8, 1842,\\nand is a son of James H. and Eleanor\\n(McCorniick) McKee. The parents were na-\\ntives of Ireland, born of Scotch parentage.\\nThey emigrated to Canada, where the father\\nI\\nA\\n:fy.\\n[Hirsued his business as a merchant tailor, settling\\nabout 1844 in Toronto, where he died in 1859, aged\\n46 years. The mother died at the age of 42 years\\nat the same place.\\nMr. McKee spent the years of his minority in and\\nabout Toronto, attending school, clerking in a store\\nand working as a farm assistant. In 1864 he came\\nto Michigan and found emi)loyment in a saw-mill in\\nCroton, Newaygo Co. A year later he came to Ne-\\nwaygo village and worked some time with the Ne-\\nwaygo Lumber Company. His first independent\\nbusiness venture was the purchase of a steam saw-\\nmill, and in this transaction he was associated with\\nR. D. L^avis. They continued its management three\\nyears, when Mr. McKee again entered the service of\\nthe Newaygo Lumber Company, acting in various\\ncapacities. In 18- he was appointed Deputy\\nCounty Clerk under Sanford Brown, and served 18\\nmonths. In 18 he became Under-Sheriff with\\nGeorge Utley, and in 18 succeeded to the post of\\nVillage Marshal of Newaygo. In October, 1874, he\\nestablished himself in the mercantile business, locat-\\ning opposite the old Brooks House, and operated\\ni\\\\\\nt\\n^V^i^f^^\\n^f^ r^ iD D llDr", "height": "2819", "width": "2254", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph11chic_0270.jp2"}, "271": {"fulltext": "r-\\n^S/l^f^tf :2i\u00e2\u0082\u00ac^Kr\\n--inp:tcilli^\\nT-^\\nt\\nJ\\nV\\nNEWAYGO COUNTY.\\n26.?\\nthere until 1878, when he transferred his stock to the\\nopposite side of the street. He closed his commer-\\ncial affairs, and in 1881 founded the business in\\nwhich he is at present engaged. He bought the\\nbuilding where he operates and added the necessary\\nfixtures for the prosecution of his art.\\nMr. McKee was married at Newaygo, Jan. 13,\\n1876, to Jessie E., daughter of Elijah S. and Har-\\nriet Bennett, born in Portage, Livingston Co., Mich.\\nOne child, Grace E., is living. James H. and C.\\nIrving are deceased. Mr. McKee is a member of the\\nMasonic Order. He owns, besides his place of busi-\\nness, other property within the village corpora-\\ntion.\\nI elson Peterson, Postmaster and druggist, at\\nWoodville, was born in Denmark, Dec. 24,\\n1850. He is the son of Mads and Chris-\\nj-jrr tina (Swartz) Peterson, also natives of Den-\\nmark. In his native country Mr. Peterson was\\na member of the farming community, to which his\\nparents belonged, and when he was 20 years old he\\ncame to the United States and settled at Big Rapids,\\nin 1870. In 1876 he came to Woodville and estab-\\nlished himself in the drug trade, which he has since\\nprosecuted.\\nHe is a Republican, and was appointed Postmaster\\nm 1878. In 1873 he was married to Christina\\nBenson, by whom he has three children, Maggie,\\nPeter and Mabel.\\n\u00e2\u0080\u00a2nii\u00c2\u00a3SJ2y\u00c2\u00ae^^^\u00e2\u0080\u00940i\\n..^^annn^\\nW^^\\nJi obert Anderson, farmer, section 25, Bar-\\nton Township, was born on the Atlantic\\n^(^y Ocean, July 4, 1832. His father, John\\nn Anderson, was born in Scotland and his\\nmother, Mary (Elliot) Anderson, in England.\\nThey were married in the old country and\\nf came to the New World in 1832. Roth parents are\\ndeceased.\\nMr. Anderson remained at home assisting in the\\nI i^ labors of the farm until he was 18 years old, when,\\nimpelled by a spirit of desire to extend his knowledge\\nof the actual world, he began to travel, and crossed\\nthe ocean several times. In 1867 he came to Big\\nRapids, Michigan, where he resided for a time, and\\nthen transferred his interests to Lake County, where\\nhe spent a few years. In the spring of 1875 he\\nbought 80 acres of land in Barton Township, on\\nwhich he has expended time and energy to as good a\\npurpose as most men of his calling. He has cleared\\nand improved 55 acres and placed it in good con-\\ndition for the pursuit of agriculture.\\nHe was married in 1875, to Mrs. Juliette (Crofut)\\nHyatt, who was born March 10, 1830, in Cayuga Co.\\nN. Y., and is the daughter of Benoni and Margaret\\n(Griffith) Crofut, natives of New York. Mrs. Ander-\\nson had three children by her first marriage, and of\\nthese only Martha I. is living, who is the wife of\\nDaniel J. Monroe.\\nMr. Anderson holds a neutral position in politics.\\nILiula Pawling, carpenter and joiner, Wood-\\nville, was born in Steuben Co., N. Y,,\\n.^Si^^\\nn\\nMarch j, 1828, and is a son of Thomas\\nand Mary (Dickerson) Pawling. The father\\nwas a native of Scotland and a carpenter by\\ni trade; the mother was born in New Jersey and\\nboth parents are now deceased.\\nMr. Pawling began to work at his trade when he\\nwas 1 1 years old, and he resided in his native country\\nuntil his marriage, which occurred Jan. 14, 1849, to\\nKate, daughter of James and Margaret (Green)\\nStamp, born Oct. 10, 1829. Her father was born in\\nPennsylvania, of (German origin, and both parents\\nare deceased. Mr. Pawling came West and located\\nat Constantine, St. Joseph Co., Mich, He entered\\nupon the pursuit of his trade, and did his first work in\\nthe Peninsular State f^^-r Gov. John S. Barry. He re-\\nsided at Constantine three years and went thence to\\nLogansport, Ind. On the outbreak of the Southern\\nrebellion he enlisted in the 73d Ind. Regt., Co. G,\\nand served three and one half years. Among the im-\\nportant engagements in which he participated were\\nStone River, Crab Orchard, Decatur and La Vergne,\\nTenn. His command was first assigned to the 20th\\nArmy Corps, and after the battle of Stone River he\\nwas transferred to the 44th Army Corps, under Gen\\nVs^\\n*i", "height": "2831", "width": "2211", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph11chic_0271.jp2"}, "272": {"fulltext": "NEWA YGO. COUNTY.\\nI\\nA\\nThomas. After his discharge he settled at Three\\nRivers, St. Joseph County, where he remained but a\\nbrief period and went thence to Middleville, Barry\\nCounty, and entered the employ of the Grand River\\nWiUey Railroad Company, and spent four years\\nbuilding bridges. He came next to Hungerford and\\nworked two years for Captain Ives, and then located\\nat Woodville, where he has been engaged in the\\ninterests of the Western Michigan Lumber Company.\\nMr. Pawling is a Republican and a member of\\nWayland I^dge Xo. 129, I. O. O. F. His family\\ncomprises four children Eddie H., James K., Willie\\nM. and Hattie P. Rosa and John are deceased.\\nWhile in the service Mr. Pawling had a long and\\nsevere illness. His wife joined him in the hospital\\nat Nashville, and, after nursing him back to health,\\njoined the hospital service and devoted two years of\\ntime and skill, without compensation, to the care of\\nsick ami wounded soldiers.\\n1\\njichael McCool, farmer, section 5, Garfield\\nTownship, was born in County Donegal,\\nIreland, Sept. 18, 1821, and is a son of\\nl Bernard and Ann (Cleary) McCool, natives\\n)L Emerald Isle.\\nI In 1848 he came to the United States, ac-\\ncompanied by his sister Margaret, who now resides\\nat Glens Falls, Warren C o., N. V., where Mr. McCool\\nlived seven years. In 1854 he went to South Caro-\\nlina, and after a stay of one year in the vicinity of\\n(Charleston he came to Newaygo, arriving in August,\\n1855. He entered the employ of the Newaygo Com-\\npany and worked as a lumberman eight years, oper-\\nating a large proiwrtion of the ti.ne as a saw-mill\\nassistant. After the failure of the company, by which\\nhe lost a considerable sum, he went to New Orleans,\\nand a year later returned to Newaygo. In 1858 he\\ninvested his savings in 80 acres of land, on which he\\nsettled and where he has since resided. He has in-\\ncreased his estate to 160 acres, and has placed 70\\nacres in a first-clnss state of cultivation. He has\\ncleared all the land by his own efforts and erected a\\nomfortable and convienent residence.\\nMr. McC ool was married in Newaygo, Nov. 5,\\n1864, to Elizabeth, daughter of Martin and Mary\\nCavaney, who was born March 17, 1840, in Canada.\\nFive children have been born to them Mary A.,\\nEdward, Catherine, Frank and Michael. The family\\nbelong to the Roman Catholic Church.\\nohn Lareva, farmer, section _^3, Denver\\n1^- Tuwnsliip, was born in Clinton Co., N. Y.,\\nMay 8, 1843. He is a son of Joseph and\\nJane (Gilfillan) Lareva, who were natives of\\nOntario, Can., and of French and Scotch an-\\ncestry. The former died in New York, in\\n185 I, and the latter is still living. He attended dis-\\ntrict school and worked on a farm until he was 24\\nvears of age, and in the spring of 1867 came to this\\ncounty and settled in Denver Township. He pur-\\nchased 80 acres of timbered land, and has since\\nspent his time in imi)roving and beautifying his home.\\nHe has also added 60 acres of partly improved land,\\nand now owns one of the finest farms in the country.\\nAug. 10, 1873, he wa% married, at .Etna, this county,\\nto Miss Jennie,- daughter of John and Lucinda\\n(Tucker) Showalter, of German ancestry, and natives\\nof Pennsylvania and Ohio respectively; she was\\nborn in Whitley Co., Ind., Feb. 20, 185S: received\\na fair education, and at the age of 15 came with her\\nsister to Denver Township.\\nMr. and Mrs. Lareva have had three children\\nBurt, born Dec. 30, 1877 Bernice V., June i, 18S2\\nLena M., born July 2t, 1874, died May 31, 1882.\\nMr. L. has held various school offices, and in politics\\nis a Republican. Iiotli are active members of the\\nFirst-Advent Church.\\ni^iram M. Bead, physician and surgeon,\\nWoodville, was born in Kane Co., III., July\\nHe is a son of Charles and Adaline\\n22, 1859.\\n(Baxter) Read, the former a native of New\\nj Brunswick, the latter of Vermont. Heattend\u00c2\u00abd\\nthe common schools until the age ot 14 years,\\nwhen he was sent to the High School at Aurora, 111.,\\nwhere he was a pujiil four years, after which he spent\\na year in study under the direction of the princii)al of\\nivV\\nvs\\nA\\nV\\n^DDv^A^\\nt\\niSirii", "height": "2819", "width": "2254", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph11chic_0272.jp2"}, "273": {"fulltext": "),iV^\u00c2\u00ae)\u00c2\u00abs^^\\n^^DIl :BIl r\\nTT\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0zn^is-\\nV\\nC\\nrr-\\nIVEWAYGO COUNTY.\\n26s\\nthe school at Blackberry, Kane Co., 111. He was\\nthen 20 year; old, and began his preparatory medical\\nreading with Dr. O. L. Pelton, at Blackberry, where\\nhe remained one year, going thence to the University\\nat Ann Arbor, Mich. He studied there one year and\\nduring 1881 practiced under Dr. W. A. Hendryx, of\\nBig Rapids. The year next succeeding he attended\\nRush Medical College, in Chicago. On the first of\\nMarch, 1883, he came to his present location, where\\nhe has since been engaged in the practice of medicine.\\n-.-ct!\\nm illiam Whitman, proprietor of the Ne-\\n.qJ^^^L waygo House, at Newaygo, was born\\n%P June 28, 1840, at Brandon, Franklin Co.,\\nN. Y. He is a son of Chauncey Whitman,\\nand was reared on a farm. His mother died in\\n1842, and in 185 1 his father transferred his\\nfamily to Muskegon Co., Mich. In 1863 they came\\nto Garfield Tp., Newaygo Co where the father and\\nson bought 120 acres of land in joint partnership and\\nengaged in lumbering. Mr. Whitman came to Ne-\\nwaygo in 1867 and spent two seasons lumbering in\\nthe woods. In 1869 he bought the hotel, which he\\nhas since continued to manage. The establishment\\nhas accommodations for 25 guests, and is doing a good\\nbusiness. He was married July 4, 1864, in Muskegon\\nCo., to Susan, daughter of Charles and Sarah Carr,\\nwho was born in Steuben Co., N. Y., Aug. 20,1848.\\nKdward and Charles are the children born of this\\nmarriage.\\n4- -^-4^\\nrfharles T. Randolph, farmer, section t,t\u00e2\u0080\u009e\\n*p?2^ Denver I ownship, was born on the is-\\nte; land of Matinicus in the Atlantic Ocean,\\nw\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a07iJ\\n\u00c2\u00bbji? Nov. 27, 1818. His parents were Walter and\\nJoanna (Hall) Randolph father was liorn in\\nLondon, England, and mother in .Maine, where ihey\\nresided until their death. When Charles was\\nthree months old lie was bought t(j the main land,\\nand lived at home, in Montvilte. Waldo Co., .Me.,\\nuntil he was 14 years old, when his father moved to\\nhas\\nohn\\nPenobscot County. Here he remained until his 21st\\nyear, then entered school. After completing his ed-\\nucation he engaged in the lumbering business on the\\nPenobscot River, remaining until the summer\\nof 1843, when he returned home and purchased\\n200 acres of land in the town of Ktna, upon wliich\\nhe built a house. Dec. 17, 1844, he married Miss\\nElizabeth C. Moore, daughter of John and Hannah\\n(Chapman) Moore, natives of Maine, who was horn\\nin Edgecomb, Lincoln Co., Maine, Nov. 13, 1818.\\nMr. and Mrs. Kandolijh settled on the new farm, v\\nwhere they lived until 1849, then moved to Lu/.erne r.-\\nCo., Pa., where Mr. R. was engaged in lumbering a\\nuntil 1855. They then returned to their former\\nhome, where Mrs. Randolph tarried for one year, and\\nher husband came to Newaygp, this county, and\\nworked in the mills for a few months. The follow-\\ning year his wife came, and they went to keeping\\nhouse in Newaygo. In February, i86o, they moved\\nupon a farm af 80 acres, where he now resides, and\\nwhich at that time was a dense forest. Mr.\\nsince added 40 acres to his original ])urchase.\\nMr. and Mrs. Randolph have two children\\nW. and S. Augusta.\\nA\\ns^\\non. Sullivan .\\\\rmstrong, farmer, section\\n22, Ashland Township, was born in Monroe\\nCo., N. Y., March 3, 182 i. His parents were\\nBealy and Mary (Palmer) Armstrong; father\\nwas born in Connecticut and njother in Rhode\\nIsland. Soon after marriage they settled in the\\nState of New York, and when their son was (w^\\nyears old they came to Michigan and fi.\\\\ed their\\nplace of residence at Walled Lake, Oakland County,\\nwhere the father died, in t827. In the fall of the\\nsame year Mr. .Armstrong returned with his mother\\nto New York. In the spring of 1S28 he went to\\nWyoming County, in that State, and became the em- JL\\nployee of a farmer named Burt, with whom he\\nremained until he was 18 years oUi. In 1839\\nhe came to Walled Lake once more, where he\\nremained two years. In the fall of 1841 he came to\\n^\\\\\u00e2\u0096\u00a0alker I ownship, Kent Co., .Mich.\\n.Mr. Armstrong was married Dec. 4, 1844, to Mary j\\nC, daughter of George and Sarah M. (Davis)\\n1", "height": "2831", "width": "2211", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph11chic_0273.jp2"}, "274": {"fulltext": "z66\\nrr\\nv^^Oli:^:!^^^^\\n\u00c2\u00a3?^-x:\\n.V^ W^^FGO COUNTY.\\nt\\nA\\nV\\n-7*\\nSheldon. The parents are of straight Puritan an-\\ncestry, born respectively in New York and Maine.\\nMr. Armstrong turned his attention energetically to\\nfarming and remained in Kent County until 1852.\\nIn the autumn of that year he decided to seek\\na permanent home in another part of Michigan, and\\nin company with his brother set out as land look-\\ners. They lixed upon Newaygo County as a\\ndesirable quarter to locate, and Mr. Armstrong pre-\\nempted 120 acres of land in Ashland Township.\\nThrough the assistance of John Ball, of Grand\\ni Rapids, he was enabled to establish himself on the\\n-TH?- place which has since been his homestead. As soon\\nas practicable he erected tlie usual pioneer cabin, and\\ntook possession of his farm, with his wife and four\\nchildren. The place and its fixtures make a credit-\\nable exhibit of the efforts and energy of the owner for\\nthe past 30 years. In addition to his farming inter-\\nests he has extensively engaged in traffic in real\\nestate, and during the winters of the past 25 years he\\nhas been occupied in heavy lumber transactions, put-\\nting in some seasons 3,000,000 feetof logs. His land\\noperations have included over 1,000 acres, and\\nhe has added 40 acres to his home farm. Besides\\nfine and e.xpensive farm buildings, he has erected a\\nresidence at an expense of $4,000.\\nIn public life Mr. Armstrong is one of the most\\nprominent citizens of Newaygo County, and has\\nbeen identified with all its permanent interests. He\\nhas been actively, alive to whatever promised to\\nenhance the advantages of his township, and from\\nthe date of his setdement in the county has main-\\ntained the confidence and esteem of its citizens. He\\nlias been a Republican of decided principles, and in\\ni860 was elected County Treasurer, and has served\\nin that capacity three terms. In the fall of 1872 he\\nwas elected to the position of Representative to\\nthe State Legislature, which post he occupied two\\nterms. He has officiated as Supervisor of liis town-\\nship 14 years, and, at various times, has filled most\\nof the minor offices. On the organization of the\\nNational party he adopted its principles and issues,\\nand so wide-spread was the repute of his influence\\nand character that in the fall of 1880 he was placed\\nin nomination by the National (Greenback Convention\\nat Jackson, Mich., as candidate for the post of\\nLieutenant Governor. The party was in its early\\nyouth and its nominations were defeated by small ma-\\norilies. Mr. .\\\\rmstrong was not premoiiislied of the\\npurposes of the Convention nor in any way made\\naware of the projected action.\\nOf II children born to Mr. and Mrs. Armstrong,\\neight are deceased. Those living were born as\\nfollows Sarah A., Dec. 28, 1845 ^^i J^Iarch 22,\\n1856; Herbert, Nov. 24, 1861. The sorrowful\\nrecord of the early lost is as follows Ellen, horn\\nSept. 28, 1847, died April 26, 1873; Amy A., Aug. 3,\\n1849, died Jan. 27, 1878; Sanford, Dec. 22, 1851,\\ndied Feb. i, 1868; Fanny G., July 22, 1853, died\\nJuly 2, 1880; Arthur, May 22, 1858, died March 31,\\ni860; Willis, Sept. 25, 1863, died Nov. 10, 1863;\\nEugene, June 6, 1865, died Aug. 5, 1865; Mabel,\\nJan. 9, 1868, died Sept. S, 1868.\\n^*^n esse Maze, miller and farmer, section \\\\a\\nDenver Township, is a son of Lancelot\\nand Maiy Maze, natives of Ireland and\\nPennsylvania, respectively, the former of Irish\\njL and the latter of Scotch descent and he was\\nborn in Summit Co., Ohio, May 30, 181 1.\\nWhen he was three years old his parents moved to\\nMadison Co., Ohio, and located on a farm, and thence\\nto Delaware County, afterwards to Union County,\\nboth in the same State, where his father died, when\\nhe was in his 13th year. He was thus, at that early\\nage, left to take care of his widowed mother, who\\nsoon after moved to Delaware County, where they\\nlived four years, and finally removed to Medina\\nCounty, where, April i, 1833, he married Miss Lydia\\nDavis. She was a native of Ohio, and was born Sept.\\n22, 1813, and died Feb. 16, 1S52, in Dc Kalb Co.,\\nInd., having seven children, four girls and three boys.\\nIn the meantime Mr. Maze was engaged in milling\\nthrough various portions of the country, and in 1848\\nmoved to Indiana, where he still followed his trade.\\nApril 2, 1856, he married, for a second wife, Mrs.\\nMary D. (Brown) Peck, daughter of Herman and\\nMary A. (Gaylord) Brown, who was born in Summit\\nCo., Ohio, Aug. 25, 1824. They have by this union\\none child, Willie H., born Feb. 18, 1857.\\nIn May, 1S60, Mr. Maze moved to Newaygo\\nCounty, this State, where he operated saw and grist\\nmills until 1864, then returned to Ohio, and in 1858\\nremoved to Illinois, where he lived until 1878, when\\n||^^?^)\u00c2\u00ab\u00c2\u00a7i#\\nv^\\nA\\nt\\nI\\nA\\n^[i3 :niiit", "height": "2819", "width": "2254", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph11chic_0274.jp2"}, "275": {"fulltext": "O v .Mmh 71^^^^\\nNEWAYGO COUNTY.\\nhe again came to this county, settling in Denver\\nTownship, where he is now leading a quiet life on\\n40 acres of land. In politics he is a zealous Repub-\\nlican, and himself and wife belong to the Free Meth-\\ni odist Church.\\nA\\nV\\n\u00e2\u0080\u00a25\\names Corsant, foreman of the Western\\n\\\\r Michigan Saw-mill, located at Woodville,\\nwas born in London, Can., June 11, 1838,\\nand is a son of James and Millicent (Farrar)\\nCorsant. He remained under the supervision\\nand instruction of his father until he was 1 8\\nyears old, at which aije he came to Michigan and re-\\nsided in Hillsdale County a short time. He then\\nwent to the city of New York and engaged as a sea-\\nman ill the coast-sailing service, where he was em-\\nployed three years. At the end of that time he lo-\\ncated in Livingston County, where he married Miss\\nMartha H., daughter of Elijah and Sarai Bisbee,\\nborn in London, Can. He followed farming for two\\nyears thereafter, when he turned his attention to\\nlunil)ering one year, then again purchased a farm;\\nbut, not finding agriculture a congenial pursuit, he\\nembarked in his present business, taking charge of\\nthe mill Jan. 8, 1879, since which time he has been\\nactively engaged in furthering the interests of tiie\\nproprietors.\\nThe family circle includes the following children\\nFlorence A., Charles D., William D., Mabel \\\\V. and\\nRnbie M.\\n^/c\\nrs. Samantha Bisard, resident on section\\n26, Ashland Tciwnship, was born in\\nSpencer, Medina Co., Ohio, Nov. 6, 1846,\\nand is the daugh .tr of Asahel and Emily\\n(Salisbury) Bisard, natives respectively of Ohio\\nand Orange Co., Vt. Her parents came to\\nGrand Rapids when she wms five years old, and four\\nyears later they removed to .\\\\shland Township. She\\nremained a member of the household until her\\nmarriage, Nov. 6, 1862, to Orson, son of David and\\nRebecca (Huse) Bisard, natives of New England.\\nOrson Bisard was born Sept. 27, 1835, in Spencer,\\nOhio, and died Aug. 8, 1877, at his home in Dorr,\\nAllegan County, leaving two children. He was a de-\\nvoted husband and father, and his loss can never be\\ncompensated to the wife and children who still feel\\nit as in the time of his removal. The widow re-\\nmoved with her fatherless ones to the protection of\\nher father s home, where she supplies the place\\nof both father and mother to her daughters, in aie\\nand self-sacrifice.\\nMr. Bisard was connected with the Orders of Odd\\nFellows and Freemasons. He was buried with the\\nforms and ceremonies of the latter named body. In\\nl)olitical faith and action he was a Democrat. His\\ndaughters were born as follows: Anna C Ma\\\\ ly,\\n1S71, and Tina D., June i, 1877.\\n^SdS;l ^IS3Sl\\n;:PVf|| athaniel D. Macumber, farmer, section 27,\\nDenver townshij), was born in Bristol, On-\\nA tario Co., N. Y.,Feb. 6, 181 7. His parents\\nwere Nathaniel and Mary (Clark) Macumber,\\n1(3 natives of Massachusetts, and of Scotch descent.\\nSoon after their marriage they moved upon a farm\\nin Bristol, N. Y., and in 1827 emigrated to the then\\nTerritory of Michigan, and settled in Oakland\\nCounty, upon a farm of 80 acres in the township of\\nNovi, near the present site of Novi village. In\\none month after their arrival in Michigan his father\\ndied, leaving a wife and five children. What is quite\\nremarkable, these children are all living and are\\nresidents of this State; and, although the parents\\nwere weakly, there is not an invalid among the\\nchildren, and all have acquired a competemy.\\nTheir names are Hannah, Jason, Mary, Nathaniel\\nD. and John C\\nAfter the death of his father, Nathaniel was bound\\nout, and suffered more hardshijis and privations\\nthan usually fall to the lot of so young a man. ,\\\\fler\\nserving three years he so\\\\ight his liberty, not In way\\nof coaxing off, but by suddenly breaking the bonds\\nof lyranuN that were crushing out his manhood.\\nAccompanied l)y another young man, he started out\\nto encounter the vicissitudes of life free from all\\nrestraint. He earned his first dollar b\\\\ digging po-\\ntatoes four days; and with this little sum he set out\\nfor Monroe County, which he reached in due season\\nV^\\nA\\nn\\n^I:fl*\\n.y^^^ -*^;oii:^^nii;. A^\\n\u00e2\u0080\u00a24*(^* 9ff^,", "height": "2831", "width": "2211", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph11chic_0275.jp2"}, "276": {"fulltext": "268\\nr^wmm\\nt\\nT\\nNEWAYGO COUNTY.\\n;3*^^^\\n4^^C A\\ni\\nA\\nA\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0vi:^!^\\nHere he engaged as errand boy for a man named\\nBaten, with whom he remained for some time. His\\nindustry and fidelity won for him the love of his em-\\nployer, and he always reverts to those days as an\\noasis in life s desert.\\n\\\\5\\\\yo\\\\\\\\ leaving Mr. Baten, lie went to Cleveland,\\nOhio, with a broom peddler; but the season being\\ndull he found it difficult to find work. He finally\\naccepted a place in a blacksmith shop anil learned\\nthe trade, working at it during the winter season, and\\nspending the summer on the toe-path of the Ohio\\ncanal, for three years, \\\\\\\\lien 17 years old he re-\\nturned to his old home in Oakland County, where\\nhe worked on a farm until 21 years of age. He\\nsaved $100, with which he purchased So acres of\\nland in Clinton County, where he built a shanty\\nand began to improve his farm. Feb. 17, 1840, he\\nmarried .Amorette Higbee, daughter of Girard and\\nElecta (Isham) Higbee, natives of Vermont, who\\nwas born in that .State in 1817. They immediately\\nsettled upon the farm, which by severe toil was\\nsoon all improved.\\nIn 1853, in company with an experienced land\\nlooker, Mr. Macumber took a tour through the\\nnortiiern portion of Michigan. They explored va-\\nrious portions of the country, finding no living\\nobject to attract attention, e.xcept occasionally a\\nlimid deer; but they found an unbroken forest, eni-\\nliellished with beautiful, fragrant wild flowers. They\\nfinally located the X. W. of section 27, in the\\npresent township of Denver, Newaygo County, it\\nbeing the first land that was taken in the township;\\nthis does not include the pine lands, however, a por-\\ntion of them having been previously taken. In\\nMarch, the following year, Mr. M. built a board\\nshanty. Mr. Daniel Weaver had established a saw-\\nmill at Fremont, and offered a reward to the person\\nthat would open a road from that town to ^V hite\\nRiver, a distance of 13 miles. Mr. M. accomplished\\nthis work with a yoke of oxen, and secured the re-\\nward. .\\\\fter completing his little shanty, 14 x 24,\\nhe went for his fair.ily, which then consisted of his\\nwife and seven children, and moved them to his\\nnew home, arriving on a very cold day in March.\\nHis shanty had only three sides enclosed, and con-\\nseipiently there were 24 feet of doorway; but being\\nwell sujjplied with wood they were able to keej)\\nwarm by hanging blankets around the stove, in-\\nside of this little enclosure his family slept, while he\\nkept up the fire. The next day he closed the ex-\\ntensive aperture in his dwelling, and from that time\\nforward they were very comfortable for pioneers.\\nAt the close of the second day he found that his\\nready cash amounted to $2.50. With this meagre\\nsum, he started out to make a home in a dense forest\\nand rear a large family of children. In order to\\nobtain seed wheat for his first crop, he had to\\ndrive a cow to Newaygo, kill her and peddle the\\nbeef. And thus, step by step, he has pursued his\\narduous undertaking to make a nice home, and suf-\\nficent means to maintain himself during his last\\ndays. He has been successful and from a primi-\\ntive forest of 160 acres, he has produced a mag-\\nnificent farm, which now consists of 220 acres, well\\nimproved. To perform tliis arduous task he has\\nhad but little aid excei)t that of his own .son.\\nUpon this farm he has recently built an elegant resi-\\ndence, costing $5,000.\\nMr. .Macumber is a man of remarkable physical\\ndevelopment is intellectual, and very influential\\namong his townsmen. Feb. 6, 1874, his wife died\\nof dropsy, leaving eight children and hosts of friends\\nto mourn her loss. She was a kind and indulgent\\nmother, an affectionate wife and a warm friend,\\nready at all times to lend a helping hand wherever\\nneeded. Her husband attributes a great part of his\\nsuccess in life to her timely efforts. Jan. 18, 1880,\\nMr. M. married Mrs. Nancy ((^iven) Cunningham,\\ndaughter of William and Sarah (Lowrey) Civen,\\nnatives of Ireland, who was born Jan. i, 1S54. Her\\nparents came to this country when she was an in-\\nfant, and located in Ontario, Can., where her mother\\ndied. Her father afterward moved to jMonroe\\nCo., X. v., where his daughter lived and was ed-\\nucated, in the schools at Rochester. After com[)let-\\ning her education she married Mr. Cunningham,\\nand being a skillful seamstress, followed her voca-\\ntion iHitil she moved to Grand Rapids, where her\\nhusband died. They had six children, four of whom\\nare living: William, Edward, Anna and Charles;\\nMary and George are deceased.\\nMr. Macumber was Highway Commissiont\\nseveral years, during which time he laid out, and\\nhelped to lay out, most of the main roads in the\\ntownship. He took an active part in the first jx)-\\nlitical meeting in the town, and is an active Re-\\npublican.\\n1\\n,^A5^)f^^", "height": "2819", "width": "2254", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph11chic_0276.jp2"}, "277": {"fulltext": "269\\n_\u00c2\u00ab 22_\\n\u00e2\u0082\u00ac5\u00e2\u0080\u0094 ^-,_,\\nillfJfiiflR illiam C. King, larmcr, section ii,r arton\\n_j^i I ounship, was born in Wayne Co., Mich.,\\ny^ Dec. 16, 1854, and is a\\nson of Milton C.\\n)i\\nA\\nvf)\\n--j-T\\nand Edmund (Beals) King. His fatlier is a\\nnative of the State of New York, his mother\\nof Knijland. They came to Lake County,\\nMich., in 1865, where they resided some years, and\\nfinally established a permanent residence in Mecosta\\nCounty, where they still reside.\\nMr. King remained at home in training for his\\ncalling as a farmer until he was 20 years of age.\\nHe was married March 15, 1874, to Lina, daughter\\nof Eli and Sarepta (Nicholas) Hathaway, ^he was\\nborn Aug. 18. 1856, in Barry Co., Mich. Her father\\nwas a native of New York and her mother was born\\nin Ohio. They located in Barry County in 1843.\\nMr. King spent the year following his marriage on\\nthe homestead of his parents, and in the spring of\\n1875 purchased his property in Barton Township,\\nwhere he has since resided. Following is the record\\nof his children Emma S., born April 2, 187,\\nLula E., June 3, 1879; Edna I., Nov., 23, 1881.\\n\\\\Villiam born Feb. 20, 1877, died .\\\\ug. 16, 1879.\\ny^lpSp ansom J. Squier, farmer, section 6,Bridge-\\n1^^- ton Township, was born Feb. 28, 1838, in\\nVf j-\u00c2\u00bb. Washington Co., N. Y., where his parents,\\niv^ John and Polly (Lampman) Squier, were born\\ny and whence they removed to Rochester, N.\\nI V. Af .er a brief residence in that city they\\ncame to Coldwater, Branch Co., Mich. Some years\\nlater they moved to Noble Co., Ind., and in the win-\\nter of 1855 removed again to Michigan, locating in\\nMuskegon County.\\n3 Mr. Sipiier remained with his parents, olitaining\\ni his education and engaged in farming, until the\\n1 spring of i860, when he pre-empted 160 acres of un-\\nbroken forest land in Bridgeton Township, on which\\nhe immediately settled and began to make improve-\\nments.\\nii\u00c2\u00bby Mr. Squier was married in July, 1863, to Orella,\\ndaughter of John and Sarah (Sherman) Nelson.\\nHer parents were natives of England and New York,\\nand went after their marriage to Norfolk Co., Onta-\\nrio, Canada, where the daughter was born, Sept. 18,\\n1847. When she was eight years old she came with\\nher parents to Claybanks, Oceana Co., Mich. Her\\nfather died there in 1851, and the family removed to\\nLyons, Ionia Countv, where she attended school four\\nyears and then came to Newaygo County, where she\\nwas soon after married. The husband and wit e lo-\\ncated on the farm which has since been their home,\\nand devoted every energy and effort to its improve-\\nment. Tiiey own 240 acres of land, with 75 acres\\nunder cultivation. Following is the record of seven\\nchildren born to .Mr. and Mrs. .Squier Emily M., born\\nAug. 8, 1864; Franklin B., Dec. 8 1S66 Pearlie L.,\\n.\u00e2\u0080\u00a2\\\\pril 28, 1872; Cracie O., July 11, 1S77 Effie D.,\\n21, 1880; Almon R., March 29, 1869 (died May 8,\\n1871); an infant child, June i, 1873, died June 15,\\nfollowing.\\nMr. Squier is a Democrat in political persuasion.\\nHe is a veterinary surgeon, which profession he has\\nfollowed for years, and is considered one of the best\\nin Northern Michigan.\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00ba^^-^.^i-\\n,85,\\nartin Davis, tanner, section, 3, Barton\\nTownship, was born March 9, 1840, in\\nJackson Co., Mich., and is a son of \\\\sa\\nB. and Caroline R. (Harrington) Davis. His\\nf father was a native of Canada and spent his\\nlife in the pursuit of lumbering: he died in\\nThe mother was born in Vermont, and after\\nthe death of her first husband married a man named\\nElliot Cheney and returned to Kent County she\\nwas widowed a second lime in Paris, Mecosta\\nCo., Mich., in 1S71. She is now a resident of Bar-\\nton Township, Newaygo County.\\nAi 17 years of age Mr. Davis entered the family\\nof Thomas Skinner, of Kent County, with whom he\\nremained until he attained the estate of legal man-\\nhood. He enlisted under the first call for troops\\nafter the assault u[ on the United States flag at Fort\\nSumter, enrolling in .April, 1861, in Co., A, Sixth\\nMich., Cav., and was in the service until July 4,\\n1863, when he was severely wounded in the left\\nthigh by a ball and released from active duty. He\\nA.\\nK;.\\nc\\nso\\ni: -M^\\n.A-\\n^ll!l :illll^\\nj.^.^\\n-\u00c2\u00abf^^^((\u00c2\u00ae", "height": "2831", "width": "2211", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph11chic_0277.jp2"}, "278": {"fulltext": "^e^#\\nz^^^\\n:lltl :DDs r\\nI\\n,9-\\n-A*\\nf\\nJ\\n1\\n270\\n=r-r\\nVEIVAYGO COUNTY.\\nwas transferred to the hospital at Little York, Pa.,\\nwhere he remained until April 27, 1865, when he was\\nfinally discharged and returned home.\\nHe came at once to Mecosta County and settled\\nin the township of Greene, where he was a resident\\nuntil 187 1. In that year he purchased his home-\\nstead in Mecosta County, where he resided until\\n1873, giving his time and attention to its improve-\\nment and cultivation.\\nMr. Davis married June 3, 1865, in Kent County,\\nPhehe daughter of William and Hannah (Morgan)\\nHaynes. I he parents were born in England and\\ncame to the United States in 1840. Mrs. Davis\\nwas born in Cayuga Co., N. Y., Sept. 14, 1847.\\nWilliam E., only child of Mr. and Mrs. Davis, was\\nborn April 9, 187 i, in Mecosta County. Mr. Davis\\nis a Republican and has held the office of School\\nInspector and Justice of the Peace in his township.\\nW^rt.\u00e2\u0080\u0094\\neorge W. Nafe, M. D., Fremont, is a son\\nof John and Mary M. (Stewart) Nafe, na-\\ntives of Maryland and Pennsylvania, re-\\nspectively, and was born in Ohio June 19, 1848.\\nHe lived with his parents until about 22 years\\nof age, attending the common schools, and\\nafterward the High School at Rochester, Ind. He\\nearly gave his attention to the study of medicine, and\\nattended the Pennsylvania University, at Philadel-\\nphia, Pa., two years, and was graduated in 187 1.\\nHe had previously studied in the office of Dr. Hec-\\ntor at Rochester, Ind. Upon leaving college he\\ncommenced the practice of his profession in Cass\\nCo., Ind., where he remained si,x and a half years.\\nIn the summer of 1877 became to Fremont, where\\nhe has since followed his profession, with gratifying\\nsuccess.\\nDr. Nafe has held the office of Village Trustee\\nthree years. President of the village two years, mem-\\nber of the School Board four years, and Director two\\nyears. In the fall of 7882 he was the Democratic\\ncandidate for Representative, but was defeated by\\nCharles W. Stone, the (ireenback candidate, who had\\nthe plurality, but of less than 100 votes. He is a\\nmember of the Fremont Lodge, 741, K. of H., and\\nin politics is a Democrat.\\nThe Doctor was married in Rochester, Ind., April\\n6, 1872, to Cordelia, daughter of Christopher and\\nJulia A. Ernsperger, who was born in Ohio, Aug, 15,\\n1847. They have had three children: John C,\\nborn March 13, 1875 Julia M.,born April 2, 1881\\nNellie L., born Jan. 9, 1873, died June 24, 1883.\\n1.\\ni\\noseph A. Zerlaut, farmer, Bridgeton Town-\\nship, section 5, was born in Bavaria,\\nGermany, Dec. 15, 1839. His parents,\\nJoseph and Elizabeth (Steiner) Zerlaut, were\\nalso born in Bavaria, and in 1853 he accom-\\npanied his mother to America, his father hav-\\ning died five years before. They located at Hope-\\nvillc, R. I., and afterward went to Centerville, in that\\nState.\\nMr. Zerlaut went in 1856 to Wauregan Mills,\\nConn., and found employment in a woolen factory,\\nremaining two years. In the summer of 1856 he\\nwent to Moosup, in Windham County, and there\\npursued his trade until 1858, when he came to Mus-\\nkegon. He worked some time in a saw-mill, and at\\nlength, in company with an uncle, came to Newaygo\\nCounty, in quest of land whereon to establish homes.\\nHe located 120 acres in Bridgeton Township, and\\nremained until the spring following, making improve-\\nments. He returned to Muskegon, and not long\\nafter to the land of steady habits, and in Novem-\\nber, 1861, brought his mother and the remaining\\nmembers of the family to his |)lace in Bridgeton,\\nwhere they established a home.\\nMr. Zerlaut enlisted Sept. 27, 1862, in the Sixth\\nMich. Cav., Co. H. The regiment was attached to\\nthe .\\\\rmy of the Potomac, under Sheridan, and Mr.\\nZedaut was in all the actions in which tliat division\\nof the army participated, excepting those of the\\nPennsylvania campaign. He was at Buckland Mills,\\nVa., Oct. 19, 1863, where he received a bullet wound\\njust above tlie left knee, the shot passing upwards\\nand coming out at the hip joint. He escaped all\\nother mishaps of war and received an honorable dis-\\ncharge Dec. 5, 1865.\\nMr. Zerlaut was married Feb. 17, 1866, to Anna,\\ndaughter of Conrad and Catherine (Hedric) Bing,\\nof Muskegon. She was born in Hesse-Darmstadt,\\nA\\ng))\u00e2\u0082\u00ac^#\\n-K-^n!] :iiDi\\nA.", "height": "2819", "width": "2254", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph11chic_0278.jp2"}, "279": {"fulltext": "", "height": "2831", "width": "2211", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph11chic_0279.jp2"}, "280": {"fulltext": "", "height": "2819", "width": "2254", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph11chic_0280.jp2"}, "281": {"fulltext": "JSr^\\n7\\n(6\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0TitfC^i.;^ ^v ilii:^iin T-\\njMsr\\nNEII^AVGO COUNTY.\\n\u00e2\u0080\u00a2273\\nGermany, and remained in her native country until\\nshe was 17 years old, when she came to the United\\nStates and fixed upon Muskegon as a place of resi-\\nT dence, where she engaged as a domestic until her\\nmarriage. The children of Mr. and Mrs. Zerlaut,\\nnine in number, were born as follows Henry, May\\nI, 1867; Joseph, Dec. 16, 1868; George, June 20,\\n1872; Frank J., May 19, 1874; Anna, March 28,\\n1877 Fanny, Aug. 25, 1880; Martin, Nov, 5, 1882;\\nElizabeth, May 9. 1876 (died Nov. 14, same year);\\nFrank, Oct. 18, 1870 (died Nov. 9, following).\\nMr. Zerlaut has made the record of a successful\\nand progressive farmer on his land, and has placed\\n65 acres under advanced improvements. He is a\\nRepublican in politics, and has held the positions of\\nSchool Inspector and Drain Commissioner.\\neorge McNutt, one of the Directors of the\\nDarling Mill Co., Fremont, was born in\\nMahoning Co., Ohio, Nov. 12, 1841. His\\nV^\\nparents, Alexander and Frances (Shellenber-\\nger) McNutt, were natives of Ohio; they first\\nsettled in Mahoning County, where they lived\\nfor about 30 years, then moved to Ashtabula County,\\nwhere they remained until their death.\\nGeorge received a good common-school education\\nin his native State, and when only 21 years old the\\nSouthern Rebellion broke out in all its horrors.\\nThe first shot at Fort Sumter sent an electric thrill\\nthrough every loyal heart in the North, and immedi-\\nately, irrespective of p;irty, the cry went up for ven-\\ngeance. They abandoned the field of argument and\\nceased to discuss measures and plans for the peace-\\nable restoration of the National authority in the re-\\nvolted States, and with singular unanimity and de-\\ntermination accepted the issues of war as the only\\nmeans left to save and perpetuate the National exist-\\nence, and the priceless liberties so long enjoyed. It\\nwas to preserve the flag which Washington loved,\\nand which Jackson, Scott and Taylor with so many\\nglorious triumphs defended, that the question Who\\ncan go? arose instead of Who will go? Acts of\\ntrue patriotism were to be seen on all sides, where\\nmen left mother, father, wife and children, and their\\nbusiness interests to keep the flag a union flag.\\n7\\nThose brave men were stirred with this patriotism\\nwhich, wherever it prevails in its genuine vigor and\\nextent, swallows up all sordid and selfish regards,\\nconquers the love of ease, power, pleasure and\\nwealth and when the partialities of friendship, grati-\\ntude and ev\u00c2\u00ab;n family ties come in competition with\\nit, it prompts a sacrifice of all in order to maintain\\nthe rights and promote the honor and happiness of\\nour country.\\nThe true sentiments of patriotism are within their\\nbreasts to-day as when they left mother, father, wife\\nand family for the front. Wherever they are found,\\nin all questions of National or State import it springs\\nforth. It is not spasmodic in its action, blazing\\nforth only as in a comet s erratic course, in times of\\npublic trials- or danger, upon great occasions and\\nupon great incentive, but it is a rule of conduct, con-\\nstant, equable, incorruptible and enduring. Wealth\\ncannot bribe it. Power cannot seduce it. Ambition\\ncannot blind it. Friendship cannot swerve it from\\njustice. Fear cannot intimidate it nor injustice\\nswerve it, nor bribery corrupt or enervate it. We\\nspeak only of those men who volunteered from the\\ninspiration of patriotism, as tieorge McNutt did.\\nTo such brave, true-hearted men too much honor can\\nnever be given. He enlisted Aug. 19, 1861, in the\\n29th Ohio Inf., and served until the close of the war,\\nover four years, and received an honorable dis-\\ncharge at Cleveland, Ohio. He participated in 14\\nheavy battles, besides numerous smaller ones among\\nthem was the battle of Winchester. He was wounded\\nin the arm and side at the battle of Fort Repulilic,\\nand was wounded in the side at Dallas, Ga. He was\\nin the hospital only three days during his service in\\nthe army, but was unfit for duty nearly three months.\\nAfter his discharge he engaged in the saw-milling\\nbusiness at Berlin, Ohio, for nearly a year, and in the\\nfall of 1866 came to Michigan, first settling in Alle-\\ngan County, where he was employed by H. F. Marsh\\nJr., of Allegan, six years, in the lumber business.\\nHe was then employed by the Chicago West Mich-\\nigan Railroad Company, as bill clerk, at Pentwater,\\nwhere he remained for nearly a year and a half, and\\nwas then appointed station agent at Fremont, which\\nposition he filled about two years, after which he\\nwas appointed passenger conductor on the same road,\\nfilling the position for seven years, constantly on one\\ntrain. He was then promoted Division Superintend-\\nA\\nC\\nIvV^-\\n-4^*^5^ VM^;\\nm.", "height": "2831", "width": "2211", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph11chic_0281.jp2"}, "282": {"fulltext": "-;2J% !5*^\\n^DB :il(ls r\\nf\\ns\\nNEWAYGO COUNTY.\\n^^C(^^M^\\nent, which position he resigned in the spring of 1883,\\nto engage in the milling business. He is now a part-\\nner in the Darling Milling Company.\\nHe was married in Pierpont, Ashtabula Co.. Ohio,\\nJuly 2, 1865, to Eunicia, daughter of Paul and Sarah\\nRowland, a native of Ashtabula Co., Ohio. Mr.\\nand Mrs. McNutt have had three children (Ger-\\ntrude E. and Maud E. George is deceased. Mr.\\nMcN. is a member of the Blue Lodge, No. 180, F.\\nA. M., of Fremont, and of Pilgrim Cominandery\\nNo. 23, of Big Rapids. In politics he is a staunch\\nRepublican. We give his [wrtrait in this work.\\n-^tiiac-SiS\\n^^4_-\u00c2\u00bb\u00e2\u0080\u009e\u00c2\u00ae|,S/3OT*x~\\n^(\u00e2\u0096\u00a0i|3hester E. Stearns, dealer ii\\\\ furniture,\\n\u00e2\u0080\u00a2Jl^^^fe Fremont, is a son of Daniel and .Sallie\\n(Cobnrn) Stearns, and was born May 28,\\nfK 1824; his father was a native of Brattleboro,\\nt., and his mother of Massachusetts. They\\nsettled in New York. Chester E. attended the com-\\nmon s hools of that State until 16 years of age,\\nwhen he was apprenticed three years to leani tlie\\nlabinel-maker s trade; at tlie expiration of his time,\\nlie engaged in business with his father for several\\nyears was then employed by Norman Bonny four\\nyears; afterward worked at his trade until the fall\\nof 1853; at this time he went to Connecticut, where\\nhe was engaged two years in the manufacture of\\nhubs and felloes. In the spring of 1856 he came to\\n.Newaygo County, worked at his trade two years,\\nand then settled on a farm of 160 acres, in what was\\nthen Jcnown as the township of Fremont. H\u00c2\u00ab lived\\nou this farm until December, 1 SSo, when he sold\\nnut and moved into the village of Fremont, soon\\nafterward opening a furniture store, wliete lie is now\\nconducting a successful trade.\\nMr. Stearns was first married to Freelove P emis,\\n(laughter of Benjamin and Marilla Beiuis, and they\\nhad one child, Henry Iv Mrs. S. died on Nov. 19,\\ni,Sc6, in Newaygo. .Mr. S. married Anna (Bezent)\\nHammond, a native of England. The children by\\nthis marriage are Lettie E., Libbie L., Lafore C.\\nand Olive I., (ieorge died in infancy Mr. S. has\\nbeen Highway Commissioner eight years, Township\\nClerk nearly eight years, and Justice of the Peace\\nsix years. He is a Freemason, and in jwlitics js\\nneutral, but svmpathizes rather with the Republican\\nparty.\\nV^\\neorge Shepherd, farmer, section 25, Bav-\\nI ion Township, was born in Batluirst, Perth\\nCo., Can., Oct. 8, 1835, and is a son of\\nSimpson and Sarah Shepherd. His father\\nwas born in England, his mother in Ireland.\\nThe occupation of the former was for many\\nyears that of a farmer, and he now resides in Plymp-\\nton, Lambton County, where he is a merchant and\\nPostmaster.\\nMr. Shepherd remained on his father s farm until\\nhe was 25 years old. He was married in i860, to\\nLaura, daughter of William and Anna (Newett)\\nHoskins, born in England Jan. 4, 1839. In 1872 Mr.\\nShepherd disposed of his farm in the Dominion and\\ncame to Michigan. He bought 160 acres of land in\\nBarton Township, has placed one-half of it under im-\\nprovement, and has good and suitable farm buildings.\\nMr. Shepherd is a Republican in politics, and himself\\nand faniily belong to the M. E. Church.\\nChildren: Oeorge W., born Dec. 3, 1861 .Martha\\nJ., Sept. 7, 1863; Richard E., Aug. 18, 1865.\\nI jlexander McKinley, farmer, section 15,\\n^fi^^Sii Ashland Township, son of Robert and\\nS ll^S Christina (151ack) McKinley, was born in Hun-\\nliir ter, Ontario, Feb. 10, 1850. The parents were\\nborn and married in Scotland, and afterward\\ncame to Canada, where they now are living.\\nMr. McKinley spent his youth under the super-\\nvision of his father, and in the fall of 1869 left the\\nfamily liome and i ame to Michigan. He spent two\\nyears in the Upper Peninsula, working on a farm in\\nMarquette County during the summers, and in the\\nlumber woods dining winters. In September, 1851,\\nhe returned to his native place in Canada, but after\\na brief delay he came to Michigan and purchased\\n80 acres of land, which he has increased to 120\\nacres by later purchase. His farm is well improved\\nA\\nd:^\\n-t^^t^^\\nKmm\\\\^\\nr\\nI", "height": "2819", "width": "2254", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph11chic_0282.jp2"}, "283": {"fulltext": "V\\nmm\\\\i^ r\\nra\u00c2\u00ab^^^\\nm^\\nI\\nlYElVAYGO COUNTY.\\n275\\nand located in one of the best portions in the town-\\nship. He has devoted his energies and money to\\nput the place in as good condition as possible, and\\nto so beautify and improve it as to render it attract-\\nive and valuable. His residence cost $1,500, and\\nthe other farm buildings swell the aggregate of ex-\\npenditure to $3,500.\\nMr. McKinley was married Jan. 2, 1879, in Ash-\\nland Township, to Julia, daughter of Washington\\nand Sarah (Moore) Seaman. (See sketch). Slie was\\nborn in the city of Big Rapids, Aug. 30, i S6o. Her\\nl)arents removed to Casnovia when she was six years\\nold, and later made a permanent settlement in Ash-\\nland Township. Mrs. McKinley is a lady of genu-\\nine refinement. The two children belonging to the\\nhousehold were born as follows: Elsie L., Oct. 17,\\n1879, and R. Herniie, Jan. 3, 1SS2. Mr. McKinley\\nis a member of the Order of Oood Temiilars and\\nbelongs to the National party.\\nS\\ni\\nbenjamin Ish, farmer, section\\nDayton\\ni Township, is a son of Nicholas and Bar-\\nara (Votle) Ish, natives of Switzerland,\\ncame to this country with his parents when\\nhe was one and a half years of age. They\\nfirst settled in Stark Co., O., and afterward\\nived in Crawford and Wyandot Counties. They\\ncame to Hillsdale Co., Miclr., about the year 1843,\\nwhere tlie father died, at the advanced age of 92\\nyears; the mother died at the age of 74. Benjamin\\nwent to Hillsdale Co., Mich., when 21 years of age.\\nHe lived there 1 1 years, when he commenced fann-\\ning. In the fall of 1854 he came to Newaygo\\nCounty, being one of the first settlers. He took up\\n200 acres of land under the Homestead Act, to\\nwhich he has since added 1 20 acres, and now has\\nq^ nearly 200 acres in a good state of cultivation, upon\\nwhich he resides.\\n\u00c2\u00ab*T Mr. Ish was married in Sheridan Township, Oct.\\n29, 1857, to Miss Helen, daughter of Norman and\\nCharity Cunningham. The ceremony was per-\\nformed under an elm tree, by Wm. T,. Stewart, a\\nJustice of the Peace. Mr. and Mrs. Ish have foin-\\nchildren, viz.: Albert, Clarence, Theodore and Deroy.\\n.\\\\t one time Mr. Ish was Township Treasurer seven\\nyears; has also been School Moderator. In politics\\nhe belongs to the National parly.\\n\u00c2\u00bb*v:\\nVtj%g.tj\\nliardware merchant, Fre-\\nwas\\nL H. Northway\\njJL mont, is a nati\\\\e of Ohio, where he\\nIjorn May 14, 1834. His parents, Augus-\\ntus and Margaret (Houghtalmg) Nortlnva)-,\\nwere natives of New York, who settled in thio\\nin an early day, and moved to Michigan in\\n1844, settling in Ionia County, where they passed the\\nremainder of their life.\\nA. H. lived at home and contributed to the sup-\\njx)rt of his parents until the death of his t ather. .\\\\t\\nthe age of 20 years he left liome and went tocabinet-\\nmaking two years, after whicli lie formed a partnership\\nwith Ambrose J. Ecker for the purpose of CTrryingC)n\\ngeneral merchandise. This continued for nearly\\nthree years, when he sold out and entered the army.\\nHe enlisted -\u00e2\u0080\u00a2X.ug. 15, 1862, in the 25th Mich. Inf^\\nand served nearly three years. He was on detached\\nduty most of the time, acting as Sergeant Major for\\nnearly one vear, and was mustered out at Jackson,\\nMich. He then came to Ionia County, was em-\\nployed as clerk in a general store for about two\\nyears, and then purchased an interest in the\\nbusiness, the partnership conunuing about eight\\nyears, when he sold out to Mr. Ecker and formed .1\\npartnership with Hunt and Northway (the latter\\nbeing a brother), under the firm name of Huiit_\\nNorthway iV Co., for carrying on a store. The\\nbusiness was closed in two years, and April i(),\\n1877, Mr. Northway came to Fremont, Newaygo\\nCo., and opened a hardware store on the orner of\\nMain and Merchant streets. He conducted business\\nin this place for two years, then moved to his present\\nlocality on Main street, where he is carrying on a flour-\\nishing business, and enjoys the confidence of his\\ntownsmen and of the public generally.\\nMr. Northway was married in Ionia County, Sept.\\n1, 1868, toEnnna I.., third daughter of Joshua and M.\\n(Wliite) I ish, natives of Cortland Co., N. Y. The\\\\\\ncame to Michigan in 1844 and settled in Ionia\\nCounty, where Mr. Fish was engaged in the milling\\nV\\nc-J\\nA\\nX-^l\\n\u00e2\u0080\u00a2-{Pi.\\n-X:^lltl^DDn\\nJw.\\nr\\ni.\\nk", "height": "2831", "width": "2211", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph11chic_0283.jp2"}, "284": {"fulltext": "Wn^^^^^\\n2/6\\nA\\nJ\\nV\\n7V\u00c2\u00a3 fF^KGC COUNTY.\\n-*4^^^^fs^\\\\^\\nbusiness and in farming. They remained there until\\n(an. 1 3, 1 87 7 when they both died, under the following\\nsad circumstances Mrs. Fish retired at night as\\nusual. During the night she awakened her hus-\\nband and asked him to build afire, as she was having\\na chill. He at once complied with the request, and\\nwhile engaged in building the fire he, too, was taken\\n\\\\yith a chill, and they were both prostrated. In one\\nweek from that day they both died, one about 3\\no clock P. .M., and the other about 8 o clock p. m.,\\nsame day. They were buried in one grave.\\nMr. and Mrs. Northway have one child, Claude,\\nborn Jan. 17, 1871. Mr. N. was elected Presi-\\ndent of the village in the spring of 1883, which of-\\nfice he still holds. He generally declines offices.\\nHe is a member of the Masonic fraternity, and in\\npolitics a Republican.\\nt\\nMr. Myers was married June 9, 1866, to Sarah,\\ndaughter of Edmund L. and Jane (Tanner) Hub-\\nbard, a native of Canada. Six of eight children born\\nto Mr. and Mrs. Myers are living: Edmund J.,\\nImogen N., William M., May B., Myrtie V. and Ida\\nL. Those deceased are Albert and Eliza J. Mr.\\nMyers is a decided adherent of the Greenback party\\nand has held positions of trust in his township.\\nVA\\nWM\\ntames Myers, farmer, section 23, Barton\\nTownship, was born in Monroe Co., N. Y.,\\n.W^ July 12, 1846. His father, William Myers,\\nwas born in England, and his mother, Eliza\\nAnn (Davis) Myers, was a native of New York.\\nThe parents came to Adrian, Lenawee Co.,\\nMich., in t834, afterwards removed to Hastings,\\nBarry County, and in r879 made a permanent settle-\\nment in Newaygo County.\\nMr. Myers continued under tlie supervision of his\\nfather until he was 18 years old. When the civil\\nwar broke out he was but 15 years of age and was in\\nevery way ]jrecluded from adding his young strength\\nand enthusiasm to the tide that flowed toward the\\nscenes of conflict. But the war continued to drag its\\nweary and painful length along until the summer of\\n1864, when he enrolled in defense of the Union flag.\\nHe enlisted Aug. 10, 1864, in Co. E. 3d Mich. Vol.\\nInf and served until his regiment was mustered out,\\nSept. 19, 1865. He was in the corps commanded by\\nden. Thomas, and was in the actions at Decatur,\\nFranklin and Stone River. He returned to his\\nfather s home and again became a farmer. In 1867\\nhe came to Newaygo County and established him-\\nself on 40 acres of land, where he has since ex-\\npended his time and energies to good purix)se,\\nill putting his farm under substantial improvements.\\nohn Cole, Postmaster at Fremont, was born\\nin Hillsdale Co., Mich., Feb. 23, 1849.\\nHis parents, John and Anna (Searles) Cole,\\nwere natives of New York and Pennsylvania,\\n^C^ respectively. They moved to Hillsdale, where\\nthey still reside. The subject of this sketch at-\\ntended the common schools until iS years of age,\\nthen came to Newaygo County, settling in Hesperia,\\nwhere he built a saw-mill and operated it one year.\\nHe exhanged his mill for a farm, which he carried on\\nfor three years, and in 1872 sold it and opened a\\nhardware store in Fremont. He carries a stock of\\nabout $6,000, and is doing a heavy business.\\nMr Cole was married in Fremont, April 23, 1871,\\nto Hannah, daughter of James D. Barks, and they\\nhave one child, Frank, born April 10, 1882. Mr.\\nCole was appointed Postmaster of Fremont Feb. 23,\\n1883: has held the office of Township and Village\\nTreasurer several years; is a member of the Masonic\\nOrder, and in politics is a Republican.\\n2!j|3|tt eroy Randall,\\nfarmer, section 11, Barton\\nli L!gJ Township, was born in Wisconsin, Sept. 16,\\niJp^T 1 85 2. His father. Earl D. Randall, was\\nt)i(j born in Vermont and died while in the service\\nA, of the United States during the war of the Re-\\nbe lion. His mother, Charlotte (Strong) Ran-\\ndall, was a native of Nova Scotia. S^\\nMr. Randall came to Michigan with his parents in\\n1853. They resided for a time in Lamont, Ottawa\\nCounty, removing in i860 to Newaygo County. The\\nson was reared principally on a farm and has made\\nI\\nc", "height": "2819", "width": "2254", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph11chic_0284.jp2"}, "285": {"fulltext": "N-EIVAYGO COUNTY.\\nagriculture the business of his life. His homestead\\ncontains 44^ acres, and is a fair sample of a farm in\\nNorthern Michigan. Mr. Randall was married in\\n1875, to Alvira, dauglitet of (irantson L. and Nancy\\n(Barber) Hall. Her parents were born in Connecti-\\ncut. Mrs. Randall was born Sept. 2, 1855. The\\nthree children of the family were born as follows:\\nEarl Grantson, Sept. 14, 1876; Ina Bell, Feb. 11,\\n1878; and Oakley R., July 4, 1881.\\n^SlMJh*^\\n^red Marshall, merchant, Fremont, is a son\\nUli Ji of Alfred and Orelena (Wade) Marshall,\\nof Scotch and Irish nativity, and was born\\nin Maine, Nov. ii, 1850. He lived in Maine\\n-^v^ and New Brunswick until 20 years of age, then\\nI came to Oceana Co., Midi., where he was\\nemployed in various mills and in lumbering till 1878,\\nwhen he came to Fremont, this county, and estab-\\nlished himself in general merchandise. His stock\\nconsists of groceries, provisions, boots and shoes,\\nand crockery, and he is doing a business of about\\n$15,000 annually. He was married Jan. 3, 1S78, in\\nShelby, Oceana County, to Mary, daughter of Robert\\nand Margaret Cole, who were natives of England\\nand Ireland respectively. They came to Canada in\\nan early day, where tlieir daughter Mary was born.\\nMr. and Mrs. Marshall have had two children:\\nFrank, born March 8, 1882; Ivin Letta, born Nov.\\n9, 1880, died Oct. 7, 1882. Mr. Marshall is a mem-\\nl)er of the Order of Chosen Friends, and in politics\\nis a National.\\nrville L. Smith, faruicr, section 12, Barton\\ny|| Township, was born .Vug. 6, 1849, in Madi-\\nson Co., N. Y. Hi: parents, Daniel 1). and\\nSylvia I,. (Chappell) Smith, were also natives\\nof that county, and resided tliere until the\\nmonth of April, 1865, vvlu-n they removed to\\nMichigan and fixed their residence at Crand Rapids\\nfor a time. In the winter of 1867 they came to Ne-\\nwaygo County, where they are still residing.\\nMr. Smith obtained his education at the common\\nschools of Madison and Kent Counties, and was bred\\nto the calling of a farmer. He accompanied his\\nparents to this county and continued as an assistant\\non the home farm until he was 22 years old. He was\\nmarried Jan. 8, 187 i, to Lura, daughter of Nelson\\nand Areanda (Bissell) Phelps, born in the State of\\nNew Vork, July 23, 1853. Her parents were also\\nnatives of the Empire State and settled in Michigan\\nin the spring of 1867. Her father is yet living; her\\nmother died Feb. i, 1875. Mr. and Mrs, Smith\\nhave four children, born in the following order\\nOrville A., Jan. 19, 1S73; Daniel 1)., June 3, 1S75;\\nI.ura M., Jan. 23, 1877 Bertha I Nov. 18, 1880.\\nMr. Smith is a Prohibitionist in political attitude;\\nhimself and wife belong to the M. E. Church. He is\\nthe proprietor of 40 acres of land, tnider fair improve-\\nments.\\nVk\\n-5\u00e2\u0080\u0094 VV^^Ph-^^^-V\\nfl B ^f^ elviu W. Scott, section 6, Dayton lowii-\\n:,-i\u00c2\u00a33hj.- ship, is a son of Samuel and Rhoda (Judd)\\nM1 3 Scott, and was born in T^eroy, Genesee\\n^A Co., N. y., June 16, 1829. His parents\\ni\\nwere natives of Berkshire Co., Mass., were\\nmarried in that State, and removed to Genesee\\nCo., N. Y., in 18 14. His father was a tailor by trade\\nand followed this occupation during his life. He\\ndied in Hartford, Conn., whither he had gone for his\\nhealth. His wife removed to Oakland Co., Mich.,\\nand lived with her children until her deatii.\\nMelvin VV. attended the common schools of iiis\\nnative State until 18 years of age. He then worked\\non a farm by the month until he was 21 years of age,\\nwhen he came to Michigan and lived in Oakland\\nCounty, where he was engaged in farming and teach-\\ning school about three years. He then removed to\\nOttawa County and purchased 80 acres of \\\\vild land.\\nThis he imjiroved during the summer season and\\ntauglit school winters for three years. In the sjjring\\nof 1856 he sold his farm and located t6o acres of\\nland on section 6, Dayton Township, tliis county, un-\\nder the Graduation Act. The season following he\\nmoved his family to Newaygo, and in the spring of\\n1857 settled upon his new farm, where he still re-\\nsides.\\nMr. Scott was married in i ontiac, Oaklanil o.,\\nA\\nV/\\ne\\nI\\n^*f^-\\n^A ^op:^:iiD", "height": "2831", "width": "2211", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph11chic_0285.jp2"}, "286": {"fulltext": "^i\\nT\\ntmmh r\\nr^^-^i-i\\nA\\n278\\nNEWAYGO COUNTY.\\nMich Nov. 3, 1852, to Martha M., daughter of Na-\\nthaniel and Mary Collins, natives of Massachusetts\\nand New York, respectively, and she was born in\\nRochester. N. Y., Nov. 9, 1829. Mr. and Mrs. Scott\\nhave had four children. He has formerly been iden-\\ntified with the Republican party, but of late years\\nsympathizes with the National party.\\n.ohn Barks, farmer, section _^2, Dayton\\n1^^ Township, is a son of John D. and Sophia\\nC. (Cool) Barks, and was born in Marion\\nCo., Ohio, July 20, 1843. His parents were\\nIL natives of Oiiio, and moved to La Grange Co.,\\nInd., when John was but two years old, and\\nlived there until they came to Michigan.\\nJohn Barks, the subject of this sketch, came to\\nMuskegon in 1865, and worked there and at other\\nplaces for three years. In 1867 he moved upon his\\nfarm of 80 acres, which he had previously pur-\\nchased, and now has 60 acres in good cultivation.\\nIn the winter of 1872 he married Emeline Palmer,\\nwho died Sept. 20, 1876; in 1878 he married Helen,\\nsecond daughter of Smith and Mary (Ellsworth) Mc-\\nDonald, a native of Canada. Their two children\\nare Americus and Camalena. In August, 1862, Mr.\\nB. enlisted in the looth Ind. Vol. Inf. and sefved\\nnearly three years, in the 4th Division of the t^th\\n.Vmiy Corps, under Sherman, participating in the\\nengagements at Vicksburg, .Atlanta, Chattanooga\\nand in the marcli to the sea; and was present at\\nthe capture of Ri hmond. He was in a great many\\nengagements, liut never received even the slightest\\nwound.\\nc\\nM\\n^sahel Bisard, farmer, section 26, .Ashland\\nTownship, was born iu Medina Co., Ohio.\\nA[)ril 5, 1825, and is a son of Philip and Bet-\\nsey (Rush) Bisard. The parents were natives\\nof Pennsylvania, of Dutch extraction.\\nMr. Bisard was chiefly employed upon his\\nlather s farm until he was 16 years old. On arriving\\nat that age he went to Green Co., Pa., and ap-\\nprenticed himself to his uncle, Daniel Rush,tolearn\\nthe mason s trade. On the completion of his time of\\nservice he returned to his native county, where he\\nfound plenty of occupation in the various de])art-\\nments of his trade. He was married Oct. 10, 1845,\\nto Emily, daughter of Joseph and Mar)- (Jones) Sal-\\nisbury, born Sept. 15, 1825, in Orange Co., Vt. Her\\nparents removed in 1833 to Winstead, Cuyahoga\\nCo., Ohio, and later to Medina Co., Ohio, where she\\ngrew to womanhood.\\nAfter his marriage Mr. Bisard engaged a year in a\\ncabinet shop, after which he went to Erie County in\\nthe Buckeye State, and engaged in farming until the\\nsummer of 1S51, when they located in Grand Rap-\\nids. Mr. Bisard there pursued the business of mason\\nfor four years. In the spring of 1855 he settled on\\n80 acres in Ashland Township. It was in its orig-\\ninal condition, and he has now placed it in a very\\nfine state of cultivation, with a substantial farm res-\\nidence in process of constructioUi The other farm\\nbuildings are proportionately good, and among other\\nimprovements he takes a just pride in his orchard of\\n200 trees of choice selection of fruit.\\nMr. Bisard is a radical Democrat, and lioth him-\\nself and wife belong to the M. E. Church. Their\\nsix children were born as follows: Saniantha (see\\nsketch), Nov. 6, 1846; Franklin, Dec. 25, t847\\nPolly, July 22, 1850: Charles L., Jan. 14, 1855;\\nOrson, Aug. 27, 1862; and John, Jan. 27, 1864.\\n^-=4#=^..\\nI\\n4\\nS^b^\\nIf ohn Young, farmer, section 32, Sheridan\\nTownship, is a son of Brancrats and Bar-\\nbara (Classer) Young, natives of Germany\\nthe former is deceased and the latter is living\\nin Bridgeton Township, this county. He was\\n)orn in Germany, Nov. 6, 1833, and at 18\\nyears of age came to America. He first lived at\\nMuskegon for about six years, and in the fall of 1857\\ncame to Sheridan Township, this county, and pur-\\nchased 40 acres of wild land. He has since added\\nto his farm and now owns 240 acres, with over 100\\nacres under cultivation. He was married in Mus-\\nkegon, in 1853, to Barbara, daughter of John and\\nBarbara (Hooper) John, natives of .Austria, where she\\nalso was born in 1S31. .Mr. and Mrs. Young have\\nhad eight children, five surviving, namely Caroline\\nI,., Frederick, Mary E., John and \\\\\\\\illiam .A.\\nIn jwlitics, Mr. Young is a Republican.\\ni", "height": "2819", "width": "2254", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph11chic_0286.jp2"}, "287": {"fulltext": "^s/^\u00c2\u00ab )\u00c2\u00ab^rt-\\n-2(^^^\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0\u00e2\u0082\u00acr-Xiiin: Dti K\u00e2\u0080\u0094\\nNEWAYGO COUNTY.\\nONi\\n279\\nOOP\\nA\\nohn N. Bennett, farmer, section 2S, Shcri-\\nif dan l\\\\)\\\\vnshi|), was born in New N ork,\\nJune 15, 1842, and is a son of Elias and\\nAnnie M. (Vanderlioof) Bennett, natives also\\n^r of New Vor K. I liey settled in that State and\\nI afterward moved to IJranch Co., Mich., where\\nMrs. li. died; her luisband lives with his son John.\\nThe sid)ject of this notice came to Michigan when\\n21 years of age, and was engaged in fanning in\\nBranch County nine years. In the spring of 1872 he\\ncame to Newaygo County and bought 160 acres of\\nwild land in .Sheridan Township, where he now\\nresides and has about 50 acres under cultivation.\\nHe was married in Branch County, Feb. 22, 1872, to\\nMary E. From, a native of Pennsylvania, and they\\nare the parents of five children: Anna M., Ida K.,\\nMartha A., Jonathan E. and Julia E. In politics Mr.\\nBennett is a Republican.\\n^V\\nrC\u00c2\u00abPt\u00c2\u00ab^ClXi AAA\\n^?!-Jr-\\n.(;^ames F. Hart, Fremont, was born in Allen\\nCo., Ind., May 1, 1S40. His parents were\\nStephen and Hannah ((iillett) Hart, the\\nformer a native of Massachusetts and the\\nlatter of New York. Soon after their marriage\\nV they settled in Ohio, and then went to Allen\\nCounty, Ind., where they passed the remainder of\\ntheir days. J. F. lived at home until 22 years of\\nage, and then came to Muskegon. Mich., where he\\nlived 12 years, engaged in lumbering. He then\\nworked one year in Holton, same county, and in the\\nspring of 1S76 came to Newaygo County. He first\\nlocated at Worcester Station, where he lived abo.ut\\nseven months, and in the following fall came to Fre-\\nmont and engaged in the licpior business for (ieorge\\nSchweitzer one and a half years. He then went to\\nCroton, where he was engaged in the same business\\nabout eight months, and then returned to I lemont\\nand formed a partnership with Franklin M. Bowman,\\n^1^ under the name of Hart Bowman, for the pur-\\nix)se of carrying on the li(iuor trade. Two years\\nlater they added the livery business, and still\\ncarry them on together. In the spring of 1883 they\\nbegan the erection of a fine block, known as Music\\nHall, on North Division street, which is already\\ncompleted.\\nWhen .Mr. Hart connnenced business he had very\\nlittle means; but by industry and frugality, and close\\nattention to business, he has acquired a nice property.\\nHe was married in Allen Co., Ind., to Catharine\\nCope, a native of Pennsylvania, and they have had\\nseven children, six of whom are living Joseph Y..\\nFrank, Willie, Bertie, Jack and Mortimer Eugene\\ndied when 9 months old. Politically, Mr. Hart is a\\nDemocrat.\\n=e*-\\n-^f, ohn Miller, farmer, section 21, Sheridan\\nTownship, is a son of Peter Miller, a native\\nof Sweden, and was born in that country in\\nJune, 1837. He came to America in 1864 and\\n^L went directly to Illinois, where he lived two\\nand a half years engaged in farming, then\\ncame to Muskegon, Michigan and worked in mills\\nand on the railroad till the fall of 1876. He\\nthen came to Newaygo County and purchased 120\\nacres of land, to which he has since added 40 more,\\nand now has about 50 acres under tillage. He was\\nmarried in Sweden, Dec. 31, 1859, to Ida Peterson, a\\nnative of that country. They have had nine children,\\nseven of whom are living: Peter M., Charles J., Otto\\nA., Ida D., Jennie O., Hilma M. and Emily E. In\\npolitics he is a Republican.\\nv-eorge W. Packard, larmcr, section 27,\\nj^ Dayton Township, was born in New York,.\\nglir* Oct. 15, I S3 1. His parents, Alanson and\\nt h .Abigail (Oraham) Packard, were residents ol\\nI that State for a number of years. The\\nmother died there, and the father afterward moved\\nto Ohio for a few years, then came to .Michigan, first\\nsettling in Wayne CouiUy and subseiiuently in\\nHillsdale, where he died. George passed the first\\nten years of his life in his native State, and came to\\nOhio with his father, where he. attended school and\\nk^\\nr\\nf\\n-^o^^ ^HK^^D!l: :Dtls", "height": "2831", "width": "2211", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph11chic_0287.jp2"}, "288": {"fulltext": "\u00e2\u0080\u00a2rr\\n^^DI1 CDD^\\n.XE WA Y GO CO UXT Y.\\nf\\nA\\nV\\nworked on a farm. In the fall of 1849 he left\\nHuron County and walked to Detroit, this State,\\ntaking five days for the journey. He remained in\\nWayne County the following winter, engaged in\\nchopping and logging, and in the spring of 1850\\nwalked to Hillsdale County. Here he worked on a\\nfarm till the spring of 1866, when he came with his\\nfamily to this county and purchased 80 acres of wild\\nland in Dayton Township, and built a frame house\\nwhich he now occupies. He afterward added 80\\nacres to his original purchase, then sold half of his\\nfarm, so that he now owns So acres, 40 of which are\\nunder cultivation.\\nIn Litchfield, Hillsdale County, Aug. 27, 1856,\\n.Mr. Packard married Mary, eldest daughter of C. C.\\nand Cornelia (Smitii) Waldo, the former a native of\\nNew York, and the latter of Vermont they moved\\nto Litchfield, where the mother died the father still\\nresides there. Mr. and Mrs. Packard have had\\neight children: Carrie E., born May 21, 1857 Her-\\nbert E., April 10, i860; Dora A., June 12, 1863;\\nLillie A., Aug. 27, 1864; Mertie E., April 22, 1869;\\n.\\\\nnie A., March 27, 187 i Frank W., born April 20,\\n1858, died April 28, 1859 May born .Sept. 12,\\n1867, died in March, 1868.\\nMr. Packard was Commissioner of Highways for\\nDayton Township two years, and School Director\\ntwo years. Himself and wife are active members of\\ntiie M. E. Church, and he is a Republican.\\n\\\\f\\nI\\n(3)\\nf,^ A. Westbrook, farmer, section 16, Day-\\nton Township, is a son of Peter and Fan-\\nny (Marble) Westbrook, and was born in\\nCuyahoga Co., Ohio, March 29, 1837. His\\nparents were natives of New Jersey and New\\nYo k, respectively. They came to Michigan in\\nan early day and settled in Kalamazoo County,\\nwhere they were engaged in farming, and where they\\ndied.\\nMr. Westbrook was only one year old when his\\nparents came to Michigan. He remained at home\\nuntil the death of his father, since which time he has\\nbeen obliged to care for himself He came from\\nKalamazoo County to Newaygo County in the fall of\\n1867 and bought 80 acres of school land on section\\n16, Dayton Township, where he has since lived and\\nnow has 50 acres in cultivation.\\nDec. 31, 1865, in Kalamazoo, he married Cinder-\\nella J., daughter of Myron and Rachel Harrington,\\nwho was born in Kalamazoo County, Nov. 7, 1843.\\nHer parents were natives of the State of New York\\nand came to Kalamazoo County in the fall of 1843.\\nMr. Westbrook enlisted Oct. 10, 1861, in the 13th\\nMich. Inf and served until the close of the war.\\nHe was in the batdes of Shiloh, Stone River, Corinth,\\nChickamauga, Bentonville, N. C, and numerous\\nothers. He was wounded in the arm at the battle ol\\nChickamauga, and again in the thigh at the battle of\\nBentonville. On account of his first wound he was\\nunal)le to do service for tliree months, and was laid\\nup four months by reason of the second wound. He\\nwas honorably discharged at Detroit, Mich. Since\\nthat time he has followed farming, excepting two\\nyears, when he was engaged in teaming. He re-\\nceives a pension. Politically he is a Republican.\\nHis children, by his present wife, are: James W.,\\nborn Dec. 8, 1869; Amanda L., April 6, 1875 Laura\\nM., Dec. 12, 1876; Mabel A., April 12, 1882. Myron\\nD. died at the age of 18 months. Mr. Westbrook\\nhad one child by a previous marriage, William P.,\\nborn March 14, 1S60.\\nV^\\n^amuel W. Peterson, Justice of the Peace\\n^JlC and farmer, section 27, Ashland Township,\\n{vt-; was born Sept. 5, 1834, in Prince Edward\\nV^ Co., Prov. of Ont., and is a son of Col. Sam-\\nuel and Margaret (Loyst) Peterson. His par-\\nents were natives of the Dominion of Canada,\\nwhere his father was a citizen of distinction. He\\nwas for 30 years a Magistrate, under the Provincial\\nlaw that required a subject to be worth 500 pounds\\nsterling in order to be eligible to the appointment,\\nand in 1856 he was appointed Colonel of the Cana-\\ndian militia and held the post as long as he lived.\\nMr. Peterson remained in Canada, associated with\\nhis father, 30 years. He was educated principally at\\nVictoria College, Coburg, Ont., and afterward studied\\none term at the Provincial Normal School at Toron-\\nto, to fit himself for teaching in the public schools,\\nwhich profession he has followed for 12 years. In\\n1856 he was appointed Adjutant, under his father,\\nand discharged the duties of the position four years.\\nA\\nr\\nI", "height": "2819", "width": "2254", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph11chic_0288.jp2"}, "289": {"fulltext": "", "height": "2831", "width": "2211", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph11chic_0289.jp2"}, "290": {"fulltext": "V -y\\n^^C^^^lt:^^.:..^", "height": "2819", "width": "2254", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph11chic_0290.jp2"}, "291": {"fulltext": "7\\nf\\nA\\nV\\ns\\nI\\nNEIVAYGO COUNTY.\\n28 I\\nIn the summer of 1864 he came to Michigan and\\nlocated on section 27 of Ashland Township, where he\\nliurcliased 25 acres of land for a homestead. On\\ncoming to the ount)- of Newaygo, he engaged two\\nterms in teaching, since which lie has devoted himself\\nto farming, and the business pertaining to his ap-\\niwintment as Agent of the State Board of Correction\\nand Charities at Lansing and Coldwater. He was\\nappointed by the Government as C ens\\\\is Enumera-\\ntor for the township of Ashland in 18S0, and made\\nout his returns according to law.\\nMr. Peterson was married July 22. 1864, to Sa-\\nmantha J., daughter of John and Eunice Redick, of\\nAshland Township. The parents were natives of\\nNew York, and early in life removed to Ontario,\\nCan., where the daughter was born, and resided with\\nher parents until she was 23 years of age, when her\\nfamily settled in Ashland Township.\\nMr. and Mrs. Peterson have had four children\\nall are living and were born as follows George,\\nApril r3, 1865 Walter S., July i 2, i8fi6 Carrie and\\nHarty (twins), July 22, 1868. Mr. Peterson is a Re-\\npublican in politics, and in 1871 was appointed Post-\\nmaster of Lake. Mrs. Peterson died April 3, 1S73,\\nand Mr. Peterson again contracted marriage July 17,\\n1873, with Mrs. Irene Applegarth, widow of the late\\nDr. Applegarth. She was born Aug. 7, 1S28, near\\nLondon, Middlesex Co., Ont.\\n-r?\u00c2\u00ab\u00e2\u0080\u0094\\n\u00e2\u0080\u00a2-..v\\nohn Jernstadt, dealer in dry goods, gro-\\nceries, provisions, flour, feed, etc., at Wood-\\nville, was born in Sweden, Aug. 29, 1S47,\\nand is the son of Phar Jansen and Christina\\n(Olsen) Jernstadt, both natives of Sweden and\\nbelonging to the agricultural class of that\\ncountry.\\nMr. Jernstadt came to the United States in 1871,\\nand went to Chicago, coming thence to Grand Haven.\\nHe next went to Allegan County, where he worked\\non the railroad. His next remove was to Grand\\nRapids, to enter the employ of the G. R. L R. R.\\nCo., where he remained but a short time. He passed\\na year in the service of the Flint Pere Marquette\\nRailroad, and then came to Woodville and established\\nhimself as at present. He founded his business at\\nthis point in 1878, and was the first to engage in the\\ntrade, in which he is obtaining satisfactory results.\\nHe was married in April, 1883, to Anna C. Benson,\\na native of Denmark. She was born in Denmark in\\n1S5S, a daughter of P.enjamin and Christina Nelson.\\n[j^ornelis Mulder, proprietor of saw-null, Fre-\\n:L^ mont, was born in Holland, July 30, 1826.\\nHis parents. Jacobus and Tryntje (EUenga)\\nv^ Mulder, were also natives of Holland, where\\nthe motlier died; the father then came to this\\ncountry to live with his children, and died at\\nthe advanced age of 85 years. Mr. Mulder left his\\nnative country at the age of 21, in comiiany with an\\nelder brother, and came to America. They landed\\nin New York and came immediately to Grand Haven,\\nMich., spending the first winter at Perrysburg. He\\nlived several years at Mill Point, now known as\\nSpring Lake, where he was employed in and about a\\nsaw-mill. He then lived with his brother nearly two\\nyears, when he returned to Spring Lake and was en-\\ngaged in carpentry one season, then went to Mus-\\nkegon. In the spring of 1855 he went to the\\nNorthern Peninsula and hel|)e l build a saw-mill, and\\nin the fall of the same year again returned to Spring\\nLake. In the spring of 1856 he went to Muskegon\\nand helped build L. G. Mason s first mill, and re-\\nmained at Muskegon until 1861, then built a store\\nand engaged in general merchandise, doing a heavy\\nbusiness for ten years. In 1872 he sold out, and the\\nyear following was engaged in settling up his affairs.\\nIn the fall of 1873 he moved his family to Fremont,\\nwhere he had previousiy erected a saw-mill and\\noperated until the spring of 1881, when the mill\\nwas destroyed by tire. He at once rebuilt the saw\\nand shingle mill but not the planing-mill, and again\\ncommenced operations. This mill has a capacity of\\n15 to 20,000 feet daily.\\nMr. Mulder was first married in Muskegon, Mich.,\\nto Fannie Coahoma Langley, a native of Pennsylva-\\nnia, where she was born July 10, 1S49, and they had\\none child, William C, born June 25, 187 i, and died\\nSept. 3, 1871. Aug. 25, T871, Mrs. Mulder died,\\nv:^\\nA\\nKy\\nr\\n^1^^^^^\\n^^f^ ^^^-^(larornnv^-^-\\n,\u00c2\u00abB3)J,a5sJ^,", "height": "2831", "width": "2211", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph11chic_0291.jp2"}, "292": {"fulltext": "282\\nV/ilVAVGO\\ni\\nI\\ns\\n1\\n^i\\nCOUNTY.\\nand in 1873 Mr. Mulder married Jane Simpson, a\\nnative of Indiana. Mr. M. has been a member of\\nthe Council of Fremont two years, and in politics is\\na Republican. We give his portrait in this Album.\\n4##\\nl^ylvanus Reed, deceased, was a native of\\nOhio, and a son of James and Nancy Ann\\nReed. He came to Michigan in 1849, and\\nsettled in Newaygo County, where he pur-\\nchased 40 acres of land, and afterward added\\n120 acres, besides a tract of pine land. This\\nland he sold, and bought 280 acres. He sold a por-\\ntion of this, and at the time of his decease owned\\n160 acres of land, in Dayton Township, over a 100\\nacres being improved. He was married in this\\ncounty June 3, 1849, to Harriet Barnhard, who was\\na native of Sandusky Co., Ohio, and they have had\\n13 children, viz.: Emily, Francis W., Louisa J.,\\nMary E., Sarah F., Susan M., Oliver E., Olive L.,\\nIda M., Stephen S. and Carrie B.; David F. and\\nLucy are deceased.\\nMr. Reed was Township Treasurer for several\\nyears. He died Sept. 7, 1881. Mrs. Reed still re-\\nsides on the farm, a portion of which she cultivates.\\nft^^ evi W. King, Attorney and Justice of the\\nf^Jit Peace, Hesperia, was born in Orange Co.,\\n1* Vermont, Feb. 28, 1833. His parents\\nwere Nathaniel and Almira (Bean) King,\\nnatives of New England, who moved to Ionia\\nCo., Mich., where they died at the advanced\\nages of 84 and 76, respectively. When he was\\nthree years of age his parents moved to Washington,\\nOrange Co., Vt., where he received a fair education\\nin the common schools also attended Barrie Acad-\\nemy. At the age of 21 he commenced life for him-\\nself. He first came to St. Joseph County, this State,\\nand settled at Three Rivers, where he followed his\\ntrade, thnt of cabinet-maker, which he had jireviously\\nlearned in Chelsea, Vermont, where he had been ap-\\nprenticed to a Mr, Cross.\\nJune I, 1857, he married Mary E. Finch, and they\\nsettled in Jones Co., Iowa, where he worked on a farm\\nand taught school. Hethen moved to Hastings, Mich.,\\nand worked at his trade until 1863, thence to Kent\\nCounty, remaining a short time, thence to Mecosta\\nCounty, where he worked on a farm till 1874, then\\nmoved to Hesperia, this county, where he has since\\nresided. They have had six children Ada A.,\\nborn Sept. 20, 1S58; Frank W., Sept. 26, 1863;\\nArchie V., Sept. 8, 1873; Henry H., born in\\nAugust, i860, died in October, 1862 El-\\nmer E., born April 14, 1862 died in Octo-\\nber, 1S62; Fannie, born in August, 1868, died in\\nDecember, 1869. Mr. King is a member of the\\nI. O. G. T. is Justice of the Peace and Notary Pub-\\nlic. In jiolitics he is a Prohibitionist.\\nustus Giles, farmer, section 16, Ashland\\nTownship, was born in Essex Co., N. Y.,\\n^M^ Feb. 8, 1845, and is a son of John and Cynthia\\n(Finch) Giles. The father was of English de-\\nscent, the mother of a line of ancestors directly\\ntraceable to the C olonial Puritans, and was\\na daughter of a captain in the war of the Revolution.\\nThe parents of Mr. Giles removed in his boyhood\\nto St. Joseph Co., Ind., where he was reared and ed-\\nucated. He came to Michigan in the summer of\\ni860 and engaged as a lumberman. In 1861 he lo-\\ncated in Bridgeton Township, this county, remaining\\nuntil Feb., 1866. He was married in Bridgeton, Nov.\\n8, 1863, to Elizabeth J., daughter of William and\\nPolly (Bigsby) Wl.ictington. Her parents are of mixed\\nScotch-Irish and English descent, and are living in\\nMuskegon County. Mrs. Giles was born April i,\\n1847, in Niagara Co., N. Y., and came to Eaton Co.,\\nMich., when she was eight years old, and soon after\\nto Kent County, where she received her education.\\nLater she came to Bridgeton.\\nIn the month of February, 1865, Mr. Giles entered\\ninto a contract with the United States Government\\nto manage a supfily train at St. Joseph, Mo., which\\nposition he filled until July following. He had\\npreviously purchased his present farm, consisting of\\n40 acres of land, and at the date last mentioned he\\nlocated thereon. He has put nearly the entire tract\\nV\\nr\\n^\u00e2\u0096\u00a0^mnm^\\n4^^^", "height": "2819", "width": "2254", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph11chic_0292.jp2"}, "293": {"fulltext": "T :DIl^Dllr T\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0^i ^^fesr\\n-\u00c2\u00ab*^^re-;\\nXEWAYGO COUNTY.\\n=S3\\nunder improvements and erected good and substan-\\ntial farm buildings. Mr. Giles is a Democrat in\\niwlitical faith, but is not of the demagogue order. He\\nbelongs to the Order of Odd Fellows, being con-\\nnected with Lodge No. 362, at Ashland Center.\\nThe children are: Frank, born Aug. 13, 1H64;\\nLizzie, May S, 1S66; Ettie, Jan. 31, 1873.\\nV\\nAiajzia^s^-^\\n5?4\u00e2\u0080\u0094 -/\u00c2\u00aeS^l/^|^r^r^v\u00e2\u0080\u00a2\\njharles Monroe, farmer, section 3, Dayton\\nTownship, is a son of Philetus and Mary\\nA. (Larkins) Monroe, and was born in Sum-\\nmit Co., Ohio, January 26, 1847. His par-\\nents moved to the State of New York, and\\nafterward to Michigan. In the spring of\\n1864, his father purchased 160 acres of land, which\\nCharles assisted in cultivating. This farm is now\\nowned by T. C. Grundy.\\nIn Dayton Township, Nov. 9, 1S73, he married\\nKate, daughter of Lyman and Mary Britton. Their\\nchildren are: Charles B,, \\\\Villie R., Georgie F. and\\nOra B. Mr. Monroe is a Republican.\\nE dward H.\\nGoodwell\\nnationality,\\nHertzer, fanner, section 34,\\nTownship, is a Prussian in\\nbeing born in the province of\\nSa.\\\\ony. Feb. 26, 1836. His parents, John\\nGodfrey and Caroline (Hall) Hertzer, were\\nboth natives of Saxony.\\nVVlien he was 15 years of age Mr. Hertzer can\\\\e\\nto the United States, landing at the port of New\\nYork and residing five months on Long Island. He\\nproceeded at the end of that time to Pennsylvania,\\nand two years later returned to the Empire State,\\nlocating in Erie County, about one mile east of the\\ncity of Buffolo. Eight months afterward he came to\\nLivingston Co., Mich., where he resided until 1S72,\\nin which year he settled on section 34, Big Prairie,\\n(now Goodwell) Township. He entered a claim\\nunder the Homestead .Act, of 120 acres of land, all\\nX, in a state (jf nature, and within si.x years placed 75\\nacres in first-class agricultural condition, with good\\nbuildings and other creditable improvements. He is\\na cooper by trade and naturally apt in the use of\\ntools. He is a Protestant in religious belief and\\npractically neutral in political proclivities.\\nMr. Hertzer was married in Livingston Co., Mich.,\\nin .\\\\ugust, 1863, to Barbara Thumser. She was\\nborn in Germany, March 22, 1836, and was the\\ndaughter of Nicholas and Catherine Thumser, both\\nGernaans by nativity. Of six children born of this\\nmarriage five are living. Following are the names\\nof all Hannah, Edward, John, Charlie, Emma,\\nLouie. The mother died April 25, 1874, leaving her\\nsix children, the oldest of whom was 14 years old\\nand the youngest eight months. The eldest daugh-\\nter has since deceased, inflicting another irreparable\\nloss.\\nm\\nTlipft? enry H. Fellows, farmer, section 24, Ash-\\ni lvj; land Township, was born in Allegany Co.,\\nN. Y., Dec. 16, 1840. His parents, Erastus\\n(h and Ruth (Smith) Fellows, were natives of\\nNew York and New Jersey, and came West to\\nI Ohio when the son was in infancy, locating in\\nSeneca County. The father died in 1846, and the\\nson soon after became master of his own fortunes.\\nand passed his earliest years in employment suitable\\nto his tender age. At 14 he engaged as a farm\\nlaborer by the month, and continued thus to operate\\nuntil the fall of i860, when he came to Michigan, and\\na year later secured 80 acres of Government land,\\nwhich has since been in his possession.\\nHe enhsted March 31, 1864, in the 27th Mich.\\nVol. Inf Co. E., and was attached to the army of the\\nPotomac, under Col. Fox. He was in every engage-\\nment from that at Spottsylvania to the surrender of\\nLee s army. In August, 1864, he was attached to\\nthe command of the forces engaged in the destruction\\nof the VVeldon railroad, and was struck in the\\nleft side by a minie ball, which passed entirely\\nthrough a song book in a pocket opportunely placed,\\nand imbedded itself midway in a copy of the New\\nTestament, which he also carried. He sustained no\\ninjury beyond the shock of concussion and a cracked\\nrib. He was honorably discharged Aug. 9, 1861;.\\nHe returned to .Ashland Township and busied him-\\nc\\ns\\nA\\n-rr:^\\nM-Wi^.W^\\n-i-^\\nr\\nr\\nI\\nJ", "height": "2831", "width": "2211", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph11chic_0293.jp2"}, "294": {"fulltext": "-;^V D[l :illlv r-=\\nXEIVAYGO COUNTY\\nxV\\nself in improving his property, being the first man to\\nTiJ cut timber on the section where he is located. He\\npassed the summers in farm labors and during the\\ni winters engaged in the lumber woods. He has also\\ni operated extensively in real estate, holding for spec-\\nulative purposes a comparatively large acreage. He\\nis a skillful and successful apiarist, having been en-\\ngaged in bee-culture three ears.\\nHe was married in Ashland, in 18O2, to Melissa,\\ndaughter of ApoHos and Lucinda (Gibbs) Lambson.\\nShe was horn in Coldwater, Mich., and came to Ne-\\nwaygo County with her parents. The children of\\n.\\\\Ir. and Mrs. Fellows arc seven in number: Oramel\\nH., born May 5, 1864; Allen, June 29, 1866; Ancil,\\nJuly 15, 1868; Minnie M., May 21, 1870; Paulina\\nM., March 4, 1872; Aiwllos M., June 8, 1875; Ethel\\nL., Dec. II, 1882. Mr. Fellows is a decided Repub-\\nlican and himself and wife belong to tlie First-Day\\nAdventists.\\n4.\\nPrairie\\n814, in\\nlij^zra Coon, farmer, section 7, Big\\nTownship, was born June 30,\\nMalta, Saratoga Co., N. Y. His father,\\n..^1^ Jeremiah Coon, was of English lineage and was\\nborn in the town of Half Moon, Saratoga Co.,\\nN. Y., Aug. 31, 1785, and his mother, Sally\\n(Talmage) Coon, was a native of Malta, born about\\ni79i,of English parentage.\\nMr. Coon came to Michigan in 1833 and stayed\\none year at Trenton, Wayne County. Then he re-\\nturned to his native State and remained until 1837,\\nwhen he again came to Michigan and prepared for a\\npermanent settlement, by the inirchase of So acres\\nof land at Gibraltar, Wayne County, where he was\\ninterested in farming until 1847, when he sold his\\nfarm and removed to Piraiich County. He was a\\nresident of Coldwater, al)OUt 30 years, and in 187S\\ncame to Newaygo County. He bought his honie-\\ny^ stead of 87 acres of land and has since given his\\ntime and energies to its cultivation and improvement.\\nHe is an adherent of the principles and issues of the\\nNational party.\\nCaroline (Parks) Cofju was born at Chatham, (.0-\\nlumbia, Co., N. Y., Jan. 2, 1824. She is the daughter\\nof Jame H. and Sally (Rowland) Parks, both of\\nwhom were natives of New York. The father was\\nborn in 1793 and died Aug. lo, 1865. The mother\\nwas born about 1803, and died Sept. 19, 1876, in\\nLyons, Wayne Co., N. Y., where her husband died a\\nfew years earlier. Mr. and Mrs. Coon were married\\nJune 28, 1843, in Lyons, and have been the parents\\nof four children. They are James T., Frank P. and\\nWillis Fitch, living. .\\\\da AV., only daughter and\\ntliird child, is deceased.\\nohn W. Hewett, butcher and dealer in\\ngroceries and provisions, at Woodville, was\\nCayuga Co., N. Y., Feb. 16, 1837,\\ni. and is the son of George W and Mary (Farley)\\nyi Hewett, natives of the State of New York.\\nMr. Hewett was educated in the common\\nschools and was principally reared on a farm, hi\\n1880 he came to Newaygo County and entered into\\nhis present occupation at Woodville. His business\\nhas grown extensive and profitable, including a large\\nsection of the surrounding country, where he supplies\\nthe numerous lumiier camijs.\\nHe was married in 1 85 7, to Hannah C, daughter\\nof .Stephen G. and Esther (Cone) March. She was\\nborn in Ontario Co., N. Y., and of her marriage to\\nMr. Hewett five children have been born: Ralph W.,\\nFlora, Charles, Etta and Mary. Leslie and Geroula\\nare deceased.\\nIn political affairs Mr. Hewett is a Republican.\\nntasisi/\u00c2\u00ae^^\\n.^^iiusmv.\\neorge B. Jones, farmer, section 15, liarloii\\nTownship, was born in Tioga Co., N. Y.,\\nNov. 5, 1S45, and is a son of James and\\nSophronia (Stanton) Jones. His father was\\nborn Oct. 15, 1805, in Broome Co., N. Y., and\\nwas, by calling, a wagon-maker. In 1857 he\\nlocated in Big Rapids, Mecosta County, and there\\nfollowed his occupation until his death, which occur-\\nred May 8, 1881. The mother was a native of\\nTioga Co., N. Y., and died Feb. 14, 1857. The\\nI\\nA\\nI\\n-K-^D!] :dd- -?^^-^5f^X^", "height": "2819", "width": "2254", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph11chic_0294.jp2"}, "295": {"fulltext": "erKv^D n li U r\\nNEWAYGO COUNTY.\\nZi^^^i:^\\n4^^^\\nA\\n5\\nV\\ns\\nfamily were among the early settlers of Mecosta\\nCounty.\\nMr. Jones obtained his elementary education at\\nthe common schools, and was afterward a student at\\nWilliams College. He came to Mecosta County\\nJune 14, 1858, and for several years was variously\\nengaged. He enlisted at Newaygo, Feb. 22, 1862,\\nin the Third Mich. Cav., Co. E, Col. John K. Mis-\\nner, and was in the service until Marcli 22, 1866.\\nAmong the many actions in which he i)articipated\\nwere Farmington, Corinth, Hendersonville, Broom-\\nville. Bay Springs, Oxford, Coffeeville, Tallahatchie\\nRiver, Panola, Jackson, Tenn., where the rebels were\\nrouted and 300 stands of arms and 250 prisoners\\ncaptured. At the close of the war Mr. Jones re-\\nturned to Michigan, engaging as a land prospector.\\nIn 1869 he built a livery barn at Big Rapids, man-\\naged the business one year, and sold to Joseph Cook.\\nHe resumed his former pursuit of land-looker,\\nwhich has been his occupation since that period.\\nHe became a resident of Barton Township in 1873.\\nMr. Jones was mariied May 10, 1871, at Grand\\nRapids, to Mary, daughter of Francis and Mary\\n(Carrigan) Tower, a native of Toronto, Can., where\\nshe was born April 3, 1847. Following are the\\nnames of the five children of Mr. and Mrs. Jones:\\nJames F., Mary S., William Jolin E. and Char-\\nlotte. Mr. Jones is an adherent to the tenets of the\\nRepublican party.\\n;|i\\n^t^ *T-\u00c2\u00bb^\\nrank Whitney, meat market, Hcsperia,\\nwas born in Muskegon County, this .State,\\nMay 19, 1858. He is a son of Orin and\\ntMary E. (Cook) Whitney, natives of Ohio,\\n^j who emigrated to Kent County and then(e to\\nt Muskegon County, this State.\\nMr. Whitney lived at home and assisted his father\\non the farm, also attending school, until 1881. April,\\n19 of that year, he was married to Miss Addie,\\nI daughter of Robert and Anna (Hoffman) Robinson,\\nnatives of Scotland and Ohio respectively, and came\\nto Muskegon County, this State, where Addie was\\nborn Oct. 6, 1862, and where she received the ad-\\nvantages of a common-school education.\\n.\\\\fter his marriage, Mr. Whitney went to farming for\\nf:,\\nv\u00c2\u00bb\\nhimself, in Newfield Township, Oceana County, and\\nremained in that County until July, 1883, when he\\ncame to Hesperia, this county, and established a\\nmeat market, and where, by honest and fair deal-\\ning, he has gained the confidence of the i)eopleandis\\ndoing a good business.\\nBy their union they have had one child, Annie E.,\\nborn Sept. 24, 1882. Mr. Whitney is a member of\\nthe I. O. O. F. In politics he is a supporter of the\\nGreenback party.\\nussell Bush, tanner, and farmer on section\\n~vo^. 3^ Denver Township, is a son of John and\\n,i\\\\- Lydia (Amies) Bush, who were natives of\\nl\u00e2\u0080\u009eT Massachusetts, and direct descendants, on\\ny\\nI both sides, of the ancient Puritan families.\\nHe was born in Greenfield, Mass., April 2, 1803; and\\nwhen he was eight years old his parents moved to\\nAddison Co., Vermont, and settled on a farm, where\\nhe went to school until his i6th year, when he was rs\\napprenticed to Saxton Warner, a tanner in the town of v^\\nBristol, and served four years, or until the day he s=\\nwas 21 years old. He then left Bristol and worked\\nat his trade three years, when he emigrated to On-\\ntario, Can., locating in Beamsville, where he estab-\\nlished a bark tannery, which he operated five years.\\nHe afterward entered a tannery and saw-mill in the\\nvicinity of Toronto, which was destroyed by the over-\\nflowing of the river on which it was situated. Be-\\ncoming discouraged at his loss, he removed to the\\nvillage of Jordan, in the spring of 1842, near the\\ntown of St. Catharines, where he built a larger tan-\\nnery than any of the preceding ones, and carried\\non a more extensive business. He remained here until\\n1849, then returned to his old location, then known\\nas Port Credit, in the vicinity of Toronto, where he\\nconducted a large hotel until 1856. In the winter\\nof that year he came to Eaton County, this State,\\nsettling in the township of Vermontville, where he\\nworked a farm 14 years. In June, 1870, he came to\\nthis county and settled in Hesperia, and established\\na hardware store, in which he was engaged until 1880.\\nHe then moved upon a farm of 80 acres in Denver\\nTownship, which he had previously purchased, and\\nwhere he is now living a retired life.", "height": "2831", "width": "2211", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph11chic_0295.jp2"}, "296": {"fulltext": "X. 286\\n:25^\u00c2\u00a7^\\nI\\nt\\nNEWAYGO COUNTY.\\n-C\\nA\\nSept. I, 1 83 1, in Canada, Mr. Bush was married to\\nMiss Mary Stillwell, daughter of David and Nancy\\n(Lucas) Stillwell, natives of England, who was born\\nin New York city, Jan. 11, 181 1, and died July 14,\\n1883, leaving an aged husband and three children\\nto mourn her loss. She was a woman of powerful\\nintellect, kind and genial, and had won a large\\ncircle of friends. Their children are William S.,\\nborn July 28, 1832 Lewis, Oct. 10, 1834 Harmon\\nK., Sept. 6, 1836. In politics Mr. Bush is a Repub-\\nlican.\\neorge W. Bull, farmer, section 14, Ashland\\n,j. Township, was born in Washtenaw Co\\nMich., Jan. 9, 1833, and is a son of Daniel D.\\nand Catherine (Church) Rull, natives of New\\nYork. Mr. Rull came to Michigan in the fall\\nof 1 85 I and located in the village of Newaygo,\\nwhere he interested himself in the business of lum-\\nbering, in which he has operated to a considerable ex-\\ntent to the present date. He was engaged seven\\nyears with the celebrated lumber firm of Wilcox\\nCompany, of Chicago, acting as a scaler. In 1867\\nhe purchased 80 acres of land in Ashland Township,\\nall in heavy timber. He has devoted his efforts to\\nclearing and improving it since 1879, and now has\\n63 acres under cultivatioiv, with handsome residence\\nand substantial farm buildings.\\nMr. Rull is a Republican in politics, belongs to\\nLodge No. 254, I. O. O. F., at Newaygo, and rejoices\\nin affording to the observation of the public a fine\\nsample of the genus bachelor.\\n-5 ^^S| |^S\\niSlBJai obert Fisher, farmer, section i S, Big Prai-\\nrie Township, was l)orn Feb. 2, 1S37, in\\n_^ Oakland Co., Mich., and is the son of\\niV^ Christopher C. and Mary (Wilber) Fisher,\\nboth of whom were born near Saratoga Springs,\\nN. Y. Tlie father was born in January, 1792,\\nand was a soldier of the war of 1812. He was of\\nDutch lineage and died in Oakland County, in 1867.\\nI hc mother was l)()rn in 1801 and died in 1857, in\\nthe same county where her husband died ten years\\nlater. She was of New England Puritan descent.\\nThe family removed to Ann Arbor when the son\\nwas four years of age, going two years later to Ypsi-\\nlanti and thence to Holly, where they lived 18 years.\\nThe death of the mother occurred in 1857, which\\nevent disrupted the home circle. The place was\\nsold and Mr. Fisher set out for himself in life. He\\nhad spent some time working by the month and\\nlearned the cooper s trade, after which he worked at\\ncarpentry in order to perfect himself in the use of\\ntools. The spring following the death of his mother\\nhe came to Newaygo, where he established his home.\\nHe owns 100 acres of land, with 90 acres in ad-\\nvanced cultivation, with good and suitable buildings\\nand other improvements. He belongs to the Repub-\\nlican element in politics.\\nMary E. (Barton) Fisher, wife of Robert Fisher, is\\nthe daughter of Hon. James Barton of Big Prairie.\\n(See sketch). Their marriage occurred Sept. 26,\\n1861, in Big Prairie Township. Arthur Fisher,\\nadopted son, was liorn Aug. 29, 1866.\\nK-i44|i^.v\\nilliam H. Ostrom, farmer, Brooks Town-\\nship, section 15, was born March 25, 1837,\\nt^. U in Lima, N. Y. He is a son of Abram\\nand Jerusha (Porter) Ostrom. The father\\n^loH was born in 1794, of German origin, in the\\nState of New York, and died in 1838. The\\nmother was also a native of the Empire State, born\\nof English parentage in 1799, and died in 1873.\\nMr. Ostrom was an infant of nine months when his\\nfather died, and remained under the management\\nand care of his mother until he was 1 1 years old,\\nwhen he was confided to the control of a man named\\nNelson Wcllman, with whom he was to reside until\\nhe was i S years old. The contract was terminated\\ntwo years earlier, and, after working a season by the\\nmonth in his native .State, he came to Michigan, in\\n[854, being 17 years of age. He made a location in\\nLansing and operated there as a farm laborer until\\none year liefore the oiitbreak of the Southern Rebel-\\nlion, when he went to Conway, Livingston Co., Mich.\\nHe bei aine imbued with the si)irit which imi)elled\\ntiie Noitli to contend with the clement that iiad\\ny^-\\nC\\nSi/\\nI\\nJi.\\n^iia^^nn^\\nJLU^\\n.^^i:^^^\\n@g^", "height": "2819", "width": "2254", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph11chic_0296.jp2"}, "297": {"fulltext": "\u00c2\u00ab^S^-\u00c2\u00a3r^\\ni3%.vr-Gu: rrr^\\nrlltl :iinv r\\nXEWAYGO COUNTY.\\nA\\ndetermined to force disruption at all costs, and in\\nSeptember, 1861, he enlisted in Co. K, Nintli Mich.\\nVol. Inf., for three years or during the war. On the\\nrequisition for veterans being made, he res[X)nded,\\nand was discharged to re-enlist in December, 1863.\\nHe received his final discharge in September, 1865, at\\nJackson, Mich., and went to I-ansing and engaged in\\nfarming.\\nHe bought his farm in Brooks Township in\\n1879. It consisted of 80 acres of unimproved land,\\nof which 35 acres are now under cultivation. He\\nlias erected substantial farm buildings, and set out a\\nwell selected assortment of fruit-trees. In political\\nrelations Mr. Ostrom is a Republican, and he belongs\\nto Post Samuel Judd, G. R., at Newaygo.\\nMr. Ostrom was married Aug. 2, i860, at Lansing,\\nto Mary, daughter of Moses and Ruth R. (Wood)\\nGidley. She was born Aug. 2, 1844, in Ohio. Her\\nparents were born in the State of New York, hev\\nfather being of French descent and born Nov. 23,\\n1815, and died Dec. 10, 1866. Her mother is still\\nliving, at Grand Ledge, Mich. Clara B., Ida M.,\\nCharlie P. and William H., Jr., the four children born\\nto Mr. and Mrs. Ostrom, are all living.\\nlotham J. Hall, farmer and lumberman,\\nsection 25, Goodwell Township, was born\\nJuly 25, 1842, in Grand Rapids. His\\nfather, Jothani Hall, was born in Vermont in\\nand died in Big Prairie, in 1861. Dian-\\ntha (Garrett) Hall was born in 1807 in the\\nState of New York and survives her husband.\\nMr. Hall came witli his father s family from Kent\\nto Newaygo County in 1S53. He was 20 years of\\nage when his father died and remained on the home\\nfarm until he attained his majority. The winter\\nafter he became legally free to pursue his own inter-\\nests, he engaged in lumbering, which he has followed\\nwinters since. He united his business interests with\\nthose of his brother-in-law, Joseph Graham, and they\\nprosecuted the various departments of lumbering\\ntogether five years, and also owned land together.\\nMr. Hall eventually sold his landed interest to Mr.\\nGraham and bought 40 acres in Newaygo and 80\\nacres in Mecosta Counties. The two bodies of land\\nare adjoining and about 30 acres are under improve-\\nments. In political relations Mr. Hall is a Republi-\\ncan, has been Justice of the Peace and held otiier\\nminor offices.\\nHe was married Oct. 3, 1872, to P mma, daughter\\nof William and Permelia (Hancock) Jay. (See\\nsketch.) Mr. and Mrs. Hall have five children,\\nvi/,.: Florence I., Antoinette, Ambrose L., Bessie\\nMay and Rebina.\\nv^\\nohn H. Randall, farmer, section n. Bar-\\nton Township, was born March 13, 1854,\\n,,5^ in Ottawa Co., Mich., and is a son of Earl\\n-mf Douglass and Charlotte (Strong) Randall.\\nHis father was born in New York and.followed\\nthe pursuit of a carpenter most of the years\\nof his life. He located with his family near Grand\\nRapids, Mich., and was a resident there a number of\\nyears. Li 1857- lie came to Newaygo County and\\nentered a homestead claim of land in Barton Town-\\nship, when it was in a wild condition and no resi-\\ndents north of the point where Mr. Randall selected\\nhis farm. After locating his claim he went to Raven-\\nna, Muskegon County, and engaged as a builder\\nthere until 1859, when he returned to his farm. He\\nbecame a soldier of the war of the Southern Rebell-\\nion, enlisting in Co. A, 13th Mich. Vol. Inf., and was\\nunder Sherman while that general, with his daunt-\\nless soldiers, was marching through to Georgia. At\\nSavannah he was seized with the dreadful camp\\ndiarrhea and died Dec. 21, 1864. His wife is a na-\\ntive of Pennsylvania and now resides at Paris, Me-\\ncosta County.\\nMr. Randall of this sketch obtained a good ele-\\nmentary education in the common schools of Otta-\\nwa County, and afterward went to the union school at\\nLamont. He was engaged one term in teaching and\\nthen spent a year in study at the Agricultural Col-\\nlege at Lansing. He again engaged in teaching, in\\nwhich employment he spent seven terms in the ag-\\ngregate. In 1874 himself and a brother returned to\\nthe farm and entered upon the work of clearing and\\nimproving.\\nMr. Randall was married April 15, 1877, to Mary\\nLouisa, daughter of Grantson and Nancy (Barber)\\ns\\nA\\nr\\n4\\n^^:na^:iii]r\\n^A\\n*!r)-\\n-f^^^", "height": "2831", "width": "2211", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph11chic_0297.jp2"}, "298": {"fulltext": "Mi\\nTi\\nI\\nt\\nJ-\\n^^^^ffy\u00c2\u00bb-\\n:/if^Sr\\n-r ^llIl :DIlv v\\n-2S\u00e2\u0082\u00ac^2\\n88\\nNEWAYGO COUNTY\\ni\\nPv\\nHall. Their children were born as follows Charles\\nA., Jan. 12, 1878; Ehiier, Oct. 20, 1880; Edith Al-\\nma, Jan. 31, 1883. Mr. Randall has adopted the\\nplatform and issues of the National Greenback party,\\nand is prominent in his generation in political action.\\nHe has held the post of Township Clerk three years.\\nilliam L. Murphy, farmer, section 9, Big\\nPrairie Township, was born in Hastings\\n\u00c2\u00abs-Vp Co _ Canada West, and is the son of Wil-\\nliam and Betsy (O Bryan) Murphy. The\\nfather was born in Ireland, 12 miles from the\\ncity of Dublin, about the year 1800. The\\nmother was l orn at Hastings about 1820. They\\nwere the parents of three children, of wlioni Mr.\\nMurphy of this sketch is the eldest.\\nHe came to Michigan in the fall of 1865, first\\nstopping at Grand Rapids, and until the year 1874\\nwas exclusively occupied in lumbering, plying his\\nvocation the entire length of the Big Muskegon\\nRiver. He resided nine years at Big Rapids. In\\n1874 he purchased his farm of 120 acres on whicli he\\nhas since resided and has 80 acres under cultivation,\\nwith good buildings and improvements. He is a\\nDemocrat in ix)litical principles.\\nMr. Muri)hy was married .Sej)!. 2, 1867, to Mrs.\\nLoretta (Haight) Doyle. One daughter, Sarah Eliz-\\nabeth, was born of their marriage Nov. 8, 1868, and\\ndied Oct. 31, 1878.\\nMrs. Murphy is the daughter of Hiram and Sarah\\n(Swaine) Haight, and was liorn Oct. 15, 1832, in\\nBradford Co., Pa. .She was married March 13, 1854,\\nto William Doyle. He was born of Irish parentage\\nMarch 13, 1829, in Canada. He became a citizen\\nof the United States and accepted the responsibili-\\nties of his adopted nationality by enlisting in defense\\nof its imperiled flag. He enrolled Aug. 10, 1862, in\\nCo. K, Third Mich. Vol. Inf., was wounded at Fred-\\nericksburg May 2, 1863, and died Oct. 15, 1863, in\\nLincoln Hospital, Washington, from the consetiuence\\nof his injury. Mr. and Mrs. Doyle became the par-\\nents of six children, three of whom are living, as\\nfollows William Edwin, Lillie Loretta and Stephen\\nDouglas. Mrs. Murphy s mother was born Nov. 8,\\n1804, in Plymouth, Chenango Co., N. Y., and died\\nMarch 18, 1877.\\n^arvey A. Headley, farmer, section 35, Ash-\\nland Townsliip, was born Oct. 6, 1840, in\\ny^ De Kalli Co., Ind., and is a son of John\\nand Celia (Coburn) Headley, both of whom\\nwere natives of New England. When the son\\nwas 1 6 years of age they removed from De\\nKalb County to Michigan and settled on 60 acres of\\nland in Ashland Township, where they have since\\nresided.\\nMr. Headley was the assistant of his father ujxjn\\nthe farm until his marriage. He was married in\\nCasnovia Township, Muskegon Co., Mich., Dec. 23.\\n1863, to Elnora, daughter of Dayton and Sophronia\\n(Loomis) Moore. The parents were natives respect-\\nively of Massachusetts and New York, removing after\\ntheir marriage to Ohio and finalh settling in Medina\\nCounty, where the oaughtcr was born Sept. 1 1, 1846.\\nWhen she was six months old they went to De Kalb\\nCo., Ind., and in 1854 made another remove to Mus-\\nkegon Co., Mich.\\nAfter his marriage Mr. Headley purchased the\\nfamily homestead, and continued the improvements\\nbegun by his father, adding considerably to the\\ncleared acreage, and has erected good buildings. He\\nis a Republican in political principle and himself and\\nwife are members of the Christian Church. The\\nfamily includes an adojited daughter, Mary E.\\nChilds, born March 25, 1875. The brother of the last\\nmentioned, Julius A. Childs, was born Sept. 8, 1868,\\nand has lived with the family since he was seven\\nyears of age.\\n^^Sf-f^S I-\\niVi^di^ illiam H. Dubois, farmer, sei\\no. Barton\\n13 Tp., was born March 22, 1840, in hite\\njj^^i^ Oak, Ingham Co., Micl and is a son of\\nConrad M. and Susan (Spear) Dubois. The\\nfather was born in New Yc.k and the mother\\nin New Jersey. After their marriage they came\\nto Michigan and settled in Lodi, Washtenaw County,\\nwhence they moved to Ingham C junty. The father\\ndied there, and the mother died in Mecosta County.\\nMr. Dubois came to Mecosta County in 18 and\\nI\\nr^\\n^^-i ^ii!i: nii^\\nJL", "height": "2819", "width": "2254", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph11chic_0298.jp2"}, "299": {"fulltext": "", "height": "2831", "width": "2211", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph11chic_0299.jp2"}, "300": {"fulltext": "k\\n!;^ik\u00c2\u00bb.\\n^y ye^ /y?t", "height": "2819", "width": "2254", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph11chic_0300.jp2"}, "301": {"fulltext": "^^y^^^y^ ^i t:^ t^-^ Xo^\\nT^tL^", "height": "2831", "width": "2211", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph11chic_0301.jp2"}, "302": {"fulltext": "", "height": "2819", "width": "2254", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph11chic_0302.jp2"}, "303": {"fulltext": "4iiiii:t:nnv r^\\nf\\ndwelt there until 1867, when he entered a home-\\nstead claim of 80 acres in liarton Township. On\\nthis place lie has since been a resident, lias placed it\\nunder good improvements and a fair state ol culti-\\nvation. He was married .May 14, 185S, to I.ucy E.,\\ndaughter of Cados and Phebe Ann (Palmer) Marsh.\\nHer parents were natives of the Slate of New Vork.\\nThey came to Michigan in its infant days and located\\nin Monroe County, residing there until 1S56, when\\nthey came to Newaygo County. The father died in\\n1 87 2 and the mother is still living, in Osceola\\nCountv. Mrs. Dubois was born in Monroe County,\\nApril 19, 1844. To her and her husband one child,\\nWilliam A., was born, .Sept. 14, 186 1.\\nWhen Mr. Dubois came to Newaygo County the\\ntownship where he settled was in its original wild\\ncondition, and he has devoted his best energies to\\nits advancement and progress. He is a Republican\\nin political action and belief and has held most of\\nthe local offices.\\nNEWAYGO COUNTY.\\njfeon. James Barton, Probate Judge of Ne-\\nwaygo ount\\\\, resident on section 8, Big\\nJjjf Prairie Township, was born June 4, 181 2, in\\nt% County Tyrone, Ireland. His parents, William\\nand Susannah (Culton) Barton, belonged to the\\nsturdy, upright and uncompromising race in the\\nnortli of Ireland known as Scotch-Irish, and were\\nmembers of the Presbyterian element peculiar to the\\nupper counties of the Emerald Isle. William Barton\\nwas born in County Tyrone, in 1775, and died in\\nIonia Co., Mich., in 1848. The mother of Judge\\nBarton was a native of the same county, and was\\nborn in 1777, and died in 1824, in Quebec, Can., on\\nthe very night of the arrival of the family in that\\ncit\\\\. .\\\\fter a brief tarry, the bereaved husband\\nand motherless children proceeded to Lyons, Wayne\\nCo., N. Y., where they remained until October, 1829,\\nwhen they came to Bloomfield, Oakland o.. Mich.,\\nand settled on a farm. Later on, this property was\\nsold, and they came to Otisco, Ionia County.\\nJudge Barton was a boy of 12 when his parents\\nremoved their family to the New World, and he re-\\nmained a member of the household band until he\\nttained to man s estate, and put on the dignity of a\\nfli)^v\u00c2\u00ae^^#\u00c2\u00ab\\nbenedict in 1832. He was 17 years old when his\\nfather came to Michigan, and, two years after coming\\nlo Bloomfield, lie spent the alternating winters and\\nsummers in teaching and farming. He obtained his\\neducation in a desultory manner. He received li\\\\e\\nyears regular instruction in hi-- native countr) and\\npicked up fragmentary learning in the common\\nschools of Lyons. I ut his good sense and correct\\njudgment stood him in better stead than crude\\nschool |)rivileges and instructions. He studied as\\nhis understanding dictated, and he chose judiciously\\nin reading, which he recognized as of more practical\\nbenefit than the curriculum of such schools as those\\nto which he had access. In .\\\\ugust, 1833, he re-\\nmoved to White Pigeon, where he resided for two\\nyears. John S. Barry, third (Governor of Michigan,\\nwas then an obscure provision merchant at White\\nPigeon, and Judge Barton was one of his constituents\\nin the first public office he ever held that of Mem-\\nber of the first Constitutional Convention which\\nframed the Constitution upon which Michigan was\\nadmitted into the Union in 1837. The ability, wis-\\ndom and judgment, and im orrnptible integrity dis-\\nplayed by Mr. Barry, whose course in the Convention,\\nand afterwards as (Governor, was studiously watched\\nby Judge Barton, undoubtedly exercised a great\\ninfluence over his own public career, and, in addition to\\nthe peculiar traits of his own inherited character,\\nundoubtedly colored all his after life.\\nJudge Barton went, in 1835, Thornton, Cook\\nCo., 111., where he spent ten years in agricultural\\npursuits, and during the time officiated four years as\\na Justice of the Peace. In the spring of 1845, he\\nreturned to Michigan and settled on a farm in Berlin,\\nIonia County. He was there a resident two years,\\nengaged in farming, and in 1846 was elected Super-\\nvisor of Berlin. In January, 1847, i*^ bought a farm\\nin Otisco, in the same county, and continued to\\nmanage his agricultural interests there until his re-\\nmoval to Newaygo County, in February, 1850. He\\nprospected through the unsettled, unorganized town-\\nships and bought 200 acres of land in township 13,\\nrange 1 1 (now Big Prairie), designated as State or\\n.\\\\syluni land. The specific name of this land was\\nSalt Spring land, and referred to the appropriation, by\\nthe Oovernment of Michigan, of tracts of land for the\\npurpose of furthering the development of the saline\\nresources of the State. A few years later, a re-ap-\\n^v\\nii!i^iia\\nr^\\n-Sli\\nr", "height": "2831", "width": "2211", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph11chic_0303.jp2"}, "304": {"fulltext": "\u00e2\u0096\u00a0ras^^^^\\niVElVAVGO COUNTY.\\ni\\npropriation, for the benefit of the Deaf, Dumb and\\nliUnd Asylum, was made of the same tracts, and they\\nare still Asylum lands.\\nThe Judge s purchase was wholly prairie, and was\\nall put under the plow during the first yearof his res-\\nidence there. He is still a successf.il farmer in the\\ntownship with which he identified his interests more\\nthan thirty years ago. He has been a factor in\\nevery progressive step of Big Prairie, from its days of\\nincipiency to the present period. He aided in the\\norganization of the county in 1851, and his name\\nand position are perpetuated in the name of its\\nnortheastern township. At the meeting for arrang-\\ning the municipal regulations of Newaygo County,\\nJudge Barton and Isaac D. Merrill, who died Dec.\\n14, 1883 (current year), were elected its two Super-\\nvisors. The former has held the incumbency, with-\\nout intermission, ever since, and is one of the oldest\\ncontinuous officials in the position of Supervisor on\\nrecord, having acted in that capacity an aggregate of\\n32 years, and has been Chairman of the Board every\\nyear, with one exception. In Oct., 1852 he was elected\\nCounty Judge to fill a vacancy, and was selected for\\nthe same position at the regular election, in the fall of\\n1853. He was elected the first Probate Judge of the\\ncounty, and served six years. In 1863 he was elected\\nProsecuting Attorney, and discharged the duties of\\nthat position five years. In 1S70, he was appointed\\nby Gov. Henry P. Baldwin to fill the office of Pro-\\nbate Judge, the vacancy having been created by the\\nresignation of the Hon. A. H. Giddings (who had\\nbeen elected Circuit Judge), and filled three years of\\nthe term of his predecessor. He has held the same\\nposition, by regular election, ever since. Judge Bar-\\nton has also been Circuit Court Commissioner six\\nyears. When he came to Newaygo County it had no\\nattorney, and he applied himself to the study of law\\nand was admitted to the Bar in 1858. In 1852,\\nJudge Barton was put in nomination to represent his\\ndistrict in thejLegislature of Michigan; was, accord-\\ning to the general understanding, elected, and pro-\\nceeded to Lansing with his credentials. On arrival\\nthere he found King Strang, the Mormon chief\\nof Beaver Island, ready to occupy the seat to whicli\\nludge Barton supposed himself the sole and legiti-\\nmate claimant. Mutual ignorance of the other as\\ncandidate had prevailed, and on investigation it ap-\\npeared that Strang was within the district though\\n14 miles from the mainland, Beaver Island belonged\\nto Emmet County, and on comparing numbers\\nStrang exhibited a proportion of 30 votes in his own\\nfavor to one for Judge Barton. The length, breadth\\nand thickness of the matter were too stui)endous for\\nany adequate arrangement under the circumstances,\\nand Judge Barton quietly beat a retreat. Mrs Bar-\\nton received him on his return with wide-eyed\\namazement, and in(|uired as to the wherefores.\\nMrs. Barton, said the Judge in his phenomenal\\nchest-tones, and with an assumption of all his offi-\\ncial dignity, I have but one wife, and King Strang\\nhas four. The response is one of the best reminis-\\ncences of Judge Barton that can be recorded. It\\nshows that he has the keen, satiric wit which charac-\\nterizes his nation, and his ready aptness on occasion.\\nThe spurious character of James Strang s claims to\\nthe seat he held in the Legislature of Michigan were\\nafterward proven. When George Peck ran for\\nCongress he was assisted materially by 600 votes\\nfurnished by James Strang as the result of the elec-\\ntion on Beaver Island within his dominion. Strang\\nwas shot within the year, and his subjects betook\\nthemselves to other fields. The aggregate of men,\\nwomen and children who emigrated from the island\\nmade an exhibit of 150 persons.\\nJudge Barton was married March 25, 1832, in\\nOakland Co., Mich., to Reliance, daughter of Lettes\\nand Fear (Swift) Jenne. Her father was born in\\n1762, in Rochester, Plymouth Co., Mass. His ances-\\ntors were born in Holland, and belonged to the\\nQuakers who were banished from that country for\\ntheir religious belief, and settled in Massachusetts.\\nMr. Jenne went to Lyons, Wayne Co., N. Y., in 1814,\\nand finding no Quaker society there he united\\nwith the Methodist Ciuirch, of which his wife was a\\nmember. He died at .Sodus, Wayne County, in 1828.\\nMrs. Jenne was born Aug. 12, 1770, in Massachu-\\nsetts, and died at Lyons. N. Y., April 10, 1825.\\nMrs. Barton is a member of the Disciples or Chris-\\ntian Church. She is one of eight children born to\\nher parents five sons and three daughters. Her-\\nself and one sister, now residing in Farmington,\\nOakland Co., Mich are the only survivors.\\nThe sons and daughters of Judge; Barton and his\\nwife were boVn as follows: Charles, born March 25,\\n1833, died at Bald Hills, Humboldt County, Cali-\\nfornia, January 30, 1875 Kmily, born May 10.\\n1835 (died July 27, 1861); Mary, March 7, 1837\\n(died June it, 1841); Henry, June 2, 1839 (see\\nk\\nf\\nA\\nC^\\ntlD;D\\nfpTi\\nr^m^u^mii", "height": "2819", "width": "2254", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph11chic_0304.jp2"}, "305": {"fulltext": "^^}r^/^^ ^^^0^\\n-:2?\u00e2\u0082\u00ac^\\nr IlIl^Illl^\\nT\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0T^^^^S\\nA ^F.Vy6^6 COUNTY.\\n29s\\nsketch) Mary E., June 6, 1842 (see sketch of Robert\\nFisher); Mark, Aug. 14, 1844 (see sketch) Ellen,\\n(Jet. 10, 1846 (died May 2 S, 1874); George U., April\\nI 13, 1849. I he latter resides with his parents and\\n(^j manages his father s agricultural affairs. He was\\nmarried April 13, 1873, to Mary, eldest daugliter of\\nPatrick and Catharine Neville (see sketch). She was\\nhorn Jan. 8, 1854; was reared and educated a\\nRoman Catholic, but in 1877 renounced the dogmas\\nof the Roman Church, and in October of that year\\nconnected herself by baptism with the First-Day\\nAdventist Church. Two children have been born of\\nher maniage Charles, June 1 1, 1874 (died Nov. 23,\\n1875); and Jenne C. July 19, 187O.\\nThe salient points in the character of Judge\\nBarton and his noble wife are clearly definfeil in\\ntheir portraits, presented on other pages. Their in-\\ncorporation among the biograi)hical records of\\nj N, Newaygo County, where they h.ive wrought their\\nlife-work, will afford the most general satisfai tion\\namong the patrons of this Album.\\nlohn A. Mundy, farmer and lumberman,\\nBrooks Township, section 13, was born\\nJune 12, 1 86 1, in Morrow Co., Ohio. He\\nis a son of Elinus and Experience Patience\\n(Peters) Mundy. The former was of Scotch de-\\nscent and horn Feb. 15, 1821, in the State of\\nNew Jersey The mother was a descendant of\\nWelsh ancestors, born Feb. 24, 1822, in New Vork,\\nand died March 28, 1876, in Brooks Township. Eli-\\nnus Mundy is the son of John D. and Elizabeth\\n(Ballou) Mundy. The father was born June 30,\\n1788, in New Jersey and died Aug. 8, 1855. The\\nmother was born in the same State, Jan. 16, 1797, and\\ndied Nov. 26, i860, in Ohio, descended from French\\n])arentage.\\nElinus Mundy came to Newaygo County in 1862,\\nand settled with his family on 120 acres of land in\\nBrooks Township, located on the Muskegon River.\\nOf this 40 acres are cleare l and improved, and the\\nfarm is conducted by the two elder sons.\\nJohn Mundy was one and a half years old when\\nhis parents settled in Newaygo County, and has been\\nreared to the jjursuil^ miunion to the section, farm-\\nI\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0:^i:f^\\n^m\\ning and lumbering; and has also worked with his i\\nfather, as opportunity served, at tlie callings of\\nbuilder and blacksmith. He is the owner of 60\\nacres of land lying on the river, to which he has 1\\nadded 80 acres by recent purchase. In iiolitical\\nadherence he is a Democrat.\\n^^f,\\nP ^^-M ilas Minis, farmer, sec. 26, Denver Tp., was\\nIjornin F2rie Co., N. Y., Oct. 15, 1827. His\\nj^ liarents, John and Lois (Porter) Millis, were\\n/iv^j natives of New England and Scotch and Ger-\\nman descent. They moved to New Vork in an\\nearly day and settled upon a farm. Having\\nreceived a good common-school education, Silas, at\\nthe age of 19, started out to do for himself. Farm-\\ning being his chosen occupation, he went vigorously\\nto work in that direction for one year, and then, for\\na time, worked in a saw-mill. Jidy 2, 1847, he was\\nmarried, in his native county, to Miss Mary A. Ida,\\ndaughter of Oliver and Caroline Ide, natives of New\\nYork, who was born, reared and educated in that\\nState, in the vicinity of Rochester. Two years after\\nthe marriage of Mr. and Mrs. Millis, they moved to\\nanother locality, in Erie County, where Mr. Mil-\\nlis farmed two years, and in the summer of 1854\\nthey came to this State, settling ne.^r Grand Rapids.\\nIn the fall of 1856 they moved to this county and\\nsettled in Denver Township, where he has since resid-\\ned. His first purchase of land was 120 acres, to\\nwhich he has since added 40 acres, and now he owns\\na quarter section of fine land, with 120 acres im-\\nproved. Oct. 4, 1872, Mrs. Millis died, leaving nine\\nchildren; their names are as follows Caroline R.,\\nJunius A., Silas Emery E., Eber O., Amherst L.,\\nOliver K., .\\\\rlhur and Frances Fl Mary A.\\nand Irvin N. are deceased. Dec. 25, 1872, Mr.\\nMillis married for a second wife Miss Margaret\\nJohnson, daughter of l- .lijah and Veslie (Doud)\\nJohnson, natives of Canada and New York, respect-\\nively, who was born in the vicinity of Detroit, Oct.\\n24, 1848. She spent eight years in her birth-place,\\nsix years in Hillsdale Co., Mich., and 1 1 years in\\nCalifornia. Sjie then came to this county and re-\\nA\\nr\\nI", "height": "2831", "width": "2211", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph11chic_0305.jp2"}, "306": {"fulltext": "296\\nI/\\ni\\n:^0\\n^5\\nc)\\nV\\nNEIVAYGO COUNTY.\\n-4^^C s\\\\-(^!\\nmained iimil lier marriage. Mr. and Mrs. Millis\\nh;ive three children William E., Effic I,, and\\nJohn B. They arc members of the M. E. Church,\\nand in politics Mr. M. is a Republican.\\neorge N. Wade, farmer, sei tion 12, is a\\n...fjlfSS son of Jonathan and Elizabeth sovereign)\\nCW\\\\ ade, the former a nalive of Massachusetts\\nI* and tlie l.iller of New Jerse\\\\ He was horn\\nin Canada, October 15, iSji. He left the\\nDominion when 20 years of age and came to .Mlegan\\nCo., Mich., and in two years returned to his nalive\\nland, where he made his home eight years, and\\nagain came to Allegan County. In 1874, he came to\\nNewaygo County and lived in Kremont four years,\\nengaged in the manufacture of brick. He then pur-\\nchased 20 acres of land in Sheridan I ownship, sec-\\ntion 12, where he has built a good brick house and\\nhas all his land under tillage.\\n.Mr. Wade was married in Otsego, .Mlcgan County,\\nMay 25, 1841, to Mary Updike, who was born in .N.\\nY., June 2,1824, and died Nov., 1883. They have\\nnine children: I.ena E., Jane L., Warren D., Frank\\nW., Clarence W., George D., Willard B., Wilbcrt C.\\nand Fred. .Mr. \\\\V. has held the office of .Suiiervisor\\nof .Sheridan Township two years, and various other\\ntown offices. He is a member of the I. O. O. F.,\\nand himself and wife are members of the .M. E.\\nChurch. In politics he is a Republican.\\nJUiSSM^r \u00e2\u0080\u0094m,\\ny^--^%iusv*\\nli illiam J. Jewell, farmer, section 17, l)a\\\\--\\njaJju ton Township, is a son of Ezekiel and\\nl p Loretta (Brown) Jewell, is a native of New\\nYork ^tate. and remained with his parents\\nuntil he was 17 years of age, attending the\\nimmon schools and working on the farm. .\\\\t\\nthe age mentioned he commenced lo learn the trade\\n(jf carpenter and joiner with his eldest brother. At\\nthe expiration of three years he came to Eaton Co.,\\nMich., where he worked at his trade most of th?\\ntime for two years, then bought 40 acres of wild land\\nin that county, which he began to improve. After\\nclearing a portion of it, he exchanged it in the sum-\\nmer of 1859 for 160 acres of wild land in Newaygo\\nCounty, Dayton Township, section 17. In the winter\\nof 18C1 he moved his family to this county and set-\\ntled on his farm, where he now resides. He h.as since\\nsold 80 acres and has 60 acres under good cultiva-\\ntion.\\nMr. Jewell was married in Eaton Co., Mich., Nov.\\n24, 1850, to .Angeline, daughter of Darius and Malona\\n(Foster) Tallman, who was born in Onondaga Co., N.\\nJan. 17, 1828. Her parents were natives of Ver-\\nmont, and subseipiently settled in .New York. Mr.\\nJewell has held the office of Commissioner of High-\\nways for si.\\\\ years. School Inspector six years and\\nJustice of the Peace seven years. He is independ-\\nent in politics, a member of the 1. O. G.T., and him-\\nself and wife are both members of Hesperia Grange,\\nNo. 495. They have five children: Charles M.,\\nborn July 17, 1851 Albert S., Se|)t. 1 i, 1853; Viola\\nM., F eb. 15, 1856; Zernah J., Feb. 24, 1863; and\\nI^elos. .\\\\ug. 20, I 869.\\ny^\\nenjamin F. Wood, tarmer, section 14,\\nBrooks i ownship, was born in tienesee\\nCo., N. Y., March 5, 1831, and is a son of\\nJonathan and Martha (Reynolds) Wood.\\nThe former was born in New York, in 1791,\\nof English lineage, and died in 1870. The\\nlatter was also a native of the Empire State, born in\\n1787 and died in 1S76.\\nWhen .Mr. Wood was six years old his parents\\ntransferred their family and interests to Ohio, where\\nhe grew to manhood and followed the trade of car-\\npenter, which he accpiired from his father. He came\\nto Newaygo County, and after a stay of one year\\nwent to Lansing, .Mich., where he operated four\\nyears, returning thence to Ohio. He worked at his\\ntrade four years, and in 1861 he enlisted in Co. I,\\nThird f)hio Vol. Inf under the t all for three-months\\nmen. He received honorable discharge at the ex-\\npiration of his term, and soon after re-enlisted for\\nthree years, in Co. C, 15th Ohio Vol. Inf. He\\nbecame disabled, and after nine months service was_^^\\n)i^^", "height": "2819", "width": "2254", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph11chic_0306.jp2"}, "307": {"fulltext": "-l^^f\u00c2\u00ae^.t^\\nt\\n/7S\\ndischarged. He came to Lansing and settled upon a\\nfarm of 30 acres, of which he became proprietor\\nduring his first stay at that place. Seven years\\nafterward he went to Harrison Co., Iowa, where he\\nstayed about rS months, and returned for another\\nresidence of seven years duration on his farm at\\nLansing.\\nIn the spring of 1S78 he came to Newaygo County\\nagain and bought 50 acres of land, whereon lie has\\nlived and labored since. He has cleared and put in\\ngood farming condition 27 acres, with good buildings\\nand otiier imiirovemeuts. In political connection\\nMr. Wood is a Republican.\\nHe was married Dec.\\niS=;\\nin Morrow Co.,\\nOhio, to Marilla, daughter of Luther and Syljil\\n(Webster) Vining. She was liorn Sept. 27, 1831, in\\nDelaware Co., Ohio, and her parents were natives of\\nNew York, of English lineage. Of this marriage\\nfive children have been born Charles, Arvilla,\\nFrancis H., Ansel E. and Josephine R. The family\\nattend the M. E. Church.\\nJ\\nohn McFarland, farmer, section 13, Bar-\\nton Township, was born in Kenlire, Scot-\\nland, in 1825. His parents, Andrew and\\nMargaret (Gray) McFarland, were also natives\\nof Scotland. They emigrated to Canada when\\nthe son was hut a child. They belonged to\\nthe agricultural community and pursued the same\\ncalling in Canada. The father is deceased and the\\nmother, now 90 years of age, resides in Mecosta\\nCounty.\\nMr. McFarland was brought up as a farmer s son,\\nand in 1852 came to .Michigan and spent three years\\noperating as a lumberman near Big Prairie, Newaygo\\nCounty. He went tlien e to Creen Township, .Me-\\ncosta County, in 1855, and remained five years.\\nHis ne.xt business was in managing a hotel at Mid-\\ndle Branch, where he was occupied two years, and\\nexchanged the hotel property for a farm of 80 acres\\nin Barton Township, which has since been his home-\\nA^ stead. It was the first farm located and settled in\\nthe township, and at the time he came into its pos-\\nsession there were few permanent settlers, and the\\n^.entire region was but little advanced from its primi-\\n3 M\\ntive condition. Mr. McFarland is a Republican.\\nHe was married Dec. 25, i86o, to Mrs. Elizabeth\\n(Gibson) Tirk, daughter of John and Nancy (Pen-\\nrod) Gibson, natives of Pennsylvania. Her first\\nhusband died in 1849, leaving four children, Jolm\\nMorgan, Samuel Harris, Mary Elizabeth and Mar-\\ntha Jane. The latter child is not living. Of the\\nmarriage of Mr. McFarland to Mrs. Tirk, three\\nchildren have been born, viz.: Nancy and Peter\\n.Alexander, living, and Margaret Jane, deceased.\\n\u00c2\u00ae^f^^\\nA\\nm\\nustice Chapman, farmer, section 36, Mon-\\nroe Township, was born in Phelps, Onta-\\nrio Co., N. Y., Feb. 18, 1820, and is a son\\nof Justice and Clara C. (Evarts) Chapman.\\nThe father was born in New Hampshire and\\ndied in November, 1819. The mother was a\\nnative of Connecticut, and, after the death of her first\\nhusband, became the wife of Joshua French.\\nMr. Chapman spent the early years of his life in\\nobtaining his education and preparation for a suc-\\ncessful and useful future, and at 16 years of age en-\\ntered upon the career of builder, working also at\\nfarming for a time, after which he engaged in teach-\\ning and followed that profession for a number of\\nyears.\\nHe was married in 1848, to Isabel Spraker, born in\\nMontgomery Co., N. Y., in 1829. After that event\\nhe remained in the Empire State one year, removing\\nto Liberty, Jackson Co., Mich., where he bought a\\nsmall larm and engaged in the business of a nursery-\\nman, growing fruit-trees. He officiated as Postmas-\\nter of that townshji) for 25 years. In .April, 1868, he\\ncame to Katon County, and a year later he came to\\nNewaygo County, where in 1869 he entered a home-\\nstead claim of 80 acres of land and emiiarked at\\nonce in the work of improving and cultivating his\\nproperty. In the same year he took charge of the\\n[wstoffice and discharged its duties until 1883, when\\nhe resigned and the office was discontinued.\\nThe family includes the following children Adel-\\nbert S., Emma E. (Mrs. Henry HoUister), George W.\\nMary C. (Mrs. William Griffith), Horace E., already\\na trusted and conn)etcnt citizen of Monroe Township.\\nMW ^4Z^ -4^\\nr", "height": "2831", "width": "2211", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph11chic_0307.jp2"}, "308": {"fulltext": "V\\n^illt] :illls\\nV\\nM\\n/N\\nV\\ns\\niVEWAYGO COUNTY\\nGeorge \\\\V. was born Aug. 31, 1855, and was married\\nJan. 17, 1880, to Ada Eva Corbett, a native of Farm-\\nington, Me., born June 21, i860. One child has\\nbeen born tu them.\\nMr. Chapman is now the owner of 160 acres of\\nland in Monroe Township and 80 acres in Norwich\\nTownship. He has trained his sons in the moral\\nand ix)litical principles which have proved his best\\ncapital in business, and they are active, zealous Re-\\npublicans.\\nir\u00c2\u00ab^^^^4^t rt-f^\\ni- -M^ a\\nSheridan\\nand Jane\\niehard Boyd, farmer, section .s\\nWWs^- Township, is a son of ^Villiam\\nBoyd, natives of Ireland, and was born in\\nthat country in 1S14. .^t the age of 13 years\\nhe emigrated to Lx)wer Canada, and lived\\nthere seven years, then lived in Ohio about 19 years,\\nand in 1853 came to Hillsdale Co., Mich.; finally,\\nin 1872, he came to Newaygo County and purchased\\n80 acres of land where he now resides. Mr. and\\nMrs. Boyd have had the following children William\\nA., John, Richard, Charles, George, .Samuel and Jane.\\nIn [xjlitics he is a Republican.\\n4\u00c2\u00abi*^\\nark Barton, farmer and lumberman, sec-\\ntion 30, Big Prairie Township, was born\\nAug. 14, 1844, in Cook Co., 111. He is\\nthe si.xth child and fourth son of the Hon.\\nJames Barton, Probate Judge of Newaygo\\nCounty. (See sketch.)\\nThe parents of Mr. Barton broLighl him to the\\nPeninsular State when he was but six months old and\\nto Newaygo County when he was si.x years uf age.\\nHe was brought up as were the sons of the earliest\\npioneers of Newaygo County, trained in the pursuits\\ncommon to Northern Michigan and received a fair\\neducation. He passed the winter after he reached\\nthe age of 20 years in the lumber woods, and in the\\nfollowing spring enlisted in Co. F, 15th Mich, inf, as\\na soldier of the war for the I nion. He received his\\ndischarge Sept. 9, 1S65, and on his return to Big\\nPrairie resumed his occupation as lumberman, which\\nhe has followed since, alternating the labors of that\\ncalling with those of farming. He has twice ex-\\nchanged his property in real estate, and now owns\\n60 acres of land in Big Prairie Township, 40 acres in\\nEverett Township, situated across the highway, and\\n40 acres in Everett, located one and a half miles\\nsouth, making 140 acres in the aggregate. Mr. Bar-\\nton has 97 acres of land in fine farming condition,\\nwith good buildings. He is a Republican in political\\nconnection and has been Town Treasurer four years.\\nMr. Barton was married Dec. 16, 1864, in Neway-\\ngo, to Martha M. Krusen. She was born July 22,\\n1845, in Licking Co., Ohio, and is the daughter of\\nJohn and Eunice (Goff) Krusen. The former was\\nborn March 16, 1820, in New Jersey, the latter Jan.\\n27. 1824, in Licking Co., Ohio. Mr. and Mrs. B.\\nhave one child, Albert Barton, born May 8, 1868.\\n3S^-\\nwffi^l^benezer Richardson, farmer, section 5,\\nifW^rf!) J Denviir Township, was born in Madison\\nCo., N. Y., Aug. 30, 1824. His father,\\n.^pk Ebenezer Richardson, was a native of Massa-\\nI chusetts and died in Ohio; his mother, Sybil\\nj (Eaton) Richardson, was a native of New York\\nand died in that State. The subject of this sketch at-\\ntended school in his native county, and when 12\\nyears of age went to Lake Co., Ohio, where he com-\\npleted his education, and worked on his father s\\nfarm until 17 years of age. He then commenced life\\nfor himself, and worked on a farm until he was 35\\nyears old. During tiiis time he came to this county\\nand located a farm in Dayton Township, which is his\\npresent home. He then returned to Ohio, and Feb.\\n22, 1865, he married Miss Ellen Devine, daughter of\\nJohn and Mary (Buck) Devine, natives of New York,\\nwho was born in (^ueensbury, Washington Co.,N. Y.,\\nMay 17, 1821. hen she was cpiite young she was\\nt.aken by her parents to Wyoming County, that .State,\\nwhere she was reared and educated in the common\\nschools of thai place, and in 1850 they moved lo\\nPainesville, )hio.\\nIn the spring of 1866 Mr. R. returned to this Stale\\nand settled \\\\\\\\\\\\)on iiis farm of 160 acres in Dayton\\nTownship, and now owns So acres, and has 35 acres\\ny^\\nPf\\nVX\\nr,\\nr\\nI", "height": "2819", "width": "2254", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph11chic_0308.jp2"}, "309": {"fulltext": "Mh^^^^^^^\\n-:2^^K ^V ^B tl M^ T^ ^^^K-\\nNF.IVAYGO COUNTY\\n299 N^\\nn a high state of cultivation. In jiolitics he is a very\\nzealous Republican, and himself and wife are con-\\nsistent members of the First Baptist hurch nt\\nHesperia.\\n9\u00c2\u00ab-HJKK\\nA\\nV\\niTohn D. Gowell, farmer, section 16, r)en\\\\er\\nTownship, was born in Kennebec Co., Me.,\\nMay ir, 1845. His parents, Lewis and\\nCaroline (Berry) Gowell, were also natives of\\nMaine, and of English and Scotch ancestry.\\nThey were married in Sagadahoc County, after-\\nward moving to Kennebec County. In 1849, when\\nthe gold fever was at its height, they moved to Cali-\\nfornia, where his father established a large ([uartz\\nmill and built a hotel. While living at this place,\\nhe was attacked with bilious fever and died, in the\\nspring of 185 i. John was the seventh child; and\\nbeing obliged to assist in the care of his mother, his\\neducational advantages were limited. But being full\\nof determination and perseverance, he improved his\\nleisure time in study, even when out of school in\\nthe army his book was his constant companion.\\nWhen 15 years of age he engaged himself to an\\nagent of the Boston Navy Yard, to go to Northumber-\\nland Co., Va., to secure lumber for ship-building.\\nWhile there the war (piestion was agitated, and the\\nState passed an ordinance to preveiit all Northern\\nmen from leaving the State, for any cause whatever.\\nBut Mr. Gowells symifathies being decidedly with\\nthe North, he, with 25 others, sei/.ed upon an oyster\\nsloop that was then lying in a small harljor (iff the\\nChesapeake Bay, called Cockle s Creek, and, securing\\nthe officers of the boat, they set out for the bay, and\\nfinally reached Baltimore, just after the riot, having\\njust $1 in money. They were greeted with applause,\\nand borne through the streets with jMrnp and glory,\\nreaching their respective homes in due season. Pos-\\nsessing a never-dying love for their country, thev ;ill\\nenlisted in her defense. Mr. (iowell enrolled in Co.\\nF, 19th Me. Vol. Inf., July 3, 1862, ist Brigade,\\nSecond Division and Second Army Corps, commanded\\nby Gen. Hancock. He had previously enlisted three\\ntimes; but, being only 17 years of age, his mother\\nforbade his joining the army; this time he was per-\\nmitted to go. He jiarticipated in 17 battles, and was\\n-^n!i\\nin Grant s cam])aign of the Wilderness 60 consecutive\\ndays, when the general was going to fight it out on\\nthat line if it took all summer. He was in the\\nsecond Battle of Bull Run, Antietam, Fredericksburg,\\nChanccllorsville, Gettysburg, Falling Water, Peters-\\nburg, and at the surrender of Lee s army at Apjx)-\\nmattox Court-House. He was in Libby prison eight\\ndays, and was wounded three times: at Cold Harbor,\\nin the back of the head, by a minie ball at Hatcher s\\nRun, in the left knee, by the fragment of a shell; and\\nat (Gettysburg, in the left arm, by a ball passing through\\nU. He was at one time made a spy, and was very suc-\\ncessful, having caused the capture of a regiment with\\na large amount of artillery. He was honorably dis-\\ncharged May 31, 1865, at Washington, C.\\nHe then returned home, where he remained a short\\ntime, then took a tour through Wisconsin, Minnesota,\\nIowa and Illinois, and ret\\\\irned to Michigan and lo-\\ncated 200 acres of wild land in Troy Township, this\\ncounty. He also took up 400 acres in Oceana County.\\nHe was engaged in lumbering in various parts of the\\ncounty for Mr. Heald, working nine months without\\nlosing but a day and a half, and drew just $1.50.\\nOct. 25, 1867, he was married, in Pentwater, Mich.,\\nto Miss Florella A., daughter of Calvin and Susan\\n(Smith) Woodworth, natives of Ohio, who was born\\nin Ashtabula County, that State, Jul\\\\ 5, [849. She\\nreceived such educiition as the district schools fur-\\nnished in her native town, and at the age of 15 came\\nto this State and settled in Colfax, Oceana County,\\nwhere she remained until her marriage. They locat-\\ned in Otto Township, that county, where Mr. G.\\ntook a contract for logging for Ferry, Doling Co.,\\nand afterward with J. Covil, contractor to move\\n9,000,000 logs annually. In the meantime he pur-\\nchased 700 acres of pine land on the north branch\\nof White River but, owing to sickness in his family,\\nsold out to his partner, Mr. Covil, and in the fall of\\n1869 he moved to this county, settling in Denver\\nTownship. He purchased 160 acres of land, and\\nafterward added another 160, and now has 200 acres\\nunder tillage, upon which he has built very beautiful\\nfarm buildings, and a magnificent residence, at a cost\\nof $4,000. Since living here he went to Kansas,\\nmade a large purchase and erected extensive build-\\nings, but soon returned to this State, having made a\\nprofitable sale.\\nMr. Ciowell is a member of the Masonic Lodge,\\nv^\\ni\\nr\\nm", "height": "2831", "width": "2211", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph11chic_0309.jp2"}, "310": {"fulltext": "300\\nt2j\u00e2\u0082\u00ac^^c ^7^?DD ;iiBr v\\niVElVAYGO COUNTY.\\nNo. 346, at Hesperia, and is Secretary of the,\\norder. He is also a member of the (1. A. K., of the\\nJ. A. IMx Post. He is a strong advocate of the\\ntemperance cause, and verj liberal in his jwlitical\\nand religious views, inclining to the Advent Church.\\nMr. and Mrs. CI. have one child, Caroline, born\\nSept. 13, 1875.\\nA\\nilliam A. Boyd, farmer, section 8, son of\\nRichard Boyd, was born in Ohio, Dec. 27,\\n%P 1848. At the age of five years he came\\nwith his parents to Hillsdale Co., Mich.,\\nwhere he lived until he came to Newaygo\\nCounty here he engaged in farming. In the\\nfall of 1882 he built a steam saw-mill in Sheri-\\ndan Township, which has a capacity of 12,000 feet\\nper day. He is a member of the Order of Good\\nTemplars, and in politics is a National.\\nHerbert F. Webster, farmer and lumber-\\nman, section 21, Big Prairie Township, was\\nborn Feb. 7, 1856, in Newaygo County, and is\\nthe son of William Rila and Phebe Ann\\n(Moore) Webster. (See sketch.)\\nMr. Webster was reared to manhood in his nati\\\\e\\ncounty and has chiefly followed the callings of farmer\\nand lumberman; he has also been engaged as an\\nestimator of pine and pine lands and likewise as a\\nscaler. He is the owner of 80 acres of unim-\\nl)roved land on section 15, 80 acres on section 21 and\\n40 acres on section 16, of Big Prairie Township.\\nHe was married April 27, 1879, in the village of\\nNewaygo, to Kittie C. Reed, Rev. J. N. Hicks offi-\\nciating. Mrs. Webster was born in Elk River Town-\\nship, Sanilac Co., Mich., Aug. 11, 1859, and is a\\ndaughter of Elias S. and Elizabeth (Gaffney) Reed,\\nboth of whom are natives of Zora, Dominion of\\nCanada, where the one was born in 1832 and the\\nother in 1838.\\nTo Mr. and Mrs. Webster three children have\\nbeen born, namely Freddie H., the eldest born, is\\ndeceased; Bertha Pearl was born May 22, 1881.\\nAn infant son, George, was born Dec. 6, 1883. Mr.\\nWebster is an adherent of the National Greenback\\nLabor party, and in religious views adopts the tenets\\nof the Wesleyan Methodist Chunli.\\nMr. Webster, tiiough a young man, has a very\\ncreditable record as a. Nimrod. In the course of two\\nweeks in 1873 he captured 14 deer and two bears,\\nand the aggregate product of his skill wilh his rifle\\nis about 50 deer and three bears. One of the ex-\\nperiences of which he retains a vital remembrance\\nwas a long season continuing from September, 1870,\\nto April, 187 I, in the woods on the Pentwater River.\\nHe is of social, genial temperament, kind to the poor\\nand sympathetic with the suffering, aiding such with\\nall the generosity of his nature. He is specially\\nfond of mvisii and an expert violinist.\\nhomas L. Price, Jr., farmer, section 36,\\nGoodwell Township, was born Dec. 28,\\n1843, in Wyoming Co., N. Y., and is the\\nson of Thomas L. and Eliza (Betts) Price.\\nThe father was born at Saratoga Springs, N.\\nY. the latter at Ballston Springs, N. Y.\\nThe father of Mr. Price died in 1845, when his\\nson was but two years old, and the latter remained\\nunder the care of his mother until he was ten years\\nage, when he found the necessity of earning his live-\\nlihood resting upon his own shoulders. He obtained\\nemploy as he best could, and before he was 19 years\\nold had become quite a teacher. At that age he re-\\nturned to his native State and remained at home a\\nyear. His first business venture was renting a hotel\\nat Newberg, Ohio, which enterprise he pursued a\\nyear, and during the three years next following was\\nvariously engaged. In 1866 he came to Saginaw\\nCo., Mich., where he resided until 1882, when he\\nbought 80 a( res in Goodwell Township. Of this,\\n25 acres are under cultivation. He acts with the\\nNational Greenback party, to whose principles he is\\nan adherent.\\nMr. Price was married in Newberg, Ohio, June 2,\\n1862, to Florence E., daughter of Thomas and Eliza\\nMoore, of Cleveland, Ohio, and four children have\\nbeen born to Mr. and Mrs. Price, all living, namely:\\nCharles F., Cora E., William S. and Rena M.\\ny^\\nA\\nsy\\n/f\\nI\\nj\u00c2\u00ab^si\\ns-*^\\n^?^^D!]r^^niis\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0v o-", "height": "2819", "width": "2254", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph11chic_0310.jp2"}, "311": {"fulltext": "r,i\u00c2\u00a3^\\n^K/^^i^l^^^i\\nA EWAYGO COUiVTY.\\n301\\nA\\n1\\noro\\nxio\\noseph Barder, farmer, section 12, Barton\\nTownship, was born in Austria, April 18,\\nIto 1824, and is the son of Peter and Magda-\\nlena (Stieger) Barder. He lived in his native\\ncountry until 1867, passing tlie years of his\\nchildhood in obtaining the education bestowed\\nupon children of the class to which he belonged, and\\nafterwards engaging in agriculture, subject to all the\\nprivations incident to the lalioring community under\\na monarchical government.\\nOn coming to the United States, he located at\\nCleveland, Ohio, and there engaged in farming. In\\n1877 he came to Newaygo County, bought a farm of\\n160 acres in Barton Township, and has since given\\nhis exclusive attention to its improvement and culti-\\nvation.\\nMr. Barder was married in 1867, to Anna Sker, a\\nnative of Switzerland. Tliey have a family of six\\nchildren Katie, Joseph, Lizzie, Edward, Antoine\\nand Martha. Mr. Barder acts politically witli the\\nRepublican part).\\niCanies Crabtree, farmer, section 14, Big\\nJ^^^^ Prairie Township, was born July 11, 1813\\n\u00c2\u00abJ?K in Maine, and is a son of Richard A. and\\nMary (Giggey) Crabtree. The former was\\nborn Nov. 30, 1789, in the State of New York\\nand was a son of John Crabtree, a native of\\nLondon, England, who emigrated to America in its\\nearliest days. Himself and brother were residents\\nof the city of New York when it was an insignificant\\nDutch seaport town. The mother was born Nov. 2,\\n1788, in Virginia, and was the daughter of parents\\nwho were natives of the Lowlands of Scotland.\\nMr. Crabtree remained with his parents in his\\nnative State until their removal to New Brunswick\\nin 1818, where he resided during the remainder of\\nthe years of his minority. Mr. Crabtree records one\\nri memorable day when about 20 years old. A school\\nwas started in tlie vicinity of his home, and he at-\\ntended its lessons one day, the only experience of the\\nkind in his whole life. He passed all his early life\\nassisting his father, and at the age of 21 found\\nhimself for the first time at liberty to operate in his\\nown behalf. He obtained an engagement as fore-\\nman of a lumber-cami), in which occupation he had\\nbeen engaged four years previously. After two years\\nhe (|uit lumbering and became a sailor. He was\\nbefore the mast six years, when he was made Cap-\\ntain of a vessel, and two years later was a ship\\nowner. He was at sea with his vessel, the Mont-\\ngomery, four years, and during the time sailed\\nroinid the world. He was in the Gulf of Mexico\\nwhen the Mexican war broke out, and he tied up\\nto the wliarf in tlie city of New Orleans, went ashore\\nand in 48 hours raised a company of 1 1 2 volunteers\\nfor the United States service. Feeling incomjjetent\\nto take command, he went out with the company as\\nSergeant and remained in the army until the close\\nof the war, serving one year under Gen. Taylor and\\nthe remainder of the time attached to the command\\nof Gen. Scott. He was at the head of his company\\nduring the last year. He was in the closing fight at\\nthe city of Mexico, and brought home the national\\ncolors. After the end of the war he spent some time\\nin travel and visited the principal cities of the United\\nStates. This accomplished, he felt a desire to visit\\nhis friends from whom he had not heard for 13 years.\\nHe returned to New Brunswick, and after a year\\nthere came to Chicago, 111., where he resided two\\nyears. His next removal was to Amboy, III, where\\nhe conducted a saw-mill six years. In 1857 he\\ncame to Muskegon and resided four years, whence\\nhe came to Croton, and six months later to Big\\nPrairie, where he now owns 1 40 acres of land, with 40\\nacres cleared, well improved and placed under\\nadvanced cultivation, with good buildings and other\\ncreditable farm fixtiires.\\nMr. Crabtree was a soldier in the civil war. He\\nenlisted in Co. Tenth Mich. Cav., in 1864, and\\nwas discharged at the close of the war in Memphis,\\nTenn. His command was in all the active campaign\\nservice of the last year of the war, and, amid other\\nactive duty, he was in the detail of soldiers sent into\\nNorth Carolina to cut oflf the communications of Lee\\nwith the railroad. He was in Stoneman s raid, and\\ntlie last battles in which he participated were those\\nof Salisbury and Lexington, or High Points. He\\nsustained a sun-stroke at Sweet Water, Tenn., from\\nc\\nA\\nI\\n^^C^", "height": "2831", "width": "2211", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph11chic_0311.jp2"}, "312": {"fulltext": "4\\ni\\ni\\ns\\nf\\ni^N-\\nail :(ll|v-\\nr^i\\nVBIVAYGO COUNTY\\nwhich he has become blind, being able only to\\ndistinguish liglit with one eye.\\nMr. Crabtree was married Aug. 9, 1849, in St.\\nJohn, 1^. B., to Mar)- Jane Darragh. She was born\\nMarch 11, 1829, in County Tyrone, Ireland, and is a\\ndaughter of George and Isabella (Hawthorne) Dar-\\nragh. Her parents were born in Ireland near the city of\\nDublin. Her father was born in 1799 and is still\\nliving. Her mother was born in 180: and died in\\n1873, in New Brunswick. Nine children have been\\nbom to Mr. and Mrs. Crabtree, seven of whom are\\nliving: Their names are, George R., Mary I., Eliza\\nJ., James E. (dec), Charles L., Wm. Ellsworth,\\nAbraham F., Joseph F. (dec.) and Franklin I.\\nPolitically Mr. C. is a radical Republican.\\nohn F. Schroeder, farmer, section i, Bar-\\nton Township, was born in Germany,\\nMarch :6, 1840, and is the son of Freder-\\nick and Mary Schroeder. He was reared and\\n^r educated in his native country, and came to\\nthe United States when 26 years old.\\nHe settled at Grand Rapids, where he remained\\n14 years engaged in blacksmithing. In 1874, he\\ncame to Newaygo County and purchased 40 acres of\\nland in Barton Township, where he has since occu-\\npied his time in improving and cultivating his land.\\nHe was married in his native country, in 1866, to\\nDorothea, daughter of Frederick and Dorothea (Po-\\ndine) Walter, natives of Germany. The family in-\\ncludes four children John C, Frederick M., Minnie\\nF. and Mary C.\\neorge R. Webster, formerly a farmer and\\nIj ^TgT! lumberman, resident on section 21, Big\\n^f Prairie Township, has been engaged since\\nv|- 1 88 1 as agent for the Cascade Commercial\\nI Nursery of Kent County. He was born in\\nDenham Township, Upper Canada, Aug. 14,\\n1851, and is the son of Wm. R. and Phebe A.\\nWebster. (See sketch.)\\nHe came to Newaygo County with his parents in\\nI\\n1853, and has been an inmate of the parental home\\nmost of his life thus far. His views of wedded bliss\\nare still in the anticipatory state, and his numerous ^5\\nfriends rely on his calm judgment and sound sense\\nas a basis for their hopes of his future happiness.\\nHe is generally esteemed for his character of sobriety,\\nveracity, integrity and his unwavering consideration\\nfor the rights and privileges of others. His fur.da-\\nmental principle in social matters is, that only in\\nshowing himself to be friendly can a man win friends,\\nand he recognizes the full force of the injunction,\\nDo unto others as ye would that they should do\\nunto you.\\nMr. Webster is the proprietor of 80 acres of land\\non section 16, and 94 acres on section 21, of Big\\nPrairie Township. He has been a successful sports-\\nman, his coolness and self-control making him an\\nexceptional marksman; and he had at one time few\\nsuperiors in his knowledge of the habits of game in\\nNorthern Michigan. Politically he is a Republican,\\nand is a zealous adherent to the tenets of the\\nWesleyan Methodist Church.\\nh h\\n-r~T\\nA\\nT^r\\nohn Brotherton, farmer, section 32, Dayton\\nTownship, was born in Ohio, July 15, 1826.\\nHis parents were Abel and Clara (Griffin)\\nBrotherton, the former a native of New York\\nand the latter of Connecticut. They first set-\\ntled in New York and afterward moved to\\nOhio. When John came to Michigan he first settled\\nin Lenawee County, and came to Newaygo County in\\nthe winter of 1854, when he took up 160 acres of\\ngood land on sections 32 and 33, where he now\\nresides; 75 acres are under improvement. He has\\nsince purchased 40 acres more, and now owns 200\\nacres of land.\\nMr. Brotherton was married in Lenawee Co., Mich.,\\nin 1847, to Helen, daughter of Weston and Sophia\\nTenney, the father a native of Massachusetts, and\\nthe mother of New York. They first settled in the\\nlatter State and afterward moved to Lenawee Co.,\\nMich. Mrs. Brotherton was the youngest of three\\nchildren and was lx)rn in New York, Aug. 17, 1830.\\nMr. and Mrs. B. have two children, Ophelia and May.\\nr\\nI\\n=\u00c2\u00bb-^^D!i^iins", "height": "2819", "width": "2254", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph11chic_0312.jp2"}, "313": {"fulltext": "r ^DII/ CCD^ r\\n*^^isr\\nMr. B. has been Supervisor, Highway Commissioner,\\nand was County Superintendent of the Poor six\\nyears. In politics he is a Greenbacker. Mr. and\\n^[rs. Brotherton are charter members of Fremont\\nGrange, No. 494, P. of H.\\nNEWAYGO COUNTY.\\nI C ^.kavid W. Flora, M. U., physician and sur-\\nw v Af\\neon, at Newaygo, was born at Cincinnati,\\nOhio, Nov 20, 1828. He is a son of George\\nW. and Margaret (Sloop) Flora, and was\\nreared to manhood after the method common\\nthe training of farmers sons of that\\nperiod. He obtained his elementary education at\\nthe common schools and found the curriculum of\\nstudy open to him under the metropolitan school\\nregulations to be only incentives to the investigation\\nof the wide fields of knowledge to which the higher\\ninstitutions of learning furnished the oijcn sesame.\\nHe supplemented his primary studies by two years\\nattendance as a student in the literary department\\nof the college at Augusta, Ky. He was df eply im-\\npressed with the exhaustive and concise character of\\nthe text-books with which he became familiar, and\\nS^ learned from them the lesson designed by discrim-\\nnating instructors, that they could only serve a\\nspecific purpose in designating the route to the possi-\\nbilities lying in the great field of scientific research\\nbeyond our mental horizon. To join the already\\nmighty army of authors and investigators, became his\\nhighest ambition, and, in casting about for a profes-\\nsion which afforded the widest scope for the con-\\nsummation of his desires, he fixed upon that of\\nmedicine. His idea was not that of limiting himself\\nto the study of drugs, or their effects \\\\\\\\\\\\K n the human\\nsystem, or in any sense restricted by the scope of a\\npractitioner devoted to the one purpose of ameliora-\\nting human suffering, but in the broadest sense pos-\\nsible, and including anatom) comparative anatomy,\\nphysiology and botany, the whole field included\\nwithin the limits of natural* history.\\n.\\\\fter leaving Augusta he became a teacher, and\\n,A. devoted seven years to that profession, preparatory to\\nentering upon the course prescribed by custom for\\nj/ such as contemplated the practice of medicine. In\\n^1857, he entered the office of Dr. G. Boynton,\\n3\u00c2\u00b03\\nof Columbus, Ind., and read under his supervision\\nHe afterwards attended lectures at the Ohio Medical\\nCollege located at Cincinnati, and also at the Ken-\\ntucky School of Medicine, at Louisville, and later at\\nthe Chicago Medical College. He spent one term\\nat each of the institutions named.\\nWhile thus engaged, the mighty question of country\\nor no country was forced to an issue by the rebellious\\nSouth, and in succeeding events Dr. Flora found\\nduty and opportunity closely linked. In all that this\\nmay mean, a passing tribute is due to the influence\\nwielded by the schools and instructors of the period\\nbetween the settlement of this country and the ad-\\nvent of civil war. The spirit of patriotism engen-\\ndered by the struggle for independence had been\\nthereby kept alive, and the fair green plant suddenly\\nburst into marvelous bloom and bore a glorious fruit-\\nage, solving the problem of the rise and fall of na-\\ntions and demonstrating that the inherent principles\\nof liberty are synonymous with those of truth and are\\nas eternal also that they foster in the American\\npeople impulses which render the National institu-\\ntions as imperishable as are the ties of home and\\nkindred.\\nDr. Flora was in the ardor of youth and the flush\\nof ambitious hopes to rise in his profession. He\\nforesaw through the vista of advancement the acme\\nof his aspirations and, recognizing the stability of\\nsmall things for a foundation, he made haste to re-\\nspond to the second call for troops after the disaster\\nat Bull s Run, and entered the service as a private,\\nenlisting in August, 1861, in C\u00c2\u00bb. F, 39th Ind. Vol.\\nInf., and was made Hospital Steward of the regiment.\\nHe was soon placed in charge of the regimental\\nhospital, and made himself active in the care and\\ntreatment of the men and officers. His faithful,\\nconscientious labors and the efficiency of his sanitar)\\nmeasures came to be understood at headquarters,\\nand he was detailed to organize a general hospital\\nfor the army corps. He was informed that an oi)por-\\ntunity was open to him to appear before an examin-\\ning board of regular army surgeons, under whose\\ndictum he was mustered out by special order of the\\nSecretary of War, preliminary to his apixsintment as\\nAssistant Surgeon, U. S. A. He was assigned to the\\ntransportation service and assumed charge of a train\\nconveying sick and wounded soldiers to the general\\nhospital at Louisville, Ky. This duty involved the\\nbringing in of the sick and wounded from outlying\\nposts, and when it was comiilcted he was placed in\\nA\\n1.\\n,1", "height": "2831", "width": "2211", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph11chic_0313.jp2"}, "314": {"fulltext": "m\\ni\\nH!^^\\nTK^^ntll^DDr^\\n-^a\u00c2\u00ab\u00e2\u0082\u00ac^^\\n-4^^^9(^\\n1\\ns\\nM\\n304\\n^V^ W^^FGC COUNTY.\\ncharge of the convalescent barracks in the city,\\nwhich post he Tilled from May t, 1862, to April 1,\\n1863.\\nHis next charge was Hospital No. 9, in I^oiiisville,\\nwhere he remained until September of the year last\\nnamed, when he was ordered to Camp Nelson, Ky.,\\nto care for 1,000 sick soldiers left by (len. Burnside,\\nwhen he marched on Knoxville, Tenn. The attend-\\nant difficulties in this service rivaled the details in\\nsome of the rebel hospitals. Dr. Flora had but two\\nassistants to aid him in the care and management of\\n1 .000 disabled soldiers and 1,000 contrabands and\\nlaborers, and in less than six weeks himself and fel-\\nlow surgeons succumbed to the severity of the situa-\\ntion and were prostrated by typho-malarial fever and\\ndysentery. His comrades went home to die, but he\\nsoon recovered his health, and on the first of October\\nhe resumed duty at the (General Hosiiital at Madi-\\nson, Ind.\\nWhile there he inaugurated a series of original\\ninvestigations to discover the nature ot a certain\\nclass of obscure ailments which caused the victims\\nto be classed as malingerers, hospital bummers,\\netc. This class of patients commonly became per-\\nmanent appendages to the hospitals, and if dis-\\ncharged cured and sent to the front, invariably\\nreturned and in time became the opprobrium\\nmedicorum of the profession. By the aid of the\\nmicroscope and chemical tests. Dr. Flora succeeded\\nin diagnosing and placing under proper treatment\\nthis class of patients. The incurable were discharged\\nand the other ilk were sent to their commands,\\nso described that they returned no more.\\nWhile in charge of one of the divisions of the gen-\\neral hospital, Dr Flora devoted a portion of his time\\nto morbid anatoni) histology and natural history,\\nespecially in the department of entomology. During\\nhis microscopic investigations of embryology in in-\\nsect life, he conceived the idea of photogra])hing\\nmagnified objects, and, aided by a photographer, he\\nsucceeded in obtaining what he supposed to be the\\nfirst jiholographs of that character. It afterwards\\ntranspired that he had a contemporary in the work,\\nDr. Dean, of Washington, who was engaged at the\\nsame time (1865) in pliotographing sections of the\\nspinal cord. Micro-photography has now reached\\namazing proportions, but Dr. Flora claims originality\\nif not priority in the discovery. Fn addition to his\\nduties and researches, he made important contribu-\\ntions to the medical, literary and scientific magazines.\\nOn receiving his discharge from the army, Dr.\\nFlora established his jjractice in Chicago, and while\\nthere became favorably known to a wide circle of\\nmiscellaneous readers by articles on current sanitary\\ntopics, one of which at least was exigent and oppor-\\ntune. Many will remember the able and exhaustive\\n[laper on Trichinae i)ul)lished by the Chicago Times\\nand cojiied by hundreds of journals of lesser pre-\\ntensions. It was then becoming the subject of much\\ninterest to scientific thinkers, and alarm to other\\nclasses.\\nIn 1868, the Doctor came to Denver, Newaygo\\nCounty, and not long afterward to Newaygo. His\\nbusiness here has been extensive and satisfactory.\\nHis intellectual grade in his profession is understood\\nand appreciated, and he takes precedence of his com-\\npeers as the oldest resident practitioner. He has been\\nmedical adviser among the poor a large proportion of\\nthe time since he settled here, and he has served\\nmany years as a local liealth officer. He is at present\\nJustice of the Peace.\\nIn 1872, Dr Flora perfected and patented a safety\\nmask for the purpose of protecting the respiratory\\norgans from dust in mining and dry-grinding, by cot-\\nton films charged with antiseptics, forming a perfect\\nsafeguard against germs of infection in contagious\\ndiseases.\\nDr. Flora was married in .Seymour, Jackson Co.,\\nInd., April 7, 1857, to Sarah C, daughter of Charles\\nand Harriet Hanley. She was born alCohoes, N. Y.,\\nMay 10, 1835. Charles A., elder child, was born in\\nBartholomew Co., Ind., and is a printer by trade.\\nDaisy, only daughter, was lioni in Newaygo, Oct 7,\\n1869.\\nIjiffip; atrick Neville, deceased, was born March\\nifj, 14, 1824, in County Wexford.\\nA\\nV\\nl iland.\\nHe was tlie son of John and Catherine\\nt3 (Stafford) Neville. His parents record is in-\\nIt complete, but it is known that they were natives\\nof the same county where their son was born, and\\ndied about the year i860.\\nMr. Neville grew to manhood in his native land,\\nwhere he was married Jan. 31, 1853, to Catherine\\nI\\nry..\\ni\\nm\\n^mvAh", "height": "2819", "width": "2254", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph11chic_0314.jp2"}, "315": {"fulltext": "-^i^^ er-T n D P h T\\nra^i\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0isr\\n-4^^^\\nNEWAYGO COUNTY.\\nT\\nA\\nV\\nRonan. She was born and reared in the same place\\nin County Wexford, and is the daughter of Matthew\\nand Bridget (O Donahue) Ronan. Her father was\\nborn in 1801, and her mother in 1802, both in Ire-\\nland, in which country they also both died, in 1853.\\nMr. and Mrs. Neville sailed for the United States,\\nApril 15, 1853, and arrived in New York on the 2d\\nday of Jane following. They reached the city of\\nPhiladeljjhia, where they remained three months.\\nThey started for Michigan in September and arrived\\nin Newaygo County on the loth of that month. They\\npassed the following winter at Powers Corners, in\\nEverett Township, and ill March 1854, bought 160\\nacres of land in Big Prairie, where they founded\\ntheir home.\\nMr. Neville died March 19, 1865. Of seven\\nchildren born to him and Mrs. Neville six are living.\\nFollowing are their names in the order of their birth\\nMary B., John J., William P., Mary Jane (dec),\\nCatherine E., Matthew G. and Patrick P. When the\\nfather died the eldest child was but 1 1 years old, but\\nthe two eldest sons, aged ten and nine years, with\\ntheir mother s aid, have placed the farm in fine con-\\ndition. They at once, upon being left alone, contin-\\nued the work begun by the father, and could drive\\nthe oxen, although too small to adjust the ox yoke,\\nwhich was done with the mother s assistance. The\\nfarm now comprises 105 acres, cleared, cultivated\\nand improved with fine buildings.\\nelson McDonald, farmer, section 1 1, Sheri-\\ndan Township, was born in Upper Canada,\\nMarch 23, 1826. He is a son of Peter\\nand Amanda (Smith) McDonald, the former\\na native of Canada, where he now resides, at\\nthe advanced age of 95 years; the latter of\\nConnecticut, and died in 1874. He lived in Canada\\nuntil 1855, when he came to Newaygo County and\\npurchased 240 acres of wild land in Sheridan Town-\\nship, where he now resides. He owns 210 acres,\\nhaving given his sons 150 acres. He has 120 acres\\nunder cultivation. He was married in Upper Can-\\nada, April II, 1848, to Amanda E., eldest daughter\\nof Moses S. and Joanna (Austin) Hindes, the former\\na native of New York and the latter of Upper Can-\\nada they moved to Newaygo County, where the\\nfather died, in the fall of 1880, and the mother re-\\nsides in (iarfield Towi^ship. Mrs. McDonald was\\nborn in Upper Canada, Nov. 10, 1828.\\nMr. and Mrs. McDonald are the parents of 11\\nchildren Melvin, Peter, Franklin, Cylicia V., Ar-\\nminta, .\\\\mos. Anion, Ida, Eda; Horatio died at the\\nage of 22, and one died in infancy. Mr. McDonald\\nhas held the office of Highway Commissioner nearly\\nevery year since he settled in this township. Him-\\nself and wife are members of Fremont Grange, P.\\nof H. In politics he is a National Greenbacker.\\nCharles F. Keefe, senior member of the\\nfirm of Keefe, Sutliff Company, livery-\\nmen, resident at Newaygo, was born July 11,\\n1856, in Solon, Somerset Co., Me. His father,\\nMichael Keefe, was born at St. John, N. B.,\\nMay 4, 1818, of English and Scotch ancestry\\nHis mother, Louise (Waugh) Keefe, was born in De\\ncember, 1824, in Maine, of English lineage. They\\nremoved to Lincoln, Penobscot County, in 1859,\\nwhere they resided nearly 17 years. In the winter of\\n1875 they came to Howard City, Montcalm Co.,\\nMich., whence they removed in December, 1882, to\\nCanton, St. Lawrence Co., N. Y., where they are yet\\nliving.\\nMr. Keefe became a telegraph of)erator at the age\\nof 15, and followed that pursuit about two and a halt\\nyears, and then engaged as a salesman in a drug\\nstore. He came West in 1874 and located at How-\\nard City, where he sijent three years in various occu-\\npations. In 1877 he entered upon the duties of\\nbook-keeper for the Muskegon Boom Company,\\nwhere he was employed two years, acting also as\\nforeman on the drive, and scaling logs during the\\nwinters until he came to Newaygo. On the i8th of\\nSeptember, 1883, associated with Albert E. and Solon\\nD. Sutliff, he established a livery stable on the site of\\na similar enterprise managed by J. M. Allen, which\\nwas destroyed by fire, April 29, 1883. The firm are\\ndoing a profitable business, keeping ten horses and\\nall fixtures common to such establishments.\\nV\\ni\\nf^\\nI-^-s.\\nm^mjb^^\\nmM^y^", "height": "2831", "width": "2211", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph11chic_0315.jp2"}, "316": {"fulltext": "\u00c2\u00a5EWAYGO COUNTY.\\nSi ar\\nt\\nt\\nA\\nMr. Keefe was married at Newaygo, Feb. 14, 1881,\\nto Flora, daughter of Calvin A. and Emily Sutliff,\\nborn in Bridgeton, Dec. 24, 1863. Ethel, only child,\\nwas born in Bridgeton, Nov. 38, 1881. Mr. Keefe is\\na member of the Masonic fraternity.\\noshua G. Childs, farmer, section 26, Mon-\\nroe Township, was born April 29, 1849, in\\nNiagara Co., N. Y., and is a son of Sanford\\nand Elizabeth (McGregor) Childs. The father\\nis a native of New York, and the mother was\\nborn in Scotland. Both are yet living and re-\\nside in Eaton Co., Mich.\\nMr. Childs obtained his education chiefly at the\\ncommon schools of his native county and finished his\\ncareer as a student in books by one term of study at\\nLewiston. He became his own man at the age\\nof 17 years and spent some time in travel in the\\nStates of Pennsylvania, Ohio and Indiana. He com-\\nmenced his career as a farmer in Newaygo County,\\nin 1870, by entering a homestead claim in Monroe\\nTownship, where he has since made the best possible\\napplication of his strength and judgment in clearing\\nand otherwise improving his farm.\\nHe was married in Monroe Township to Harriet\\nC, daughter of Abraham and Mary E. (Beaden) Al-\\nger. She was born in Coldwater, Mich., Nov. 10, 1856.\\nHer parents were natives of Ireland. Mr. and Mrs.\\nChilds have had five children, born as follows Mary\\nE., Nov. 18, 187 I Minnie M., April 11, 1875 Alden\\nS., May 9, 1877; George A., April 6, 1879. James,\\nborn July 7, 1883, died Sept. 13, .1883.\\nMr. Childs is a Republican, and has held the of-\\nfices of Supervisor and Deputy Clerk of the township.\\n.;\u00c2\u00a33..cf-.\\nelson P. Cook, farmer, section 2, Big\\nPrairie Township, was born April 8, 1841,\\nJjr.gp in Marion, Wayne Co., N. Y. His parents,\\nAsahel and Louisa (Dumond) Cook, were\\nIG both natives of the State of New York, where\\nthe father was born about the year 1815: he died\\nNov. 7, 1S80, in .Mlegan County.\\nMr. Cook came to Michigan with his parents when\\nhe was 13 years old. They settled in Arlington,\\nVan Buren County, and he continued an inmate of\\nhis father s household until he was 27 years of age,\\nwhen he was married and began life as a family man.\\nHe passed a number of years in various employments,\\nincluding farming, lumbering and operating threshing-\\nmachines. He came to Newaygo County in 1872,\\nand Feb. 28 entered a homestead claim of 160 acres\\nof land. He has cleared and improved 30 acres of\\nland, placed it under good cultivation and erected\\nsuitable and convenient farm buildings. His place\\nis well stocked with horses, cattle, sheep and swine.\\nIn political relations he is a Democrat.\\nMr. Cook was married Oct. 5, 1868, in Arlington,\\nto Hannah, daughter of Hiram and Jane (Wilson)\\nLewis. She was born in Greenbush, Albany Co., N.\\nY-, April 9, 1850. Her parents were natives of the\\nEmpire State, born respectively in i8r8 and 1819.\\nMr. and Mrs. Cook have been the parents of two\\nchildren: Margaret, born June 28, 1869, is the sole\\nsurviving child.\\nsa P. Carpenter, retired farmer and teacher,\\nresident on section 6, Croton Township, was\\nborn in Waterford, Caledonia Co., Vt., Sept. 2,\\n1802, and is the son of Asa and Erepta (Grow)\\nI Carpenter. His father was born in 1770, in\\nAshford, Conn., and died Sept. 10, 1826; he was a\\nson of Jonah Carpenter, who came to America soon\\nafter the Pilgrims made their first settlement in\\nMassachusetts. The mother of Mr. Carpenter was\\nborn in 1780, in Hartland, Vt., and died in 1862.\\nThe father of Mr. Carpenter was a Congregational\\nminister and gave his son a good available education.\\nHe commenced the vocation of teaching at the age\\nof 18 years. He taught his first school in the town of\\nVictor, Ontario Co., N. Y., in 1820. In 1824 lie went\\nto Canada. He was married Oct. 3, 1 824, in Lewiston,\\nNiagara Co., N. Y.,toMargaret, daughter of John and\\nCatherine (Huff) Ulman. She was born April 27,\\n1798. Her father was born in 1754, in Lancaster, Pa.,\\nand died in 1833. Her mother was born about 17O4,\\nin Canajoharie, N. Y., and died in 1835. Nine\\n\u00c2\u00bbv\\nt\\n-V\u00c2\u00ab^(^\u00c2\u00a7#\u00e2\u0080\u0094\\n^I1!1 :DD^:\\nJL.", "height": "2819", "width": "2254", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph11chic_0316.jp2"}, "317": {"fulltext": "I\\nt\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0^.^^i^^c^ e^ titl :tliiv v\\n.^tfTJlQP\\ntlfe^\\nA\\n^O\\nI\\ns\\nNEWAYGO COUNTY.\\nof twelve rhildren born to Mr. and Mrs. Carpenter\\nare living. Following arc all their names in the\\norder of birth Joseph Warren, Alethia, John Grow,\\nHenry Ulnian (died of a wound in the army, and is\\nburied at Alexandria, Va.), Margaret Ann, Asa and\\nErepta (twins), Benjamin, Charles Carrol (died by\\ndrowning) Elizabeth Catherine and Mary Jane. The\\nlatter were twins and Mary Jane is deceased.\\nMr. Carpenter was exclusively occupied in teach-\\ning until 1853, when he came to Michigan. He\\nbought 40 acres of land in Croton, Newaygo County,\\nand has added by purchase So acres more, where\\nhimself and wife now reside. The children have all\\nscattered away to homes and interests of their own,\\nexcept the son Benjaimn, who lives upon a part of the\\nhomestead.\\nMr. Carpenter has always been actively interested\\nin ix)litics, and records himself as an inflexible Re-\\npublican. He has held the office of Town Clerk six\\nyears. Superintendent of the Poor seven years, has\\nbeen Coroner of the county and Justice of the Peace\\n12 years, and has officiated as School Inspector most\\nof the time since he settled in Croton. He has taken\\nthe New York Tribune 40 years. Himself and wife\\nbelong to the Congregational Church.\\n-V f-\\nilliam H. Cope, farmer, section 14, Gar-\\nfield Township, was born in Beverley, Can.,\\nip Nov. 8, 1827. He is a son of William and\\nIIV^- Rhoda (Tucker) Cope, and was reared on a\\nfarm under tlie supervision of his father to the\\nage of 20 years, when he left home and went to\\nWaterloo, Can.\\nIn October, 1848, he was married to Fannie Smifh,\\nwho was born April 25, 1827, in Vermont. Of tlieir\\nmarriage six children were born, namely Eliza J.,\\nwife of William Monroe, farmer, of (iarfield Town-\\nship; John, Alice, Emma, Elnora and William. Soon\\nafter the event of his marriage, Mr. Cope returned to\\nBeverley and managed a saw-mill belonging to John\\nHoward, one year. In 1849 he came to Decatur,\\nVan Buren Co., Mich., and there pursued agriculture.\\nHe had a long and prostrating illness, which con-\\ntinued a year and exhausted his little savings. On\\n;j.\\nv.^\\nrecovery, in 1851, he came to Croton, Newaygo\\nCounty, and one year later made arrangements for\\nthe purchase of the farm where he now resides, of\\nWilliam Loomis, containing 80 acres of land, ex-\\nchanging therefor the labor of three years and two\\nyokes of cattle. His farm now consists of 50 acres\\nof cleared and well improved land, and 30 acres in\\nheavy timber. Mr. Cope is in a prosperous condition\\nfinancially, and has the satisfaction of knowing that\\nhe has won his way over obstacles that would have\\nthrown men of less resolution into hopeless dis-\\ncouragement.\\n^.\u00c2\u00abSHJH\u00c2\u00bb\\newis S. Meyers, farmer, section 36, Big\\nPrairie, was born in France about 30 hours,\\nor 90 miles, from Strasbourg, on the river\\nMain. The date of his birth was July 23\\n1 83 1. His father, Jacob Meyers, was born /O\\nabout 1783, in Schelestadt, and died in 1868. i=\\nwas an attache of an officer on the staff of v\\nNapoleon Bonaparte. Jacob Meyers, the paternal\\ngrandfather, belonged to the farming community of\\nFrance, and Ijy vocation was a dairyman. Mary Ann\\n(Phillips) Meyers, the mother of Mr. Meyers of this\\nsketch, was born in 1801, in Minster, France, in\\nLower Alsace. She died about 1857.\\nThe parents came to the United States in 1832,\\nand located in Stark Co Ohio. The son was about\\nnine months old, and they lived there until he was\\n12 years of age, when they removed to Allen Co.,\\nInd. Mr. Meyers remained at home until his first\\nmarriage in 1856, when he became the husband of\\nElizabeth McDowell. Two children were born of\\nthis marriage, namely Viola, row Mrs. Weaver and\\nresiding in Indiana; and Leander, who lives in Ft.\\nWayne, Ind. The mother died in 1864. After the\\ndeath of his wife Mr. Meyers enlisted in Co. A, 21st\\nMich. Vol. Inf., enrolling Sept. i, 1864. His com-\\nmand was attached to the army corps of Gen.\\nSherman, and he served in all the actions during the\\nmemorable march to the sea. On the close of the\\nwar Mr. Meyers came to Croton, where he worked\\none year in a saw-mill, and then turned his attention\\nto carpentry, and became foreman in the lumber\\ninterests of Robert Mitchell.\\nc\\n)f^ r|\u00c2\u00bb*-\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0i.^\\nf^ ^r M 011^\\n-4", "height": "2831", "width": "2211", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph11chic_0317.jp2"}, "318": {"fulltext": "\u00e2\u0096\u00a0:i V^\\n-^i^ K ^^-tK ^D D D Dv\\n-\u00e2\u0080\u00a2Hf\\n^^xl^\\nf\\nA\\no\\nM\\nNEWAYGO COUNTY.\\nMr. Meyers was married in Croton, Newaygo\\nounty, May 13, 1869, to Katherine Maier. She\\nwas born July 22, 1838, in Baden, a Prussian\\nprovince, and is a daughter of Batel and Margaret\\nMaria (Kohler) Maier, natives of the same place in\\nPrussia where their daughter was born. Both were\\nGermans and born approximately in 1805 and 1807.\\nAbout the date of his second marriage Mr. Meyers\\nbought 80 acres of land in Big Prairie, where he\\nestablished his home. He has 30 acres cleared, with\\ngood improvements. He has passed his time farm-\\ning and working as a lumberman. He is a great\\nsportsman and has an interesting record. His list\\nincludes 300 deer, 194 of which he killed in Indiana.\\nHe has killed but one wolf, and but one bear. The\\nlatter weighed 327 pounds.\\nMr. Meyers is a Democrat in ])olitics, and Roman\\nCatholic in religion.\\n^^^^p-i^S-^ s-\\nlohn Barnhard, farmer, section 3, Dayton\\nTownship, is a son of Jacob and Sarah\\n(Hyland) Barnhard, and was born in San-\\ndusky Co., Ohio, Nov. 18, 1836. When he was\\nten years old he came to this county with his\\nparents. He lived under the parental roof\\nuntil he was 20 years of age, and was then employed\\nby the month on a farm for one year. In the fall of\\n1 858 he purchased 80 acres of wild land, on which he\\nbuilt a log house, and has since added 60 acres to his\\noriginal purchase; 100 acres are under good cultiva-\\ntion. In 1875 he erected a fine frame house where\\nhe now resides.\\nHe was married in Dayton Township, Nov. 24,\\ni860, to Maryette, daughter of Aaron and Amanda\\nStone, natives of Connecticut, and they have two\\nchildren: (iilbert L. and Herbert A. Mr. B. has\\nheld the oflfice of Township Clerk, Highway Com-\\nmissioner, School Inspector and Constable. He was\\nelected Justice of the Peace but declined to qualify\\nhe was also Township Treasurer four years.\\nMarch 12, 1862, he enlisted in the 3d Mich. Inf;\\nserved nearly three years and was honorably dis-\\ncharged, on account of a severe wound in the arm,\\nat Spottsylvania Court-House. He was in the battle\\nof the Wilderness and also that of Mine Run much\\nof the time he was on detached service. He now re-\\nceives a pension. Himself and wife are members of\\nHesperian Lodge, No. 495, P. of H., and in ix)litics\\nhe is a Republican.\\nm\\nM^\\n^tsjmM^r^\u00e2\u0080\u0094^Mi\\n*-^^irtW5Sv\\n*iyW*!^@T^\\n-^:DD :I1D^:\\n|I%ilas Edgecomb, farmer, section 21, Big\\n|l Prairie Township, was born Nov. 24, 1826,\\nin the State of New York, and is the son\\nof Asel and Sarah M. (Sears) Edgecomb.\\nBoth parents were of German descent and\\nwere born in the Empire Stale, the former\\nabout 1804 (died in in 1877), the latter in 1806 (died\\nin 1827).\\nMr. Edgecomb became a resident of Michigan in (I\\n1826, when his parents settled in St. Clair County.\\nHe was married in Brockway, St. Clair County,\\nMarch 20, 1848, to Anna Freeman. She was born\\nJune 19, 1831, near St. Thomas, Canada West, and\\nis the daughter of Curtis and Cynthia (Arms) Free-\\nman. Her father was born Feb. 18, 1795, in Lower\\nCanada, and died Jan. 9, 1866, in Brockway. The\\nmother was born May 20, 1800, in the Dominion, and\\nis still living. Following are the names of the chil-\\ndren born to Mr. and Mrs. Edgecomb: C. Maria\\n(dec), Nelson (dec), John W., Mary Jane (dec),\\nCharles S., Alvaretta, Arthur (killed in 1881 on a log\\nrollway on the Muskegon River), Annie and Thomas.\\nMr. Edgecomb was a resident of St. Clair County\\nabout ten years, when he removed to the State of\\nIowa. He went thence, 18 months later, to Wiscon-\\nsin, where he resided one year at Prairie Du Chien,\\nand two years in Grant County. He came to Ne-\\nwaygo County, Jan. 9, i860, and entered the employ\\nof Henry Loomis, for whom he kept a boarding-house\\nabout five months, located two miles from Newaygo\\nvillage. He went in the summer of i860 to Gaines-\\nville, Kent County, where he bought 40 acres of land,\\nwith about 25 acres improved, where he lived three\\nyears, selling out at the expiration of that time and\\nremoving to Croton. After a year s residence there\\nhe moved to section 26, where he logged one winter.\\nThe following spring he bought 120 acres of land on\\nsection 25, on which he resided one year and sold\\nf", "height": "2819", "width": "2254", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph11chic_0318.jp2"}, "319": {"fulltext": "", "height": "2831", "width": "2211", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph11chic_0319.jp2"}, "320": {"fulltext": "^-1 o", "height": "2819", "width": "2254", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph11chic_0320.jp2"}, "321": {"fulltext": "^.^^^_,^,^i^^", "height": "2831", "width": "2211", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph11chic_0321.jp2"}, "322": {"fulltext": "", "height": "2819", "width": "2254", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph11chic_0322.jp2"}, "323": {"fulltext": "\u00e2\u0096\u00bafesS!\\nNEWAYGO COUNTY.\\n-5*\u00e2\u0082\u00ac*^^\\nij^\\n4?^jf\\n313\\ntout. His next purchase was 160 acres, which is now\\nhis liomestead. This became his properly in iiS7o,\\nand was partly improved. On this he has since\\nf resided with the exception of several winters he has\\nspent in the hnnber woods. In political belief Mr.\\nEdgecomb is a Democrat, and in religions tendency\\ninclines to the Presbyterian faith.\\nJ vyiJ^\\nilliam Hila Webster, deceased, was born\\nOct. 29, iSio, in .Stanstead, Canada\\nEast. His earliest traditionary ancestor\\nwas his grandfather twice removed, other-\\nwise his great-great-grandfather, who was\\nan Englishman and came from Norfolk to the\\nUnited States and settled in New Hampshire, where\\nall his intermediate paternal ancestors were born.\\nHis father, John Webster, was born in 1787 and re-\\nmoved to Vermont with his family in 1792. He was\\nmarried in 1809, to Marcia Eastman, and soon after\\nthat event went to Stanstead. The wife was born\\nApril 10, 1790, in New Hampshire. She was of\\nWelsh ancestry, and died in Big Prairie, Dec. 23,\\n1863. John Webster died Feb. 15, 1819, in Stan-\\nstead, Canada East.\\nMr. Webster came to Michigan in June, 1853, and\\nselected Newaygo County as a place of residence.\\nIn the spring of 1854 he settled on section 21, Big\\nPrairie Township, where he bought 600 acres of land.\\nOn this he wrought out his life work as a pioneer, a\\nhusband and father, and citizen. Mr. Webster was\\nmarried at Port Hope, Ontario, Oct. 12, 1836, to\\nPhebe Ann Moore. Slie was born in that place\\nApril 8, 1822. and is the daughter of James and\\nAzubah (Soule) Moore. Her father was born in the\\nState of New York, in 1792, of Scotch and Irish\\nlineage, and one remove from such ancestry. Azu-\\nbah (Soule) Moore was born in 1796, and was the\\ndaughter of Wilson Soule, and of German de-\\nscent. Wilson Soule married Polly Curtis, who was\\na native of New York and of English ancestry.\\nTheir marriage occurred in 1792, and about the year\\n1808 they removed to Ontario, near C!oburg. Wil-\\nson Soule died in Clarke, Ontario, May 7, 1837; his\\nwife died in Brantford, Ontario, in January, 1857.\\nJames Moore and Azubah Soule were married in\\n181 1. The latter died Sept. 19, 1843, in Clarke;\\nthe latter in Haldimand, Ontario, Jan. 18, 1865.\\nTheir children were born as follows: Azubah Fi-\\ndelia, July 3, 1814; Emily Rosetta, March r6,\\n1816; Calvin Wilson, May 23, 18 18; Polly Lavi-\\nnia. May 22, 1820; Phebe Ann (as given); Hosea\\nLysander, July 23, 1824, died July 21, 1826.\\nThe following are the records of the children liorn\\nto Mr. and Mrs. Webster: James M. H. (see sketch);\\nCharles Wesley, July 28, 1845 (died Sept. 16, fol-\\nlowing); John Emory (see sketch); Sophronia Ade-\\nlaide, Aug. 7, 1850 (died Oct. 6, same year) George\\nRila (see sketch); Herbert Fremont (see sketch);\\nChester Calvin, July 31, 1858 (died .Spril 13, 187 i)\\nPhebe Adela, Aug. 10, 1861 Leslie Allison, July 20,\\n1863. The daughter last named is remarkable for\\nan unusual mental organization. She attracted much\\nnotice in her early childhood for precociousness, and\\nit became the purpose of her parents to give her an\\neducation commensurate with her abilities. At a\\nsuitable age she was sent away to school, but it soon\\nbecame necessary to remove her to the quiet and\\ntranquillity of her home. Her studies developed her\\nreflective faculties so rapidly that her physical powers\\nutterly failed to keep pace, and her health became\\nendangered. She is a young lady of lovely Christian\\ncharacter and is the endeared companion of her\\nwidowed mother. Leslie, the youngest son, has a\\nmarvelous g#nius for music, and is able to manipu-\\nlate any instrument that comes within his reach. He\\nplays the violin and all keyed instruments with taste\\nand skill. He was married Jan. 8, 1884, to Jessie,\\ndaughter of J. F. A. Raider, of Newaygo.\\nWilliam Rila Webster s grandfather was the lirother\\nof the same paternal ancestor of the representative\\nstatesman and orator of America Daniel ebster.\\nIt is a singular circumstance that the generation be-\\nfore them married into families of similar name but\\nno kin. The similarity of many traits in different\\nImes of descent in the Webster family is a well\\nestablislied fact, and is discernible in the character of\\nhim whose earthly career this sketch commemorates,\\nas in his younger brothers Francis Webster, resid-\\ning at Fairbanks, Buchanan Co., Iowa; John Webster,\\nm\\n1\\nA\\n:-\u00c2\u00abm- so^\\n~^i\u00c2\u00bb^", "height": "2831", "width": "2211", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph11chic_0323.jp2"}, "324": {"fulltext": "314\\nNEWAYGO COUNTY.\\n-^:^^^m\\\\M.\\n\u00e2\u0080\u00a2A\\nf\\nt.\\nwho died in Michigan, in 1877 and West Webster, a\\ncitizen of Minnesota. He was of powerful physique,\\nlarge brain, strong mind and wonderful self-poise,\\nand possessed a phenomenal memory, seeming never\\nto forget anything he read peitaining to his duties as\\na man and citizen.\\nMr. Webster was a natural mechanic, and from his\\nchildhood was distinguished for his love of architect-\\nure. He employed all his leisure in studying, plan-\\nning, drawing and designing buildings for himself and\\nothers, and, had he devoted his life to architecture as\\na calling, would have acquired distinction in that art.\\nAll his lifelong he was a believer in a Supreme\\nBeing, and insisted on his entire household observing\\nthe ordinance of the Sabbath. In March preced-\\ning his death he made professioft of religion, and\\nwhen the moment of his dissolution came he passed\\nto the silent mystery of the world beyond in the tri-\\numph of a living faith. With his last breath he strove\\nto impress upon his children and others the precepts\\nY of religion and the iiiijierative necessity of temper-\\nance and morality. Mr. Webster died May 21, 1882.\\nHis portrait with that of his surviving wife may be\\nfound on other pages of this volume. The character\\nof the one is indelibly impressed upon those who\\nknew him as a man of sterling traits and such charac-\\nteristics as built Newaygo County to her present com-\\npleteness and position. Five surviving sons and one\\ndaughter are living testimonials to what he was as a\\nfather. Mrs. Webster is such a woman as experience\\nand self-sacrifice develop from the stock of earlier\\ngenerations such a woman as under the impulse of\\nlater civilization would have taken front rank in\\nthe work of the world. She is [assessed of most\\nstrongly marked personal traits of character. No\\na one has larger sympathies or more heartfelt interest\\nn the well being of others. Bear ye one another s\\nburdens, is her law of life. She has followed it in\\nsweet patience, unfaltering courage and with a pur-\\npose and spirit wholly exempt from any personal end\\nor motive. She has been, since the death of her\\nhusband, the mainspring in all the family and bus-\\niness matters relating to the settlement of his estate,\\nand prosecutes her affairs with all calmness and\\nwisdom of judgment. Who will say, when Ne-\\nwaygo County reaches its height of promised achieve-\\nment, what part the jMoneer mothers had in the\\nconsummation\\niiKViE^f^\\nxrx\\ncoo\\nL-S^^cvK\\nrancis H. Peterson, farmer and lumber-\\nJC man on section 23, Croton Township, was\\nborn in Hastings County, Canada West,\\nOct. 24, 1850, and is a son of Hazlett and\\n^j^ Susannah M. (Purcells) Peterson. The former\\nwas born in Kingston, Canada, in 1812, and\\ndied in Croton Township, Oct. 22, 1882. The\\nmother was born in 1822 and is still alive. Both\\nparents were of German extraction.\\nThe family came to Newaygo County in 1866,\\nwhen the son was 16 years old. He remained at\\nhome two years longer, and set out in life on his own\\nresponsibility. He engaged as an assistant in a\\nshingle-niill and followed that business nine years.\\nIn 1879 he bought 80 acres of land, of which he has\\ncleared but a small proportion, occupying his time\\nchiefly in lumbering. He is a Prohibitionist and has\\nlield the various township offices.\\nEdith E., wife of Francis H. Peterson, was born in\\nEverett Township, Newaygo County, Dec. 7, 1855,\\nand is the daughter of James and Sarah (Bamhart)\\nBerry. Her father was a farmer and born of Irish\\nextraction, in tlie State of Massachusetts, June 16,\\ni8ri; died March 29, 1862. Sarah, his wife, was\\nborn Feb. 7, 1818, in Ohio. Mr. and Mrs. Peterson\\nwere married Dec. 6, 1874, in Newaygo, and are the\\nparents of three cliildren Robert H., Arthur E. and\\nMabel V.\\n-^*^gM-\u00c2\u00ab-\\n.leazer Luce, farmer, section 6, Barton\\nTownship, was born Aug. 10, 1814, in\\nTompkins Co., N. Y., and is a son of\\nivid and Sophia (Raynord) Luce. His par-\\nits were born on Long Island and are\\nboth deceased. The son was bound to a\\nfarmer named Thomas George, and was under his\\nmanagement until he was 19 years old, receiving a\\nfair degree of education.\\nMr. Luce was married in 1837, to Mrs. Sarah\\n(Edwards) Moore, a native of Steuben Co., N.\\nborn March 30, 1S17, and daughter of Stephen\\nNancy (Johnson) Edwards. Her father was bor\\nA\\n?f5\u00c2\u00ab^\\nkiTS?ia\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0^^ii!i:^iiii; A^ ^^f^\\n^t^ H", "height": "2819", "width": "2254", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph11chic_0324.jp2"}, "325": {"fulltext": "\u00c2\u00bb/\u00c2\u00ae))ex^^^\\nNEWAYGO COUNTY.\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0^an^^^W\\nr\u00e2\u0080\u00a2\u00e2\u0096\u00a0ii:^^\\n^^^^\\\\^l\\n3 5\\nConnecticut, her mother in Orange Co., N. Y. Mr.\\nMoore died in 1837 and left one child, Loretta.\\nFive children born to Mr. and Mrs. Luce are living,\\nnamely: Eliza J., Andrew J., Eleazer S., Eleanor I,,\\nand Sarah Unica. Five are deceased.\\nMr. Luce i)assed a number of years on a farm in\\nSteuben County and went thence to Pennsylvania,\\nwhere he followed tlie same pursuit three years. In\\nthe fall of 1856 he set out for Michigan and slopped\\nin Ohio to spend the winter. Li February, 1867, he\\narrived in Newaygo County, where he exchanged his\\nteam, wagon, harness, etc., for 80 acres of land on\\nsection 6, Barton Township. The title proved\\nworthless and he caine very near losing it, and lie\\nentered the claim as stipulated under the provisions\\nof the Homestead Law. The deed of conveyance\\nbears the signature of U. S. Grant, then Chief Ex-\\necutive of the United States. The land was a wil-\\nderness of heavy timber, and its proprietor has\\nplaced it under fine improvements. He is a Repub-\\nlican and warmly esteemed by his fellow townsmen.\\nlias Elwell, farmer, section 36, Monroe\\nTownship, was born in Bennington Co.,\\nVt., March 5, 1828, and is the son of\\n!eivi. Harrington and Rhoda (Benton) Elwell. The\\nJ. father was a native of Vermont, and the mother\\nJ of Germany both are deceased.\\nAt the age of 13 years Mr. Elwell was thrown up-\\non his own resources to secure a maintenance for\\nhimself, and he engaged as a chore boy and at-\\ntended a district school the first winter. For some\\nyears afterward he was variously employed. He was\\nmarried in 1849, in New York, to Sarah, daughter of\\nJonathan and Eunice (Putney) Bennett, born in\\nWarren Co., N. Y.. May 4, 1832. The parents were\\nnatives of the Empire State. He pursued farming\\n^^for some years in the State of New York, and in 1853\\ntransferred his family and interests to Hillsdale Co.,\\nMich., removing successively to Barry and .Mlegan\\n^Counties. In 1866 he entered a homestead claim in\\nTewaygo County, of which he took possession\\nlarch II, 186S, and has put his place under good\\nr* improvements and profitable cullivation. Of 13\\n/Children born to Mr. and Mrs. h ^hvell, five are living,\\nnamely: Orlando J., Clarinda J., Hiland W., Edgar\\nL. and Calvin B. The deceased were Francis E.,\\nDavid D., Lavinia Annie, Mary A., Eunice E.,\\nCharles D. and one in infancy.\\nMr. Elwell is a Republican in politics.\\nV.J,;,\\ni l iiyi,:: obert Rogers, farmer ai\\n^j Ukip- dent on section 2i,Bif\\nand lumberman, resi-\\nBig Prairie Township,\\nwas born April 7, 1850, in Kent Co. Mich.,\\nand is son of Benjamin and Betsy (Reynolds)\\nRogers. (See sketch.)\\nMr. Rogers continued to remain under his\\nfather s management until he was 21 years of age,\\nwhen he began to interest himself in the two-fold\\ncalling which now occupies his attention and to\\nwhich he has since devoted his energies without in-\\ntermission. He has become the owner of 80 acres\\nof land, of which he has cleared nine acres the\\npresent year (1S83). He is a Democrat in political\\nadherence.\\nMr. Rogers was married Dec. 26, 187 1, in Ne-\\nwaygo County, to Delia Dingman. She was born\\nDec. 25, 1852, in Noble Co., Ind., and is the daugh-\\nter of Jared and Miranda (Spurbeck) Dingman, both\\nof whom were of German descent and are yet livipg\\nin Newaygo County. The five children born o Mr\\nand Mrs. Rogers are all living. They are named\\nMyrtie, Maud, Meda, Benjamin and Jared.\\n|-vv~%\u00e2\u0080\u0094 4-\\nA\\nr\\n;@^V^i/$i\u00c2\u00ab^\\n-K^^Illl\\n.^lEiaDsa Cook, farmer, section 11, Barton Town-\\nm^ ?h ship, was born April i, 1835, in Richland\\n^!to parents, Asa and Cynthia\\nijeA (UpdegrafT) Cook, were natives of Oliio. Tlie\\nj father died when his son was Init ten years of\\nage; the mother in 1859.\\nMr. Cook spent the years of his early life in ob-\\ntaining an education and in farm labor, until 1862,\\nwhen he responded to the call of his country for\\nmen to aid in her hour of trial. He enlisted and\\n^^^\\\\^^^y^ ^V^l...\\nI\\nJ", "height": "2831", "width": "2211", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph11chic_0325.jp2"}, "326": {"fulltext": "r^ ii^?\\ntr\\n5\\nV\\n3\\n316\\n^p\\nwas in the service until June, 1865, when he received\\nf his discharge. Among the prominent engagements\\nin which he participated were Crab Orchard, Stone\\nJ River, Atlanta, Peach Tree Creek and the campaign\\n\u00c2\u00a71 of Sherman through Georgia. In October following\\nhis discharge from the army he located in Newaygo\\nCo., Mich., and bought 80 acres of land in Barton\\nTownship, then in a comparatively unsettled condi-\\ntion.\\nHe was married in i860 to Eliza Jane, daughter of\\nJohn and Elizabeth (Doll) Forsyth. The parents\\nwere natives of Pennsylvania. Mrs. C. was born in\\nOhio, Nov. 3, 1841. The family of Mr. and Mrs.\\nCook inckides three children, viz.: May M., Francis\\nM. and Nellie A.\\nMr. Cook is a Republican in political belief, and\\nhas served his township in several official capacities.\\nV ^llll^ IlDf T^^^ 5*\u00e2\u0082\u00ac^^\\n4^^f\\nNEWAYGO COUNTY.\\nonrad G. Smith, farmer, section 16, Ash-\\nland Township, is the son of Josiah and\\nRachel (Clemens) Smith, natives of Maine.\\nThey were married in the Pine-Tree State and\\nremoved to Seneca Co., Ohio, where the son\\nwas born, Oct. 20, 1834, and resided in that\\ncounty until 1845.\\nMr. Smith had reached the age of 1 1 years when\\nhis parents went to Noble Co., Ind. He worked on\\nthe farm of his f;Uher until the death of the latter in\\nthe fall of 185 I, which event brought him face to face\\nwith the realities of actual life so far as the world\\ngoes. He gave his attention heartily to the first op-\\nportunities that presented to earn a comfortable,\\ncreditable livehhood. He was married July i, 181; 8,\\nat Elkhart, Ind., to Arcenoah, a daughter of Elisha\\nand Sophia (McQueen) Hager. She was born in\\nOswego Co., N. Y., March 25, 1842, and died in Or-\\nange, Noble Co., Ind., March 27, 1861, leaving one\\nchild, Eugene V., born Sept. 4, 1859. She fell a\\nvictim to diphtheria.\\nMr. Smith found in the civil war a field for his ef-\\nforts, and he became a soldier. He enlisted Aug. 25,\\n1 86 1, in Co. M, Second Ind. Cav. His regiment\\njoined the Army of the Cumbedand, Gen. Buell in\\ncommand. Mr. Smith underwent the oft-recited ex-\\nperiences of the encounters of the Morgan raid, and\\nwas in the action between the noted guerrilla chief and\\nGen. Johnson, at Gallatin, Tenn. The Union force\\nwas repulsed on the third charge, and while making\\nthe onset Mr. Smith received a shot across the right\\neye, and another in the left leg. A pursuit followed,\\nand after riding seven miles he was captured. He\\nwas finally paroled and rejoined his command at\\nLouisville, was sent thence to Indianapolis, where he\\nwas discharged as disabled, Dec. 20, 1862. He\\nreturned to Noble County, and in the spring of 1863\\nhe went to Newaygo County and purchased the tract\\nof land where he is now established. He delayed\\nentering upon the work of improving, as the facilities\\nfor lumber operations seemed to offer paramount at-\\ntractions, and he availed himself of their advantages\\nuntil he was ready to settle in life.\\nHe was married June 23, 1867, to Sarah L.,\\ndaughter of David and Lucretia Law. She was born\\nSept. 13, 1847, in Noble Co., Ind. Her father was\\nborn in Ohio and her mother in New York. Mr. and\\nMrs. Smith took ixjssession of the farm, 60 acres of\\nwhich are under good improvements, and in a fine\\nstate of cultivation, showing the industry, effort and\\njudgment of its proprietor. Mr. Smith owns in ad-\\ndition one-fourth of section 20, in Ashland Township.\\nTo him and his wife the following children have been\\nborn: Claude D., Feb. 3, 1871, and Ann, Feb. 13,\\n1873. Mr. Smith belongs to the Greenback party in\\npolitics, and is a member of Blue Lodge, No. 131, F.\\nA. M., at Newaygo.\\nsvi-;..\u00c2\u00bb-\\nPrairie, was liorn in Genesee Co., N. Y.,\\ni-^ April 8, 1836, and is the son of John and\\nJ^J^^^ Jane (McCollum) LeBaron. The father was\\nj.lj born in Killingworth, Conn., about 1803,\\n\\\\j and was of French ancestry. He died Nov.\\n20, 1878, in Olive, Clinton Co., Mich. The mother\\nwas born about 1808, in Cherry Valley, N. Y.\\nMr. LeBaron was three years old when his parents\\ncame to Michigan. They settled at Saline, Calhoun\\nCounty, in 1839, where they resided until 1845,\\nwhen they removed to a farm in Wayne County\\ntheme they removed to Farmington, Oakland\\nCounty, five years later. The family resided there\\nf\\nA\\ni; illiam LeBaron, farmer, section 22, Big\\nr^\\nm", "height": "2819", "width": "2254", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph11chic_0326.jp2"}, "327": {"fulltext": "iDn^:iinri v\\nA\\nV\\nNEWAYGO COUNTY.\\nrr\\n-4^^Jf\\non a rented farm until 1855, when they removed to\\nClinton County. The son acted as assistant to his\\nfather previous to that time, and obtained a good\\ncommon-school education, with the intention of going\\nto a higher institution of learning, but changed his\\nplans and enlisted in the regular army of the United\\nStates. He enrolled at Detroit, April 8, 1858, in Co.\\nA, Second U. S. Light Artillery, and served five\\nyears, receiving his discharge in April, 1863. He\\nreturned to Olive, Clinton County, and worked his\\nfather s farm until his marriage, when he bought 80\\nacres of land in the same township. After a short\\nresidence there he bought a farm in Alpine, Kent\\nCounty, where he pursued agriculture until the fall\\nof 1873, when he came to Newaygo County and\\nentered a claim of 74 acres of land under the Home-\\nstead Act. As his circumstances warranted he has\\ncontinued adding to this until he now owns 250\\nacres. Mr. LeBaron has made a great achievement\\nby unremitting labor. He has 50 acres of land\\ncleared and improved, all by his own unaided efforts;\\nhas worked at lumbering and harvesting, and prac-\\nticed every economy to jilace himself and family in\\ncomfort and independence.\\nMr. LeHaron was married Feb. 21, 1867, to Cor-\\nnelia, daughter of Eddy and Ann (Burtcli) ISuitch.\\nShe was born at Newport, Province of Ontario, .\\\\ug.\\n27, 1844, and her [jarents were natives of Mt. Pleas-\\nant, Ontario, Canada. I hey were of English and\\nGerman descent, born respectively in iSigand 1S24.\\nTlie father died in 1S57 and the mother married\\nJulius Rouse, and is now living at Lowell, Kent\\nCounty. The children of Mr. and Mrs. LeBaron\\nare: Arthur F., Charles, Edith and Eddy. The\\ntwo last named are twins.\\nI alter L. Whipple, farmer, section 12,\\nMonroe Township, was born Feb. g, 1835,\\nin Genesee Co., N. Y., and is a son of Wil-\\nliain M. and Sarah A. (Thompson) Whipple,\\nvy the former a native of Pennsylvania, the latter\\nof New York.\\nMr. Whipple was bred to the vocation of farmer,\\nand in 1864 came to Michigan with iiis father,\\nlocating in Ingham County. He enlisted iit the late\\nwar in 1861, in the 5lh Reg. N. Y. Vol. Inf. Co. E,\\nand served nine months; was discharged in conse-\\nquence of disability.\\nAfter receiving his discharge from the service of the\\nUnited States he went to Lansing, Mich., and studied\\ndentistry with Dr. Lanterman some years, but finally\\nabandoned his purpose of making that his business\\nin life, and in the autumn of 1869 purchased 80\\nacres of land in Monroe Township, on which he\\npracticed amateur farming and has gradually in-\\ncreased his landed estate until he now owns 600 acres,\\nall situated in the township of Monroe.\\nMr. Whipple was married in Ingham County, June\\n14, 1869, to Alice E., daughter of Randolph W. and\\nClaramon (Harmon) Whipple, natives of the State\\nof New York.\\nMr. Wliipple is a Republican in political affiliation,\\nand has served his townsmen as Treasurer and Jus-\\ntice of the Peace.\\n^m^f\\ntO lhilip A. Harrison, surveyor, resident at\\nly^? Cr\\n_____ Croton, was born June 23, 1824, in Steuben\\nj|i,^i Co., N. Y., and was a son of James and\\ntUJ Elizabeth (Ennis) Harrison. I he father was\\nof English extraction and was born in April,\\n1791, in New York. He died in 1878, in\\nSeneca Co., Ohio. Tlie mother was a descendant of\\nScotch ancestors, and was l)orn in 1803 in New\\nJersey. She died in April, 1848.\\nMr. Harrison was trained for his contest in life\\nunder the supervision of his parents, and remained\\nwith them a year after his marriage, when he com-\\nmenced an independent career: He bought 80 acres\\nof land in Reed, Seneca Co., Ohio, and conducted in\\nthat place his agricultural operations until 1850,\\nwhen he sold his estate there and came to Ottawa\\nCo., Mich., in company with his father. He pur-\\nchased a farm, whereon he operated two and a half\\nyears, sold out and went to Casnovia Township,\\nwhere he bought 80 acres of land. After 18 months\\nhe again disposed of his property, and in 1855 came\\nto Croton Township for a permanent settlement. He\\nbought a farm containing 240 acres, situated on\\nsections 22 and 23, whore he operated successfidly.\\nIn October, 1865, he retired from active agricultural\\nlife, and resides upon his properly in Croton village.\\nA\\nmh\\nMC-\\n\u00c2\u00ab#^-.W\\nt\\nI", "height": "2831", "width": "2211", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph11chic_0327.jp2"}, "328": {"fulltext": "m.j\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0ys^.\\n^^Si8\\nT^^^\\n7 \u00e2\u0080\u00a2?lID :llIl^\\n7^^^;^^F ?t? COUNTY.\\ntST\\n-4^^C\u00c2\u00a9V;#:\\nf\\nA\\nC\\nHe has been a resident of Croton Township 28 years,\\nand during that time has been in active official hfe\\ncontinuously, with the exception of one year. He\\nserved as Deputy Sheriff of Newaygo County two\\nyears, has been Clerk and Justice of the Peace 12\\nyears; has officiated as School Inspector, Commis-\\nsioner of Highways, Constable and Su[)ervisor. In\\npolitical connection he is a member of the Greenback\\nelement, is interested in all political movements, and\\nis at present Village Recorder, Justice of the Peace\\nand School Inspector.\\nMr. Harrison was married Feb. 4, 1844, in .Seneca\\nCo, Ohio, to Sarah Bennett, who was born April 18,\\n1825, in Steuben Co., N. Y., and was the daughter of\\nIsaac H. and Sally (Cassidy) Bennett, the former a\\nnative of New Jersey, born April 23, 1800. The\\nlatter was born in 1802, in New York, and died in\\n1877. Mrs. Harrison died Oct. 23, 1865, having\\nbecome the mother of eight children, born in the\\nfollowing order: Bennett I., James G. (dec). Electa\\nS. (dec), Samuel D., Worth, John F., Mary and\\nLyman P. The second marriage of Mr. Harrison to\\nEmily Pettingill occurred Oct. 4, 1870, at Morley,\\nMecosta Co., Mich. Her parents, Benjamin and\\nElecta (Nichols) Pettingill, were natives of the State\\nof New York. Tiie former was born in 1803, of\\nEnglish extraction, and died in 1879. The mother\\nwas born in 1806, and is still alive. Mrs. Harrison\\nwas born April i, 1836, in Ingham Co., Mich. Two\\nchildren, Eudora C. and Gertie L., constituted the\\nissue of her marriage with Mr. Harrison.\\n34-\\n^aniel D. Smith, farmer, section 12, Barton\\nTownship, was born July 15, 1820, in Nel-\\nson, Madison Co., N. Y., and is the son of\\nJames and Sarah (Dike) Smith, the former a\\nnative of Columbia o., N. Y., the latter born\\nnear Woodstock, Windham Co., Vt. They died\\nin Madison County.\\nMr. Smith passed the years of his minority with\\nhis parents, and was married Dec. 30, 1845, Sylvia,\\ndaughter of James and Margaret (Hogoboom) Chap-\\npell, born in Eaton, Madison Co., N. Y., Dec. 18,\\n1824. Her father was born in Wateitown, N. Y.;\\nher mother in Manchester, Vt. After the event of\\nI\\nhis marriage Mr. Smith continued the occupation of\\nfarmer in his native county on the same place, where\\nhe operated 16 years. At the end of that time he\\nsold the property and located in Kent Co., Mich.,\\nwhere he followed agriculture two years. In Janu-\\nary, 1867, he came to Newaygo County and pur-\\nchased 120 acres of farm land in Barton Township,\\nwliere he has toiled and cleared 69 acres. His place\\nis a credit lo his exertions and judgment, and bids\\nfair to hold proportionate rank with others in the\\ncounty. One of nine children born to Mr. and Mrs.\\nSmith is deceased, namely, James. The others are,\\nSarah A. (Mrs. Andrew Forsyth), Orville L., Ann E.\\n(Mrs. S. B. Schermerhorn), Willis L., Flora M. (Mrs.\\nCharles Bryant), Estella C. (Mrs. Pedey Hall), Min-\\nnie O. (Mrs. George Millard), and Franz Sigel.\\nMr. Smith is a Democrat in political belief, and\\nhas discharged the duties of the most im])ortant\\ntownship offices.\\njbernard E. Morton, carpenter and joinen\\nS resident in Big Prairie Township, was\\nborn Dec. 4, 1820, in Plymouth, Chenango\\nW Co., N. Y. His father, Elijah Morton, was\\nborn in 177 i, in Hatfield, Mass., and was the\\ngrandson of one of the Pilgrims who came\\nto America in r62o, in the Mayflower. He died in\\n1845, in Shiawassee Co., Mich. The mother, Han-\\nnah (Ransom) Morton, was born in r78o, in Wood-\\nstock, Conn. She was of mixed Scotch and Welsh\\nextraction, and died in r867, in Big Prairie.\\nElijah Morton came to Shiawassee with his family\\nin 1834. Mrs. Morton was the widow Swaine when\\nshe becaiiie the wife of Mr. Morton, and had sevei al\\nchildren. Aaron Swaine, one of her sons, came to\\nthis State in 1833 and first located in Shiawassee\\nCounty, afterwards, in 1850, coming to Big Prairie,\\nwhere he Iniilt the second house erected in the town-\\nship, located in section 7.\\nBernard Morton accompanied his half-brother to\\nMichigan, and, after the removal of the latter to Ne-\\nwaygo County, alternated between here and the\\nhome of his mother in Shiawassee County, until\\n1856, when he came to what is now Dayton Town-\\nI\\nI\\n3\\n-na :iiiis", "height": "2819", "width": "2254", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph11chic_0328.jp2"}, "329": {"fulltext": "-at^^i\\nV^\\n-r\\n*-4(!r-\\nNEWAYGO COUNTY.\\n3 9\\ni)\\nship and pre-empted 40 acres of land, on which be\\nsettled and at once entered upon the work of estab-\\nlishing his home. He was married Feb. 22, 1857,\\nin Big Prairie, to Nancy Gibson. She was born in\\nMercer Co., Pa., Feb. 23, 1828, and died in Dayton,\\nJune II, 1880, leaving four children, born as follows:\\nCorena v., Aug. 9, 1859; Amelia A., April 24, 1861;\\nManila M., Nov. 14, 1862; A. Ogilva, May 27, 1866.\\nMr. Morton is a Republican in political principles.\\nHe served nine months in the war of the Rebellion,\\nbelonging to Company G, Eighth Mich. Vol. Inf\\nand was discharged at Detroit, Aug. 7, 1865. After\\nhis discharge he returned to his family in Dayton\\nTownship, where he worked on his farm until\\nthe death of his wife and the severing of his house-\\nhold, when he became an inmate of the family of\\nhis niece, the wife of William L. Murphy, of Big\\nPrairie.\\nCoseph A. Franklin, farmer, section 36, Big\\nUg- Prairie Township, was born in Leonidas,~\\nSt. Joseph Co., Mich., March 13, 1845, and\\nis a son of Allan and Lydia Ann (Stevens)\\nFranklin. His father was born in 18 10, in\\nWestmoreland, Vt., and died about 1849. The\\nmother was born May 22, 1S16, in Steuben Co., N. Y.,\\nand is living on the homestead in Leonidas, and is\\nthe wife of A. M. Covey.\\nMr. Franklin enlisted at the age of 18 years in\\nCompany A, Eleventh Mich. Vol. Inf. The date of\\nhis enrollment was Dec. 15, 1863, and he was mus-\\ntered out of service Sept. 16, 1865. After leaving\\nthe army he returned home and worked as a farm\\nlaborer three years. He came to Newaygo County\\nin April, 187 1, and entered a claim of i6o acres\\nGovernment land under the provisions of the Home-\\nstead Act, on which he has since resided. He has\\nsold 80 acres, and cleared 26 acres, on which he has\\nerected good farm buildings. He is a Republican in\\npolitical relations, and has been Constable one year.\\nHe was elected to the same office in 1883, but de-\\nclined to qualify for the position.\\nMr. Franklin was married in 1872, in Fredonia,\\nCalhoun County, to Sarah Ann, daugiiter of Stephen\\nand Jane (Pryor) Saunders. She was born in New\\nYork, May 29, 1837. Her father was born May 18,\\nT795, in England, and died Aug. 26, 1862. Her\\nmother was also a native of England, born Jan. 21,\\n1813, and resides in Albion, Calhoun Co., Mich.\\nThe family belong to the denomination known as\\nSecond Adventists.\\nm\\ni ichard Bardan, farmer, section 30, Barton\\nTownship, was born in Elgin Co., Out.,\\ni,^ June 7, 1833. His parents, Albert and Nancy\\n^Vn (Gibbs) Bardan, were natives of the Dominion,\\nand there passed their lives.\\nThe circumstances of his family prevented\\nMr. Bardan from obtaining much education. They\\nwere situated remote from schools, and it was neces-\\nsary for each member to contribute toward the com-\\nmon maintenance. He remained at home until he\\nwas 22 years of age, when he went to Benton Co.,\\nIowa, and was there engaged in farming five years.\\nIn i860 he came- to Mecosta Co., Mich., and 1 1 years\\nlater settled in Newaygo County, where he located\\n40 acres of land in Barton Township and established\\nhis homestead. His political faith assimilates with\\nthe principles of the National party.\\nMr. Bardan was married in 1857, to Sarah A., daugh-\\nter of Lewis V? and Paulina (Wheeler) Keller. The\\nparents were natives of Pennsylvania and New York.\\nMrs. Bardan was born April 16, 1843. She is the\\nmother of seven children, born as follows: Susan F.,\\nborn Oct. 3, 1859; Annie L., Jan. 31, 1861; Alpha\\nJ., Jan. 27, 1865 Cora E., May 10, 1868; Ida M.,\\nSept. 27, 1876; John O., Jan 29, 1881.\\ns\u00c2\u00ab- (i\u00c2\u00bbH\u00c2\u00ab o ^^-f\\neorge W. English, resident on section 7,\\nCroton Township, was born Jan. 4, 1837,\\n13 1^^ in Crawford Co., Ohio. His jiarents,\\nrmrs Abiaham and Sarah (McKee) English, were\\nborn in Pennsylvania, respectively of English\\nand Irish descent. The father was born in\\n1800, and died in May, 1882. Tiie mother was born\\nin 1807 and died in 1875.\\nMr. English has worked most of his active business\\nlife as a carpenter and builder, and caliinet-maker, to\\nwhich trade he was a|)prenticed at 16 years of age.\\n.ii;^ f;%!K_\\n.a^^\\nmmm\\nft ^jtf^\\nI", "height": "2831", "width": "2211", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph11chic_0329.jp2"}, "330": {"fulltext": "t\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0\u00e2\u0096\u00a0X l\\nf\\n2j\\n^jv C:iia; iias rT \u00c2\u00abi^^fs^v^^\\nNEWAYGO COUNTY.\\nM\\nA\\nV\\nHe pursued it as a vocation in his native county\\nuntil 1861, when he went to Williams Co., Ohio, and\\nengaged in cabinet-making. He enlisted in the civil\\nwar in September, 1862, enrolling in Co. H, Ninth\\nOhio Cav., for three years. The war closed before\\nhis period of enlistment had expired, and he received\\nhis discharge at Columbus, Ohio. He was in active\\nservice during the entire time, and among the\\nimportant campaigns of which he was a part was\\nthat of Sherman s grand march to the sea. His wife\\nand three children went to Crawford County while he\\nwas in the Union service, and on the termination of\\nthe war he returned to Ohio, and they went to Wood\\nCounty, returning two years later to Williams County.\\nIn 1873 they came to Hillsdale Co., Mich., and\\nresided there two years. In 1875 they removed to\\nIsabella County, where they continued to reside\\nuntil July, 1882, when they made a permanent settle-\\nment in Newaygo County.\\nIn 1867 Mr. English began his labors as a minister\\nin the interests of the denomination of First-Day\\nAdventists, and at the date named he came to this\\ncounty to take charge of the circuit of Big Prairie^\\nCroton village and Snowtown, in Croton Township,\\nwhere he is still discharging the duties of the\\nposition. He is a Republican in principle, but is in\\nno sense active in politics.\\nMr. English was married in Crawford Co., Oiiio,\\nOct. 8, 1857, to Nancy, daughter of Robert and Jane\\n(Doney) George. Her parents were born in Penn-\\nsylvania, respectively in i8i2 and 1815. Her father\\ndied in 1855, in Williams County, where her mother\\nnow resides. Following are the names of the eight\\nchildren born of this marriage: Emma Jane, Abraham\\nLincoln, Frank Ellsworth, Ida Belle, Sarah Ellen,\\nCharles Grafton, George Edward and Herbert\\n(deceased).\\nohn Toner, farmer, section 10, Barton\\nTownship, was born in the city of Toronto,\\nCan., in September, 1S41. He is a son of\\nFrancis and Mary (Carrigan) Toner, who were\\nnatives of Ireland, and emigrated to the Do-\\nminion of Canada in 1840. They came thence\\nto Newaygo Co., Mich., in 1867, where the father\\ndied, April i, 1880, and the mother is still living.\\nMr. Toner received the training of a farmer s son,\\nand in 1867 bought a homestead right in Newaygo\\nCounty, which he again entered under the regula-\\ntions of the Homestead Act. His farm now includes\\n160 acres of land, with 60 under improvement and\\nin a fair state of cultivation. He was married June\\n27, 1 88 1, to Margaret E., daughter of Daniel and\\nCatherine (Pratt) Hanley. Her father was born in\\nIreland and her mother in Oneida Co., N. Y. Mrs.\\nToner was born Jan. 30, 1858, in Topeka, Kansas.\\nTo her and her husband one child, Mary C, was\\nborn Jan. 5, 1882.\\nIn political tendency Mr. Toner is neutral, liut he\\nis a decided foe to local monopoly and has devoted\\nliis energies to its disruption.\\n!artwell Churchill, instructor, resident on\\n^.w^^irrA section 34, Ashland Township, was born\\ni^ Feb. 2, 1845, Somerset Co., Maine, and be-\\nlongs to the Churchill family of England, one of\\nthe oldest and best sustained in the list of the\\nbetter classes in that country. His father dying\\nwhen lie (Hartwell) was between three and four\\nyears old, he remained under the care of his mother\\nuntil the age Of six years, when he was placed under\\nthe management of John Peirce, of Embden, in his\\nnative country, with whom he continued to reside\\nuntil he was about 13 years old. He then became a\\nfarm laborer, devoting himself to his work in the sum-\\nmers and to stuSy winters, thereby securing a good\\neducation, which enabled him to commence teaching\\nat the age of 19 years. He was economical and pru-\\ndent, and saved sufficient of his earnings to purchase\\n100 acres of land, where he established his mother\\nand her children in a home, and turned his attention\\nto farming. After eight years he experienced finan-\\ncial reverses to such an extent that he resumed his\\nprofession, combining the lalwrs of a teacher with\\nthose of a minister of the gospel in the interests of\\nthe Free-Will Bai)list Church. In 1879 he became\\nconnected with the United Brethren Church, and was\\na successful revivalist preacher. His views conflict-\\ning with the stern discipline of that denominational\\nbody in relation to secret societies, he returned to the\\nministry of the Church to which he originally be\\nt\\nV^\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0I\\nA\\nSi/\\n-^m DDr\\n\u00e2\u0080\u00a24^^^", "height": "2819", "width": "2254", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph11chic_0330.jp2"}, "331": {"fulltext": "itm ^iiD T-\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0^ir-i^r,^ ^i\\nNEWAYGO COUNTY.\\n^long, i, and devotes the intervals between his terms\\nof school lo active ministerial effort.\\nHe came to Michigan in the fall of 1872 and at\\nfirst located in Kent County, and soon after came to\\nNewaygo County, where he has since been engaged\\nV in tlie duties and labors of teacher, and is rated\\nfairly and justly as a leader in his profession.\\nHe was married Jan. 13, 1870, at Skovvhegan.\\nSomerset Co., iMe., to Lydia E., daughter of Noah\\nand Lydia (Eaton) Pratt, a native of Somerset\\nCounty, and born Oct. 3, 1837. Her parents were\\nborn respectively in Massachusetts and Maine. Five\\nchildren have been born to Mr. and Mrs. Churchill,\\nas follows: Bertha L., June 20, 187 1; Lydia M.,\\nNov. 6, 1873; Lula A., March 28, 1879; Lillian P.,\\nOct. s, 1881 and an infant yet unnamed, born Nov.\\n11,1883.\\nMr. Churchill is a decided Republican in political\\nfaith.\\nA\\n321 s.\\n^tk^^-4\\n10.\\nquire Gard, farmer, section 6, Barton Town-\\n-0 ship, was born in L^nion Co., Ind., Jan. 26,\\nvii- 1825, and is a son of Benjamin and Eliza\\n\\\\y )i\\\\t^ (Adams) Gard, both of whom were natives of\\nPennsylvania and resided there for a consid-\\nerable number of years. They removed to\\nIndiana, where the father died in 1841 and the\\nmother in 1863.\\nMr. Gard was the sixth child of 14 born to his\\nparents, and spent his childhood and youth on his\\nfather s farm, obtaining a fair degree of education at\\nthe common schools. On first starting in life he\\nwent to Ohio and engaged as a farm assistant with\\na man named William Lybrook, and after the termin-\\nation of his engagement with him rented a farm,\\nwhich he managed one year. He ne.xt went into\\nfarm service by tlic year. During the time, he was\\nmarried (1848) to Margaret M., dauglrter of Samuel\\nand Mary (Yeryan) Feather. The former was born\\n{o\\\\ in Pennsylvania, the latter in Tennessee. Mrs.\\nGard was born in Union Co., Ind., July 30, 1829.\\nhe family circle includes six children: Samuel,\\nfjohn, Mary E., Martha E., Daniel and Phebe.\\nMr. Gard carried on the pursuit of agriculture\\nabout 20 years in Ohio and Indiana, and in 1868\\n\\\\1 entered a homestead claim of 80 acres of land.\\nwhere he has since pursued his calling, and now has\\n40 acres of land fairly improved and under cultiva-\\ntion. Mr. Gard unites with the Republican party in\\nhis political action.\\n-eSA\\nilbert Grow, farmer and lumberman, sec-\\ntion i7,Croton Township, was born April\\nII, 1847, in Jackson Co., Mich. His\\nr^ father, David Grow, was born in 1803, in New\\nHampshire, and died in 1878; the mother,\\nSarah (Barney) Grow, was born in 1812, in\\nPennsylvania.\\nMr. Grow was reared to the age of manhood by his\\nparents, received a common-school education and\\nlearned the trade of a wagon-maker of his father.\\nHe was eight years old when his parents came to\\nCroton Township, and on coming to manhood he\\nengaged in farming and lumbering, besides following\\nhis trade as opportunity offered, and has continued\\nto combine the three occupations. He owns 80 acres\\nof land, fairly improved and supplied with good\\nbuildings. He is a Democrat in political affinity.\\nElma B. Hutton, who became the wife of Mr.\\nGrow, was born Nov. 25, 1856, and is the daughter\\nof George W. and Nancy (Buck) Hutton. The\\nformer was born of English parentage, in Adams Co.,\\nPenn., Jan. 22, 1822. The latter was born in Hunt-\\nington Co., Penn., Nov. 17, 1826, and descended\\nfrom Dutch ancestors. Mr. and Mrs. Grow were\\nmarried Nov. 3, 1878, in Howard City, Montcalm\\nCounty, and are the parents of two children, Laura\\nE. and Sarah Ina.\\nLrank Mathews, farmer, section 6, Bridge-\\n|L ton Township, was born in Burke, Ontario,\\nApril 10, 1830. His parents, Fred and\\n.\u00c2\u00bbj^... ...j_. J _\\n^1^ Mary Mathews, were of French descent and\\n\u00e2\u0080\u00a2^i^ natives of Ontario. When he was 14 years old\\nMr. Mathews left home to engage as a boat-\\nman on the Mississippi River, where he was occupied\\nfive years. In 1849 he came to Muskegon County\\nand found employment at various points in lumber-\\nm\\nT^^ii--\\n-^^^^^f^ %-^my^M^^\\nft^^c\\nVL\\nA\\ns^\\nc\\njf, ii.:SL,:-\\nM.:", "height": "2831", "width": "2211", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph11chic_0331.jp2"}, "332": {"fulltext": "A\\nV\\nV\\n322\\nI\\nf\\nNEWAYGO COUNTY.\\nr^^:sr\\n^m\\ning, until 1867, when he came to Newaygo County\\nand purchased 40 acres of wild land in Bridgeton\\nTownship, where he engaged in farming. He has\\nachieved a most creditable and permanent success,\\nand now owns a farm of 240 acres, all of it under im-\\nprovements excepting 100 acres. The high degree\\nof cultivation and expensive farm buildings put the\\nplace in the foremost rank in the county.\\nMr. Mathews was married in Muskegon, in Novem-\\nber, 1856, to Margaret, daughter of Henry and Sophia\\nRono, born in Canada, of a direct line of French an-\\ncestry. The daughter was born July 8, 1837, in\\nWisconsin, and was brought in her youth to Mus-\\nkegon. She died Sept. 8, 1883, leaving six children.\\nTwo others, Freddie and Nelsie, died before their\\nmother. Those yet living were born as follows\\nFrank, Aug. 25, 1857; Dellie, Nov. 25, 1859; Fred-\\ndie, Feb. 7, 1862 (died Dec. 16, 1864); Ellen, Oct.\\n14, 1864; Henry, July 26, 1867; Jennie, Aug. 14,\\n1869; Minnie S., Jan. 13, 1872.\\nMrs. Mathews was a member of the Roman Cath-\\nolic (Church, and lived a consistent, orderly life. She\\nis sincerely mourned as a kind, considerate mother,\\nn model wife and a generous-hearted, sympathetic\\nneighbor.\\nMr. Mathews is a Republican, and has been the in-\\ncumbent of the position of School Director several\\nsuccessive years.\\ni ester C. Morgan, President of the Morgan\\nLumber Company, resident at Muskegon,\\nwas born June 13, 1822, in Leroy, Genesee\\nCo., N. Y. His parents, William and Sophia\\n(Coe) Morgan, were born, lived and died in the\\nState of New York.\\nMr. Morgan was possessed of an active temper-\\nament and made the best use of the advantages\\nonfered in the common schools of the generation in\\nwhich he was born, and at 17 years of age he com-\\nmenced teaching. At the age of 20 years he began\\nthe manufacture of linseed oil in his native county,\\nand the prosecution of that business occupied his at-\\ntention 14 years, when he sold out and came to\\nWisconsin. After a residence there of 18 months, he\\nproceeded to Chicago, where he engaged in the\\nwood and coal trade, and also interested himself to\\na considerable e.xtent in speculating, operating in the\\nfruit trade nearly five years.\\nIn 1866 he located in Muskegon Co., Mich., and\\nbought 250 acres of land near Muskegon. He put\\nthe place under good improvements, among which\\nwas the planting of an apple and peach orchard, both\\nof which were hopelessly injured by the excessive\\ncold of the winter of 1869. In 1868 he engaged in\\nthe business with which he is now connected and\\nwhich he has since prosecuted in all its imjwrtant\\nbranches. The mill belonging to the concern is lo-\\ncated in White Cloud, and has a jjroductive capacity\\nof 20,000 feet of lumber daily. The company is a\\nstock concern, and is doing a fair business. An\\nearlier business connection of Mr. Morgan was with\\nS. N. Wilcox, of Chicago (now deceased), whose re-\\nlations to the lumber trade of Northern Michigan are\\nwell known. The partnershij) was for tlie purpose\\nof instituting the trade in lumber at this iwinl, and\\nthey credited the first mill for the production of\\nlumber in this section. Mr. Morgan built the pioneer\\nhouse at White. Cloud, and accomplished the first\\nlogging in this vicinity. He has been and is now\\nextensively connected with the landed interests of\\nthe county of Newaygo. The company own 3,000\\nacres of land, lying chiefly in Wilcox Township. The\\nprivate estate of Mr. Morgan includes 200 acres of\\nland in Muskegon County, where he at one time\\nowned a half-mile tract in its primitive condition.\\nHe is a Republican of declared position, and was\\nSupervisor of Lakeside, Muskegon County. He is\\nnot prominent in the work of temperance reform, but\\nhas never in his life drank a glass of li(iuor. In the\\nfall of 1883 he had his first encounter with sickness,\\nbeing past 60 years of age, when he was for the first\\ntime in his life under the necessity of calling a phy-\\nsician for personal attendance.\\nHe was married Sept. 4, 1845, in Genesee Co., N.\\nY., to Mary J., daughter of James and Mary Long.\\nThey were all natives of the State of New York. Six\\nchildren have been born to Mr. and Mrs. Morgan,\\nfour of whom survive. They are, James L., Sarah A.,\\nHelen M. and William F.; Sophie and Kate died in\\ninfancy.\\nJames L. Morgan, eldest son of L. C. Morgan, and\\nTreasurer of the Michigan Lumber Company, was\\nborn in Leroy, Genesee Co., N. Y., July 31, 1848.\\n\\\\i.\\nG\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0r\\nII\\n--v-\\n-\u00c2\u00a33k.l.\\n^ii!i:^ni]i v^\\n-\u00c2\u00ab4^^", "height": "2819", "width": "2254", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph11chic_0332.jp2"}, "333": {"fulltext": "^^v:^^\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0cr\\nv :(in^|jD^ r\\nr-\\nNEWAYGO COUNTY.\\n323\\nHe was, during his early life, under the sole guid-\\nance of his father, and since attaining to a suitable\\nage has been connected with him in business. Since\\nI 1 883 he has been officiating in his present capacity.\\nHe inherits the political tendencies of his father, and\\nheld the position of Postmaster two years, under\\nPresident (Jrant. He has held tlie position of Notary\\nPublic two years, and, on tlie incorporation of the\\nvillage of White Cloud, was elected Trustee, and dis-\\ncharged the duties of the situation two years. He\\nhas served one year as agent of the American Ex-\\npress Company, and was elected Township Treasurer\\nbut never qualified.\\n30, Barton\\n1S33, in Wel-\\nI ohn Moote, farmer, section\\nTownship, was born Sept. 5,\\nlington Co., Can., and is the son of Joseph\\nand Christina (McArthur) Moote, the former a\\nnative of Canada and the latter of Scotland.\\nThe father died in his native place, Sept. 4,\\n1863; the mother is still a resident of the Dominion.\\nAt the age of 16 years Mr. Moote began to labor as\\nS^ a farm hand, and continued to fill that position at\\nvarious places until his marriage. That event oc-\\ncurred Feb. 28, r853, when he became the husband\\nof Sarah S.,daughter of John and Margaret (Greiggs)\\nForeman. Her father was English by birth and her\\nmother was a native of Canada, where Mrs. Moote\\nwas born Jan. 28, 1833.\\nMr. Moote remained a resident of Canada until\\n1868, engaged in farming, and in that year he came\\nto Newaygo County, where he entered a claim of 80\\nacres of land in accordance with the regulations of\\nthe Homestead Act, and in tlie aulumn following\\ntook possession of liis property. His good sense,\\nmanagement and industry here enabled him to in-\\ncrease his estate to 200 acres, of which he has\\ncleared and improved 85 acres. He is a member of\\n!S the Advent Church and a Republican in political\\nj faitli and action. The family of Mr. Moote includes\\n1 1 children, four of whom constitute two pairs of\\ntwins. They are named as follows: Martha I.,\\nCharlas W., John, James, Christina, Joseph W. and\\nWilliam H. (twins), David, Andrew, Jacob and\\n^1\\nGeorge (twins).\\norx\\nuther Whipple, fanner, section 24, Monroe\\nTownsiiip, was born Sept. 29, 1846, in Liv-\\ningston Co., N. Y., and is the son of Wil-\\nt)i(?^ liam M. and Sarah A. (Thompson) Whipple,\\nnatives of the State of New York.\\nT!ie first lal)or in which he engaged independ-\\nently was on the Genesee Erie Canal. In 1867\\nhe came to Lansing, Mich., where he was variously\\nemployed until 1870, when he came to Newaygo\\nCounty and entered a claim of 80 acres of land\\nunder the regulations of the Homestead Act. This\\nhas since been his home and the scene of his exer-\\ntions to establish himself and family in comfort and\\nto enjoy the fruits of timely and well-directed effort.\\nHe was married April 8, 1874, to Eunice T.,\\ndaughter of Randolph W. and Claramon (Harmon)\\nWhipple, natives of Herkimer Co., N. Y. Three\\nchildren have been born to Mr. and Mrs. Whipple:\\nAlice, April 22, 1878; Randolph, Sept. 3, 1880, and\\nAddie, Oct. 3, r882.\\nMr. Whipple is a Republican in his political views\\nand has held several local offices.\\n5 *-^le^\\nohn W. Tucker, farmer, section 34, Big\\nPrairie, was born at Hamilton, Ontario,\\n,i^- Aug. 26, 1819, and is tlie son of Joseph C.\\nand Sarah (Cady) Tucker. The father is a na-\\ntive of New York and was liorn about 1783,\\nand died in 1853. The mother was born in\\nNew York about the same year as her husband, and\\ndied in 1838. Both were of English extraction.\\nMr. Tucker remained at home until he was 12\\nyears old, and in 1831 came to Lapeer Co., Mich.\\nHe stayed there two years and returned to the Do-\\nminion. Two years afterward he came back to\\nMichigan, stayed a year and again returned to Cana-\\nda, where he resided eight years. In 1855 he came\\nto Decatur, Van Buren County, where he stayed two\\nyears, and then bought 120 acres of land in Big\\nPrairie, where he has made a permanent settleiiient.\\n1^:\\nA\\nr\\ni\\n-^^^^f^ ^^K^Ilt!^.tltlf^\\n^ii^^if^\\n4", "height": "2831", "width": "2211", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph11chic_0333.jp2"}, "334": {"fulltext": "i\\nV\\nt\\nA.\\ny\\n324\\n.V\u00c2\u00a3 IVA YGO CO UNT Y.\\nThe tract of land of which he became the proprietor\\nwas in its original condition, untouched by the hand\\nof man. He has made good use of his time and\\nenergies, and has placed 40 acres under good im-\\nprovements and advanced cultivation. In political\\naffiliation he is a Republican.\\nMr. Tucker was first married in Waterloo, Ont.,\\nin 1840, to Harriet Smith. She died Sept. 20, 1880,\\non the farm in Big Prairie. Mr. Tucker was married\\na second time in January, 1881, to Mrs. Jane Mc-\\nMicken. There is no child by either marriage. Of\\nher former marriage, Mrs. Tucker has five children,\\nas follows William John, James, Ellen, Samuel\\nand Maggie Jane.\\nvfc\u00c2\u00a3C\u00c2\u00a3r\u00c2\u00a9^.\u00c2\u00ab\u00e2\u0080\u0094\\n.-^^l OTr\\nilliam Jay, farmer, section 24, Goodwell\\nTownship, was born March 24, 1817,\\nat Binghamton, N. Y. His father, Peter\\nJay, was born in the State of New York some\\ntime about the year 1782. He was of Eng-\\nlish parentage and died in 1840. The mother,\\nRuth (Hall) Jay, was born near the year 1784, in\\nMasschusetts, and died in 1838.\\nMr. Jay went away from home as his own man\\nwhen 17 years old. He went to Missouri and\\npassed four years in that State and in Fort Leaven-\\nworth, in (then) Kansas Territory. He was in the\\nemployment of the United States Government, and\\nworked as an assistant in getting out and preparing\\nthe timber to build the fort. In 1838 he came to\\nMichigan and joined his brother in Oakland County,\\nwhere he remained until the fall of 1839. In that\\nyear he went to f)hio, where he was married, in\\nFebruary, 1841, to Permelia Hancock. She was the\\ndaughter of Abner and Miranda (White) Hancock,\\nboth of whom were born in Vermont, resi)ectively in\\n1798 and 1796. They were of English parentage\\nand died in 1856 and 1880. Mrs. Jay died April 6,\\n1879, leaving five children, all of wliom yet survive,\\nnamely Delia Ann, Amelia A., Ruth .A., Frank and\\nEmma.\\nMr, Jay remained a resident of the Buckeye State\\nuntil February, 1852, when he souglit the land of\\ngolden promise on the Pacific slope, leaving his\\nfamily in Ohio. He followed miniTig in California\\nuntil the life of the Nation was put in peril through\\nthe imbecility and headlong recklessness of the\\nSouth. He enlisted in 1861, in Co. A, Second Cal.\\nVol. Cav., for three years. He was in the service\\nunder that enrollment the three years, and was dis-\\ncharged at Camp Douglas, near Salt Lake City,\\nUtah. He returned to Ohio and re-enlisted in Co.\\nF, United States Cavalry, regular service, for three\\nyears.\\nHe was discharged at Fort Laramie in 1868, came\\nback to Ohio, and in company with his family pro-\\nceeded to Mecosta County. Two years later he\\ncame to Newaygo County and secured a claim of 80\\nacres of land under the Homestead Act, where he\\nhas since expended his labor and time to the best\\npossible advantage, having placed 40 acres of land\\nunder improvement and advanced culture, with fair\\nfarm buildings. Mr. Jay is a Republican in politi-\\ncal affinity.\\nHe was a second time married Feb. 8, 1882, to\\nSarah P. Ehle. She was born in Oswego, N. Y.,\\nAug. 5, 1825. Her father, Adam Ehle, was born\\nnear the Mohawk River, and was (juite a young lad\\nwhile the war of the Revolution was in progress. He\\nwas German in national descent, and died near the\\nyear 1863. The mother, Mary (Sternberg) Ehle, was\\nborn in nearly the same period as her husband, and\\ndied about 12 years since.\\nA\\n-5\u00e2\u0080\u0094\\nilliam Cram, farmer, section 28, Croton\\n^jj Township, was born Dec. 28, 1834, in\\nW f? Upper Canada. William Cram, his father,\\nIv^ was of French descent, and was born in\\nTune, 1800, in Nova Scotia. He died in 1861.\\nHis mother, Margaret (Hardy) Cram, was born\\nin f8o8, in England, and resides at Grand Rapids.\\nMr. Cram was four years of age when his parents\\ncame, in 1838, to Lowell, Kent Co., Mich. He\\nremained there until he 14 years old, when he came\\nto C roton and obtained emjjloy in a lumber mill. He yfj\\nwas occupied in that and kindred ix)sitions until he t^\\nreached the age of 18 years. His father had a claim\\non 80 acres of land in Cannon Township, Kent\\nnDr: ^r", "height": "2819", "width": "2254", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph11chic_0334.jp2"}, "335": {"fulltext": "(*)$f^ f\u00c2\u00ab\\n(j\\\\ ^Mm\\\\liy\\n-^aJ^\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0isr\\n^\u00c2\u00a7^^f\\nt\\nNEWAYGO COUNTY.\\nCounty; but, through physical incapacity and a\\ndisease of the eyes, wliich made him nearly blind,\\nhis little property was likely to slip from his hold, and\\nthe son contributed all he was able to spare from his\\nearning;. Tiie homestead was saved, and an ad-\\nditional 80 acres purchased. In 1852 Mr. Cram\\nwent to Iowa with a surveying corps, who were sent\\nfor the parjwse of sectionizing the State, and was\\nabsent ten months. On his return he stopfied in\\nCannon Township, and worked a season upon the\\nimprovements on the homestead farm, after which he\\nmade a permanent settlement in Croton. He\\nbought 160 acres of land, situated upon the side of\\nthe road opixjsite to his present holding. He cleared\\n40 acres and set out an orchard. He sold out in\\n1862 and moved to Croton village; where he\\nremained a year and a half, and bought 80 acres of\\nland, which now constitutes his homestead and he\\nhas labored with industry and judgment until he has\\ncleared 60 acres of land from its original condition,\\nhas a fine barn, well assorted orchard, and a con-\\nsiderable herd of good stock. In politics Mr. Cram\\nis a Republican, and belongs also to the Patrons of\\nHusbandry, Croton Lodge, No. 11.\\nAnn Eliza (Davis) Cram was born Aug. 1, 1838, in\\nWales, and is a daughter of James and Martha\\n(Harris) Davis. They were natives of Wales, the\\nformer born in 1813, and the latter in i8ro. Both\\nare yet living in Mecosta County.\\nThe marriage of William Cram and Ann Eliza\\nDavis occurred April 5, i860, in Croton Township,\\nElder Wm. Kelley officiating. They are the parents\\nof one child, Lelia Eveline, born July 17, 1874.\\n3-^ 5-\\n^-|homas C. Kinch, farmer, section i. Barton\\n3B Township, was born in Leicestersliire, Eng.,\\nOct. 3, 1838, and is a son of John and\\nSarah (Freeman) Kinch. The parents were\\nnatives of England, and are both deceased.\\nMr. Kinch set out in life with no aid but\\nthe patent necessity of securing a livelihood. At the\\nage of seven years he was employed in gardening,\\nand, true to the habits of his class and country, re-\\nmained in that employ until he was 14 years of age.\\nHe then learned the baker s trade, and followed it\\nin the city of Leicestershire 13 months, when he was\\napprenticed to a butcher and served two years.\\nAfter that he was variously employed until 1856,\\nwhen he came to the United States, and first found\\nemployment in Connecticut. He came thence to\\nOhio, where he was married. May 4, 1868, to Rhoda\\nIL, daughter of James and Jane (deed) Lewis. .She\\nwas born May 4, 1842. Mr. and Mrs. Kinch have\\ntwo children: John L., born J:in. 27, iS6g; and\\nFred, April 23, 187 i.\\nMr. Kinch is the owner of 2S0 acres of land, with\\n45 acres improved. He is a Republican in jwlitics.\\n-J3=f4\\nh A\\n\u00c2\u00a3k-\\nA\\n\\\\y\\nT~7\\nilP\\njiJenjamin Bisard, bhuksniith, sectum 27,\\n^J|S Ashland Township, was born in Madison\\nW^ Co., Ohio, March 28, 1821. He is a son\\nof Philip and Elizabeth (Rush) Hisard, na-\\ntives of Pennsylvania, where they resided\\nmost of their lives, removing to Madison\\nCouniy in 1820. hen he was four years old his\\nparents went to Medina Co., Ohio, and there he as-\\nsisted on the farm until he was within one year of\\nhis majority. In 1841 he entered upon an appren-\\nticeship with Frederick Rice, of Lodi, Medina Co.,\\nOhio, to accpiire the craft of blacksmith. Aftercon-\\ncluding his term of contract with Mr. Rice he estab-\\nlished his business at Chatham, Ohio, and afterwards\\nat Spencer, where he was associated in blacksmith-\\ning with his brother-in-law. Later he went to Pen-\\nfield, Loram Co., Ohio, and there followed the same\\nvocation from the spring of 1846 to that of 1853,\\nwhen he returned to Medina County, and worked as\\na blacksmith until the fall of 1863. At that date he\\ncame to Newaygo County. He settled on section 27,\\nwhere later he bought 40 acres of land, of which he\\nis still the proprietor. It was all in dense forest, just\\nas nature had adorned it after her own plan and pat-\\ntern. Mr. Bisard has dearcd and otherwise improved\\n25 acres. In addition to his farm he conducts a good\\nbusiness in his shop, in which he is accounted a\\nskillful and relial)le artisan.\\nMr. Bisard was married May jr, 1840, to Mary,\\ndaughter of Abraham and Elizabeth (Taylor) Oak- S\\nley, of Chatham, Ohio. Her parents were natives\\ns^^y-.\\n?K^^O(l:-\u00c2\u00bb:oll^ A^* ^C^^", "height": "2831", "width": "2211", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph11chic_0335.jp2"}, "336": {"fulltext": "NEWAYGO COUNTY.\\n^-^^i-\\nNew Jersey. After marriage they removed to Wayne\\nCo., Ohio, where the daughter was born, June 26,\\n1823. Her mother died when she was five years\\nV old, and she was placed in the care of her grand-\\nJ parents, witli whom she remained until her mar-\\nriage. Six children have been horn to Mr. and\\nMrs. Hisard, as follows: Randall I) June 12, 1.S45\\nJames J., July 16, 1S47 I hilip, May 16, 1852; Abel\\n\\\\V., March 17, i860; Joseph, born Ajiril 9, 1849,\\ndied July 22, 1866; John J., May 12, 1856, died\\nApril 2, 1859.\\nMr. Bisard is a Democrat, and has held various\\ntownship offices. Mrs. Bisard is an active member\\nof the M. E. Church.\\nI\\noseph Smeltzer, farmer, section 32, Big\\nPrairie Township, was born July 17, 1839, in\\nGermany. His father, Michael Smeltzer,\\nas born in 181 1, in Werlf, a town of Germany,\\nr on the River Rhine. His mother, Catherine\\n(Palmers) Smeltzer, was born in the same place\\nI in t8i8. Both parents are still living, in Milwaukee,\\nWis., whither they emigrated in 1846.\\nMr. Smeltzer was 17 years old when his family\\nleft the Fatherland, where he had received a good\\nGerman education. On reaching the city of Mil-\\nwaukee he had no difficulty in finding plenty of re-\\nmunerative labor, and he engaged with the foreman\\nof a railroad construction cori)s, with whom he re-\\nmained seven years. When he was 24 years old he\\ncame to Newaygo County and went to work for Jerry\\nRyan, and was in his eniijloyment between three and\\nfour years. All the earnings of his first eight years\\nof labor he gave to his parents, and at the age of\\n25 years he commenced to lay the foundation of his\\nown career as an American citizen. In 18 he went\\nto Morley, Mecosta County, where he worked 14\\nsuccessive winters for Nelson Higbee, as a lumber-\\nman. The alternating summers he worked at farm-\\ning. He owns 135 acres of land in Big Prairie. Of\\nx^ this, 100 acres are well improved and cultivated, and\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0f the farm is supplied with substantial buildings.\\nj( Mr. Smeltzer was married in Grand Rapids, in\\nf^ 1865, to Susan McKenney. She was born March\\n14, 1837, in Canada East, and is a daughter of Pat-\\nrick and Hannah (Flinn) McKenney, the one a native\\nof County Tyrone, Ireland, the other born in County\\nCork. Peter, Charles and Mary are the three chil-\\ndren of Mr. and Mrs. Smeltzer.\\n-^-^\u00e2\u0096\u00a0r^^^^y-\\nI\\nl|rTal;i illiam H. Davenport, farmer, section 14,\\nIta^iu Barton Township, was born in Wayne Co.,\\nJ\u00c2\u00a7^n Ind., May 20, 1848. William and Jemima\\nIv^ (Stanley) Davenport, his parents, were also\\nnatives of Indiana and came to Michican in\\n.856.\\nMr. Davenport was brought up to the pursuit of\\nagriculture, and is the owner of a fine farm of 120\\nacres, well improved and under a fair state of culti-\\nvation. He is a Republican in political sentiment\\nand action. He was married in 1870, to Alice (Jwen,\\nand by this marriage became the parent of one child,\\nArthur, born June 10, 1873. His wife died in 1872.\\nMr. Davenport was a second time married, in\\n1877, to Tilda, daughter of William and Angeline\\n(Crofoot) Smith, born April 6, 185 i, in Mendon, St.\\nJoseph Co., Mich.\\nv\\\\4a\u00c2\u00a3\u00c2\u00a3;\u00c2\u00a9 iH\\n.^^i/Zizrjrav\\nohn F. Gauweiler, retired farmer, resident\\nat Croton village, was born Dec. 2, 1824,\\ni^*^\\nm Bavaria, (Germany, of which province\\nhis parents were both natives. His father,\\nGeorge Gauweiler, was a farmer, and was born\\nin 1799, died in Croton in 1850. His mother,\\nCatherine (Bopp) Gauweiler, was born in 1798 and\\nis living in Ohio. In 1S42 the family came to the\\nUnited States, and the son remained under the con-\\ntrol of his father until the end of the period pre-\\nscribed by law.\\nMr. Gauweiler received a good education under\\nthe judicious school system of his native country,\\nwhich compels the attendance of children at school\\nuntil they are 14 years old. He worked in a brick\\nyard summers after he reached the age of eleven\\nyears, and fulfilled the time required by law at scliool\\nin winter. At 15 he was apprenticed to learn the\\n$\u00c2\u00ab^(f\\n^iR^^\\nJL.\\n^ii!i :niiv\\n-crvf^v\\n^|^\u00c2\u00a75$^\\nC\\n0^*\\nI", "height": "2819", "width": "2254", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph11chic_0336.jp2"}, "337": {"fulltext": "^vSv\u00c2\u00ae^**\\n^mi :Dtls r-T\\nt\\nA\\nV\\nNEWAYGO COUNTY.\\n-m^.\\n^^5f^^:^\\nbusiness of cabinet-making, at which lie woiked until\\n1 8 years old. On coming to America his ])arents\\nlocated in Warren Co., Ohio, and, on the arrival of\\nthe period of his legal freedom, he went to New\\nOrleans and there found employ at his trade six\\nmonths. He came to Chicago, spent a montli there,\\nand, June 24, 1846, came to Croton, where he\\nengaged as a mill-hand with Ceorge VV. Walton,\\nmaking lath. An associate, Christopher Kaufman,\\nand himself labored one year and received but $20\\neach, as remuneration. At the end of that time\\nthey both took the mill for jxayment. An individual\\nof unsavory memory, named Daniel Hammond, ar-\\nranged to i)urchase the half interest of Kaufman,\\nrepresenting he had money in Chicago, whither he\\nproposed going to ])rocure both that and needed pro-\\nvisions. The honest German acceded to the propo-\\nsition, and, moreover, confided to him their aggre-\\ngated $40, to make some purchases of clothing for\\nthem. This probal)ly proved a fortunate investment,\\nfor he was never heard of; and it is hoped, if this\\nrecord ever comes to his knowledge, that he will ex-\\ntract the proper degree of comfort from this perma-\\nnent recognition of his merits. The young men\\nthus defrauded of their hard-earned savings found a\\nfriend in John F. Stearns and managed to pass the\\nwinter in comfort.\\nMr. Gauweiler has operated extensively as a lum-\\nberman and farmer. When he first came to Ne-\\nwaygo County it was in the most primitive state of\\nnature. The roads were all Indian trails, provisions\\nwere brought from Muskegon on the backs of men\\nor in canoes or flat-boats, of which latter there were\\ntwo on the Muskegon River. Mr. Gauweiler\\nfre(iuently performed this service, which required\\nthree days for atrip. The landing point was Indian\\nVillage, and transportation thence to Croton was\\nmade by ox teams. His mail was directed to C hi-\\ncago, and was brought thence by the captains of\\nsail-boats in the lake service to Muskegon and from\\nthere i)y raftmen.\\nAn incident related by Mr. Gauweiler is interest-\\ning as a reminiscence of the early date of his settle-\\nment in Croton Township. In 1847 the supply of\\nprovisions was so low that they found themselves a\\nday late in their calculations, and to relieve the\\npressure of hunger, collected the abraded meal that\\nscattered from their corn-cracker and transformed\\nit into cakes; but it proved worthless from the mix-\\nture of sand and dirt. A council decided on the or-\\nganization of an expedition in search of game, and\\nsix of the party set out to hunt and fish. The first\\nspoils were two pigeons, which were left in Mr. Gau-\\nweiler s charge, and he built a fire and cooked the\\nbirds in accordance with his instructions. On re-\\nflection, he decided that the requirements of his com-\\nrades had fallen below the exigencies of the case,\\nand when the culinary process was completed he\\nperfected the whole arrangement by eating the\\npigeons, and complacently awaiting the return of the\\nexpedition. His comi)anions appeared empty-handed\\nand announced that the party would dine off the\\npigeons. Mr. Gauweiler stated the facts in the case\\nwith Teutonic politeness and consideration, but the\\ndepraved natures of the others failed to appreciate\\nhis forbearance, and they proceeded to inform him\\nwithout ceremony that he was the kind of Dutchman\\ndescribed by a dash and two d s, and deserved\\nshooting. The fact that he was sustained by the\\npigeons enabled him to refrain from malice, and he\\nsilently accorded to them his full and free pardon for\\ntheir lack of sympathy. They went supperless to\\nbed, and the following day the opportune arrival of\\ntwo barrels of flour put an end to the famine.\\nMr. Gauweiler owns 480 acres of land and his\\ndwelling at Croton, besides another building in that\\nvillage, occupied as a store and hotel. Among his\\nother business enterprises was the building of the\\nWashington House. He was a Democrat previous\\nto the organization of the National party, since which\\ntime he has affiliated with the Greenback element.\\nHe is prominent in the Order of Masonry, and has\\nofficiated as Master of the Lodge at Croton. He is\\nnow a member of Newaygo Lodge, No. 131, of the\\nNewaygo Royal Arch Chapter, No. 35, of Big Rapids\\nCouncil, and De Molay Conmiandery, No. 5, at\\nGrand Rapids.\\nMr. Gauweiler was first married in 1849, in Ohio,\\nto Mary Ann Miller. She was born in Ohio in 1830,\\nand was a daughter of Andrew and Julia (Sauers)\\nMiller, natives of Pennsylvania, of German extrac-\\ntion. Margaret, John F. and Mary, three children,\\nconstituted the issue of this marriage. The eldest\\ndaughter survives, and is the wife of John W. Cars-\\nkadon, of Muskegon. The wife and mother died in\\n1857-\\nMmerva (Bennett) Gauweiler, the jiresent wife of\\nW\\nSi\\nr\\nI\\nMh", "height": "2831", "width": "2211", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph11chic_0337.jp2"}, "338": {"fulltext": "^J^\\n^(^rl\u00c2\u00ae\\n:t]D/KDDv\\n328\\nNEWAYGO COUNTY.\\n-*\u00c2\u00ab4?\\nf\\nt\\n2j\\nMr. Gauweiler, was bom Jan. 12, 1836. She is a\\ndaughter of Isaac H. and Sally (Cassidy) Bennett,\\nthe former born in the State of New Jersey, April 23,\\n1800, and still alive. He is a descendant of ances-\\ntors born in Holland. The mother was of Scotch-\\nIrish e.xtraction, born in New York in 1802, and died\\nin 1877 The daughter s marriage to J. F. Gauweiler\\noccurred Jan. 21, 1858, in Croton. Their six chil-\\ndren all survive. They are Mary C, George F.,\\nMartin VanBuren, Alfred R., Seymour B. and Ros-\\nantha.\\nuther L. Parmeter, farmer, section 20, Bar\\nton Township, was born March 5, 1812, in\\nn Orange, Franklin Co., Mass. His parents,\\nathaniel and Hannah (Chaney) Parmeter,\\nJki were also natives of the Bay State, where the\\nfather was a farmer and lumberman. Tliey re-\\nmoved thence to St. Lawrence Co., N. Y., when the\\nQ son was seven years old.\\nHe remained in the home of his parents until he\\nwas 1 9 years of age, when he became interested in\\nthat branch of lumbering known as rafting, which\\nY* he pursued as an occupation two years. He was\\nf married in 1839, to Emily Freeman, a native of St.\\nJ Lawrence Co., N. Y., who was born in 1822. Mr.\\nParmeter removed to Michigan in July, 1865, and\\nlocated on 80 acres of land in Barton Township,\\nwhere he has since carried on the business of farming\\nand operated as a lumberman, as opportunity has\\nafforded. He enhsted in the nth N. Y. Cav., in\\n1861, and was discharged for disability after one\\nyear s service. Mrs. Parmeter died July 3, 1881,\\nleaving five children Helen (Mrs. Sylvester Healey),\\nLucian, Earl, Maud (Mrs. Andrew Ewing), and\\nFred two children are deceased.\\nMr. Parmeter was a second time married June 19,\\n1883, to Mrs. Martha (Lewis) Shannon. Siie was\\nborn in Malone, Franklin Co., N. Y., and is the\\ndaughter of William H. and Orissa (Scely) Lewis.\\n1 Her lirst husband, William Shannon, died in 1874,\\n,x.% and left two children: Nelson A. and Marie Antoinette.\\nMr. Parmeter is an adherent to the Republican\\nx/ faith, and has held the position of Justice of the\\n,1 Peace 12 years, and has officiated 111 otiier nnportant\\nlocal offices.\\nm\\nI\\nonathan Piatt, farmer, Brooks Township,\\nsection 14, was born Jan. 30, 1855, in Mor-\\nrow Co., Ohio. Eli Piatt, his father, was\\nborn ill 1814, in Clinton Co., N. Y., and was\\nthe son of Eli and Eleanor (Winchell) Piatt,\\nthe former being the son of Eli Piatt (ist).\\nElizabeth (Wood) Piatt, mother of the central figure\\nof this record, was born June 3, 1819, in Jefferson\\nCo., N. Y., and is a daughter of Jonathan and Mar-\\ntha (Reynolds) Wood, both of whom died in Ingliam\\nCo., Mich.\\nMr. Plait was but liiree years of age when he was\\nbroght to Michigan by his father, who bought a fine\\ntract of land of the Government, now the property\\nof his son by deed. It consists of 174 acres of land,\\n90 acres of which have been placed in a finely im-\\nproved condition. The farm buildings are of a good\\nstyle and substantial, and the value of the place is\\ngreatly increased by well selected orchard. Mr.\\nPiatt coincides with the Republican element in polit-\\nical affinity, and has acted in the capacity of School\\nDirector.\\nHe was married Jan. 21, 1883, in Newaygo County,\\nto Achsah Mila, daughter of Enoch and Hannah I.\\n(Kimball) Doty. The father was of Welsh parent-\\nage, born in New York, in 1837, and died in 1872.\\nThe mother was born in the Empire State in 1845,\\nand is yet living, in Newaygo County. Mrs. Platl\\nwas born July 7, 1865, in Clinton Co., Mich. She\\nand her husband belong to the Congregational\\nChurch.\\nobert Quaekenbush, farmer, section iS,\\nCrolou Township, was born Feb. 3, 1S40.\\ni ^t) Peter (Quaekenbush, his father, was born of\\nGerman ancestors, in 1798, in Monmouth, N.\\nand died in 1862. His mother, Maria\\n(Morgan) Quaekenbush, was of the same nationality\\nand born in 1819, in the same place as her husband.\\nThe latter became a soldier in the Union army, en-\\nlisting in the State of New York. He was taken sick\\nv^\\nI\\nA\\nd\\nr\\n.^L^\\n^D!1^I1D", "height": "2819", "width": "2254", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph11chic_0338.jp2"}, "339": {"fulltext": "", "height": "2831", "width": "2211", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph11chic_0339.jp2"}, "340": {"fulltext": "if-U^-r-D\\nJ^ ^^0 //OyC^-^^^^", "height": "2819", "width": "2254", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph11chic_0340.jp2"}, "341": {"fulltext": "^M\\nmm\\\\i\\n-ryy\\nATE WAY GO COUNTY.\\nS\\nI\\nand died in the hospital, leaving a wife and six chil-\\ndren. Mr. Quackeiibush died Jan. i, 1884.\\nMr. Qiiackenbush was the eldest child, and on his\\nfather s demise assumed his place in the manage-\\nment and maintenance of tlic family. The home\\nplace was but small, and in addition to the duties of\\nfarming he worked two years as a saw-mill hand, and\\nat the end of the third year sold the farm and came\\nto Michigan. The family settled in Croton Township,\\non a farm the son purchased, and Mr. Quackenbush\\nworked two years at harness-making at Croton village.\\nHe settled down to agricultural life in 1866, and has\\ndevoted the summer seasons to farming, and engaged\\nin lumbering winters. He now owns 135 acres of\\nland, of which 25 acres are cleared and under culti-\\nvation.\\nMr. Quackenbush is an adherent to the tenets of\\nthe Democratic party.\\nll^eth S. Watrous, Clerk of Newaygo County,\\nwas born in Norwalk, Huron Co., O., May\\n11,1847. His parents, Sears and Emily\\n(Barber) Watrous, belonged to the agricultural\\ncommunity, and he was reared as a farmer s\\nson, obtaining his education at the terms of\\nwinter school.\\nThe civil war broke out when he was 14 years old,\\nand the influences that pervaded the entire commu-\\nnity, varying in intensity as the months rolled on\\nand the rebellion assumed proportions more and\\nmore formidable, had their effect on him and he re-\\nsolved to enroll in his country s defense at the earliest\\npossible moment. Shortly after passing his sixteenth\\nbirthday he was enabled to fulfill his resolve. He\\nenlisted June 6, 1863, in the 2d Ohio Battery, and\\nwas in the United States service two years and nine\\nmonths. He was in the battle at Franklin, Tenn.,\\nand in several fights of minor imijortance, in one of\\nwhich he was severely wounded, receiving a minie\\nball in the pit of the stomach, which passed through\\nhis body to the right hip, where it is still imbedded,\\nbaffling the skill of the physicians. He was in Cum-\\nberland hospital at Nashville six months, and rejoined\\nhis battery to be mustered out one month later, when\\nhe returned home and entered Eastman s Business\\n*^rK D(l:\\nCollege at Poughkeepsie, N. Y., where he was\\ngraduated in February, 1866. Meanwhile he had\\ncome into possession of 30 acres of land and de-\\nvoted about two years to amateur farming. He sold\\nthe property and came to Michigan and settled at\\nSturgis, where he became proprietor of a restaurant\\nby purchase, and four months later his establishment\\nwas destroyed by fire, involving a loss of $1,900.\\nHe went thence to Holland and for a time kept a\\nbarber shop, and eventually found employment as a\\npainter in a carriage and wagon shop. The company\\nfailed four months afterward and thereby lie ex-\\nperienced another loss. In the summer of 1869 he\\nengaged with the Engineer Corps of the Chicago\\nMichigan Lake Shore Railroad, where he was em-\\nployed until the spring of 1870, when he joined a\\nconstruction corps and operated until 1872. In that\\nyear his home in Holland was destroyed l)y fire and\\nhe suffered a total loss. He secured a position as\\nconductor on the Chicago Mich. Lake Shore rail-\\nroad, and in the spring of 1873 he was seriously in-\\njured while engaged in coupling cars. His right\\narm was crushed and he was laid up for a year. He\\nturned his attention to telegraphy, and after acquir-\\ning the details of the business was stationed at Pent-\\nwater two years in the capacity of night operator.\\nHis next post was at Fremont, where he operated as\\nstation agent eight years, and in 1880 was elected\\nClerk of Fremont village. He owns a fine property\\nat Fremont.\\nIn the fall of 1882 Mr. Watrous was elected\\nCounty Clerk and moved to Newaygo, where he has\\nsince resided. He is a member of the Order of\\nKnights of Honor, Chosen Friends, Knights Tem-\\nplar and of the Masonic fraternity.\\nMr. Watrous was married at Norwalk, Ohio, Feb.\\n7, 1866, to Minnie A., daughter of Rev. Solomon B.\\nand Sarah B. Gilbert, who was born Feb. 7, 184S, in\\nMassachusetts. They have had two children. Myr-\\ntle B. was born in Fairfield Township, Huron Co.,\\nOhio, Dec. 6, 1867. Harry S. was born in Holland,\\nOttawa Co., Mich., ]\\\\larch 6, 1870, and died in Fre-\\nmont, Sept. II, 1879. I\\nMr. Watrous is still a yoimg man. He is the\\nyoungest enrolled defender of the Nation s integrity\\nrecorded in this work. He has passed through or-\\ndeals of disaster that would have daunted most\\nmen and relegated them to the obscurity of struggle J\\nwithout hope, and made the success, to which the _^,-^_\\nm- \u00e2\u0096\u00a0\u00e2\u0096\u00a0\u00e2\u0080\u00a2v^^ v-AM;\\nc\\nW^", "height": "2831", "width": "2211", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph11chic_0341.jp2"}, "342": {"fulltext": "taVC^Q D tlDs v o\\n\u00e2\u0080\u00a2s~\\n-Mg\\n#^f\\nf\\nA\\ns\\n4\\nMEWAYGO COUNTY.\\n1868.\\nmajority look forward with laudable ambition, only\\nthe will-o -the-wisp flame that blazes in alluring\\nwitchery just beyond the grasp of its eager pursuer.\\nMr. Watrous stands to his\u00c2\u00bbguns, and, notwithstand-\\ning his baffling experiences, is putting his shoulder to\\nthe neededworkof the world with an energy and suc-\\ncess that offer the best quality of encouragement to a\\nlater generation of aspirants. His portrait, which\\nappears on another page, adds to the value of the\\ncollection which so largely increases the worth of the\\nNewaygo County Album to its patrons.\\n^iiWristopher Kaufman, farmer, section 10,\\nN^ Croton Township, was born July 13, 1823^\\nin Schwegenheim, Bavaria, Germany, which\\nwas also the native place of his mother,\\nCatherine (Heyser) Kaufman, who was born\\nin 1794, and died in Pike County, Ohio, in\\nHis father was born in 1792, in Grunenshein,\\nGermany, and died in his native land in 1834.\\nMr. Kaufman was eleven years old when his\\nfather died. After fulfilling the requirements of the\\nlaw in relation to his education, he was, according to\\nthe custom of the country, apprenticed to learn a\\ntrade. That of stone-mason seemed most feasible,\\nand after fulfilling his contract with his master he\\nworked as opportunity offered and supported his\\nmother. When the conscription for the German\\narmy was made his number entitled him to a release,\\nand he availed himself of his liberty by emigrating\\nto the United States, his mother accompanying him.\\nShe went to another son, who was residing in Pike\\nCo., Ohio, and Mr. Kaufman of this sketch pro-\\nceeded to New Orleans, reaching there in December,\\n1845. In June, 1846, he came to Chicago and thence\\nto Muskegon Forks, in Newaygo County. He came\\nwith J. F. Gauweiler, whose sketch, on another page\\nof this volume, contains the experiences common to\\nboth in those earliest days of the pioneer history of\\nCroton. But, severe as was his experience, he was\\nfitted to endure by the toils and privations he had\\nencountered in his native land, and with true conti-\\nnental perseverance he refused to be daunted by the\\nobstacles he encountered in the New World. After\\nhis experience in the lath-mill terminated he settled\\non 80 acres of land in Croton, designated as canal\\nland, and paid for the same but, by some chicane-\\nry, never clearly comprehended by anybody, a col-\\nlector appeared who took a second payment for it,\\nbut failed to account for it to the authorities, and\\nMr. Kaufman paid for his property a third time.\\nYet he kept up his courage and hard work, and now\\nowns 240 acres of land, with 100 acres under culti-\\nvation and with first-class improvements.\\nMr. Kaufman is a Republican and is highly re-\\nspected in his generation for his genuine, meritorious\\ntraits of character. He has been for 37 years a res-\\nident of what is now Croton Township.\\nChristina Marsh, who became the first wife of Mr.\\nKaufman in 185 1, at Muskegon, died in 1867, leav-\\ning no children. The second wife of Mr. Kaufman\\nwas the widow of David Jones. Her maiden name\\nwas Elizabeth Mahle, and her only child by her first\\nmarriage, Eliza Jones, is the wife of Milton Cole, of\\nCroton Township. The marriage of Mr. Kaufman\\nand Mrs. Jones took place Sept. 13, 1868, and they\\nhave three living children, Christina B.,AVilliani H.\\nand Bertha A.\\nV\u00c2\u00a9\\ni^\\nA\\nji jiram Lewis, farmer, section 2, Big Prairie\\nTownship, was born in Greenbush, Albany y\\nCo., N. Y., March 6, 181 8. His father,\\nStephen Lewis, was born in Vermont, about the\\nyear 1796, and died in 18 19. His mother,\\nMary (Crandall) Lewis, was born in New York\\nin 1798 and died in 1849.\\nThe father died when his son was less than two\\nyears old, and Mrs. L. then became the wife of Tru-\\nman C. Baker. He remained under the joint care of\\nhis mother and stepfather until he was 16 years old,\\nreceiving three months schooling. When he reached\\nthe age named he enlisted in the regular army for\\nthree years, and after the expiration of his period of\\nenrollment he engaged for a time in farming. He\\nnext learned the trade of stone-mason, and has since\\ncombined the two occupations. He resided in\\nWayne County until July, 18C5. He became a sol-\\ndier of the civil war, enlisting Jan. 2, 1864, in Co.\\nM, Ninth N. Y. Heavy Artillery, and received his\\ndischarge June 15, 1865. A month later he settled\\non a farm in Van Buren Co., Mich., on which he re-\\nsided eight years. In 1873 he removed his family\\ni\\ni", "height": "2819", "width": "2254", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph11chic_0342.jp2"}, "343": {"fulltext": "NEWAYGO COUNTY.\\n^m\\n-7^^ ^^^^Cd^V^\\n33j\\nand business interests to Newaygo County. He en-\\ntered a claim of 82 acres of land under the provis-\\nions of the Homestead Act, in Big Prairie Township,\\nwhere he has since resided. He has now 14 acres\\nimproved.\\nMr. Lewis has been married twice. His first wife,\\nto whom he was married in Wayne County, in 1838,\\nwas Diantha J. Wilson. She died in 1877. Nine\\nchildren were liorn of this marriage, four of whom are\\nliving. Following is their record William H., born\\nMarch 21, 1840; Sylvester, May 9, 1843 (dec);\\nMary J., Aug. 30, 1844 (dec); James H., Aug. 7,\\n1847 (dec.) Stephen, July i, 1849 (dec.) Hannah\\nM., April 9, 1851; Sarah L., Nov. 26, 1854 (dec);\\nSamuel, June 12, 1856; Ida, Dec. 9, 1861. The\\nsecond wife of Mr. Lewis was Mrs. Mary Louisa\\n(Demund) Cook, to whom he was married Aug. 10,\\n1881, in Big Prairie.\\nMr. Lewis is a Republican in his political views.\\nCohn R. Kriger, farmer, section 34, Ash-\\nland Township, was born Sept. 19, 1842, in\\nHillsdale Co., Mich. His parents, Michael\\nand Hannah (Carpenter) Kriger, were of Ger-\\nman lineage and natives of New England.\\nThey became residents of Michigan in their\\nyouthful days, married here and settled in Newaygo\\nCounty, in 1853.\\nMr. Kriger was under the supervision of his par-\\nents until he reached his majority, and was married\\nFeb. 26, 1863, to Ellen, daughter of Henry and Lu-\\ncina (Strowbridge) Snow, natives of New York, and\\nof New England ancestors. Mrs. Kriger was born\\nin Cortland Co., N. Y., Oct. 20, 1845. She came to\\nTyrone, Kent Co., Mich., when she was 16 years old,\\nand soon after became a domestic in the family of\\nMichael Kriger, and operated in that capacity until\\nshe became the vrife of one of the sons. The senior\\nKriger established the young couple on 80 acres of\\nland joining the homestead. The farm was in its orig-\\ninal, unbroken, unimproved state, but Mr. Kriger had\\nhealth, hope and an object in life, and manfully ap-\\nplied his resources to clearing and cultivating his\\nproperty and he now has more than one half of his\\nlanded estate in creditable condition. Mr. Kriger is\\nregarded as a practical, common-sense farmer, and\\nboth himself and wife are warmly esteemed in the\\ncommunity of which they are members. They be-\\nlong to the M. E. Church, and Mr. Kriger is an earn-\\nest supporter of the Prohiliition party. He has held\\nthe position of School Inspector, and is now acting\\nas School Director.\\nFollowing is the record of the children born to the\\nhousehold: Melvin J., April 20, 1864; Lida E.,\\nOct. 20, 1865 Emma C, March 2, 1868; Annie M.,\\nOct. 12, 1873; Ernest M.,May 21, 1876; Cilvia H.,\\nSept. 16, 1871, died Oct. 3, 1872.\\n[r^fil erome A. Botsford, farmer, Croton Tovvn-\\nCii ship, section 5, was born March 10, 1828,\\n|a7\\nin Oswego Co., N. Y. His father, John L.\\nBotsford, was born in Connecticut, in 1800, and\\n^Ir rWi^A [n tiig yea^j- 1840. The mother, who\\ndied\\nprevious to her marriage was Mary Carpenter,\\nwas also a native of Connecticut, born in 1802 and\\ndied in 1S39.\\nMr. Botsford was eleven years old when his mother\\ndied, and in the succeeding year he was wholly\\norphaned by the demise of his father. He was cared\\nfor, for a time, by his uncle, after which he went to\\nWisconsin with his sister, Mrs. Dexter Farr, where\\nhe remained three years engaged in farm labor for\\nhis brother-in-law. He went to Illinois, where he\\nworked for some monjhs, and between that State and\\nWisconsin he passed alternate portions of time\\nuntil he decided on coming to Michigan. He landed\\nat Muskegon Nov. 5, 1853, and proceeded to Croton,\\nwhere he worked for the Mill Company one winter\\nHis next transfer was to Newaygo, where he con-\\nducted a lath-mill one summer, returning to Muske-\\ngon in the fall. He scaled logs one winter for a\\nman named Trowbridge, and was afterward employed\\nin various ways. At present he owns 57 70-iooths\\nacres of land, on which he resides, and has 40 acres\\nunder good cultivation, with relatively fair buildings\\nand some stock. He also owns a half interest in 80\\nacres on secrion 8. He is an adherent of the\\nRepublican party, and has officiated as Treasurer,\\nRoad Commissioner, Justice of the Peace and as\\nSupervisor of the township of Ensley.\\nMr. Botsford became the husliand of Mary Eliza-\\nbeth Backart in January, 1858, and they are the\\nt\\nA\\nf\\n^)kV\u00c2\u00ae))\u00c2\u00ab^^\\nL^\\nli\\n^-^\u00e2\u0096\u00a0^^/*j^.\\nr", "height": "2831", "width": "2211", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph11chic_0343.jp2"}, "344": {"fulltext": "i*^\\nr* 334\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0Tzj^;^ ^tr^ n^ n n iK-^-\\nNEWAYGO COUNTY.\\nr\\nA\\nV\\ns\\nparents of five children, namely: Charles J., Mary\\nE. (2d), Douglas T., Carrie M. and Adeline A.\\nMary E., eldest daughter, is deceased. Mrs. Bots-\\nford was born in New York, in Septen-.her, 1838, and\\nis the daughter of George and Mary Adaline Backart.\\n(See sketch.)\\n^flirrancis P. Hall, farmer, section 21, Garfield\\nTownship, was born in Gainesville, Wyo-\\n1^ ming Co., N. Y., July 14, 1831, and is a\\nson of Francis B. and Electa Hall. His father\\nwas born Feb. 18, 1799, in Vermont, and died\\nJan. 22, 1862, at Marengo, III. The mother\\nwas born May 23, 1808, in New York, and died Dec.\\n20, 1878, in Pavilion, Kalamazoo Co., Mich.\\nThe parents of Mr. Hall went, when he was about -wiiea ^^M\\nthree years of age, to Pendleton, Niagara Co., N. Y.,\\nwhere they resided until 183S. In October of that\\nyear they removed to Pavilion Township, Kalamazoo\\nCounty, where his father bought 40 acres of land.\\nThe family were in rather straitening circumstances,\\nand Mr. Hall did all in his power toward their main-\\ntenance and comfort for some years. At 22, he went\\nto Arkansas, and was variously employed in and near\\nNapoleon for five years, when he returned to Michi-\\ngan, and joined his father s family at Marengo\\nPrairie, Cass County, whither they had removed in his\\nabsence. He assisted on the homestead until 1859,\\nwhen, in company with four others, he started to\\ncross the plains. On reaching Fort Kearney they\\ndisbanded, and Mr. Hall proceeded to Kansas,\\nwhere he passed a summer, going thence to New\\nOrleans. In March, i860, he came North as far as\\nLaclede Co., Mo., and engaged as engineer in a saw\\nand grist mill until fall, when he returned home. In\\nthe spring of 1861 he went to Brady, Kalamazoo\\nCounty, where, associated with his Ijrother, William\\nH. Hall, he rented a saw-mill, which he managed\\nsuccessfully about a year.\\nMr. Hall was married Feb. 2, 1862, at Prairieville,\\nBarry Co., Mich., to Mrs. Sylvia J. (ilass, daughter\\nof Curtis and Lorinda (Vangilder) Lewis, born at\\nLeroy, Genesee Co., N. Y. Mr. and Mrs. Hall have\\nSIX i;hildren Allison A., Francis M., Wilber W.,\\nBenjamin B., Charles C, Harrj- H. and Robert R. In\\nMarch, 1862, Mr. Hall moved to Galesburg, Mich.,\\nwhere he bought a house and lot and was variously\\nemployed until January, 1864, when he rented the\\nsaw-mill he had previously managed in Brady. He\\ncontinued to conduct the lumber business until Feb-\\nruary, 1865, when he enlisted in Co. L, Sixth Mich.\\nCav., Capt. Chipman. He was mustered out March\\n26, 1866, at Fort Bridger, Utah.\\nHe came to Newaygo County in December, 1866,\\nand bought 120 acres of land in what is now Garfield\\nTownship. It was all in its original condition, and\\nMr. Hall has cleared 60 acres and put it under good\\nimprovement. He has held the office of Justice of\\nthe Peace four years, School Director five years, and\\nSchool Inspector two years. He is a member of the\\nBlue Lodge, No. 131, at Newaygo, and belongs to\\nthe Patrons of Husbandry.\\n\u00e2\u0099\u00a6^^iiZIOTJv\\nc\\nA\\nf\\nohn Docherty, farmer, section 32, Barton\\nTownship, was born in County Bennegal,\\nIreland, Oct. 31, 1839, and is a son of\\nCharles and Sarah (McConn) Docherty. The\\nparents were natives of the Emerald Isle, and\\nset out for the New World in 1846. The\\nmother died on the passage; the father settled in\\nTyrone Co., Ont., for a time, and went thence to\\nComi)ton County, where he resided until his death\\nin 1880.\\nMr. Docherty remained with his father until he\\nwas 23 years old, and obtained such education as\\nthe schools of the Dominion afforded. In 1862 he\\nwent to the western part of Canada, and three\\nyears after came to Ionia Co., Mich., where he spent\\n18 months in the capacity of farm laborer, returning\\nat the expiration of that time to Canada and residing\\nthere some years. In 1868 he entered a claim of 80\\nacres of land under the provisions of the Homestead\\nAct, in Barton Township, where he has since i)rinci-\\npally resided. In addition to his labors as a farmer\\nhe has engagetl in lumbering, working in the woods\\nand in shingle-mills. He was first married to Hul-\\ndah E. King, a native of Ohio. Of this marriage\\ntwo children were born, both of whom are deceased.\\nMr. Docherty was a second time married in 1880, to J^^r^\\nfr\\n\u00e2\u0080\u00a2s", "height": "2819", "width": "2254", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph11chic_0344.jp2"}, "345": {"fulltext": "-^^^K t=r-5 nD^l^Il^\u00e2\u0080\u00a2 rT^ 3^\u00e2\u0082\u00ac^^\\nNEWAYGO COUNTY.\\nA\\nV\\ns\\n-s\\nMrs. Lena M. (Corbett) Lee, widow of Seth\\nLee, who died in 1879, leaving her with two chil-\\ndren, William L born Aug. 29, 1873, and Clyde L.,\\nborn Jan. i, 1877. Mrs. Docherty was born in\\nMaine, Oct. 15, 1853, and is the daughter of Abel\\nP. and Lydia F. (Tracy) Corbett, also natives of\\nMaine. Twin daughters, Jessie May and (irace\\nMay, were born to Mr. and Mrs. Docherty, Sept. 14,\\n1S82.\\nMr. Docherty is a Republican in his political\\nprinciples.\\neorge Backart, farmer and miller, resid-\\ning at Croton, was born in Schupheimi\\nBaden, Germany, Aug. 19, 1808. His parents,\\nMichael and Fronia (Miller) Backart, were\\nboth natives of the same place the former was\\nborn in 1781 and died in 1853: the birth of the\\nlatter occurred in 1784, and her death in 1856, in\\nGermany.\\nMr. Backart was a resident with his father in the\\nland of his nativity until he was 16 years of age. He\\nreceived the compulsory education regulated by the\\nlaw of Germany, and attended school from the age\\nof six to fourteen years. When he was 16 years old\\nhe was apprenticed, in conformity with the custom of\\nthe country, to learn the trade of blacksmith, and\\nconsumed two years in aci|niring the details of the\\nbusiness. Three years following the expiration of\\nhis indentures he worked in various places at the\\nage of 22 years he established himself independently\\nin his own shop. He operated until 1834, when he\\ndisposed of his business, came to the United States,\\nand settled in Oneida C o., N. Y. He bought 40\\nacres of land, where he carried on farming seven\\nyears. He sold out in 1841 and went to Dui^age\\nCo., 111., where he again engaged in farming, becom-\\ning proprietor by purchase of 60 acres of land. In\\naddition to his agricultural labors he managed a saw-\\nmill on Dupage River, owned by another man. He\\nwas thus engaged 10 years. In 1850 he sold his\\nproperty in Illinois and settled in Croton, Nov. 4, that\\nyear. The place was then known as Muskegon\\nFork, and Mr. Backart was accompanied by Warren\\nSmith and Alpheus Fowler. The two latter had\\npurchased a saw-mill of John F. Stearns, which they\\nproposed to operate. It was built about 10 years\\nprevious, and was the first mill erected in this\\nsection. The purchase included 300 acres of land.\\nMr. Backart came for the express purpose of man-\\naging the mill, but declined to invest his means in\\nthe property until the second year, when he purchased\\na third interest. The saw-mill was in complete run-\\nning order. Smith Fellows sold out in the course\\nof a few years to other parties, but Mr. Backart con-\\ntinued to hold his proprietorship. He finally\\ndisposed of his interest in the mill, but has\\ncontinued to hold his land claim. He reserved his\\nright to the water-power, and in 1857 built a saw-\\nmill, which in i86i was remodeled into a grist-mill,\\nwhich he has since conducted as such. He has\\npurchased and now owns another mill in the imme-\\ndiate vicinity. He owns two houses in Croton village,\\none of which he occupies. He also owns 250 acres\\nof land in the vicinity of Croton village.\\nMr. Backart was one of the first permanent settlers\\nwhere Croton village now stands. Himself, Warren\\nSmith and John A. Mills were the parties instrumental\\nin the platting of Croton, and in having the same\\nrecorded. The survey was made by John Alma, in\\nNovember, 1854. Jefferson Morrison and Robert P.\\nMitchell were also interested in the founding of the\\nvillage, which was incorporated in 1869. Mr. Backart\\nis a Democrat in political principle and action, and\\nhas been closely connected with municipal affairs in\\nhis township. He officiated ten years as Supervisor,\\nand six years as Treasurer, and has held other offices\\nof less importance. He was appointed Postmaster\\nunder President Fillmore, and again under President\\nBuchanan.\\nMr. Backart was married in his native place, April\\n19, 1830, to Mary Adeline Backart, who was born in\\nthe same place, Sept. 7, 1810, and is the daughter of\\nSebastian and Annie Magdalena (Schneider) Backart.\\nHer parents were both born in Schujjheim, Germany,\\nthe father in 1779, and the mother in 1791.\\nSebastian Backait was a soldier of the allied forces\\nin the wars of Napoleon Bonajiarte, and just previous\\nto the battle of Waterloo contracted camp typhoid\\nfever. He recovered, but his wife took the disease\\nand died in 1814. The husband survived until 1848.\\nTo Mr. and Mrs. Hackart eight children have been\\nborn, namely: Mary Magdalena (dec), Mary\\nV\\nA\\nr\\nt", "height": "2831", "width": "2211", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph11chic_0345.jp2"}, "346": {"fulltext": "rZ^fe- i\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0Qsr\\n-r-r -^Iin :DOi- r^\\n\u00e2\u0080\u00a2Ti^ ^sr\\n-4^^^\\nJ\\ni\\ns/\\n-s\\nNEWAYGO COUNTY.\\nJ\\nf\\nElizabeth, George (dec), Charles F. (dec), Mary\\nEliza, Julius S., Mary Jane and Alice Evaline. The\\nfamily are Lutherans.\\njii ames McLeod, proprietor of the Commer-\\nJ r cial Hotel at White Cloud, is the son of\\ni^^^ Alexander and Nancy (Campbell) McLeod,\\nf and was born June 15, 1843, in Russell Co.,\\n^r Can. His parents were natives of Scotland,\\ni came to Canada in the first years of their\\nmarried life, and there resided until their deaths.\\nMr. McLeod has been a resident of Newaygo\\nCounty since he attained to the period of his legal\\nfreedom. He resided at Newaygo five years, and\\nwas variously occupied while there. He removed to\\nSherman Township, where he became the proprietor\\nof 80 acres of unimproved land, and of this he cleared\\n40 acres. In the fall of 1873, he came to White\\nCloud, and opened the White Cloud Hotel, which he\\nconducted seven years; and on selling out he Iniiit\\nthe home where he has since been engaged in min-\\nistering to the wants of the traveling public. In his\\ncapacity of landlord he must be recorded as the\\npioneer, as he gave the first meal as a public host in\\nthe village of White Cloud. He is independent in\\n)X)litics, and has held the post of Councilman. He\\nis a memlier of the fraternity of Odd Fellows.\\nHe has had five children, three of whom survive,\\nborn as follows: David L., Sept. 29, 1863; Laura,\\nMarch 22, 1868, and Archie, June 7, 1881.\\nH ^/^-^SS-i^S-v/^^\\nIfeaniel T. Swain, fanner, section 29, Barton\\nt|^^f Township, was born in Shiawassee Co.,\\n5)r^S^ Mich., Aug. 10, 1846, and is a son of\\nv}^ Aaron and Betsy A. (Baker) Swai)i. The\\nfather was a native of Vermont and the mother\\nwas born in Crawford Co., Pa. They came to\\nNewberg, Shiawassee Co., Mich., where they resided\\nuntil 1849, when they removed to Big Prairie, Ne-\\nwaygo County, and there resided tintil their deaths,\\nwhich occurred respectively in 1876 and 1879.\\nMr. Swain wa? reeved to the calling which he has\\npursued all his life, and was married Dec. 8, 1872,10\\nf\\nLouisa, daughter of William and Sarah Ann (Thomp-\\nson) Whipple, born in Cayuga Co., N. Y. They have\\nfive children Nina M., Edith L., Aaron P., Lucy E.\\nand Archie L.\\nAfter his marriage Mr. Swain homesteaded a\\nclaim of 80 acres of land in Norwich Township,\\nwhere he lived a number of years, and on selling out\\nhis property he purchased 40 acres of land in Barton\\nTownship, which has since been his home. In\\npolitical faith Mr. Swain is an adherent of the\\nprinciples and issues of the National party. While\\na resident of Nor\\\\vich Townshij) he officiated as\\nJustice of the Peace, and in other positions of trust.\\names B. Mallery, farmer, section 31,\\nSherman Township, was born in Columbia\\nCo., N. Y., Sept. 9, 1826. His father,\\nMathew Mallery, was a native of Connecticut,\\nand his mother, Sarah (Cleveland) Mallery, of\\nNew York. After their marriage they settled\\nin Columbia Co., N. Y., and in the fall of 1845\\nsettled in Hillsdale Co., Mich., where the mother\\ndied in 1854, and the father ten years later. James\\nremained in New York until 19 years of age. His\\neducation included habits of industry and frugality,\\nwith the rudiments of knowledge gathered at the\\ndistrict schools of his county. He came with his\\nparents to Hillsdale County, and remained with them\\nuntil 26 years of age. From 1853 to 1855, he was\\nengaged in farming and coopering. In the winter of\\n1855, he came with his family to Northern Michigan,\\nleaving his wife and child 16 miles north of Grand\\nRapids, while he pushed his way through the forest\\nin search of land for a home. He took up 240 acres\\nof wild land under the (iradation Act, in what is now\\nkno^^^l as Sherman Township. He stayed two weeks\\nand helped l uild a log house, when the snow was\\ntwo feet deep on a level. This was on the very spot\\nwhere Mr. Wcller s residence now stands in Fremont.\\nHe then returned for his wife and child, and they^\\naccompanied by an aunt, proceeded to their new\\nhome in Newaygo County.\\nAfter chopping an acre of timber, he had inflam-\\nmation of the eyes, which confined him to the house\\nabout two weeks. About the same time Mrs.\\nMallery s aunt was taken sick, and was obliged to\\nKi.\\nG\\n(i\\nt\\nmy=^,m\\nj^\\n4^^^\\nm.", "height": "2819", "width": "2254", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph11chic_0346.jp2"}, "347": {"fulltext": "NEWAYGO COUNTY.\\n-^wfj^\\nt\\nV\\n^-5\\n337\\n\u00c2\u00ael\\nI\\nm\\nreturn home, leaving Mrs. M. alone. In the fall of\\n1855, he settled on his present farm of 100 acres,\\nwhere he resides, and has 50 acres under cultivation.\\nIn 1865 he rented his farm in order to assist Wm. L.\\nStewart, his father-in-law, in conducting the Stewart\\nHouse at Newaygo. He remained there eight years,\\nthen returned to his farm.\\nMr. Mallery was married in Cambria, Hillsdale\\nCounty, Feb. 24, 1853, to Susan L., daughter of\\nWilkes L. and Frances (Hoiikins) Stewart, the former\\na native of Massachusetts, and the latter of New\\nYork. They were married in the last named State,\\nand came to Michigan for their wedding tour. They\\nsettled in Macomb County, where Mr. Stewart was\\nengaged in farming, milling and various other\\npursuits for 14 years. He then removed to Living-\\nston County, where he remained till September, 1846,\\nwhen he went to Hillsdale County, and remained\\nthere until 1855, engaged in farming. Mr. Stewart\\nmet with financial reverses in Macomb County, and\\nlost nearly all his worldly possessions but by untir-\\ning perseverance and industry he succeeded in\\nregaining a portion of his property. He left Hillsdale\\nin 1855 and came to Newaygo County, where he\\ntook up land quite extensively, and has resided in\\nthis county ever since. He made the change in\\norder to benefit his children. Mrs. Stewart died\\nNov. 29, 1877, and Mr. S. now resides with his\\ndaughter, Mrs. Mallery.\\nHe was one of the first three Justices of the Peace\\nin the old township of Fremont. Willard AVilder and\\nSarah Ann Bernhard were the first couple married in\\nthat township, and the ceremony was performed by\\nMr. Stewart, on the 4th day of July, being the first\\nday he held the office. He married Benjamin Ish\\nunder a tree at 3 o clock in the morning. Mr. S. is\\nnow in feeble health.\\nMrs. M. was born in Macomb Co., Mich., Sept. 7,\\n1 83 1, and was the eldest daughter and third child of\\na family of seven children. She lived with her\\nparents until her marriage. Mr. and Mrs. Mallery\\nhave one child, Fannie M., born Jan. 23, 1854, and\\nis the wife of George B. J. Raider; Mr. and Mrs.\\nRaider have two children, namely Clifton, who was\\nborn July 13, 1875, the day of the year also on which\\nhis father and great-grandfather was born and Fred,\\nborn July 19, 1877.\\nMr. Mallery has held tlie office uf Township Clerk\\n17 years, Supervisor one year; has been School\\nIns])ector, and held other, smaller offices in the gift\\nof the people. He is now Clerk of Sherman Town-\\nship; is a member of the Masonic Order, and in\\npolitics is a Greenbacker. Himself and wife are\\nmembers of Fremont Grange, No. 494, P. of H.\\n;.31ark N. Young, Editor of the Hesperian\\n|ih^^^ News, and Principal of the High School,\\nHesperia, was born in Shelby, Orleans Co.,\\nm N. Y., March 23, 1852. His parents, William\\nand Anna E. (Beebe) Young, were natives of\\nNew England, of genuine Yankee descent. They emi-\\ngrated to Calhoun Co., Mich., in the fall of 1853,\\nwhere they now reside. Clark N. was reared on his\\nfather s farm, working hard during the summer and\\nattending district school in the winter. He formed\\nstudious, economical and industrious habits, and\\nwhen 18 years old was granted license to teach, in\\nwhich pursuit he was very successful. Thus he con-\\ntinued, tilling the soil in summer and teaching in\\nwinter until he was 21 years of age. He then\\nentered the college at Albion, Mich., where he took a\\nspecial course preparatory to teaching the higher\\nbranches in the graded schools. Here he continued\\ntwo years. In the spring of 1875 he returned to his\\nnative county and again became engaged in teaching\\nwinters, and being on the road summers. He went\\nto Barry County in 1878 and taught one year, and\\nDec. 30, 1879, he was married, in Hillsdale, this\\nState, to Dora M. Stebbins, of Nashville, Barry\\nCounty, who was born in Ontario, Can., Nov. 7, 1856.\\nHer parents were Henry E. and Olive (Shelden)\\nStebbins, natives of New York and Canada respect-\\nively.\\nIn March, 1880, Mr. Young engaged with the\\nNashville Ne7cis, of Nashville, Mich., and during the\\ntwo years of his sojourn here he aciiuired the art of\\nprinting, and his ability as an editor was developed.\\nHe established a paper of his own in Nashville,\\ncalled the Nashville O/io; but better inducements,\\nbeing offered in Hesperia he transferred his stock to\\nthis place, and in September, 1882, established the\\nHesperian Nejvs, the first number of which was\\nissued Sept. 29, 1882. .Mthough several newspapers\\nr", "height": "2831", "width": "2211", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph11chic_0347.jp2"}, "348": {"fulltext": "-r-r :Iltl^llll^ v^\\nNEWAYGO COUNTY.\\n-\u00c2\u00abS\\n^mi\\nJ\\ni*\\nA\\ni\\nhave been previously started, they became defunct\\nin a very short time; but the Nncs is bovnid to suc-\\nceed. Mr. Young was soHcited to take charge of\\nthe High School in Hesperia, and he now performs\\nthe double duty of teacher and editor. They have\\nhad one child, Otto, born Nov. 22, 18S0, and died\\nNov. 16, 1882. In politics Mr. Young is inde-\\npendent.\\n^;S^ l\u00e2\u0096\u00a0^I/^,\u00c2\u00bb^\\namesR. Odell, druggist at Fremont, son of\\nJonathan and Mahala (Prouty) Odell,\\nwas born in Hillsdale Co., Mich., April 21,\\n1 84 1. His parents were natives of New York,\\n^r^ where they were married, and soon after re-\\nmoved to Michigan and settled in Hillsdale\\nCounty. They remained there for several years\\nafter the death of his father, which occurred in 1854,\\nwhen his mother came to this county and settled in\\nFremont, about the year 1867.\\nJames R. remained under the parental roof until\\n16 years of age, attending the common schools. He\\nthen learned the carpenter and joiner s trade, which\\nhe followed for nearly five years previous to the\\nbreaking out of the rebellion. In .September, 1864,\\nhe enlisted in the nth Mich. Cav., and, after serving\\ntill the close of the war, was honorably discharged at\\nKnoxville, Tenn. He participated in several engage-\\nments, and was at the capture of Salisbury prison,\\nN. C. After his term of service had expired he re-\\nturned to Hillsdale Co., Mich., and worked at his\\ntrade a short time, when he was taken very sick with\\ntyphoid fever, in consequence of which he was unable\\nto work for eight months. After his recovery, in the\\nspring of 1866, he came to Fremont where he worked\\nat his trade about two years. He purchased 90\\nacres of wild land in Sheridan Township, upon\\nwhich he worked during one summer and was after-\\nward employed in a general store in Fremont, owned\\nby John Delamater. In two years he purchased a\\none-half interest in the store, and the firm was known\\nas 1 )elamater iv: Otlell. This partnership continued\\nfor about six months, when Mr. Odell sold out his\\ninterest to John l)eHaas,but remained as clerk until\\nthe store was destroyed by fire some two years later.\\nHe assisted in settling up the business of the firm,\\nand during the following winter was engaged in lum-\\nbering, and was also afterwards in the emjiloy of\\nJohn DeHaas for a short time. Afterwards he and\\nhis brother bought out the stock of drugs and gro-\\nceries owned by Dr. Root and son. This partner-\\nship continued about two years, when he bought out\\nthe interest of his brother in the drug department,\\nand in anotlier year sold his own interest in the\\ngrocery department to his brother. For a short time\\nthe drug store was carried on by OdeU Manly,\\nwhen the latter withdrew, and the business is now\\nconducted by Mr. Odell, who is the leading druggist\\nof the county. He commenced in 1877 to build the\\nfine brick building he now occupies, and moved his\\nstock of goods in February, 1878.\\nMr. Odell was first married in Hillsdale Co., Mich.,\\nMarch 3, 1861, to Mary, daughter of Francis and\\nMinerva (Smith) Morse, a native of Michigan. She\\nafterward died, October, 1864, leaving one child,\\nborn Uec. 27, 1863. Mr. Odell was again married, in\\nHesperia, this county, in the year 1867, to Alice,\\ndaughter of Daniel Joslin, and they have had three\\nchildren: Mary, Eva M. and Pearl; the former is\\ndeceased. Mr. Odell has held the office of Town-\\nship Clerk for ten consecutive years; is a member of\\nthe Masonic Order, and has filled various offices in\\nhis lodge, having served two years as Master, and\\nis also Commander of Henry Dobson Post, G. A. R.\\nIn politics he is identified with the Democratic party.\\nHe has been a member of the Village Board, serving\\nas President or Trustee since its incorporation was\\nalso member of the School Board when the graded\\nsystem went into effect, and is still a member of the\\nsame.\\nSi/\\n7~l,3\\ni^^^i=\\nSl^^feorace C. Jenne, farmer, section 5, Dayton\\nr^? .l~ Township, is a son of Joseph H. and Sa-\\n4\\nr\\nloma (Knight) Jenne, who were natives of\\n4l T Massachusetts and afterward settled in New\\nYork. He was born in the latter Stale, June 6,\\n1830. At tlie age of lo years he went to live\\nwith a relative, and remained until he was 18 years\\nof age, being employed the most of this time on the\\nErie canal. He came [to Michigan in the fall of\\n1855, and the following winter lived in Allegan\\nCounty. He came to this county in the spring of\\n1856 and bought 160 acres of land in Dayton Town.\\nv^ito\\n-K^ ii!] :niiv\\n\u00c2\u00abf)^5((!", "height": "2819", "width": "2254", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph11chic_0348.jp2"}, "349": {"fulltext": "", "height": "2831", "width": "2211", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph11chic_0349.jp2"}, "350": {"fulltext": "t^ ti^=^^x.^", "height": "2819", "width": "2254", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph11chic_0350.jp2"}, "351": {"fulltext": "-Dii;*:iiii T-\\nI\\nt\\nT\\nNEWAYGO COUNTY.\\ny^^i-i\\n,X I\\nV\\n5)\\n341\\nship. He now owns a farm of 65 acres, 35 of which\\nare well improved.\\nHe was married in New York, in August, 185 1, to\\nAmelia Jones, who was a native of that State, and\\nthey have one child, John H., who is now a resident\\nof Muskegon. Nov. 2, 1863, he enlisted in the 4th\\nMich. Cav., and served nearly two ,years, receiving\\nhis discharge at Nashville, Tenn. He was with Gen.\\nWibon in his cavalrj raid from Nashville to Macon,\\nGa.; is a member of J. A. Dix Post, No. 9, G. A. R.,\\nand in politics is a Republican.\\nhe^\\nton. Charles W. Stone, Representative from\\nNewaygo County, was born June 2, 1833, in\\nK^ Warrensburg, Warren Co., N. Y., and is the\\neldest son of Samuel and Sally (Moore) Stone.\\nThe father was a son of John and Mary (Col-\\nlins) Stone, and grew to maturity in Warrens-\\nburg, married there and reared a family of 10 chil-\\ndren. He was a native of New Hampshire, and died\\nin Warrensburg in 1878. The mother was born in\\nEastern New York and died in Warrensburg, in Feb-\\nruary, 1883. The elder Stone was an honest, hard-\\nworking man, and left to his sons a better heritage\\nthan most men do, who earn for them immunity\\nfrom effort and freedom from the struggle necessary\\nto humanity in order to develop its greatest and\\nbest. The boasted glory of the West was made pos-\\nsible by the stringencies which held former genera-\\ntions at the East. John Stone was born in the old\\nGranite State, and resided some years at Weare,\\nHillsborough Co., N. H., removing thence to Cam-\\nbridge, N. Y., and, liter, to Warrensburg, where he\\nspent his life in honor and usefulness and died at\\nthe age of 92 years. His wife was also a nonogena-\\nrian at the time of her death.\\nThe boyhood of Mr. Stone was passed in the\\nmanner common to the children of the place, period\\nand generation in which he was born. Industry,\\nfrugality and the necessity of utilizing every moment\\nwere so iuii)ressed upon him as to become in a sense\\ninstinctive traits. He obtained little educational\\ndiscipline in the schools, and, when he found himself\\na man in the eyes of the law, he also found himself\\nin undisputed possession of the i)rivilege of making\\nhis own way in the world. His years of labor during\\nhis minority had trained him in a complete knowl-\\nedge of every detail in the manufacture of lumber;\\nand in the early summer, when independent man-\\nhood brought with it the added need of immediate\\neffort, he began to seek a service with which he was\\nfamiliar. An opening in Florida attracted his atten-\\ntion, and he found encouragement in the project, but\\nmust wait until November before he could go to a\\ntropical climate with safety. Opportunity meets her\\nardent seekers more than half way, and intelligence\\nsoon reached him that a company at Glens Falls\\nwere engaging men for the lumber woods of Northern\\nMichigan, and he made his way to that place. He\\napplied to Albert M. Cheney who, with Lewis L.\\nArms, of Glens Falls, and Eliphalet Wood, of Chi-\\ncago, had established the business and interests still\\nknown under the style of the Newaygo Company.\\nTo Mr. Cheney young Stone stated his case, but he\\nwas received with a shake of the head. He acceiited\\nthe repulse without comment and reached the door,\\nbut before he opened it he was re-called. I think\\nthere is something in you and will give you a chance,\\nwas Mr. Cheney s sententious remark; and in a few\\ndays he was on his way to Newaygo County. The\\nvillage of that name consisted of only a few houses,\\nand its principal business interests were in the hands\\nof John k. Rrooks and the Newaygo Company.\\nNine dollars represented the cash capital of Mr.\\nStone when he found himself in the field he had\\nsought. His first work was scaling logs for the Ne-\\nwaygo Company on the land belonging to James and\\nWilliam Barton. He continued in the eni[)loy of the\\nCompany twelve years, engaged mostly in utilizing\\nhis time for the best interests of his employers. The\\nyear following his settlement in Newaygo County\\n(1855), he bought 160 acres of unimproved land in\\nwhat was then Fremont Township. He made his\\np urchase under the Graduation Act, paying 75 cents\\nper acre therefor, and in it invested his first earnings\\nin Michigan. The entire tract is still in his posses-\\nsion and, under the changes in the municii)al condi-\\ntions incident to the settlement and organization of\\nthe county, its described location is now on section\\nsix, Garfield Township. At the time of Mr. Stone s\\nsettlement Fremont comprised the territory now in-\\ncluded ill the towiishi|)s of Dayton, Sherman, Sher-\\nidan and the western half of Garfield, then belonging\\nV\\nA\\nV\\nSi/\\nk\\n\u00c2\u00aetS5\u00c2\u00abS^\\n-^mi^ -^ll!]:^llDi\\nV\\nr\\nii", "height": "2831", "width": "2211", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph11chic_0351.jp2"}, "352": {"fulltext": "^rr^TK\\n:mMh\\nr^^^\\n-\u00c2\u00abta*a\\ns\\ny\\n342\\nNEWAYGO COUNTY.\\n.,%-v\\nto Sherman. The division and several organizations\\nwere made in 1866, and Mr. Stone was made first\\nSupervisor of Sherman, and, with tlie exception of\\none year, held the position successively until his\\nnomination for County Treasurer, in 1878.\\nHe was married May 10, 1858, in Caldwell, War-\\nren Co., N. Y., to Mary, daughter of John Eddy.\\nTwo children Frederick C. and Clara J. have been\\nborn of this union. The family resided in the vil-\\nlage of Newaygo about 15 years, when they removed\\nto the farm, of which 100 acres is cleared and in ad-\\nmirable condition, with farm fixtures and general ar-\\nrangement of a character which puts the place in\\nthe front rank among the l est in the county. On\\nbeing elected to a county office, he removed to the\\nvillage, where he resided until the summer of 1883,\\nwhen he again removed to his farm. Besides his\\nhomestead and house and lot in Newaygo village, he\\nowns 400 acres of timber land in the county.\\nUntil the organization of the National Greenback\\nparty Mr. Stone was a Democrat and pursued a\\nstraightforward, well-defined, but non-aggressive pol-\\nicy, that secured the respect of his peers and the\\nconfidence of all parties. He never possessed the\\npeculiar instincts of a wire-puller, nor exhibited the\\ntraits which characterize a ring politician of the per-\\niod. Nor is he a man of the stamp, so common to\\nthe nineteenth century, of such marvelous type that\\nthe contingencies of decades of public affairs seem\\nto have been created expressly to develop. Verily,\\nthe possibilities within the range of political inge-\\nnuity increase in direct proportion to the lapse of\\ntime! Mr. Stone s election to the positions he has\\nheld and is still holding present a feature in Newaygo\\nCounty local politics, which do the good sen.se and\\nsound judgment of her voting community eminent\\ncredit. The county officers, as a rule, are selected\\nfor peculiar ability and fitness for the work to be ac-\\ncomplished. In 1878 Mr. Stone was elected County\\nTreasurer and was re-elected in 1880. He was\\nnominated in 1882, before the expiration of his sec-\\nond term, by the National Greenback element of the\\ncounty as its Representative in the Legislature of\\nMichigan. The campaign and its results were most\\nnattering to the candidate and satisfactory to the con\\nstituency who presented him for the position, witliout\\nknowledge or effort of his own. His election was\\nsecured solely through the general confidence in his\\ncharacter and abilities, and was peculiarly significant\\nfrom the fact that he ran against two candidates,\u00e2\u0080\u0094\\nEdward E. Edwards, the then incumbent and Repub-\\nlican nominee, and George W. Nafe, the candidate\\nof the Democrats. In the House he was made mem-\\nber of Committees on the State School for the Blind,\\nDeaf and Dumb, on Supplies and Expenditures and,\\nin the varied services to which he was called, dis-\\ntinguished himself as the protector of the interests\\nof his constituency and by the consistency of his ac-\\ntions as a representative of the class to which he\\nconsiders it his best prerogative to belong.\\nMr. Stone was first Master of the Grange at Fre-\\nmont when it was organized, and also of the first\\nCounty Grange. He has been a member of the Ma-\\nsonic Lodge of Newaygo over 20 years. On the or-\\nganization of the Patrons Mutual Fire Insurance\\nCompany for the counties of Newaygo, Muskegon\\nand Oceana, Mr. Stone was made its first Presi-\\ndent and Treasurer. He discharged the duties of\\nthe latter position until January, 1883.\\nMr. Stone s portrait may be found on page 340.\\nIts fitness as an accompaniment to this sketch (plain\\nand matter-of-fact as the latter is neccessarily, from\\nthe modest pretentions and the unassuming charac-\\nter of the gentleman whose life and similitude are\\nhere perpetuated), will be acknowledged by all, and\\nboth will be a source of satisfaction to the people of\\nNewaygo County, among whom he has expended the\\nbest years and energies of his life.\\n^Ibert T. Mudget, lumi)erman, located on\\nsection 2,2,, Croton Township, was born in\\n\u00e2\u0080\u00a2^PT^* Vermont, Feb. 23, 1850, and is the son of\\nOrrin and Mary (Chambers) Mudget.\\nAt the age of 17 years Mr. Mudget began to\\nwork in a saw-mill and continued in that\\noccupation about six years. The year 1874 he was\\nengaged in lumbering, and in the spring of 1875 he\\nbought 40 acres of land in Allegan Co., Mich., and\\nmade agriculture his pursuit for five years, when he\\nsold out and engaged in mercantile business in the\\nsame county, which occupied his time and energies\\nfor nearly 18 months. He dis|:osed of his business,\\nand in the summer of 1881 came to Newaygo County,\\nwhere he first bought a half interest in a lumber mill\\nI\\nh\\nA\\nVvC2_\\n^DD :ODr.\\nz.\\n.^^s^^^", "height": "2819", "width": "2254", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph11chic_0352.jp2"}, "353": {"fulltext": "i;|^S/\u00c2\u00ae)c^t\u00c2\u00a7 :^^isr\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0^V :llti:t:iltls T-\u00e2\u0080\u0094\\nNEWAYGO COUNTY.\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0:2^;\\n343\\n5)\\nlocated in Croton Township. He has recently\\nbecome sole proprietor by purchase, and continues to\\nconduct his business with energy. The mill has a\\nproducing capacity of 20,000 feet of lumber daily.\\nMr. Mudget was married in Hopkins, Allegan Co.,\\nMich., Sept. 22, 1872, to Mary E., daughter of Jack-\\nson and Emma (Adams) Baker. She was born in\\nAllegan County, Feb. 7, 1855. Four children have\\nbeen born of this marriage, namely: Albert J., Rosa\\nB. and Carl S. are living. Clinton T. died when si.x\\nmonths old.\\nMr. Mudget is a Rejiublican in political adherence.\\nMrs. M. is a member of the Church of the\\nDisciples.\\names E. Stockton, farmer, section 36, Big\\nI rairie Township, was born in Guilford,\\nCt., Dec. 26, 1826, and is a son of Isaac\\nand Sylvia (Dickinson) Stockton. His father\\nit w as born in New Jersey and his mother was a\\nnative of Connecticut.\\nMr. Stockton was first married at Marshall, Mich.,\\nto Eliza Lewis. Five children were born to them,\\nall of whom are living. Their names are William F.,\\nStephen, Sylvia A., Susan Cornelia and Adelia\\nSophia. The mother died in Iowa in 1867, and Mr.\\nStockton was again married, in Homer, Callioun\\nCounty, March 8, 1868, to Mrs. Lucy (Saunders)\\nPryor, widow of William Pryor. She had three\\nchildren by her first marriage, as follows Willard\\n(dec), William, Bertie and Louie Wesley. Mrs.\\nStockton was born June r, 1845, in Albion, Mich.\\nOf her marriage to Mr. Stockton three children have\\nbeen born Jane Elizabeth, Mary Emmeline and\\nAnnie Katie.\\nMr. Stockton became the master of his own fortunes\\nat 12 years of age, and has been all his life a farmer.\\nHe lived in Albion at the time of his first marriage,\\nand was there resident ten years. He went to C ass\\nCounty and eight years later removed to Allegan\\nwliere he resided two years, after which he removed\\nto Iowa. After the death of his first wife he returned\\nto Albion. After his second marriage lie came to\\nNewaygo C ounty and bought 80 acres of land, of\\nwhicli he lias cleared 33 acres and placed it under\\nfine improvements. He is an adherent of the\\nDemocratic party.\\nOOP\\no25o\\noel G. Cook, farmer, section 29, Denver\\nTownship, is a son of Noah and Anna\\n(Ware) t ook, of Cattaraugus Co., N. Y.,\\nand was born Dec. 3, 1825. He remained at\\nhis father s home till 40 years of age, working\\non his father s farm. He married Miss Caro-\\nline Davis, daughter of Abraham and Nancy (Carter)\\nDavis, natives of Greene Co., N. Y., where their\\ndaughter was born, Dec 12, 1826. They moved to\\nOneida County when she was but a year and a half\\nold, where she was educated and married. Mr. and\\nMrs. Cook remained upon the homestead, with the\\ne.xception of two years, until they emigrated to this\\nState. They afterward returned to their native\\ncounty and remained until 1866, when they removed\\nto a dairy farm in another part of the county. In\\n1879 they came back to Michigan and settled on a\\nfarm of 84 acres in Denver Township, where he has\\nsince resided.\\nMr. and Mrs. Cook are the parents of eiglit chil-\\ndren, seven of whom are living: Linda M., born\\nNov. 25, 1850; Adeibert D., June 10, 1852; Mercy\\nA., Nov. 29, 1854; Norton M., Jan. 14, 1856; M.\\nG., June 23, 1859; Erwin J., May 10, 1865 Bertha\\nC, Feb. 21, 1868: Elva A., born March 20, 1862,\\ndied March 7, 1863. In jiolitics Mr. Cook is a Re-\\npublican.\\n^s^^W^^is^\\ntacob r. Treiber, farmer, section 10, Ash-\\ngjlL land Township, was born Jan. 22, 1838, at\\nV\\nLudwigsl)urg, Germany, and is a son of A\\nGotleib and Elizabetli (Ziegler) Treiber, both\\nof German nativity and descent.\\nHe remained in his native country until\\n1853, obtaining his education and working on his\\nfather s farm. In June of tliat year he came to the\\nUnited States and first settled in Wayne Co., Mich.,\\nafterwards removing to Sparta, Kent County, where\\nhe was employed in farm work until the outbreak of\\nthe civil war. He enlisted July 11, 1861, in the\\nFirst Mich. Vol. Inf Co. H. The rejiiment joined\\nllie Army of tiie Potomac, and Mr. i reiber was in\\naction at Gaines Hill, in the seven days battles be-\\nfe)^Vg))f^4\\n.C--1.\\n^iia:^i]Dv\\n^\u00e2\u0082\u00acB^\\niU", "height": "2831", "width": "2211", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph11chic_0353.jp2"}, "354": {"fulltext": "^]\\\\mu^^ T\\n.VE^FAYGO COUNTY.\\n-2^^\\n-^1\\nr\u00c2\u00aev-\\ntween Richmond and Harrison s Landing, also at\\nGettysburg, Antietam and many others, the entire\\nnumber of engagements reaching 31 in the aggregate.\\nHe was discharged Feb. 12, 1864, and immediately\\nre-enlisted, receiving his final discharge July 9, 1865.\\nHe was promoted during his first period of service to\\nthe rank of Corporal and held the jxjst two years.\\nBravery in action again advanced him, and he was\\npromoted to the rank of Sergeant, Sept. 1, 1864, and\\ncontinued in the position until the end of the war.\\nSoon after being discharged he came to Newaygo\\nCounty and settled on his present farm in Ashland\\nTownship. He was married April 21, 1867, to Sarah\\nAnn, daughter of Peter and Mary (Engles) Egolf,\\nnatives of Ohio. Mrs. Treiber was born in Whitley\\nCo., Ind., May 7, 1850. Her parents removed to\\nMichigan in 1866 and settled in Newaygo County.\\nAfter marriage Mr. and Mrs. Treiber located on\\n160 acres of land in Ashland, of which they retain\\n80 acres, 40 acres of which are under improvements.\\nOf six children born to them four are living, who\\nwere born as follows: John W., July ro, 1869;\\nMargaret C, July 29, 1874; Julia F., March i, 1876;\\nRosina, Jan. 8, 1878. The deceased were, Charles\\nP., born Feb. 29, 1868, died May 27, 1878; and\\nMary E., born July 29, 187 1, and died Feb. 22, 1874.\\nThe parents are members of Ashland Grange, No.\\n545, and belong to the Lutheran Church. Mr. Trei-\\nber is an adherent of the Republican party and has\\nheld the post of Township Clerk.\\nsjai^s^\\nTra| t ewis Vanderwater, farmer, sec. 28, Bar-\\n-1 Liijl ii ton Township, was born Dec. 24, 1827, in\\n\u00c2\u00a7J^T Clarkson, Monroe Co., N. Y., of which\\nfflS State his parents, John and Elizabeth (Knowl-\\nAj ton) Vanderwater, were natives. His father died\\nthere in 1834, and the mother died in 1844, in\\nMichigan.\\nMr. Vanderwater grew up in the training com-\\nmonly bestowed upon the sons of farmers, and when\\nhe was 22 years of age he came to Detroit, Mich.,\\nwhere he learned the moulder s trade, which he fol-\\nlowed until the date of his enrollment as a soldier in\\nthe army of our Government. He enlisted ^ug. 5,\\n1862, in the 22d \\\\Vis. Vol. Inf., and was discharged\\nat the end of the war, his papers bearing date of\\n^^f^ -r-^B\\nt\\nJune 20, 1865. His regiment was attached to the\\ncorps commanded l)y General Hooker, and partici-\\npated in all the engagements from Nashville to the\\nsea. Mr. Vanderwater returned to Wisconsin and\\nfrom thence came to Grand Rapids. He remained\\nin the latter place but a short time, locating in Ne-\\nwaygo County in the spring of 1866. He took\\nup a claim under the Homestead Act, cleared and\\nimproved the land and has since resided upon it.\\nHe was married in Ottawa Co., Mich., in 1855, to\\nMary, daughter of George and Susan (Gladfield)\\nForinger, a native of Crawford Co., Pa., born April\\n3, 1835. The parents died respectively in 1S41 and\\n1861. The family of Mr. Vanderwater includes two\\nchildren, George B., born Dec. 30, 1856, and Wil-\\nlis H., May 31, 1861.\\nIn political sentiment Mr. V. is a Republican.\\n21lr\u00c2\u00a7Bjiexander M. Seeley, farmer, section 20,\\nMi\\nI\\nV^\\n1^ Big Prairie Township, was born in Fairfield, 4^\\nvm\\nX j^ 3;x.5,j^_\\n^|S^ Franklin Co., Vt., Jan. 29, 1815, and is a son\\ni;^ of Seth C. and .\u00e2\u0096\u00a0\\\\nn (Bradley) Seeley, both of\\nwhom were natives of Connecticut. The\\nfather was born in 1789, in Bridgeport, of English\\ndescent. The mother was born in 1788.\\nMr. Seeley resided in his native State until he was\\n17 years old, when his parents removed to Monroe\\nCo., N. v., where he remained until he attained to\\nman s estate. On finding himself in legal freedom\\nhe came to Michigan and settled in Jackson County,\\nwhere he lived two years. In 1837 he went to Ionia\\nCounty, where he became the proprietor of 160 acres\\nof land, on which he operated 16 years. He sold\\nhis estate, and in 1 854 came to Newaygo County and\\nmade a permanent settlement on 160 acres of land,\\nall in a state of nature. He has placed 80 acres in\\na fine state of cultivation. He has been a resident\\nof Big Prairie nearly 30 years, and during that time\\nhas been Justice of the Peace upwards of 20 years\\ncontinuously. In political affiliation he is a Repub-\\nlican.\\nMr. Seeley was married at Jackson, Mich., Aug.\\n31, 1836, to Harriet E. Moon. She is a daughter of\\nJames and Susannah (Pool) Moon, and was born\\nJuly 24, 1817, in the State of New York. As nearly\\nm.", "height": "2819", "width": "2254", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph11chic_0354.jp2"}, "355": {"fulltext": "m\\n|s/^\u00c2\u00ae^(^ (j\\\\ ^m Mh T-r :2^^^ -#^?^f^\\nV\\nNEWAYGO COUNTY.\\n345\\nas can be ascertained, her parents were born respect-\\n(JD ively in 17S4 and 1789, the father of English, and\\nthe mother of Welsh pirentage. Following is the\\nI record of the childre:i of Mr. and Mrs. Seeley:\\nAlmeron S., Mary E., Truman (tie;), Harvey K.\\n(dec.) and Clarissa E.\\nt\\nJK. ames R. Rice, lumberman, resident at the\\nvillage of Croton, was born in Ontario,\\nCan., Sept. i, 1S46, and is a son of Wil-\\nliam and Catherine (Culp) Rice. The former\\n]L was born May 4, 1819, in County Down, Ire-\\nland the latter is of German descent and was\\nborn April 23, 181 9, in the Province of Ontario.\\nMr. Rice came to Michigan when he was three\\nyears of age, his parents settling in Croton Town-\\nship, in 1849, where he grew to man s estate and was\\nmarried at 20 years of age. On assuming the re-\\nsponsibilities of a family man he engaged in lumber-\\ning on the Little Muskegon River, and has continued\\nthe pursuit of that calling with little intermission\\nsince. In political affiliation he is a Republican.\\nHe was married July 15, 1866, to Christina E.\\nErickson. She was born Dec. 25, 1844, in Sweden,\\nand is the daughter of Andrew and Charlotte (Olson)\\nErickson, both of whom were born in 1824; the\\nformer is still living; the latter died in 1854. I he\\nchildren of Mr. and Mrs. Rice, six in number, are all\\nliving. They are named Ida C, Lillie M., Florence\\nB., Alma Rosella, William A. and David R.\\nf^f imon P. Smith, farmer, section 34, Ashland\\nAr^: Township, was born in London, Ontario,\\nJan. 16, 1820. His parents, Jesse and\\nj Elizabeth (Fairchild) Smith, were natives of the\\nDominion and members of the agricultural\\ncommunity. There the son grew to manhood,\\nand from 12 to 18 years of age worked during the\\nsummer seasons on his father s farm, and during the\\nwinters attended the common schools. In the spring\\nof 1838 himself and parents came to Michigan and\\nlocated where Grand Rapids now stands. The now\\nmagnificent city was then an Indian village, contain-\\ning, besides the aborigines, but four white families.\\nMr. Smith was a resident there for 15 years, and in\\nMarch, 1865, came to Newaygo County and located\\non 160 acres of land he had previously purchased, on\\nsection 34, in Ashland Township. He experienced\\nall the hardships incident to a pioneer settler in the\\ndepths of the uncut forest. By his own unaided\\nefforts he has placed 65 acres of land under improve-\\nments suitable for profitable farming, besides erecting\\ngood and substantial buildings.\\nMr. Smith was married Oct. 18, 1843, Sarah J.\\nDaum, of Grand Rapids. Her parents were natives\\nof New York, where she was born Nov. 28, 1828.\\nThey emigrated to Grand Rapids and their daughter\\nresided there until her marriage. She died at her\\nhome in Ashland Township, Nov. 4, 1876, leaving\\ntwo children, viz: Mary A., Aug. 20, 1844, and Wes-\\nley E.,Dec. 30, 1851. James, born Dec. 23, 1849,\\ndied Jan. 3, 1850.\\nMr. Smith is a Democrat in political connection,\\nand for many years has served his community in a\\npublic capacity.\\nAugust H. Hertzer, M. D., section 10,\\nr. Big Prairie Township, was born Aug. 25,\\n^W^ 1829, in Sa.xony, Prussia, which was also the\\nnative province of his parents. His grand-\\nfather, John Godfrey Hertzer, was of princely\\ndescent, coming in a direct line from the barony of\\nHertzer, and born about 1743. The father, John\\nGodfrey Christian Hertzer, was born .Aug. 4, 1799.\\nThe mother, Carolina Elizabeth Hertzer, was born\\nAug. 25, 1805.\\nMr. Hertzer was brought uj) in accordance with the\\ncustoms of his native land, and served two years\\n(from 1849 to 1851) in the Prussian army. He\\nlanded in New York April 28, 1853, and after a stay\\nof one week there went to Long Island and remained\\nuntil the fall of that year, when he went to Luzerne\\nCo., Penn., and soon after removed to Buffalo, N. Y.\\nHis next remove was to Livingston Co Mich., where\\nhe resided three years. He went next to the\\nProvince of Ontario, and from there came to Pontiac,\\nOakland County, whence he came to Newaygo\\nCounty, for a permanent residence. He reached\\n(9j\\nV\\ni\\nr", "height": "2831", "width": "2211", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph11chic_0355.jp2"}, "356": {"fulltext": "m\\n:^m\\n1\\nV\\n346\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0^^rV ^^Dll :iltls v\u00e2\u0080\u0094\\nNEWAYGO COUNTY.\\nvii\\nm.\\nt\\ni\\nhere Aug. 12, 1871, and entered a claim of 160 acres,\\nand has since bought 80 acres additional. Of this,\\n80 acres are cleared and under cultivation. His\\nfarming land includes 40 acres on the prairie, all\\nunder improvements.\\nIll poHtical affiliation Mr. Hertzer is a Democrat.\\nHe claims to be a double-dyed Yankee, having taken\\nout naturalization papers May 18, i8i;6, at Buffalo,\\nN. Y., which were destroyed and he was under the\\nnecessity of taking out a second set, which were\\nmade by Hon. C. C. Fuller, and filed by Mr. Cole,\\nCounty Clerk.\\nMr. Hertzer was married in Germany, to Apollonia\\nBarth. She was born on the Midder River at Saul-\\nheim by Mainz, June 22, 18 19. Of six children\\nborn of this marriage one is living, Caroline, born\\nJuly 7, 1S53, on I^ng Island. The mother died in\\nLivingston Co., Mich. Mr. Hertzer was married to\\nhis present wife Feb. 9, 1865, at Detroit. She was\\nborn in Meisenheim in the county (Landgrafschaft)\\nof Hesse-Hornburg, March 13, 1843, and was the\\nwidow of diaries Mitchell, by whom she had one\\nson, Carl, born Oct. 29, 1863, in New York. The\\nmaiden name of Mrs. Hertzer was Charlotte Henri-\\netta Feickerth, and she is the daughter of William\\nand Magdalena (Illges) Feickerth. Mr. and Mrs.\\nHertzer have nine children, namely John August,\\nWilliam August, Lusina, Fritz August, Apollonia,\\nSarah, Henry August, Delia and Godfrey August.\\nMr. Hertzer was an allopathic physician in his\\nnative country, and in regular practice until he came\\nto America; has continued the exercise of his pro-\\nfession more or less since. His grandfather was in\\nthe Saxony recruits of Napoleon s army, and with his\\nchief at Moscow and at Leipsic; was a regularly\\ntrained and educated soldier.\\ntiram Dobson, farmer, section 3, Dayton\\n__ Township, is a son of James and Esther\\ngood state of cultivation. In 187 1 his mother died,\\nand now lies buried in the graveyard which is in\\nclose proximity to her late home. In politics Mr.\\nDobson is a Republican.\\n-5 ^A,^Sf-i^S VV J-\\nt\\nDobson, natives of Orange Co., N. Y., and\\nwas born in New York city, Jan. 28, 1816.\\nWhen he was quite young his parents moved to\\nPennsylvania, where his father died. He\\naftenvard came with his mother to Michigan, and\\nhe bought 80 acres of land in Dayton Township,\\nwhere he now resides, and has nearly 30 acres in a\\nI\\nalter M. Race, Postmaster and Township\\nClerk, resident at Croton, was born in\\ns\\n-M\\nP Taghkanick, Columbia Co., N. Y., Jan. 15,\\nj^jK* 1842. His father, John W. Race, was also\\na native of the same county and was born of p[\\nGerman and Holland Dutch parentage, Feb.\\n22, 1803. Margaret (Thompson) Race, the mother,\\nwas born in 180S, in the same place, of German\\nlineage.\\nIn 1868 Mr. Race came with his parents to Kent\\nCo., Mich. He received iiis elementary education\\nin the common schools of his native State, and in\\n1864 was graduated at Hobart College at Geneva, /s\\nN. Y. He at once entered ajxin the study of medi-\\ncine, reading three years in the office of C. S. Hoyl,\\nM. D., at Potter Centre, Yates Co., N. Y. On com-\\ning to Michigan he engaged in teaching and dis-\\ncharged the duties of a pedagogue 14 miles south of\\nGrand Rapids. He attended medical lectures at\\nAnn Arbor, and opened his career as a practitioner\\nin Kent County, where he operated until 1871. In\\nthat year he came to Croton, and in connection with\\nhis practice embarked in a mercantile enterprise,\\nand continued the management of both one year,\\nwhen he returned to Kent County and resumed his\\npractice, following it until the fall of 1879. At that\\ndate he returned to Croton and engaged in local\\npractice and as a clerk in a store. He became\\nowner of an interest in the mercantile business, which\\nhe retained until 1882, when he sold out. He has\\nsince applied his time and energies to his profession\\nand the duties of his official positions, which, be-\\nsides those named, includes those of Justice of the\\nPeace. He received his appointment as Postmaster\\nunder President Garfield s administration. In polit-\\nical relations he is an ardent Republican, and has\\nalways taken an active and zealous interest in the tR\\nissues of his party.\\nMr. Race was married March 30, 187 1, in Big\\nPrairie Township, to Sarah J. M, daughter of John\\nIlt|;: t-^-_\\np\\nr\\nm.\\n^^^(^Jim", "height": "2819", "width": "2254", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph11chic_0356.jp2"}, "357": {"fulltext": "M^^^^^^:^\\n^rmmm r\\nt\\nt\\nfjp\\n4\\nV\\nJ\\n4\\n\u00e2\u0080\u00a2ry\\nNEWAYGO COUNTY.\\n347\\nand Eunice (Goff) Krusen. She was born in Kalamo\\nTownship, Eaton Co., Mich., Sept. 19, 1852. Her\\nfather was born of German lineage March 16, 1820,\\nin New Jersey; her mother was born Jan. 27, 1824,\\nin Licking Co., Ohio. The three children, born to\\nMr. and Mrs. Race, are all Irving. Their names arc\\nHubert DcForcst, Edna Earl and Myrtle Maud.\\n44K^^\\nm\\nB. Jewell is a son of Joseph and Asenath\\n(Cross) Jewell, who were natives of Otsego\\nCo., N. Y., and died in Allegany County,\\nsame State. He was born in Tompkins\\nCo., N. Y., June 23, 1S26. He attended\\nthe common schools of his native county and\\nalso the Rushford Academy at Rushford, Allegany\\nCounty. Like many other young men, he wished to\\nsee more of the world, and at the early age of 18 he\\nleft home to battle for himself, although this was not\\nin accordance with the wishes of his parents. At\\nthe age of 20 years he went to learn the carpenter\\nand joiner s trade, and worked eight months at four\\ndollars a month the hardest work he ever performed.\\nAfter this he went to Ithaca, N. Y., where he was\\nengaged in boat-building one season, then returned\\nto Allegany County and followed his trade the most\\npart of his time until 1856. In the spring of that\\nyear he came to this county and settled in Newaygo,\\nwhere he worked at his trade until the summer of\\n1859, then moved to Muskegon and worked one\\nyear; and finally came to Fremont and settled on his\\nfarm of 240 acres, which he had purchased in June,\\n1855. He resided on this farm 22 years. He\\ncleared 100 acres, and built fine l)uildings, having\\nthree barns on his [ilace. He still carries on his\\nfarm, but in September, 1882, lie moved to the vil-\\nlage of Fremont, and into a fine new house, liuilt\\nmostly with his own hands.\\nMr. Jewell was married in Hume, Allegany Co.,\\nN. Y., Nov. 5, 1848, to Mary, daughter of Henry A.\\nand Polly (Bosworth) Turner, natives of Wayne Co.,\\nN. Y. Mrs. Turner died in Allegany County, and\\nMr. Turner came to Michigan to visit a daugliter,\\nwhere he died after an illness of four weeks. Mr.\\nand Mrs. Jewell have three children: Archibald\\nD., born Aug. 22, 1852; Cornelia I., Sei)t. 3, i860.\\nand Hugh 13., Sept. 9, 1863. Mr. J. has held the\\noffice of Supervisor six years. He was elected to\\nthe Legislature in the fall of 1876, by the Republi-\\ncans, over A. T. Siiuier, the Democratic nominee.\\nHe is President of the Patrons Mutual Fire Ins. Co.,\\nof Newaygo, Oceana and Muskegon Counties; also\\nPresident of the Union Agricultural Society, of Hes-\\nperia. He was the first and second President of the\\nNewaygo County Agricultural Society.\\nWhen Mr. and Mrs. Jewell first moved ui)on\\ntheir farm, their nearest neighbor was nearly three\\nmiles distant, and for six weeks Mrs. Jewell did not\\nsee a white woman. They passed through all the\\nhardships and vicissitudes of pioneer life, in which\\nMrs. Jewell has been a faithful assistant and sharer.\\nMr. Jewell is the author of a brief sketch of Day-\\nton Township, which was published in the local\\npapers in 1876 and forw:irded to Wnshinglor., 1).\\nfor reference. He is a relative of ex- Postmaster-\\nGeneral Jewell.\\n(9))\\nMW \u00c2\u00ae\u00c2\u00b0^se Rupp, farmer, section 16, Ashland\\nl|. Township, was born in Hesse-Darmstadt,\\nGermany, Dec. 2, 1829. His parents, George\\nand Catharine (Kaiser) Rupp, were born and\\ni passed their entire lives in Das Faderland.\\nMr. Rupp was educated under the compulsory\\nschool system of his native land, and at the age of 14\\nyears was apprenticed for three years to his uncle, to\\nacquire a knowledge of weaving linen. After the\\ncompletion of his indentures he worked at his trade\\nuntil April i, 185 1, when he was conscripted for the\\narmy and served until Oct. 10, 1854. On obtaining\\nhis release from his military obligations he emigrated\\nto the United States, and came direct to Ottawa Co.,\\nMich.\\nHe was married in that county Dec. 31, 1857, to\\nMargaret, daughter of John and Elizalieth (Fading)\\nSiebert, who was born in Germany, Feb. 29, 1840.\\nShe came to the United States when she was 13\\nyears old, and settled in Ottawa County, where she\\nwas married. In the spring of 1858 Mr. and Mrs.\\nRuiip came to Newaygo County and bought 80 acres\\nof wild land in Ashland I ownship. Mr. R. has\\nbrought his manhood s strength and his inherited\\nA\\nf^.", "height": "2831", "width": "2211", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph11chic_0357.jp2"}, "358": {"fulltext": "^(l-\\nervc^n D u o ^v\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0^aJ^^\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0M^\\n348\\nNEWAYGO COUNTY.\\ndisposition to industry and economy, as well as the\\nindomitable energy of his nationality, to bear on the\\npurpose with which he sought the New World, and in\\nhis farm and surroundings exemplifies the method by\\nwhich a man may turn his resources of health and ef-\\nfort into substantial results. He has cleared Co\\nacres of his land and erected thereon a good resi-\\ndence, with other accessory farm buildings.\\nHe enlisted Feb. 8, 1865, in the Tenth Mich.\\nCavalry, under Col. Trowbridge, which was assigned\\nto tlie Army of the Tennessee. Becoming disabled\\nsoon after his enlistment, he saw no active service,\\nand was honorably discharged Nov. 1 1, 1865. He is\\nan earnest Republican and a member of the Ashland\\nCenter Lodge, No. 362, I. O. O. F. He also belongs\\nto the Lutheran Church.\\nThe five children of the household were born as\\nfollows: George, June 14, 1862; Charles H., Feb. 11,\\n1867; John A., Jan. 5, 1871; Mary E., April 17,\\n1874; Minnie T., June 12, 1876.\\nX\\nm^\\n-13=\\nT~T\\ne^\\nL. Cavender, merchant at Croton, was\\nborn Aug. 14, 1840, in Leoni, Jackson Co.,\\nMich. His parents were Dennis and Mary\\n6J(j (Burch) Cavender; the former was born in\\n1818, in Ireland, and died in 1873 in Croton.\\nThe mother was born in 1828, of Scotch\\nparentage, in Tioga Co., N. Y.\\nMr. Cavender was a resident of Jackson County\\nuntil he was 15 years old, when he came to Newaygo\\nCounty. He passed the years between 1855 and\\n186- in various occupations to secure a livlihood. In\\n186- he enlisted in Co. H, Third Mich. Vol. Inf.,\\nCol. Pierce. He enrolled for three years and was in\\nmuch active service. At the battle of the Wilder-\\nness, May 5, 1864, he was severely wounded and\\nlost his left foot. He was sent to the hosiiital at\\nWashington, where he remained six months, and\\nafter receiving his discharge he was appointed\\nGovernment Policeman, and acted as such at the\\nPatent Office building for five years. In 1870 he\\ncame back to Croton and was variously engaged until\\nhe embarked in his present enterprise. He engaged\\na i)art of the time in farming, and managed a livery\\nstable and stage and mail route. He operated three\\nyears as mail contractor. His stock of goods includes\\ndrugs, notions, hardware, groceries, tinware and\\nclothing, and his patronage is constant and gradually\\nextending. He belongs to the National party and\\nhas served two terms as Constable.\\nMr. Cavender was married Jan. 5, 1868, to Mary,\\ndaughter of Dennis and Annie Brady, both of whom\\nwere born in Ireland. Mrs. Cavender was born Dec.\\n28, 1844, in Baltimore, Md. Four children were born\\nof her marriage to Mr. Cavender, all living. They\\nare, Eugene, Annie, Elsie and May Belle.\\nV^\\nafhomas McDonell, dealer in wines and\\n^i liquors at Alleyton, was born Jan. i, 185 1,\\nat Waukegan, 111., and is a son of John and\\nMary McDonell. The parents were natives of\\nMassachusetts, and removed in early life to\\nIllinois.\\nMr. McDonell came to Muskegon, Mich., when he\\nwas 13 years of age, where he passed one summer;\\nand for a period of nine years afterward he was a\\nlaborer in the lumber woods. In May, 1S75, he\\nestablished himself in his present business at Alley-\\nton. He was married in January, 1S77, to Celia,\\ndaughter of George Mann, a native of England.\\nOne child, born to Mr. and Mrs. McDonell, died in\\ninfancy. John, only surviving child, was born Nov.\\n5- ^ys.\\nMr. McDonell is a Republican in political senti-\\nment, and has been Township Treasurer one year.\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0SjharlesW. Peets, farmer, section 16, Ash-\\nA\\nland Township, was born Feb. 2, 1829, at\\nSt. Thomas, Ont. His parents, Cliarles .S.\\nand Permelia (Willey) Peets, were born in\\nMassachusetts and Vermont respectively, the\\nformer of a pure line of Colonial Puritan descent.\\nTlie families of each settled in Canada, wliere they\\nwere married. In 1831 they went to Middlesex\\nCounty and located at Glencoe, on tlie river Thames,\\nwliere tlie son was educated and labored with his\\n.i.(^i^\\n^r-^D P gDDf^A^=^ ^\u00c2\u00abx^\\n(S5", "height": "2819", "width": "2254", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph11chic_0358.jp2"}, "359": {"fulltext": "", "height": "2831", "width": "2211", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph11chic_0359.jp2"}, "360": {"fulltext": "tyZrf. ^LcC^ityO^c^rt^", "height": "2819", "width": "2254", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph11chic_0360.jp2"}, "361": {"fulltext": "..^fi^\\nKHyfHyi4yftcc },curftl-^Crn-", "height": "2831", "width": "2211", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph11chic_0361.jp2"}, "362": {"fulltext": "", "height": "2819", "width": "2254", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph11chic_0362.jp2"}, "363": {"fulltext": "i\\n/V\\nQ^\\ni?^/^\\nu~^\\nmmh r\\n~2S*Wv\\nV\\nNEWAYGO COUNTY.\\n4^^((^xM\\n353 S\\nfather in the business of making brick, until he\\nreached the age of 20 years, when he entered into an\\napprenticeship with Joseph Waterworth, to receive\\ninstructions in the details of the trade of builder.\\nAfter the required period was ended he went to work\\nas a job carpenter and operated in that capacity\\nuntil the fail of 1859, when he came to Newaygo\\nCounty and purchased 80 acres of land, all in heavy\\ntimber. He has cleared and improved 50 acres and\\nadded all necessary farm buildings, rendering his\\nfarm one of the most attractive and valuable in the\\nsection. In addition to farming he has spent several\\nwinters lumbering on the Muskegon River.\\nMr. Peets was married Aug. 6, 1852, in Middlesex\\nCo., Ont., to Lydia, daughter of Robert and Jennie\\n(Young) Kelley. .She was born in Ekfrid, Middlesex\\nCo., Ont., July i, 1831, and resided with her i)arents\\nuntil she was married. The following record con-\\ntains the names and dates of births of the seven\\nchildren born to Mr. and Mrs. Peets Jennie, born\\nFeb. 19, 1852; Charles S., Nov. 23, 1853; Julia A.,\\nNov. 4, 1856; Sydney, March 9, 1859; Scott, April\\n16, 1868 (died May 6, 1873); Warren W., Aug 31,\\n187 I Artemus B., Dec. 4, 1875.\\nMr. Peets is an ardent adherent to the Greenback\\nparty, and has held several important local offices.\\nHimself and wife belong to Lodge No. 545, P. of H.,\\nat Ashland Center.\\n|C fa: polios W. Lambson, farmer, section 12,\\nU^^^ Ashland Township, whose portrait we\\ngive upon a preceding page, was born in\\nJaT Shelby, Niagara Co., N. Y., Nov. 19, 1823, and\\nj is a son of K. and Polly (Walworth) Lambson.\\nThe parents were born in the State of New York and\\ncame to Michigan in 1826. They located in Wash-\\ntenaw County for a time, going thence to Kinder-\\nhook Township, Branch County, in 1S35, where the\\nfather died in 1838.\\nThe burden of the family support after the decease\\nof his father fell upon young Lambson, then but 15\\nyears of age, and he fulfilled the duty manfully until\\nhe was 22 years old. He was married March 29,\\n^f 4!S\\n:s?-^?^y!^\\n-^M\\n1846, to Lucinda, daughter of Luman and Lydia\\n(Beach) Gibbs. She was born in Seneca Co., N. Y.,\\nOct. 13, 1830. Her parents came to Jackson Co.,\\nMich., in 1840, and later went to Kinderhook, Branch\\nCounty. Mr. and Mrs. Lambson lived in that county\\nfour years after marriage and in 1850 came to what\\nis now Newa go village. Hardly a stick of timber\\nhad been cut, and Mr. Lan.bson was among the first\\nto follow John A. Brooks, and aided that gentleman\\nin his project to build up a town by purchasing\\nthe first village lots that were offered for sale. He\\nalso helped to lay out the first village lots and as-\\nsisted in building the first milldam at Newaygo.\\nHe remained at Newaygo until 1854 when he settled\\non section 13 of Ashland Township, where he re-\\nsided four years. At the end of that time he pur-\\nchased 80 acres of land on section 12. Asubsecpient\\npurchase swelled his estate to 160 acres, of which\\nhe has placed 130 acres under fine im]jrovements\\nand advanced cultivation.\\nMr. Lambson became a soldier in the war for the\\nUnion, enlisting Jan. 11, 1865, in the 15th Mich.\\nInf., Co. E, under Capt. J. W. Brown. Illness pre-\\nvented his entering upon active duty, but he re-\\nmained at the front until the close of the war, receiv-\\ning honorable discharge Aug. 15, 1865.\\nIn political faith and action, Mr. Lambson coin-\\ncides with the National party. He has ever been an\\nactive man in local interests and has held the more\\nimportant offices. Himself and wife belong to the\\nFirst-Day Advent Church, of which he was Deacon for\\nseveral years. Of thirteen children born to them,\\nseven are deceased. They were Emma A., Charles\\nE., Ellen C, Arthur L., Edna E., Luman B. and\\nHerbert A. The surviving are, Theresa P., Melissa\\nJ Marion L., Wilma D., Luella M. and Alice L.\\nThe ties of kindred and friends connecting Mr.\\nand Mrs. Lambson with the history of Newaygo\\nCounty render it peculiarly fitting that tiieir por-\\ntraits should api ear in its published records, and\\nthey may be found in close proximity to the modest,\\nunpretentious sketch of their course of life. They are\\non the sunset side of their earthly career, as time\\ntells human histories but lives of worthy effort, of\\nsuffering and loss borne with Christian fortitude and\\ncrowned with reasonably worldly success, give palp-\\nable evidence of the immortal element even in\\nearthly matters.\\nt\\nI", "height": "2831", "width": "2211", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph11chic_0363.jp2"}, "364": {"fulltext": "^i i\\nm^\\nr^. 354\\nmyM\\n^irr-^-r\\n-3i^^^\\n-\u00c2\u00ab9??7^\\n.Ti-\\nV\\nA^^H^.4FGC COUNTY.\\nIP\\noC o\\noseph W. Carpenter, farmer, section 32,\\ntownship of Big Prairie, was born May 25,\\nICS25, in Niagara, Canada. He is a son of\\nAsa P. and Margaret (Ulnian) Carpenter. (See\\nsketch.)\\nThe father of Mr. Carpenter was a school-\\nteacher by profession, and the family residence was\\nchanged according to his engagements, which caused\\nfrequent removals but did not interfere materially with\\nthe education of the children. Mr. Cari)enter la-\\nbored as a farm hand, and attended school winters,\\nuntil he was 18 years old the succeeding fall (1843)\\nhe came to Michigan and taught singing-school in\\nHillsdale. He returned home in the spring of 1844,\\nspent the summer, and in the fall went again to\\nHillsdale. The next summer he worked as a car-\\npenter in St. Catherines, and kept up alternate labor\\nand leaching at home until 1847; then he married\\nand went north of the city of Toronto, where he taught\\nday and singing-school until 1853, when he came\\nto Michigan, arriving in the township of Croton Aug.\\n31. He remained there until the winter of 1856,\\nwhen he settled on 148 acre s of Government land,\\nwhich he pre-empted and where he now resides.\\nHe has ck-ared 85 acres, placed it under good culti-\\nvation, with fine buildings and other creditable im-\\nprovements.\\nMr. Carpenter enlisted in the war of the Rebellion,\\nin Co. A, Tenth Mich. Cav., and served nine months.\\nj He is a radical Republican, served as Town Clerk\\nduring his residence in Croton and has officiated\\nVa neady all the time as Justice of the Peace since his\\nremoval to Big Prairie. He has held also various\\nother offices,\u00e2\u0080\u0094 among them that of County Superin-\\ntendent of Schools.\\nHe was married Nov. 9, 1847, in Niagara, to\\nChristiana B. Malcomson. She was born on the\\nOrkney Isles, Scotland, Aug. 18, 1827. Her father,\\nStewart Malcomson, was a native of the Orkneys,\\nand was born in 1797, and died in August, 1873, in\\nHamilton, Canada. Her mother, Christiana (Brotche)\\nMalcomson, was also born on the Orkneys in 1799\\nand died in Hamilton, in February, 1873. Seven of\\nten children born to Mr. and Mrs. Carpenter still\\nsurvive. Charics C. was lost in the war of the\\n(!\u00c2\u00a7^fA^\u00c2\u00a5^::- m\\nrd^\\nSouthern Rebellion, but no account of his demise\\nwas ever received by his family, and his fate can only\\nbe conjectured. Isabella C. is deceased. They\\nwere the two eldest. The others are, Washington I.,\\nJulia Ann, Alice L., Joseph W., Jr., AsaS., John W.,\\nI. Carrie and J. Fred.\\nMEMORI.M,.\\nSince the transcription of the above notes and\\npending their publication, Carrie, the youngest\\ndaughter, has passed from earth. Her decline had\\nbeen so gradual and insidious that she was within\\nthe borders of the land of the blessed before those\\nwho loved her and watched her most carefully knew\\nthat her life was in danger. Her disease terminated\\nin dropsy, from which she suffered but three weeks.\\nHer character was lovely in every sense modest and\\nretiring in behavior, she was singularly genial and\\nwinning when unreserved. The place that has been\\ncharacterized by her presence will always be vacant.\\nTwo hand.s u])on tlio breast.\\nAnd I:iliiu s diiiic:\\nTwo pale t eot vro.^.^cd in rest.\\nAii.ci life s befjun.\\nHer labors ended early, but her life begun can\\nnever end.\\n.4 44l=#\\n-i\\n^r oseph W. Cook, miller at Croton, was born\\nJan. 7, 1833, in New Jersey. His parents,\\nWilliam and Elizabeth (Luts) Cook, were\\nboth natives of New Jersey. The father came\\nof Scotch lineage, was born about 1796, and\\ndied in 1840. The mother was born of Dutch\\nancestors, about 1796, and died in 1881.\\nAt the age of 14 years Mr. Cook was apprenticed\\nto a man named A. R. Sutton, at Hackettstown, N.\\nY., to learn the trade of a miller, whicii he has made\\nthe calling of his life. His indentures expired at the\\nend of three years, when he received the customary\\n$ioo. He -has since operated continuously at his\\ntrade. He came to Michigan in 1856, and made his\\nfirst permanent settlement at Niles. He passed the\\nsucceeding four years in that city and at Dowagiac,\\nwhen he went to Indianapolis, and after a year to\\nTipton Co., Ind., where he bought a mill. He con-\\nducted it one year and sold it, clearing $1,800 in the\\ntransaction. He went next to Three Rivers, Mich.,\\ni\\nh\\nI\\nm", "height": "2819", "width": "2254", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph11chic_0364.jp2"}, "365": {"fulltext": "i^\\ntS7^v=^t\u00c2\u00a3\u00e2\u0080\u0094\\nT?\\nv ^^Illi:t:ilDr.\\nv\\nNEWAYGO COUNTY.\\ni^\\n(t,\\nA\\nV\\n-^i?^f(I)^^ii)^i[^)\\n355\\nim.\\nand two years later to Grand Rapids, where he\\noperated two years. In r868 he came to the village\\nof Croton to take charge of the Croton Mills. He\\nowns a house and lot where he resides. In political\\nmatters he is a Democrat.\\nMr. Cook was married in Grand Rapids, to Mary\\nJane Backart, who was born in July, 1841, in Croton\\nTownship, and is a daughter of George and Mary\\nAdeline (Backart) Backart. (See sketch.) Three\\nchildren Lena B., Arthur and Frederick C. have\\nbeen born of this marriage.\\ni^^ffl3l illiam M. Davenport, of the mercantile\\nl\u00c2\u00bb^l^ f firm of Daven[)ort Co., at Alleyton, is\\ni=r the eldest son of George and Caroline\\n(Mead) Davenport, natives of New York.\\nHis mother died July 20, 1883, and his\\nfather is still a resident of the Empire State.\\nThe family comprised three daughters and four sons,\\nsix of whom lived to adult age.\\nMr. Davenport, the subject of this sketch, was\\nborn in Spencertown, Columbia Co., N. Y., May 30,\\n1844. Until he was 19 years old he was engaged in\\nacquiring his education at the primary schools, the\\nSpencertown Academy, and the Clinton Liberal\\nInstitute. His first employ was as clerk with Alley\\nWhitwGod, of Hornellsville, N. V. (.Alleyton\\nreceived its name from James Alley, of the firm\\nnamed, he being the founder of the town.) He was\\nin their service three years, when he began the busi-\\nness of merchant tailoring at Hornellsville, in which\\nhe continued two years. In 18 he sold out and\\ncame to Bay City, Mich., where, in company with his\\nuncle, James H. Mead, he built a shingle-mill, which\\nthey operated two and a half years, when Mr. Mead\\nbecame sole proprietor by purchase. His next enter-\\nprise was in the joint management, with another\\nuncle, S. A. Vandeusen. of the Frazer House. This\\nrelation existed about 18 months. On again selling\\nout he formed a partnership with R. F. AVhite, in the\\nsale of crockery and house-furnishing goods, which\\nhe managed four years and then sold out once more.\\nHe returned to Hornellsville and became book-keeper\\nabout two years in a dry-goods house. In January,\\n1880, he came to Newaygo County and located at\\nAlleyton, where he has since been operating in trade\\nas indicated by his firm relation. The annual trans-\\nactions of the concern aggregate about $65,000. He\\nis also connected with Joseph A. Proctor in a lumber\\nand shingle-mill at Alleyton.\\nHe is independent in politics, and has held various\\nmunicipal positions, among them Treasurer of\\nEverett, School Inspector and School Assessor. He\\nis a member of the Masonic Order and of the Ancient\\nOrder of the United Workmen.\\nMr. Davenport was married at Hornellsville, Nov.\\nI, 187 I, to Mary E., daughter of Samuel C. Jillson,\\nnatives of the State of New York. Of five children\\nborn of this union three are living; they are, Russell\\nR., Bessie J. and George S. Laura died when five\\nmonths old, and another child survived its birth but\\na few hours.\\nf\\nI\\nVi Ti\\\\ French, widow of Dr. V.\\nq\\\\W}:-r- Prairie, was born in Trenton, Herkimer\\n^[ki^^ Co., N. Y., July 3r, 1815. Her father,\\nJames Moon, was born about the year 1784, in\\nthe State of New York, and died in 1869, in\\nIonia Co Mich. He was of English lineage and\\nserved in the war of 181 2. Her mother, Susannah\\n(Pool) Moon, was also born in the Green Mountain\\nState, of Welsh parentage, about 1796, and died in\\nIonia Co., Mich., in 187 i. They came to Jackson\\nCo., Mich., in 1832, where they remained until 1837,\\nand removed to Ionia Co., Mich.\\nDr. V. P. French was Ijorn in Hamlin, N. Y., near\\nBraddock Bay, Nov. 8, 1812. His parents, Richard\\nand Hannah (Nichols) French, were of English an-\\ncestry and both died in Michigan about the year\\n185:\\nDr. French and Susan E. Moon were mar-\\nried Dec. 12, 1835, in the city of Jackson. Follow-\\ning is the record of the children born to them\\nEmily, born Sept. 21, 1836 (died Oct. 8, 1840);\\nPembroke R., Nov. 24, 1837 Hannah, Sept. 8, 1838\\n(died Oct. 8, 1840); Henry B., Sept. 12, 1842 (died\\nOct. 22, 1843); Alma E., Jul\\\\- 13, 1S44, is now Mrs.\\nEdwin W. Barnes.\\nDr. French removed in 1839 to Lenawee County,\\nand went thence in iS to Otisco, Ionia County,\\nI\\nFrench, resident on section 17, Big\\nr\\nm\\nDDv", "height": "2831", "width": "2211", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph11chic_0365.jp2"}, "366": {"fulltext": "-zj^^g:^ ^V ^(lll :llll^ r\\n\u00e2\u0080\u00a2rr-\\n^^^^^sr\\n-l^^f^-:^\\nI\\n35 6\\nNEWAYGO COUNTY.\\nwhere the family resided until 1S52, when they came\\nto Big Prairie and settled on section 17, on a farm\\nof 40 acres. After a residence there of five years\\nT Dr. French sold his farm and bought the place on\\n_J which his family now resides, lying on the west half\\nof the southeast quarter of section 17. On the sale\\nof the farm they removed to Byron, Kent County,\\nand went a year later to Otisco. They resided there\\ntwo years and returned to Big Prairie, where the\\nDoctor bought the same 40 acres, and 80 acres addi-\\ntional. Of this property 16 acres have been sold and\\nI 20 acres of the remainder are under cultivation.\\nDr. French served his township eight years as\\nJustice of the Peace, and was Postmaster of Big\\nPrairie ten years. He became well and widely known\\nin his practice in the county and township, and since\\nhis death, Dec. 12, 1877, his widow has sustained\\nhis business. Mrs. French belongs to the denomina-\\ntion known as Second-Adventists.\\nr|\\nA\\n\u00e2\u0080\u00a2\u00c2\u00bb\u00c2\u00bb\u00c2\u00ab2ae/\u00c2\u00a9^\u00c2\u00ab-^x\\n*^^2;33OT\\neorge Lentz, merchant at Croton village,\\nwas born Aug. 14, 1837, in Prussia, Ger-\\nmany. His parents, Joseph and Adelaide\\n(Stuttgen) Lentz, were also born in that coun-\\ntry, the former in 1808, the latter in 1810. In\\n1856 they emigrated to the New World and\\nsettled in Richfield, Washington Co., Wis., where\\nthey are yet resident.\\nMr. Lentz was sent to school according to the law\\nof his native countrj until he was 16 years old. He\\nremained in Wisconsin one year, and in 185S came\\nto Newaygo County, when he spent 14 winters in the\\nlumber woods. He was in the employ of F.\\nGauweiler seven years as clerk in his mercantile\\nestablishment, and operated three years in the same\\ncapacity with G. and A. Truesdale. In 1S79, asso-\\nciated with Charles Merritt, he embarked in a mer-\\ncantile enterprise, which has jjroved a successful\\nventure. They carry a finely assorted stock of gen-\\neral merchandise, worth $6,000, with yearly transac-\\ntions aggregating $15,000.\\nMr. Lentz owns a house and two lots in Croton,\\nand is a Democrat in political belief and action. In\\nreligious faith he is a Roman Catholic.\\nHe was married in 1847, in Croton, to Martha,\\n/J\u00c2\u00ab^#\\ndaughter of David N. and Charlotte (Culp) Tucker,\\nboth Canadians in origin. Three children born of\\nthis union are living, Charlotte, Eddie and\\nGeorge A.\\nrohn F. Wood, Sr., farmer, section 24, Gar-\\nir field Township, was born in Upper Jay,\\nEsse.x Co., N. Y., March 20, 1821, and is a\\nson of Jonas B. and Hannah (Reed) Wood.\\nHis father was born in New England, of Eng-\\nlish lineage, and died in Esse.x County, May 12,\\n1S30, aged 56 years. Tiie mother died at Upper Jay,\\nJune 18, 1863, in her 83d year.\\nMr. ^Vood worked on a farm summers and at-\\ntended, school winters until he had attained the age\\nof 18 years, when he became a student at the\\nAcademy at Moriah, Essex Co., N. Y., and there\\ncompleted his education. After arriving at the estate\\nof manhood he took charge of the homestead, which\\nhe continued to manage for a period of ten years.\\nHe was married at Rouse Point, Clinton Co., N. Y.,\\nin May, 1847,10 Amelia Lewis, who died Oct. 4, 1848.\\nMr. Wood remained a resident of his native county\\nuntil 1857, when he came to Newaygo and engaged\\nin agriculture and lumbering, interesting himself\\nactively in all branches thereunto pertaining, also\\nbuying pine lands and putting in timber. He leased\\nthe old Brooks saw-mill, which he managed three\\nyears. In 18 he purchased the farm property\\nwhere he now resides, consisting of 250 acres, 200 of\\nwhich yet remain in his iwssession. He has cleared\\n60 acres and made many valuable improvements.\\nMr. Wood was a second time married Dec. 29, 1864,\\nto Elizabeth, daughter of Thomas and Isabella (Rich-\\nardson) Walker, of Detroit, Wayne Co., Mich. The\\nparents were natives of Scotland, which was also the\\nbirthplace of Mrs. Wood. She was born in the par-\\nish of St. Boswell, Ro.xburyshire, Scotland, Nov. 25,\\n1831, and emigrated to Detroit in June, 1853. She\\nwent to England in 1862 and after a stay there of two\\nyears returned to the United States, accompanied by\\nher parents. Her mother died at Detroit May 3,\\n1883. Mr. and Mrs. Wood have three children Is-\\nabel H., born June 3, 1866; Charles B., Jan. 20,\\n1868; John F., Jan. 27, 1872.\\nIn the fall of 1864 Mr. Wood was elected Sheriff\\nA\\n0\\n-Il!l^.Illl^", "height": "2819", "width": "2254", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph11chic_0366.jp2"}, "367": {"fulltext": "V\\n\u00e2\u0080\u00a2ST\\nc\\nNEWAYGO COUNTY.\\nr^ifi^.\\n-zzi\\nV\\n4\\n1\\nof Newaygo County and served one term. He is a\\nDeacon of the Congregational Church, of which body\\nije his wife is also a member. He is prominent in all\\nJ measures of reform, and is well known as an active\\n(^j adherent to and promoter of the cause of temperance.\\nTohn Meier, farmer, section 2, Big Prairie\\nI ownsliip, was born Nov. i, 1842, in\\nBevern, Hanover, a town situated on the\\nRiver Elbe, 12 hours from Bremenhafen, or\\n36 miles from the sea. His parents, Angulus\\nand Ilsametta (Paeper) Meier, were natives of\\nthe same town and province of Prussia.\\nMr. Meier spent his youth and early manhood in\\nthe place of his nativity and was married there.\\nThree years after that event, June 24, 186S, he left\\nhis native country for the United States, and on his\\narrival remained one night in the city of New York,\\nproceeding at once to Oceola, Livingston Co., Mich.\\nEighteen months later he removed to Genoa, in the\\nsame county, and two years later came to Newaygo\\nCounty. He entered a claim of 120 acres of land\\nunder the regulations of the Homestead Act, and\\ntook up his residence thereon when it was in an\\nunbroken state of nature, and now has 40 acres\\ncleared, with good house, barn and general improve-\\nments.\\nIn political affiliation Mr. Meier is a Democrat.\\nHe took out naturalization papers at Howell while he\\nwas a resident of Livingston County, and on becom-\\ning a citizen of Newaygo County took out a second\\nset.\\nMr. Meier was married in Hcvern, June 24, 1865, to\\nAnnie Christina, daughter of Jacob and Katrina\\n(Wulpern) Allis. .She was born Jan. 7, 1844, in\\nMulsum, Hanover. Her father was born in Malstedt,\\nand her mother in Hessedorf, both towns of Hanover.\\nMr. and Mrs. Meier have had nine children, all of\\nwhom are living save Louie and Lucy, who died, the\\nfirst at the age of two and a half years, and the last\\nat four years old. They were fifth and sixth in the\\norder of their birth. The names of those living are:\\n(TS)\\nIlsametta Maria, John Henry, Johnny, Annie, William,\\nfi^ Minnie and Nellie Allie.\\n357 TN\\nIliUJjMilS\\n\u00e2\u0080\u00a2benjamin Youngs, farmer, section 6, Bar-\\n__||P ton Township, was born in Morris Co., N.\\nJ., July 8, 1816, and is a son of Edward\\nI\u00c2\u00ae^ and Deborah (Shommedieu) Youngs. The\\nfather was born in New Jersey and spent his\\nlife in that State, dying in 1869. The mother\\nwas born on Long Island and died in 1878.\\nMr. Youngs remained an inmate of the paternal\\nhome until his marriage, which occurred in 1836.\\nHe became the husband of Lucinda, daughter of\\nDavid and Sophia (Raynor) Lewis. The parents\\nwere both born on Long Island and are both de-\\nceased. The father died in 1875 and the mother in\\n1855. Mrs. Youngs was born in Batavia, N. Y., Aug.\\nI, 1816. Mr. and Mrs. Youngs have had 15 chil-\\ndren, of whom only the seven following are living:\\nClarissa Jane, Eliza Ann, Betsy M., Mary C, George\\nH., Olive M. and Sylvia M. The deceased were:\\nHenry, Benjamin, Emma, Christopher, Eliza and\\nthree unnamed infants.\\nAfter his marriage Mr. Youngs took up a fann\\nin Steuben Co., N. Y., on which he resided 34 years,\\nand in the spring of 1867 sold out and came to Ne-\\nwaygo County, where he homesteaded 80 acres of\\nland. He now owns 120 acres, 100 of which are\\nfinely improved and cultivated. Mr. Youngs is a\\nRepublican in political sentiment.\\n^*H^S$\\nv V? I J n:\\\\^\\n:I1I1\\nM f fli ohn W. Ohrenberger, foreman (if thclum-\\nber and shingle mill of Proctor iv: Co.,\\ny.v) White Cloud, was born in Germany, Oct.\\n^M, 20, 1842. His parents were natives of tlie\\nY Faderland, where his father died when he\\nwas but a year old. In 1852 his mother came\\nto the United States and settled in Milwaukee,\\nwhere she passed the remaining years of her life,\\ndying in 1878.\\nMr. Ohrenberger lived in the Cream City six years\\nand was there employed in learning the business of\\nwagon-maker; and when he was 16 years old he\\ncame to Muskegon County. He labored as a saw-\\nmill assistant until 1862, when he enlisted in the sth\\nK\\nsv\\n/r^\\nm^", "height": "2831", "width": "2211", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph11chic_0367.jp2"}, "368": {"fulltext": "?^t|^\\nev \u00e2\u0080\u00a2^tla :nII^\u00e2\u0080\u00a2 T\u00e2\u0096\u00a0\\nT\\nV\\n358\\nNEWAYGO COUNTY.\\nt\\nMich. Cav., and served in the capacity of a soldier\\nof the United States nearly three years. He was\\nunder fire in many important actions and was\\nwounded at the battle of Gettysburg. He was hit by\\na minie-ball in the left side and spent four months\\nin the hospital. After his recovery he was in the\\ncampaigns of the Army of the Potomac until the\\nsurrender of Gen. Lee.\\nAfter the war closed he returned to Muskegon and\\nresumed his accustomed occupation in the mills\\nthere. In the fall of 1874 he settled in AUeyton,\\nand entered upon the duties of his present position,\\nwhich he has continued to discharge since without\\nintermission.\\nHe was married in the township of White River,\\nMuskegon Co., Mich., Nov. 23, 1868, to Louisa,\\ndaughter of Frederick and Minnie Streich, the parents\\nbeing natives of Prussia, where Mrs. Ohrenberger\\nwas also born. Of eight children born of this mar-\\nriage six survive. They are: Mary A., Louisa\\nLillie C, Maggie T., Minnie A. and Ida C. John\\ndied when 14 months old, and another child was lost\\nat an earlier age.\\nIn political connection Mr. Ohrenberger is a\\nRei)ublican, and has held different school offices. In\\nthe spring of 1883 (current year) he was elected\\nSupervisor of Everett Township. He is a member\\nof the Masonic fraternity, and belongs to the Knights\\nof Honor.\\njtiabrose Haight, farmer, section 9, Big Prai-\\nse rie Township, was born Feb. 14, 1829, in\\nBradford Co., Pa., and is the son of Hiram\\nand Sarah (Swaine) Haight. Tlie father died\\nin 1846, in Shiawassee Co., Mich. The\\nmother was born Nov. 8, 1804, in Plymoutli,\\nChenango Co., N. Y., and died March 18, 1877, in\\nOceana Co., Mich. She was a daughter of Deacon\\nOliver Swaine, and was of German descent.\\nMr. Haight is the oldest of eight children. His\\nfather came to Michigan in 1840 and settled in Shi-\\nawassee County, where he died six years later. After\\nthat event the son continued to reside with liis\\nmother until the fall of 1856, when he came to Ne-\\nwaygo County. He had been a family man a few\\nmonths and removed his entire worldly eflectsbythe\\nT\\naid of an ox team, consuming nine days in the trip.\\nHe bought 80 acres of land and entered upon the\\nwork of clearing and improving and establishing a\\nhomestead. He has now under cultivation 70 acres\\nof good land and owns, besides his original purchase,\\n40 acres on the same section. He is quite a prom-\\ninent man in his generation, belongs to the National\\nparly, and, soon after setding in the township, was\\nelected Constable, which post he filled nine years.\\nHe officiated as Justice of the Peace six years and\\nhas discharged the duties of School Director nine\\nyears.\\nMr. Haight was married in Shiawassee, Jan. i,\\n1856, to Elvira \\\\Vinans; she was born June 17,\\nI S39, in Oakland Co., Mich., and is a daughter of\\nBenjamin and Angeline (Roosevelt) W inans, both\\nGermans and natives of Seneca Co., N. Y., the for-\\nmer born March 5, 1810, the latter Oct. 22, 1811.\\nThe children of Mr. and Mrs. Haight were born as\\nfollows: Hiram B., April 9, 1859; Charles Edwin,\\nOct. 28, 1861; Alfred W., July 19, 1868; Angeline,\\nSept. II, 1870; Dora, Sept. 27, 1876; and George,\\nAug. 14, 1S80.\\nr\\n^i^^^^-^-\\n^D!]\\nichard Surplice, grocer, Newaygo, was born\\nin County Fermanagh, Ireland, June 19,\\n[\u00e2\u0096\u00a0it 1839. He is a son of Edward and Han-\\nnah (Montgomery) Surplice, who emigrated\\nly to London, Can., the year following his birth.\\nI The father was a farmer, and his son remained\\nat home acquiring his education until the age of 13\\nyears, when he entered the service of a grocer, Alex-\\nander Davidson, and a year later was employed by\\nJames Geddes, for whom he acted as salesman one\\nyear. His father liought a farm of 100 acres near\\nLondon, and he relinipiished his clerkship to aid in\\nthe new agricultural project. He worked on the farm\\nuntil he was 23 years old, when he left home. The\\nnext year he went to New York, where he remained\\nonly a few months, returning to London. He was en-\\ngaged there about i6 montlis as turnkey in the jail,\\nand in the spring of 1866 went to Ohio, where he\\nspent the following summer.\\nIn tlie spring of 1867 Mr. S. came to Newaygo, vy\\nwhere he worked on a farm summers and as a lum-\\nberman winters, until 1S70, when he ojjcned a saloon. Jr.j\\nIn 1872 he erected a building for the prosecution of\\nJ^\\ni5^", "height": "2819", "width": "2254", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph11chic_0368.jp2"}, "369": {"fulltext": "m.\\n^^)^r\\nC-^-\\nKv\\n^V ^Iltl/ :DII^\\n?-r\\nt^:\\\\i:i^\\n^\u00e2\u0096\u00a0i^\\nWl\\nNEWAYGO CO UN J Y.\\n359\\nV\\nhis business. In 1S75 he added the grocery trade to\\nhis previous interest, and managed both at the\\nsame place until his property was destroyed by the\\ndisastrous fire of April, 1883, in which he suffered a\\nloss of 3,3,000 above the insurance. He built two\\nbrick stores on the site of his former stand, where he\\nis now established. The buildings are two stories in\\nheight above the basement, and cost about $5,000.\\nHis stock of goods represents a value of $3,000, with\\nyearly tranactions of 10,000, and he is doing a good\\nbusiness. He owns also a fine farm of 80 acres in\\nGarfield Townshi|), on section 10, 160 acres of land\\nin Ontonagon Coun y in the Upper Peninsula of\\nMichigan, and nine acres in Newaygo village south\\nof the depot.\\nMr. Surplice was married in Newaygo, July 11,\\n1870, to Libby, daughter of Samuel and Lucinda\\nDavie, born in Allegany Co., N. Y., in March, 185 i.\\nOf this marriage two children have been born, as\\nfollows: Cora H., Aug. 35, 187 i, and George S., Nov.\\n12, 1873. Mr. Surplice is a member of the Order of\\nOdd Fellows.\\nt\\\\\\nP orace Warren, Postmaster and merchant\\nj^ at Alleyton, was born in Wayne Co., Mich.,\\nviv Oct. 27, 1S36. His parents. Chancellor C.\\nVS, and Laura A. (Carlton) Warren, were natives\\nI respectively of the State of New York and Ohio.\\nThey became residents of Wayne Co., Mich.,\\nand afterwards of Newaygo County, where the father\\ndied, in 1879. The mother is still living with her\\nchildren.\\nMr. Warren was married at the age of 24 years,\\nwhen he bought 1 20 acres of land in Newaygo\\nCounty, mostly in a wild state. He continued to\\nimprove this for seven years, when he rented the\\nproperty and embarked in a mercantile enterprise at\\n/Ktna, where he operated two years. In September,\\n1872, he opened his present establishment at Alley-\\nton, and with the exception of three years he has\\nconducted the same. During the time mentioned he\\nwas engaged in farming and teaming. He received\\nthe apixjintment of Postmaster at Alleyton under\\nPresident Arthur. In politics he is a Republican and\\nhas held the position of Treasurer of Everett Town-\\nship two and a half years, has been Clerk three\\nyears. Justice of the Peace four years, and in July,\\n1883, was appointed Notary Public. He is a mem-\\nber of the Order of Masons.\\nHe was married in Denver Township, Nov. 10,\\n1862, to Elizabeth Ann, daughter of Herman and\\nCharlotte (Keirstead) Forbes, natives respectively of\\nCanada and New Brunswick. Mrs. Warren was\\nborn in Canada, March 22. 1838. The children of\\nMr. and Mrs. Warren are: Mari.t S., Ida C,\\ngustus L. and Ralph E.\\no^ t\\n-ff34\\nTftlfeenjamin Carpenter, farmer, section 31,\\nBig I r.iirie Township, was born Aug. 7,\\n1836, in Ontario, Canada, and is the son\\n^f^ of Asa P. and Margaret (Ulman) Carpenter.\\n(See sketch.) He accompanied his parents\\nto Michigan in 1853. They settled in Cro-\\nton Township, and he continued to reside with them\\nuntil his marriage, obtaining a fair common-school\\neducation and employed in farm labor. After his\\nmarriage he remained in Croton Township a year,\\nwhen (in 1867) he went to Morley and was in the\\nemployment of Nelson Higbee 15 months. At the\\nexpiration of that time he went to Ionia County and\\nbought a farm, containing 40 acres of land. On this\\nhe resided six years, rented the place and went to\\nNorth Plains Center in the same county, where he was\\nresident two years, going thence to Ionia. Six months\\nlater he sold his farm and removed to Newaygo\\nCounty, where he settled on 80 acres of land in Big\\nPrairie, given him by his father. It is all well\\nimproved, and under advanced cultivation, with good\\nbuildings.\\nMr. Carpenter was a soldier of the civil war and\\nbelonged to Co. K, Third Mich. Vol. Inf He served\\nthree years, the full time of his enrollment, and was\\ndischarged July 20, 1864. He was shot across his\\nmouth and thereliy suffered the loss of his teeth and\\ncontracted rheumatism, by which he is yet, at inter-\\nvals, disabled. He was in some of the most promi-\\nnent battles of the war. In political connection he\\nis a Republican.\\nMr. Carpenter was married April 12, 1866, to\\nSarah F., daughter of Benjamin F and Laura M.\\nV\\nicy\\nr\\nA\\n-^^n wy^^ ^^^f^\\nk\u00c2\u00ae", "height": "2831", "width": "2211", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph11chic_0369.jp2"}, "370": {"fulltext": "\u00e2\u0096\u00a0\u00c2\u00abiv\\nV\\n1\\n.A.\\n360\\nJVEWAVGO COUNTY.\\n(Goodwin) Higbee. She was born Nov. 13, 1842, in\\nIonia, Mich. Her father was born in 1818 at Bing-\\nhamton, N. Y. her mother is a native of the city of\\nUtica, N. Y. The one was of English parentage,\\nthe other of German descent both are yet aHve.\\nLaura E., .Maggie E., Frank L. and Edwin Ralph,\\nthe four children born to Mr. and Mrs. Carpenter,\\nare all living.\\n-;-,[i^i.\\nfames Monroe Gibbs, farmer, lumberman\\nand general manager in the lumber inter-\\nests of G. W. Crawford, resides at White\\nCloud and manages his agricultural affairs on\\n]r section 13, Wilcox Township. He was born\\nin Troy, Oakland Co., Mich., Oct. 10, 1825.\\nHis parents, Calvin and Deborah (Shaw) Gibbs, were\\nnatives of Connecticut and settled near Pontiac,\\nOakland County, in 1821, where they engaged in\\nfarming, and resided until Oct. 5, 1822, when the father\\ndied. The mother afterward married Calvin Marvin,\\nof Troy, and resided in that township until 1835,\\nwhen they settled in Clinton County. She died\\nthere Feb. 9, 1873.\\nMr. Gibbs was under the care of his step-father\\nuntil he was 1 3 years of age, when he began work as\\na carpenter. Two years later he commenced opera-\\ntions as a cooper and followed that vocation four\\nyears. He came to Newaygo County in 1850, and\\npre-empted 120 acres of land in Big Prairie Town-\\nship. He cleared and otherwise improved 80 acres,\\nand resided thereon until 1872, when he moved to\\nWliite loud. He built the first residence erected in\\nthat village, and operated as foreman in the lumber\\nmill of of S. N. Wilcox. He continued in the posi-\\ntion four years, when he engaged in locating land\\nuntil the spring of 1879, since which time he has\\nbeen operating in the interests of Mr. Crawford.\\nMr Gil)bs was married Oct. 10, 1848, to Fannie J.,\\ndaughter of William and Mahala (Willy) Utley.\\nShe was born -April 30, 1830, in Plymouth, Mich.\\nHer parents were natives of Vermont. The children\\nof Mr. and ISTrs. Gibbs are six in number: Fred,\\nFlora, William U., Minnie M., Kttie M. and Otie.\\nAddie D. is deceased.\\nL.: j\\nI\\n^^1 ohn B. Woneh, farmer, section 2i,Croton\\nTownship, was born in Ontario, or Cana-\\nda West, Jan. 8, 1850. He is of mixed\\nGerman and French descent, his father, F. S.\\nB. Wonch, having belonged to the former na-\\ntionality and his mother, Francis (Lefraugh)\\nWonch, to the latter. Their births occurred in On-\\ntario in 1829 and 1831 resp ^.tively.\\nMr. Wonch began his independent career at the\\nage of 25, and in 1875 came to Croton, where he has\\nsince resided, on the parental farm, which is held as\\nyet undivided by the heirs. He is an adherent to\\nthe principles of the National party. His employ-\\nment, most of his life, has been that of an agricul-\\nturist, save three years, when he served an appren-\\nticeship at the harness-maker s trade, upon which he\\nentered at the age of 16 years.\\nHe was married Dec. 19, 1877, at Howard City,\\nMontcalm County, to M. Louisa, daughter of Mat-\\nthias T. and Mary A. (Backart) Kline. The father\\nwas born in New York in 1827 and resides with his\\ndaughter. The mother was born in Baden-Baden,\\nGermany, in 1832, and died in 187 3, in Croton Town-\\nship. The issue of the marriage of Mr. and Mrs.\\nWonch are two cliildren, Frances Adaline and Mat-\\ntie Lulu.\\n#^\u00e2\u0082\u00acB-^i--\\nV6;\\nA\\nIjyrus Moon, farmer, section 17, Big Prai-\\nrie Township, was born May 20, 1832, in\\nthe State of New York, and is the son of\\nJames and Susannah (Pool) Moon. The father\\nA was born Dec. 6, 1784, in the State of New\\nYork, and died in 1869. The mother was of\\nWelsh parentage and was born Oct. 20, 1789, in\\nVermont, and died May 12, 1871, in Otisco, Ionia\\nCounty. Their marriage occurred Aug. 7, 1808.\\nMr. Moon came with his parents to Jackson Co..\\nMich., when he was in earliest youth. Tiiey located\\nnear the jiresent site of the city of Jackson, where\\nthey resided three years, after which they went to\\nOtisco, Ionia County. The family remained there\\nresident until 1862. In that year Mr. Moon came\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a05 t?\u00c2\u00ab\\n.A\\n-r-f\\n^m%m", "height": "2819", "width": "2254", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph11chic_0370.jp2"}, "371": {"fulltext": "", "height": "2831", "width": "2211", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph11chic_0371.jp2"}, "372": {"fulltext": "Sr l!^ *%S", "height": "2819", "width": "2254", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph11chic_0372.jp2"}, "373": {"fulltext": "m\\nI\\nd^^^\\nTz^^^s^ \u00c2\u00a9V ^|]ti:t:ilDs r\\n^^ii^isif^^\\ny^^\\nV\\nNEIVAYGO COUNTY.\\nto Big Praiiie, located his farm of 40 acres and Iniilt\\na house. After a residence of one year lie returned\\nto Ionia County and passed the next year with his\\nparents, coming back at the expiration of that time\\nto his property in Newaygo C ounty, where he stayed\\ntwo years. After a year spent in Minnesota, he\\npassed a similar [)eriod in Allegan County, after\\nwhich he made a permanent settlement in Big Prai-\\nrie, where he has since devoted his time to farming.\\nHe is a Republican and has officiated as Townshii)\\nTreasurer and in other minor offices; is present sex-\\nton of Big Prairie Cemetery.\\nMr. Moon has been twice married. His first wife\\nwas Electa French, to whom he was married in Or-\\nleans, Ionia ounty, in 1856. One child Arminda\\nwas born March 10, 1S58. The motlier died\\nApril 30, 1866. Mr. Moon was a second time mar-\\nried, Sept. 8, 1866, in Big Prairie, to Mary B. Nye,\\nOne child Laura N. was born Oct. 10, 1867.\\nMrs. Moon was born April 20, 1828, in Rochester,\\nMass., and is the daughter of Ezekiel and Abigail\\n(Cole) Nye. Of her father little is known save that\\nhe was born in Rochester, of French lineage, and\\nwas a sailor. He set out on his last voyage in De-\\ncember, 1827, before the birth of his daughter;\\nneither ship nor crew was ever heard from. Mrs.\\nNye was born in Rochester, July 27, 1796, of Scotch\\nparentage, and is yet alive.\\n-5\u00e2\u0080\u0094*\\nV -H-\\neorge E. Taylor, Register of Deeds of\\nNewaygo County, residing at Newaygo,\\nwas born in Quincy, Branch Co., Mich., March\\n22, 1844, and is the eldest son of Hollis R.\\nand Hannah (Howell) Taylor. His grand-\\nparents were Joseph and Philena Taylor. His\\npaternal great-grandfather, Charles Taylor, came from\\nEngland in 1781, settled at Harvard, Mass., and was\\na soldier in the war of 1812. Hollis Taylor was\\nborn June 12, 1814, in Danville, Vt., came to Michi-\\ngan in 1832, and was married May 30, 1842, to\\nHannah Howell, born May 13, 1825, at Hartland,\\nNiagara Co., N. Y.\\nMr. Taylor was reared and educated on a\\nfarm. As a boy he had all the activity and restless\\nimpulses of that inexplicable class of himianity, and\\nthe outbreak of the .Southern Rebellion, with all its\\nattendant tumultuous discussion, aroused all his\\nactivities and seemed to promise a scope for the ex-\\nercise of his unrest and the gratification of the\\nlaudable ambition of his young manhood to be \\\\\\\\\\\\i\\nand doing in the world s work. He enlisted in the\\nfall of 1 86 1 in the 81 h Mich. Inf, hut, bei)ig only a\\nfew months past his 17th birthday, parental authority\\ninterfered and he found himself relegated to the\\nignominy of rural life in Kent County, where his\\nparents resided. In February, 1862, he again en-\\nrolled as a soldier in defense of the assaulted flag of\\nthe Nation, enlisting in the 3d Mich. Inf., and again\\nhe was baffled in his desires. Aug. 9, following, he\\nenlisted in the 21st Mich. Inf., and when his regi-\\nment went to the front he went with it in all the\\nglory of the regulation blue and buttons bearing the\\nNational brand. He enrolled in Co. B., under\\nCapt. Jas. Cavanaugh, and was in the service three\\nyears. Among numerous engagements where he was\\nin action were those of Perryville and Stone River.\\nHe was captured by the rebels at the latter Right, and\\nwas in durance vile about ten months, and during\\nthat period was chiefly on parole. On the seventh of\\nOctober, 1862, while undergoing a long, forced march,\\nhe received a sunstroke which resulted in an affec-\\ntion of the optic nerve, producing impaired eyesi dit,\\nwhich disability has continued and gradually in-\\ncreased until liis sense of sight is limited to a mere\\nability to discriminate between light and darkness.\\nMr. Taylor was mustered out of the service of the\\nUnited States in June, 1865, and returned to Grand\\nRapids. He at once turned his attention to securing\\nan education, and attended school in that city and\\nafterwards completed a course of business study at\\nthe commercial college there. His studies finished,\\nhe spent a few years in the pursuit of agriculture.\\nHis succeeding business of any marked imix rtance\\nwas as teacher, his entire period of work in that\\ncapacity comprising 27 terms of school, 18 of which\\nwere taught in Kent County, and two of these in\\nthe Coldbrook School at Grand Rapids. In Novem-\\nber, 1874, he came to Newaygo and taught seven\\nterms. He also taught two terms of school in Muske-\\ngon County.\\nIn the year 1878, Mr. Taylor was elected Regis-\\nter of Deeds of Newaygo County, and has held the\\nincumbency since. He is a most efficient and valu-\\nV^\\nr\\nca:\\n^(^f -|sa-\\n-^^^i^?^?^\\nJ^\\n^D!i :Das\\nj^\\nMr^^K^%", "height": "2831", "width": "2211", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph11chic_0373.jp2"}, "374": {"fulltext": "my^\\\\\\nf\\ni\\nV\\ns\\nNEWAYGO COUNTY.\\nmi\\niible officer from his ability and memory, which latter\\niiualification is phenomenal. He has become so\\nfamiliar with the duties of his office and the attend-\\nant detail that he can locate the precise position of\\nany jiiece of real estate within his jurisdiction with-\\nout reference to the records. In September, 1879, he\\nliegan to compile a set of abstracts for the county\\nof Newaygo, which are now nearly completed.\\nIt is sometimes difficult to determine the exact de-\\ngree and quality of the influence which make or mar\\nthe careers of men. Some seem essentially the re-\\nsult of circumstances, so hopelessly are they entan-\\ngled in the web of an inevitable destiny. They be-\\ncome so involved by events over which they have no\\ncontrol that choice or will is completely overborne\\nthereby, and they lloat to irremediable disaster on a\\nremorseless tide. Others preserve identity and the\\n]i\\\\iriK)ses of their manhood under all pressure. In\\npresenting the portrait of Mr. Taylor, which appears\\non another page, the likeness of a man appears who\\nyet retains all the attril)utcs that have characterized\\nevery act of his life, thougli suffering from an affliction\\nwhich commonly destroys men s usefulness and cour-\\nage. His near approach to total blindness, though\\nkeenly felt in all its cost of enjoyment and labor, lias\\nnot limited his aspirations, business or social rela-\\nticns; has left his courage undaunted, his clieerful-\\nness unaliated and the hopes anil ambitions of his\\nmanhood unassailed. He is as well informed, intel-\\nlectual and as ardently interested in current affairs\\nas other men. His selection for the responsible po-\\nsition he occui)ies is a well deserved trii)ute to the\\nman and a credit to his constituency. He is a mem-\\nber of the Order of Odd Fellows and of the Grand\\nArmy of the Republic, Samuel judd Post. In ad-\\ndition to the duties of his office he has other busi-\\nness interests of no insignificant character, and is\\nthe owner of some valuable |iroperty in the village\\nof Newaygo.\\n-iiil||\u00c2\u00bb,Vi c ;_{\\nilliam J. Peacock, farmer and lumber-\\nman, on section 32, (larlield t ownshij),\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0C.jjVRxt was born July 22, 1848, in Dunham,\\n\u00c2\u00bbwsr-\u00c2\u00bbp Province of Quebec, and is a son of Richard\\nand Martha M. Peacock. (See sketch.)\\nMr. Peacock came to Michigan with his\\nparents in 1863, and remained with them until\\nhe became of age, when he turned his attention to the\\n5,#i m^^\\nleading vocations of Newaygo County, lumbering\\nand farming, both of which branches of business he\\nis prosecuting vigorously and successfully. He is a\\nRepublican in political affiliation.\\nMr. Peacock was married July 4, 1872, to Melsene\\nUormire, and three children born of their union are\\nliving, namely Stephen W., born March 12, 1874;\\nSarah M., June 7, 1878; and Arthur L., Nov. 28,\\n1881. Mrs. Peacock was born April 4, 1855, in\\nWilliams Co., Ohio. Her father, John Dormire, was\\nborn in Indiana and died Nov. 10, 1881, in Newaygo\\nCounty. Her mother, Sarah Dormire, was born in\\nMichigan and resides at Kalamazoo.\\n*e.\\nIndrew T. Squier, lumberman, residing at\\nGrant Station, Ashland Township, was born\\nL\u00c2\u00aef Feb. 22, 1832, in Washington Co., N. V. His\\n^Air parents, John and Mary (Lampman) Squier,\\nwere natives of the same county, and descend-\\nants from English and Dutch ancestors. They\\nremoved, in 1841, to Monroe Co., N. Y., and located\\non a farm. In the fall of 1S48, they came to Michigan,\\nsettling near C oldwater, Branch County.\\nIn January, 1850, Mr. Scpiier came to Newaygo\\nCounty, where he has sim e, with the exception of a\\ncomparatively brief interval, devoted his attention\\nand abilities to lumbering. He spent three terms at\\nschool at Girard, Ihanch Co., Mich., and afterward\\nattended Eastman s Business College at Chicago to\\ncomplete his education. With that interruption he\\nhas devoted himself to the exclusive pursuit of his\\nbusiness interests in Newaygo County. In 1872 he\\nmade a permanent location in Ashland Township,\\nwhere he is prosecuting the various departments of\\nlumbering, including the management of a saw and\\nshingle mill at Grant Station, which has a capacity\\nof producing daily 20,000 feet of lumber and 30,000\\nshingles. He also owns 900 acres of land in Ne-\\nwaygo County, 600 of which is stocked with pine and\\nnot yet changed from its primitive state.\\nMr. Squier is a Democrat in political sentiment\\nand action. He is a prominent member of the\\nMasonic bodies of Newaygo, belonging to the Royal\\nArch Chapter and Blue Lodge, No 331. In the latter\\nhe holds the position of Treasurer. He has been the\\nA\\nV\\nS^- f^^JTi-\\ni^\\nB", "height": "2819", "width": "2254", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph11chic_0374.jp2"}, "375": {"fulltext": "NEWAYGO COUNTY.\\n\u00e2\u0080\u00a2Zi^^\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0!sr\\nt\\nt\\nincumbent of most of the official positions in his town-\\nship; has been Sui)ervisor seven years in Ashland\\nand Bridgeton rownsliips,and School Inspector many\\nterms. He was married Nov. 24, 1870, at Dowagiac,\\nMich., to Myra L., daughter of L. and Myra (Fair)\\nRich. Siie was born Aug. 24, 1845, in Macomb Co.,\\nwhere her parents were married. They came of\\nNew England origin, and were descendants from Eng-\\nlish and Scotch-Irish ancestors. When the daugh-\\nter was 14 years old, the family removed to ill Co.,\\nIll and in the spring of 1869 returned to Michigan,\\nlocating in Cass County. The record of the five chil-\\ndren born to Mr. and Mrs. Squier is as follows: Cora\\nI,., Nov. 10, 1S71 LauraN., Feb. 22, 1S74; .\\\\ndrew\\nT., May 12, 1876; Alice L., Jan 5, 1S79 (died Sept.\\n14, iSSi) an infant, horn Oct, 3, 1SS2, died five\\ndays afterwards.\\nT 5\\nK illiam Martin, uiie of the [jioneers of\\nIj^^^L Newaygo County, was born in Richfield,\\nJ^^^ Otsego Co., N. Y., Jan. 7, 1814; and is\\nthe son of Elijah and Mary Martin, natives\\nof Connecticut. Elijah Martin was a\\nfarmer, and had a family of seven daughters\\nand one son. The latter, the youngest of the family,\\nwas William, the subject of this sketch. Leaving\\nhome at the age of 25, he engaged in farming in\\nSteuben and Allegany Counties, successively. In\\n1852, he came to Michigan and lived one year in\\nlinton, Lenawee County. He then went across the\\nplains to California, Tin Oregon, driving four yoke\\nof oxen attached to a prairie schooner. He passed\\none winter in Oregon, and two years in California,\\nand then returned to Lenawee (Jo., Mich, .\\\\fter a\\nshort stay, he took his family to Iowa and Illinois,\\nin search of land; but found that all the desirable\\nGovernment land had been taken. Retracing his\\nroute, he purchased an ox team at Kalamazoo and\\ncame to Newaygo, in June, 1856. Until the follow-\\ning January, he kept boarders in the village of Ne-\\nwaygo. With his ox team as a conveyance, he then\\nremoved to Dayton Township, and purchased 160\\nacres of land under the Graduation Act, paying 75\\ncents per acre. He has bought and sold at different\\ntimes, and now owns but 80 acres, of which 30 acres\\nare improved.\\nJan. 17, 1843, in Bath, Steuben Co., N. Y., he vas\\nmarried to Lovilla B. Herkimer, a native of New\\nYork State. They have had five children, of whom\\nthree are now living, George H., Michael and\\nHelen L. The last named is the wife of A. E. Up\\nton, of Fremont. Nov. 13, 1S78, Mr. Martin was\\nstricken with paralysis, and he has not walked a ste]i\\nsince. Most of the time he has been in bed.\\nt\\nT\\n^^^0!f ohn Emory Webster, physician and fanner,\\njj E^Jfc resident on section 21, Big Prairie Town-\\nW,0 ship, was born Sept. 29, 1848, in Dunham,\\nQ2f Ontario. He was from birth a frail child, and\\niC until he attained the age of 16 years had but\\nI few and brief intervals of innnunity from sick-\\nness. He early displayed the characteristics of a\\nstudious mind, and as he advanced in years devel-\\noped a fondness for the study of history, and later of\\nmedicine. He has become a practitioner of some\\nnote, and controls a lucrative medical business, in\\nwhich he has been engaged since 1874. He also\\nsuperintends his agricultural and lumbering interests.\\nDr. Webster was married April 14, 1875, to Mary\\nE. Bonney. She was born Dec. 20, 185 8, and is the\\ndaughter of Walter E. and Lydia (I Vancis) Bonney,\\nnatives respectively of Massachusetts and New\\nYork.\\n?*-^H*(^\\nSisa\\nl orydon M. Alger, farmer, section 6, Grant\\nprs^ Township, was born Seirt. 14, 184.). in\\nHg Ontario Co., N. Y., and is a son of J. D. and\\nA Maiy .Mger. Both parents are natives of the\\nI State of New N ork, and in 1854 iiecame\\nresidents of Michigan, settling in Paris, Kent Counly.\\nwhere ihey now reside.\\nIn 1875 Mr. .Alger purchased 200 acres of land,\\nwhere he has sin e i)een engaged as a farmer, lie\\nnow has 70 acres under cultivation, with good larm\\nbuildings and accessory fixtures, in addition to his\\nagricultural interests he is extensively engaged in\\nlumbering. He is an adherent to the principles of\\nthe National Greenback party.\\nMr. Alger was married Dec. 24, 1872, to Lucinda,\\nc\\nsv\\nC\\nr\\n-Sf.\\n-K^^ii!] :nDi\\n^-rr\\n\u00e2\u0080\u00a2n TI.\\n\u00c2\u00bbJ^.g.", "height": "2831", "width": "2211", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph11chic_0375.jp2"}, "376": {"fulltext": "J^^^l^*-\\nr;^^^ eV n H :t: D h r^\\n-^4^^i^vW\\nVEIVAYGO COUNTY.\\ndaughter of Horace and Ruth Reed, of Paris, Kent\\nim Co., Mich. She was born April i, 1845, at Grand\\nRapids. Her parents were both natives of New\\nV ork, and her father is now living in Sparta, Kent\\n(5; County. Her mother died Jan. 16, 1878. Of the\\nmarriage of Mr. and Mrs. Alger, two children have\\nbeen born Ral[)h M., July 29, 1877 and Archie R.,\\nFeb. TO, 1880.\\n^amuel Hartt, lumberman, resident on sec-\\ntion 23, Monroe Township, of which he is\\npresent Supervisor, was born Sept. 15, 1833,\\nin Saltfleet (then Niagara) District, Ontario.\\nHe is the son of Jonathan and Jemima\\n(Phillips) Hartt. The former was a native of\\nNew Hampshire, the latter of Pennsylvania. The\\nplace of birth of the mother was near the city of\\ni hiladelphia, and is now included therein. The\\nf^ patronymic was originally Hart, and the change in\\northography involves a little account, which fully\\n^J^ displays the traits that characterized earlier if not\\nlater generations, and affords a fine illustration of\\n1^ the temper and spirit which ruled the contending\\nS elements in the time of the Revolution. The Hart\\nfamily at that period included five brotiiers, and the\\nfact that John Hart, grandfather of Mr. Hartt of this\\nsketcli, was a member of the Continental Congress,\\nileclares tlieir position in social and public affairs.\\nHow strong and bitter was party spirit when the\\nquestion of submission to iiritish despotism was\\nup|)ern)ost in every mind, was exemplified by the\\nstate of affairs among the Hart brothers, two of\\nwhom were Royalists and abandoned country and\\nfraternal relations to [)reserve their fealty to the king,\\none going to New Brunswick, the other to the East\\nindies. Tiiree remained loyal to the |)rinciples\\nfrom which their brethren fled; and so strong was\\nthe sentiment that controlled those remaining that\\ni they doubled the final consonant of the f;t:iiily name,\\nin order to express as fully as possible their disgust\\n9 and vexation at the actions and princii)les of tlieir\\nrelatives. In this they accomplished a two-fold re-\\nsult. In addition to setting themselves apart frater-\\nnally, they secured the identity of their family for\\nmany generations, the orthography of their name\\nC^ providing an unmistakable clue to their origin.\\nm\\n^rv^:^\u00c2\u00ab^#-\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0\u00e2\u0096\u00a0.-^^S{3^\\nJL.\\nm\\nLater in life Jonathan Hartt went to New Bruns-\\nwick, married there and engaged some years as a\\nlumberman on the Oromocto River, a tributary of the\\nSt. John. On leaving New Brunswick he went to the\\nState of New York and finally settled, with his family,\\n13 miles from Hamilton, Can., where he and his\\nwife passed the remainder of their lives.\\nWhen Mr. Hartt was 12 years old his father died,\\nand three years later the demise of his mother oc-\\ncurred but the children remained together until\\nthey separated to establish their own homes and\\nfamilies. School privileges were of the character\\ncommon to the rural districts of the Dominion, and\\nthe meager education Mr. Hartt was enabled to ob-\\ntain there he acquired in schools five and six miles\\ndistant.\\nHe decided on the trade of millwright as a call-\\ning, and accordingly passed three years in acquiring\\nthe knowledge requisite to its successful prosecution.\\nHe worked as such until December, 1870, when he\\ncame to Lowell, Mich. He spent the winter there,\\nand in the spring of 1871 went to Grand Haven and\\ncarried on the business of millwright. In 1872 he\\nwent to Sand Lake and turned his attention to lum-\\nbering, in which he has since been continuously\\nengaged. He worked at Sand Lake until the winter\\nof 1880-1, when he located at FoxviUe, Monroe\\nTownship, where he is largely interested in the vari-\\nous branches of lumbering. In his long course of\\nbusiness, Mr. Hartt has been associated at times\\nwith other parties, and is at present in partnershii)\\nwith William Horning, firm style Horning Hartt.\\nTheir average annual product of 7,000,000 feet of\\nlumber and from 7,000,000 lo 10,000,000 shingles,\\nconveys an idea of the solidity and extent of their\\nbusiness.\\nMr. Hartt was married Sept. 3, 1854, in Princeton,\\nCanada, to Eliza Jane, daughter of John and Mar-\\ngaret Gilchrist. Of this union five children have\\nbeen born: Emily Caroline (Mrs. H. L. Carter, of\\nSand Lake) was born July 21, 1855; Cicero Wins-\\nlow, Dec. 19, 1857; Ella Jane (Mrs. L. B. Bradish,\\nGrand Rapids), July 29, i860; and Sylvia Saniantha,\\nMay 15, 1865. These are the names of those living.\\nA son, Charles, born March 14, 1874, died Sept. 15,\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0875-\\nMr. Hartt has been a member of the Masonic\\nfraternity many years, and belongs to King Hiram\\nyto;\\nG)", "height": "2819", "width": "2254", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph11chic_0376.jp2"}, "377": {"fulltext": "\u00e2\u0080\u00a2IP\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0os^\\nV\\n^t]n :illlr\\nT\\n^Z^^sir\\ni\\nNEWAYGO COUNTY.\\nyf Lodge, No. 33, Ingersoll, Can. He belongs to the\\nJ Nalional Gretiiback party, and is now holding his\\nfirst local official position, to which he was appointed\\nin the spring of 1883, to fill a vacancy created by the\\nresignation of Hugh S. Swan. The family are\\nBaptists in religious sentiment.\\n367 S\\ni.\\nr\\nIj^aniel J. Whipple, f.\\nr, sei tion 18, Bar-\\n^4\\\\ i ton Township, was born in .Vllegany Co.,\\n~i^- N. v., June 9, 1841, and is a son of Will-\\nxK \u00e2\u0096\u00a0ii i ;ind Sarah (Thompson) Whipple. When\\n(k lie was eight years old, Mr. Whipple began the\\nwork of maintaining himself. He availed him-\\nself of all work suited to his years, and when old\\nenough engaged as a stage-driver, and afterwards\\nworked in a livery stable. When he was 14 years\\nold he made an engagement with Dan Rice, the cel-\\nebrated showman, with whom he traveled eight years\\nas a clown. In 1862 lie enlisted in the 13th Reg.\\nN. Y. Vol. Inf., and served in tlic war for the Union\\nthree years and eleven months. After receiving his\\ndischarge he came to Michigan and entered a claim\\nS/ of 80 acres of land under the provisions of the\\ns\\nHomestead Act, on which he has since resided.\\nHe was married in 1867 to Eliza A., daughter of\\nBenjamin and Phebe Ann (Heirs) Meades, natives\\nof New York, where she was also born, Dec. 30, 1846.\\nThe family ill! hides four children, viz.: Jennie R.,\\nBenjamin A., Daniel J. and Phebe A. Kttie is de-\\nceased.\\nJ-VW,.-;-\\n^^4iiU^3\\nI oseph Tannewitz, Jr., farmer, section 32,\\n\\\\r Croton Township, was born in Bohemia,\\nAustria, Ajiril 3, 1S24, and is the son of\\nJoseph and Mary (I lumerich) I annewit/.\\nTlie father was of the same nationality and\\nwas born in 1795. I he mother was born in\\nBohemia in 1799, and died there in 1879.\\nMr. Tannewitz was prim.irily educated according\\nto the legal provisions of liis native land, and at the\\nage of 13 years was apprenticed three years to fit\\nhimself for the trade of a weaver. After perfecting\\nhimself in its details he followed the custom of his\\ncountry in finding employ in various continental\\ncities, until he came to the United States in 1849.\\nHe came to (irand Rapids in September of that\\nyear, and worked one season in a woolen factory.\\nHe found that some other calling would be of more\\nadvantage to a man in his circumstances, and he\\nturned his attention to blacksmithing, which he has\\nfollowed at intervals ever since, but closed his shop\\nfor regular work about 12 years ago. In 1S53 he\\ncame to Newaygo County. The first winter he spent\\nin the employ of George Uiley, and has worked\\nsince with industry and prudence, until he has made\\nsufficient accumulations to take leading rank among\\nthe farmers of Newaygo County. In 1878 he bought\\n214 acres of land under some degree of improve-\\nments, to which he has added materially. He is a\\nDemocrat in politics and a Roman Catholic in re-\\nligion.\\nMr. Tannewil/ was married in CVand Rapids, in\\n1852, to Wiihelmina Lytle, a native of Bohemia,\\nborn March 19, 1830. Five of their si.\\\\ children are\\nliving, namely Joseph, Edward, .-Vdolph, William\\nH. and Annie. Frank is deceased.\\nKlJjSenjamin Rogers, farmer and lumberman,\\nSjitsJti- section 5, Big Prairie Townshii) (13, 11),\\n1820.\\n^W was born in Anson, Maine, May i\\nf4\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0i?\\nHis parents, Robert and Betsey (Hodges)\\nRogers, were both natives of Maine, of English\\norigin. The former was born about 1785 and\\ndied in 1861 the latter was born in 17 88 and died\\nin 1823.*\\nThe death uf the mullier broke up ihe huu^ehold,\\nand Mr. Rogers, then three years old, was taken in\\ncharge by his sister Betsy, the wife of deorge W.\\nGordon, a lumberni.iu. with whom he resided until\\n1S37. Mr. Gordon came to Graiul Rapids, Mich.,\\nin 1854. In 1848 Mr. Rogers embarked in the\\nlumber business at Grand Rapids, in which he has\\nsince been engaged. He came to Newaygo County\\nMarch 20, 1853, and bought 80 acres of land in Big\\nPrairie I ownship. He jiiirsued lumbering ten years\\nbefore he erected his dwelling and became a perma-\\nnent resident on his real estate, where he has since\\nmade good imiirovenienis.\\nMr. Rogers was married at Grand Rapids, in 1837,\\n-ll(l: Illlv\\nv^\\nV\\nr\\n^^^y^^^^", "height": "2831", "width": "2211", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph11chic_0377.jp2"}, "378": {"fulltext": "m.\\nT\\nA\\nV\\n368\\n^^\u00e2\u0080\u00a2iu a n h T\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0:2if\u00e2\u0082\u00ac^-c\\n^*4^^\u00c2\u00a75C(I v^#\\nNEWAYGO COUNTY.\\nto Betsey Maria Reynolds. One child, Robert, was\\nborn to them April 7, 1850, on the Grand River,\\nabout two miles above Fruitport. He is now living\\nin Big Prairie (see sketcli). The motliei fell into ill\\nhealth, and Mr. Rogers went to Stevens Point, Wis.,\\nwith the hope and belief that his wife would be\\nrestored; but she died after five months. The\\nexpenses of removal, sickness and death exhausted\\ntiie means of tlie husband, and he remained in Wis-\\nconsin until he had earned sufficient to discharge his in-\\ndebtedness and bring her remains back with him, which\\nhe did in about two years, and buried her near Grand\\nRapids. He placed his hild in the care of his ma-\\nternal grandmother.\\nMary Jane (Miller) Rogers, his ijreseiU wife, was\\nborn in Grass Lake, Jackson Co., Mich., Aug. 10,\\n1835. She is a daughter of John and Minerva\\n(Parsons) Miller, the former born of Irish parents in\\nVermont, the latter of English extraction, born in\\nNew York. Mr. and Mrs. Rogers were married July\\n16, 1854, and are the parents of five children Betsey\\nM., Benjamin F., John A., Steven A. and Walter.\\nMr. Rogers is a subscriber to the tenets of liie\\nDemocratic party.\\nii\\nmi\\n-i ^^Sl^-\\nts illiam Graham, insurance agent at Ne-\\nfi^u wavgo, was born in Perry Tp., Geauga Co.,\\n-;T /-A,. ^r _ o 1 r r\\nr\\nOhio, March\\n1830, and is a son of\\n4^^ Joseph T. and Elizabeth (Winnegar) (ira-\\nham. The father was the son of a Scotch\\nsea cajjtain, who spent more than half a cen-\\ntury of life on the ocean wave; was a iTatter by\\ncalling, and died at Sturgts, Mich., in 1868, aged\\n66 years. The mother was of German ancestry,\\nborn in Pennsylvania in 1818 and died at Sturgis\\nin 1874. The parents settled at the place where\\nthey passed the remainder of their lives in Jan-\\nuary, 1834, locating at Sturgis Prairie, a short dis-\\ntance southeast of the present site of the village\\nof that name. The father entered a claim of 160\\nacres of (Government land, which was all in timber\\nand remote from neighbors. The family were among\\nthe very earliest settlers and made the journey to\\ntheir new home in a wagon loaded with their effects,\\nbringing with them one cow. tem|K)rary log cabin\\nwas constructed for a residence. It had three sides\\nand a roof. It being midwinter, no chimney could\\nbe built: one end of the structure was left open and\\na heap of logs was kept burning all winter which so\\nmodified the cold that existence was possible.\\nIn 1856 Mr. Graham of this sketch left home and\\nwent to Minnesota in the enqjloy of the Government\\nof the United States, locating mail routes. He was\\nthus occupied three years and returned to Sturgis,\\nwhere he operated as a millwright in the interests of\\nJohn Armstrong t o., for whom he erected 17 mills\\nin different States. He w^as married Aug. 16, 1855,\\nto .Amanda M., daughter of John Cutler, who was\\nborn in Massachusetts, Feb. 12, 1830. Their elder\\nchild, Frank, born at Sturgis in 1856, is now a practic-\\ning physician and surgeon at Sand Lake, Kent\\nCounty. Mary, younger child, is the wife of Dr. F,.\\nJ. Pendell, of Newaygo.\\nIn 1864, associated with his father, who joined in\\nthe enterprise in the hope of renewing his impaired\\nhealth, he took a trip to Omaha and there they fitted\\nup a provision train of 12 loaded wagons and pro-\\nceeded to Virginia City, Montana. They went thence\\nto Salt Lake City, where they re-stocked their train\\nand retraced their route to Virginia City, where they\\nsold their entire outfit, bought four mule teams and\\nreturned East with their wagons filled with passengers.\\nMr. Graham enlisted at Memphis in the fall oi 1 864 in\\nthe Sixth Tennessee Cavalry, remaining in the ser-\\nvice until Sei)t., 1865. The regiment was detailed to\\noperate against the guerrilla chief, Gen. Forrest, and\\nother raiding rel el forces, which involved its men in\\nskirmishes without number and kept them in action\\nwith little intermission.\\nMr. (Graham s family resided at Sturgis until 1S70,\\nwhen they removed to Tyockwood, Kent County.\\nHere Mr. Graham was one of the founders of the\\nvillage. He built the first saw-mill, and as accessory\\na side-tra k to the Grand Rapids iV Indiana railroad,\\nand establislied extensive lumber interests, which he\\ncontinued to conduct at that point until 1S73. In\\nthe spring of 1877 Mr. Graham and one of his sons\\nembarked in the grocery business at Kent City and\\ncontinued there in trade about two years, when the\\nbusiness was terminatedon account of the impaired\\nhealth of the son and the entire family came, in the\\nspring of 1879, to Grant Tp., Newaygo County, where\\nthe father took charge of the saw, shingle and stave\\nmill of H. S. Watrous. This enterprise continued\\nI\\nA\\ns^-\\nfc\\nV\u00c2\u00ae))$^^\\nJ^\\n^iig;i;iiD;", "height": "2819", "width": "2254", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph11chic_0378.jp2"}, "379": {"fulltext": "i^ti^\\nTai\u00e2\u0082\u00ac^sc ^vc^iiP ;nD^ T-\\nNEWAYGO COUNTY.\\n369\\nt\\n4\\nuntil June, 1S81, when Mr. Graham removed his in-\\nterests to Newaygo and engaged in the manufacture\\nof clothes-reels. Nine months later he established\\nhis business as agent for tlie .State of Michigan in\\nthe interests of the Odd Fellows Mutual .\\\\ssociation,\\nor Covenant Mutual. He has been a member of\\ntlic order ;o vears.\\nif ohn R. Carpenter, one of the pioneers of\\nta^adj ij Michigan, was born in i ioga Co., N. Y.,\\n/\u00e2\u0096\u00a0f^ .-Vpril 30, 1807, and is the son of Samuel\\nJL? and Mary Carpenter. The family removed\\njC from Tioga County to Genesee County; and in\\n1828 they removed to Lenawee Co., Mich. In\\nthe spring of i860, Mr. Carpenter came with part of\\nhis family to Newaygo County, and entered 160 acres\\non section 31, Dayton Township. He has disposed\\nof 120 acres, and now owns 40, of wliich about 20\\nare under cultivation.\\nSept. 4, 1830, he was married in Lenawee ounty\\nto Amanda Bassett, a native of New York State.\\nThis couple have been the parents of 13 children,\\nsix of whom survive, and with three of their children\\nthev reside on the old homestead.\\nof 80 acres of land under the i)rivileges of the\\nHomestead Act, whereon he has since resided. In\\npolitical attitude, Mr. Duffy is nominally neutral so\\nfar as party issue is concerned. His inclinations\\ntend toward the principles of the Greenback party,\\nbut his suffrage is governed by his views of the fit-\\nness of the candidate. He is resjiected and trusted\\nby his townsmen, and has served them as Su|iervisor\\nfor the past three years; is still the incumbent of the\\nposition has been Highway Commissioner eight\\nyears and .School Lisjjector three years.\\nHe was married in 1863, to Mary, daughter of\\nStephen Shepherd, born Nov. 30, 1844, in Vermont of\\nwhich State her parents were natives. Mrs. Duffy\\ndied March 27, 1883, leaving five children, born in\\nthe following order: George E., March 7, 1864.\\names Duflfy. farmer, section 20, Barton\\nl^^ik I ownshii), was born June 22, 1S39, in\\n?jL^X3^*y Coburg, Ontario. His father, Michael\\nDuffy, was born in Ireland, of Irish parentage.\\nHis mother, Catherine (Tracy) Duffy, de-\\nscended from Kuglish ancestors. The parents\\nemigrated to Canada in 1834, and the father bought\\na farm in Coburg, where the family resided several\\nyears they went thence to Rochester, N. Y. The\\nfather died there in 1S78. The mother died at Ba-\\ntavia, N. Y., in 1865.\\nIn the fall of 1864 Mr. Duffy went from the State\\nof New York to Pennsylvania, where he sjjent the\\nfollowing winter. In the spring of 1865 he bought a\\nfarm in Ionia Co., Mich., which he retained until\\n1866, sold out and transferred his interests to Kent\\nCounty, where he remained a year, coming thence to\\nNewaygo County, lie immediately entered a claim\\nEdson J., June iS, 1867 Cora A., Sept.\\n187:\\nErnest H., Feb. 7, 1S74, and Mabel, March 18, 1883.\\n|i, esse E. Green, farmer, section 24, Good-\\nj^^ljL well Townshii), was born Jan. 18, 1818, in\\ny^^ Licking Co., Ohio. His father, Nathaniel\\nGreen, was a native of Massaciuisetts and died\\nliL in Missouri in 1862, aged ai)Out 75 years. His\\nlineage is directly traceable to that of General\\nGreene of Revolutionary fame. Mehitable (Roe)\\nGreen, his mother, was born in 17S7, in the Bay State,\\nand died in 1843, in Ohio.\\nMr. Green spent the years of his minority inactive\\nlabor, preparing for a life of effort. He worked sum-\\nmers on the farm, went to school winters, and when\\nhe had reached the age of 20 years was a practical\\nfarmer, carpenter and shoemaker. The year before\\nhe att.iined his majority, he entered the river service\\nas a flatboatman. He was married in 1839, and on\\nbecoming a family man settled upon a farm of 80\\nacres, where he pursued agriculture until 1869, then\\nsold his i)roperty and removed all his interests to Me-\\ncosta Co., Mich. Eighteen months later he entered\\na homestead claim of 80 acres in Goodwell Town-\\nship, Newaygo County, where he has since resided.\\nHe has cleared 12 acres and placed it under fair\\ncultivation.\\nIn political adherence Mr. Green is a Democrat,\\nand has lield a number of the local offices of his\\ntownship.\\nMr. Green was married in 1839, in Ohio, to Lydia\\n^p^^-^.\\ny^\\nA", "height": "2831", "width": "2211", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph11chic_0379.jp2"}, "380": {"fulltext": "37\u00c2\u00b0\\nT^^^^^\\nXEUAYGO COl XTY.\\n4^^fsVi^!\\nNash. She was born Nov. 25, 182 1, in Athens Co.,\\nOhio. Her parents, Azor and Marj (Linscott) Nash,\\nwere natives respectively of New York and Maine,\\nand were both of English lineage. The former was\\nborn in 1773, and died in Ohio, in 1857 the latter\\ndied in Mecosta County in 1869, aged 83 years.\\nFollowing is the record of 12 children born to Mr.\\nand Mrs. Green Hannah E., Sarah J. (dec), David\\nL. (dec), Robert L. S. (dec), Mary M., Amanda M.,\\nWilliam J., Reuben E.. Ruth S. (dec), Jesse S. (dec),\\nJohn L. and Nathaniel M. (dec).\\nMr. Green died Jan. 4, 1884, after the above notes\\nwere prepared for publication. He was ill but two\\ndays. Stricken down in strong, active manhood, his\\nsufferings were proportionately severe, but he died\\nin the calmness and trust attendant upon the close of\\na well ordered life, retaining his mental faculties un-\\nclouded until death. He had been a consistent\\nmember of the Disciiiles Church nearly 40 years.\\n^4a^\u00c2\u00a3r^i^^\u00e2\u0080\u00a2 fe|\\nm\u00e2\u0080\u0094. ^^ammv\\natnes C. Townsend, of the firm of Town-\\n1^- send and Gannon, grocers and butchers at\\nWhite Cloud, was born Jan. 26, 1845, in\\n?]S England, of which country his parents were\\n1r natives. He is the son of John and Elizabeth\\n(Brooks) Townsend, and they are still living\\nliL-re.\\n.Mr. Townsend left his native country in the spring\\nof 1874; arriving in America, he first located in\\nKansas. Three months afterward he decided to\\nprospect for a while, and he spent a year in travel,\\nafter which he located in Shelby, Oceana Co., Mich.,\\nand engaged in selling meat. He disposed of his\\nbusiness a little less than two years later and removed\\nto Fremont, where he pursued the same calling for\\nfive years. He again dis[)osed of his business inter-\\nests, and in the fall of i88t came to White Cloud\\nand entered into his present business relations with\\nRichard Gannon, with whom he is engaged in the\\nprosecution of a lucrative trade.\\nMr. Townsend was married in Hart, Oceana\\nCounty, Aug. 25, 1878, to Henrietta, daughter of\\nWilliam and Mary Jane Mills. She is a native of\\nCanada. Two children are the issue of this mar-\\nriage, viz. Beatrice, born Oct. 8, 1879, and Eliza-\\nbeth J., Jan. 16, 1883. Mr. Townsend belongs to\\nthe Knights of Honor, Tremont Lodge, No. 741.\\nA A\\n1~-T\\nA A\\n1 7\\n\u00c2\u00a3S-\\n5gil,^dwin O, Shaw, Postmaster at Newaygo,\\nWMfi, and editor and proprietor of the Newaygo\\n^sW Rtpiihlican, was born at Edwardsburg,\\nCass Co., Mich., July 21, 1846. His father.\\nEzekiel Shaw, was born in 1829, in the State\\nof New York, and died in 1854, at Edwards-\\nInirg, His mother, Sarah A. (Carmichael) Shaw, was\\nborn in 1S26, in Virginia, and is still living, at Ed-\\nwardsburg.\\n.Mr. Shaw obtained his elementary education at\\nthe common schools, and when 13 years old began\\nto learn the printer s art, which he pursued with\\nlittle intermission at various places. In July, 1867,\\nlit- located at Stanton, Montcalm Co., Mich., where\\nhe initiated his career as an independent journalist\\nby establishing the Moiitcalin Hei aU, the first issue\\nof which appeared Sept. 16 of the same year.\\nFourteen months later he sold out to E. R. Powell,\\nwho still continues the publication of the paper. Mr.\\nShaw s enterprise h.ad been a success, and, on the\\ndisposal of his journalistic interests at Stanton, he\\nselected Newaygo as a suitable field for further effort\\nin the same line, and purchased the Newaygo Re-\\npublican, then owned and edited by E. L. Gray.\\nJames H. Maze, now of Grand Rapids, was the\\nfounder of the i)aper, and put it in permanent work-\\ning order in 1856. The enterprise has been man-\\nagtd continuously by Mr. Shaw since his purchase.\\nIt was then in a languishing condition, and had a\\nlimited circulation but by persistent energy and un-\\nremitting effort to place it upon a basis suitable to\\nthe reipiirements of its patrons, he has made it a\\ndecided success and permanent fixture at Newaygo,\\nand it now has a circulation of 1,100. It was issued\\nby its first proprietors as a seven-column folio, but\\nlater he changed it to a six-column quarto. In 1878\\nMr. Shaw added a Potter cylinder printing press to\\nhis facilities, and in 1882 put in steam ix)wer, and\\njustly claims the proprietorship of one of the best\\nequipped job printing-offices in Northern Michigan.\\nI\\nA\\n(o^\\n^^tK^^d n m-y^", "height": "2819", "width": "2254", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph11chic_0380.jp2"}, "381": {"fulltext": "", "height": "2831", "width": "2211", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph11chic_0381.jp2"}, "382": {"fulltext": "", "height": "2819", "width": "2254", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph11chic_0382.jp2"}, "383": {"fulltext": "", "height": "2831", "width": "2211", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph11chic_0383.jp2"}, "384": {"fulltext": "", "height": "2819", "width": "2254", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph11chic_0384.jp2"}, "385": {"fulltext": "tin^niiv\\nT\\nrisf-:.t\\nNEWAYGO COUNTY.\\n375\\nV\\nIn April, 1877, he admitted his brother, Wm. A.\\nShaw, to a partnership.\\nMr. Shaw was appointed Postmaster May 1 1, 187 i,\\nby John A. J. Creswell, Postmaster-General under\\nGrant, and has since continued to discharge the\\nduties of the position to the satisfaction of the peo-\\nple whom he serves.\\nHe has been intimately connected with the munic-\\nipal interests of Newaygo since he joined its citizen-\\nship. He has been President of the village one\\nyear, and is one of the present Board of Trustees.\\nHe was Supervisor of Garfield Township one year;\\nTreasurer of Brooks Township one year; County\\nSuperintendent of the Poor three years, and is at\\npresent School Director and Trustee, and has filled\\nthe two latter offices several years. He has been\\nidentified with the political interests of the county,\\nand has served as Chairman of the Republican\\nCounty Committee and as a member of the State\\nCentral Committee from the Ninth Congressional\\nDistrict; has been Delegate to a number of State\\nConventions. The prominence and activity of Mr.\\nShaw in general politics is well understood, and he\\nis among the leaders of the Republican ranks in the\\ncounty. His straightforward, independent, reliable\\ncharacter inspires the masses with confidence in the\\nintegrity of his purposes, the correctness of his judg-\\nment, and is an indorsement of the issues he sup-\\nports with his influence, both personal and jour-\\nnalistic.\\nMr. Sliaw was married Feb. 20, 1877, to Lottie E.,\\ndaughter of Dr. E. H. G. and Elizabeth Meachem.\\nShe was born in New York, Aug. 2, 1852.\\n1\\n!isr. James Webster, physician and surgeon,\\niL resident on sectional, Big Prairie Town-\\nship, was born in Darlington, Brock\\nstrict, Ontario, Aug. 31, 1843, and is a son\\nof William Rila and Phebe Ann (Moore) Web-\\nster. (See sketch.)\\nHe was about 11 years of age when his parents\\nsettled in the township of Big Prairie. While a boy\\nhe was a diligent scholar in the common schools of\\nthe Dominion, and after removing to Michigan re-\\nsumed his studies as soon as convenient schools\\nwere established. He also attended one term at\\nCioton, and went to the academy at Newaygo six\\nmonths. Tliese periods of study, strengthened and\\nimproved by methodical home reading, arranged\\nwith a view of eventually obtaining a medical edu-\\ncation, comprised his preparatory course; and about\\nthe time of his majority, believing with Cicero, that\\nin no way can man so nearly a[)proach tlie inuuortal\\ngods as by conferring benefits upon suffering human-\\nity, he went to O.xford Co., Ont., and entered into\\nan engagen^ient with Dr. William Springer, with\\nwhom he read medicine two years. His preceptor\\nwas Coroner of Oxford County, a position which,\\nunder the regulations of the Dominion, substantiates\\nthe grade of the incumbent in his profession. While\\nthere, though surrounded by much that was well\\ncalculated to mislead, his habits of sobriety, truth-\\nfulness and application to study and suave manners,\\ncommanded general esteem and endeared him to all\\nwho knew him. He returned to Michigan, and\\nafter a short stay at home went to Chicago and\\nthence westward. While absent he acted four\\nmonths as a clerk. On his return to the Peninsular\\nState he went to Ottawa, where he remained for a\\ntime; then he came to Newaygo County, where he\\npursued agriculture until the winter of 1866-7,\\nwhen he went to Ciiicago and attended a course of\\nlectures at the Hahnemann Medical College and\\nHospital. In the spring following he entered upon\\nthe practice of his profession in Wayland, Allegan\\nCounty and remained there 14 months. After his\\nreturn to Northern Michigan he was princijially\\nengaged in medical practice until the summer of\\n1875, when he removed with his family to Grand\\nRapids and there continued the duties of his profes-\\nsion, being associated with his brother-in-law. Dr.\\nWm. H. H. Palmer, a gentleman of skill and attain-\\nments and enjoying an extended practice. J oward\\nthe close of the year 1876, he returned to Big Prairie\\nand continued to prosecute his profession.\\nIn July, 1872, Dr. Webster visited Lansing, being\\ncalled there to take part in the deliberations of a\\nconvention of medical men convened to lay plans\\nand transact business of vital importance to the\\nprofession throughout the State. In 1S73 he was\\nadmitted to the Newaygo County Medical Associa-\\ntion, and in 1880 was made a member of the\\nNorthern Medical Society.. In 1882 he was\\nelected to the office of Coroner of Newaygo\\nA\\nj^fc^a-\\n^ii[i: ^iiti^\\n-Si\\nr^", "height": "2831", "width": "2211", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph11chic_0385.jp2"}, "386": {"fulltext": "376\\n4\\nf.\\nV\\ns\\niV^^.4y(;(9 COUNTY.\\n-7^^^\\nCounty by the combined votes of the Prohi-\\nbition and National Greenback Labor parties, of\\nboth which Dr. Webster is a zealous adherent. He\\nis also a member of three social and benevolent or-\\nganizations, of which he deems Masonry the queen.\\nThough not a declared adherent of any religious\\ndenomination, he acknowledges their worth, and\\nwould, doubtless, prefer the Methodists.\\nDr. Webster possesses exceptionally fine literary\\ntastes and an intellect of a high order of culture.\\nHe has read extensively and always with correct\\njudgment, selecting a course of reading calculated to\\nproperly discipline and train his mind, cultivate his\\nmemory and give logical direction to his thoughts.\\nHe is a good conversationalist, is able to discriminate\\nbetween the speech that is silvern and the silence\\nthat is golden, and always displays his respect and\\nveneration for the opinions and expressions of\\nacknowledged authorities by quoting freely and aptly\\nfrom their works. He has a wide acquaintance with\\nhistory, is strong in argument and is able to clothe\\nhis ideas in concentrated, well-chosen language. He\\nis familiar with classic poetry and the standard poets\\nand authors of the day, has a well selected library,\\nand writes both poetry and prose of more than ordi-\\nnary merit. He possesses a keen sense of the ab-\\nsurd, and occasionally contributes humorous articles\\nto the newspapers. He has also a correct and cul-\\ntivated taste in music, for works of art, and believes,\\nwith (Jrimke, that the Bible is the best of classics.\\nAs appropriate to the character, views and tastes\\nof Dr. Webster, the following quotation is given:\\nI live for those who love nio.\\nFor those who think uie true,\\nFor the heaven that \u00e2\u0096\u00a0niile.s above nie,\\nAmi for the good that I can ili\\nIn his medical practice the forte of Dr. Webster is\\nhis faculty to establish confidence in his ability to\\naid, and he is favorably known as a diagnostician, or\\nreader of disease. He regards his calling as involv-\\ning his conscience, and making it incumbent on him\\nto e.xert every mental and physical jwwer to resfwnd\\nto the calls incident to his business, and to strive to\\nthe utmost to arrest disease, alleviate suffering and\\nsave human life. He believes that all branches of\\nscience are progressive, and that a Ijeneficent Provi-\\ndence has ordered as much change in the healing\\nart as in agriculture or modes of traveling, since the\\ndays of Galen or Celsus. He believes that too much\\nis expected of crude and powerful drugs, and that\\nthe mild power subdues and assists the tendency to\\nrepel disease, which the human system makes known\\nthrough symptoms,. He is unalterably opposed to\\nold-fashioned stews, brews and decoctions, and to\\nmaking a filthy laboratory of the human stomach,\\nwhere disgusting compounds hold their high carnival\\nof destruction.\\nComing to this county as he did, when wild ani-\\nmals abounded, Dr. Webster very early acquired a\\nknowledge of fire-arms and of hunting and trapping.\\nOf the latter he grew passionately fond, and for\\nseveral years made it a source of sport as well as\\nprofit. He was known as a dead shot, and records\\nhimself as having been in at the death of 350\\ndeer, besides smaller game and birds, which latter he\\nwas remarkably successful in shooting on the wing.\\nDr. Webster was married Feb. 14, 1861, in Grand\\nRapids, to Villie P. Palmer. She was born in the\\ntownship of Van Buren, in Wayne Co., Mich., May\\n7, 1844, and is a daughter of George W. and Fla-\\nvilla (Whitaker) Palmer. The former was born\\nJune 28, 1807, in New York. The latter was torn\\nMay 5, 1805, in Springfield, Mass. Of five children\\nborn to Dr. and Mrs. Webster, the eldest and\\nyoungest are deceased. Their names are given in\\nthe order of their birth: James Frederick William,\\nPhebe Inez Erminine, Clarence A. G., Evelina M.\\nand Emily Ethel. The following lines, inscribed by\\nDr. Webster in the album of his only living son, e.K-\\nhibit his poetical genius as well as manifest his\\npaternal sentiment:\\n(ioil give thee health and i)eaoe and joy\\n(Joil keep mid strenjjthen thee from sin!\\nAmi g ive thee ;r:iee to enter in\\nI lic i-ity of Ills re. t, my hoy!\\nIn addition to his medical business. Dr. \\\\Vebster\\nhas been and is now engaged in lumbering to a con-\\nsiderable extent. He is the owner of 80 acres of\\nland on section 21, and 40 acres in Goodwell Town-\\nship.\\nThe portraits of Dr. and Mrs. Webster may be\\nfound on other pages. Their addition to the coUec-\\ntion in the Newaygo County Album will be a source J^\\nof gratification to a large circle of relatives and ap-\\npreciative friends. --y\\nA\\nV\\niy\\nr^.\\nM^\\ny\\nMii", "height": "2819", "width": "2254", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph11chic_0386.jp2"}, "387": {"fulltext": "7 illll^IlIl^ V\\n-rr^\\nNEWAYGO COUNTY.\\nf^^\\n377\\nOCK)\\nV\\n-s\\nncius W. Pickett, farmer, section 32, Ash-\\nland Township, was born Aug. 23, 1835, in\\n%SWv Onondaga Co., N. Y., and is a son of Peter\\n6i(? and Theda (Norton) Pickett. The parents\\nK*) were born in New York, the one of a descent\\nI whicli has been of such long standing in\\nAmerica as to be lost in regard to European nation-\\n\u00e2\u0080\u00a2j ality the other of English lineage. They came to\\nMichigan in 1842, and engaged in farming in Eaton\\nCounty.\\nMr. Pickett remained under his fatlier s care until\\nhe was 18 years old, busy on the farm and obtainini^\\nhis education at the common schools. In 1853 he\\ncame to Casnovia, Muskegon Co., Mich., where he\\nfollowed agriculture until the year made memorable\\nby the rebellion of the Southern States. He enlisted\\nAug. 12, i86i, in the Second Mich. Cav., Co. E, the\\nregiment going at once to the front, and joining the\\n.^rmy of the Cumberland, under Gen. Buell. Mr.\\nPickett enrolled at Grand Rapids, his command\\nrendezvousing at Detroit, whence the regiment pro-\\nceeded to Mississippi and afterward to Kentucky,\\nwhere he was in the fight at Perryville, June 2, 1862.\\nWhile doing patrol guard duty near Franklin, Tenn.,\\nhe was wounded by a bushwhacker, the shot tak-\\ning effect in his right arm between the elbow and\\nshoulder, and shattered the l)one to such an extent\\nas to require summary amputation. This ended his\\ncareer as a military man, and Aug. 9, 1862, he\\nreceived an honorable discharge and returned to his\\nfarm. In 1871 he disposed of his place and located\\non 160 acres of land in Newaygo County, where he\\nhas since resided and managed his agricultural affairs\\nto the best purpose. He has 90 acres of land in a\\nfine state of cultivation, and is now erecting a superior\\nclass of farm buildings. His orchard is justly rated\\none of the best and most productive in the county.\\nMr. Pickett was married Jan. r, i860, at Casnovia,\\nto Maria S., daughter of Oliver and Parthena (Smith)\\nWalkley, both of whom were natives of Connecticut.\\nAfter their marriage they located in Ohio, where the\\ndaughter was born Oct. 29, 1842. The parents came\\nduring the first year of her life to Hillsdale Co., Mich.,\\nand afterward to Muskegon County. Three children\\nhave been born to Mr. and Mrs. Pickett, as follow:\\nMary C, Oct. 22, i860; Lauren, Nov. 14, 1862;\\nOla, Nov. 19, 1875. Mr. Pickett is a member of the\\nNational Greenback party, and belongs to the Order\\nof Odd Fellows, Lodge No. 302, at Trent, in which\\nhe has passed the chairs, and is now holding the\\npost of R. S. V. G. Himself and wife belong to the\\nPatrons of Husbandry, Lodge No. 372, at Trent.\\nj^^\\nI\\n\u00e2\u0080\u0094J-\\ni yman R. Meeker, drayman. Newaygo, was\\nf\\nH f L)orn July 14, 1833, in Camden, Oneida Co.i\\n[^HJ^ N. Y., and is a son of Aaron and Lena\\n(j (Earl) Meeker. His parents were natives of\\n,Js Schoharie County, in the Empire State, remov-\\ning after their marriage to Camden, where, in\\n1834, his father was drowned while bathing. His\\nmother still resides at Camden.\\nMr. Meeker was reared on a farm and was married\\n.yrus W. Utley, farmer and lumberman,\\n~4i section 8, Big Prairie Township, was born\\nf^ in the town where he is a resident, April 12,\\n1855. His father, William S. Utley, is of\\nEntrlish and Irish descent and was born in\\n1S28, in Ontario Co., N. Y. His mother,\\nLucy B. (Gooch) Utley, was born of English parent-\\nage, in Plymouth, April 27, 1835, and was married in\\nDewitt, Clinton Co., Mich., in 1854. (See sketch of\\nWm. S. Utley.)\\nMr. LItley, though a young man, is one of the lead-\\ning and most enterprising agriculturists of Big Prairie.\\nHe owns 240 acres of fine farming land, 190 acres of\\nwhich are in a cultivated condition, and his improved\\nacreage is increasing at the rale of an acre per day.\\nHe owns an interest in pine land in different loca-\\ntions, where he engages in the lumber business dur-\\ning the winter seasons.\\nMr. Utley was married at Galesburg, Kalamazoo\\nCo., Mich., March 24, 1881, to Nettie, daughter of\\nH. C. and Delilah (Danley) Rowland, natives of\\nLyons, N. Y., and of English descent. Mrs. Utley\\nwas born at Galesburg, Nov. 6, 1859.\\nA\\ny\\nr\\n^It^^^;", "height": "2831", "width": "2211", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph11chic_0387.jp2"}, "388": {"fulltext": "!I!\\ni^^\\n:limDllf T\\niw^\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0rr\\nrzf^^^^sr\\nNEWAYGO COUNTY.\\nm\\no\\nA\\n2\\nt\\nat Camden, Sept. 20, 1855, to Lucy A., daughter of\\nHarvey and Samantha Scoville, born March 3, 1S37,\\nin Camden. Of their marriage two children were\\nborn Ella D., wife of Eugene Jennison, farmer at\\nJennisonville, Michigan, where the husband s family\\nwere pioneer settlers, and the town received their\\nname. Eva C, younger daughter, died when two\\nyears of age. Mr. Meeker removed in the same\\nyear of his marriage to a farm near Olivet, Eaton\\nCounty, where he bought 80 acres of land and pur-\\nsued agriculture about two and a half years. He\\ncame to Newaygo in 1858 and operated to a consid-\\nerable extent as a lumber contractor until the advent\\nof the civil war. He enlisted Aug. 14, 1862, in Co.\\nE, 2ist Mich. Vol. Inf., Capt. A. B. Turner, and was\\nin the Union service two years and eleven months.\\nHe left Newayge in the capacity of a private soldier,\\nand while in rendezvous at Ionia was promoted as\\nCorporal. He was in action at Perry ville and Mur-\\nfreesboro, after which he was promoted to the rank\\nof Sergeant. He was also under fire at Chicka-\\nmauga. Savannah, Bentonville, and in a large num-\\nber of skirmishes. On being mustered out at\\nDetroit, in July, 1865, he returned to Newaygo,\\nengaging as a sawyer, and kept a boarding house at\\nHess Lake, in Newaygo County, where he was thus\\nengaged about two years. He then entered tlie\\nemployment of the Newaygo Lumber Company, and\\nuntil 1 883 was occupied in scaling and running logs\\nand in other departments of lumbering, besides\\ntaking charge of lumber sjiipments from Newaygo to\\nChicago. He commenced his business as drayman\\nin April, 1883. He is a member of the Masonic\\nOrder, and owns his place of residence.\\niji jenry Barton, farmer and lumberman, sec-\\nM tion 7, Big Prairie Township, was born June\\n2, 1839, in Cook Co., III. He is the second\\n/l^ son of Hon. James Barton, Probate Judge of\\nNewaygo County, and one of the oldest and\\nI foremost officials in the county. (See sketch.)\\nMr. Barton was eleven years of age when his\\nparents came to Newaygo County. The traveling\\nfacilities of those d?^ys in this section of the Penin-\\nsular State were in strong contrast with those to\\nwhich he had been accustomed, and its incidents\\nmade a strong impression upon the boy. eager for\\nnovelty and full of interest in even the least of things\\nthat promised food for the gratification of the appetite,\\nwhich is essentially the property of the young and\\nardent. All the incidents of that journey are indeli-\\niily impressed upon his memorj and none more\\nineffaceably than its closing scene, when the raft\\nwas built, and, laden with the small belongings of the\\npioneers, was floated across the Muskegon River, the\\nwomen of the household walking across the boom.\\nHis father s was the third family to settk perma-\\nnently in Big Prairie Township. In that day of\\nunorganized municipal regulations, there was no\\nestablished school but the landholders erected a\\nschool-house and hired a teacher, and under such\\nconditions Mr. Barton obtained a common-school\\neducation so far as books were concerned but his\\nexperiences and observations have afforded him in\\nmost respects a training commensurate, if not in\\nthe same avenue, with the discipline contained in the\\ncurriculum of the higher institutions of learning.\\nMr. Barton is a part of the history and progress of\\nNewaygo County. From his boyhood he has identi-\\nfied his interests with those of his township, and been\\na factor in her advancement. Her farmers, as a\\nclass, are men of a much more than ordinary grade\\nand add greatly to the pre-eminence of the county of\\nNewaygo. He is one of lier leading agriculturists,\\nowning 300 acres of land, with 260 acres under\\nculture. His buildings are creditable to his energy,\\ntaste and judgment, and all his improvements are of\\nadvanced grade. He also owns 500 acres of pine\\nland, on which he is engaged in lumbering winters.\\nIn political matters he is a Republican, and has\\nserved his township in various public capacities.\\nHis history displays his fealty to the Government\\nwhose protection he enjoys, and to which he accords its\\njust due in relation to its sup|X)rters. He enlisted in\\nthe first year of the war, in behalf of the flag of the\\nUnited States, his papers bearing date of Sept. 25,\\n1 86 1. He was mustered in Co. E, Second Mich.\\nCav., for three years, and was continuously in active\\nservice until the date of his discharge, Oct. 28, 1864.\\nHe was in the actions at Corinth and Booneville, was\\nin the retreat of Bragg from Louisville to Cumberland\\nGap, and was at Perryville and Stone River. In the\\nspring of 1863 his command was attached to the corps\\nof Gen. Rosecrans, and he participated in the battles\\nA\\nV\\n0)\\nr^\\n-4^^f\u00c2\u00ae", "height": "2819", "width": "2254", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph11chic_0388.jp2"}, "389": {"fulltext": "NEWAYGO COUNTY.\\n379 S\\nA\\nV\\nof the Army of the Cumberland. He was promoted\\nto the position of Second Lieutenant in March, 1S63,\\nand in August following was commissioned First\\nLieutenant, and commanded his company until his\\ndischarge.\\nMr. Barton was married Nov. 10, 1864, in Big\\nPrairie Townsliip, to Louisa, daughter of Alexander\\nand Jane (Marsh) Dalziel. She was horn in Ionia\\nCo., Mich., Aug. 15, 1845. Her father was born\\nApril 2, 1800, near Glasgow, Scotland, and died Aug.\\nT, 1882. The mother was born Aug. 9, 1808, in\\nSeneca Co., N. Y. She was of original German\\ndescent, and her parents were among the earliest\\nsettlers of Newaygo County she died Oct. 6, 1875,\\nat Big Rapids.\\nEight children have been born to Mr, and Mrs.\\nBarton, two of whom, a son and daughter, died in\\ninfancy. Susie J., Philip, Alexander, Charles, Gordon\\nand Benjamin D. are the names of the surviving\\nchildren.\\nElmon Evarts, farmer, section i, Ash-\\nland Township, was born in Grattan, Kent\\nCo., Mich., July 27, 1852, and is a son of\\nNathaniel K. and Maria L. (Perkins) Evarts.\\nNathaniel Kingsley Evarts was born June\\n14, i8t2, in West Bloomfield, Ontario Co., N.\\nY.,and was married Oct. 9, 1841, in Troy, Geauga\\nCo., Ohio, to IVLaria Perkins, who was born March\\n27, 1814, in the city of Troy, Rensselaer Co., N. Y.\\nMr. Evarts has been a minister and labored in the\\ninterests of the Congregational Church more than\\n40 years. He closed his continuous active ministry\\nin 18S3.\\nMr. Evarts of this sketch acquired a fair education\\nin the common schools of his native place, and when\\nhe was 17 years old attended Olivet College, in Ea-\\nton County, two years. He returned to Corinth,\\nKent County, where his father was engaged in mer-\\ncantile business and acted as assistant in the store\\nuntil the spring of 1873, when he contracted with L.\\nPackard, a builder, of Dorr, Allegan Co., Mich., to\\nbe instructed in the details of the carpenter s trade.\\nHe remained until April, 1874, when he went to\\nTexas to investigate the reputed promise of that\\nState for young men to open careers of prosperity.\\nHe returned in the fall of 1875.\\nJi\\nth\\n^\\\\\u00c2\u00a7^^^^t- \u00e2\u0080\u0094^^f^\\niP!l\\nMr. Evarts married Dec. 18, 1878, in Paris, Kent y*\\nCounty, td Jennie i\\\\L, daughter of George J. S. and C]\\nIsabella (McBain) Chesebro. She was born Aug.\\n29, 1857, in Grand Rajiids, whither her parents re-\\nmoved after their marriage.\\nMrs. Chesebro was born Feb. 19, 1840, at Albany,\\nN. Y. Her parents, ^Villiam and Ellen McBain,\\nwere natives of Scotland, and came to the United\\nSlates in 1S39. ^Vhen iheir daughter was three\\nyears old they returned to their native heaths. Later\\nthey came back to America, but left the child with\\nher grandmother, who was perparing to make the\\nNew World her home. But, instead, she sickened\\nand died, and the father went back to Scotland again,\\nfor his daughter, making in all five journeys across\\nthe ocean. The marriage of G. J. S. Chesebro and\\nIsabella McBain occurred Aug. 9, 1856, and within\\nthe year they settled at Grand Rapids, where the\\nhusband engaged in teaching in the High School.\\nThe employment endangering his health, he bought\\na farm in Paris, Kent County, where he i)ursued\\nfarming until 1863, when he enlisted, and with his\\nregiment joined the Western Army. He marched\\nwith Sherman on the long route through Georgia to\\nthe sea. Worn out with the toil of that historic\\njourney, he easily succumbed to disease and died\\nApril 4, 1865, at Goldsboro, N. C, two days after\\nreaching that place, and exulting wiiii almost his\\nlatest breath over the fall of Richmond.\\nMrs. Evarts was but eight years old when her\\nfather died, but she was already impressed with the\\nnecessity of aiding with all her power to relieve the\\ncares of her widowed mother, left with three children,\\ntwo of them younger than herself At 16 she com-\\nmenced teaching, and taught five terms in the school-\\nhouse where she had herself been a pupil, and one\\nterm at another point. Meanwhile she had become\\nan accomplished musician, and thereby became en-\\nabled to add materially to the family income by\\nteaching the art.\\nMr. Evarts had become proiirietor by purchase of J^^\\n10 1 acres of stump and timber land in Ashland f\\nTownship, and after their marriage the young couple i:\\nmade a permanent settlement thereon. It was in the :i-\\ndepth of the woods, and they built a frame house. J U\\nWhen it was barely ready for occupancy, witii the ^t\\nunderbrush pressing closely to the entrance, they\\ncommenced their wedded life under their own vine\\n^M -Cv-^viy^il^\\nV\\ni^", "height": "2831", "width": "2211", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph11chic_0389.jp2"}, "390": {"fulltext": "580\\nr\\nNEIVAYGO COUNTY.\\nV\\ns\\nk\\nm\\nand fig tree. Their small possessions installed in\\nthe new house, they compared notes to determine\\nthe precise condition of their exchequer and found\\neach was the owner of exactly $5 wherewith to be-\\ngin the world together. The farm is now in credita-\\nble condition, with 25 acres under improvements and\\nall necessary farm buildings.\\nThe household now comprises a young daughter,\\nI. Mabel Evarts, born Nov. 23, 1882.\\nMr. Evarts is a Republican in political affiliation\\nand belongs to Lodge No. 34, F. A. M., at Grand\\nRapids. He is an adherent to the tenets of the\\nCongregational Church, and Mrs. Evarts belongs to\\nthe Methodist Church.\\nJ-\\nJlolomon K. Riblet, merchat:t at Newaygo,\\nwas born in Elizabeth Township, .Alle-\\n^t gheny Co., Pa., Nov. 2, 1834, and is the\\nson of Samuel and Deborah oods) Riblet.\\nThe earliest ancestor to whom the family\\nI traces its origin was a Huguenot, and a de-\\nscendant from a long line of French nobility, who,\\nin consequence of his embracing the Protestant re-\\nligion, suffered the extinction of his rank, the con-\\nfiscation of his estates and expatriation, on penalty\\nof being burned as a heretic. His trials differed in\\nno sense or degree from the others of the devoted\\nclass, wliose sufiTerings, fortitude and pertinacious\\nadherence to their faith placed them upon the pages\\nof history in all the luster of their heretic struggles\\nfor principle, and left a seared stain on the escutch-\\neon of France. Driven from his native land, he\\nsettled in Germany, where he married and reared a\\nlarge family. Two of his sons. Christian and Bar-\\ntholomew Riblet, emigrated to the United States and\\nsettled in Northampton Co., Pa., where John, son of\\nChristian, and grandfather of Samuel Riblet, was\\nborn, ill the year 1758. John Riblet was still in his\\nminority when the American Colonies revolted from\\nthe impositions of the British Crown and, true to his\\nancestral blood and inherited sense of justice, he\\nhastened to declare himself the champion of liberty\\nand the foe of oppression. He threw himself, heart\\nand soul, into the exigencies of the Revolution, and\\nwas commissioned First Lieutenant of a company\\nbelonging to a regiment of riflemen. Soon after he\\nT\\nentered the service, his command was detailed as\\nrear guard to cover the retreat of the Federal troops\\nfrom Long Island, and after the final withdrawal\\nwere taken prisoners. The retreat was so hasty, and\\nthe British so close upon them, that they took to the vA\\nwoods, where they ambushed seven days in total\\ndestitution, being without food or comfort of any\\ndescription, which made their capture enevitable.\\nLieutenant Riblet was placed in custody on board\\nthe man-of-war Roebuck. After his release he\\nmarried and settled near Hagerstown, Md. His son\\nSolomon, father of Samuel, was born therein August,\\n1782. John Riblet removed with his family in the\\nyear iSoo to Erie, Pa., and, during the second war\\nwith England, adopted the grievance of his country,\\nand was the chief officer of the body-guard of Com-\\nmodore Perry during the construction of the flotilla\\ncommanded by that officer on Lake Erie during the\\nstruggle of 1812. Solomon, his son, was captain in\\na regiment of minute-men and served witli distinc-\\ntion.\\nSamuel Riblet was born in Harbor Creek, Erie Co.,\\nPa., Feb. 22, i.Sii. During his childhood his grand-\\nfather instructed him in the rudiments of a German\\neducation, and he received like training in English\\nat the common schools. At the age of 17 years he\\nattended the academy at Erie and pursued a course\\nof study during the summers of the next three years,\\nteaching winters to obtain necessary funds. Influ-\\nenced by his parents wishes, that he should become\\na [)hysician, at the age of 20 he commenced the\\nstudy of medicine with Dr. A. Beebe, of Erie; but\\nhe found it uncongenial, and obtained a situation as\\nteacher near Pittsburg, where he was occupied three\\nyears. He was married Nov. 19, 1833, to Deborah\\nWoods, and soon afterward emigrated to Michigan f]\\nand settled in Litchfield, Hillsdale County, where he\\npurchased 160 acres of land, on which he has since\\nresided. Michigan was in her Territorial days, and\\nsettlers from the overflowing East were crowding in,\\npioneer privations and hardships had then a charac-\\nter of unii|ueness which made them all the more\\nsevere, and the allotment of Mr. and Mrs. Riblet, if\\nrecorded in its reality, unshaded by Hincy and de-\\npicted in all its cost of strain to mind and body,\\nwould sound like the exaggerations of fiction. The\\nfall of 1835 is particularly remembered as one of\\npeculiar embarrassment, and only the wise counsel\\nd\\nr^\\nm\\ni^", "height": "2819", "width": "2254", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph11chic_0390.jp2"}, "391": {"fulltext": "i\\n^\u00e2\u0080\u00a2i\\n^^V c^llll^tllli\\n:2*^^^^\\nNEWAYGO COUNTY.\\n381\\nT\\ni\\n3^:\\nV\\nV\\nand courageous resolution of liis wife prevented Mr.\\nRiblet from disjwsing of his property and abandon-\\ning the West, as Michigan was then called. The\\nfive children born to them reached maturity and be-\\ncame heads of families. The venerable pair whose\\n46 years of wedded life were interrupted in 1879 by\\nthe death of the wife and mother, could boast of 22\\ngrandcliildren. and at present date the enumeration\\nof great-grandchildren has begun. Mr. Riblet has\\nalways been an important factor in the affairs of his\\ntownship, as well as in those of more extended\\nscope. On the organization of the Northern Central\\n(Michigan) Railroad Company, he was elected a\\ndirector and served until the road was sold to the\\nLake Shore Michigan Southern Company. To\\nthe influence and exertions of Mr. Riblet, Litchfield\\nis largely indebted for the construction and location\\nof the road. His mother died in Litchfield, Dec.\\n21, 1879.\\nMr. Riblet of this sketch passed the first 17 years\\nof his life on a farm, and in 1851 turned his atten-\\ntion to the details of the builder s trade, which he\\nfollowed three years. He came to Newaygo in 1856\\nand was employed by Leonard Woolley, druggists.\\nSoon afterward he became manager of the mercan-\\ntile establishment of S. W. Matevey, and three years\\nlater (in 1859) became its proprietor by purchase.\\nHe has since conducted his business continuously at\\nthe same stand. His stock is general, including dry\\ngoods, groceries, clothing, hats, caps, crockery, etc.\\nMr. Riblet was married in Newaygo, Sept. 10,\\n1859, to Jennie L., daughter of Pliny E. and Martha\\n(Putnam) Day, a native of Morcan, Saratoga Co., N.\\nY., born Nov. 10, 1837. Mr. and Mrs. Riblet have\\nfive children, born as follows: Grace, Oct. 11, 1866;\\nFred, April 19, 1S70; Ruth, Dec. 13, 1872; Mattie,\\nAhiy 30, 1874; Lavinia L., Feb. 2, 1881.\\nMr. Riblet has been intimately associated with\\nthe progress and development of Newaygo village\\nand county, and has served in most of the official\\ncapacities incident to its municipal regulations, lie\\nis i)roniinent in temi)erance work, and was a charter\\nmember of tlie Masonic Ix)dge at Newaygo, and also\\nof Newaygo Lodge, Order of Good Templars.\\nMr. Riblet is heir to the fi.\\\\edness of principle, in-\\ndustry and frugality and the unrivaled powers of\\nphysical endurance of his progenitors. His judg-\\nment is always reliable, his foresight unerring and\\nhis integrity unimpeachable. He is valuable to Ne-\\nwaygo, not only in his stainless citizenship, but in\\nhis social relations and through his strongly sympa-\\nthetic character. The needy always find in him a\\npractical friend\\nK^\\no\\nr Cg,^\u00e2\u0080\u009e__phraini Misner was born in the State of\\ntiil New York, July 12, 1823, and was the son\\nV7 j of Abraham and Sarah (Newton) Misner,\\nnatives of New York and Massachusetts. He\\nlived in his native State until the winter of\\nj 1866, when he came to Newaygo County and\\nbought 80 acres of partially improved land in Day-\\nton Township. He has since added 40 acres, and\\nnow has 45 acres under cultivation.\\nLi July, 1S50, he was married to Margaret Duling,\\na native of New York State. This union has re-\\nsulted in six children Raymond E., Margaret J.,\\nSarah M., William H., Edna C. and Myrtie L. Po-\\nlitically, Mr. Misner has generally been identified\\nwith the Republican party; but he is now independ-\\nent in his views.\\nf 9l\u00c2\u00a7n illiam S. Utley, a leading pioneer citizen\\nMB^^Jl o Newaygo County, resident on section 7,\\n\u00c2\u00b0j^^ Rig Prairie Tov/nship, was born in Rich-\\nSjP mond, Ontario Co., N. Y., Nov. 6, 1827.\\nHis father, William Utley, was of English\\ndescent and was born April 19, 1797, in\\nBennington Co., Vt., and his mother, Mahala\\n(Wiley) Utley, of Irish parentage, was born Sept. 22,\\n1798, in Nashua, N. H. .\\\\fter their marriage they\\nresided in the State of New York.\\nMr. Utley was the sixth child of his parents, who\\ncame to Michigan and settled in Plymouth, Wayne\\nCounty, in June, 1828. Ten years later they made\\nanother transfer of their interests, namely, to Dewitt,\\nClinton Co., Mich., where the son was a resident\\nuntil he was 22 years of age. He had been at liberty\\nsince he was 17 years of age, engaged winters in\\nteaching and working summers as a carpenter, fully\\nunderstanding the value of itiechanical skill in a new\\ncountry, where he designed to settle permanently.\\nHe came to Newaygo County in 1850, and in that\\nA\\nr\\n4\\n.-5 ^-^-*j\u00c2\u00bb-\\nV\\n^ll!l: D(ls", "height": "2831", "width": "2211", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph11chic_0391.jp2"}, "392": {"fulltext": "7 ^D D B hi -r-r :2?\u00e2\u0082\u00ac^V-\\nNEWAYGO COUNTY.\\n(h\\nyy year built the first bridge that ever spanned the\\nf,\\\\ Muskegon River at Croton. John F. Stearns had\\nbeen appointed Postmaster of Croton postoffice, and\\nMr. Utley showed him how to make up the first\\npouch of mail matter put up from tliat point. In\\nOctober, 1850, he delivered the first temperance\\nlecture in this vicinity, at Gulp s school-house on\\nSteam s Prairie, Croton Township, and delivered the\\nfirst Fourth of July oration, on an island in the Mus-\\nkegon River, just below where Newaygo now\\nstands.\\nMr. Utley has been active in public affairs since\\nhe came to Newaygo County, and has greatly aided\\nin the substantial progress and advancement of both\\ncounty and township where lie has resided. He is now\\nan adherent of the National Greenback party has\\nserved his township in many official positions, among\\nthe most imiiortant of which has been that of Clerk,\\nin which he officiated 20 years. He was a member\\nof the Legislature of Michigan in 1865-6, and was a\\ndelegate to the Constitutional Convention of 1867.\\nHe was elected County Clerk in 1858, and again in\\ni860, serving two terms.\\nMr. Utley is one of the most successful agricvdtur-\\nists of the township of Big Prairie, and owns 240\\nacres of fine farming land, constituting a most\\ndesirable homestead, under good cultivation and\\nwith suitable farm buildings and fixtures.\\nHe was married May 14, 1854, in Dewitt, Clinton.\\nCo., Mich., to Lucy B. Goorh. Following are the\\nnames of i 2 children, of whom they have become the\\nparents Cyrus W., William VV., Irving S., Harry M.\\n(dec), Charles E., Esther Ardelle, Lucy G. (dec),\\nMartha Arietta, Glenn W., Fanny F., Ossian T. and\\nMabel Grace.\\nMr. Utley is a meml)er of the Order of Masonry.\\nA\\nV\\nI\\nellington Persons, ex-Register of Deeds\\nof Newaygo County, and one of the oldest\\nand most prominent citizens of Newaygo,\\nwas i)orn in Fenner, Madison Co., N. Y.,\\nApril 10, 1 81 7. His parents were Festus\\nand Betsy (Town) Persons, the former a native of\\nChester, Mass., of English descent. The latter was\\nm\\nalso born in the Bay State, and died in 1857.\\nMr. Persons was the second son and third in order\\nof biith of 12 children. He accomjianied his parents\\nto Onondaga Co., N. Y., in 1835, where his father\\ndied, in 1854. In 1843 he went to Racine Co., Wis.,\\nand passed three years in farm labor, coming to Ne-\\nwaygo in 1846. He was engaged as a lumberman\\nfive successive winters, when an accidental injury to\\nhis right knee with an ax necessitated the relinquish-\\nment of that business. He spent the alternating\\nsummers in farming in Wisconsin. The several\\nyears succeeding the accident which lamed him for\\nlife, he was incapacitated for labor. In 1856 he re-\\nceived the appointment of Deputy Register and\\nDeputy County Clerk, under C ol. John A. Standish.\\nHe was elected in 1858 to the position of Register\\nof Deeds, then a separate incumbenc) from the\\noffice of County Clerk. He was re-elected to the\\npost every second year for a period of 20 years, dur-\\ning which time he made a comiilete set of abstracts\\nof Newaygo County, which are still in his possession.\\nIn 1866 he was appointed by the Secretary of the\\nTreasury, Assistant Assessor for the Fourth Internal\\nRevenue District of Michigan, the duties of which\\nhe continued to discharge until 1869. In 1859 he\\nwas elected Township Clerk of Brooks and held the\\nposition to the year 1866. He has served one term\\nand part of another as Treasurer of the village of\\nNewaygo, and has acted two years as member of\\nthe Village Coinicil.\\nMr. Persons commenced his political career as a\\nDemocrat, but in 1856 voted the Republican ticket,\\nand has since given his support to the issues of that\\nparty, though in no sense a demagogue. He is a\\nmember of the Masonic Order and served as Secre-\\ntary of Newaygo Lodge, No. 131, F. A. M., nine\\nyears. In 1865 he was chosen Secretary of Newaygo\\nRoyal Arch Chapter, No. 38, and is still holding the\\nposition. He is also a member of DeMolay Coni-\\nmandery No. 5, of Grand Rapids.\\nSince 1878 Mr. Persons has been engaged in ab-\\nstracting. His office was destroyed in the fire of\\nApril, 1883, but he saved his abstracts and most\\nvaluable papers. In 1878 he bought two lots in the\\nvillage of Newaygo, on which he erected a hand-\\nsome residence. He also owns a block in Wilson s\\nAddition, besides two lots in another quarter of the\\nvillage.\\nMr. Persons acijuaintancc and connection with\\nV\u00c2\u00ae\\nA\\nn", "height": "2819", "width": "2254", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph11chic_0392.jp2"}, "393": {"fulltext": "", "height": "2831", "width": "2211", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph11chic_0393.jp2"}, "394": {"fulltext": "?5?^^", "height": "2819", "width": "2254", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph11chic_0394.jp2"}, "395": {"fulltext": ")^t|^\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0:2if^^^\\nNewaygo County began in its earliest stage, and he\\nhas watched its progress with the deepest interest.\\nHe has lent substantial support and aid to every\\nmeritorious enterprise that promised permanent ad-\\nvantage to the community. He has always been\\nactively interested in temperance work, and is known\\nas a coadjutor of moral and relit;ious [irinciples,\\nthough a subscriber to no denominational body.\\n^\u00c2\u00abs-^*^\\n-^Tr-7 ,^lll]:^|]Ils\\nNEWAYGO COUNTY.\\ntixS ia^\\n38s\\nA\\n4\\n4as\u00c2\u00ab\u00c2\u00bb\\ntenry Kritzer, proprietor of the flouriuij; mill\\nat Newaygo, was born Sept. 1 1, 182S, in the\\nvillage of Bernshauscn, province of Ober\\nHesse, duchy of Hesse Darmstadt. His\\njiarents, Conrad and Margaret (Fabling) Kri-\\ntzer, were also Germans liy birth, belonged to\\nthe Lutheran Cliurch and reared their children in\\nthat faitli, giving them sucli education as the common\\nschools of the Faderland afforded. On the 2 2d\\nS day of May, 1842, the family, including the parents,\\nMr. Kritzer and a younger brother (who died at\\nChester, in 1856, of consumption) embarked from the\\nport of Bremen for the United States. They landed\\n5. July I, at New York, and immediately proceeded to\\nAlbany, where they witnessed for the first time the\\ndemonstrations of American independence. Their\\njourney on the Erie canal to Buffalo consumed eight\\ndays, and they went by steamer from the latter place\\nto Cleveland, where a recruiting officer solicited the\\nassent of the parents to the enlistment of Henry in\\nthe army, promising the fatlier a tract of Government\\nland for services, whom he would place in a l^and, as\\nhe was ipiite a nuisiciaii. As tlie cliief reason for\\nleaving Germany liad l)een to evade military duty^\\ntlie proposition was rejected. The original destina-\\ntion of the family was Columbus, Ohio, but they\\nchanged llieir intentions and proceeded to Detroit.\\nThey found German friends at that place, and\\nlingered there eight days, in order to arrange their\\nplans and become familiar with the state of things as\\nthey existed in a new world, as America literally was\\nto them. On the morning of the ninth day, tlie two\\nelder Kritzers, father and son, started out and\\nfollowed what is now the track of the Michigan Cen-\\ntral railroad as far as the old Denike tavern,\\nproceeding thence to IMymoutli, where they found a\\nK^^ii^\\nfew German families had located. Following their\\nadvice, they also settled there, the father finding em- i\\nployment by the day. The youngest son was bound\\nfor five years to learn the tailor s trade, and the elder\\nwas apprenticed for the same length of time to a 1\\ncarpenter. Tlie latter served two years and aban-\\ndoned his plan, as it enforced idleness through the\\nwinter seasons. He went to work in a wagon shoj)\\nfor a man named Green, remaining two years.\\nMeanwhile, his parents had removed to Chester,\\nOttawa County, in the Grand River valley, where\\nthey and two uncles of Mr. Kritzer were the first\\nsettlers. They located there in the fall of 1845.\\nIn the fall of 1847 Mr. Kritzer left Plymouth and\\nwent to Ann Arbor, where he again engaged in\\nwagon-making for W. Roth, and a year later went to\\nJackson and entered the employ of Samuel Palmer,\\nwho proved a poor paymaster, and he exchanged for\\nanother, named Hale Soon after, in December, 184S\\nhe went to Grand Rapids, which was a new place\\nwith little invested capital. Theje was no work to As\\nbe had, and in the spring lie went to Grand Haven,\\nand there engaged in repairing an old steam saw-mill\\nfor George Norton. He returned to Grand Rapids\\nand worked for tlie Baxters at wagon-making, and\\nlater for Geo. C. Fitch Bro., by whom he was\\nmostly employed until 1855, when he went to Chester\\nand built a house on his father s farm. In 1853 he\\ncame to Newaygo County and located 320 acres of\\nland in Ashland Township, wliicji he sold many\\nyears since.\\nIn the fall of T.S56, Mr. Kritzer came again to\\nNewaygo, with little intent of making a iiennaneiit\\nlocation. Tlie village being at that time in its earliest\\nstage of incipiency, it offered few attractions to young\\nmen with tKe world before them. l!i;t Mr. Kritzer f\\nhad been impressed with the appeals of tlie F,astern\\njournals to the dependent, struggling young men of\\nthe day to take advantage of the opiwrtunities\\noffered by the opening of the ^V est. He had been\\npeculiarly struck by the injunction of Horace\\nGreeley: Young man, be a hireling no lonaer than f^\\nyou can heli). Go West! Notwithstanding the J,\\nfact that the repetition of the words of the sage of \u00c2\u00bbf\\nChappaipia have given them a shade of the absurd\\nthey have been the foundation on which many a man\\nhas established Iiimself on a solid basis, and in them f*\\nMr. Krit/.er found food for profitable reflection.\\nW\\n^\u00c2\u00ab^?f?i^@ \u00c2\u00a7|j", "height": "2831", "width": "2211", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph11chic_0395.jp2"}, "396": {"fulltext": "m\\n386\\nNEWAYGO COUNTY.\\nT^i^^is:\\nf\\n1\\nPrevious to this time he had been helping his father to\\nput the homestead at Chester in good condition, and\\nabout the date named he decided to try Newaygo,\\nand built a small shop on the corner of the State\\nroad and River Street. His mother was seized vvitli\\nher final illness and he was summoned home. She\\ndied Feb. 21, 1857. Mr. Kritzer returned to\\nNewaygo in April following, intending to pursue his\\ntrade; but innumerable obstacles prevented. The\\ncountry was new, expenses heavy, and in the fall the\\nmemorable panic occurred, and Mr. Kritzer saw his\\nlittle fund of savings dwindle away with little pros-\\npects of return. Mr. Kritzer says: The first\\nmoney I earned in Newaygo was ten cents, which I\\nreceived of James Belfort. I always remember that.\\nI thought of the saying, Where you lose your money,\\nyou must look for it so I stayed by. He worked at\\nwagon-making until June, 1863, when, in company\\nwith Henry Loomis, he rented what is now known as\\nNewaygo Mills, located on Brooks Creek. His\\npartner died in the fall, and Mr. Kritzer rented the\\nestablishment another year, and in 1865 he bought\\nthe mill property of the estate of Ebenezer Sanford.\\nA The building has been enlaiged, a new dam has been\\nconstructed, and a turbine wheel has supplanted the\\ncumbersome old overshot. The addition of new\\nand modernized machinery from year to year, has put\\nthe mill in the best possible condition for business.\\nIts present exhibit is in strong contrast with that of\\n1865, when it became the [jvoperty of Mr. Kritzer.\\nIn those days tlie business was crowded, the grind-\\ning slow, and it wns the custom of the country people,\\nwho were its patrons and came long distances, to stay\\nall night, accommodations being provided for them\\nin the mill.\\nMr. Kritzer was married Oct. 14, 1858, in Chester,\\nto Magdalena, daughter of George Frederick and\\nRosine King. She was born in Lancaster, Ohio,\\nApril 19, 183S, and her parents were natives of the\\nkingdom of Wurtemburg, Germany. The sons and\\ndaughters of Mr. and Mrs. Kritzer were born as fol-\\nlows: George H., Oct. 11, 1859 (died Feb. 14, 1863);\\nCharles C, Feb. 19, 1862; Mary A. M., Feb. 23,\\n1865; William H., May 6, 1869.\\nUntil 1879 Mr. Kritzer continued to reside where\\nhe firs built in Newaygo. In tiiat year lie iuiilt and\\nremoved to his ])resent residence on the opposite\\nside of the street. His father, Conrad Krit/.er, now\\nAN\\nV\\nJ\\n5\\nin his eightieth year, resides in his son s former home.\\nThe f;irm at Chester is still in their possession.\\nThe vohmtary statement of Mr. Kritzer will be\\nthe best possible exponent of his political status:\\nI cast my first vote for John P. Hale, of New\\nHampshire, when they called us Woolly Heads\\nand I believe there were only 17 votes cast in Grand\\nRapids. I have always voted on that line of prog-\\nress.\\nIn the portrait of Mr. Kritzer, which may be seen\\non another page, appears the likeness of a fair type\\nof the German element of Northern Michigan. He\\ncame to Newaygo County with the single determina-\\ntion to find work and to do it with the energy and\\npurjwse he inherited from his ancestors. He resolved\\nthat should success and prosperity elude his grasp,\\nthe fault should not lie in his shrinking from effort.\\nHe has built his fortunes by industrious applica-\\ntion, established himself socially by his career of\\nhonor and self-respect, and reared children to repre-\\nsent him in a later generation, who will do no dis-\\ncredit to the name he has made honorable in\\nNewaygo.\\n^3=\\nulius B. Baekart, farmer and lumberman,\\nresident at Croton Village, was born Nov.\\n14, 1846, in Warrensville, Dupage Co., 111.,\\nand is the son of George and Mary A. (Baekart)\\nBaekart. (See sketch.) He came to the\\ncounty of Newaygo with his parents when he\\nwas but four years old, and has here grown to man-\\nhood and established himself in business. He was\\nmarried at the age of 20 years, and at once settled\\nin life. He bought 320 acres of land, situated be-\\ntween sections 32 and 33, in Big Prairie, and sections\\n4 and 5, in Croton. He pursued agriculture indus-\\ntriously and effectively for 12 years, and at the end\\nof that time had put 120 acres of land in first-class\\nagricultural condition. He is now resident at Croton\\nvillage, engaged in several departments of lumbering.\\nHe is a Demoi rat in [lolilical connection.\\nLucy (Loree) liackart, wife of Julius B. Baekart,\\nwas born Marcli 10, 1848, in Livingston Co., Mich.,\\nand is the daughter of John and Jane S. (Sim[)son)\\nLoree. The father was born in 1820, in Steuben Co.,\\nN. Y., anil was of French parentage. He died in\\nV\\nf\\nA\\nV\\n1 1,\\nm-\\n^JT^i^ i^\\n-^[iii :iiii;\\nz.\\n4^t^", "height": "2819", "width": "2254", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph11chic_0396.jp2"}, "397": {"fulltext": "v 4llll :lllly\\nT?\\nN EWAYGO COUNTY.\\nZ^i^s^i\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0ST\\n1868. The mother was a native of Genesee Co., N.\\nY., and was born in 1827, of mixed Scotch and\\nt Dutch extraction. She is still living, in Shiawassee\\nCounty. Mr. and Mrs. Backart were married at\\nCedar Springs, Kent Co., Midi., May 6, 1866, and\\nare the parents of nine children, viz.: Myra, Mary,\\nAlice, Nettie, Lucy, Bessie, (ieorge, John and Eva.\\nP\\n^j Cllbert Traver,\\n1 I Ov^ jewit C. Traver. farmer, section 2i,Gar-\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0^vdMM field Township, was born in Ancram, Co-\\nlunibia Co., N. Y., Jan. 22, 1828, of mixed\\nGerman and Scotch descent. His father,\\nwas born in the same place.\\nHis mother, Eliza (Strever) Traver, was born in\\nColumbia County. Mr. Traver remained under tlie\\ncare of his father until he was 22 years of age,\\nwhen he went to Ashtonville, Lycoming Co., Pa.,\\nf^ where he passed two years as a laborer, going\\nthence to Carterville, and there he spent several\\nyears. He came to Newaygo in 1868, and\\ntwo years later bought roo acres of land ir, a state\\nof nature with the exception of two acres. He has\\n55 acres under cultivation at present, with a nice\\nhouse and other improvements.\\nMr. Traver was married in C arterville, Pa., Nov.\\n21, 1867,10 Anna Braddock, a native of England.\\nOne child, Mary, was born to them Sept. 18, 1875.\\nMr. Traver belongs to the Order of Good Templars.\\nV\\n3-V I-\\nrrS\\nilliam A. Lewis, farmer, Ensley Town-\\nship, section 26, was born Dec. 14, 1826,\\nJil^in Pennsylvania, of which State his\\nfather, Thomas Lewis, was a native. His\\nn. other, Amanda (S[jofford) Lewis, was born\\nin Vermont. The parents first settled in the\\nKey-stone State, and afterward went to Geauga Co.,\\nOhio; ten years later they again became resident\\nin Pennsylvania, and five years later they came to\\nMonroe Co., Mich, where the mother died in the fall\\nof 1846. The father died in I olcdo, Ohio, in 1S78.\\nMr. Lewis was two years old when his parents\\nwent to Ohio, and he accompanied them in their\\nz-i^.5^=.,^ -Si^^\\n387^\\nvarious wanderings until he was 21 years of age.\\nHaving attained his majority, he acquired the trade\\nof blacksmith, which he followed, in different locali-\\nties, for 12 years. He went to California in 1850,\\nand passed a year in the Golden State to better his\\nfortunes, witnessing all the vicissitudes of that\\nperiod in the history of the State. He returned to\\nPennsylvania and lived there two years, going thence\\nto Ohio. He passed the next 12 years of his life\\nthere, and in November, 1S63, he came to Newaygo\\nCounty and became the proprietor by purchase of 80\\nacres of land under the regulations of the Home-\\nstead Act. He has since bought 80 acres, and has\\nplaced 116 acres under advanced improvements. In\\nAugust, 1882, his barn was struck by lightning and\\nwas, with its contents, entirely consumed, entailing\\na loss of $1,000. He rei)laced the building the same\\nfall.\\nMr. Lewis was married July 4, 1S51, in Crawford\\nCo., Pa., to Martha M. Harvey, a native of Ashta-\\nbula Co., Ohio. Four children of seven born of\\ntheir marriage died in infancy. Three survive\\nAmanda, Fayette T. and John S. Mr. and Mrs.\\nLewis both belong to the M. E. Church. In politi-\\ncal connection Mr. Lewis has been acting with the\\nDemocratic party until the awakening of the tem-\\nperance interest, when he became an adherent of the\\nProhibition element.\\namuel B. B. Stevens, a pioneer settler in\\nNewaygo County, residing at Newaygy,\\n_ was born Sept. 15, 1818, at Norfolk, Va.,\\nmV and is a son of William and Ann (Cowell)\\nStevens. Both parents were of English an-\\ncestry.\\nMr. Stevens has been a citizen of Michigan since\\n1841, when he came to Muskegon and passed a few\\nmonths occupied in tallying lumber. He then pro-\\nceeded to Grand Haven, where he resided until\\n1854, chiefly occupied as a mill hand. In that year\\nhe went again to Muskegon, and in 1855 came to\\nNewaygo, which was then in its infancy. His first\\nengagement was as a sawyer in the mill of John A.\\nBrooks. In 1856 he entered the employ of the orig-\\ninal Newaygo Lumber Company, with whom he\\nremained four years. Previous to leaving Virginia\\nr\\ny^\\nA\\nr", "height": "2831", "width": "2211", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph11chic_0397.jp2"}, "398": {"fulltext": "i^y^/^^^m^\\nT2S^^^\\n38S\\nJVEIVAVGO COUNTY.\\nhe had learned the trade of mason and plasterer,\\nand in i860 he again turned his attention to that\\npursuit, alternating winters with the duties of lum-\\nberman, which he prosecuted vigorously and exten-\\nsively, operating as a contractor and employing a\\nconsiderable number of men. He retired from\\nactive business in 1871. He owns a pleasant and\\ncomfortable home.\\nMr. Stevens was married in Clrand Haven, A|)ril\\n5, 1848, to Juliette M., daughter of Ira and Minerva\\nRice, born July 4, 1824, at Palmyra, Wayne Co., N.\\nY. Of this marriage eight children were born, five\\nof whom are living, viz.: Ann Agnes is the wife of\\nJosei)h C. Russell, of Detroit, an employee of the\\nHouse of Correction Ida is the wife of L. D. Ham-\\nmond, of Newaygo; the remaining are Bedford W.,\\nMinnie M. and Willie I.\\n:0\\nA\\nt\\nA\\nr l cth S. Stacey, farmer, section 26, Rnsley\\ni uwnship, was born in Minot, Androscog-\\n.^^1 liu gin Co., Maine, Feb. 22, 1833, and is the\\nson of John and Mary (Sawtelle) Stacey. His\\nfather was born in Maine his mother in New\\nHampshire. They became resident of Mas-\\nsachusetts in later life.\\nMr. Stacey was a resident of the Bay State until\\nhe was 23 years of age. In 1856 he went to\\nWisconsin and was occupied eight years in farming\\nand lumbering. He came to Michigan in the spring\\nof 1865 and settled at Muskegon. He remained\\nthere two years, and until the spring of 1870 was\\nemployed in different capacities in a saw-mill. In\\nthat year he came to Newaygo County and became\\na land-holder by the purchase of 40 acres of wild\\nland, in Ensley Township. Of this he has placed\\n23 acres under improvement.\\nHe was married at Cedar Springs, Kent County,\\nJuly 5, 1870, to Sarah A., daughter of Benjamin and\\nElizabeth West. The parents were natives of the\\nState of New York, where Mrs. Stacey was born,\\nApril 6, 1843. Of si.x children born to the house-\\nhold five survive: George G., Seth H., William B.,\\nI ^iizabeth L, and Harry. Nellie E. died when eight\\nmontlis old. Mr. Stacey has been for four years an\\nadlterent of the National party, i)revious towhicli he\\n\u00e2\u0080\u00a2iffiliated with the l\\\\epuijlii;an element.\\n000\\names Simcoe, farmer, section 23, Kuhlcy\\nTownship, is a native of luigland. He\\nwas liorii Feb. 22, 1839. His parents,\\nWilliam and Catherine (Shclford) Siincoe, were\\nborn in England, and were married there.\\nEarly in life they came to America and settled\\nin Chemung Co., N. Y. They engaged in farming in\\nthat section of the Eni[)ire State, and there passed\\nthe remainder of their peaceful, uneventful lives.\\nMr. Simcoe was nearly 10 years old when lie left\\ntlie Old World for the New, and he remained on the\\nhomestead of his parents a year after he had attained\\nhis legal freedom. He remained in the State of New\\nYork live years after leaving home, engaged in agri-\\ncultural pursuits. In the winter of 1866 he came to\\nNewaygo County and soon after bought 140 acres of\\nwild land on section 23 in Ensley Township. He\\nafterward disposed of 40 acres and retained 100 acres,\\n70 acres of which are under cultivation. Twentv-\\nfive acres are free from stumps. In 1869 he built a\\nfine barn and another in 1881. In 1883 he erected a\\nfarm house that is a credit to the owner and an orna-\\nment to the place.\\nThe pioneer experiences of Mr. Simcoe have all\\nthe interest of the tales which, thougii so often told,\\nnever lose their novelty and freshness. At the time\\nof his settlement, Ensley Township was a complete\\nwilderness, and he was obliged to make his own roads\\nas occasion demanded. Cedar S)jrings, Kent County,\\nwas the nearest point of supplies. Mr. Simcoe built\\nthe regulation log house in the midst of a forest so\\ndense that the sky could rarely be discerned by an\\nupward unobstructed view. One of the incidents\\nremembered while living in the log house was the\\nfalling of a tree whicii broke in the roof, but without\\ninjuring the inmates.\\nMr. Simcoe was married in Chemung Co., N. Y.,\\nFeb 23, 1862, to Betsey A., daughter of John W. and\\nAnnie (Cooper) Caywood. She was born March 9,\\n1841. Her parents were also natives of the Empire\\nState, and came to Newaygo County in 1865, where\\nher father died, in the fall of 1877. The mother is\\nliving in Ensley I ownship. Three children are the\\nissue of this marriage: William W., Minnie J. and\\nI\\nt\\n^f\\\\s^\u00c2\u00ab\u00c2\u00ae\u00c2\u00ab\u00c2\u00bb ^-K;ii!i5Sffl;t\\n^^JTt^^.\u00c2\u00bb^-^,^J[7^", "height": "2819", "width": "2254", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph11chic_0398.jp2"}, "399": {"fulltext": "", "height": "2831", "width": "2211", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph11chic_0399.jp2"}, "400": {"fulltext": "", "height": "2819", "width": "2254", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph11chic_0400.jp2"}, "401": {"fulltext": "|\u00c2\u00a7v/ ^^C^f|-\\nz^^^ 6^^DIi: DD^. v\\nNEWAYGO COUNTY.\\n39 4.\\nSeth J. The latter died Sept. 27, 1865, when he was\\nthree months old.\\nMr. Simcoe is a meml)cr of the Reiuil)lic;in part}\\nHe lias occupied the various scliool offices in his\\ndistrict, and has been Constable one year.\\nV\\ntephen Bitely, luMil)crnian, section 24,\\nlonsley I ownshii), was born April 6, 1833,\\niL ^ik VVashington t o., N. Y., and is a son of\\nJ IJjv, Jacob and Mandana (Hitchcock) Uitely. The\\nfather was a native of Washington Co., N. Y.,\\nand the mother was born in Vermont.\\nMr. Bitely grew to manhood in his native State,\\nand on attaining his majority he came to Michigan\\nand settled in Paw Paw, Van Duren County, working\\nthere one winter he next went to Lawton, and\\nremained seven years. He returned to Paw Paw in\\n1859 and enlisted early in the course of the war, his\\nenrollment taking place in November, 1S51. He\\nbecame a member of Co. H, 12th Reg. Mich. Vol.\\nInf., and was in the service over four years, participa-\\nting in the noted battles of Shiloh and Middleburg,\\nTenn. After the war closed lie went to Arkansas,\\nwhere he was occupied one year in lumbering. He\\ncame back to Lawton and a year later settled in\\nAllegan ounty, where he was engaged in the same\\ncalling nearly three years. In February, 1872, he\\ncame to Newaygo County and established liis citizen-\\nship in Ensley Township. Here he commenced his\\noi)erations in real estate, which have been extensive\\nand unintermitting.\\nIn 1874 he made his initiatory investment and pur-\\nchased .40 acres of land on section 35. Two years\\nafterward he bought 120 acres on the same section,\\nfollowed in 1878 by the purchase of 178 acres on\\nsection 34. In the same year he became the owner\\nof 1 86 acres on section 24. In 1880 lie bought 20\\nacres on section 15, 50 acres on section 24 and 80\\nacres on section 13. His purchases in 1881 included\\n120 acres on section 15 and 80 acres on section 11.\\nThose of 1882 were 20 acres on section 14, and 240\\nacres on section 1 1, and the following year he bought\\n60 acres additional on section 11. These com-\\nprised his pro| rietary acreage in Ensley Township.\\nIn 1882 he bought 240 acres on section 22, 440 acres\\non section 27 in Monroe Township, and in the same\\n4\\nS\\nyear he \\\\nirchased 160 acres on section 28, Troy\\nTownsiiip. In 1883 he bought 40 acres on section\\n22, Monroe ownship. The tracts of land in Ensley\\nFownship were all in limber, which has been chielly\\nconverted into lumber and shingles. He built a\\nshingle-mill on section 27 in 1872, which he con-\\nductetl seven years and removed it to its present site\\non section 15. Its capacity is 40,000 siiingles daily,\\nand his corps of assistants includes 13 men. In\\n1S79 he built a lumber and shingle mill on section\\n24, with a producing capacity of 40,000 feet of lumber\\ndaily and leciuiring a force of 26 men. His lunii)er\\nresources on his own tracts of land will be available\\nfor some time to come.\\nMr. Bitely is a Republican in political belief antl\\nhas been largely identified with the interests and\\nadvancement of Ensley Township. He is held at\\nhis true value among his townsmen, and enjoys to an\\nunusual degree the earnest confidence and esteem\\nof his fellow citizens. The peojile of his townshi[)\\nwill regard with peculiar satisfaction his comi)liance\\nwith the general desire that his i)ortrait should\\napiiear in the Newaygo County Album and it may\\ntherefore be found on page 390.\\nr. A. Raider, dealer in drugs, medicines\\nbooks, stationery, watches and jewelry, at\\nNewaygo, was born Oct. 10, 1829, in Bran-\\nderoda, near the River .Saale, nine miles from\\nthe city of Naumburg, Prussia. He is a son of\\nJ. Frederick and Hannah (Viewagen) Raider.\\nThe parents of his father died when the latter was\\nbut six years of age, leaving five children, of whom\\nhe was third in order of birth. The two younger\\nchildren were cared for by sympathetic neighbors,\\nand the three elder ones were obliged to maintain\\nthemselves as they best could. Mr. Raider s fathei\\ngathered but little knowledge of books and became\\na carpenter. The son was sent to school at the age\\nof five years, became a thorough student and was\\nespecially proficient in mathematics, history and pen-\\nmanship. He also gave much attention to surveying\\nand civil engineering. He was early inclined to bus-\\niness, and when but eight years of age he acted as\\nV^\\nr\\nc^:\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0i^^lcS*-\\n:Il!] :Ptlr:\\n*4ft$^v\u00c2\u00ae\\nr\\nI\\nm", "height": "2831", "width": "2211", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph11chic_0401.jp2"}, "402": {"fulltext": ";-yf^tf^\\n-er-rC^nil^^IlIl^^\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0r\\n:25^\\nxiar ^jiK\\nV\\nA\\n4rt^^.;||\\n392\\n.V\u00c2\u00a3 IV A YGO CO UNT V.\\nW\\nhis father s accountant. He was destined for a\\nmaster s standing in music, and at seven had lessons\\non the violin; but, not making the desired progress,\\ni at nine years of age he had a master of instruction\\non the flute. At ten he became a member of a band\\nof fifteen performers, an organization whose services\\nwere in demand on all festive occasions within a\\nradius of a dozen miles. He was thus connected\\nthree years.\\nMr. Raider came to the United Stntes with his\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0j father when he was 14 years old, landing at New\\nYork, Oct. 5, ICS43. His father settled on a small\\nfarn:; in Chautauijua Co., N. Y. Two years later Mr.\\nRaider left home and sought employment, which he\\nfound with a farmer nnmed Rice, residing in Ripley\\nin tlie same county. He acted as his assistant two\\nand a half years, alternating his labors with attend-\\nance at school. Being desirous of becoming ac-\\nquainted with the country, he commenced peddling\\ngoods when iS years old, but abandoned the enter-\\nprise a few months later to engage in the manufac-\\nture of shingles and wooden bowls. In 1850 he pur-\\nchased a half interest in a small furniture factory, in\\nwhich he was interested two years and aci]uired a\\npractical knowledge of the manufacture of all kinds\\nof furniture and agricultural implements then in com-\\nmon use. He removed to Hinckley, Medina Co.,\\nJ Ohio, wliere he established a factory for grinding and\\nix)lishing edged tools, which he continued to manage\\nfour years. In 1854 he went to Pennsylvania and\\ntaught two terms of penmanship, going next to Co-\\nlumbus, Warren County, in that State, where he\\nopened a furniture factory.\\nIn 1855 he removed to Michig.in and located 40\\nacres of land in (now) Ensley Township, and the\\nfollowing spring to Newaygo, where he engaged in\\nthe manufacture of furniture, also finding exercise\\nfor his gifts in penmanship. His affairs seemed in\\npromising condition, but the financial stringencies of\\n1857 reduced his resources to their minimum. His\\ninherent industry and frugality stood him in good\\nstead for a year, when, with a capital of two dollars,\\nhe began once more tlie manufacture of furniture.\\nBusiness multiplied on his hands with surprising ce-\\nlerity, and in two months he recpiired the aid of two\\nassistants. He continued business thus six years,\\nand then turned his attention to repairing watches.\\nHis business ventures proved prosperous, and with a\\nK\\n?;^^5^5-\\n^Il[l KDI]; a.\\ncapital of $600 he bought the (then) only drug store\\nin Newaygo, in August, 1S65. His commercial ca-\\nreer from that date has been one of continued and\\nsubstantial success, until he ranks as one of the\\nsolid men of Newaygo County.\\nMr. Raider has had little affinity for jx)litics,\\nthough he has been the incumbent of several local\\nofficial [xjsitions. He was a Presidential Elector on\\nthe Prohibition ticket of 1872, and is an able advo-\\ncate of the interests of the temperance cause. He\\nis a member of the Masonic Order, and an attend-\\nant at the M. E. Church, though he belonged to the\\nLutheran Church in his native country.\\nIn 1 85 9 Mr. Raider organized a saving s bank,\\nwhich he kept in operation until 187 r, when he closed\\nits affairs on account of the taxes imjMsed by the\\nGovernment.\\nHe was married Aug. 10, 1848. to Lucinda Jack-\\nson, born at Barcelona, C hautauqua Co., N. Y.\\nEight children were born of this marriage, as fol-\\nlows: Leonora (deceased). May 25, 1849, at Mina,\\nN. Y. George, July 13, 185 1, and Kate, Dec. 10,\\n1S53, in Hinckley, Ohio; Frederick, Sept. 4, 1855,\\nat Columbus, Pa.; Charles, March 24, 1858 (died\\nSept. 26, 1859); Jessie, Jan. 8, 1863; Edgar, Aug.\\n16,1865. The wife and mother died Feb. 5, 1866.\\nMr. Raider was a second time married Feb. 18,\\n1867, to Rinda M. Glazier, of Jackson Co., Mich.,\\nborn Dec. 7, 1834. One child, Lynn A., was born\\nJan. 4, 1875. The four younger children were born\\nat Newaygo.\\nhristian Pfeifle, merchant at .\\\\shland\\nj^ City, was born in Wurtemburg, Germany,\\nfji July 24, 1844, and is a son of Michael and\\nV Agnes (Fry) Pfeifle, who were also natives of\\nthe same State and are still residing there.\\nThe son was educated in his native country, and at\\nthe age of 15 was apprenticed to learn tlie trade of\\nmiller, in which he became very proficient under the\\npractical, rigorous instructions commonly bestowed\\nuix)n apprentices in the European countries, which\\nare noted for the efficiency of their craftsmen.\\nMr. Pfeifie emigrated to the United States in the\\nfall of 187 1 and located in Mount Joy, Lancaster\\nCo., Pa., where he found employment as a miller in\\n\u00c2\u00abv^\\nfp)\\nI\\n^M\\\\\\nW", "height": "2819", "width": "2254", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph11chic_0402.jp2"}, "403": {"fulltext": "lS/^. )f^t#\\nv Mtlti:^:illi r^^^ 5\u00c2\u00ab^\\nNEWAYGO COUNTY.\\n393\\nJ\\nV\\nn\\none of the flouring establishments of that place.\\nThe next summer he went to Peekskill on the Hud-\\nson, and engaged in a woolen mill for a time, return-\\ning to the Key-stone State and obtaining employ-\\nment in the coal mines of Luzerne County, where he\\noperated i8 months. In the fall of 1873 he came\\nto Michigan and engaged in the mills at Muskegon,\\nuntil October, 1877, when he came to Ashland City\\nand founded a mercantile business on a small scale.\\nHis cash capital was $63. The absurdly diniiiuilive\\ncharacter of his enterprise, its seeming prcsuuiplion\\nand the apparent inexperience of the proprietor,\\nprecii)itated upon him numberless perplexities but\\nhis inherent equanimity and native self-control,\\ncoupled with grit and tact, aided him in overcom-\\ning all obstacles, and he has now a business the\\nannual transactions of which amount to i|40,ooo. It\\nincludes a shingle trade, in addition to other lines.\\nIn 1874 he was appointed Postmaster, and has con-\\ntinued to manage the business pertaining to. the posi-\\ntion with entire satisfaction to those most intimately\\nconcerned.\\nMr. Pfeifle is a zealous Repiil.ilican and an influ-\\nential citizen. His wide-spread repute for integrity\\nhas been a better foundation for his business con-\\nnections than any amount of capital could have\\nbeen, and he affords one of the best possible in-\\nstances of the worth and weight of honesty and\\nui)rightness.\\nICohn V. Crandall, pro|)rietor of the I leas-\\n1^ ant Valley Farm, located on section 35,\\nEnsley Township, was born in Cortland\\nCo., N. Y., Oct. 27, 1831. His parents, Asa\\nand Susan (Babcock) Crandall, were natives\\nof New York and Massachusetts. After their\\nmarriage, they settled in the State of New York, and\\nthe father died in Cortland County. The mother\\ncame to Cass Co., Mich., after her husband s death,\\nand died there, in 1861.\\nMr. randall came to Michigan in the spring of\\n1856 and bought 1 20 acres of wild land in Ensley\\nTownship, where he has since carried on agriculture.\\nThe tract was situated 14 miles from civilization.\\nand he cut four miles of this road to his claim, and\\nunderwent all the privations and enjoyed all the\\nsatisfactions of pioneer experience. He built a log\\nhouse and set himself sturdily to work clearing away\\nthe forest to make room for other improvements.\\nHe has added to his possessions by subseipient pur-\\nchase until his farm aggregates 300 acres, in the\\ncounties of Kent and Newaygo. Of this, 210 acres\\nare under cultivation. He has added farm buildings\\nof a character suitable to the name by which his\\nlilace is known, and arranged its appearance gener-\\nally in accordance therewith.\\nIn political relations he is a member of the\\nNational Greenback jiarty. He was a resident of\\nEnsley Township at the time of its organization,\\nand has been Justice of the Peace since the first\\nyear thereafter, with the exception of about five\\nyears. He has been Supervisor nine years and\\nSchool Director 16 years. He belongs to Sand Lake\\nLodge, No. 240, I. O. O. F.\\nMr. Crandall was married Nov. 10, 1852, in\\nSchuyler Co., N. Y., to Mary V., daughter of (iarrett\\nand Lydia Clawson, both of Whom were natives of\\nthat county. The Crandall household includes two\\nchildren: Eugene F2., born April 3, 1854; and Ida\\nv., born July 12, 1857. Both remain at home.\\nThey are accomplished scholars and musicians. He\\nis a teacher of music and is a fine artist in crayon\\nand oil painting.\\nMr. Crandall was cradled in poveity and ob-\\ntained a modicum of education in the common\\nschools before attaining his majority. The meager\\nknowledge thus ac([uired was sui)pleinented after\\nreaching man s estate by attending the Peach\\nOrchard Acatlemy, in Schuyler Co., N. Y which\\nwas located on the banks of Seneca Lake, lie made\\nrapiil progress through persevering ap[)lication, and\\ngraduated in 1852. He is a man of energy, and has\\ndone his township good service as a Supervisor. He\\nhas also made a good record as a Justice, and,\\nalthough never regulariy admitteil to the Bar, has\\nbeen engaged in the siuxessful practice of law five\\nyears. He has been President of the Cedar Springs\\nAgricultural and Horticultural Society during the\\n1 ast five yeirs. Mr. C. has been heavily engaged in\\nlumbering for 15 years. Himself and son, under the\\nfirm style of J. V. Crandall Son, run a steam mill\\nand are actively prosecuting the manufacture of iuni-\\nt\\nW\\n?A\\nr\\nb f fi*\\ni-r\u00e2\u0080\u0094\\n-K\u00e2\u0080\u00a2^III1 :DD^.\\n4^^^5(@ i?", "height": "2831", "width": "2211", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph11chic_0403.jp2"}, "404": {"fulltext": "fe?*5\u00c2\u00bb-\\ngp7^\u00c2\u00ae))$^#\\n-er-K^I]D :illl^- ^rT!\\n.^\u00c2\u00a3i^iQr S!\\n394\\nNEWAYGO COUNTY.\\nher and shingles. During the past two years they\\nhave owned and managed a general mercantile\\nestal)lishment. Their working force varies from five\\nT to forty men, as tlieir business requires.\\nilliam Barton, farmer, section 8, (iarfield\\nTownship, was jjorn in County Tyrone,\\nj^.^ Ireland, July \\\\2, 1810. His parents, Wm.\\ni^ and Susan (Culton) Barton, were of Scotch-\\n^J\\\\ Irish parentage, and belonged to the Pres-\\niiyterian element of the North of Ireland. The\\nfamily emigrated to America in 1824, locating\\nat Queliec, where the mother died within a few hours\\nafter their arrival at that city. Shortly afterward\\nthey i)roceeded to Lyons, Wayne Co., N. Y., and five\\nyears later to Bloomfield, Oakland Co., Mich., where\\nthe father bought 80 acres of land, which he disposed\\nof afterward and went to Otisco, Ionia Co., Mich.,\\nwhere he died, at the age of 72 years.\\nMr. Barton accompanied his parents to Lyons and\\nBloomfield, and after a residence of five years at the\\nlatter place, went to Kensington, Oakland County^\\nand there operated to some extent in land specula-\\nU tion, in which he was occupied four years. His next\\nbusiness venture was at New Haven, Huron Co.,\\nOhio, where he passed one year engaged in the )nir-\\nchase and sale of horses, returning at the end of that\\ntime to Independence, Oakland County. He pur-\\nchased a farm of 40 acres in that township, and was\\noccupied seven years in its cultivation and improve-\\nment. In 1847 he went to Otisco, Ionia County, and\\nengaged in farming there for a period of two years.\\nHe came to Newaygo County 111 1849, and bouglit a\\nlarge tract of i)ine and firming land in the township\\nof 15ig I rairie, including more tlian 600 acres, chiclly\\n[irairie. I le imi)roved about 300 acres, constitutin;;\\na remarkaljly fine farm, with a good residence, suit-\\nable accessory buildings, orchards, etc. On this he\\nresided until 1878, when he removed to his present\\nlocation on section 8, (larfield Township, where he\\nowns 86 acres of farming land, 40 acres of which are\\nunder a high order of cultivation. The farm fixtures\\nare of a creditable character, and its products in fair\\nproiwrtion as to kind and ipiality with tliose of this\\npart of Michigan.\\nV\\nn\\n^m\\nMr. Barton has served his generation in several\\nofficial positions of greater or less importance. He\\nwas Treasurer of Big Prairie Township something like\\n20 years. Justice of the Peace eight years, and held\\nnumerousminoroffices. He was married in Lyons.Oak-\\nland County, April 2, 1835,10 Dotha,daughterof Robert\\nand Mary French, born neai Saratoga Springs, N. Y.,\\nApril 7, 1815. William, eldest child, born Oct. 21,\\n1837, at Independence, is an employee of the United\\nStates Government, operating as an attache of the\\nTreasury Department at Washington; James, born\\nat Independence, Aiiril 12, 1846, is manager of the\\nhomestead farni. Mary, born at Independence in\\nI 844, is the wife of Jacob Heisberger, of Kent County\\nMelvin, born at Otisco, Nov. 16, 1852, is a farmer in\\nBig Prairie Frances, born in Big Prairie, is the\\nwife of Nelson Taber, of Osceola County.\\n-5 VV^^I^S-.\\n-JW^^\\nJ, avid B. Collins, farmer and Inmberman,\\nsection 21, Croton Township, was born in\\nji i^r-y Susquehanna\\n~w v father, Richard\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0iM-p^\\niiOi\\nA iD!l\\na Co., Pa., July 26, 1832. His\\n^^rT father, Richard Collins, was born of (lerman\\nfl extraction, in 1804, in Vermont, and died in\\n1879. His mother, Fanny (Barney) Collins,\\nwas also descended from Cierman parentage, and was\\nborn in New York in 1804, and died in 1837, in\\nPennsylvania.\\nAt the age of 18 years Mr. Collins went to the\\ncity of New York and engaged as a saw-mill assist-\\nant, and there learned the art of sawing ship tim-\\nber. He followed that business three years and then\\nwent to New Haven, Conn., where he worked a year\\nin a saw-mill. He spent six months at home in\\nPennsylvania, and in 1855 came to Croton Townshii),\\nwhere he engaged some months as a lumberman,\\nafter which he began jobbing for himself, and was\\nill us engaged wlieii the war broke out.\\nIn the month of July, 1862, Mr. Collins enlisted\\nin Co. A, Sixth Mich. Cav., for three years. He was\\ntransferred to Co. L, same regiment, and promoted\\nto the position of First Lieutenant. Through the\\ncampaign of the war in which his regiment partici-\\npated, he commanded two companies and received\\nhis discharge June 2, 1865, at Washington.\\nOn coming from the war, Mr. Collins resumed his", "height": "2819", "width": "2254", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph11chic_0404.jp2"}, "405": {"fulltext": "A\\nU)", "height": "2831", "width": "2211", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph11chic_0405.jp2"}, "406": {"fulltext": "", "height": "2819", "width": "2254", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph11chic_0406.jp2"}, "407": {"fulltext": "", "height": "2831", "width": "2211", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph11chic_0407.jp2"}, "408": {"fulltext": "Qjyb 3 di^uo\\nA", "height": "2819", "width": "2254", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph11chic_0408.jp2"}, "409": {"fulltext": "^^^Co^ S^v^", "height": "2831", "width": "2211", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph11chic_0409.jp2"}, "410": {"fulltext": "", "height": "2819", "width": "2254", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph11chic_0410.jp2"}, "411": {"fulltext": "\u00e2\u0096\u00a0(^^/^t^^^s^^^^\\nI\\n-t--r :llli: r:ilti\\nNEWAYGO COUNTY.\\nr^istiT\\n-4^^5(^vM\\n399\\nwonted occupations and has since passed alternate\\nseasons in farming and lumbering. He is the pro-\\nprietor of 420 acres of land in Newaygo County.\\nHis home farm includes 240 acres, and has 155\\nacres under advanced cultivation, with fine house,\\nsubstantial barns and good orchard. He is a Prohi-\\nbitionist in political adherence, and in 1874 was\\nelected Sheriff of Newaygo County for two years.\\nHe has also served four years on the ]5oard of\\nSupervisors.\\nAnn Eliza Cram, who became the wife of Mr. Col-\\nlins in Cannonsburg, Mich., Oct. 8, 1857, was born\\nin Canada West, Dec. 9, 1836. Her parents were\\nWilliam and Margaret (Hardy) Cram. Her father\\nwas descended fronx French ancestors and was born\\nin June, 1800. Hediedin i86i. Her mother was\\nborn in 1808, in England, and is still living. Mr.\\nand ^rs. Collins have had three children, I.yman\\nD. (dec), Sadie L. and Ethel M.\\n-I VA-^SP-S^ J-\\nDaniel Bull, farmer, section 34, Denver\\nTownship, was born in Bradford Co., Pa.,\\nMarch 30, 1826. His father, Thomas\\nBull, was a native of Orange Co., N. Y.\\nand of English-French descent. His mother,\\nParthena (Goodwin) Bull, was a native of Penn-\\nsylvania and of English extraction. During the lat-\\nter years of their life they resided in Pennsylvania,\\nwhere they died at an advanced age.\\nDaniel learned to battle with the difficulties of life\\nat a very early age, and when only i 2 years old he\\nwent to live with one of his neighbors, giving his la-\\nbor to pay for his board and clothes, and the privi-\\nlege of attending school apart of the time. During\\nthe sunnner after he was 16 years of age he worked\\nfor $5 a month the ensuing winter lie boarded at\\nthe same place and went to scliool and during the\\nnext summer (1S43) he worked at another place, for\\n$6 a month. Continuing to make his home at the\\nlatter place, he went to school another winter. In\\nl)Oth cases he paid for his own tuition by rate-\\nbill. At 18 years of age he began to farm on\\nn\u00c2\u00a3 shares. In this way he earned sufficient means to\\nenable him to secure better educational advantages,\\nwhich lie improved a few years later.\\nIn 1853, Mr. Bull left his native State to seek new\\nfields of labor in the far West. He came first to\\nMackinaw Island, and afterward to Old Mission,\\nMich., on Grand Traverse Bay, then to Chicago, 111.,\\nwhere he remained a short time, when he went to\\nDecatur, 111. Early in the spring of 1855 he visited his\\nnative home and friends, after whi :h he returned to\\nMichigan and located in Coldwater. Jan. 16, 1856,\\nin Kent County, he was married to Miss Esther\\nDobson, a native of Ulster Co., N. Y., where she was\\nborn. May 31, 1812. She received her education in\\nPennsylvania, before coming to Michigan.\\nOct. 15, 1855, previous to his marriage, Mr. Bull,\\nthen a yo mg man of energy and perseverance, left\\nthe village ot Coldwater to seek a home in the north-\\nern woods. Going directly to the Land Office at\\nIonia, he purchased 240 acres of land without see-\\ning it, trusting entirely to the recommendation of other\\nmen. Besides the Government graduation price, he,\\nin company with his brother, paid an entire stranger\\n$8 per lot for this land. They then came on to hunt\\nup the land, having to follow Ijlazed lines for\\neight miles through the woods. They crossed a\\nwagon track near their land. They cut, carried\\nand rolled up tlie logs, and finished up the second\\nshanty in what is now the town of Denver. At that\\ntime liis worldly possessions amounted to a little less\\nthan $100. Mr. B. worked at .Newaygo to earn\\nmoney to defray the expenses of moving his family.\\nThe snow showing signs of going off by tlie middle\\nof March, 1857, thus destroying good sleigliing, he\\nstarted with his newly wedded wife and her niece, a\\nyoung girl 1 1 years old, for their new home 150 miles\\ndistant through uni)roken forests. His sleigh was\\nheavily loaded, and on the evening of the third day\\nthe load upset, killing the young girl instantly, and\\nmaking sad havoc witli most of tlie goods. After\\na delay of one day they came on to Newaygo with\\nthe wreck of their load, and stopped to recruit, and\\nwhen the snow melted away they moved into their\\nshanty.\\nMr. Bull is now one of the first farmers and fruit-\\ngrowers in Newaygo County, having two fine orchards,\\neach consisting of over 400 trees, all in fine bearing\\ncondition, and yielding an annual income of loo to\\n2,000 bushels. He is in comfortable circumstances\\nand his honesty and hospitality have endeared him\\nto tlie hearts of tlic old pioneers witli wlioni he\\n5\\nr\\nf\\nIS\\n^^m^\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0^my.i\\nH V^\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0^i^f!^\\nr", "height": "2831", "width": "2211", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph11chic_0411.jp2"}, "412": {"fulltext": "Tmimh r\\nr,i\\nJ\\nV\\nI\\nm\\n400\\nNEWAYGO COUNTY.\\nbeen so many years associated. Mr. B. was made the\\nfirst Clerk of his township (the old town of Dayton).\\nHis political interests are with the Republican party.\\nMrs. B. is of a kind, congenial disposition, and dearly\\nbeloved by her friends and neighbors.\\nMr. and Mrs. Bull have had no children, but have\\nadopted and reared several. The following are the\\nnames and birth: Caroline Dobson, born March 18,\\n1845, died Jan. 15, 1856; Carry L. Crowfoot, born\\nJuly 5, 1856, died Sept. 12, 1856; Edgar Smith,\\nborn March 7, 1852, married Addie Maynard; Ettie\\nSmith, born Oct. 28, 1855, married David Robert-\\nson; Charley VV. Davison died in infancy; Sophia\\nBull, born Oct. 20, 1 867 Frank Bull, born Oct. 4,\\n1871; Carrie E. Hull, born Nov. 11^ 1875; tl e\\nlast three are now livmg with their adopted parents\\nand attend the district school.\\nAs truly representative pioneers and prominent\\nand worthy people of Newaygo County, we take\\npleasure in presenting the portraits of Mr. and Mrs.\\nBull in this Album.\\ni(^\\nU\\nA\\nimothy Edwards, Circuit Court Commis-\\nsioner of Newaygo County, residing on sec-\\ntion I, Ashland Township, was born April\\n1834, in Silverwcll, county of Cornwall,\\nEngland. His father, Edward Edwards, was\\nthe oldest child of his parents and was a Corn-\\nish miner. He held the technical position of pit-\\nman, whose duties include the management of the\\nimmping and hoisting machinery pertaining to a col-\\nliery. Philippa, nee Doney, his mother, descended\\nfrom the old English yeomanry, who for successive\\ngenerations occupied the same farm. The paternal\\ngrandiiarents were identified with the Wesleyan\\nMethodist movement from its earliest workings in\\nCornwall. Tliey had eight children, all of whom\\nreached maturity and aciiuired comfortable [lositions.\\nMr. Edwards early developed the characteristic\\ntraits of his nationality, and at tlie age of eleven\\nyears, being made to suffer unjustly at school for the\\nguilt of another, he made such em|)hatic rebellion\\nagainst the injustice and i)artiality of the established\\nr^^i^ _1.\\nauthority that his father, understanding the probable\\nmischief that would attend his being forced back to\\nschool, sent him to the mines, where he worked on\\nthe surface until he was fourteen years old. At that\\nage he went to work underground in an adjoining 1\\ncolliery, and a year later was promoted to the post of\\nlum[) man, taking his turn in the management\\nand oversight of the nether machinery. In 1850,\\nin company with his father and an elder brother, he\\nleft his native country for America, to work under a\\ncontract in the Perkiomen Copper Mines, in Mont-\\ngomery Co., I enn. A few months later he went to\\nSilver Creek, near I ottsville, in Schuylkill County,\\nwhere he s[)ent a winter in the coal mines.\\nThe employment proved distasteful; and, overtures\\nof an advanced position being made to him and his\\nfather from home, they returned to England in 185 1,\\nreaching there just at the opening of the first World s\\nFair at Hyde Park. He was occupied with mercan-\\ntile matters from- April, 1 851, to September, 1852,\\nwhen the Australian gold fever infected liis ambition,\\nand in company with a brother he started on the long\\npassage via the Cape Good Hope. After a ship-\\nwreck, which occurred within sight of the shore, the\\npassengers landed, Jan. i, 1853, at Port Philip Heads, =1\\nthe entrance of the bay whereon Melbourne, the S^\\nQueen city of the island continent, is situated. The\\ngold excitement was at its height, and Ballarat and\\nMount Alexander were but synonyms for the hopes\\nof myriads. Mr. Edwards spent eighteen months\\nin Australia, meeting^ncouraging success but when\\nprosperity was at its maximum his brother was\\ndrowned. A premaliue powder blast had brought\\ndeath to his eldest Ijrother in Pennsylvania, and his\\nmother s entreaties recalled him to England, where\\nhe arrived in July, 1854, visiting South America cf\\nrou/e and spending a few days in the land of oranges\\nand catamarans.\\nHe had fed a mind of natural activity by constant\\nstudy and a wide scope of general reading, and on\\nreaching his native laud several avenues opened to\\nhim but the death of his brothers determined him fQ\\\\\\non a life of ipiiet study, as his means were sufficient 1\\nto warrant such a choice. .After tvvo years he became\\nrestive. The social inequalities and legal stringen-\\ncies of England galled a mind which had reached a\\ngrade of understantling that rendered discrimination\\nbetween middle-class brains and blue-blooded\\nwitlings a foregone conclusion and the privileges of\\ni^^^^-j^m", "height": "2819", "width": "2254", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph11chic_0412.jp2"}, "413": {"fulltext": "-^S^^^t\\niVEWAYGO COUNTY\\n7:\\nA\\nV\\n401\\nt\\n((s^\\nAmerica and the liberties of Colonial life rose before\\nliim ill the guise of wonderful promise and beauty.\\nHe resolved on settling in the United States. A\\nnoble friend endeavored to detain him at home,\\n[jromising distinguished advancement when the ad-\\nministration made its accustomed plunge and Earl\\nDedjy donned the ermine. He replied with a de-\\nvout wish for the extinction rather than the advance-\\nment of the Tory element to [lower, and on the\\nseventh of June, 1856, bade a final farewell to the\\nland of his nativity.\\nHe landed in New York just after the nomination\\nof Fremont and Dayton, the slavery agitation absorb-\\ning every interest, and disruption of the National in-\\ntegrity seeming imminent. Mr. Edwards took cjuick\\nalarm at the condition of things and sought a retreat\\nin Canada.\\nHe was converted, soon after becoming a citizen\\nof the Dominion, under the labors of Rev. Isaac\\nBarber, with whom he at once entered upon a course\\nof study for the ministry, and in January, 1857, h:\\nbecame a licensed local preacher. In June following,\\nthe Conference sent him to IngersoU Circuit. He\\ndesired to enter upon a two-years course of stutly at\\nVictoria College, but the privilege was denied by the\\nConference and he continued ministerial labor until\\n1859, when he was obliged by an accidental injury to\\nsuspend preaching.\\nIn October, 1859, he was married 10 Hattie C.\\nBatson, of Brantford, Out., and passed the following\\nfour years in farming and teaching. The Emancipa-\\ntion Proclamation freed the land of his desires from\\nthe sum of all villainies, which his soul abhorred,\\nand in November, 1863, he sold his properly in Can-\\nada and came to Ionia, where he engaged in mercan-\\ntile business, associated with Hampton Rich. In\\nMarch, 1 864, he was sunnnoned by Presiding Elderll.\\nMorgan to supply the Saranac Circuit, where he otili-\\ncialed until the Michigan Conference, in September\\nof that year, ap[)ointed him to Newaygo. He offici-\\nated two years, andduriug the time incai lieda thanks-\\ngiving sermon on the close oi the war. In response\\nto a call by the officials and prominent men of Ne-\\nwaygo County, he preached the funeral sermon of\\nPresident Lincoln. His subseiiuent ministerial work\\nwas at Rockford, Kent County, St. Joseph, Berrien\\nCounty, and at Pentwater, in Oceana County. He\\ncompleted his career as a minister of the gospel at\\nA\\nthe latter place, a disease of the throat consigning ^,f\\nhim to the ranks of secular life.\\nHe went to Benton Harbor, where he bought a\\nfruit farm and set out a Uyige number of peach-trees.\\nThe yellows, as fatal to that fruit as the plague to\\nhumanity, drove him from his project, and on New\\nYears Day, 1873, he came to Newaygo. In the\\nspring following he was elected Justice of the Peace,\\nand, on the resignation of John A. Brooks, Jr., was\\nappointed Supervisor of Brooks. In the fall of the\\nsame year he bought the Powers farm, adjoining the\\nvillage, but a betrayed trust and the shrinkage of\\nvalues consequent upon the financial disasters of\\n1S76 swept away the accumulations of his life.\\nMessrs. Fuller Standish, then of drand Rapids,\\noffered him the management of their branch office at\\nNewaygo, with an o[)portunity of studying law, lie\\naccepted the proffered position, and by dint of strug-\\ngle and perseverance he succeeded in passing his\\nexam. nation, and was admitted to the iSar at the\\nOctober term of 1878. He then opened an inde-\\npendent law ofifice, and, in company with W. D. Ful-\\nler, edited and published the Newaygo Tiibunr until\\n18S0, when failing health compelled his retiracy from\\npujjlic life and he resumed agrii:ultural pursuits.\\nA Republican by choice and instinct, and still an V/\\nadherent to the principles that called that party into\\nbeing under the oaks at Jackson, he identified him-\\nself with the National (ireenback [larty in r878 and\\nlabored thenceforward for its success He was\\nnominated in 1882 for the post he now fills, and,\\nthough he expended his personal efforts and energies\\nin the gubernatorial field, he was elected l)y a flatter-\\ning majority.\\nThe first Mrs. Edwards died at St. Josei)h, leaving\\ntwo sons, Harold and Charles. Mr. Edwards was\\nmarried again Sept. 26, 1869, to Lydia A. Martin, a\\nlady of Indiana. She is a woman of culture, a grad-\\nuate of Carlyle Collegiate Institute, and for 14 years\\na successful teacher in Indiana and Michigan. Five\\nof six children born of this marriage survive, Ed-\\nward, John T., Bessie, Calita and Martin.\\nThe farm of Mr. Edwards is located three miles\\nsouth of Newaygo; and, in the future in which rest\\nhis hopes, as well as in the promise of his sturdy sons,\\nhe trusts to retrieve the losses and baffled enter|)rises\\nof the past. He still holds his ministerial ordination\\nparchments, and is the lawyer who preaches and\\nthe preacher who practices.\\nr\\nV-:fe:T)^\\n-^^^f^ ^-^-^Da^rnns^^\\n-^/f-^", "height": "2831", "width": "2211", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph11chic_0413.jp2"}, "414": {"fulltext": "(^;Y^|\\n|]ll)?:ilDf\\nrtr-\\n402\\nNEWAYGO COUNTY.\\n:2H^?vsr\\noZSo\\n-i^l\\nfi rT RVL atts Newberg, farmer, section 2, Ensley\\nMiLe^gj^j^, Township, was born Nov. 17, 1844, in\\n^L Finland, Russia. When 23 years old he\\nleft his native land, came to the United\\nStates and at once made his way to Newaygo\\nCounty, settling in the village of that name,\\nwhere he resided two years and was variously occu-\\npied until the spring of 1870, when, in company with\\nhis brother, John Newberg, he bought ii6 acres of\\nland in Ensley Township. About 86 acres of this\\nproperty is now cleared and under cultivation. Mr.\\nN. las a fine peach orchard of about 3,000 bearing\\ntrees He is a Republican in political adherence.\\nHe was married in Newaygo, Dec. 25, 1880, to\\nMaxiniillia Colby. She was born in Allegan Co.,\\nMich., and is a daughter of Wheeler and Elizabeth\\nColby. Her parents were natives of New Hamp-\\nshire and Ohio. One child has been born to Mr.\\nand Mrs. Newberg, which died when five days old.\\nThev are aieml)ers of the German Lutheran Clhurch.\\nfe\\nyson Smith, M. D., jihysician and surgeon,\\nwas born May i, 1848, near Cleveland,\\nOhio. His parents, Elijah T. and Caroline\\n(Fisher) Smith, were descendants from the\\nQuaker element, who under the leadersliip of\\n\\\\Villiam Penn crossed the Atlantic in 168 1.\\nHis great-grandparents on both sides were friends\\nand associates of the founder of the city of Philadel-\\nphia, and were intimately connected with all his\\noperations on this continent. Smith s Island in the\\nDelaware River, 12 miles above the city of Trenton,\\nwas the property of the paternal head of the Smith\\nfamily of which the Doctor is a member, and became\\nthe inheritance of his grandfather, Thomas Smith.\\nThe wife of the latter bore the old-fashioned name of\\nLetitia. She lies buried at Byberry, a small village\\nin the north of Philadelphia County. Her husband\\nwas buried at Wrighlstown, Bucks County, about 15\\nmiles from Byberry. The sons of Thomas Smith, in\\nI leir conflicts with the world s chances, fairly tyinfied\\nthe varied fortunes that fall to the lot of men. In\\nthe days of their launching forth upon the sea of\\nhuman struggle, it was the fashion to be respectable.\\nThat was a distinction within the reach of all, and\\nwhoever attained it belonged by force of desert to the\\nupper class without respect to the amount he repre-\\nsented. If a man was elevated by the choice of his\\npeers to a place of honor, the distinction lay in the\\ncharacters of those whose action raised him from their\\nranks. The third generation amply sustained the\\nhonorable name which they inherited. One, Oliver\\nH. Smith, brother of Elijah, went to Indiana, where\\nhe was admitted to the Bar as an attorney, became a\\nmember of the Indiana Legislature, a member of the\\nHouse of Representatives at Washington, and a\\nSenator in the National Congress. One of the most\\nvaluable acts of his life was a compilation of Early\\nIndiana Trials and Sketches, which, while it is\\nwholly without assumption, is a remarkable exponent\\nof the true character of its author, exhibiting him as\\na man of exceptional modesty, pre-eminent abilities\\nand an illustrious type of what a man may make ol\\nhimself, given the natural ([ualifications and sufficient\\ndiscretion to make a wise choice in oppoitunity and\\nadvantage. Elijah T. Smith went from Bucks t o.,\\nPenn., to Ohio, and in 1853 removed his family to\\nShiawassee Co., Mich., and bought a farm in Perry\\nTownship.\\nDr. Smith obtained his preliminary education at\\nthe graded school at Owosso, which he left at the age\\nof 18 years; and during the next 18 months he pur-\\nsued a scientific course of study under the tutorship\\nof Albert Hardy, now Principal of the High School at\\nMilwaukee. Immediately after leaving his charge,\\nDr. Smith assumed the management of the High\\nSchool at Vernon, Shiawassee County, and a year\\nlater became Principal at CarroUton, Saginaw County.\\nAfter more than a year of service there he went to\\nMidland County and a-ted as Principal of the Schools\\nat Midland City and served as County Superintend-\\nent of Schools until the office was abolished by a\\nchanj^e in the school code, in 1875. He then came\\nto Newaygo and assumed charge of the village\\nschools, holding the position three years.\\nDr. Smith is possessed of a peculiar nervous tem-\\nperament, and, becoming aware that the routine and\\nconfinement of teaching was making serious inroads\\nupon a physical organization which has few elements\\nof hardihootl, he fixed upon the profession of medi-\\ncine as one which seemed to offer the surest route to\\nt\\n1\\nfp)\\nI", "height": "2819", "width": "2254", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph11chic_0414.jp2"}, "415": {"fulltext": "", "height": "2831", "width": "2211", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph11chic_0415.jp2"}, "416": {"fulltext": ".-y*", "height": "2819", "width": "2254", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph11chic_0416.jp2"}, "417": {"fulltext": "t^\\n^tlll:t:Dll^\u00e2\u0080\u00a2\\nI\\nJ\\n/OS\\nV\\nNEWAYGO COUNTY.\\n405\\nthe attainment of his ambition. During his entire\\ncourse as a teacher he had occupied his leisure in\\nstudy preparatory to the fulfiUment of his purpose.\\nIn 1878-9, he attended the Medical Department of\\nthe University of Michigan, and afterward received a\\ndiploma from the Homeopathic Hospital (College.\\nat Cleveland. In the winter of 1881-2 he took a\\nspecial course of study in diseases of women, and\\nwas graduated in that department in the Hahnemann\\nCollege at Chicago, under Prof R. Ludlam. In\\n1882-3 he attended lectures at Rush Medical College\\nin Chicago, and walked the Cook County (111.)\\nHospital in clinical study.\\nA brief of the position of Dr. Smith as a\\npractitioner and tlie reasons therefor will convey as\\nfair an estimate of his character as can be made.\\nHis circumstances while preparing for his business\\ncareer developed in him a keenness of observation\\nwhich has marked every movement of his life, and\\nhad a weighty influence on his course of study and\\nmethod of practice. He began with full faith in\\nallopathy. Its routine and unalterable rcgii/w, in-\\nflexible while disease and attendant conditions were\\nundergoing such changes as to render old-school\\ndiagnosis utterly impracticable, convinced him of\\ngrave objections to allopathy. He turned his atten-\\ntion to homeopathy with more of curiosity and desire\\nof experiment than with any real purpose of adopting\\nthe system in toto. The results to his understanding\\nwere precisely the same as those attained by his\\nexamination of allopathy, that methods of medical\\npractice must be dictated by conditions, and he was\\nled to formulate succinctly the underlying truth that\\nthe baffling nature of obscure symptoms involves\\nmedical princi[)les in a well-nigh hopeless labyrinth.\\nThis [xjint reached, he connnenced his practice in\\ngood earnest, and is acknowledged as a careful, dis-\\ncriminating and reliable practitioner. When emer-\\ngency drives, his judgment is valuable relatively to\\nhis patient in exact proportion to his reasoning\\npowers, his knowledge of the effect of drugs and his\\nabilities as a diagnostician. He treats disease con-\\nscientiously, and his caution almost wholly precludes\\nerrors. While his success in his profession is\\nunusual, it may be justly stated that his kindly sym-\\npathetic nature shrinks from the contemplation of\\nhuman suffering and the infliction of [lain, even where\\nthe emergency makes absolute demands. His com-\\nbined traits of character assure to a patient, so far as\\nmay be, absolute safety in his hands.\\nIn 1881 Dr. Smith was elected a member of the\\nBoard of County School Examiners and was appointed\\nSecretary. He was re-elected in August, 1883, and\\nsimilady appointed. He was elected the first Town-\\nship Clerk of Garfield in 1880, and has been\\nsuccessively re-elected with the exception of one\\nyear. He was elected member of the Village\\nCouncil in the spring of 1883, and has served as\\nCounty Physician three years. He is a member of\\nthe Order of Masonry and has taken all the degrees\\nin the fraternity of Odd Fellows.\\nDr. Smith was married in Gaines, Genesee Co.,\\nMich., Aug. 7, 1873, to Donna L., daughter of\\nGeorge P. and Marie Root, a native of Wayne Co.,\\nMich. Their two children, Louise and Lloyd, were\\nborn in Newaygo. Dr. Smith owns his place of\\nresidence and of business.\\nSF^-J OUis T. Reed, M. D., physician and surgeon\\nf siIyiI; ;Lt White Cloud, was born in Ogle Co., 111.,\\n^1^ JNIarch 25, 1S51, and is the son of Leonard\\nm S. and Ann (Treber) Reed, the former a native\\ni of Vermont, the latter of Ohio, where they\\nI settled soon after marriage. A few years later\\nthey went to Illinois, and after a residence of two\\nyears returned to Ohio, where they now reside, in\\nPike County.\\nAt the age of 17 years the son left home, and after\\nengaging in various occupations for about a year,\\nturned his attention to the profession of teaching and\\nstudying medicine. He matriculated at Cleveland\\nMedical College and studied there three years, be-\\nsides attending the lectures at the University of\\nMichigan at Ann Arbor a year. He received his\\ndiploma at Cleveland, in 1878, and opened the prac-\\ntice of his profession there, prosecuting its duties\\nuntil the fall of 1879, when he located at ^Vhite\\nCloud and established his medical practice in con-\\nnection witli the drug trade. His successful opera-\\ntions as a physician have won for him a large degree\\nof patronage and the abiding confidence of the\\ncommunity.\\nDr. Reed was married in Geauga Co., Ohio, Aug.\\n13, 1876, to Emma, daughter of David and Char-\\nV^\\nI.\\nr\\n_st.\\n-K^ll!I :i]llv\\n.:s^^g^\\nr^i:^\\n^m^u-M", "height": "2831", "width": "2211", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph11chic_0417.jp2"}, "418": {"fulltext": "Mi\\nr\\nvC:l]a:^III]\\n7\\nI52SSS\\n-#^5C i^4^\\nT\\ni\\n406\\nNEWAYGO COUNTY.\\nlotte (Humphrey) Bennett. Her parents were\\nnatives of Connecticut and settled in Ohio, where\\nthe daughter was born, May 5, 1849. She is a\\nmember of the Congregational Church.\\nUr. Reed belongs to the Masonic fraternity, Odd\\nFellows and Knights of Honor. He has held the\\nposition of Coroner two years, is a member of the\\nVillage Council and has been Health Officer since\\ncoming to White Cloud. In the spring of 1883 he\\nwas elected Treasurer of Wilcox Township for the\\nyear ensuing.\\nAs a prominent and representative business man\\nand citizen of Newaygo County, we present the\\nportrait of Dr. Reed in connection with this sketch.\\n-^%^k\\nyron Abel, farmer, Ensley Township,\\nJ^, section 25, was born in the State of New\\n_ York, Aug. 24, 1830. His parents, Ira\\nand Almira (Hines) Abel, were natives of\\nConnecticut, where they were married and re-\\nsided some time, after which they removed to\\nNew York. They went back to Connecticut and\\nafterward went to Ohio. Ten years later they came\\nto Michigan, went thence successively to Nebraska\\nand Illinois, and returned to Michigan. On the\\nroute back to this State an accident occurred to the\\ntrain by which it was thrown from the track, and the\\nfather was instantly killed. The mother is now re-\\nsiding in Newaygo County.\\nMr. Abel was the eldest son and the main depend-\\nence of the family, which part he maintained until\\nhe was 37 years old. He has been engaged in agri-\\nculture nearly all his active life, and in his younger\\ndays, associated with his father, engaged to a con.?id-\\nerablc extent in burning charcoal. In the State of\\nIllinois he spent ten years in working farms on\\nshares. He came to Michigan in 1865 and bought\\n160 acres of land on section 25, in Ensley i own-\\nshi]), and has since purchased 120 acres on section\\n7. He has placed 60 acres under improvement.\\nMr. Abel is independent in politics.\\nHe was married in Lowell, Kent County, April 21,\\n1867, to Sarah, daughter of Wilkes and Hiildah\\nLamberton, natives of the State of New York. Mrs.\\nAbel was born July 14, 1833, in Canada. Of the\\nmarriage of Mr. and Mrs. Abel, four children have\\nbeen born Edward C. and Edith C. (twins), Aug.\\n13, 1869; Louisa M., Sept. r6, 1871, and Robert H.,\\nwho died when he was 20 months old.\\nJ\\nt\\nvs\\nV\\nV/\\n^D!l\\nSo^a j eorge R. Breckon, M. I)., Fremont, is the\\niv^^l; second son of Ralph and Almira (Calvert)\\nf.k^ Breckon, and was born in Halton Co., Ont.,\\n4* Sept. 12, 1847. His father was a native of\\nf England, and his mother of Canada, and\\nafter their marriage located in Canada. George R.\\nattended the common schools of Canada until 16\\nyears of age, when he came to St. Joseph, Mich.,\\nwhere he remained for a short time, and afterward\\nwent to Ohio, where he spent several months. He\\ntraveled in Pennsylvania a short time, then returned\\nto Canada, and in the spring of 1867 began the\\nstudy of medicine with Dr. William Perkins, of\\nRockwood, Ont. He remained with Dr. Perkins two\\nyears, attending the Toronto School of Medicine\\nduring the winter season. When Dr. Breckon left\\nhome to embark in life on his own responsibility, he\\ndid so under very adverse circumstances. The total\\nsum of money he possessed was only $13. Conse-\\nipiently, great energy and rare business qualities\\nwere necessary to enable him to cirry out his plans.\\nThese he fortunately possessed, and he was not only\\nable to carry himself through college, but also to\\nlend material aid to his brother-in-law in obtaining a\\ncollegiate education. During the meantime, he fol-\\nlowed various occupations, but ever kept up with his\\nstudies, and in the spring of 1873 graduated at\\nthe Toronto School of Medicine, and commenced\\npractice in Woodstock, Ont. In the spring of 1877,\\nhe returned to the State of Michigan and two years\\nafter removed to Newaygo County and settled in\\nWoodville, where he remained until the spring of\\nof 1873, when he moved to Fremont, where he still\\nresides, and is practicing his profession.\\nSei)t. 29, 1870, Dr. Breckon was married in Bur-\\nlington, Halton Co., Ont., to Martha, daughter of\\nEdward and Mary Calvert, natives of Canada. Mr.\\nand Mrs. Breckon have had one child, Bertha L.,\\nborn Nov. 26, 187 i, and died June 31, 1878. They\\nare members of the Methodist Church. The doctor\\nis a member of the Masonic Order, and also President\\nr", "height": "2819", "width": "2254", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph11chic_0418.jp2"}, "419": {"fulltext": "i\\n-i^\\nT2I^^^\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0v ^nil :ilDr. v-\\n-^^c^v^ii\\nV\\nNEWAYGO COUNTY.\\n407\\nof the Oxford Liberal Association of Canada, and\\none of the leading practitioners of medicine in Ne-\\nwaygo County.\\n^SS-^?^\\n^jh arker Simpson, farmer, resident on sectioii\\n2J, P2nsley Township, was born Nov. 28,\\n1\\nI\\n18 15, in England. His parents, George and\\n0 Ann (Woodliff) Simpson, were natives of the\\nK_ same country and there lived and died.\\nMr. Simpson came to the New World when\\nhe was 35 years of age and first located in Du Page\\nCo., 111. He remained there four years and worked\\nas a farm laborer. In the fall of 1855 he came to\\nKent Co., Mich., and in February, 1856, came to\\nNewaygo County. He bought 160 acres of Govern-\\nment land in its condition of original nature. He\\nhas cleared and improved 60 acres. His first pio-\\nneer home, built of logs, was destroyed by fire, and\\nhe replaced it with a good frame residence. The\\nother farm buildings are creditable to his energies\\nand judgment. In political connection he is a Dem-\\nocrat.\\nMr. Simpson was married in his native country, in\\nNovember, 1844, to Ann Robinson, also a native of\\nEngland. The names of the eight surviving chil-\\ndren are: Mary A., Elizabeth, Eliza, Charles R.,\\nWilliam W., James, Frederick and Alfred W. Rob-\\nert died when one year old. Harriet died at the age\\nof 12 years.\\n|!,iLamuel E. Brooks, farmer, residing on sec-\\n^pit tion 10, Ensley Township, was born Dec.\\nI-? 15, 1839, in the State of Ohio. Elisha\\niV, and Maria (Cook) Brooks, his parents, became\\nresidents of Kent Co., Mich., in the period of\\nits early history. The father was born in Ver-\\nmont. After his marriage he concluded that the\\nojjening West held a promise for him and removed to\\nOhio. Later he came to Michigan, where he and\\nhis wife passed their remaining years.\\nMr. IJrooks was under the paternal guidance un-\\ntil he was 16 years of age, when he entered upon his\\ncontest with the wide world. From\\nf\\n1S55 he was\\nvariously occupied until 1865. \\\\n the fall of that\\nyear he came to Newaygo County and purchased 80\\nacres of wild land, situated on sections 10 and 15\\nof Ensley Township. He has cleared and improved\\n40 acres, where he commenced his career as an as-\\nsistant in the world s work by doing pioneer duty.\\nHe is an adherent of the Republican element in\\npolitics.\\nHe was married Oct. 21, 1874, in Kent County, to\\nElizabeth A. Tower. She was born Sept. 15, 1846,\\nin the same county, and is the daughter of Joseph\\nand Pliilura Tower. Ralph R. and Ivah Maude are\\nthe names of the two children burn of the marriage\\nof Mr. and Mrs. Brooks.\\n1\\nI\\nfj fe,y^ rancis M. Pike, -Supervisor of Garfield\\naaiil ip. Township, residing on section 15, was born\\nr^ in Allegany Co., N. Y., Aug. 1 1, 1846, and\\nA^ is a son of James G. and Matilda A. (Simons) /vS\\nPike. The former was born July 18, 1821, the\\nlatter in November, 1824. Mr. Pike s pa-\\nternal grandfather was a native of Vermont, born\\nSept. 9, 1799, and died April 12, 1869; the grand-\\nmother was born Nov. 20, 1797, and died April 10,\\n1S64. The parents moved to Clinton Co., Mich., in\\n1 85 1, where they jiurchased a farm of 80 acres.\\nThe mother died Jan. 2, 1862, aged 37, and the fatlier\\nApril 6, 1864, leaving seven orphaned Children, wlio\\nwere placed in charge of various i)ersons and the\\nfamily entirely sundered.\\nMr. Pike returned to his native county and at-\\ntended school one year. After a short visit to Clin-\\nton County, in 1865 he came to Newaygo and en-\\ntered the employment of the Newaygo Company,\\nworking in a saw-mill three years. He spent a year\\nat the Commercial College of H. P. Bartlett at Lan-\\nsing, Mich., and traveled in the West during tlie ne.xt\\nthree years. In 1870, he was in the employment of\\nthe United States Government, in connection with a\\nsurveying exi)edition through Nebraska, and on llie\\ntermination of his engagement returned to Newaygo,\\nwhere, in company with David Miller, he established\\na store for the sale of groceries and provisions,\\nwhich business continued until the fall of iSSo, wheii\\nhe engaged in the [jurcliase of [)ine lands and tim-\\nber in Brooks Township, and has passed the success-\\nf^\\nA\\n^D!l KDDi\\ny^ ^^^M", "height": "2831", "width": "2211", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph11chic_0419.jp2"}, "420": {"fulltext": "408\\nNEWAYGO COUNTY.\\ntfNiQr\\n3^\\n2\\nive winters in lumbering operations, employing a\\nnumber of men as a working force. In April, 1881,\\nhe bought the farm in Garfield Township on which\\nhe has since resided, containing 80 acres. At the\\ntime of purchase si.\\\\ acres were under improvement.\\nMr. Pike has cleared 30 acres, built a substantial resi-\\ndence and otherwise improved the place also owns\\na home and lot in Newaygo village, and 240 acres of\\ntimber land in Garfield Township, in company with\\nhis brother, William J. Pike.\\nMr. Pike was married in Newaygo, Dec. 8, 1876,\\nto Louisa H., daughter of Peter and Mary A. Purcell,\\nborn Nov. 14, 1856, in Canada. Two children have\\nbeen born of this marriage, Nora B., Jan. 8, 1878,\\nand Vernie A., Sept. 6, 1882.\\nMr. Pike was Treasurer of Brooks Township in\\n1877-8, before the organization of Garfield Town-\\nship. He served as Village Marshal of Newaygo\\ntwo years, and in 1881 was President of the village;\\nalso officiated as Treasurer of Newaygo several\\nyears. In the spring of 1882 he was elected Super-\\nvisor of Garfield Township, and re-elected in the\\nspring of 1883. He belongs to the Masonic frater-\\nnity, being a member of the Royal Arch Chapter.\\nohn Osburn, farmer, section 31, Ensley\\nTownship, was born Feb. 28, 1822, in Ohio.\\nHis parents, Joseph and Mary (Gilder-\\nsleeve) Osburn, were natives respectively of\\n^r Pennsylvania and New Jersey.\\nMr. Osburn made his freedom trip to\\nMichigan when he was 21 years of age, and after a\\nshort stay proceeded to Illinois. He made no per-\\nmanent location there, but soon resolved to test the\\nalluring promises of the Golden State on the Pacific\\nslope, and made his way to California in 1850. He\\nremained four years and returned East, locating for\\na time in Indiana. Shortly afterward he removed\\nto Hillsdale Co., Mich., and in the fall of 1856 came\\nto Newaygo County. He bought 44 acres of land\\naccording to the provisions of the Gradation Act,\\nwhich regulated the prices of Government land ac-\\ncording to its having been a greater or less length of\\nlime in the market, the scale of valuation being\\ngraded from 25 cents to $1.25 per acre. Tiie entire\\ntract purchased by Mr. Osburn has been placed by\\nhim in a creditaljle condition for agriculture. He\\nbelongs to the National Greenback party in politics,\\nand has held the post of Treasurer of his township\\neleven years; has acted in other official capacities in\\nschool matters.\\nMr. Osburn was first married in Branch Co., Mich.,\\nto Mary Bunker. She was born Aug. 26, 1830, in\\nOhio, and died Feb. 26, 1875, leaving six children.\\nShe was the mother of seven sons and daughters,\\none of whom preceded her in death, while in infancy.\\nEli eldest son, died May 23, 1881, aged 32\\nyears. Her surviving children are, Albert A., Caro-\\nline L., Mary M., John L. and Evaline L. Mr. Os-\\nburn contracted marriage a second time June 8,\\n1877, with Mrs. Martha (Simmons) Blake, widow of\\nJoseph Blake, who died in June, 1S75. She was\\nborn June i, 1833, in Ontario Co., N. Y., and is a\\nmember of the M. E. Church.\\nj f^fln {farnes H. Haskins, farmer, section i, Ens-\\nja^ l ley Township, w\\\\as born in Pennsylvania,\\nSept. 26, 1843. son of James B.\\nand Jemima (Daniels) Haskins. His father\\nIt \\\\io\\\\-n March 25, 1815, in New York, and\\nhis mother, May 3, 181 7, in Pennsylvania.\\nAfter their marriage they located in the latter State,\\nand later in life went to Illinois, where the father\\ndied, Oct. 8, 1846, six months after locating in the\\nSucker State. The mother resides in Pennsylvania,\\nwhither she returned after the death of her husband.\\nMr. Haskins was less than four yearsold when his\\nfather died. He remained under the control of his\\nmother until the age of 18 years, when he enlisted\\nin the 150th Reg. Penn. Vol. Inf. The date of his\\nenrollment was Aug. 15, 1862, and his discharge pa-\\npers were conferred June 15, T865. The company\\nof which he was a member was chiefly on detached\\nduty and detailed to guard the White House at\\nWashington, in which special service it was engaged\\nwhen President Lincoln was assassinated. After the\\nclose of the war he returned to the Key-stone State,\\nand was variously engaged until the spring of the\\nfollowing year.\\nIn March, 1866, he came to Miciiigan and for a\\nfew n\\\\onths was engaged in prospecting to some ex-\\ntent. He came to Newaygo County, and in Febru-\\nI\\nA\\nv/\\nI\\nI\\nt\u00c2\u00ab9^\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0A ^n!ir^:nav A\\nj^\\n-^4^^^^.", "height": "2819", "width": "2254", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph11chic_0420.jp2"}, "421": {"fulltext": "", "height": "2831", "width": "2211", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph11chic_0421.jp2"}, "422": {"fulltext": "lUa^Vrv^ /].fM^", "height": "2819", "width": "2254", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph11chic_0422.jp2"}, "423": {"fulltext": "^\u00e2\u0096\u00a0~-u\\nNEWAYGO COUNTY.\\nZ^y^Gif\\nary, 1867, bought the farm on which he has since re-\\nsided, containing 160 acres of land in its primeval\\ntimbered condition. The quality of his efforts to\\nrender his property available and remunerative is\\nmanifest in the fact of his having, within 16 years,\\nplaced no acres under valuable improvements.\\nMr. Haskins was married April 7, 1869, to Adella,\\ndaughter of Jacob and Hepsabeth ((iillett) Moore.\\nShe was born in Oakland Co., Mich., Jan. iC, 1842.\\nHer father was born May 16, 1815, in New Jer-\\nsey, and her mother was born Aug. 9, 182 1, in New\\nVcnk. Of this marriage three children have been\\nborn Charles T., Aha M. and James B. Alta M.\\ndied when four years old. Mr. Haskins is a Repub-\\nlican in political sentiment and has held the office of\\nJustice of the Peace four years. Himself and wife\\nare members of the M. E. Church.\\nt^_^phraim Utley, farmer, section 8, Dayton\\n^||ij Township, is a son of Ephraim H. and\\nli\u00c2\u00ae^ Sarah (Yerkcs) Utley, natives of New\\nYork, who married and settled in Wayne Co.,\\nMich., and afterward removed to Clinton Co.,\\nMich., where they lived several years, then\\ncame to Newaygo County, where they made their\\nhome until death. Mr. Utley, the subject of this\\nnotice, was born in Clinton Co., Mich., March 18, 1844;\\nhe lived at home until 16 years of age, when his\\nfather died, leaving him 160 acres of land and the\\ncare of his mother. He carried on this farm for ten\\nC years, when he moved to Newaygo and lived two\\nyears; then moved upon his farm of 160 acres,\\nwhich he had previously purchased in Dayton\\nTownshii), where he now resides; 120 acres are well\\ncultivated. He was married in Newaygo County,\\n\\\\ug. 26, 1866, to Lucy, daughter of Stephen Gooch.\\nShe was born in West Virginia May 8, 1848. Their\\ntwo children are Ralph, born Aug. 30, 1868; and\\nCS Clarence, born Dec. 6, 1874. Mr. Utley has held\\ni the office of Commissioner of Highways five years,\\nj Township Clerk six years. Treasurer one year. He\\nis a Freemason and a Republican.\\nMr. Utley has one of the best farms in Newaygo\\ni(iy County. It is under good cultivation and has upon\\nit most excellent buildings, which are an inde.x to tlie\\nenterprise of the man. He is a man of great energy\\nand perseverance, and it is certainly not saying too\\nmuch of him to say that he is classed among the\\nmost prominent citizens of the county. He is always\\nready and willing to favor every laudable enterprise\\ninaugurated in his county or among his people. It\\nis by the aid of such useful citizens that the great\\ninventions and enterprises of this age have been\\nmade successful.\\nAs one of the truly prominent and representative\\nmen of the county we take pleasure in presenting the\\nportrait of Mr. Utley in connection with this\\nsketch.\\n\u00e2\u0080\u00a2wjice ^SS-^\u00e2\u0080\u0094 ^^\u00c2\u00a315\\n^^%(ms!!v\\njjj enjamin Gander, farmer, section 17 Beaver\\nS Township, was born in Oswego Co., N. Y.,\\n^M) VS^^^-\\n-^fij^^sJ?:-\\nj\u00e2\u0080\u0094-^\\nm^\\n?AS)^ Oct. 19, 1847, and is a son of Gideon and\\ns^ Harriet Ann (Peck) Cander. His father was a\\nnativeof Scotland, born in February, 182 1, and\\nlocated, in the fall of 1853, in Hillsdale Co.,\\nMich., where he died Jan. 15, 1854. The mother\\nwas born Jan. 16, 1814, in Oswego County, and died\\nMarch 21, 1872.\\nMr. Cander went to Fort Wayne, Ind., when he\\nwas 1 4 years of age, and was there occupied one\\nyear on a railroad. He went a year later to Branch\\nCo., Mich., wiiere he operated as a farm laliorer for\\nsome time. In February, 1865, he enlisted in the\\nnth Mich. Vol. Inf, Co. 1, and was discharged in\\nSeptember, 1S65, at Jackson, Mich. He returned to\\nBrancli County and was married Dec. 25, 1865, to\\nAugusta, daughter of Zimri and Cynthia (Baker) Ful-\\nler. She was born Feb. 19, 1848, in Monroe Co.,\\nMich.. Her parents were natives of the State of\\nNew York; her father died Sept. 10, i860, her\\nmother, Nov. 14, 1 87 2. He pursued farming in Branch\\nCounty until Oct. 15, 1868, when he came to Ne-\\nwaygo County and purchased 40 acres of land in\\nBeaver Township. On this he has labored as a\\nfarmer, clearing and improving it, and has also oper-\\nated extensively in lumbering. He has been chiefly\\noccupied in the interests of E. L. Gray, for whom he\\nhas put in thousands of logs within the past ten\\nyears.\\nMr. Cander adheres to the tenets and principles of\\nV\\nu\\n.-i-\\nc\\nV\\ns:/\\nA\\nit", "height": "2831", "width": "2211", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph11chic_0423.jp2"}, "424": {"fulltext": "Mi.\\nrai^^-\\n-V :^PI] ^IiI]r-\\nJ\\nV\\ns\\nX\\n412\\nT\\nNEWAYGO COUNTY.\\nthe Democratic party, and has held the position of\\nSupervisor of Beaver Township seven successive\\nyears has also officiated as Justice of the Peace six\\nyears, and two years as Clerk of the township.\\n1\\nJjjUnean Beaton, farmer and lumberman, sec-\\ntion 36, Monroe Township, was born in\\nScotland in 1833. His parents, Kenneth\\njl^fit and Betsey (Read) Beaton, were born in Scot-\\nland, where they both died.\\nMr. Beaton acquired the details of the boot\\nand shoe business of his father and worked in his\\nshop until he was 14 years old, when he emigrated\\nto the United States. He worked for a time at his\\ntrade, and engaged as a miner two years, when he\\nresumed his former occupation. A short time after-\\nward he worked one summer in a blast furnace, and\\nwent to Canada, where he again found employment\\nat his trade. He followed that vocation at various\\nplaces until 1870, when he came to Newago County\\nand entered a homstead claim of 80 acres of land, in\\nMonroe Township. He is a Republican in politics,\\nand has officiated as Justice of the Peace.\\nHe was married in 1876 to Mary Eggleston, a lady\\nof Canadian birth.\\n\u00e2\u0080\u00945 5\u00e2\u0080\u0094\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0^jalvin M. Barnes, merchant in Hesperia,\\nDenver Township, was born \\\\n Trumbull\\nCo., Ohio, Oct. 24, 1854. His parents, Eljj^ib^\\nand Diantha (Drake) Barnes, were natives of\\nVermont. When he was ten years old he\\nwas brought by his parents to this State and\\nsettled in Denver Township, where he received his\\neducation in the common schools and worked on his\\nfather s farm until the death of the latter, which oc-\\ncurred in the fall of 1874. He then took a tour of\\nthe Western States, returning in November, 1875, to\\nhis home, where he worked on his father s farm sev-\\neral months. Sept. 25, 1876, he was married to Miss\\nAraminta A., daughter of Ansel F. and Clara A.\\n(Braton) Perkins, who were natives of New York and\\nof English-German ancestry. She was born in Trum-\\nbull Co., Ohio, Jan. 7, i860, and in 186S came with\\nher parents to this county, where she was educated.\\nAfter his marriage Mr. Barnes was engaged one\\nyear in lumbering in the pines of White River. In\\n1877 he purchased the stock of goods belonging to\\nMr. Stone, and establish ed a store of general mer-\\nchandise on a comparatively small scale but his\\ntrade has gradually increased until he does an annual\\nbusiness of $5,000. He has the largest store in the\\nvillage, and has purchased 10 acres in town lots. He\\nhas been Postmaster seven years, and in politics is a\\nRepublican.\\n-f3=n=\\nA A\\nT-T\\n\u00c2\u00a3k~\\nJ^**^*#(!\\n^P1|^aniel Wei\\ni lg-j^l peria, wa;\\nc\\nWeaver, merchant and miller, Hes-\\n|^^..c., was born in Berlin, Rensselaer Co.,\\nfW^ N. Y., April 28, 181 1. His parents, Stutt-\\nWfii ley and Rachel Weaver, were of English de-\\nscent, and natives of Rhode Island. They both /s\\ndied in Michigan, at an advanced age. When\\nbut an infant he was taken by his parents to Berk-\\nshire Co Mass., where he received a district-school\\neducation and worked on a farm until he was i8\\nyears old. At that time he went to Wyoming Co.,\\nN. Y., where he was apprenticed to a carpenter and\\njoiner. After comiileting his trade he went to work\\nfor the man to whom he had been apprenticed, and\\nremained until he was 21 years old. In the summer\\nof 1832 he came to Adrian, Mich., where he lived\\nuntil the spring of 1838, working at his trade. March\\n14, 1833, he was married, in Genesee Co., N. Y., to\\nMiss Emily A. Salisbury, daughter of Philip and 5:^\\nClarissa (Curtis) Salisbury, who was born in New \u00c2\u00aey\\nYork, Sept. i, 181 1. She was welt educated and r\\ntaught school several years previous to her marriage.\\nMr. and Mrs. Weaver returned to Lenawee County,\\nthence to Hillsdale County, where he worked on a\\nfarm, and was also employed by the county to super-\\nintend the building of the court-house. He remained\\nhere .until 1856, when he moved to this, Newaygo\\nCounty, and settled on what is now Fremont Center. 1\\nIt was then an unbroken wilderness, and not two\\npermanent settlers within many miles. When the jj^\\ntown first started it was named Weaverville, but has\\nsince been changed to Fremont. He first built a fe\\nsaw-mill, then two stores and a grist-mill, and other\\nV\\nfo)\\n^m M^^\\ni-.^-.", "height": "2819", "width": "2254", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph11chic_0424.jp2"}, "425": {"fulltext": "-:a*\u00e2\u0082\u00ac^K 6V4 II n n h rr^\\n.riK^;^\\nM^i^\u00e2\u0096\u00a0\u00e2\u0096\u00a0\\nJVEWAYGO COUNTY.\\n413\\nstores soon followed. He then erected a Masonic\\nhall. It is by his earnest efforts that a wild forest\\nhas been converted into a beautiful town of 1,000\\ninhabitants.\\nIn 1866 he moved into Denver Township and lo-\\ncated on section 30, where he has spent an active\\nand useful life. The first year he built a saw-mill,\\nand in the second year laid out the town of Hespe-\\nria, which has grown to a village of 500 inhabitants.\\nHe does an annual business of $12,000.\\nDec. 25, 1874, Mrs. Weaver died, leaving four\\nchildren: Philip, born Feb. 22, 1834; Laura J., Jan,\\n20, 1839; Leland S., Dec. 12, 1843 Daniel L., Feb.\\n21, 1849; Clarissa, born Feb. 20, 1837, died in 1838;\\nJohn B., born Feb. 12, 1852, died in 1853. April 27,\\n1879, Mr. Weaver married, in Ingham County, Mrs.\\nSavilla (Campbell) \\\\Valling, daughter of Daniel and\\nMary A. (Ames) Walling, natives of New York, and\\nshe was born in Cayuga County, that State, Sept. 5,\\n1838. They are members of the Advent Church.\\nMr. W. is a member of the Masonic Lodge at Fre-\\nmont, and was honored with the office of Master.\\nHe was Justice of the Peace 14 years, and Super-\\nvisor several terms. In politics he sympathizes with\\nthe Democratic party.\\nrank Zolber, farmer, section 20, Garfield\\nTownship, was born in Cusee, on the\\nriver Rhine, in Prussia, Jan. 2, 1827. He\\nis son of Peter and Sophia Zolber, and in 1846\\nhe accompanied his parents to the United\\nStates. His father bought 80 acres of land in\\nGreen Bay, Wis., where they were both occupied\\nsome years putting the place into habitable con-\\ndition.\\nIn 1857 Mr. Zolber came to Newaygo. On arrival\\nhe was wholly without funds, had not a dollar. He\\nwent to work for John A. Brooks, saved his earnings\\nand bought the home where he now lives. He was\\nbusy with lumbering until 1874, in which year he\\nbecame proprietor of his landed estate, comprising\\n160 acres of land in an entirely unimproved condi-\\ntion. He has cleared 80 acres, erected suitable\\nbuildings, set out orchards and otherwise improved\\nthe place until he has earned the right to take a just\\npride in what he has accomplished. He belongs to\\nthe National Greenback party.\\nHe was married May 10, 1S57, in Wisconsin, to\\nAnnette Fisholt, a native of Holland. Of this\\nmarriage four children were born: Mary, Peter,\\nFrank and Anna. The mother died in December,\\n1862, and Mr. Zolber was a second time married in\\nJuly, 1869, to Joanna Hanson. Of this marriage one\\nchild, Freddie, has been born. The family are\\nSecond Adventists in religious faith. Mrs. Zolber by\\na former marriage had one son, Charles Hanson, who\\nis now 17 years of age.\\nW^ S\\n\u00c2\u00a5^ar\\nm\\nif\\nugene B. Slocum, merchant, Hesperia, was\\nborn in Cattaraugus^Co., N. Y., Jan. 29,\\n1855. He is a son of Richard C. and\\nMalana (Barnhart) Slocum, natives of New\\nYork and Pennsylvania respectively. His pa-\\nrents moved to White Co., Ind., when Eugene\\nwas seven years old, and after remaining there two\\nyears came to Dorr Township, Kent County, this State.\\nShortly afterward they moved on a farm of 160 acres\\nin Denver Township, this county. Mr. Slocum re-\\nmained on the farm assisting his father and attending\\nthe common schools until he was 18 years of age,\\nwhen he embarked in the lumber business on the\\nMuskingum and White Rivers, which he continued\\nuntil 1879. He then came to Hesperia, this county,\\nand opened a meat-market, which he successfully ran\\nfor a year, and then sold and engaged in the grocery\\nand dry-goods business, which he still continues.\\nHis stock is estimated at $8,000, and his annual\\ntrade amounts to $30,000. He is yet young in the\\nbusiness, but the manner in which he has conducted\\nit is indicative of the indomitable energy he possesses\\nand calculated to place him foremost among the lead-\\ning merchants of the town.\\nMr. Slocum was married March 14, 1880, to Miss\\nElizabeth J., daughter of James and Margaret (Rob-\\nertson) Ferguson, natives of Ireland. She was born\\nnear Springfield, 111., Oct. 16, 1859, and came to this\\ncounty with her parents when she was quite young;\\nand, having ac(iuired a good education, she was for\\neight years engaged in teaching, until her marriage.\\nv_\\nA\\nKy\\n3:^\\nr\\nf t\\n,;.s-o.^;.i", "height": "2831", "width": "2211", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph11chic_0425.jp2"}, "426": {"fulltext": "414\\nTZi^^-\\n^s^ -r-r\\n^Dll/^IIIl^ :^e :2i^^^ 4^^5^^^;\\n(h\\n1\\nI\\nNEWAYGO COUNTY.\\nThey have one child, Nellie, born Feb. 11, 1882.\\nMr. Slocum is a member of the Masonic Order and\\nof the I. O. O. F. In politics he is a Republican,\\nand in religion a member of the M. E. Church.\\n-\u00e2\u0080\u00a2^s-e??-\\nfarnet Dingman, farmer, section 21, Mon-\\nt? roe Townsliip, was born in Shelby Co., Ohio,\\nApril X, 1826. He is a son of James and\\nFrances (Weeks) Dingman, natives of Virginia.\\nThe father was a farmer, who reared iiis son to\\nthe same calling. The latter received his edu-\\ncation in the common schools and in 1849 was mar-\\nried to Mary Sperbeck. Soon after marriage they re-\\nmoved to Noble Co., Ind., where they resided until\\n1867. In that year they located in Kent Co., Mich.,\\nand two years later, in 1870, came to Newaygo\\nCounty, where they settled, in Monroe Township.\\nMr. Dingman is the owner of 320 acres of land.\\nTen children have been born to Mr. and Mrs.\\nDingman, seven of whom are living. They are\\nnamed James, Delia A., Thomas J., Francis, Barbara,\\nAsa and Adaline G. Those deceased were John M.,\\nJarnet and Ida M.\\n4\\nS!4 5-\\ngoing thence to Kinderhook, Branch Co., Mich.,\\nwhere he owned a saw-mill in company with William\\nR. Taylor. He sold out a year later and went to\\nCalhoun County, remaining there a short time, when\\nhe went to Steuben Co., Ind., once more. In April,\\n1873, he came to Casnovia, Muskegon Co., Mich.,\\nbought a lot, built a residence and remained there\\ntwo years. In March, 1877, he bought 56 acres of\\nwild land, on which he has since resided. He has\\ncleared 30 acres, built a good barn and made a\\nnumber of other improvements. He belongs to Post\\nNo. 131, G. A. R., located at Newaygo.\\nMr. Mundy was married in Indiana, March 15,\\n1866, to Mary French, daughter of Martin and\\nElizabeth Arnold, born in New York, Feb. 7, 1842.\\nThe family circle includes three children, born as\\nfollows: Eugene L., Dec. 8, 1866; Eva L.. March 2,\\n1868; Mary E., Feb. 2, 1871.\\n1. h\\nY-~r\\n=Y=f\u00c2\u00ab-\\nasper Mundy, farmer, section 26, Garfield\\nj Township, was born in Reed, Seneca Co.,\\nOhio, Dec. 7, 1840. His father, Louis\\nMundy, was born July 29, 1815, in New Jersey,\\nand is now living in Steuben Co., Ind. His\\nmother, Mary (Stevenson) Mundy, was born in\\nNew York, near Lake Champlain, in 1818, and died\\nin Seneca County, Sept. 29, 1849.\\nMr. Mundy was nine years of age when his father\\nremoved to Indiana, and he remained under his\\njurisdiction until the alarm of disunion summoned\\nthe sons of the Nation .o the defense of her flag. He\\nenlisted Aug. 25, 1861, at Angola, Steuben Co., Ind.,\\nin Co. A, 44th Ohio Vol. Inf Capt. B. J. Crosthwait.\\nHis discharge is dated Sept. 15, 1865. He was in\\nactive service at Fort Donelson, Shiloh, Stone River,\\nChickamauga and at the siege of Corinth, besides\\nnumberless skirmishes. He returned to Steuben\\nCounty, where he engaged in farming about two years,\\nVv :s L^;[|!]-^\\neorge Utley, lumberman, Newaygo, was r\\nborn in Plymouth, Wayne C o., Mich., Jan.\\nli 15, 1830, and is a son of Ephraim H. and\\nfr Sarah (Yerkes) Utley. He was reared after y\\nt the method common to the education and\\ntraining of farmers of that period, and in 1849\\naccompanied his parents to Newaygo County, where\\nthey located, in the township of Big Prairie.\\nEphriam H. Utley removed from Wayne County\\nto Dewitt Township, Clinton Co., Mich., in 1835,\\ncoming thence to Newaygo County as stated. He\\ntransferred all his effects preparatory to a permanent e;\\nsettlement. Si.x loaded wagons were necessary to\\ntransport the household goods, provisions, grain, etc.,\\nand the procession was substantially enlarged by a\\nherd of 33 cattle. Several families accompanied the\\nhead of the expedition, the senior Utley. One in-\\ncident of the route was the camping over night H/^\\nmiles south of Croton, where a couch of bedding\\nwas made on which more than thirty persons slept.\\nMr. Utley was the first permanent settler in the^^\\ntownship. Aaron Swain was the second to locate S/\\nwith his family within its limits. Alexander Dalziel^\\nand family came in the spring of 1850; also B. F.\\nOlney and family, and within the same year VValter x\\n-mmj-m", "height": "2819", "width": "2254", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph11chic_0426.jp2"}, "427": {"fulltext": "", "height": "2831", "width": "2211", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph11chic_0427.jp2"}, "428": {"fulltext": "", "height": "2819", "width": "2254", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph11chic_0428.jp2"}, "429": {"fulltext": "^im*t-\\nt^r-7\\n^im ^i]ii^\\nv\\n~^f^\\nr-:\\\\i-j:*\\nNEWAYGO COUNTY.\\nV\\nand Emerson Bonney, father and son. with their\\nfamilies. Theodore Taylor, a single man, also\\nlocated that year. Egbertson Goodrich, unmarried,\\ncame in with Mr. Utlcy. They organized the first\\nschool in the township in the summer of 1850. It\\nwas located in the center of section 18, and Mr.\\nUtley of this sketch was a pupil there three winters.\\nHis father bought 640 acres of land, and he\\nremained at home with him, conducting their\\nbusiness jointly, until the father s death, which\\noccurred June 7, 1S60. That of the mother took\\nplace at Casnovia, Kent Co., Dec. 12, 1878. The\\njjusiness of the Utley s included all the branches in-\\ncident to lumbering and traffic in pine lands. To\\nfacilitate their operations they built a steam saw-mill\\nin 1857, which they sold six years later. The\\nproducts of their mill were in demand in all direc-\\ntions. One bill of laml)er was sent to Big Rapids to\\nbe used in the construction of a liouse built there by\\nZerah French the first frame-building on the site of\\nthe now beautiful city. When the Utley family\\nsettled in Big Prarie, John A. Brooks (deceased) was\\nthe only fi.xed resident at Newaygo, where he was\\nvigorously prosecuting his lumber operations.\\n(ieorge Utley was a citizen of Big Prairie 23 years,\\nand during his residence there was actively interested\\nin all its public affairs, promoting the welfare and\\nprogress of the township so far as he was able, giv-\\ning his time and attention to all issues that seemed\\nlikely to produce permanent results. He served in\\nthe important township offices, was Township Clerk\\nsix years, and in the fall of 1870 was elected Sheriff\\nof Newaygo County. He removed to Newaygo in\\nNovember, 1871, and was the incumbent of the posi-\\ntion four years. On the expiration of his term of\\nservice he opened a meat market, which he managed\\nthree years. Through all his other business connec-\\ntions he has continued to conduct his lumber opera-\\ntions, and is still heavily interested in transactions in\\nlands, putting in logs, etc. He owns 320 acres of\\nfarming and pine lands in Everett Township, and an\\naggregate of 880 acres in Newaygo County also 80\\nacres of pine land in Osceola County.\\nMr. Utley was married in the old Lansing\\nHouse at Lansing, Mich., June 7, 1858, to Lucy H.,\\ndaughter of Stephen and Olive Hill, of Watertown,\\nClinton Co., Mich. The birth-jjlace of Mrs. Utley\\nwas Plymouth, about two and one-half miles from\\ni^V\u00c2\u00ae^e^^- ^:t ^.U\\ni\\nthat of Mr. Utley. She was born Feb. 2, 1836.\\nCora, only child, was born in Big Prairie, Oct. 15,\\ni860, and is now pursuing a literary course of study\\nat the Normal School at Y[)silanti. Mr. and Mrs.\\nUtley belong to the Order of Royal Templars.\\nfoseph Gerber, one of the proprietors of the\\ntannery at Fremont, and one of the active,\\nenterprising and foremost business men of\\nthat village, as well as a representative man\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0IjC of the county, was born in Haldimand Co.,\\nOntario, Jan. 12, 1845. When only nine years\\nof age he moved with his parents, Daniel and Mary\\nGerber, to Valparaiso, Ind. He remained at home\\nuntil he was 21 years of age. During the meantime,\\nbesides working in his father s tannery, he attended\\ncollege at different periods. At the age of 16 years\\nhe began to learn the tanner s trade under the in-\\nstruction of his father, and when he arrived at man s\\nestate he was appointed superintendent of his r=i\\nfather s tanning business, at Douglas, Allegan Co.,\\nMich. Two years subse(|uent to assuming this posi- i:^\\ntion he entered into partnershii) with his father, and, s^\\nsince that period, has had exclusive control of the\\ntanning business, ever proving himself a most careful,\\nshrewd and worthy manager and business man.\\nMr. Gerber came to Fremont in September, 1874,\\nand opened a tannery which had previously been\\nbuilt, and of which he has the sole management.\\nHe carries on a large and successful business and is\\naccounted one of the safest men in the community.\\nHe has held various local official positions, and\\nalways to the perfect satisfaction of his constituents.\\nHe has held the office of Village Trustee since its or-\\nganization, with the exception of one year, and was\\na member of the School Board for lix years, and\\nChief of the Fire Department for three years. He is\\nan active and faithful member of the leading benev-\\nolent societies, and was the first presiding officer in\\nthe Fremont Lodge. No. 741, K. of H., and also the\\nfirst presiding officer in Olive Branch Lodge, No. 14,\\nof Mich., Order of Chosen Friends. He was Worship-\\nful Master of Pilgrim Lodge, F. A. M., in 1881-2. fj^\\nIn politics he is a Democrat.\\nMr. Gerber was married in Canada, March 6, 1870,\\nI to Agnes, daughter of John and Mary (Hunsberger) C", "height": "2831", "width": "2211", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph11chic_0429.jp2"}, "430": {"fulltext": "4j8\\ni^Ti B-\\nl\\\\rBPVAYGO COUNTY.\\ny^^^i/iT\\n^^^^(i^^ii\\nMoyer, who was born in Canada, Sept. 29, 1852.\\n4) They have had four children Frank, born July 12,\\n-\u00e2\u0096\u00a0if 1873; Hary, Dec. 10, 4877; Theron D., born Feb.\\nt 12, 187 I, died Sept. 19, 1880; May is deceased.\\nAs a representative and prominent citizen of Ne-\\nwaypo County, we take pleasure in presenting the\\nportrait of Mr. Gerber in this Album.\\n^Ulden H. Angevine, farmer, section 36, Ev-\\n^jfeaw erett Township, was born March 16, 1818,\\n||t^ in Rutland, Vt. His parents, Stephen and\\niiir Sophia (Turner) Angevine, were also natives\\np of that State.\\nMr. Angevine became a citizen of Michigan\\nin 185 1, when he settled in Newaygo County and\\nbought 160 acres of land in Everett Township. To\\nthis he has added, by subsequent purchase, 80 acres\\nmore, making his homestead aggregate 240 acres in\\nextent. Of this, 145 acres have been placed under\\nS such improvements and culture as might be expected\\nunder the industry and thrift of a man of New Eng-\\nland origin, and especially a son of the Green Moun-\\nl^ tain State. He is a Republican, and has been\\nV Treasurer of his township eight years, Justice of the\\nf Peace four years and held the various school offices.\\nMr. Angevine was married in the State of New\\nYork to Emmeline Wright. She died in February,\\n1S77, leaving three children Eugene T., John and\\nMorris.\\nH\\n1\\nA\\nacob Carlisle, retired farmer, Hesperia, is\\nf a son of Ebenezer and Catharine (Forbes)\\nCarlisle, natives of New England, and was\\nborn in Oneida (-0., N. Y., April 27, 1806. He\\nwas educated in the common schools, and re-\\nmained at home until he was 19 years old,\\nwhen he went to learn the carpenter and joiner s\\ntrade, where he remained two years, then began to\\nwork for himself. March 20, 1828, in the town of\\nBristol, he married Miss Hannah Simmons, daughter\\nof Gamaliel and Abigail (Siillwell) Simmons, who\\nwere natives of New England, and came to Bristol,\\nOntario Co., N. Y., where their daughter was born,\\nDec. 10, 1808. Mr. and Mrs. Carlisle removed to\\nOneida Co., N. Y., remaining there till Sept. 22,\\n1829, when they emigrated to Oakland Co., Mich.,\\nand settled on a farm of 80 acres in Novi Township.\\nHere Mr. Carlisle labored hard for four years, then\\npurchased another farm of timbered land, which he\\nimmediately commenced to improve. In the spring\\nof 1846 he moved to Chnton County, where he lived\\nsi.x years, thence to Ottawa County, where he tilled a\\nlarge farm. While living here he received injuries\\nby being struck with a stick with which he was work-\\ning, that almost caused him to lose his eyes.\\nIn the autumn of 1873, Mr. CarHsle moved to this\\ncounty and settled in the village of Hesperia, and\\nhas since lived in retirement. He has one of the\\nfinest residences in Denver Township. He is a\\nmember of the Masonic Order, in politics a Jack-\\nsonian Democrat, and himself and wife belong to the\\nOld-School Baptist Church.\\nM^ eorge H. Peters, farmer, section 36, Ever-\\n_ ^1^ ett Townshi|), was born in Livonia, Wayne\\n^y~ Co., Mich., March 14, 1841, and is a son\\nof George and Mary Ann (Stevens) Peters.\\nHis father was born Jan. 14, 1798, in Cattar-\\naugus Co., N. Y., and died Aug. 22, 1875.\\nHis mother had descended from the genuine Yankee\\nstock of Massachusetts. She was born in 181 9 in\\nthe Old Bay State, and is still living, in Eaton\\nCounty.\\nIn paternal descent, Mr. Peters comes of the\\nsturdy, honest race known as Scotch-Irish. When\\nhe was a year old his parents came to Eaton County,\\nwhere he was reared to manhood. He was married\\nwhen 21 years of age and resided at home with his\\nparents four years after that event. On leaving the\\npaternal roof he came to Newaygo County and iden-\\ntified himself with the agricultural element of the\\ntownship of Everett, by the purchase of 40 acres of\\nland. He has labored upon this until he has cleared\\n30 acres. A subsequent purchase has put him in\\npossession of 40 additional acres, of which he has\\ncleared seven acres.\\nMr. Peters enlisted, in 1864, in the service of the\\nUnited States, and aided in consummating the final\\nextinction of armed rebellion and enforcing the\\nauthority of the general Government. He enrolled\\n:lltlr:\\nI\\n9\\nr\\nI", "height": "2819", "width": "2254", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph11chic_0430.jp2"}, "431": {"fulltext": "o^Tixir \u00c2\u00abi\\nA\\nV\\ns\\nNEWAYGO COUNTY.\\n-\u00c2\u00ab\u00c2\u00bbs^*ge\\n419\\nin Co. G, Tenth Mich. Cav., and was mustered out\\nin 1865, at Jackson, Mich. Politically he is a Re-\\npublican.\\nMr. Peters was married Aug. 10, 1863, at Kalamo,\\nEaton County, to Caroline B., daughter of Richard\\nand Charlotte (Dodge) Wilber. She was born Feb.\\n22, 1S43, in Barry County. Her father, who was\\nborn in the State of New York, died before her\\nbirth; her mother was born in the Empire State in\\n18 1 7, and was of Holland Dutch descent. She came\\nto Michigan in 1840 and died Sept. 5, 1876. Rin-\\naldo Burdett was born Aug. 13, 1864; Albert Dex-\\nter was born Aug. 21, 1874. These are the children\\nof Mr. and Mrs. Peters. The family attend the\\nChurch of the United Brethren.\\n^^i-t^S vvv~-\\nilliam F. Carpenter, one of the most prom-\\ninent agriculturists of Newaygo County,\\njj^^? resident on section 25, Ensley Township,\\n1\u00c2\u00ae was born in Chautauqua Co., N. Y., March\\n14, 1830. His parents, Timothy and Me-\\nlinda (Miller) Carpenter, were natives of Orange\\nCo., N. Y. They were married and resided in the\\nEmpire State until July, 1843, when they came to\\nMichigan and located in Plainfield, Kent County.\\nThe father died there Feb. 17, 1870. The mother is\\nliving and is a resident on the homestead.\\nMr. Carpenter was 13 years old when he accom-\\npanied his parents to Michigan, and three years later\\nhe went to Chicago, where he passed si.\\\\ months as\\nan assistant in a lumber yard. At the end of that\\ntime he fell ill, and on recovery became a clerk in the\\nwholesale and retail grocery house of his cousin, Ca-\\nleb Carpenter. He served in that position about one\\nand a half years, when he returned to Kent County\\nand attended school one winter. The following\\nspring he went to Ottawa County and established\\nlumber interests, where he operated ten years and\\nalso pursued farming to a considerable extent. In\\naddition he constructed scows, and during three sum-\\nmer seasons boated on the Grand River. He then\\nwent to Lyons, Ionia County, and bought the Ameri-\\ncan Hotel, which he conducted in behalf of the\\ntraveling public about a year, when it burned, occa-\\nsioning a loss of $8,000 to the jiroprietor. It was\\ncovered by insurance, but owing to a defect in the\\npolicy only a small portion of the amount was recov-\\nerable.\\nThe ne.xt business venture of Mr. Carpenter was\\nthe purchase of a half interest in a drug store at\\nMuskegon. The remaining moiety was owned by\\nLevi Shockelton, the firm style being Carpenter\\nShockelton. This relation continued a year then\\nhe sold to his partner and bought a stock of grocer-\\nies and conducted traffic in that line of trade about\\na twelve-month, when he determined to investigate\\nthe probabilities and possibilities of the lumber trade\\nin Wisconsin, and he proceeded thither to look up\\npine lands; but, finding a feasible opening for trade,\\nhe ojiened a store in Trempeleau Valley, Jackson\\nCounty. He continued his operations there two\\nyears, sold out and came to Cedar Springs, Kent\\nCounty, where he opened a general supply store aud\\nthere transacted business about a year. Meanwhile\\nhe bought an undivided half of 440 acres of land\\non section 25, Ensley Township, on which a steam\\nsaw-mill had been located. He made this purchase\\nin the summer of 1S6S. In the fall of 1869 he dis-\\nposed of his business at Cedar Springs and went to\\nCharlotte, Eaton County, where he established and\\nmanaged a lumber yard in connection with the saw-\\nmill in Ensley Township.\\nHe again sold out his business in 1871, and after\\na stay of six months at Pierson, Montcalm County,\\nhe settled where he how resides. He added by pur-\\nchase 40 acres to his farm, which already contained\\n440 acres, and of this he has 200 acres in cultivation,\\nwith a standard of improven.ents which places it in\\nthe front rank of farms in Michigan. In 1S79 he\\nerected a fine residence, second to none in Newaygo\\nCounty, and the place is supplied with other farm\\nbuildings of proportionate character, among them\\ntwo fine barns. One of these is 100 feet long by 56\\nfeet wide and has a cupola more than 19 feet in\\nheight. He contemplates the erection of two large\\ngranaries as lateral accessories to the building, which\\nGov. Jerome characterizes as the finest structure of\\nits kind in the State. The farm is stocked with 200\\nsheep, 15 head of cattle, and eight horses. About\\n15 hogs arc fattened yearly on the premises.\\nMr. Caqjcnter was married Jan. 27, 1 866, at Au-\\ngusta, Eau Claire Co., Wis., to C. Anlt)inctte, third\\ndaughter of ^Erasmus D. and Hannah (Crouch)\\nMaxon. The parents of Mrs. ari)enter were natives\\nr\\nV\\n-^msi\\n-^D!i: lills\\nr\\ni", "height": "2831", "width": "2211", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph11chic_0431.jp2"}, "432": {"fulltext": "iMS/^\u00c2\u00ae\u00c2\u00bb\u00c2\u00ab\u00c2\u00a7^^\\n420\\nNEWAYGO COUNTY.\\n4?^^\\nA\\nof the State of New York and settled in Walworth\\nCo., Wis., when their daughter was five years old.\\nSeven years later they located in the northern part of\\nthe Badger Slate and in the fall of 1872 removed to\\nCalifornia, where Mrs. Maxon died, July 4, 1874.\\nMr. Maxon is still a resident of California. Mrs.\\nCarpenter was born March 7, 1844, in Jefferson\\nCo., N. Y. Two children have been born of her\\nmarriage with Mr. Carpenter: Sidney M., June 26,\\n1870, and Mary, Dec. 28, 1874.\\nMr. Carpenter is a radical Republican in politics.\\nWhile a resident of Ottawa County he was Clerk of\\nCrockery Township two years, and serveo four years\\nas Justice of the Peace; held also several minor\\nofficial positions. He is connected with the Order\\nof Masonry, and belongs to Cedar Springs Lodge.\\nThe operations in real estate with which Mr.\\nCarpenter has been connected are varied and exten-\\nsive. He has trafficked in large tracts in different\\ncounties and is the owner of 181 acres in Montcalm\\nCounty, with 35 -acres cleared and cultivated. He\\nalso owns a half interest in 1,000 acres of pine and\\nhardwood land in Wexford County, and holds a large\\nclaim in from one to two thousand acres, in the coun-\\nties of Wexford and Manistee.\\nD. Webster, merchant, Hespeiia, was\\nborn in Monroe, Ashtabula Co., Ohio, Oct.\\n7, 1838. He is a son of Nathaniel and\\nBetsie (Abbott) Webster, natives of New\\nJ Hampshire and Ontario, respectively. They\\n1 moved to Ashtabula Co., Ohio, soon after their\\nmarriage, and after remaining there for a number of\\nyears went to Medina County, same State, where Mr.\\nWebster assisted his father on the farm and attended\\nthe common scliools of the county until he was 18\\nyears of age, at whicli time his father died and left\\nhim the care of liis aged motlier. He occupied his\\ntime fanning in summers and teaching winters until\\n1858, when he came to Allegan County, this State,\\nand purchased a farm of 80 acres, to which he after-\\nfward added 400 acres of woodland and engaged with\\na Chicago firm in the wood business, the annual\\ntrade amounting to $15,000. During this time he\\nwas also extensively engaged in farming.\\nIn the fall of 1873, he came to this county, settled\\nmif^^^^^\\n1\\nin Hesperia, and engaged in the lumber business,\\nand was also extensively engaged in the real-estate\\nbusiness and in land speculation. In 1876, he en-\\ngaged in the mercantile and milling business. In\\nthe former he carries a stock estimated at $3,000, and\\nalso has a saw, planing and flour mill, doing an\\nextensive business in each.\\nMr. Webster is one of those active, shrewd busi-\\nness men who, while they are always benefiting\\nthemselves, are at the same time necessary to the\\nprosperity of the town in which they live. He is\\nyet in the i)rime of life, and possesses an amount of\\nenergy and l)usiness tact which is certain to place\\nhim foremost among the business men of the county.\\nHe as held the office of Township Treasurer; in\\npolitics he is an active Republican. He is yet un-\\nmarried.\\n^-44\\ni j hil M. Roedel, merchant at White Cloud,\\nwas born in Chicago, III., Sept. 26, i857\\nHe is a son of Chris. F. and Jane M. (Mor-\\n^jj^ gan) Roedel. The father was a native of\\nJi.\\\\. Cicrmany, and his wife was born in the State of\\nNew York. They moved to Chicago and later to\\nGenesee Co., N. Y. In 1869 he was appointed In-\\ndian Agent by President Crant and stationed at\\nCimarron, New Mexico, at which post he remained\\ntwo years. He then went to Kansas, where he con-\\nducted a trade in general merchandise four years.\\nHe sold his interests and in October, 1875, came\\nwith his fnmily to Newaygo County, and, after fairly\\nestablishing his business in the same avenue at\\nWhite Cloud, his health failed with great rapidity and\\nhe died Dec. 5, 1S75. The mother is still resident\\nat White Cloud.\\nMr. Roedel of this sketch was t2 years old when\\nhis parents came West. His primary education w as\\noljtained in one of the departments of an academy,\\nafter which he was sent for some time to the com-\\nmon schools, they being the only available educa-\\ntional institutions where his father was engaged in\\nbusiness. He accompanied his parents to White\\nCloud, and on the death of his father succeeded to\\nthe entire business, comparatively the most exten-\\nsive of its scope in Northern Michigan. His trade\\nduring the first year aggregated $17,000. It repre-\\n;^^A^ S^^gjJK^", "height": "2819", "width": "2254", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph11chic_0432.jp2"}, "433": {"fulltext": "", "height": "2831", "width": "2211", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph11chic_0433.jp2"}, "434": {"fulltext": "f71 I", "height": "2819", "width": "2254", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph11chic_0434.jp2"}, "435": {"fulltext": "I\\nf\\n-^.b-\\n^iP\\ntSixj)^\\n!iinsiiii^ T\\nSf^X\\njni ~^i-\\\\.\\nm\\nNEWAYGO COUNTY.\\ni\\n1\\n423\\nsented at the close of the year ending in October,\\n1883, a cash amount of $58,000. He is also a mem-\\nber of the firm of Teachout Roedel, who are en-\\ngaged in a prosperous enterprise. In 1882 he erected\\na fine brick building of more extensive proportions\\nthan his former establishment, in which the extend-\\ning departments of his busine.-;s are accommodated\\nand which is considered the finest in the State.\\nMr. Roedel was married in White Cloud, to Min-\\nnie M., second daughter of J. M. and Fannie (Jibljs,\\nof White Cloud. Mrs. Roedel was born in Ne-\\nwaygo County. One child lias been born of her\\nmarriage with Mr. Roedel, Charles F., July 25, 18S1.\\nThe parents are members of the Congregational\\nChurch. Mr. Roedel is Republican in political sen-\\ntiment and action, and has held the position of Treas-\\nurer in what was then Everett Township, and after\\nits division held the same position in Wilcox Town-\\nship. He belongs to the Order of the Knights of\\nHonor and is connected with Lodge No. 1,997,\\nWhite Cloud.\\n\u00c2\u00abCJ2\u00c2\u00a3\u00c2\u00abS^ ^^;^^^^4\u00e2\u0080\u0094 ^^Wra^Ww.\\n^amuel Rose, the oldest living settler in\\nNewaygo County, resident on section 22,\\n(larfield Township, was born in Granville,\\n\\\\Vj Hami)den Co., Mass., March i, 1817. He\\nwas reared on a farm and when about nine\\nyears of age his parents removed to .Simsbury,\\nConn., near the city of Hartford. The next year they\\nremoved to .\\\\ttica, (ienesee Co., N. Y. The mother\\nof Mr. Rose was born June 13, 1796, and is now\\nliving at Beaver Dam, Dodge Co., Wis.\\nIn 1836 Mr. Rose decided to begin his career in\\nMichigan, and joined one of his boyhood s friends,\\nWesley White, in Sandstone, Jackson County. They\\nwere about the same age and together came to Ionia,\\nand made their way to (irand Rapids in a canoe on\\nGrand River. There they met Augustus Pennoyer,\\na capitalist from Chicago, who was about to establish\\nextensive lumber interests at Newaygo. They hired\\nto him for $25 a month and board. The treaty for\\nthe cession of the lands lying north of Grand River\\nto the United States by the Ottawas and Otchipwes\\n(Chippewas) ^was formally made March 28, 1836.\\nThis and the approximate admission of Michigan into\\nthe Union tended to open the unsettled and com-\\nparatively unknown portions of the State to specula-\\ntors and others, who had reasons of their own for\\nseeking isolation and security, where they could\\npursue an ecpiable and honest tenor of life.\\nIt is an admitted fact that Northern Michigan was\\nclosed to honest enterprise for many years by tales\\nbordering on the horrible, concerning its swamps and\\nmarshes, which were represented as breeding an un-\\nwholesome condition equal to that delineated in the\\nfables of the Dismal Swamp and other low lands in\\nthe tropics, when the application of a small degree of\\ncommon sense would have utterly dispelled any such\\ndelusion. Again, the sensation was heightened by\\nbugbear insinuations of armies of horse thieves and\\ncounterfeiters, who had their lairs in the marshy\\njungles of some of the unexplored townships.\\nNewaygo has still her traditionary bete uoir, but no\\nmortal can resurrect the least grain of truth in the\\ntales, which were no doubt constructed by individuals\\nto exclude explorers from lands, which the last half\\ncentury have shown to hold resources second to no\\nother ix)rtion of the Peninsula State. The rapid\\ninflux of population into Illinois and the demand for\\nbuilding material tliereby created (the only human\\nnecessity the Sucker State could not sujiply directly or\\nindirectly) caused the enterprise and capital cf\\nChicago to quicken an already awakened attention to\\nthe lumber resources of the Muskegon and its tribu-\\ntaries. Early in 1838 a little sail vessel of ten tons\\nburthen left Chicago for Muskegon, carrying two\\nparties, each with a purpose. A man named Hiram\\nPiersons was the instigator of the movements of one\\nparty, and was represented by Henry Pennoyer, who\\nis still living, at Nunica. The object to be accom-\\nplished by the latter was to establish claims to the\\noutlets of the streams and hold the same until the\\nGovernment surveys took place and the land came\\ninto mirket. To effect this men were stationed at\\ndifferent points. Clark Knights and Augustus Pen-\\nnoyer constituted a lumber party, whose purpose\\nwas to discover probable water-power and establish\\nactive lumber o|)erations.\\nOn arrival at Muskegon the latter emi)loyed a\\nFrench trader, Michel Charleau, as pilot in the\\nchannels, the river being for miles obstructed by\\nflood-wood, and in a condition that rendered intelli-\\ngent assistance necessary. (Mr. Charleau s daughter.\\nV^\\nX,\\n\u00e2\u0080\u00a2r\\n^Li-\\n^^mm^ ^r^\\n-\u00c2\u00ab4?^^v|iy^", "height": "2831", "width": "2211", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph11chic_0435.jp2"}, "436": {"fulltext": "\u00c2\u00ae5f %fl*^\\nT\\nC^OD^IiO^\\nT\\nTSS^^^vST\\n#^f:\\n_\\n424\\n4\\nr\\nNEWAYGO COUNTY.\\nMrs. James Anderson, is still living, at Newaygo.)\\nAugustus Pennoyer and Jack McBride, a man in his\\nemploy, came up with the lumber party and they\\nestablished their claims to the mouth of Pennoyer\\nCreek, by cutting names on the trees, and then went\\nto the South Branch, now Little Muskegon, where a\\nsailor cut his name on a tree and went away, but\\nnever returned.\\nThe Muskegon Lumber Company, consisting of\\nAlex. N. Fulton, capitalist, and Augustus Pennoyer,\\nbuilt a mill on Pennoyer Creek, the first saw-mill\\nbegun and completed in Newaygo County. For this\\nwork, supplies and carpenters were sent from Chicago\\nin November, 1836. Three of these men built a boat\\nat Muskegon to convey men and outfits up the river.\\nThe mill was completed Sept. i, 1837, and its lumber\\nwas the first shipped from Muskegon. The lumber\\nwas floated to the mouth of the river in rafts and was\\nshipped to Chicago on board the schooner Celeste,\\nCapt. Doyle.\\nIn the spring of 1837, a house was built on the\\nupper Pennoyer Creek and timber was got out to\\nbuild a mill. A family was placed in the house to\\nhold possession. Jack McBride made a claim at the\\nmouth of Brooks Creek in November, 1836. In the\\nspring of 1837 five families came in, the first to\\nestablish themselves in Newaygo County. They in-\\ncluded Lewis Bone, wife and children, one of whom\\nwas a nursing babe; a man named Hodge, with wife\\nand two children, resided on the place now occupied\\nby James Anderson. Hodge and Bono came from\\nKalamazoo. Charles Hodge, born 1838, was the\\nfirst white child born at Newaygo. He lived to be\\nthree years old and died at Muskegon. Calvin\\nLewis and wife came from Yankee Springs, Barry\\nCounty, and went back there after a stay of si.x\\nmonths. Thomas W. Dill came from Cliicago with his\\nwife and two children, stayed a year and went to Mill-\\nIron Point (so named from a (juantity of mill-iron\\nleft there). A daughter was born to Dill in 1839.\\nwho was the first white child born in Muskegon\\nCounty. She is now the wife of John Curry, lumber-\\nman at Muskegon.\\nCapt. Daniel Thurston, a retired sea captain from\\nMaine, accompanied by his wife and two children,\\ncame in the same season to engage in lumbering, but\\nmade only a short stay, going to Muskegon. On the\\nsame day in the spring of 1837, two parties essayed to\\ntake possession of the mouth of the South Branch.\\nThe first to arrive in the morning were Germans,\\nLewis Bone, Herman Joachim and John Shay, and\\nthey busied themselves cutting brush. A few hours\\nlater, John A. Brooks and John F. Stearns appeared\\non the ground, trusting to the supremacy of Yankee\\nwit over Teuton obfuseness for success in supersed-\\ning the first coniers; but the Deutschers innate stick-\\nto-it-a-tive-ness stood them in good stead, and a\\nharmonious compromise was effected. A mill was\\nbuilt at the mouth of South Branch Creek, which was\\ncompleted in 1839.\\nLater in the same spring another party, under the\\nguidance of a man named Williams, came from Ann\\nArbor and declared their purpose to build a dam, 100\\nrods above that constructed by thepioneerconsolidation\\nparty, built a bouse, got out timber for a dam which\\nthey commenced, and after much blusterado, in July\\nof the same year, abandoned the project.\\nThe first mill on Pennoyer Creek was operated\\nuntil 1839, when it was abandoned for two years. It\\nwas located near the present site of the Furniture\\nFactor) When Rose and White met Mr. Pennoyer\\nin Grand Rapids he was there for the purpose of\\nbuying a pair of working cattle, and the three walked\\nthrough, striking the river about ten miles below Ne-\\nwaygo, as the river runs. This was in November,\\n1836. The stay of Mr. Rose was short and he went\\nto Chicago, where he spent the months of March and\\nApril, and in May, 1837, again came to Newaygo and\\nengaged as a lumberman with .Augustus Pennoyer,\\nhiring out by the month to work in the woods. Mr.\\nRose worked two months and then, associated with\\nGeorge W. Walton, contracted to put in logs and clear\\nland for the same firm until June, 1839.\\nIn tlie fall of 1841 Mr. Rose leased one-half the\\nmill belonging to Augustus Pennoyer and A. N.\\nFulton, with Hannibal Hyde, now of Mecosta County,\\nand continued to operate it until 1S43, when Mr.\\nRose again leased the mill for two years, with Robert\\nW. Morris. The latter went to work and F. A. and\\nAugustus Pennoyer and Mr. Rose went to Chicago\\nfor su[)plies. The outfit was obtained, and on the\\nnight of Oct. 22, 1 84 1, the Post-boy sailed for Mus-\\nkegon, having on board the Pennoyers and their share\\nof the supplies. An accident prevented the em-\\nbarkation of Mr. Rose with his collection of needed\\nmaterial, and a day or two later a sailing vessel\\nr\\nA\\n(V\\nW\\n4\\n(1D;\\nz.\\n^^rxJJfi-f^rr\\n:m^(,iMm", "height": "2819", "width": "2254", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph11chic_0436.jp2"}, "437": {"fulltext": "ii?)\\nI\\nA\\ne\\nV\\n-e-r lll]^:tlllr r^\\nNEWAYGO COUNTY.\\n425\\nfrom Grand Haven reported the Post-boy lost, with\\nall the souls aboard. Mr. Rose added to his slock\\nwhat he knew would be needed and sailed for Mus-\\nkegon. He made his way to his destination and was\\nthe first to convey the tidings of the death of the\\nowners of the mill.\\nThe two-years lease was fulfilled and one year in\\naddition, and in 1846 he went into what is now (air-\\nfield Township and rented the Urooks saw-mills two\\nyears. He paid Mr. Brooks $1,000 yearly for the\\njf rental of the mills, and in 1847-8 put out more lum-\\ntber than any other mills on the Muskepon River, ag-\\ngregating 5,000,000 feet. (At that time there was\\nnot a house on this side of Pennoyer Creek.) He\\nthen went to Big Island in Brooks Township and put\\nin logs one season.\\nAn interesting reminiscence is given of Big Island,\\nlying within the broad channel which forms the out-\\nlet of the Muskegon River, as the catde for miles\\naround were driven there to winter, there being\\nthousands of acres of reeds on which they could\\nsubsist In the winter of 183S, a man named Bald-\\nwin drove 32 head of cattle there to obtain feed\\nthrough the season. This custom was maintained\\nuntil the winter of- 1842-3, the hardest winter\\nknown to man, ivhen four feet of snow lay above\\nthe rushes and the powers of the vernal sun seemed\\nin suspense, as not until the first day of April was\\nthere the least discernible trace of the sun s rays on\\nthe snow of Northern Michigan.\\nThe lands hereabouts came into market in 1839.\\nThe survey was made by the two Mullets, John and\\nJohn, Jr., in 1837-8, and in the year named the\\nthree Pennoyers, Judson, the Newels, Horace and\\nErastus Wilcox (the latter, father of the late Sextus\\nN. Wilcox, of tragic fate), Martin A. Ryerson, now a\\nChicago millionaire, John A. Brooks, John F. Stearns,\\nBone and Joachim went in a canoe to Ionia, took\\nsupplies and a cook and held the fort until the oj)-\\nportunity came to buy their claims. This they accom-\\nplished without opposition, but they were pressed (or\\nV money, the recent financial stringencies of 1837-8\\nhaving them still in its clutches and compelling them\\nto limit their expenditure to the mininmn. No more\\nA land wa bought in NewaygoCounty until 1851.\\nIn 1852, Mr. Rose engaged in locating lands for\\nr* himself and others, when he secured section 22\\nC (town 12, range 13), except 80 acres. He now\\nI\\ny\\nowns 220 acres of the same, which constitutes his\\nfarm, 120 acres of which are under good improve-\\nments.\\nSam Rose is, par cxccllnur, the character of\\nNewaygo. Nearly 48 years ago, while yet a strij)ling,\\nhis feet first trod the soil where his life has since been\\n[Kissed. He is the revered oracle of the commu-\\nnity. He is the referee as to dates and events\\nalong the whole line of the Muskegon. He knows\\nevery man s history who has such a commodity about\\nhim. He has a fund of anecdote and reminiscence\\nstored within the limitless resources of his memory\\nthat if collated would constitute a volume. He can\\ngive details of the operations of contractors, lumber\\ncompanies and individuals that would be novel en-\\ntertainment to the parties themselves. He is liter-\\nally a perfect cyclopedia of events in this section of\\nNorthern Michigan, and can fit a reminiscence to\\nevery foot of territory within his cognizance, and to\\nevery individual who ever trod thereon. There is\\nno feature of pioneer life unknown to him practi-\\ncally. He has suffered from privation and hunger\\nand known every conceivable want from the remote-\\nness of supplies. He has enjoyed all the freedom\\nincident to life in a region not under the strictness of\\nmunicipal regulations, and seen the gradual innova-\\ntion of the customs and methods of advancing civil-\\nization and progress. He knows equally the ways\\nand habits of the aboriginal inhabitants and those of\\nthe generations whose encroachments have driven\\nthe former from their heritage and forced them to a\\ndecay, which would be pitiful if it had retained a\\ntrace of the grandeur of their original condition.\\nSam Rose is the link between the Newaygo of to-day V;.\\nand the Newaygo of a half century ago. He has\\nprobably witnessed as great a change in the face of the\\ncountry, in the methods of business and in the social\\nand domestic manners of the people, as any man has\\never seen in this pioneer country; and what associa-\\ntions, especially those enveloped with a halo of\\ncharms, must linger in his poetical memory of the\\nwild days of lonely, frontier life!\\nThe patrons of the Newaygo County Album will\\nshare in the peculiar satisfaction with which its pub-\\nlishers present the portrait of Mr. Rose on another\\npage, and will rejoice that the general sentiment re-\\ngarding its apijearance has met with the desired re-\\nsponse.\\nA\\nr^\\nM^-^\\nA", "height": "2831", "width": "2211", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph11chic_0437.jp2"}, "438": {"fulltext": "\u00e2\u0096\u00a0:^^K-\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0^^v 4iiiignnf r\\n/T-\\ntr\\nr^^\\nH,\\nNEWAYGO COUNTY.\\n-J\\no\\nK\\ni\\neorge r. Martin, farmer, section i8, Beaver\\nI owiiship, was born Sept. iS, 1852, in\\n^||W^ K Kane Co., 111., and is the son of Lewis and\\nMas Mary (Warren) Martin, the former a native of\\nthe State of New York, the latter of Vermont.\\nHis father came to Newaygo County in 1859,\\nand established himself in the mill first, then in the\\ncarding business in Denver Township, in which he is\\nstill engaged.\\nMr. Martin was reared to manhood under the\\nsupervision of his father, and instructed in the\\ndetails of the machine shop and mills, where he\\nworked until he was 25 years of age. He was\\nmarried Feb. 19, 1877, to Pluma F., daughter of\\nBarzillai and Jane (Farley) Giddings, born Sept. 12,\\n1855. After his marriage he determined on the\\nvocation of agriculture as the business of his life, and\\nin 1877 moved to Newaygo County and bought 80\\nacres of land in Beaver Township. Of this he has\\nplaced 30 acres under cultivation. In political sen-\\nS tinient and action he is a Republican,. and has offici-\\nated as School Inspector of Beaver Township. The\\nfamily includes three children, born as follows:\\nEstella D., Au;;-. 16, 187S, Clarence L., Feb. 15,\\n1881; and William J., June 25, 1882.\\ns$\\ni\\nif\\nLaron S. Skinner, lumberman, residing at\\nSJt3| Newaygo, was born Jan. i, 1819, at Rich-\\n|S 1 Ontario Co., N. Y. His father,\\n5}a Nelson Skinner, was born in Middletown,\\nRutland Co., Vt., of Scotch-Irish ancestry,\\nand died at Richmond, in 1850. His mother,\\nRhoda (Sheldon) Skinner, was born in Cato, Cayuga\\nCo., N. Y., of mixed Scotch and English parentage.\\nMr. Skinner remained a resident of his native\\nState until 1854, when he removed to Kent Co.,\\nMich., and bought 80 acres of land, on which he\\nresided, and made improvements until 1 861, when\\nhe bought a brick-yard in the eastern part of the city\\nof Grand Rapids. He conducted the details of the\\nmanufacture of i)rick about three years, making from\\ntwo to four million yearly, as the demand varied.\\nIn 1863 he bought a stage route from Grand Rapids\\nthrough Newaygo via Big Rapids to Grand Traverse,\\nand continued its management to 1871, in which\\nyear the railroad was in full operation. He then en-\\ngaged as a contractor and has since been putting in\\ntimber, employing a force of 50 men on an average.\\nHe purchased the site of his residence on Jarse Hill\\nin 1869 and erected his dwelling.\\nMr. Skinner was married at Springvvater, Livings-\\nton Co., N. Y., June 26, 1849, to Maria, daughter of\\nSamuel and Sally Wright, born at Duanesburg,\\nSchenectady Co., N. Y., April 8, 1819. They have\\nfive children Charles is in business at Newaygo.\\nAnnie is the wife of John Lymington, of Fremont\\nCenter. The remaining three, Clara, Stella and\\nNelson, reside with their parents. Mr. Skinner\\nbelongs to the fraternity of Odd Fellows.\\n-5-\\n#i*^-^\\n-5-\\nPriJ rancis C. Selby, merchant and Postmaster\\nat Volney, Beaver Township, was born\\nHis father, George W. Selby, was born July 5,\\n1813, in the State of Virginia, and removed in\\nearly manhood to Hamilton Co., Ohio, where\\nhe resided 8 years and then moved to Adams Co.,\\nInd., whence he came to Kalamazoo Co., Mich., and\\nsubsequently to Allegan County, where he is still res-\\nident. The mother, Mary Ann (Banksten) Selby,\\nwas born in Vermont and died in Adams Co., Ind.\\nMr. Selby was chiefiy engaged in the several places\\nwhere his parents resided, in obtaining his education\\nand fitting himself for active life. On attaining his\\nmajority he set out to establish himself in the world\\nand to do all in his power to secure for himself the\\npractical benefits of honest industry and energetic\\neffort, put into operation under the guidance of his\\nbest impulses and judgment. He selected Winne-\\nbago Co., III., as a field of operation, where he en-\\ngaged in farming near the city of Rockford, residing\\nthere two years. He returned to Kalamazoo County,\\nwhere he spent a similar period in a like manner, and\\nthen engaged in the mercantile business for two\\nyears. Natural impulses of his manhood, under the\\ninfluences whii:ii ruled the entire North in the first\\nyears of the Southern Rebellion, led him to take a\\ndeep interest in the progress of the contest which\\nV\u00c2\u00a9\\nI\\nApril 18, 1836, in Hamilton Co., Ohio.\\n0)\\n(o)\\n3*\u00e2\u0080\u0094\\n-r^ D!l: :tir- A^ ^r-\\n4?^5C@", "height": "2819", "width": "2254", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph11chic_0438.jp2"}, "439": {"fulltext": "", "height": "2831", "width": "2211", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph11chic_0439.jp2"}, "440": {"fulltext": "iMiat^jah^\\nJ 1^\\nlX/7?^", "height": "2819", "width": "2254", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph11chic_0440.jp2"}, "441": {"fulltext": "^C\u00c2\u00bb:\\nM^^a.,^", "height": "2831", "width": "2211", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph11chic_0441.jp2"}, "442": {"fulltext": "", "height": "2819", "width": "2254", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph11chic_0442.jp2"}, "443": {"fulltext": ":2i\u00e2\u0082\u00ac^\\n-^tlIl :ill]\\nNEWAYGO COUNTY.\\n431\\nbecame the central object of the interest of the\\nwhole world, and he enlisted Feb. 29, 1864, in the\\nj^ 13th Mich. Vol. Inf., Co. H. The command was as-\\nT signed to the 14th Army Corps and attached to the\\n(^j Second Brigade. He served until the end of the\\nwar, engaging in numerous skirmishes and two im-\\njwrtant battles, Bentonville and Goldsboro, N. C.\\nOn receiving his discharge he returned to Kalama-\\nzoo County. He then moved to the county of Alle-\\ngan, where he was in agricultural pursuits four years.\\nOn selling out he went to Ottawa Station, Ottawa\\nCounty, near Holland, where he again established\\nhimself in mercantile life. Two years later he trans-\\nferred his business to Ravenna, Muskegon County,\\nwhere he conducted his affairs about the same period\\nof time. He founded his present business enterprise\\nin June, 1881, and is managing carefully and with\\nsatisfactory results. He is also engaged in farming\\nto some extent, and is associated with William Nixon\\nin the proprietorship of a saw-mill located on sec-\\nV\\ns\\ntion 29, which has a producing capacity of 12,000\\nfeet of lumber daily. It is under the special charge\\nand management of Mr. Nixon.\\nMr. Selby has been twice married. Huldah C.\\nStillwell, the first wife to whom he was married, April\\n19, 1859, was born Dec. 10, 1841, and was the\\ndaughter of Elias and Sarah (Underwood) Still-\\nwell, born respectively in Ohio and Canada. By this\\nmarriage there were five children Mary Ann, now\\nthe wife of John Stoddard; Sophionia, now Mrs. N.\\nA. Clark the others are William H., Stella G. and\\nSarah S. Mrs. S. died May 20, 1872. The second\\nmarriage of Mr. Selby occurred Feb. 28, 1873, to\\nMrs. Mattie A. (Piatt) Longley, born in Cattaraugus\\nCo., N. Y., Dec. 18, 1842. Her father, Daniel Piatt,\\nwas born July 13, 1798. He was a Baptist minister,\\nwas a graduate of .Madison University, Hamilton,\\nN. Y., and preached 40 years. He died Sept. 18,\\n1868. Her mother, Almira (Skinner) Piatt, was born\\nNov. 24, 1805. Both were natives of the Empire\\nState and located in after life in Allegan Co., Mich., in\\n1846, and the mother died there May 18, 1873. Her\\nfirst husband was lost in 1862, at the battle of Stone\\nRiver. He left a daughter, Julia F., now the wife of\\nCharles Ackerman, of Ravenna, Muskegon County.\\nMr. and Mrs. Selby have two children, Frankie C.\\nand Dayton I\\nMr. Selby acts with the Democratic party in political\\n^(im\\nissues. He received his appointment as Postmaster\\nin 1 88 1, from President Garfield. He was elected\\nJustice of the Peace in the spring of 1882, and is\\nalso School Inspector of Beaver Township.\\n==\u00c2\u00abe\\noseph H. Graham, fanner and lumberman,\\nsection 36, Goodwell Township, was born\\nin Parma, Jackson Co., Mich., Jan. 28,\\n1S43. His father, Lorenzo D. Graham, was\\none of the first settlers of Jackson Co., Mich.,\\nand was the son of John Graham, a native of\\nScotland. L. D. Graham was born April 15, 1809,\\nand died Nov. 21, 1848. Sarah (Lewis) Graham,\\nthe mother, was born March 1 1, 1820, in New York,\\nand died Oct. 1 1, 1880, in Jackson County.\\nMr. Graham was five years old when he became\\nfatherless, and at 1 1 years of age he went to live\\nwith Chauncey Stevens, of St. Joseph Co., Mich.,\\nwhere he remained three years. He then returned\\nto his native county and worked on the farm sum-\\nmers and went to school winters, until he was 20\\nyears old, when he went to Grand Rapids. After\\nspending a winter there he went to Mecosta County\\nand commenced lumbering on the Muskegon River.\\nIn February, 1865, he enlisted at Grand Rapids\\nfrom Big Prairie, enrolling in Co. A, Ninth Mich.\\nInt He enlisted for three years or during the war,\\nand after being in the service nine months, was dis-\\ncharged at Nashville, Tenn. On his return to Mich-\\nigan he engaged in lumbering one year by the month,\\nand since that time has operated in the same busi-\\nness on his own interests. Since 1869 he has been\\nengaged in jobbing. In 1870 he bought 120 acres of\\nland in Goodwell Township, which he has improved\\nto the e.xtent of clearing 50 acres and putting it\\nunder advanced cultivation, witli suitable farm build-\\nings and other improvements creditable to his ener-\\ngies and judgment. He is an adherent of the Na-\\ntional Greenback party, and is at present Township\\nClerk.\\nMr. Graham was married in roton, by A. P. Car-\\npenter, Dec. 31, 1S64, to Calista J., daughter of\\nJotham and Diantha (Garrett) 1 lall. (See sketch of\\nJ. J. Hall.) She was born Sei)t. 17, 1849, in Kent\\nCounty. The day on which Mr. and Mrs. Graham\\ni\\neft*\\nI", "height": "2831", "width": "2211", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph11chic_0443.jp2"}, "444": {"fulltext": "*74^^\u00c2\u00ae-\\nxsar^\\nT\\nm\\ni^\\n432\\nIs) _=^^=_^=^\u00e2\u0080\u0094\\nxf^ were married was the last of the month and year.\\n4^) They have no children.\\nMr. and Mrs. Graham are progressive members of\\nsociety within their sphere, and valuable in their\\ngeneration, as representing the thrift and energy\\nwhich have placed their township and county in the\\nfront rank in Northern Michigan. Their ix)rtraits\\nmay be found on pages 428 and 429.\\n:illll)^lll]\\nIP^\\n-:Z \\\\^i-\\nNEWAYGO COUNTY.\\nr\\nV\\n-S3=\\nhomas J. Knowles, farmer, section 30,\\nidj, Beaver Township, was born Aug. 2, 1839,\\nmi\\nin Ashtabula Co., Ohio. His father, John\\nKnowles, was a native of Connecticut. His\\nmother, Mary A. (Early) Knowles, was born in\\nOhio. They belonged to the agricultural class\\nand reared their family on a farm.\\nMr. Knowles was married to Areola Congdon.\\nTwo of their three children are living. Flora M. is\\ndeceased. The mother died in 187 i. Mr. Knowles\\nwas married again in 1872, to Lavera Frazier, born\\nFeb. 28, 1855, in Ohio. Two children, Frank and\\nAmorell, have been born to them.\\nMr. Knowles is the proprietor of 160 acres of fine\\nland, and has improved 90 acres, which he has under\\nfair cultivation.\\n^J S arzillai Giddings, farmer, section 20,\\n1^ Beaver Township, was born Dec. 25, 1830,\\nin Ashtabula Co., Ohio. He is the son of\\nJoshua H. and Rhoda (Wakefield) Giddings.\\nHis father was born in 1806, in Ashtabula\\nCounty, and his mother was likewise a native\\nof the Buckeye State, and was born in 1807.\\nMr. Giddings was brought up by his father to the\\nage of 16 years, when he learned the trade of wagon-\\nmaker, which was his vocation up to the date of his\\nsettlement in Newaygo County. He bought a farm\\nin Beaver Township, where he located May 22, 1863.\\nWhen he made his claim of 160 acres of land his\\nresources were small, and his working capital repre-\\nsented an amount that would be judged absurd in\\nview of its forming the basis of future successes in\\nthe light of modern tactics; but his manhood s\\nstrength and determined, energetic, well-directed\\neffort has placed him in the proprietorship of 360\\nacres of land, 170 of which are under cultivation.\\nMr. Giddings was married Oct. 29, 1854, in Ohio,\\nto Jane, daughter of William and Hannah (Collins)\\nFarley. The parents were natives of Canada, and\\nthe daughter was born June 7, and died Oct. 21, 1836,\\nin Crawford Co., Penn. The children born of this\\nmarriage are five in number: Pluma P. was born\\nSept. 12, 1855; Plumer, Jan. 8, 1856; Eugene S.,\\nMarch 10, 1867; Addison, July 22, 1869; William\\nW., May 14, 1872.\\nMr. Giddings was the fiist permanent settlerinthe\\ntownship of Beaver, and on its organization was\\nelected the first Justice of the Peace. He is identi-\\nfied with the Democratic party.\\n-5 y-\\nihl\\nt ohn C. McCovsren, merchant at Hesperia,\\n^i% was born in Chemung Co., N. Y., Dec. 26,\\n1844. He is a son of Henry and Sarah A.\\nc\\n(Wier) McCowen, natives of New York, and is\\nof German-Scotch extraction. His parents\\ncame to Michigan when he was only six\\nyears of age, and settled in the town of Tecumseh,\\nLenawee County; here he lived with his father until\\nhe was eight years of age, when the family removed\\nto Moscow, Hillsdale County; at the age of 18 years\\nhe temporarily quit the farm, entered Hillsdale Col-\\nlege, and pursued a select course of studies for a\\nperiod of three years. He was married, Feb. 22,\\n1869, in Lenawee Co, Mich., to Miss Ida M.,\\ndaughter of Bishop and Delia (Murry)Ames, na-\\ntives of New England. Ida was born in Hillsdale\\nCo., Mich., Feb. 22, 1848, her parents having previ-\\nously removed to the State, and lived at home until\\nher marriage. She attended Hillsdale College and\\nhad all the advantages of a good education.\\nAfter his marriage, Mr. McCowen settled on a\\nfarm in the vicinity of Moscow, Hillsdale Co., Mich.,\\nwhere he was engaged until the winter of 187 i, when\\nhe came to this county and settled in the town of\\nHesperia. Here he engaged in the mercantile busi-\\nness, and by energy, integrity and strict attention to\\nbusiness has increased his annual trade from \u00c2\u00a74,000\\nto \u00c2\u00a720,000, and has every indication of a still greater j\\nincrease. Since Mr. McCowen first came to Hes- _\\nA\\n)5v-.\\nXX\\n^D[l t-l]fl\\n^v^M", "height": "2819", "width": "2254", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph11chic_0444.jp2"}, "445": {"fulltext": "HS/^\\n-25\u00e2\u0082\u00ac^\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0\u00c2\u00absr\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0^i-v\\nJ\\nNEWAYGO COUNTY.\\n433\\nperia he has accumulated quite a competency, and\\nis now the owner of 1 20 acres of good timber land,\\nbesides four lots and two business houses in Hespe-\\nria, and his present business.\\nMr. and Mrs. McCowen are the parents of three\\nchildren, all living, born as follows Henry B., Nov.\\n22, 1861 Maud, May 12, 1S71, and Willie, Oct. 26,\\n1874. He is now holding the office of Treasurer of\\nNewfield Township, Oceana County, and has held\\nthe position of Postmaster at Hesperia for ten years.\\nIn jwlitics he is a staunch Republican.\\nilvenus K. Sloeum, farmer, section 33,\\nli^ Beaver Township, was born Aug. 19, 1827,\\nin Montgomery Co., N. Y. His father,\\nElisha Sloeum, was born in Canada, Nov. 8,\\n1804, and his mother was also a native of the\\nDominion, born Aug. 16, 1805. Her name\\nbefore her marriage was Rebecca (Keller) Sloeum.\\nThe parents were members of the agricultural com-\\nmunity of Montgomery County until 1848, when they\\nremoved to Cattaraugus Co., N. Y., and thence to\\nPennsylvania, where the mother died. The father\\ncame to Newaygo County, where he died, in Febru-\\nary, 1876.\\nMr. Sloeum remained on his father s farm until\\nhis marriage. That event occurred Sept. 6, 1849,\\nwhen Jane A., daughter of Oliver H. Adams, became\\nhis wife. The parents were natives of the State of\\nNew York and afterwards removed to McKean Co.,\\nPa., where the family occupied and conducted a\\nfarm containing 150 acres of land, which was after-\\nward sold and a removal to Newaygo County made.\\nThey settled Oct. 16, 1864, in Beaver Townshi[), on\\n160 acres of land in its original, unimproved state.\\nThe farm now includes 135 acres of cultivated land,\\nand the i)ossessions of Mr. Sloeum embrace 240\\nacres of land. The farm buildings are of a superior\\nclass.\\nMr. Sloeum has been a member of the M. E.\\nChurch a long time and has for many years been a\\nlocal preacher. He is a declared Republican, and\\nhas officiated seven years as Justice of the Peace.\\nNine sons and daughters have been born to him,\\nfour of whom survive Eui)hemia, Hurdette, Elisha\\nL. and Oliver W. The deceased are Clark L., Ma-\\nrion M. and Archie. Two children have been lost\\nin early infancy.\\n^\u00c2\u00abH^\u00c2\u00ab^\\n(ifred Knowles, fanner, section 20, Beaver\\n^pa^^ Towusliip, was born March 24, 1S44, in\\nd |?t^ Ashtabula Co., Ohio, and is a son of John\\nJ^jjp and Mary A. (Ainsley) Knowles. The former\\nwas born in New York, the latter in Ohio, and\\nI both are now deceased.\\nMr. Knowles was reared on a farm and brought up\\nto the duties attendant upon the career of an agricul-\\nturist, until he was 16 years of age, when he began to\\nwork as a farm laborer away from home, and was\\nthus employed two years, when he became a\\nsoldier of the United States in defense of the\\nassaulted integrity of the Union. He enlisted Aug.\\n8, 1862, in the xosth Ohio Reg. Vol. Inf., Co. I.\\nHe was transferred to Company D, in the same\\nregiment, and served three years. He was in active\\nservice at Perryville, Stone River, Chickamauga,\\nMission Ridge, Lookout Mountain, Atlanta and in\\nthe campaign to Savannah, and thence to Richmond.\\nHe resumed farming after receiving his discharge.\\nHe was married in 1S67 to Emily Thurber, born in\\nAshtabula Co., Ohio, in 1844. In 1870 the family\\ncame to Newaygo County and settled on 200 acres of\\nland in Beaver Township, where they have since\\nresided. Of tlie original tract of unimproved land 50\\nacres have been cleared and improved. Two chil-\\ndren, Alice and Myrtle, are included in the family.\\nMr. Knowles is a Republican in political connection.\\n^l\\nP: eter McLellan, farmer, section 26, Garfield\\nTownshi]), was born in October, 1837, just\\niiV\\\\ above the site of the city of Grand Rapids.\\nj He is an Indian of the Ottawa tribe, and a\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0/1\\\\^ grandson of Keshawas, one of the second-class\\nchiefs of the Grand River, who was a party to\\nthe treaty of 1836. Keshawas was his paternal\\ngrandsire, and died at the age of 85 years. He was\\nburied at the mouth of the Muskegon River. The\\nmaternal grandfather of Mr. McLellan was the chief,\\nHlackskin, who gave the land on the west side of\\nV\\nr\\nI\\nj^\\n^D3 :ni]\\n*%T^", "height": "2831", "width": "2211", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph11chic_0445.jp2"}, "446": {"fulltext": "434\\nA\\n1)\\nNEWAYGO COUNTY.\\nGrand River at Grand Rapids for the building of the\\nfirst Catholic church. The tract contained about 65\\nacres, and on it a chapel and a small house were\\nerected in 1833. Rev. Frederick Baraga was then in\\ncharge of the mission. Less than two years after-\\nward the chapel building was removed to Waterloo\\nStreet, Grand Rapids, where it now stands.\\nMr. McLellan s father, Miguanini, married\\nQuami.xiqua, who died before she was 30 years old,\\nleaving three sons William (Keshawas), Peter (Shaw-\\nnageeshuk) and Louis (Waguantigun). The English\\nnames were given them in baptism, conferred by the\\npriest at Grand Rapids. After the mother s death\\nthe father came to Bridgeton with his children.\\nAlthough the Ottawas were scattered by the cession\\nof their lands to the United States, they clung to\\ntheir tribal customs until time and decay obliterated\\ntheir identity. The father inherited the iwsition of\\nchief, and on his death it devolved upon his eldest\\nson, William. The latter died when Peter was less\\nthan 20 years of age, who declined the honor to\\nwhich he was heir, and the succession fell lo an uncle,\\nthe husband of his mother s sister. The father died\\nat 50 years of age, and is buried in the Catholic\\ncemetery at Muskegon.\\nJoseph Trottier, lietter known as Truckee, took\\ncharge of Peter after his father s death, gave him the\\nname McLellan, and kei)t him until he was 21 years\\nold, subjecting him to all kinds of severe labor and\\ngiving him no advantages. On reacliing manliood\\nhe took the control of his own aflairs. He performed\\nevery sort of service incident to the condition of the\\ncountry, and became a raftsman on the Muskegon,\\nwhich employ he followed until 1873.\\nHe was married June i, 1861, to Adeline, daughter\\nof Louis and Mary Badeau. The father was from\\nMontreal, Can., and was a Frenchman. The motlier\\nwas a half-breed, and was brought up in the mission\\nat Grand Rapids. Mrs. McLellan was born in June,\\n1845, in Newaygo. Ten children have been born to\\nthem, as follows William was bom Feb. 17, 1862,\\nand is a lumberman; George was born April 22,\\n1864; Elizabeth, boin May i, r866, died in August,\\n1867; Frank was born Feb. 17, 1868; Hubbard,\\nMay 7, 1870; Ingar was born in June, 1872;\\nRobbie, born in 1874, died in December, 1876;\\nRachel was born April 22, 1876; Lui, Oct. 8, 1878;\\nIda, March 21, 1882. The seven children first\\nnamed were born in Bridgeton the three last in\\nGarfield Township. Mr. McLellan resided in\\nBridgeton until 1877, when he bought 20 acres of\\nland on section 24, which he afterward gave to his\\neldest son, and in i88r bought 21 65-iooths acres\\nwhere he now resides. He has eight acres cleared.\\nPhysically, Mr. McLellan is a fine specimen of his\\nrace. He is thoroughly Anglicized and is a creditable\\nmember of the community. He retains a clear sense\\nof all that his people suffered at the hands of the\\nagents who dishonored the trust of the U. S. Govern-\\nment, and regards the approaching extinction of the\\nOttawas as a fact of the not distant future. He\\nplaces his unassuming record on these pages to\\npreserve his name and descent from the oblivion\\nwhich is fast engulfing the few remaining members\\nof his tribe. In the coming years they will be grati-\\nfied to know that his identity is made imperishable.\\nndrew Miidge, farmer and carpenter, sec-\\nK ^3 tion 6, Beaver Township, was born in Can-\\nS- jtl;^ ada West, July 30, r832. He is a son of\\n^Ji|f Micha C. and Emmeline (Godfrey) Mudge,\\ni\u00c2\u00bb natives of Canada, now residing at Benton\\nHarbor, Mich. They came to Kent County in\\n1838, and settled in Vergennes, where the son was\\neducated and brought up a practical farmer.\\nHe learned the trade of shoemaker when 20 years\\nold, at which he worked in various places. He\\nfinally established a boot and shoe trade in ISerrien\\nCounty, which he conducted seven years. In 1869\\nhe entered a claim of 160 acres of land in Beaver\\nTownship, under the ])rovisions of the Homestead\\nAct, on which he settled on tlie first day of IJecem-\\nber. He still liolds his original tract, a portion of\\nwhich he has cleared and shows a finely advanced\\nstate of cultivation. Mr. M. belongs to the Repub-\\nlican party and has officiated in some of the most\\nimportant positions in the local government of the\\ntownship, among them those of Sui)ervisor, Justice\\nof the Peace, Clerk and School Inspector. He held\\nthe office of Director nine successive years.\\nMr. Mudge was married in Vergennes in 1853, to\\nL. Lucinda Cross. She was born in Canada Dec. 1,\\n1834, and is the daughter of Abel and Rhoda (Ford)\\nCross, natives of the Stale of New York. The family\\nVS\\nA\\n1%-\u00c2\u00bb-\\nsniii^^r^\\n--4^^^", "height": "2819", "width": "2254", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph11chic_0446.jp2"}, "447": {"fulltext": "", "height": "2831", "width": "2211", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph11chic_0447.jp2"}, "448": {"fulltext": "", "height": "2819", "width": "2254", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph11chic_0448.jp2"}, "449": {"fulltext": "^r^^^^\\nm Mh\\nw^\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0!2J \\\\5(ir-CS\\nNEWAYGO COUNTY.\\n^j^m^^\\\\Wi\\n437\\nJ\\nV of eight children of Mr. and Mrs. Mudge have\\n(gj nearly all reached the period of adult age and are\\ns^ mostly settled in life, all having chosen their voca-\\ntions. Oliver D. is a farmer; Morris E. is a black-\\nsmith; Edson H. is a printer; Elliott M., CassiusM.,\\nAchilles C. and Linneus S. are farmers; Marion M.\\nis an artist and photographer.\\nh hiletus Monroe, merchant at Hesperia, was\\nborn in Berkshire Co., Mass., July 17, 1815.\\nHe is a son of Dan and Hannah (Sexton)\\nnatives of the same State. His\\nV\\nI\u00c2\u00ae\\n5 J Monroe,\\n\u00c2\u00bbC^ parents removed to Chenango Co., N. Y., when\\nPhiletus was onlj- 1 1 months of age, and here\\nhe received the advantages of a common school\\neducation.\\nMr. Monroe was variously employed from the age\\nof 14 to 18, when he apprenticed himself to a Mr.\\n/S Johnson, of Onondaga, Onondaga Co., N. Y., to learn\\nthe shoemaker s trade but, after a few months, went\\nto Syracuse, Onondaga Co., N. Y., where he com-\\npleted his trade and remained, working at the same\\nuntil the year 1838. In the summer of that year he\\n5^ left Syracuse and wandered around until the year\\n1841, when he located in the village of Rome, Oneida\\nCo., N. Y., began business for himself and met with\\ngood success.\\nMr. Monroe was married at Rome, N. Y., May 18,\\n1842, to Miss Mary A., daughter of Ephraini and\\nSusan Larkiii, natives of New York, where Mary A.\\nwas born May 18, 1819. She died in Chenango Co.,\\nN. Y., Aug. 31, 1 86 1. By this union they had seven\\nchildren, four girls and three boys, two of the latter\\nhaving died.\\nMr. Monroe was again m:irried Jan. 9, 1862, in the\\ncity of Albany, N. Y., to Miss Wealthy M., daughter\\nof Frederick and Mary (Tyler) Cunningham, natives\\nof New England and of Scotch and Irish descent.\\nShe was born in the town of Butternut Grove, Dela-\\nware Co., N. Y., and was educated in the select\\nschools of that town.\\nAfter this marriage, Mr. Monroe removed to\\nOxford, N. Y., where he followed his trade until the\\nspring of 1864, when he came to Michigan, settled in\\nthis county and purchased 160 acres of wild land.\\nHe remained on this land until the year 1873, dur-\\ning which time he had improved 80 acres of it, when\\nhe traded the entire tract for property in the village\\nof Hesperia, moved there and engaged in mercantile\\nbusiness, and met with excellent success, his annual\\ntrade amounting to $25,000.\\nHe is now selling out his stock of goods preparing\\nto live a retired life on his farm near the town of\\nHesperia, this county. He is a member of the\\nMasonic Order and of the I. O. O. F., and has held\\nthe office of Treasurer in each. He is now Treasurer\\nof the village of Hesperia, and has also been Treasurer\\nof the township. In politics he is an active Republi-\\ncan. Himself and wife attend the M. E. Church.\\nBy his last union Mr. Monroe has had no children_\\nv\\nI\\n|C M. Bowman, a citizen of Fremont and one\\nof the leading and enterprising business\\nmen of that village, was born in Ohio,\\nDec. 5, 1852. His parents, Solomon and Re-\\nbecca (Jones) Bowman, were natives of Penn-\\nsylvania, and were reared amid the rugged sur-\\nroundings of the old Key-stone State, but under the\\nennobling influences exerted by the genuinely good\\npeople of that commonwealtli. After their marriage\\nthey came West as far as Ohio, and, after living there\\nfor a time, thought to still better their fortunes by\\nmoving further westward. Tiiey came to DeKalb\\nCo., Ind., where the father died and where the\\nmother continues to reside.\\nMr. Bowman lived at home until he was 18 years\\nof age, and as his father, whose death occurred pre-\\nviously, had left him little or no means, he started\\nout in life relying wholly upon his own exertions.\\nOften such seeming misfortunes are the greatest of\\nblessings. Faculties, which otherwise might have\\nlain dormant, are brought into action by force of\\nnecessity and developed to a high degree. Almost\\nall of our most eminent and successful business\\nmen have begun their career in life without any help\\nor assistance from others.\\nOur subject came to Fremont in April, 1879, and\\nembarked in business. He formed a co-partnership\\nwith James F. Hart, under the firm name of Hart\\nBowman, for the purpose of dealing in liquors and\\ncarrying on the livery business. In his business\\nenterprises Mr. Bowman has been remarkably suc-\\n\u00c2\u00a3U^\\nKy\\nr\\n^^i\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0^fts;\\nj^^ija)", "height": "2831", "width": "2211", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph11chic_0449.jp2"}, "450": {"fulltext": ";y\\n.4\\n^/^;^5\u00c2\u00ab ^\u00e2\u0082\u00acft^\\n438\\nrV^^[ll] ^DD^\\ny v\\nNEWAYGO COUNTY.\\nzaf^,^^\\nX\\ncessful. By strict attention to his affairs he has\\ngained a competency and enjoys the confidence of\\nthose with whom he co.nes in contact. In the spring\\nof 1888, in company with Mr. Hart, he began the\\nerection of a fine business block on North Division\\nStreet. This was completed before the close of the\\nyear and is now used as a music hall.\\nMr. Bowman was united in marriage, in Fremont,\\nMay I, 1880, with Miss Harriet Schweitzer, of Law-\\nrence, Kansas. As one of the representative men\\nof the county we place the portrait of Mr. Bowman\\nin this Album, and in connection with this sketch.\\n-i-.w W^\\nKlburtus Andrus, farmer, section 5, Beaver\\n\\\\i Township, was born in Clarence, Calhoun\\nCo., Mich., May i, 1846, and is the son of\\nCharles L. and Lydia (Warren) Andrus. His\\nparents were natives of Canandaigua, N. Y.,\\nand removed to Michigan in 183S, residing in\\nCalhoun County until 1846, when his mother died.\\nHis father went to California, where he passed the\\nremainder of his life. The son became an inmate\\nof the family of Samuel Andrews, of Eaton County,\\nwhere he received care and education until he was\\n17 4 years of age.\\nHe enlisted Nov. 5, 1863, in Co. B, First Mich.\\nSharpshooters, and was in the service until July i,\\n1865. The regiment rendezvoused at Chicago and\\nproceeded thence to Petersburg, Va., going almost\\nimmediately into action. He was captured by the\\nrebels July 30, 1864, and incarcerated in the rebel\\nprison at Danville was sent thence to Lihby prison,\\nwhere he was held until Feb. 22, 1865, the date of\\nhis exchange, when he went to Camp Royal, Md.,\\nstarting thence to Camp Chase, Oliio. The squad\\nwere so reduced by want and exposure that it became\\nnecessary for them to change their original plans,\\nand they remained three weeks at Martinsluirg,\\nW. Va., where they ([uartered in an old church, and\\non attaining some degree of convalescence were sent\\nto their destination. On reaching there Mr. Andrus\\nreceived a furlough of 30 days and returned to his\\nhome. He went back to Camp Chase when the time\\nfor his discharge arrived, and left there to rejoin his\\nregiment at Cieorgetowr\\\\, remaining with his com-\\nmand until lie was mustered out of service.\\nOn returning to his home he resumed farming, and\\nwas married in 1867 to Mary L., daughter of George\\nand Nancy (Stanton) Shay. She was born Aug. 21,\\n1849, if Barry Co., Mich. Her parents were natives\\nof the Stale of New York and are both deceased.\\nMr. Andrus resided in Barry County until i860. He\\ncame to Newaygo County in October, and bought a\\ntract of land containing 40 acres. He began the\\nwork of improvement, and resided there two years,\\nwhen he moved to Whitehall, Muskegon County, and\\nafter a brief residence went to Cass County, return-\\ning later to Newaygo County, where he owns 80 acres\\nof land, constituting his homestead. His family in-\\ncludes five children: Lydia B., Charles L., Cora L.,\\nSamuel R. and Eva L.\\nMr. Andrus acts with the Republican party and\\nhas served his township as Supervisor, Town Clerk\\nand Justice of the Peace.\\n^\u00e2\u0096\u00a0fe^fea\\nllmeron S. Seeley, farmer, section 25, Ev-\\n^^S^^fi erett Townshii), was born in Jackson, Mich.,\\npX!^ J y 9 1S37. His father, Alexander M.\\nzi J^ Seeley, was born in Vermont, and his mother,\\nHarnet E. (ISIoon) Seeley, was a native of the\\nr\\nState of New York. Soon after their marriage\\nthey came to Jackson, and in 1838 removed to Ionia\\nCounty, where they lived several years, when they\\ncame to Newaygo County and became residents of\\nBig Prairie Township. They are both living.\\nMr. Seeley accompanied his parents to the differ-\\nent points wliere they established their home. In\\nthe spring of i86i he bought 80 acres of partly im-\\nproved land in Everett Township, where he has\\nsince operated satisfactorily as an agriculturist. He\\nhas bought 80 acres additional, ard has one half of\\nhis place in fine farming condition. Mr. Seeley be-\\nlongs to the National Greenback party. He has\\noperated in the capacity of Constable of Everett\\nTownship for four years, and two years as School In-\\nspector.\\nHe was married in Big Prairie, Dec. 28, 1864, to\\nMarena V., daughter of Arvin N. and Icy B. Pratt.\\nShe was born June 26, 1842, in Massachusetts, of\\nwhich State her parents were natives. Her mother\\ndied there .\\\\ug. 20, 1863, and her father still lives in\\nthe historic old Commonwealth.\\nV^-\\nC\\nr^\\nm\\n.Sy;5\\n#r^5f:", "height": "2819", "width": "2254", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph11chic_0450.jp2"}, "451": {"fulltext": "5^ ^s?\u00c2\u00a3^r*-\\n\u00e2\u0080\u00a2\u00e2\u0080\u00a2sr\\nv 4Pn^:llDr r\\n\u00e2\u0080\u00a2rr\\nNEIVAYGO COUNTY.\\nC 0.\\n\u00e2\u0080\u00a2A\\n439\\nV\\n:[(p\u00c2\u00abgi -amuel Lewis, farmer, section 7, Beaver\\nfjj^^rx I ownshii), was born in London, England,\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a03 ||ji Jan. 15, 1842. His father, James Lewis,\\n/\\\\vj soldier in the British army, in which he\\njT) served 25 years. He fought through the entire\\nI Crimean war, and returned to the New World in\\n1858, immediately after the termination of that\\nmemorable contest. He died in Canada, at the age\\nof 92 years. The mother, Mary (Heath) Lewis, is\\nstill living, in the Dominion. She is a native of\\nIreland.\\nMr. Lewis was liut two years old when his parents\\nsettled in London, Can., where he was brought upon\\na farm. He came to Port Huron, Mich., in 1857,\\nwhere he remained until he came to Newaygo in\\n187 I. He bought a farm in Beaver Township, where\\nhe has since resided. In political affiliation, he is a\\nDe nocrat.\\nHe was married March 14, 1870, to Ellen Ken-\\nnedy, a native of Ireland. She died April 2, 1877,\\nleaving three children, James, Mary E. and Margaret.\\nHis second wife, to whom he was married in Novem-\\nber, 1877, was Philotheta, daughter of Edwin and\\nRoxanora (Giddings) Gleason (see sketch). She\\nwas born Oct. 26, 1863, in Ohio. Otto H is the\\nonly surviving issue of the last marriage. Clinton 13\\ndeceased.\\nt^ ohn Painter, farmer, section 5, Beaver T[).,\\nwas born in Columbiana Co., Ohio, Dec. 10,\\nb,.-.? 18 17, and is the son of Jacob and Barbara\\n(Shingledaker) Painter, natives of Westmore-\\nland Co., Pa.\\nMr. Painter was brought up on his father s\\nfarm and was an inmate of the paternal domicil\\nuntil he had reached the age of 19 years, when he\\nacquired the blacksmith s trade and pursued it as a\\nvocation for seven years. In 1870 Mr. Painter came to\\nNewaygo County, where he now owps a farm of 40\\nacres of land, a good share of which is under im-\\nprovements, with a creditable and suitable farm home.\\nHe was married in Ohio, in 1838, to Charlotte De-\\nN., long, a native of Ohio, born in 1823, and daughter\\nof Jesse and Mary Belong, natives of Pennsylvania.\\nFour of eight children born to Mr. and Mrs. Painter\\nare living, Jessie 1)., Andrew J., Martha J. and Sid-\\nney L. The deceased are Mary Ann, Sarah, James\\nand an infant. The mother died Feb. 18, 1880, and\\nMr. Painter was again married Jan. 8, 1881, to Mrs.\\nSarah (Delong) Dow, a sister of his former wife, who\\nis the mother of five children, the issue of her first\\nmarriage. Mr. Painter is a Democrat in political be-\\nlief and action, and has officiated as Justice of the\\nPeace.\\ni Trltharles Wilcox, farmer, Hesperia, was born\\n41,^^1 in Lewis Co., N. Y., April 12, 1831. He\\ngi l r?/ is a son of William L. and Catharine\\n\u00c2\u00bbi (Cratsenberg) Wilcox, natives of New York.\\nHis mother died when he was two years old,\\nand his father moved to Jefferson Co., N. Y.,\\nwhere young Wilco.x received a common-school\\neducation. He lived there and assisted his father on\\nthe farm until Oct. 17, 1852, when he was united in\\nmarriage to Miss Elizabeth Ressequie, wlio was born\\nin that county in May, 1835, and lived with her\\nparents until her marriage.\\nAfter their marriage they moved on a farm in the\\nneighborhood, and remained there until the spring of\\n1854, when Mr. W. went to California. He was\\nthere three years engag ed in mining, and during that\\ntime was seriously injured by the bursting of a can-\\nnon, which crushed his thigh and left him a cripple\\nfor life. In the spring of 1857 he returned to New\\nYork, and again engaged in farming, which occupa-\\ntion he followed until Aug. 20, 1864, when he\\nenlisted in Co. A, i86th N. Y. Inf and was assigned\\nto the Army of the Potomac.\\nLeaving New York city, his company went to City\\nPoint, thence along the line of contest to North\\nCarolina. During the march he was engaged in the\\nbattle of Hatcher s Run and the taking of Richmond.\\nIn the latter engagement he was severely wounded in\\nthe knee by the bursting of a shell. It threw him\\nhigh in the air and some 30 feet from where he was\\nstanding, and so seriously injured him as to cause his\\nremoval to the hos[)ital at Washington, D. C. He\\nwas there confined for some time, when he was\\nhonoral)ly discharged and returned home, and again\\nengaged in farming for some time, and then came to\\nI\\ng|)-V?^ f^#\\nli:^\\nA\\nii!i^Dii;\\nA.", "height": "2831", "width": "2211", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph11chic_0451.jp2"}, "452": {"fulltext": "\u00e2\u0080\u00a2ST\\n-7 ^tlI])\u00c2\u00abCtlIlf\\nrzj^^^^sr\\nA\\n5^^\\nt\\n440\\nNEWAYGO COUNTY.\\nMichigan, locating on an 80-acre farm, which he pur-\\nchased in Newfield Township, Oceana County. He\\nlived on this farm two years, when he purchased a\\nfarm in another part of the township, and remained\\non it until March, 1880, and then exchanged it for\\nproperty in the town of Hesperia, where he now lives\\nand farms in the vicinity of the village.\\nMr. W. was again married July 15, 1869, to\\nMahala C, daughter of Ephraim and Lydia (Wolver-\\nton) Rolf, natives of New England. She was born\\nOct. 18, 1835, in New York, and came to Michigan\\nin 1880. By this union they have one child, Charley\\nL., born June 12, 1873.\\nMr. Wilcox is an ardent Republican, and himself\\nand wife are both members of the M. E. Church.\\n_dwin Gleason, farmer, section 18, Beaver\\nTownship, was born October 14, 1834, in\\nkj Geauga Co., Ohio. He is a son of Archi-\\nbald and Clarissa (Beal) Gleason, the former a\\nA native of Massachusetts, the latter of Ohio.\\nJ: The family removed to Trumbull County in\\nthat State, where the mother died and the son was\\nplaced in charge of Henry Gleason, his paternal\\nuncle, with whom he remained five years. His father\\nbought a farm, and he engaged with him in clearing\\nand im.proving it.\\nHe was married Jan. i, 1855, to Roxanna C,\\ndauglUer of Joshua H. and Rhoda C. (Wakefield)\\nGiddings. She was born Oct. 3, 1834, in Ashtabula\\nCo., Ohio. Her father was born in the Buckeye State\\nand now resides there. Her mother was born in\\nCanada and died Nov. 5, 1857, in Ohio. After his\\nmarriage Mr. Gleason bought 48 acres of land in\\nTrumbull County and performed pioneer service in\\nits improvement until he had 40 acres under culti-\\nvation. He sold out and in the fall of 1864 bought\\nI 20 acres of timbered land in Beaver Township. To\\nthis he has added by subsequent purchase until he\\nnow owns 350 acres of land, and has improved 70\\nacres. He is a Democrat in political connection, and\\nhas officiated as Treasurer of the township five years.\\nThe seven children of Mr. and Mrs. Gleason were\\nborn as follows Forest C, May 30, 1857 Philotheta,\\nOct. 26, 1859; Atalanta, April 6, 1863; Ariel, July\\n30, 1865; Abigail, Oct. 29, 1868; Frederick, Ai)ril\\n30, 187 1 Ellsworth E., Sept. 23, 1875.\\njt rving H. Barlow, merchant and liveryman,\\nHesperia, was born in Lansing, Mich.,\\nMarch 26, 1850. His parents, R. K. and\\nMaria (Bailey) Barlow, were natives of Catta-\\nraugus Co., N. Y. They moved to Michigan\\nand settled in Lansing, being the third party\\nwho built a shanty in that place, before any village\\nwas even thought of. Irving H. lived at home and\\nattended the schools of that place, receiving a fine\\nacademic education, and when 14 years old he\\nengaged himself to A. J. Viele, who kept a large book\\nand stationery store at Lansing, and worked three\\nyears for his board and clothes. During this time he\\nemployed his leisure moments in reading the best\\nbooks in the store. \\\\t the expiration of the three\\nyears he went with his parents to Grand Ledge,\\nEaton County, where his father engaged in the hotel\\nbusiness. Here Irving again availed himself of\\nschool advantages and attended the academy of that\\nplace one year. Upon the completion of his school\\ncourse he went to Ionia, where he engaged as clerk in\\nthe Bailey House, remaining in that capacity two\\nyears, thence to Sjiring Lake House, a place of resort\\nin the vicinity of Grand Haven, staying two summers.\\nWhile here he became acquainted with one Capt.\\nPatterson, of the United States Navy, who induced\\nhim to join the navy as ship writer, or, as is usually\\ntermed, schoolmaster. During this time he was\\ntransferred to the N. S. Richmond, that was just then\\nmerging into the service. While here he became\\ndisabled on account of climatic influences, and was\\nobliged to leave the crew, and was honorably dis-\\ncharged in February, 1872. Soon after this he came\\nto this county and located in Fremont, engaging with\\na commercial house at that place.\\nSept. 7, 1872, at Spring Lake, Mr. Barlow was\\nmarried to Miss Anna Seaton, daughter of James and\\nChadotte (Bagworth) Seaton, natives of London,\\nEngland, who was born in that city April 6, 1855.\\nWhen five years of age she came with her parents to\\nAmerica, who settled in Geneva, N. Y., where slie\\nwas educated in the colleges of that place, and in\\n1 868 they came to Curlin, Kent Co., Mich., where\\nAnna lived until her marriage. In May, 1873, Mr.\\nA\\ns^\\nfi\\nr\\n^^^^f^\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0^m ^MO\\nr^\\nJs^^^", "height": "2819", "width": "2254", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph11chic_0452.jp2"}, "453": {"fulltext": "", "height": "2831", "width": "2211", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph11chic_0453.jp2"}, "454": {"fulltext": "\u00e2\u0096\u00a0\u00e2\u0096\u00a0w.", "height": "2819", "width": "2254", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph11chic_0454.jp2"}, "455": {"fulltext": "m^\\nW^ ^^r^-\\nr^^K 6-^-illtl :ll|]s re\\nA EWAYGO COUNTY.\\n443\\nBarlow came to Hesperia and kept books for E. R.\\nSwain, lumberman, for one year. During this tiniL-\\nhe purchased 120 acres of timbered land in Newfield\\nTownship, Oceana County. In the spring of 1874\\nhe became engaged with G. D. Webster for three\\nyears, one year intervening, in which he was with\\nSwain Co. In 1878 he established a furniture\\nhouse at this place, in which he has since been en-\\ngaged until (|uite recently.\\nSince cotriing to Hesperia Mr. Barlow has mani-\\nfested great public enterprise, and been of great\\nbenefit to the town. He has built a livery barn at a\\ncost of nearly 1,500, with a stock worth $5,000. He\\nhas just completed a house for merchandise, above\\nwhich is the City Hall, at a cost of $1,600, with a\\nstock of $1,500. He has 15 surveyed lots in the\\nvillage of Hesperia. He is an active member of the\\nI. O. O. F., of Hesperia; was Town Clerk for two\\nyears, and is an active Republican. Mr. and Mrs.\\nBarlow have an adopted son, Renby, born June\\n14, 1871.\\nliTames R. Odell, druggist at Fremont, is the\\nson of Jonathan and Mahala (Prouty) Odell;\\nwas born in Hillsdale Co., Mich., April 21,\\n1841. His parents were natives of New York,\\nwhere they were married, and soon after re-\\nmoved to Michigan and settled in Hillsdale\\nCounty. They remained there for several years after\\nthe death of his fatlier, which occurred in 1S54,\\nwhen his mother came to this county and settled in\\nFremont, about the year 1867.\\nJames R. remained under the parental roof until\\n16 years of age, attending the common schools. He\\nthen learned the carpenter and joiner s trade, which\\nhe followed for nearly five years previous to the\\nbreaking out of the rebellion. In September, 1864,\\nhe enlisted in the i ith Mich. Cav., and, after serving\\ntill the close of the war, was honorably discharged at\\nKnoxville, Tenn. He participated in several engage-\\nments, and was at the cajiture of Salisbury prison,\\nN. C. After his term of service had expired he re-\\nturned to Hillsdale Co., Mich., and worked at his\\ntrade a short time, when he was taken very sick with\\ntyphoid fever, in conseipience of which he was unable\\nto work for eight months. After his recovery, in the\\nspring of 1866, he came to Fremont, where he worked\\nat his trade about two years. He \\\\Huchased 90\\nacres of wild land in Sheridan Township, upon\\nwhich he worked during one summer, and was after-\\nward employed in a general store in Fremont, owned\\nby John Delamater. In two years he purchased a\\none-half interest in the store, and the firm was known\\nas Delamater Odell. This partnership continued\\nfor about six months, when Mr. Odell sold out his\\ninterest to John Dellaas, but remained as clerk until\\nthe store was destroyed by fire some two years later.\\nHe assisted in settling up the business of the firm,\\nand during the following winter was engaged in lum-\\nbering, and was also afterwards in the employ of\\nJohn DeHaas for a short time. Afterwards he and\\nhis brother bought out the stock of drugs and gro-\\nceries owned by Dr. Root Son. This partner-\\nship continued about two years, when he bought out\\nthe interest of his brother in the drug department,\\nand in another year sold his own interest in the\\ngrocery department to his brother. For a short time\\nthe drug store was carried on by Odell Manly,\\nwhen the latter withdrew, and the business is now\\nconducted by Mr. Odell, who is the leading druggist\\nof the county. He commenced in 1877 to build the\\nfine brick building he now occupies, and moved his\\nstock of goods in February, 1878.\\nMr. Odell was first married in Hillsdale Co., Mich.,\\nMarch 3, 1861, to Mary, daughter of Francis and\\nMinerva (Smitli) Morse, a native of Michigan. She\\nafterward died, October, 1864, leaving one child,\\nborn Dec. 27, 1863. Mr. Odell was again married, in\\nHesperia, this county, in the year 1867, to Alice,\\ndaughter of Daniel Joslin, and they have had three\\nchildren: Mary, Eva M. and Pearl; the former is\\ndeceased. Mr. Odell has held the office of Town-\\nship Clerk for ten consecutive years is a member of\\nthe Masonic Order, and has filled various offices in\\nhis lodge, having served tn o years as Master, and\\nis also Commander of Henry Dobson Post, G. A. R.\\nIn politics he is identified with the Democratic party.\\nHe has been a member of the Village Board, serving\\nas President or Trustee since its incorporation was\\nalso a member of the School Board when the graded\\nsystem went into effect, and is still a member of the\\nsame.\\nAmong the portraits of prominent business men\\nand pioneers given in this Album may be found that\\nof Mr. Odell.\\nV^\\nr\\n:sji\\n^I1!]: I111^\\nv-^^jfi l^", "height": "2831", "width": "2211", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph11chic_0455.jp2"}, "456": {"fulltext": "444\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0\u00e2\u0096\u00a0,i^\\n-r -^I]D :llII v^\\n_^X\\\\,.^\\nNEIVAYGO COUNTY.\\nU?)\\nA\\nO\\nI VI (iward Edwards, nearly 20 years a resi-\\n2j \u00e2\u0080\u009e_ lent of the village of Newaygo, was born\\n^f-^ J y \u00e2\u0080\u00a2S39 St. Neot, a village well\\niS. known to fame in the county of Cornwall, Eng-\\nland, St. Neot, of legendary fame, being a\\nj brother of King Arthur, immortalized by Ten-\\nnyson in his Idylls of the King. His grandfather,\\ni Edward Edwards, of an old Cornish family, having\\nsold his paternal acres at Silverwell, combined the\\npursuit of mining with mercantile business in his new\\nhome. His father, Edward, senior, one of many\\nsons in a direct line inheriting with the family\\nname the family patrimony, was a young and rising\\nman when he left the old homestead and sought to\\nlay the foundations of his family fortunes in a new\\nsoil. As a keen debater he leveled swords with the\\nlate Sir John Lawrence, Lord Mayor of London,\\nand being an enthusiastic follower of John Wesley,\\nhe was recommended to the British Wesleyan Con-\\nference for admittance to its itinerant ranks. But he\\nwas of too radical a temper and too independent of\\ncontrol to put his destiny in the hands of any one\\nless than liisCreator,anddeclined the proffered honor.\\nThe same spirit of independency in a later day\\ncaused his severance from the church communion of\\nhis youth and early manhood. A Liberal of Liber-\\nals, yet conservative of the last inch of personal\\nright, he was always in opposition to aristocratic\\nToryism and, at a time when sympathy with Repub-\\nlicanism meant something, was an outspoken disbe-\\nliever in the divine right of kings and superiority\\nof blue blood.\\nHe married as his first wife, at Silverwell, Eliza-\\nbeth Roberts, a worthy and congenial companion, who\\nsoon left him a widower with one daughter, since\\ndead. Phillippa Doney, in the rural coterie noted\\nfor her beauty and early development with the grace\\nof womanhood, took pity on the lonely widower, and\\nthe village belle linked her fortunes with the stranger\\nwhose early misfortunes bespoke her pity. The\\nmother descended from a line of Doneys whose his-\\ntory was co-equal with that of the parish, and the\\nGummoes of St. Minver, who as yeomen of worth\\nand stamina had paralleled the records of the county\\nand were as true to the old Anglican Church as def-\\nV\\n#1\\nerence to aristocracy and full faith in Toryism could\\ndesire. The marriage of a daughter of the church,\\nand at the date of her marriage a member of the\\nRector s famil with the enthusiastic Methodist, was\\nnever relished by her family but she was too devoted\\nand he too independent to sue for pardon, and they\\nset out to make the journey of life on their own\\nown hook.\\nEdward, the subject of this sketch, was the sev-\\nenth child born to them, of whom only two others\\nsurvive: Timothy, whose sketch will be found in\\nanother part of this book; and Charles, of local noto-\\nriety as a breeder of Short-horn and Ayrshire cattle\\nin the neighborhood of Ingersoll, Canada, with whom\\nthe widowed motlier makes her home, Charles and\\nhis father having jointly bought the farm on which\\nhe lives. As a child Edward was delicate, and the\\nrough manners and tyrannical rule of the parochial\\nschool, when he received his first lessons from the\\nmin whose glory was to wield a ruler or a stick with\\nskill and force enough to beat his lessons into his in-\\nfant brain, came very near to calling for the requiem\\ncouplet,\\nSince I am so early diiiie lor.\\n1 wonder wliat I wa. begun for.\\nAs a boy he was taken out of school and put to\\nrun on errands, attend store, etc., till he had reached\\nthe age of 15 and a fair degree of growth and vigor.\\nAt that time he was sent to an academy for young\\ngentlemen, Rev. Mr. Geake, Head Master, at Dub-\\nwalls, and took his seven miles walk every day, rain\\nor shine; but, manifesting a decided talent for me-\\nchanics and 3. peiiclumt for music, he was, in consid-\\neration of the payment of $250 by his father and\\nthe rendering of his own personal service seven years\\nwithout pay, apprenticed to the trade of harness-\\nmaker and saddler. But not the blandishments of a\\nsmiling boss, nor the pleasantness of an open parlor,\\nnor a seat at the family table with all the freedom of\\nhome, could blind him to the treatment bestowed\\nupon the senior apprentices in the establishment\\nwho had signed and sealed the instruments with\\ntheir own hands tliat bound them to seven years of\\nunpaid servitude. So he refused to put his signature\\nto the indenture for over two years. He worked on\\ntill he acquired a good knowledge of the business,\\nand was advanced to the position of cutter for the\\nshop. This close and unremitting attention to busi-\\nv^\\nK\\n^i\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0^m%m\\nz.", "height": "2819", "width": "2254", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph11chic_0456.jp2"}, "457": {"fulltext": "Z^HxiT\\n.Ji^\\nmy^M^^^\\n!2S%^c\\n-om^ ^m\\nNEWAYGO COUNTY.\\n445\\nness was too much for his constitution, and a fit of\\ntyphus fever relegated him to the reahii of out-of-\\ndoor workers. His uncle Richard was conducting at\\nSt. Agnes a large joint farming and butcher s business\\non the old family homestead, and tliere Edward was\\nsent to gain health and become a man. A regime of\\nroast beef and plum pudding in two years developed\\nhim into a strong, healthy young man, and to Uncle\\nRichard he is indebted for much of exanii)le and\\ninstruction that through life has been his heli)er.\\nThe ship Gipsy Queen, commanded by his ma-\\nternal cousin, brought the family to Quebec in 1858,\\nand soon a Canadian farm life demanded the labor\\nof mind and muscle. The family settled near In-\\ngersoll, and there the future of his life beamed upon\\nhim in the smiling eyes of one Miss Eunice Laurena\\nMinkler, on her mother s side a Hyde of the Green\\nMountain State, and older still of the suite of Will-\\niam of Orange, when Protestantism removed the last\\nof the weakly and tyrannical Stuarts from the English\\nthrone. They were married at her father s home on\\nthe 4th day of January, 1865, and in a few days\\nt(^j thereafter, bidding adieu to friends and home, they\\n=r started for the wilds of Michigan, and in the home\\nof Timothy, his brother, found their first resting\\nplace in Newaygo.\\nHere he started the first harness shop; was burnt\\nout and went to work at carpentry, for which his nat-\\nural bent was very decided. He obtained means to\\nstart another harness shop, and finding it disagreed\\nwith his health, sold out and entered into partner-\\nship with Wellington Persons, Newaygo s veteran\\nRegister of Deeds, and prepared with him the first\\nset of abstracts of title for Newaygo County, which\\npartnership still continues. He has filled the office of\\nDeputy Register of Deeds for several years, Deputy\\nClerk of the County for one term, and Deputy\\nTreasurer under M. S. Angell, and is now Deputy\\nTreasurer under the administration of S. Fry.\\nHe is a Republican in jx)litics, and (witji his estima-\\nble wife) may be considered of inheritance a part\\nand [Kircel of the Methodist (Jhurch, having filled\\nnearly all offices (successfully) but that of prea( her-\\nin-charge. He was twice elected Assessor of liis\\nvillage, twice elected a lay delegate to the Annual\\nConference of his communion, and for years the\\nchorister and often organist of his clnircli. Scarcely\\nany one would be more missed than he out of Ne-\\n^rs\\nY\\nrF\\\\\\n5^\\nwaygo Methodism. From childhood a total abstainer,\\nfor years a prominent Mason, filling with accepta-\\nbility the offices in the gift of his brethren, Edward\\nEdwards has had no mean place in the upbuilding\\nof all that is good in Newaygo, and with his estima-\\nble wife and three children, Mary, a succe^ful\\nyo ing teacher; Stanly Warden, a boy of eight years,\\nand Emma, a girl of four years, may they long live\\nto enjoy happiness under their own vine and fig-\\ntree\\n^eSSUU^^\\n?4\u00e2\u0080\u0094 \u00c2\u00ab/g|.a/OT2i v.\\nA\\namuel D. Bonner, lumberman, resident at\\n.Vewaygo, was born Jan. 7, 1842, in Craw-\\n\\\\v^ ford Co., Pa., and is a son of John and\\nElvira (Cummings) Bonner, the former a na-\\ntive of Vermont, the latter of Massachusetts.\\nHis parents came to Michigan when he was\\n14 years old, reaching Casnovia Township, Ottawa\\nCounty (now Muskegon), Sept. 10, 1856. The father\\nhad been a soldier of 18 12, and located 160 acres of\\nland on section 5, in Casnovia, on a soldier s warrant.\\nHe died there Sept. 12, 1866. The mother died at\\nNewaygo. Sept. 9, 1879.\\nMr. Bonner was married at Casnovia, May 7, 1S63,\\nto Harriet L., daughter of Augustus and Martha\\nCook, a native of Huron Co., Ohio, born June 26,\\n1843. T family comprises two adopted children,\\nJohn and Blanche.\\nIn 1864 Mr. Bonner went to Bridgeton Township\\nto engage as assistant in the shingle-mill of I. 1).\\nMerrill, and operated in that capacity one year, suc-\\nceeding to the jxjsition of manager, which post he\\nfilled one year and then took charge of a boarding\\nhouse for A. A. Ma.xim in liridgeton. He remained\\nin tliis position two years and came to Newaygo, en-\\ngaging in the same capacity with the Newaygo Lum-\\nber Company, where he continued four years, at the\\nend of that time transferring his services to another\\nbranch of their business and ojjerated three years as\\nforeman in the lumber yard. He was next employed\\nas manager of the saw-mill of D. P. Clay, where he\\ncontinued two years, and then served as night-watch\\n18 months. He afterwards engaged in the general\\nmanagement of the saw-mill, lumber-yard, planing-\\nmill, and tub and pail factory for a period of eight\\nmonths, when he engaged as foreman of the river _;.^.-.\\nV\\nr\\nt\u00c2\u00a3Hb^\\nIl!l :illlr:\\n.^^re^^\\nVi;\\nATA-.", "height": "2831", "width": "2211", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph11chic_0457.jp2"}, "458": {"fulltext": "^IS/^(t\\n446\\nNEWAYGO COUNTY.\\n1\\nJ\\nforce of Mr. Clay, sorting and running logs on the\\nMuskegon River, in which he is still occupied. He\\nowns a house and lot on Jarse Hill, 40 acres of land\\nadjoining the village corporation on the north, and\\n300 acres of land in Big Prairie Township. He also\\nowns 260 acres of land in company with George\\nTaylor.\\nMr. Bonner was re-elected a member of the Com-\\nmon Council of Newaygo in the spring of 1883 (cur-\\nrent year) and is present School Inspector of the\\ntownship.\\nV\\nJ\\nI\\nr;(j reeman Mallory was bom in Columbia\\nHjin Co., N. Y., Feb. 8, 1823. His parents,\\nStephen and Maria (Waldorf) Mallory,\\nwere natives of the State of New York, but\\nmoved to Connecticut in an early day, and af-\\nterward came to Hillsdale County, this State,\\nwhere they lived until their death. Freeman lived at\\nhome until 30 years of age. He bougiit 80 acres of\\nland in Hillsdale County, which he managed until\\nthe spring of 1868, when he came to Newaygo\\nCounty and located in Dayton Township for one\\nyear, and then bought 80 acres of wild land on sec-\\ntion 32, where he now resides; 50 acres are under\\ncultivation.\\nMr. Mallory was married in Waterbury, Conn., in\\nOctober, 1853, to Sarah Allen, a native of Connecti-\\ncut, and they have had two children, one living:\\nStephen E. Mr. M. is a member of the Democrat\\nparty.\\nins^l\\n^t^J^J^\\n,5^\\nesse P. Belong, farmer, section 8, Beaver\\nf Townsliip, was bom June 13, 1829, in\\nTrumbull Co., Ohio. His parents, Jesse\\nand Marie \\\\Vinnings Delong, were na-\\ntives of Pennsylvania and are both deceased.\\nThe early training of Mr. Delong fitted him\\nfor the business which he has followed throughout\\nhis active life thus far. When in boyliood, he found\\na friend in a man named Thomas Fenton, and he\\nwas chiefly under his guidance until he approached\\nmanhood. At 20 years of age he came to Michigan\\nand located in Berrien County, where he labored on\\na farm and remained in that vicinity until 1878,\\nwhen he transferred his family and interests to Ne-\\nwaygo County. He purchased 40 acres of land in\\nBeaver Township, where he has applied his time and\\nenergies to the best advantage, and has already placed\\n25 acres of the primeval wilderness in a fine state of\\nimprovement. He affiliates with the Democratic party,\\nand lias acted as Postmaster at his present residence,\\nto whicii post he received his appointment Sept. 18,\\n18S0, and officiated therein one year.\\nHe was married in 1853, to Mary Davis, daughter\\nof Benjamin and Catherine (Williams) Davis, natives\\nof Wales. The daughter was bom Dec. 12, 1833, in\\nCumberland Co., Penn. Five children have been\\nbom to Mr. and Mrs. Delong: Emma M. is the\\nwife of John Trowbridge Harriet A. is Mrs. Jesse\\nTennant. The others are Sidney B. and Bertie.\\nMiles E. is deceased.\\nniehael Turcotte, farmer and lumberman,\\n(,tei4^S. section 30, Beaver Township, was born\\nfJHI^ Dec. 30, 1843, i Ontario Co., Canada,\\nV^vV and was a son of Joseph Turcotte. His\\nM\\niC-^l^\u00e2\u0080\u0094\\n-Sj^^iK-\\n-^T\\n^U\\nparents were natives of Lower Canada and of\\nunmixed French ancestry. Both are deceased.\\nMr. T. began his career as a lumberman when he\\nwas 14 years of age, passing the winters in the woods\\nand laboring as a mill hand summers, until he was 20\\nyears old, when he made his entry upon a course of\\nlife in his own interest. He was variously occupied\\nuntil the first of January, 1876, when he located in\\nNewaygo Co., Mich. He was the owner of a cash\\ncapital of five dollars wlien he arrived, and imme-\\ndiately found employ at his wonted calling, engag-\\ning in logging at $1.50 per thousand, for E. L. Gray.\\nHe was prudent and economical. His labor was\\nhard but was soon remunerative, and he was able\\nafter a time to purchase a farm of 120 acres in\\nBeaver Township, where he has principally resided.\\nHe has placed 95 acres under cultivation, with good\\nbuildings. His real estate now includes 540 acres of\\nland, chiefly in heavy, valuable timber.\\nMr. Turcotte was married in 1871; to Maggie,\\nS\\nn\\nr^\\nf", "height": "2819", "width": "2254", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph11chic_0458.jp2"}, "459": {"fulltext": "", "height": "2831", "width": "2211", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph11chic_0459.jp2"}, "460": {"fulltext": "", "height": "2819", "width": "2254", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph11chic_0460.jp2"}, "461": {"fulltext": "", "height": "2831", "width": "2211", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph11chic_0461.jp2"}, "462": {"fulltext": "", "height": "2819", "width": "2254", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph11chic_0462.jp2"}, "463": {"fulltext": "Sk/^\\ni-wgfSjse-\\nNEWAYGO COUNTY.\\n#i^5^i^i-#\\n451\\ndaughter of Isaiah and Mary (Lengerman) Turcotte,\\nwho was born in Canada, in January, 1844. One\\nchild was born, Marcli 25, 1SS2, who died Nov. 5, of\\nthe same year.\\n9-\\ns\\ni saac D. Merrill, deceased, was born at Fal-\\nt mouth (now Portland), Maine, Dec. 16,\\n^T 1 8 10. He came of a hardy stock of New\\nEnglanders, his father, a sea captain, losing his\\nihip during the last war with England.\\nI The subject of this sketch early engaged in\\nlumbering on the Penobscot and St. Croix Rivers of\\nhis native State. In the year 1839 he turned west-\\nward to tlie pine woods of Michigan, then attracting\\nconsiderable attention; engaged in lumbering on\\nGrand River soon after. In 1844 he returned to\\nMaine on a visit, where he married, and then brought\\nhis wife to Michigan, in the fall of that year. Lo-\\n/S eating in Newaygo, he engaged in lumbering iu part-\\nem nership with John A. Brooks. One year later he\\nV r removed to Bridgeton, ten miles below Newaygo, on\\nthe Muskegon River, where he lived up to the time\\nof his death, continuing here in the lumber business\\nV, until failing health compelled him to retire from\\nactive business life. The only settlers in the now\\ntownshii) of Bridgeton at the time Mr. Merrill located\\nthere, were Dick. Ryerson and Joseph Trottier, wjio\\nwere then living at the Dam. He was a member\\nof the first Board of Supervisors for Newaygo County,\\nand helped organize said county. Associated with\\nhim on the Board was James Barton, now Judge of\\nProbate. For many years Mr. Merrill filled the\\nofficeof Supervisor of his town. In the year 1859,\\nor thereabouts, he was appointed by Governor Wis-\\nner one of the commissioners to examine the Flats\\nImprovement which John A. Brooks had constructed.\\nTlicit improvement was accepted as well done by\\nGovernor and commissioners, but the State failed to\\nremunerate the projectors of the work, and the\\nBeard claim hangs fire until this day.\\nIn school matters Mr. Merrill was deeply in-\\nterested, and was ever the friend of education. A\\nstaunch Whig when tliat party went to pieces on the\\nrock of slavery, he at once identified iiimself with\\nthe Republican party, of which he was always a con-\\nN\u00c2\u00bb sister t member. On one occasion he was urged to\\n^-S?^ ^-^^DII\\naccept a nomination to the Legislature (a nomination\\nbeing equivalent to an election), but declined, pre-\\nferring his home and business life to the turmoil of\\npolitical strife. Neighbors and friends will bear wit-\\nness that he was a square, honest, upright man; one\\nwho held enmity toward no man on the green earth\\none who, if he had an enemy in the wide world,\\nknew it not.\\nMany interesting reminiscences come up, but\\nspace will not permit giving them here. From Detroit\\nMr. Merrill walked to Grand Rapids on his pioneer\\ntrip to Michigan, and, if we are not mistaken, John\\nPaige, of Maine, and a Mr. Hersey, who settled in\\nMecosta County afterward, kept him company. John\\nA. Brooks was building a mill at Newaygo when Mr.\\nMerrill and the men named above reached that\\npoint, having followed an Indian trail from Grand\\nRapids.\\nMr. Merrill died at his home in Bridgeton, Dec.\\n14, 1883, after a lingering and painful illness of some\\nyears duration.\\nE. W. Merrill, of Muskegon, is a brother of de-\\nceased, and is one of the early pioneers of the Mus-\\nkegon Valley. One by one they are passing away,\\nand soon the last of those iron men will have passed\\nbeyond the vale, leaving a new generation to tread\\nthe paths their fathers made for them in the wilder-\\nness.\\n\u00e2\u0080\u00a25-\\n3-^\\nv**^\\neuben S. Trask, M. D., practicing physi-\\ncian and surgeon, at White Cloud, was born\\nApril 4, 1837, in Elmira, N. Y., and is a\\n(to son of Alanson and Lucy (Cummins) Trask,\\ny natives of Connecticut. After their marriage\\nthey settled in the State of New York, after-\\nwards removing to Smithfield, Pa., where they passed\\nthe remainder of their lives.\\nDr. Trask came to Cassopolis, Mich., when he was\\n16 years of age, and served two years in acquiring\\nthe details of the trade of cabinet-maker and car-\\npenter. He then went to Pennsylvania and worked\\nat his trade until 1865, and as ojjportunity afforded\\nread for his profession. He first commenced the\\npractice of his ])rofession at Leonard Hollow, Pa.,\\nand then came to Barry Co., Mich., where he re-\\nmained until 1870. In the autumn of that year he\\ncame to Newaygo County and located at Croton,\\nr\\nV\\n%fl.^\\n^Illlv\\n-St.?\\nf^\\nV\\nca:\\nr", "height": "2831", "width": "2211", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph11chic_0463.jp2"}, "464": {"fulltext": "^IlIl ^:iiD^ r\\ni^\\nu\\n7-\\nV\\nNEWAYGO COUNTY.\\n-^^T^^\\nwhere he operated as a medical practitioner nearly\\nsix years. In 1876 he came to AUeyton, and, after\\npursuing his profession there some years, in the au-\\ntumn of 1880 he established himself at White Cloud\\nprofessionally, and commercially in the drug business,\\nin both which avenues he is still engaged.\\nHe was married in Barry Co., Mich., June 26, 1866,\\nto Lydia M., daughter of Peter and Polly Perhamus.\\nShe was born in Pennsylvania. Of five children\\nborn to Dr. and Mrs. Trask three are now living.\\nThey are Harlan A., Linnie A. and Minnie. Those\\ndeceased are Byon and an infant child.\\nDr. Trask is a Democrat in politics and Chairman\\nof the Democratic County Committee. He has\\nserved his community in various official positions,\\nand always with entire satisfaction. He has been ihe\\nincumbent of the office of Supervisor of Wilcox\\nthree years; has been President of the village of\\nWhite Cloud and also acted two years as Village\\nClerk of Croton, and was nominated for Judge of\\nProbate in 1880. He is a member of the Order of\\nOdd Fellows. Mrs. Trask is engaged in millinery\\nand fancy goods, and exhibits a fine stock of mer-\\nchandise in the lines of her trade.\\nAs a prominent and representative business and\\nprofessional man of Newaygo County, we take pleas-\\nure in presenting the portrait of Dr. Trask. We\\npresent it in connection with this sketch, accompanied\\nby that of his wife.\\nI\\nonroe L. Sharp, farmer, section 17, Bea-\\nQy vcr Township, was born Dec. 9, 1855, in\\nCanada. His father, James Sliarp, also\\na native of Canada, is now residing in Mary-\\nland; his mother, Harriet (Richardson) Sharp,\\nborn in England, died April 15, 1876.\\nMr. Sharp was an inmate of his paternal home\\nand under the guidance of his father uniil he reached\\nthe age of 20 years, when he came to Lapeer County\\nand worked as a saw-mill hand about ten months,\\nafter which he came to Newaygo County and bought\\n60 acres of land in Beaver Township. It was in the\\nmidst of a vast wilderness, the forest having never\\nre-echoed the sound of preparation for permanent\\nsettlement previous to his location there. He now\\nhas 33 acres under cultivation, with creditable farm\\nfixtures.\\nHe was married in Lapeer County, Aug. 20, 1876,\\nto Jane Saunders, a native of Sanilac County, born\\nAug. 8, i860, and is the daughter of James and\\nEunice Ann (Reed) Saunders, born respectively in\\nPennsylvania and Canada, and now resident in Ne-\\nwaygo County. Jessie R Nettie M., Elmer W. and\\nAmy A. are the names of their four children. Mr.\\nSharp acts with the Republican party.\\nV^\\nvk d^Ml, dgar Ii. Gray, attorney, resident at Ne-\\nL V=^( waygo, was born Oct. 10, 1833, in Troy,\\n(plSf Rensselaer Co., N. Y. His father was a\\nnative of the State of Connecticut, is now in\\nhis 81st year, in sound, firm health, and resides\\nin Grand Haven. His mother s maiden name\\nwas Almira Furguson. She was a native of Rens-\\nselaer County, and was a daughter of an officer in\\nthe Revolutionary war, wlio died at the advanced\\nage of 84 years.\\nMr. Gray s parents and only sister (Mrs. Jennie\\nE. Wallace), moved from Troy to Pennfield, Calhoun\\nCo., Mich., where his mother died in 1843. The\\nfamily removed to the (then) village of Grand\\nRapids, where the father again married, and Mr.\\nGray attended the academy under the management\\nof Rev. Addison Ballard, and, later, under Franklin\\nEverett, both of whom are still living. He also at-\\ntended for one year what was termed the Branch of\\nthe Michigan University, located at Kalamazoo. At\\nthe age of 17 years he commenced the .study of law,\\nand in 1854 he decided to settle in Newaygo, which\\nwas then just platted by Sarell Wood, John A.\\nBrooks and John A. Brooks, Jr. Previous to this\\ndetermination, he made an extended prospecting\\ntrip to Chicago, Rock Island, Davenport, Dubuque\\nand Galena. In calculating chances, Mr. Gray\\ncould not see how the broad prairies of the West\\ncould be as fruitful of lawsuits as a timbered coun-\\ntry, wliere men make and break more contracts than\\nin a [jurely agricultural region. About the time Mr.\\nGray commenced the study of law, Hon. Thomas B.\\nChurcli, of Grand Rapids, was a member of the\\nConstitutional Convention and endeavored to obtain\\na Representative for each of the counties of Saginaw,\\nA\\nV\\nr\\n1\\ni\\nM", "height": "2819", "width": "2254", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph11chic_0464.jp2"}, "465": {"fulltext": "TZJ^S^\\nv :aB ^tiii v\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0i^i^C^^^I^\\n1\\nA\\nV\\ns\\nI\\nNEWAYGO COUNTY.\\nIS)\\n453\\nTuscola, Midland, Sanilac, Montcalm and Newaygo,\\nand upon the i)roposition urged by him made the\\nfollowing remarks\\nInformation, sir, has been asked for respecting\\nthe counties enumerated in tlie amendment under\\nconsideration, and I propose to furnish a little re-\\nspecting one of them. The county of Newaygo, sir,\\nlies north of the county which I in part represent,\\nand embraces, in connection with the adjacent county\\nof Oceana, the principal portion of country com-\\nmonly called Muskegon. A liver by the latter name\\nruns through it, the course of which is nearly parallel\\nwith the Grand River, a river of less length indeed\\nthan the Grand River, and of less average width per-\\nhaps, but discharging quite an ei|ual amount of\\nwater, the Rapids of which furnish an immense\\nwater-power, and which intersects a region of great\\nfertility of soil, and also containing extensive and\\nvaluable pineries.\\nThis county now furnishes a large annual supply\\nof lumber for the markets upon the west side of\\nLake Michigan, the transportation of which now\\nmaintains respectable and rapidly augmenting ma-\\nrine. The harbor, at the mouth of the Muskegon\\nRiver, is rated as the second best upon the Michigan\\nside of the Lake, being upon the lee coast, and con-\\nsisting of a lake about seven miles in length by two\\nin width, of a sufficient depth of water to float the\\nvessels navigating the main lakes. The small lake is\\nconnected with the main lake by an outlet sometimes\\nbarred by the sand accumulated by the action of\\nwind and wave; but the contemplated improvements\\nby the general Government will remove this obstacle.\\nThe erection of a lighthouse has been determined\\nupon at that point, and liberal appropriations for the\\nimprovements sjoken of are recommended by the\\nsurveying party detailed by the Secretary of the\\nTreasury for the examination of the east coast of\\nLake Michigan.\\nOf the population of this district I cannot speak\\npositively. Large additions have been made the\\npast year to the agriculturists, a demand existing\\nfor their products on account of the numerous mills\\nin operation u[)on the river and the people and teams\\nemployed about tliem. I should think that the pop-\\nulation must now crowd upon one thousand; and\\ntaking into account those who are scattered along\\nthe lake shore, perhaps it will exceed two thou-\\ntsand.\\nThe allusion of Mr. Church to the large supplies\\nof pine timber on tlie Muskegon River, coupled with\\nhis knowledge of the immense resources of tiiat\\nstream, led Mr. Gray to settle in Newaygo. He was\\nat the time the only person then practicing law in\\nthe county who had been admitted to the Bar.\\n-D!l\\nNewaygo County had then just entered upon a\\nwonderful career of prosperity the opening previ-\\nously to this of the Illinois C anal and the improve-\\nment of the harbor at Chicago, furnishing an excel-\\nlent market for the pine products of the Muskegon\\nRiver. Large numbers of lumliermen from Maine\\nand Northern New York, had been and still were\\nlocating large bodies of pine lands on the river and\\nits tributaries a gang mill had Ugen built at Ne-\\nwaygo, and was then being operated by Albert N.\\nCheney and Lewis L. Arms, of Glens Falls, N. Y.,\\nand .\\\\niasa B. Watson and A. F. and H. J. Orton, of\\nNewaygo. The village began to grow rapidly, and\\nthe pine and farming lands of the county were ab-\\nsorbed l-)y settlers and speculators so fast as to indi-\\ncate that the futur; [jrosperity of the village and\\ncounty was fully assured.\\nIn the fall of 1854 Mr. Gray was appointed County\\nTreasurer, and the same fall was elected Prosecuting\\nAttorney and Circuit Court Commissioner. John H.\\nSwartwout was elected County Treasurer with the\\nunderstanding that lie should appoint Mr. Gray his\\nDeputy, which he did. Mr. Swartwout resigned,\\nand Hiram Butler was ajipointed who retained Mr.\\nGray as Deputy. The latter surrendered his trust\\nJan. I, 1857, having accomplished much that aided\\nmaterially in the prosi)erity of Newaygo County.\\nEvery description of property amenable to tax safes\\nhad been sold for cash, the county was out of debt,\\ntaxes were low and a considerable sum of money\\nwas in the treasury.\\nMr. Gray continued the practice of law until 1861,\\nwhen he bid off, either alone or associated with\\nothers, several State road contracts, and built the\\nroad running from the north line of Newaygo County\\nto within eight miles of Grand Rapids. He also cut\\nand cross-wayed, where desired by the special\\ncommissioner, a road from the village of Newaygo to\\nthe northwestern corner of the county. He also\\nmade and stumped a road ten miles in length\\nfrom the village to Bridgeton. In company with\\nDuncan McLellan, Esq., now of Big Rapids, he con-\\nstructed nine miles of road toward that city, and\\neight miles from Big Rapids to Cedar Springs. Mr.\\nGray also built a State Road i6 miles north of\\nStanton, in Isabella County. He closed the last of\\nthese contracts in 1869.\\ni\\nA\\nr\\nWl", "height": "2831", "width": "2211", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph11chic_0465.jp2"}, "466": {"fulltext": "Msrx^^#-\\nNEWAYGO COUNTY.\\n-J\\ns\\nIn 187 I he was elected a member of the House of\\nRepresentatives, his district being composed of\\nNewaygo, Mecosta, Osceola, Lake and Oceana\\nCounties. During the session a determined effort\\nwas made to organize a new county from eight\\nnorthern towns of Kent County, four southeast\\ncorner towns of Newaygo County, and four southwest\\ncorner towns of Montcahn County, the new organiza-\\ntion to be named Russell County, in honor of the\\nHon. H. C. Russell, later State Senator. Col. Phelps,\\nMr. Russell s father-in-law, and others urged the\\nmeasure with great zeal and determination. (Col.\\nPhelps recently died in Detroit, and, in a sketch of\\nhim published soon after, the result of the vote upon\\nthe measure referred to was erroneously given. The\\nfirst vote made an e.\\\\hibit of 36 ayes to 49 noes on\\nreconsideration the manifest was 34 to 46.) On Mr.\\nGray s motion to reconsider, the bill was lost and\\nMajor Huston moved to lay the vote to reconsider on\\nthe table. Thus the bill was killed by parliamentary\\nregime. During the same session a bill was intro-\\nduced that each county sell its own lands for taxes,\\ngive deeds, etc., in other words, collect and disburse\\nits moneys as any private individual might do. Mr.\\nGray was the only member who made an extended\\nspeech in its favor, and it was carried through the\\nHouse, but was defeated in the Senate.\\nWilliam Humphrey was then Auditor General of\\nMichigan, and under his authority many Supervisors\\nin Northern Michigan had assessed and taxed lands\\nlying along the line of railroads where tracks had\\nbeen completed. Mr. Gray introduced a successful\\nresolution calling upon the Attorney General for his\\nopinions as to the legality of this action of the Auditor\\nGeneral. The former decided that the lands were\\ntaxable, and thereupon a bill was introduced to\\nexempt them for a further period. Mr. Gray opposed\\nthe bill in a lengthy speech under suspension of\\nrules, and was assisted by an able argument from\\nHon. A. B. Riford. The bill passed by only four\\nvotes. William A. Howard, D. Darwin Hughes and\\nscores of other advocates of acknowledged ability\\nappeared in behalf of the railroads determined to\\nsecure an extension of time.\\nIn 1872 Mr. Gray was elected to the State Senate,\\nand early in the session. Senator Hinds, of Montcalm,\\n\\\\r^ introduced a resolution calling upon the Railroad\\n^r^ Committee to report whether, in their opinion, the Mis\\nbill for exemption of railroad lands from taxation,\\npassed in 187 1, could be repealed. Senators\\nWheeler and Gray each made elaborate reports that\\nthe law could be legally and honorably repealed, and\\nembraced in a revision of the railroad laws a pro-\\nvision for its repeal, which passed the Senate unani-\\nmously. One thousand copies of the separate rejwrts\\nof Senators Wheeler and Gray were printed at the\\nexpense of the State. The Senate bill thus passed\\nbeing bandied about the House on one pretext and\\nanother, a separate bill for taxation of said lands was\\nintroduced in the House, passed both branches and\\nbecame a law.\\nIn 1874 Mr. Gray was re-elected to the Senate and\\nappointed Chairman of the Judiciary Committee.\\nGov. Bagley had recommended in his message the\\npassage of a tax liciuor law, on the ground that\\nprohibition in tliis State meant free whisky in the\\nlarge cities and spasmodic strictures in small places.\\nMr. Gray was made Chairman of the Liquor Com-\\n/N\\n0)\\nmittee by special reipiest of the Governor, and he\\nadvocated the passage, and constitutionality, of the\\nliquor law of 1875, against such men as Senator\\nWebber, of East Saginaw. The bill passed the\\nSenate by the requisite vote, 17, and the House by\\n52 votes, one more than the law required. Not a\\nvoice was raised in the Senate for the bill but tliat of\\nMr. Gray, and at the time of its passage the New\\nYork Tribune pronounced it the best law for control-\\nling the traffic in ardent spirits yet devised. Mr.\\nGray s position was that the bill would operate as\\nprohibitory in the country, and regulative and\\nrestraining in the cities and villages. Several at-\\ntempts have since been made to repeal this law, but\\nwithout success, thus demonstrating the superior\\nstatesmanship of Mr. Gray.\\nSince his last term in the Senate Mr. Gray has\\nbeen engaged in the jjrosecution of his profession.\\nHe has also superintended the improvement of a\\nlarge farm, and engaged to a considerable extent in\\nmanufacturing lumber. He was married June 24,\\n1868, in St. Paul s Church, Detroit, to Julia E. Bisbee,\\na native of Burlington, Vt., and they have had four\\nchildren.\\nThe family residence is situated on a bluff close to\\nthe banks of the Muskegon River in the village of\\nNewaygo, and is known by the attractive name of\\nMistover.", "height": "2819", "width": "2254", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph11chic_0466.jp2"}, "467": {"fulltext": "r^i^-^-\\n:^K/^^^^#-\\nV\\nN EWAYGO COUNTY.\\nys^^^^ i\\n45S\\no\u00c2\u00abo\\ns^ ^[lexander Gracey, farmer, section 14, Da)\\nton Townshiii, is a son of Robert and Eliza\\n(White) Gracey, who were natives of Scot-\\nland, and settled in North Ireland, where they\\nboth died. He was born in Ireland, Nov. 11,\\n1822; came to America in the spring of 1851,\\nfirst settling in Canada, until the winter of i860;\\nthen came to Newaygo, this county, and worked two\\nyears at his trade, blacksmithing, which he had\\nlearned in Canada; he then moved to Dayton Town-\\nship, in the spring of 1863, and entered 160 acres of\\nGovernment land half of this he has since sold, and\\nof the remaining 80 acres one-half is improved. On\\nthis he has built a fine frame residence.\\nMr. Gracey was married in Canada, June 5, 1856,\\nto Mary Ann, daughter of Andrew and Jane\\n(Lemons) McClimons, also natives of the north of\\nIreland. The living children in Mr. G s. family are:\\nElizabeth, Mary A. and Margaret A.: two died in\\ninfancy both named Martha Jane.\\nMr. and Mrs. G. are members of the Church of\\nScotland he is a stanch Republican.\\ni\\nohn F. Maynard, farmer, section 27, Den-\\nver Township, was born in this county,\\ni^ Jan. 30, 1864, and has since lived under\\nthe parental roof. His parents, John and\\nLois (Camber) Maynard, were natives of Clin-\\nton Co., England, and emigrated to America\\nin 1854. They first settled in New York, and in the\\nfall of 1856 came to this county and settled on a\\nfarm of 160 acres in Denver Township, where they\\nresided until their death. They afterward added 54\\nacres to the original purchase, and improved the\\nmost of it. They reared a family of 12 children,\\none of whom died at the age of seven years.\\nThe subject of this sketch was reared to farm\\nlabor, and was educated in the district schools of his\\ntownship. Oct. 13, 1883, he was married to Miss\\nIva Titus, daugiiter of Charles and Harriet (Falk)\\nTitus, the former a native of New York and the\\nrr-At^;^.,,\\ng]i^|: orenzo E. Norton, M. D., physician and\\nI LjfeJI jf surgeon in Hesperia, was born in Belmont,\\n|ii^p Allegany Co., N. Y., Nov. 29, 1848. He is\\nWp a son of John B. and Stata (Davis) Norton^\\nf K both natives of New York and of English\\ndescent. Mr. Norton lived at home with his\\nparents, assisting on the farm until he attained his\\nmajority, when he entered upon the study of medi-\\nV\\nlatter of Michigan. They were married in Allegan\\nCounty, and afterward moved to Barry County, where i!\\nHarriet was born, March 13, 1866. When seven\\nyears of age, her parents moved to Fremont, this\\ncounty, where she received her education. Mr. v\\nMaynard inherited 60 acres of \\\\vcll-im[irGved land\\nfrom his father, and after his marriage settled on the\\nold homestead. In politics he is a Republican.\\names Corsaut, foreman of tlic ^Vestern\\n[fe- Michigan Saw-mill, located at Woodville,\\nwas born in London, Can., June rr, 1838,\\nand is a son of James and Millicent (Farrar)\\nCorsaut. He remained under the supervision\\nand instruction of his father until he was 18\\nyears old, at which age he came to Michigan and re-\\nsided in Hillsdale County a short time. He then\\nwent to the city of New York and engaged as a sea-\\nman in the coast-sailing service, where he was em-\\nployed three years. At the end of that time he lo-\\ncated in Livingston County, where he married Miss\\nMartha H., daughter of Elijah and Sarai Bisbee;\\nborn in London, Can. He followed farming for two\\nyears thereafter, when he turned his attention to\\nlumbering one year, then again purchased a farm;\\nbut, not finding agriculture a congenial pursuit, he\\nembarked in his present business, taking charge of\\nthe mill Jan. 8, 1879, since which time he has been\\nactively engaged in furthering the interests of the\\nproprietors.\\nThe family circle includes the following children\\nFlorence A., Charles D., William D., Mabel W. and\\nRubie M.\\nr\\nr\\nI!\\nm\\nm^-^", "height": "2831", "width": "2211", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph11chic_0467.jp2"}, "468": {"fulltext": "^S/^7^#*\\n456\\nT\\n4\\nV\\n:a!I^^DIl^ -r\u00e2\u0080\u0094\\n.v:\u00c2\u00a3\u00e2\u0096\u00a0/^p\u00e2\u0096\u00a0^yG;(9 COUNTY.\\n^#t^e(i^i\\nI;\\ncine under the instruction of his uncle, Benjamin\\nNorton, of his native town. He attended lectures at\\nthe University of Buffalo and completed his course at\\nBellevue Medical College, New York city. After\\ngraduating and receiving his diploma in Februar)\\n1873, he returned to his native home and remained\\na year, and then came to this State, and in 1875\\nlocated in Alleyton, this county, and entered upon\\nthe practice of his profession. He has met with\\nflattering success in the practice of his profession,\\nand is endowed with sufficient energy and studious-\\nness to place him foremost among the practitioners\\nof the State.\\nDoctor Norton was married March 7, 1878, to Miss\\nSarah A., daughter of John and Cornelia (Haight)\\nGrumley, natives of New England. She was born in\\nNorth Newberg, Shiawassee County, this State, Aug.\\n2, 1855, and remained at home until lier marriage.\\nMrs. Norton received all the advantages which the\\ncommon schools afforded. Her parents took con-\\nsiderable pains in her musical education, and she,\\nhaving a desire to e.xcel in that line, threw all her\\nenergy into the study and accomplished her fond\\nhope by becoming proficient in the art, and previous\\nto her marriage was engaged in teaching the same.\\nMr. and Mrs. Norton have one child, Fanny M.,\\nborn July 9, 1879. Mr. Norton is now serving in the\\ncapacity of Health Officer in his township and prac-\\nticing his profession.\\n^*H^S\\nm\\nrank A. Basford, farmer, section 30, Troy\\nTownship, was born in Aroostook Co\\nMaine, June 19, 1837, and is a son of\\nJohn and Statira (Frisbie) Basford. His\\nfather was a native of Maine, and followed the\\ncalling of a lumberman until his deatli, Dec.\\nI. The mother was born in New Hampshire,\\nand died Feb. 20, 1883.\\nMr. Basford was educated in the common schools\\nof his native county, and was bred to the calling of\\nhis father, with whom he worked until he was 20\\nyears of age. He came to Ohio in 1857, where he\\nremained six years, engaged in a machine shop. He\\nwent thence to the oil regions of Pennsylvania. One\\nand a half years later he enlisted. The war was an\\nestabhshed fact, and the need of men to aid in quell-\\ning the Rebellion was the topic of all discussions.\\nMr. Basford enlisted in December, i86i,in the Sixth\\nOhio Reg. Vol. Inf. After a service of 20 months\\nhe was discharged, and returned to the Buckeye\\nStale, where he engaged in farming. He came thence\\nto Ludington, Mich., and engaged with George W.\\nRoby in the lumber business. The association con-\\ntinued seven years. When it was terminated he\\ncame to Newaygo County and resumed farming in\\nTroy Township.\\nHe was married in Trumbull Co., Ohio, in 1861,\\nto Julia R. Wiseman, a native of the same county.\\nShe died in 1873, leaving four children: Job, John\\nF., Henry S. and Mary. Mr. Basford was again\\nmarried in 1876, to Mary E., daughter of Anson and\\nElizabeth (Rhodes) Freeman, born respectively in\\nNew York and Pennsylvania. One of the three\\nchildren born of the latter marriage is deceased,\\nMilo M. The living are Bessie S. and an infant.\\nMr. Basford is a Democrat in politics, has been\\nTownship Clerk one year and Supervisor four years.\\n-\u00e2\u0080\u00a2-Si-\\n\u00c2\u00bbl|{t ames H. Darling, merchant, Fremont, was\\n^Kc born in New York, Dec. 13, 1841. His\\nparents, Alexander and Lovina (Carpenter)\\ny,^ Darling, were natives of New York, where\\nthey were married, and came to Michigan in\\nan early day, settling in Newaygo County\\nwhere they now reside. At the age of 13 James H.\\nleft fiome and went to live with his grandfather,\\nwhere he remained four years, attending school\\nnearly two years. At the expiration of this time he\\npurchased a one-half interest in a threshing-machine.\\nTwo machines were purchased: one for clover,\\nwhich was operated during the winter season, and\\nthe other during the summer. This business he\\nfollowed four years. In the spring of 1862, Mr.\\nDarling left the Slate of New York and came to\\nFremont. He first bought an interest in a sawmill,\\nwhich he has since retained, although the mill has\\nbeen burned and rebuilt in the meantime. He has\\nbought and sold thousands of acres of land, mostly\\npine, and now owns a one-half interest in 400 acres\\nin Newaygo County. In 1868 he purchased one-\\nhalf interest in the store of Reynolds Clenden-\\nning, which consisted of general merchandise, and\\ni-\\nw", "height": "2819", "width": "2254", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph11chic_0468.jp2"}, "469": {"fulltext": ":P ?Nr\\n\u00e2\u0080\u009ei sav sr\\nr^^^nti^^iin^ 7\\n5i5^^*\\n-imm\\\\^\\ni\\n-J\\n1\\nNEWAYGO COUNTY.\\n457\\nwas known under the name of Darling Reynolds.\\nThis partnership closed in less than two years, by\\nMr. Reynolds selling his interest to a man named\\nFloyd Misner, and the firm was known as Darling\\nMisner. This partnership continued between two\\nand three years, when Mr. Darling bought out Mr.\\nMisner, and has since carried on the business alone.\\nHe has the largest store of this character to be found\\nin the county.\\nMr. Darling is identified with all tlie reforms of\\nthe day, and is particularly interested in all that per-\\ntains to educational matters. He is President of the\\nDarling Milling Company, which was organized in\\nthespringof 1883; has held the office of Council-\\nman for three years, and is a member of the Masonic\\nOrder. He has never wished for office, owing to the\\npressing demands of his business interests.\\nMr. Darling was married in this county, to Alma,\\ndaughter of Arza and Adaline Tibbitts, who was born\\nin Canada. Mr. and Mrs. Darling have had three\\nchildren: Brittle M., Willard, who died at the age\\nof six years, and Ralph, who died at the age of one\\nand a half years.\\nruna Dake, farmer, section 35, Denver\\nTownship, was born in Erie Co., N. Y.^\\nApril 6, 1823. His parents, Benjamin and\\nm\\nh Polly (Colby) Dake, were natives of Vermont,\\nand of English and Dutch-Irish ancestry.\\nThey first settled in Allegany Co., N. Y., and after-\\nward in Erie County. Mr. Dake s early education\\nwas obtained in the common schools of his native\\ncounty, and was such as usually fell to the lot of\\nfarmers sons in those days. He labored on his\\nfather s farm until 22 years of age, when he left\\nhome and came to this State, locating in the town of\\nRichland, Kalamazoo County. He then went to\\nWyoming Co., N. Y., and married Miss Esther A.\\nHayes, May 4, 1S47. She was the daughter of\\nJames Hayes, a native of New England and of\\nEnglish descent, and was born in Wyoming Co., N.\\nY., March 30, 1828, where shew^s educated, having\\nlived most of the time with a distant relative. After\\ntheir marriage Mr. and Mrs. Dake returned to Kala-\\nmazoo Co., Mich., where Mr. Dake worked in a saw-\\nmill until the spring of 1849, when he removed to\\nBarry County and followed farming. In the winter\\nof 1856 he came to this county and settled in Denver\\nTownship, where he has since lived on a farm of 120\\nacres, 60 of which are well cultivated. He has also\\nerected good buildings. April 19, 1883, his wife\\ndied at her home, leaving four children. Their\\nnames and births are as follows: .Sarah R., April 10,\\n1852; Andrew D., July 15, 1854; Arthur B., Nov. 9,\\n1S60; Alfred J., April 25, 1863; Alvin A., born Dec.\\n10, 1849, died Feb. 5, 187 1; Gay H., born June 2,\\n1868, died March 3, 1869.\\nMr. Dake has held the offices of Justice of the\\nPeace and School Inspector, and is devoted to the\\ninterests of the Republican party. Himself and\\nwife were earnest memliers of the M. E. Church.\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00baJ-\\nfe olomon V. Walker, farmer, section 5, Day-\\nton Township, is a son of Elias and Eve-\\nline (Griswold) Walker, and was born in\\nl\\\\\\\\^ Berrien Co., Mich., Aug. 20, 1S38. His father\\nwas a native of Vermont and his mother of\\nNew York. They were married in the latter\\nState, and moved to Berrien County about the year\\n1833, where his father purchased a tract of good\\nland, which he cleared, and remained there until the\\ndeath of his wife; after which event he sold his farm\\nand moved to Van Buren County, bought another\\nfarm, and lived there until his death, which occurred\\nin 1856.\\nSolomon V. was educated in the common schools,\\nand remained at home until 22 years of age. He\\nthen worked on a farm by the month, and in the\\nwoods, lumbering, for two years. In the spring of\\ni860 he came to Newaygo County and purchased 80\\nacres of Government land under the Gradation Act,\\nand soon after returned to Berrien County, remain-\\ning only one summer. He continued to improve his\\nland, working during ihe fall and winter months, for\\nthree years. He has since added, by purchase, 120\\nacres, and now owns an excellent farm of 200 acres,\\n125 of which is well cultivated. He was married in\\nBerrien County, Aug. i, 1862, to Nannie M., daughter\\nof James and Mary (Mellor) Dean, who was born in\\nEngland, March 8, 1841. Her parents were also na-\\ntives of England; they came to America in 1839\\nand settled in Pennsylvania, and afterward moved to\\nI\\nK^\\nA\\nsy\\nV\\nC\\nSt\\nm ^M\\n2^", "height": "2831", "width": "2211", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph11chic_0469.jp2"}, "470": {"fulltext": "^^h/^^m^\\nz^is^^^^\\nf-i ii\\nT\\n:m Mh T\\n-S\u00e2\u0082\u00acfe\\nNEWAYGO COUNTY.\\nBerrien Co., Mich., where they still reside. Mrs.\\nWalker remained at home until her marriage, with tlie\\nexception of two years, when she was engaged in\\nteaching. Mr. and Mrs. Walker have had seven\\nchildren: Mary E., Margaret E., Charles V., Elen-\\nora J., Alice I., Solomon J., and George E. Sept. 2,\\n1864, Mr. Walker enlisted in the 21st Reg. Mich.\\nInf., and served till the close of the war, receiving an\\nhonorable discharge June 8, 1865. He was with\\nSherman in his celebrated march to the sea, and in\\nthe battle of Bentonville, N. C. He held the office\\nof Highway Commissioner three years, School Di-\\nrector several years was elected Justice of the\\nPeace but declined to serve. He was elected Su-\\npervisor of Dayton Township in the spring of 1883,\\nwhich office he now fills. He is a member of the\\nMasonic fraternity, and a charter member of Hespe-\\nrian Grange, P. of H., No. 495 was chosen the first\\nMaster. In politics he sympathizes with the Na-\\ntional party.\\n^\u00c2\u00ab$-4HI\u00c2\u00bb\u00c2\u00ab-^^\\nV J. Murphy, Jr., foreman for the lumber\\nfirm of Crepin, Murphy Sons, is the man-\\nager of their interests in Beaver Township.\\nThey owned a large tract of land, establishing\\ntheir businets there in 1878. One million feet\\nof lumber is cut and put in White River\\nyearly, and is floated in the Muskegon River to Mon-\\ntague, where their extensive lumber mills are situated.\\nTheir possessions in Newaygo County include about\\n4,000 acres of pine land, and they employ a laboring\\nforce of about 200 men and 60 teams. P. O., Mon-\\ntague, Mich.\\n-.5 ^^jy/\\\\\\nifrenry Homes, farmer, section 5, Dayton\\njsk Township, was born in Ontario Co., N. Y.,\\nNov. 3, 1832. His parents, William and Dennis\\n(Winchell) Homes, were natives of Berkshire\\nCo., Mass They came to Lenawee Co., Mich.,\\nin 1853, and lived there about three years, then\\nmoved to Hillsdale County, where the father died in\\n1858 and the mother in the fall of 1865. Henry\\nlived with his parents during their life, and for a\\nlong time was their sole support. He was the 12th\\nchild of a family of 13 children. In the fall of 1864\\nhe sold his farm in Hillsdale County, and worked at\\nvarious occupations until the fall of 1878, when he\\ncame to Newaygo County and bought 80 acres of\\npartly improved land in Dayton Township, where he\\nnow resides. In politics he is a Republican, and\\ncast his first vote for J. C. Fremont.\\nlonzo Yates, merchant, farmer and lumbLT-\\n1^ man, section 18, Troy Township, was born\\n?.j|(^ Aug. 31, 1842, in Niagara Co., N. Y. He is a\\njjaT son of Gilbert and Polly (Hunt) Yates, and\\nboth parents were natives of the Empire State.\\nThey removed to Wisconsin in its pioneer days. His\\nfather lost his life in a river which he was crossing\\non the ice, driving a yoke of oxen. The latter were\\nsaved. The mother of the subject of this sketch\\nresides near Almont, Lapeer Co., Mich.\\nMr. Yates was ten years old when he lost his\\nfather, and two years later he became an inmate of\\nthe family of a Mr. Hallock, and was employed as a\\nfarm laborer on his extensive estate until he became\\nof age, and received a fair common-school educa-\\ntion. On reaching the age of 21 years he determined\\nto advance in life if it was within the reach of effort,\\naided by ambition and industry. In the fall of 1863\\nhe made his way to Newaygo County, where he\\nentered a claim of 120 acres of land in Troy (then\\nBeaver) Township, under the provisions of the\\nHomestead Act. He was the earliest settler on\\nsection 18, where the echoing ring of his ax was the\\nfirst sound produced for the purpose of making a\\npermanent settlement. He cleared a patch and\\nbuilt a house literally of logs, the casings even being\\nconstructed of hewn logs. Not a piece of sawn\\ntimber was in the whole structure. He had ten\\ndollars in money as a working capital, and all his\\nsupplies were carried on his back a distance of ten\\nmiles. From his small beginning under the most\\ntrying circumstances he has brought success, and\\nnow owns 200 acres of land in Troy Township and\\n320 acres of land in Oceana County, lying op|)osite\\nto his tract in Newaygo County, constituting a most\\nmagnificent farm of 520 acres of land beautifully\\nsituated, and containing 425 acres in finely improved\\nI\\nI", "height": "2819", "width": "2254", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph11chic_0470.jp2"}, "471": {"fulltext": "", "height": "2831", "width": "2211", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph11chic_0471.jp2"}, "472": {"fulltext": "-^^i^.^^^^^ ^j^/H", "height": "2819", "width": "2254", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph11chic_0472.jp2"}, "473": {"fulltext": ":tf^\\n-r ^Htl\u00c2\u00bb^tlOr v\\n;2S^-\\nNEWAYGO COUNTY.\\nV\\nT\\n--v^\\nand cultivated condition. He operates chiefly as a\\nstock farmer and raises large iiuanlities of hay, to\\naccommodate which he has fine, commodious barns.\\nHe raises cattle to a considerable e.xtent. In 1876\\nhe opened a store for the sale of general merchan-\\ndise in a small log building, wliich enterprise proved\\na successful venture, and his mercantile business is\\nnow established in an appropriate building, which\\nwas erected in 1878. His stock includes full lines\\nof all varieties of dry goods, groceries and drugs,\\nsuitable to the demands of the local trade. His\\nlumber interests consist of a trade in shingles, wliich\\nare manufactured in his own mill in Lake County.\\nMr. Yates was married in October, 187 i, to Miss\\nAmy Keastard, who died in 1873. Mr. Yates mar-\\nried Emma Keastard, twin sister of his first wife, in\\nJuly, 1S74. She died in 1876, leaving two children,\\nOra and Emma. Mr. Yates contracted a third\\nmarriage in 1877, with Helena, daughter of Rufus\\nand Kate (Cline) Hall, both of whom are now living\\nat Frankfort, Benzie Co., Mich. Mrs. Yates was\\nborn in 1853, in Erie Co., Pa. Of this last marriage\\ntwo children have been born. Rufus J. is the only\\nsurvivor.\\nMr. Yates has no decided bent in political senti-\\nment. He has been Supervisor of Troy five years.\\nTreasurer four years and served 18 years as Justice\\nof the Peace.\\nS. North, farmer, section 26, Beaver\\n9, 1832, in\\nHis parents, Joseph and Rebecca\\n^MfilL Township, was born July\\nMaine.\\nj5 j. (Snow) North, were both born in Clinton, Ken-\\nj. nebec Co., Maine; the mother of Mr. North,\\nJ Rebecca Snow, was born in 1803, in Thompson,\\nMaine. Mr. N s father was a farmer in the State of\\nNew York for many years, and in 1850 located in St.\\nClair Co., Mich., where he followed farming and lum-\\nbering. In November, i860, he located in Denver\\nTownship, Newaygo County, and resided there 19\\nyears. In 1879 he became a citizen of Beaver\\nTownship.\\nMr. North remained a meniber of liis fatliev s fam-\\nily until he was 17 years old, wlien he made an oiien-\\ning with the world to imjjrove his fortunes and ac-\\ncomplish something that should reflect credit on\\nhis honesty of purpose and effort, if not on his\\njudgment. He had received the training and disci-\\npline preparatory to following the profession of farm-\\ning. In 1849 he became a resident of St. Clair Co.,\\nMidi., and in 1S60 came to Newaygo County, where\\nhe bought 1 20 a :res of land, in Beaver Township.\\nOn this he has since expended his time and energies.\\nHe was married in 1854 to Amelia Whilford, a na-\\ntive of St. Clair County. His second marriage, with\\nSusan Drake, occurred in 1867. Four children born\\nof this marriage are living Mattie, Hattie, Klla\\nand Luella.\\nMr. North is an adherent of the Democratic party\\nin political faith and action.\\n-K3^\\n7~~r\\nE^\\ni\u00c2\u00a9|j\\nnjamin H. Coolbaugh, farmer, section 33,\\nEverett Township, was born May 24, 1820,\\nin Pennsylvania. His parents, Garrett\\nand Mary (Hanna) Coolbaugh, were also\\nnatives of the Key-stone State. They re-\\nmoved to Tompkins County, N. Y., in 1827,\\nand thence to Allegany County in the same State.\\nIn 1S46 they came to Jackson Co., Mich., and settled\\nin (now) Leoni Township.\\nMr. Coolbaugh obtained a good education at the\\ncommon schools, which was extended by attendance\\nat the academy at Grass Lake, Jackson County. He\\ndevoted Iiimself to teaching, wliich pursuit he fol-\\nlowed nine years, and was a member of his father s\\nhousehold until he had reached the age of 32 years.\\nIn 1852 he went to Bristol, Indiana, and engaged\\ntwo years in mercantile trade. He disposed of his\\nbusiness by sale and returned to Jackson County,\\nwhere he remained two years. In the spring of 1 860\\nhe came to Newaygo County and bought a half inter-\\nest in 220 acres of land, situated on sections 28, 29\\nand 31, in Everett Township. He also bought 40\\nacres on section 30, on his own account. Afterwards\\nlie became sole proprietor of the entire tract of which\\nhe was lialf owner, and subsequently made purchase\\nof two bodies of 40 acres each, rcsi)ectively situated\\non sections 12 and 13. His aggregate landed estate\\namounts to 440 acres, his sales of land having been\\ni\\nI\\ni \\\\\u00c2\u00ae)f^:f|^\u00c2\u00bb\\nW^* Ti\\n.^L^\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0^c^n g^ B^r\\n*\u00c2\u00abf? Ssrr\\nU\\nG,\\nA\\n*;A\\nr", "height": "2831", "width": "2211", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph11chic_0473.jp2"}, "474": {"fulltext": "y^-^iixir\\nr^7 ^B :m T\\nrs^^^sr\\n#t^\\nA\\nA\\n462\\nNEM^AYGO COUNTY.\\ninconsiderable. Of his home place 90 acres are in\\ncultivation.\\nMr. Coolbaugh is independent in political connec-\\ntion, but formerly acted with the Democratic party.\\nHe has served his generation as Supervisor and\\nSchool Inspector many years has often been elected\\nJustice of the Peace, but as often declined the i)osi-\\ntion.\\nHe was niarriedat Manchester, Washtenaw County,\\nin December, 1852, to Lucy A. Brower, daughter of\\nNathan D. and Prudence (Saunders) Brower. Of\\nsix children born of the marriage of Mr. and Mrs.\\nCoolbaugh, five are living, namely Franklin, Jo-\\nsephine, Eugenie, Effie and Loretta. The deceased\\nchild died in infancy; Mrs. Coolbaugh died May\\n14, 1871.\\nThe picture of Mr. Coolbaugh, on page 460, is that\\nof a representative farmer, worthy citizen and a man\\nwho stands second to none in the public estimation.\\np\\\\. John H. Standish, attorney, resident at\\nNewaygo, was born Feb. 10, 1 81 6, in Ben-\\nson, Rutland Co., Vt., and is the son of\\nH^ Henry and Abigail (Parkhill) Standish. The\\nA patronymic comes in direct line of descent\\nfrom the old Puritan, Capt. Miles Standish,\\nwho sent another man to do his wooing, with a result\\nthat showed he builded better than he knew.\\nThe father of Col. Standish was a farmer, and\\ncame to Michigan about 1839 and established his in-\\nterests in Vermontville, Eaton County. The son was\\na typical Green Mountain boy of the generation in\\nwhich he was born, keen and knowing beyond his\\nyears, and before he was 15 years old had exhausted\\nthe educational resources of the quiet town of lien-\\nson, which were of no mean order. At the age\\nnamed he went to Odeans Co., N. Y., and there\\ntaught school six months. On the expiration of his\\nengagement he proceeded to Ohio, where he taught\\nschool three months in Venice, Huron County; he\\nwent thence to Chicago, and engaged in clerking for\\nPhilo Carpenter, a merchant in the (then) embryo\\ncity. He remained in his employ a year and then\\n\u00e2\u0080\u00a2went West. He made a prospecting tour through\\nIowa and started down the Mississippi, intending to\\nA\\n:f iinr\\n.^^J^M^.\\n^r^m:^\\nmake his way to New York via New Orleans. In\\nthe Crescent City he met a casual friend, bound for\\nTexas, and together they shipped on the Tom\\nToby, a privateer fitted out in New Orleans to cruise\\nagainst the Mexicans. Tiiey went aboard ostens-\\nibly as i^arines, with the underst.inding that on\\nreaching Velasco, their destination, they should\\nenroll as marines or pay regular fare. While\\nen rotiU, young Standish fell into difficulties with\\nCapt. Hoyt, who demanded menial service of him,\\nagainst which the fiery youth rebelled, and was v\\nthreatened with the severest ship discipline and to\\nbe put in irons. Tliis roused all his mettle and he\\nassured Captain Hoyt that he would never issue the\\norder, and he did not but the feud only smoldered\\nuntil the privateer arrived off Galveston, where they\\nlearned there were 800 Mexicans on the island, held\\nby the Texan authorities. Col. Standish demanded\\nto be put ashore. His request was complied with,\\nbut he was informed that he must report, dead or\\nalive, at sunset. On reaching the island the first\\nman he met was Dr. Summers, a physician who had\\ntreated him professionally in Chicago. To him he\\nstated his circumstances, and the doctor took him to V^^\\nGeneral Bromley, an artillery officer m the Texan a\\nservice, who tendered him his protection. In a few Siy\\nhours Capt. Hoyt landed and gave Gen. Bromley a\\nstatement which induced that official to withdraw his\\nguaranty. On inquiry, the determined youth ascer-\\ntained that the island of Galveston was under the\\nauthority of Lieut. -Colonel Somers, and he applied\\nto him witli success, his friend. Dr. Summers,\\nvouching for him as an American citizen, and the\\nofficer commanding guaranteeing his safety as such.\\nCapt. Hoyt made himself lively and entertaining,\\nand threatened direful results. Several days after, i\\nthe commandant sent for Standish and told him that\\nhe felt wholly unable to give him the full protection\\nlie evidently required, as there were unmistakable\\nevidences of plottings for secret mischief; gave him\\na pass across the channel at the lower end of the\\nisland, and told him when and where he would find\\na pony equip[)ed for the fifteen miles to be traversed\\nbefore he could attempt to leave the island unob- X\\nserved. At the time appointed the jwny, mounted ^k\\nby an undaunted strii)ling of seventeen, was flying iV^\\nlike the winged wind towards assured freedom.\\nDismounting at the small station in charge of a\\nsquad of half a dozen men, he made his request to", "height": "2819", "width": "2254", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph11chic_0474.jp2"}, "475": {"fulltext": "mhrm^^^\\nNEWAYGO COUNTY.\\n463\\nbe set across the channel. The officer scanned him\\n^j from head to foot, and, pulling a paper from his\\ne^s pocket, began to read to him an exact description of\\nhimself, and finished by declaring his intention\\n1\\nV\\nto\\nplace him in custody and deliver him duly to Capt.\\nHoyt. The pass and order from the commandant\\nproved an antidote, and he was promptly set ashore\\non the main land at Velasco. He immediately\\nsought out the recruiting officer, Major J. W. Tinsley,\\nand enrolled in the First Regiment of Texas Cavalry,\\nunder Col. Wells. One morning, a few days later,\\nthe Tom Toby lay off Velasco, and not long after-\\nward her Captain came ashore. He gave a gruff\\ngreeting to the young man who had eluded his gras]),\\nand appealed to Major Tinsley for the surrender of\\nthe fugitive. The Major was a young man and\\nfully in sympathy with the boy who had placed him^\\nself under the protection of the Texan military\\nauthorities. The Major and Captain angrily paced\\na long piazza where they had met, their wrath wax-\\ning hotter and hotter. As they met counter in their\\nwalk, Major Tinsley suddenly drew a dagger from\\nhis side pocket, and, placing it alarmingly near the\\nthroat of Captain Hoyt, informed him that he was a\\ndead man unless he passed his word of honor to\\ncease to molest young Standish and to surrender his\\nbaggage, which contained valualiic clothes and other\\nproperty. The terrified frec-booter gave the required\\npromise and went aboard his boat. Day-dawn re-\\nvealed the harljor free from all traces of the Tom\\nToby.\\nCol. Standish remained in the Texan service 18\\nmonths, and took part in a number of engagements.\\nOn the organization of his regiment he was elected\\nSecond Sergeant, and passed the various grades to\\nSecond Lieutenant. When he deemed it prudent to\\nsever his connection with his regiment he received\\nhonorable discharge and made his way to Louisiana,\\nwhere he spent a year in the parishes of Natchitoches\\nand Rajjides He then resolved to make his way\\nNorth, and he came to Mount Carniel, Wabash Co.,\\n111., where he taught school one winter. While there\\nhe was married to Hester A., daughter of the Rev.\\nWilliam Courter, a minister of the Disciples or\\nChristian Church. Under the influences brought to\\nbear u[)on him, he became a convert to the tenets of\\nM the Christian Church, and became active and useful\\n7 in behalf of its interests. That body he still holds\\n^\\\\?^^^m- t^m\\nf.\\no\\nin venerated remembrance. He is a born orator, an\\nadept in the use of effective, concentrated language,\\nand there is no doubt that he accomplished a\\nlarge amount of good. Isms were at that period\\nmaking astounding headway among readers and\\nthinkers, and they engaged the interested attention\\nof Col. Standish. He was attracted by the ])henom-\\nena of mesmerism, and his mercurial comi)Osition\\nsoon made him one of its ablest exponents. His\\nexperiments and reflection led him into psychology,\\nand he commenced lecturing as soon as the sul)ject as-\\nsumed respectable claims, and began to widen his\\nsphere of operations. He fell away gradually from\\nhis religious connections, and became widely known\\nas a lecturer on psychology, and traversed the land\\nfrom the New England seaboard to its Western\\nlimits, disseminating his views on the topic which\\nabsorbed him and afforded scope for the exercise of\\nhis peculiar traits of character and his unusual\\nabilities. In 1839 he left Illinois and settled his\\nfamily at Middleville, Barry County, where he\\nresided until 1852, and then settled at Newaygo, on\\nthe place which is still in his possession and where\\nhe built the house which is now his home.\\nIn his lectures in Southern Illinois his knowledge\\nof law had attracted the attention of the Judiciary\\nof that region, and he was invited to appear before the\\ncommittee of examination appointed by the court to\\npass upon the qualifications of aspirants to the Bar.\\nHe complied, and was formally admitted to the prac-\\ntice of law in the State Courts of Illinois. In 1852\\nhe was appointed Deputy Register of Deeds and\\nClerk of Newaygo County, and after serving two\\nyears was elected to both offices; and re-elected in\\n1856. In 1857 he was admitted to practice in the\\nState Courts of Michigan and established his business\\nat Newaygo. In i860 he was elected Prosecuting\\nAttorney and served two years. He then resumed\\nthe duties of his private business, which he prose-\\ncuted until 1863.\\nAt tliis time the events and progress of the\\ncivil war were, as everywhere, the topic of the day\\nat Newaygo, but enlistments were slow for want of a\\nleader. The exigency awakened the old fire and\\nspirit in the composition of Col. Standish, and he\\nwent to Grand Rapids, applied for and obtained the\\nnecessary qualifications, returned to Newaygo, hung\\nthe stars and stripes from his office window, and\\nSO\\n1^\\nZ^", "height": "2831", "width": "2211", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph11chic_0475.jp2"}, "476": {"fulltext": "464\\nNEIVAYGO COUNTY.\\n\u00e2\u0080\u00a2:z^^\\n1\\n1=1\\n1\\nbefore dark of the same day 22 stalwart, hardy\\nwoodsmen from the line of the Muskegon had en-\\nrolled in the loth Mich. Cavalry. But a few weeks\\nwere consumed in filling a company, and, on report-\\ning, it was found to be the earliest organization of 100\\nmen and was assigned the senior place, becoming\\nCo. A, Capt. Standish. The regiment was mustered\\nin Nov. 18, 1863. Its Captain was promoted by suc-\\ncession to the position of Major Oct. 10, 1S64. On\\nthe 13th of March, i865,he was made Lieut. -Colonel\\nby brevet, for gallantry in action at Strawberry Plains,\\nTenn., Aug. 23, 1864, when, with 125 men and Col-\\nlins 111. Battery, he repulsed an attack from Wheel-\\ner s Cavalry Corps of 6,000 men, with nine pieces of\\nartillery, and when seven men of his regiment held\\nMcMillan s Ford, on the Holston River, by hard fight-\\ning, against a brigade of rebel cavalry for three and\\na half hours. He was made Brevet Colonel April\\nII, 1865, for gallantry in action at Abbott s Creek,\\nN. C. Sept. 2, 1865, he was made Lieut. -Colonel\\nand was mustered out Nov. 11, 1865. Company A\\nwas one of the finest in the army. Its members were\\nnearly all lumbermen, or men made hardy and able\\nto bear the fatigues of war by years of labor and ex-\\nposure in their business, either as woodsmen or farm-\\ners. In the action at Strawberry Plains one of the\\nmost remarkable events of the whole war. Col. (then\\nCapt.) Standish had but 275 men to withstand\\nWheeler s entiie force of 6,000. The statement seems\\nincredible, and the results of the action ought to\\nhave won stars for the leader and commissions for\\nevery man in his command. The spirit of the whole\\ndetail is illustrated by the reply of one of the seven\\nmen whodefended McMillan s Ford, to Gen. Wheeler,\\nwho asked him, Why did you not keep us from\\ncrossing? Why, you see, we did until you hit me,\\nand that weakened our forces so much that you were\\ntoo much for us. The rebel chief remarked, If I\\nhad 300 men like you I could march through the\\nrealms of Pluto. (He spelled the locality with four\\nletters for short.)\\nOn his return to Newaygo Col. Standish resumed\\nthe practice of law. In 1S67 he was elected to rep-\\nresent his district in the Senate of Michigan, and in\\n1869 was re-elected. While serving his first term in\\nthe Senate he was Chairman of the Committee to\\ninvestigate the legal status of the D. M. Railroad,\\nan onerous and imiwrtant jxjsition, for which the\\n(f))\\nI\\nybj\\ntechnical knowledge of law and eminent abilities of\\nCol. Standish made him peculiarly fit. The business\\nwas transacted in joint committee. The Chairman\\nof the House Committee was R. R. Smith, of Port-\\nland, Ionia County, and the duties absorbed nearly\\nall tlie time of the session. In the spring of the\\nsame year he was appointed by President Grant,\\nU. S. Attorney for the Western District of Miciiigan,\\nand in 1S73 received a re-a])pointment, serving in the\\naggregate eight years. During this time he resided\\nin Grand Rapids, and in 1875 returned to Newaygo.\\nA year later he went to Muskegon, where he prose-\\ncuted his profession until November, 1881, when, his\\nhealth being in a precarious condition, he again re-\\nturned to Newaygo, where he is now pursuing his\\nbusiness as an attorney.\\nFive children were born to Col. Standish of his\\nmarriage with Miss Courter. Two are living. The\\nrecord is as follows: Cynthia Sophia, born Nov. i,\\n1839, died Nov. 24th of the same year. William\\nHenry, born Sept. i, 1840, died Nov. 9, 1840. Geor-\\ngette, was born July 24, 1842. (See sketch of W. D.\\nFuller.) Maicellus, born Oct. 9, 1844, died Aug. 23,\\n1850. Albert and Alice (twins) were born Aug. 24,\\n1849. The latterdied Aug. 17, 1851. Alice Sophia,\\nborn Dec. 18, 1853, died Nov. 10, 1873. She was a\\nyoung lady of unusual promise and singularly win- n\\nning traits of character. Albert Standish, eldest sur-\\nviving son, is a lawyer and business man of splendid\\nattainments and abilities, and is in the employ of a\\nprominent business firm in Chicago. The mother\\nwas born March 17, 1822, and died at Newaygo, Se])t.\\n29, 1855. The second marriage of Col. Standish took\\nplace at Glens Falls, N. Y., Feb. 19, 1 85 7, when Em-\\nmeline. daughter of Pliny and Martha Day, became s\\nhis wife. She was born April 6, 1S30. Of this mar-\\nriage three children have been born Miles P., born\\nMarch 15, 1858, is in the lumber business at White\\nCloud; J. Frank, Nov. 22, 1S63, is in the employ of\\nthe C. W. M. R. R., at the depot in Newaygo;\\nMattie was born Jan. 6, 1868. The sons are already\\nan honor to the community and a credit to their gen-\\neration. The daughter is the treasure and joy of the\\nhousehold.\\nIt is impossible in a brief paragraph to convey a\\njust idea of the character of C ol. Standish. He be-\\nlongs essentially to the genus Yankee, and has all\\nthe traits which distinguish that class to whom no\\ni\\n(a\\n^4", "height": "2819", "width": "2254", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph11chic_0476.jp2"}, "477": {"fulltext": "i\\nNEWAYGO COUNTY.\\n465\\n/s\\nV\\ny delineating pen has ever done full justice and in all\\n^j probability never will. His celerity in judgment\\nwhen emergencies drive is simply amazing. His\\nshrewdness and wonderful command of language\\nwould have made him one of the most successful\\nand popular jury lawyers in the country had he com-\\nmenced his career as an attorney in eady life. He\\nis on life s declivity in years and health, but his men-\\ntal acumen is as keenly vigorous as in his prime, and\\nhis labors in his profession are as effective and illus-\\ntrative of the resources of information, wit and\\nsagacity he has at ready command, as when he was\\nin the full strength of manhood and all the ardor of\\nambition.\\neorge Luton, attorney and counsellor at\\nlaw, resident at N ewaygo, was born Dec.\\nT son of his parents, William and Eliza-\\nbeth (Crane) Luton, who are still living in\\nCanada. His father was born in 1822, in\\nElgin Co., Canada, and his mother was also a na-\\nnative of the Dominion. She is a daughter of Frank\\nCrane, who was a native of Vermont. William Lu-\\nton, paternal grandsire of Mr. Luton, of this sketch,\\ncame to America just previous to the second war\\nwith Great Britain and settled in Elgin County,\\nCanada.\\nMr. Luton received a substantial preliminary edu-\\ncation, and at the age of 17 years commenced\\nteaching. He pursued that vocation five years, when\\nhe matriculated at Osgood Hall, Toronto. He\\npassed the severe examination with much credit and\\nwas articled for five years. A successful candidate\\nis regarded as entitled to great honor as a scholar,\\nbut he has only reached the threshholdof an arduous\\nlabor and struggle. His matriculation admits him\\nto membership in an association whereby his position\\nis assured and the way paved to five years of unre-\\nmitting mental toil. The curriculum of regular study\\nis prescribed, and four scholarships are opened to\\ncontestants. In these the studies are also arranged,\\nthe successful candidate receiving $120 for the first\\nyear, $160 for the second, $200 for the third and\\n$240 for the fourth. Mr. Luton passed the first two\\nyears without extra effort. He entered as a contest-\\nant for the third year and was distanced by a com-\\ni^\\nm\\npetitor by six-tenths of a question on the examination.\\nNothing daunted, he undertook the struggle for the\\nscholarship of the fourth year, and won the honors\\nand money over his competitor of the previous year.\\nHis grade in the regular course which he read for his\\nprofession, averaged less than one below the standard\\nof one hundred. In 1872 he passed the rigid exam\\nination of Trinity term, and within the year setded\\nat Newaygo. He formed an association with Edgar\\nL. Gray, which relation continued with successful\\nresults four years. In 1876 Mr. Luton opened an\\noffice alone, and has since managed his business\\nsingly. He occupies at present an elegant office in\\nthe Courtright.\\nMr. Luton is the present Secretary of the Newaygo\\nCounty Republican Committee. In 1876 he was\\nelected Prosecuting Attorney and continued to hold\\nthe office by re-election until Jan. 1, 1883. He holds\\nfair rank in the legal fraternity of Northern Michigan,\\nand is chiefly distinguished for his quiet, dignified,\\nunostentatious manners and his attention to his busi-\\nness relations. He is characterized by calmness of\\ndeliberation, reflective judgment and clear under-\\nstanding of the details of his profession. As an ad-\\nvocate he is dispassionate and effective in forensic\\ndebate he exhibits fine logical ix)weis and a wide\\nscope of legal knowledge. He is non-aggressive,\\nbuilds nothing at the expense of others. and possesses\\ntraits which must eventually lead to distinction for\\nwhich he can very well afford to wait.\\n-5 vv^SS-i^ST/x/v~-\\nt\\nKz.\\neter Graves, farmer, section 20, Everett\\nTs^^mfi, Township, is the son of Alfred and Haniiali\\nJll^ (Andrews) Graves, and was born in Salem,\\n^If J Monroe County, Mich., May 15, 1845. His\\nyiV parents were natives of Pennsylvania.\\nAt the age of 18 yeais, Mr. Graves found himself\\nreleased from his allegiance to paternal authority,\\nand became interested in the lumber trade in Michi-\\ngan. He found constant employ in the woods and\\non the water courses, and operated as a lumberman\\nabout 10 years, afterwards giving his attention to\\nagriculture. In 1867 he entered a homestead claim\\nof 120 acres of land on section 20, in Everett Town-\\nship, and subsequently bought i 20 acres on section 34.\\nHe is now clearing and cultivating these tracts of\\nr\\n^L\\nK^D!i;o:tii]^\\n?T^i^\\nw", "height": "2831", "width": "2211", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph11chic_0477.jp2"}, "478": {"fulltext": "i\\nft^^Ji^ti^\\n-f ^^*sr\\n^tlll ^llD r-\\nT\\n/0\\nOv\\nIv\\n466\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a07\\nNEWAYGO COUNTY.\\nland, and has 80 acres in tillage. He also owns 200\\nacres of pine land on sections 17 and 18, wliere he is\\npursuing his lumber interests.\\nMr. Graves was married in Moniteau Co., Mo.,\\nJuly I, 1S77, to Mary F. Wright, born March 6, 1855,\\nin that State. Four children have been born to Mr.\\nand Mrs. Graves, Lula M., Gertrude H., Blanche\\nWalton R. The last named died when two years\\nold.\\nMr. Graves is a thoroughgoing, active temperance\\nman. In early life he formed the liciuor habit, which\\nis as easy in Northern Michigan as the proverbial\\nfalling off a log, which saying, it is suspected, had\\nits origin under the peculiar circumstances of local-\\nity, logs being always at hand and candidates for\\nthat kind of immortality being nearly as plentiful.\\nBut Mr. Graves learned, not too late, the folly of\\nsacrificing his manhood and the results of years of\\nhonest, worthy endeavor, and abandoned his perni-\\ncious habit. He met with a loss of $7,000 in conse-\\nquence of his unfortunate proclivity, in 1877, and\\nfrom that date made a new departure in life.\\nPolitically, he is in affinity with the Democrat\\nparty.\\nK hilip H. Weaver, miller, and farmer on sec.\\n^PIk? 30, I )ayton Tj)., is a son of Daniel and Emily.\\nJ llfs^ (Salisbury) Weaver, natives of New York,\\nand was born in Lenawee Co., Mich., Feb. 22\\nJ^ 1834. When he was five years of age his\\nparents moved upon a farm in Hillsdale County,\\nwhere he lived until he attained his majority. Dur-\\ning tliis time he alternated between working on the\\nfarm and attending school. In 1856 his father\\nmoved to Newaygo County and settled in Dayton\\nTownship, on the present site of the village of Fre-\\nmont. Here Mr. Weaver was married, April 13,\\n1 85-, to Mary E., daughter of Ezra and Cynthia\\n(Philips) Dickinson, natives of Connecticut, and she\\nwas born in DeKalb Co., Ind., April 30, 1838. She\\nmoved to Defiance Co., Ohio, with her parents when\\nshe was quite young, where she received her educa-\\ntion. They then returned to Indiana, and after a\\nlapse of two years moved to Newaygo County, this\\nState, settling in what is now Fremont village. After\\ntheir marriage, Mr. and Mrs. Weaver settled on a\\nfarm Mr. W. had previously purchased, in Dayton\\nTownship, on section 32. He put many improve-\\nments upon the farm, and in the spring of 1864 they\\nreturned to Fremont, living there and working on\\nthe farm until May, 1873, when he moved to Hespe-\\nria, where he has since resided, running a saw-mill\\nand working his farm.\\nMr. and Mrs. Weaver have five children Emma\\nA., born Jan. 26, 1857; Ella L., June 22, 185.S;\\nLettie A., May 4, 1861 Leland S., Aug. 31, 1863;\\nMabel F., Jan. 15, 1879; Lucy M., an adopted\\ndaughter, was born March 27, 1873. Mr. Weaver is\\na member of the Chapter R. A. M.,of Newaygo and\\nHesperian Lodge, No. 246. He was the first Clerk\\nof the original township of Fremont, and has held\\nvarious school offices. In politics he is an acHve\\nGreenbacker. Mrs. Weaver is a zealous member of\\nthe First-Day Advent Church.\\n:i,\\ng dvsrin R. Haight, farmer, Denver p., is a\\nT son of Hiram and Sarah (Swain) Haight,\\n|,^fM\u00c2\u00ab natives of New York, and of German-\\nWelsh descent, and was born in Bradford Co.,\\nPa., March 17, 1839. When he was seven\\nweeks old his parents emigrated to this State,\\nsettling in Newberg, Shiawassee County, where he\\nwas educated and lived until 17 years old, when he\\ncame to this county and located in Big Prairie Town-\\nship. He was engaged in lumbering until the spring\\nof 1 86 1, when he moved to Denver Township, and\\nsettled on 80 acres of land, which he began to clear\\nand to make a home for himself. He afterward\\nl):)Ugiit 60 acres more, adjoining, and now has 55\\nacres under tillage. Residence, section 31.\\nJune 7, 1863, Mr. Haight was married to Miss\\nEsther Ann Dake, who was born in Barry Co., Mich.,\\nJuly 9, 1846. Her parents, Benjamin and Clarissa\\nDake, were natives of New England, and of English\\nand Dutch ancestry. Mrs. Haight was educated in\\nher native county, and at the age of 14 years moved\\nto this county with her parents, who settled in Den-\\nver Township, where she was married.\\nMr. H. enlisted in the 3d Mich. Inf., Co. B, Aug.\\n20, 1864, belonging to the Army of the Tennessee.\\nHe participated in the battle at Decatur, Ala., and\\nMurfreesboro, Tenn. At the fonner place, the battle\\nVv-\\nr\\n\u00c2\u00a3V=\\n-mr-\\nDa :iiDv\\nz.\\nXxy", "height": "2819", "width": "2254", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph11chic_0478.jp2"}, "479": {"fulltext": "fe)\\nt\\n4^\\nO\\n4\\n1\u00c2\u00ae\\nT2$\u00e2\u0082\u00ac^^^ i^V rllll :Dtls r\\n-2 %,o.\\n^f^^;M\\nJ^\\nNEWAYGO COUNTY.\\n467\\nhad commenced when he arrived there his com-\\npany was ushered off the cars and went immediately\\ninto action. Scarcely a day passed that he was not\\nin some engagement. At Cumberland Clap he was\\nt.iken sick with that terrible c()mi)laint, diarrhea, and\\nwas sent to the hosiiital at Nashville, Tenn., where\\nhe remained some lime, and was finally discharged\\nat Detroit, Aug. 18, 1865. He immediately came\\nhome and settled on his farm, where he has ever\\nsince been actively engaged in the various pursuits\\nof farm life.\\nMr. and Mrs. Haight have had two children:\\nAda L., born Oct. 19, 1S76; .Vdelbert, born May 3,\\n1870, died April 12, 1879. Mr. H. is a member of\\nthe I. O. O. F., and is .Secretary of the lodge. Mrs.\\nH. is a member of the Baptist Church, in which she\\nhas been an active worker 20 years.\\n^rederiek J. Maynard, farmer, section 27,\\nC Denver Townshij), is a son of John and\\nLois (Camber) Maynard, who were natives\\nof Clinton Co., England. They emigrated to\\n\u00e2\u0080\u00a2^l America, and after spending two years in New\\nYork, came to Michigan and settled on the\\nfarm where Frederick now resides, in the fall of 1856,\\nand where he was born Nov. 2, 1862. He spent 12\\nwinters in the district schools of tliis place, and\\nsince that time has labored hard and earnestly to\\nassist in cultivating his father s large farm. His\\nfather bequeathed him 70 acres of finely improved\\nland, and he is classed with the best farmers of the\\ncounty. His honesty and integrity have won for\\nhim an e.xcellent reputation. In politics he is a Re-\\ni(, publican.\\n^4.#.^..\\nTohn W. McNabb, M. D., Fremont, was\\n11,^ born in yandot Co., Ohio, Jan. 20, 1846.\\nHis parents, James J. and Eliza Jane (Mc-\\n;]N Kim) McNabb, were also natives of that State,\\nW of Scotch and Irish ancestry. His father was\\na minister of the M. E. Church. They moved\\nto Indiana when the subject of this sketch was about\\nsix years of age. Mr. McNabb died in Miami Co\\nInd., Oct. 2, 1852, and his widow Oct. 10, 1864.\\n1\\nAt the age of five years John W. lost the use of his\\nleft leg by paralysis. At the age of 17 he entered\\nthe Methodist college at Fort Wayne, Ind., attending\\none year, then two years at Wabash C ollege, Craw-\\nfordsville, Ind. He next taught school for a while,\\nand then entered the office of Dr. C. Hector, at\\nRochester, Ind., commencing the study of medicine.\\nHe thus passed about three years, and then one year\\nin the medical department of the University of\\nMichigan. Next he practiced his profession a year\\nai Sebastopol, Ind., and then, in the spring of 1870,\\ncame to Newaygo ounty, residing in Hesperia until\\n1875. In August of this year he came to Fremont,\\nwhere he has since remained, in the successful prac-\\ntice of his profession. In the fall of 1878 he was\\nelected to the Legislature, over Edward Edwards, by\\nalmost 300 majority. Politically he is a National.\\nHe is a member of the Order of Odd Fellows.\\nDr. McNabb was nr.inied in this county, July 1,\\n1873, to Miss Fannie, daughter of Sullivan and Mary\\nArmstrong, the former a [irominent and well known\\ncitizen of Newaygo. The Doctor has had one child,\\nKenneth, who died when four months old. Mrs.\\nMcNabb died July 27, iSSo.\\nP^+\\ny^\\nV\\nd\\nill Courtright, propiietor of The Court-\\nright at Newaygo, was born July 3, 1854,\\nat Cirand Rapids. He is a son of Aaron\\n^K^- Teresa M. (Barker) Courtright, both of\\nWelsh extiaction. He was a pupil in the\\nschools of his native city until he was 14 years\\nold, when he was sent to New l^irighton. Pa., to at-\\ntend the Kenwood school. There he remained until\\nhe was 16 years of age, when he returned to Michi-\\ngan.\\nHis father owned a tract of land in Sparta Town-\\nship containing 204 acres, and to this the family\\nremoved in 1870. In 1872 they came to Newaygo.\\nThe senior Courtright bought the Brooks House prop-\\nerty of William Addis, which he condiu:ted some I\\nyears as a hotel, his son acting as clerk. In 1879\\nthe latter leased the billiard and restaurant rooms\\nattached to the hotel, and in September, 1880, he j^\\nrented the entire establishment. It lontained ac- i\\ncommodations for 80 guests, and the enterprise\\n-^il!l :iltlr.", "height": "2831", "width": "2211", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph11chic_0479.jp2"}, "480": {"fulltext": "468\\ni-fi^\\n-zjC^^st- ferr4!DD ;im^ r\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0ySJSsaT vi;\\nNEWAYGO COUNTY.\\n1\\nV\\nproved profitable until April, 1883, when the de-\\nstruction of the building occurred in the fire which\\nswept away the most considerable portion of the vil-\\nlage. The proprietor was involved in a loss of $4,000,\\nwith $1,000 insurance.\\nMr. Coiirtriglit rented the Raider lilock and pro-\\nceeded with his business as mine host, and at\\nonce entered vigorously upon the work of construct-\\ning the substantial and elegant structure which bears\\nhis name. Seven months from the disaster, in No-\\nvember, 1883, the opening of the hotel for the accom-\\nmodation of the public took place. The entire cost\\nof the estabHshment and fittings has been about\\n$25,000. It is built of brick, is two stories high\\nwith a basement, and has a frontage of 195 feet, with\\na wing 80 feet deep. The first floor is devoted to\\nhotel purposes chiefly, and the second floor affords\\nhandsome and elaborate quarters for 100 guests.\\nAll the appurtenances of a first-class hotel may be\\nfound with appropriate fixtures. The furnishings\\nare all new, and in the latest style, the entire estab-\\nlishment being one of the best in Northern Michi-\\ngan.\\nThe proprietor is a born landlord the manage-\\nment of the house is faultless, everything being con-\\nducted on an inflexible system. Order and cleanli-\\nness prevail throughout, and, as a hotel and accessory\\nto Newaygo, the building is the most noteworthy of\\nthe many that add grace and comeliness to the village,\\nwhich less than a year ago sliowed such unsightly\\ntraces of ruin and devastation.\\nohii Pittwood, architect and builder, resi-\\ndent at Newaygo, was born at Ringsash,\\nL^r?^ Devonshire, Eng., Feb. 15, 1843. John\\nand Elizabeth Pittwood, his paternal grand-\\nparents, passed their lives, died and were\\nburied in the parish of Ringsash. I heir only\\nson, William, married Jane Stevens, of the parish of\\nVVinkleigh, Devonshire, Eng., and to them were born\\nthree children: John, Mary Elizabeth and William\\nHenry. The last named died Nov. 6, 1847, in Eng-\\nland. William and Jane Pittwood, with their two\\nchildren, emigrated to America in the sjjringof 1849.\\nThey had a stormy passage, and were on the ocean\\nnine weeks. They landed at Quebec and made their\\nway to Oakfield, Genesee Co., N. Y., where they set-\\ntled on 100 acres of land. There their daughter\\ndied, on the first day of October, 1849, in the fall\\nsubsequent to their arrival. They lived there in\\nprosperity about two years, and Aug. i, 185 i, another\\nson, William Henry, was born. The mother died\\nMarch 14, 1852. The father sold his farm and made\\na prospecting trip through the Western Stales. He\\nfinally bought 86 acres of land in Sandstone, Jack-\\nson Co., Mich. He returned to New York and was\\nmarried to Sarah B. Draper. In the fall of 1855 they\\ntook possession of their new home in Michigan. On\\nthis they remained two years, going thence to Homer,\\nCalhoun County, where they bought 100 acres of\\nland. They made another removal to Litchfield,\\nHillsdale County, where six children three sons and\\nthree daughters were bom to them. One son died\\nthere in early childhood. Later, the family removed\\nto Battle Creek, where Mrs. Pittwood died, Jan. 10,\\n1884. The father still resides there.\\nMr. Pittwood, of this sketch, enlisted, at Litchfield,\\nin the civil war, in April, 1S61, under the first rei[uisi-\\ntion for troops, in Co. H., Fourth Mich. Vol. Inf., Capt.\\nFunk, of Jonesville. He sustained the loss of his\\nleft thumb by a gunshot wound at Fairfax Station\\nduring the first battle of Bull s Run, and received his\\ndischarge in consequence. He returned home and\\nre-enlisted in the First Reg. Mich. Engineers and\\nMechanics, under Col. William P. Innis, enrolling as\\nChief Bugler of the regiment and as a member of\\nthe regimental band. He served in that capacity\\nuntil his period of enlistment expired, in November,\\n1864. He was in the battle of Stone River, or La\\nVergne, and in numerous skirmishes. He was dis-\\ncharged at Atlanta, Ga., and returned home. After\\na short visit he joined the construction department\\nof the army and was engaged in bridge building in\\nKentucky, Alabama, Georgia and Tennessee until\\nLee s surrender, when he returned home and was\\nemployed in his vocation. He came to Newaygo in\\n1872 and established himself in the calling in which\\nhe has since continued.\\nMr. Pittwood was married Dec. 24, 1866, to Martha\\nE., daughter of Samuel and Deborah (Woods) Rib-\\nlet, a native of Litchfield, boro Oct. 19, 1843.\\nfamily is one of the oldest and best known of Hills-\\ndale County, being the lineal decendants of a French\\nnobleman, who, in consequence of his embracing the\\ni\\n(J)\\nA\\nsy\\nr\\n0!l; ?,Dllv A:^3\\n4^^^", "height": "2819", "width": "2254", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph11chic_0480.jp2"}, "481": {"fulltext": "", "height": "2831", "width": "2211", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph11chic_0481.jp2"}, "482": {"fulltext": "V \u00e2\u0080\u009e!f-^i-^^/ .^^Cs^*~ 2 ^i^^5^", "height": "2819", "width": "2254", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph11chic_0482.jp2"}, "483": {"fulltext": "^Ctc^-^-^-^-^S^", "height": "2831", "width": "2211", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph11chic_0483.jp2"}, "484": {"fulltext": "", "height": "2819", "width": "2254", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph11chic_0484.jp2"}, "485": {"fulltext": "t^^rf-\\nNEWAYGO COUNTY.\\n4rt^^f:3 fe\\nProtestant faith, had his property confiscated and\\nQgy was exiled under penalty of being burned as a heretic.\\n^i He suffered many indignities, and, in company with\\nI others, went to Ciermany, where he married and\\n(cj reared a large family. Two of his sons, Christian\\nand Bartholomew, emigrated to America and settled\\nin Northampton Co., Pa., where John Riblet, son of\\nChristian, and great-grandfather of Mrs. Pittwood,\\nwas born, in 1758. In the beginning of the war of\\nthe Revolution, he entered the service as First Lieu-\\ntenant in a regiment of riflemen, but was soon after\\ntaken prisoner and confined three years on board the\\nBritish man-of-war, Roebuck. After his release\\nhe married and settled near Hagerstown, Md., where\\nSolomon Riblet, father of Samuel, was born, in Au-\\ngust, 1782. In the year 1800, John Riblet moved\\nwith his family to Erie, Pa., where he commanded\\nthe body guard of Commodore Perry during the\\nbuilding of his fleet. Solomon Riblet was Captain in\\na regiment of minute-men, and served with distinc-\\ntion.\\nSamuel Riblet, father of Mrs. Pittwood, was born\\nin the town of Harbor Creek, Erie Co., Pa., Feb. 22,\\n181 1. He was taught the rudiments of a German\\neducation by his grandfather, and attended the dis-\\ntrict school during the winter months. At the age\\nof 17 he went to Erie to complete his education at\\nthe academy at that place. He was obliged to teach\\nwinters in order to obtain funds to defray his expenses\\nat school during the summer. He obtained a situa-\\ntion as teacher near Pittsburg, which he filled accept-\\nably three years, during which time he formed the\\nacijuaintance of Deborah Woods, to whom he was\\nmarried Nov. ig. 1833. A son, S. K. Riblet (see\\nsketch), was born and soon after they decided to em-\\nigrate to Michigan; and, in accordance with this res-\\nolution, they left Pittsburg and moved West in one\\nof the emigrant wagons since called prairie schoon-\\ners. After their long and tedious journey they set-\\ntled on 160 acres of land on the Kalamazoo and St.\\nJoseph trail, near Litchfield. They were there when\\nthe Indians were yet so numerous that it was a fre-\\n(pient thing for 500 or more of them to collect on\\ntheir farm. Here their children were reared and all\\ngrew to maturity, and here the venerable couple lived\\ntogether 44 years, the mother dying Dec. 21, 1879.\\nThe father still lives, on the old homestead. He\\n7\u00c2\u00bb was married Jan. 15, 1882, to Mrs. Clarinda Hartwell.\\nr\\nrs\\nV\\n..i\\n473\\n^1\\nI\\ngg Vjy)\u00c2\u00ab^i#^\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0^(^m\\nFour children have been born to Mr. and Mrs.\\nPittwood: Mary Jane, Ethelyn D., William Henry\\nand John S. Mr. Pittwood is a member of the Order\\nof Masonry, belonging to Newaygo Lodge, No. 131.\\nHe owns his residence and 40 acres of land, on sec-\\ntion 6, Crant Township, 40 acres on section i, Ash-\\nland, and 40 acres on section 8 in Deerfield, Mecosta\\nCounty. Mrs. Pittwood was a teacher in the union\\nschool at Litchfield, three years prior to her marriage.\\nMr. Pittwood is a man of exceptional native gen-\\nius, and is possessed of natural and acquired abili-\\nties in his profession far exceeding those of many\\nwho make greater pretentions. His traits of char-\\nacter render him one of the most estimable citizens\\nof Newaygo.\\nohn M. Grovesteen, deceased, was born\\n\\\\e March 25, 1825, in Dutchess Co., N. Y.\\nHis parents were natives of Germany and\\nIreland, and his mother died when he was five\\nIr years old. His father married a second time\\nand passed the remainder of his life in the\\nEmpire State.\\nMr. Grovesteen went to the State of Wisconsin\\nwhen he was 18 years old, and five years later came\\nto Pere Marquette, Northern Michigan, for the pur-\\npose of engaging in the lumber woods. He returned\\nto Wisconsin after two years, and spent a few\\nmonths, coming thence to Muskegon and Newaygo\\nCounties, Mich. He worked for some time in both\\nthe latter at blacksmithing, and i)assed two winters\\nin the woods scaling logs. His next business ven-\\nture was the purchase of 80 acres of |)arily improved\\nland in Dayton Township, for wliich he paid $800.\\nThis farm he occupied five years, sold out and movetl\\nto Big Prairie. He there became proprietor of 160\\nacres of land, which he held until his death. Later\\nlie bought 160 acres of wild land in Everett Town-\\nship, where he established his homestead and erected\\na good house, which remained his abode during the\\nremainder of his life.\\nMr. Grovesteen met his death Feb. 2, 1883, by\\naccident, being struck by a falling tree. He was a\\ndecided Republican, and a prominent man in his\\ntownship. His stability and reliability of character\\nmade him generally esteemed, and he spent many\\nyears of his lite in public official capacities. He was\\nV\\nr", "height": "2831", "width": "2211", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph11chic_0485.jp2"}, "486": {"fulltext": "474\\nNEWAYGO COUNTY.\\n-saWs-\\no*\\nf\\nSupervisor of Everett Township four successive\\nyears, and Justice of the Peace five years. He\\nbelonged to the Masonic Order. He spent four\\nmonths during the war of the Reliellion in the\\nemployment of the Government, working at his trade\\nof blacksmith, with headipiarters at Chattanooga.\\nHe was obliged to resign his post on account of ill-\\nness.\\nMr. Grovesteen was married March 25, 1857, in\\nBig Prairie, to Eliza, third daughter of Jotham and\\nDiantha (Garrett) Hall. The parents were natives\\nof the State of New York, and came to Michigan\\nduring its pioneer period, finally settling in Big\\nPrairie, where the father died. The mother was\\nagain married, to Daniel Von Sickles, and resides in\\nBig Prairie. Mrs. Grovesteen was born in Marshall,\\nCalhoun Co., Mich., July 31, 1837. Ten children\\nwere born of her marriage, seven of whom survive:\\nWilliam, Jennie B., Lydia A., Edna, Emma P.,\\nCalista N. and Mary E. Charles N. was drowned\\nat the age of four years and seven months. John\\ndied of diphtheria, aged nine years and ten months.\\nMattie died of diphtheria, in her infancy.\\nThe portraits of Mr. and Mrs. Grovesteen may be\\nfound on pages 470 and 471.\\nNj,javid Powers, farmer, section 23, Garfield\\nqK^MJi Township, was born in Houghton, Norfolk\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0jjjiijfy- Co., Can., March 4, 1856. His father,\\nx) James Powers, was born in Ireland and died\\nHT at St. Thomas, Canada, in 1866. His mother,\\ni Fanny (Pearl) Powers, was born in Nova\\nScotia and died in Bayham, Canada, when he was a\\nsmall boy.\\nHe remained in Norfolk County until he was 17\\nyears old and came to Newaygo Dec. 27, 1862. His\\nfather had been here previously and was well-known,\\nhaving been employed as clerk in several stores.\\nMr. Powers readily found employment in theliunber\\nwoods, and gave his attention solely to hnniiering\\nuntil 1873, when he moved upon his farm whicii he\\nhad purchashed in 1870, consisting of 40 acres, in\\nits original state. He has added 40 acres to his first\\ntract and has that amount under good improvements.\\nHe owns also 80 acres in Brooks ownsliip, in com-\\npany with Morris Angevine, 120 acres in Crolon\\nTownship, and 80 acres in Reynolds, Montcalm\\nCounty. Mr. Powers is a member of the blue lodge\\nof Muskegon, and of the Royal Arch Chapter, No\\n131, at Newaygo.\\nHe was married at Newaygo, Oct. 13, 1873, to\\nRosa, daughter of Moses and Marsaline Molonson,\\nwho was born in Croton Township, May 13, 1S56.\\nThe household includes two children: Elgin M.,\\nborn Sept. 8, 1874, and Elmer A., April 7, 1879.\\nvi*i!k\\nft; I ugustine Henry Giddings moved to the\\nvillage of Newaygo from the city of New\\n%\\\\t-.SJ York in the year 1857. He was born in the\\nJ liT town of Sherman, Fairfield Co., Conn., and, ii\\nHow sweet is the briei- with its soft, folding lilossoni!\\n.\\\\li(l sweet is tile bilk in its shiiiiineriii^ sheen;\\nAnd sweeter niid fairer, mid dear to this liosoiii.\\nIs lovcdv Sopliia. a flower so green.\\nIn tiie last line he attemped a para[ihrase, and all\\nunconscious of the dreadful blunder and all it im-\\nplied, he dis|).itched the letter. .Susan, iiis other fair\\nfriend, had laims upon his reinenibrance, and it\\nstruck him as a hap|)y thought that he wouUl copy\\nf\\n.V\\n1\\nliving, would have been about 50 years of age.\\nThe place of his nativity is situated .n a pict-\\nuresque portion of that State In the days of his\\nearly boyhood he lived in what is termed the Housa-\\ntonic Valley and a few miles east of Pawling, Dutch-\\ness Co., N. Y. His father sold his farm at Sherman\\nand removed to Berkshire Co., Mass., where he pur-\\nchased another farm, in the vicinity of Great Barring-\\nton. The son was sent to the village school in that\\nplace until he was 16 years of age, when he was\\nplaced at Union College, Schenectady.\\nJudge Giddings was never married, and there is an\\nauthenticated story from which an inference may be\\ndrawn. He had two young lady friends, both of\\nwhom were attending school at the Washington Semi-\\nnary in the State of Connecticut. For one of them\\nhe had formed an ardent attachment. She may be\\ncalled Sophia. In a memorable letter to her in which\\nhe addressed her as Dear Sophia, and ended with gi\\nEver yours, etc., he made considerable effort to do\\nthe occasion full justice, and i[uotcd poetry largely.\\nAs a crowning effort he inserted the following, quoting\\nfrom memory, and incoirectly\\ni\\nrp\\nrii", "height": "2819", "width": "2254", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph11chic_0486.jp2"}, "487": {"fulltext": "iM\\nm^\\nt\\n1^:\\n(k^\\n\u00e2\u0080\u00a2T7\\nr ^Dn:^llIl^ r\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0^rr\\n-4^^^(|rv^\\nNEWAYGO COUNTY.\\nSophia s letter and with a change of the name it\\nwould be appropriate. The girls were not intimate,\\nand the term of school was so near its close that the\\nchances of mutual confidences were small. He\\ncame to a clear understanding of the fallacy of his\\nhopes when, a few days later, he received both his\\ncommunications in one envelope, without a word of\\ncomment. He made every explanation tiiat he\\ncould devise, but in vain. This occurrence took\\nplace during his freshman year at Union.\\nSoon after he was graduated, young Oiddings went\\nto the city of New York and began the study of law\\nin the office of Truman Smith.\\nYoung Giddings was associated with the leading\\npoliticians and statesmen of that period and acquired\\na rare knowledge of men and affairs. Possessed of\\na clear, discriminating and strong mind, he seized\\nupon the shrewd political methods of the successful\\nmen of that day, and none knew better than he how\\nto enlist the masses in his heh.ilf and cause them to\\ncarry out his desires with enthusiasm. He read for\\nhis profession a short time with another firm in New\\nYork, and in 1857, his father having extensive inter-\\nests in this county, he came to Newaygo and com-\\nmenced the practice of law.\\nIn 1858 Mr. Giddings was elected Prosecuting\\nAttorney, and was re-elected in 1 860. This was the\\nyear of the Presidential campaign and, although he\\nwas a warm friend of William H. Seward, and was\\ndisappointed in the action of the convention, yet he\\nbecame early satisfied that Lincoln would give to the\\ncountry a conservative administration. During the\\ncampaign he made several able speeches in behalf\\nof Lincoln, and at the outbreak of the Rebellion\\ndesired to enter the army. He failed in his applica-\\ntion for a commission as Major and made no further\\neffort.\\nDuring the campaign of 1864 Giddings was especi-\\nally zealous in the re-election of Lincoln. He was\\nsubseciuontly elected to the office of Probate Judge\\nof Newaygo County, and finally in 1870 was chosen\\nCircuit Judge. His discharge of the duties of the\\nposition proved so satisfactory, that in the spring of\\n1875 he was placed in regular nomination. He was\\nre-elected by a large majority, and continued to\\ndischarge the duties of his office with impartiality\\nand ability until the fall of 1876, when he died sud-\\ndenly at Philadelphia, where he had gone to attend\\n475 S\\nfm\\nt\\nthe Centennial. He was 44 years of age. But a\\nshort time previous his father had left him quite a\\nfortune, and he contemplated making a tour of\\nEurope during the summer of 1877 but his brothers\\nlaid him to his long rest among the scenes of his\\nearly childhood, and there he sleeps in God s first\\ntemples, so grandly described by Bryant, who was\\nhimself born near Great Barrington.\\nThe last case ever tried before him was Anderson\\nvs. The White River Log Booming Company.\\nJudge Giddings was a man of accurate and vigorous\\nperceptions. His mind moved in a straight line\\ndirect to the point he sought. He early discovered\\nand seized uixjn the main issue in a case, and usually\\nendeavored to have tried with reference to the same.\\nPerceiving the right of a cause, he tried to guard and\\nprotect it for the benefit of the party injured. He\\nheld the scales of justice impartially. His charges\\nto juries were clear, lucid and manifested the strength\\nof his understanding and judgment. He was patient\\nin the trial of cases, and gave ample time to elicit\\nthe facts that had a possible bearing upon the issues\\ninvolved. He spoke slowly but with great dignity,\\ndistinctness and clearness, and always gave urgent\\nreasons for his rulings. He greatly enjoyed wit and\\nhumor as a pastime, and was always one of the most V/\\nsocial and genial of men.\\nAnd, as years after his death we write of our\\ndeparted friend, our memory reverts to the early days\\nof his professional career, and brings back to us in\\nthe freshness of youth, pleasant memories of him\\nwho, full of hope and aspirations, began the struggle\\nof life when the present was full of pleasure and the\\nfuture satisfying.\\nAnd tliiis we walk witti him and kcc i) uiibrdkcn\\nTill bond wliirli iiatun g-ivcs,\\nTluukinj; tliat nur rciut inlirunri; (hily spcikcu\\nMay n lU U him where he livos.\\n,1,1 eorgo H. Peters, farmer, section 36, Ever-\\nWMt ett Township, was born in Livonia, Wayne\\nh Co., Mich., March 14, 1 841, and is a son\\nof George and Mary Ann (Stevens) Peters.\\nHis father was born Jan. 14, 1798, in Cattar-\\naugus Co., N. Y., and died Aug. 22, 1875.\\nHis mother had descended from the genuine Yankee\\nstock of Massachusetts. She was born in 18 19 in\\n4*^^^^", "height": "2831", "width": "2211", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph11chic_0487.jp2"}, "488": {"fulltext": "i\\n476\\nV\\n-2^^\u00c2\u00a7^\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0T\\n^nD^t^iiDf\\nv\\n:25^4^^Sr\\nf^.\\nNEWAYGO COUNTY.\\n-l^^5C(\u00c2\u00aevi^\\nthe Old Bay State, and is still living, in Eaton Co.\\nIn paternal descent, Mr. Peters comes of the\\nsturdy, honest race known as Scotch-Irish. When\\nhe was a year old his parents came to Eaton County,\\nwhere he was reared to manhood. He was married\\nwhen 21 years of age and resided at home with his\\nparents four years after that event. On leaving the\\npaternal roof he came to Newaygo County and iden-\\ntified himself with the agricultural element of the\\ntownship of Everett, by the purchase of 40 acres of\\nland. He has labored upon this until he has cleared\\n30 acres. He subsecjuently bought 40 acres, of\\nwhich he has cleared seven.\\nMr. Peters enlisted, in 1864, in the service of the\\nUnited States, and aided in consummating the final\\nextinction of armed rebellion and enforcing the\\nauthority of the general Government. He enrolled\\nin Co. G, Tenth Mich Cav., and was mustered out\\nin 1865, at Jackson, Mich. He is a Republican.\\nMr. Peters was married, Aug. 10, 1862, to Caroline\\nWillbur, youngest daughter of Richard and Charlotte\\n(Dodge) Willbur. She was born in Assyria, Barry\\nCounty, Feb. 22, 1842. Two children Rinaldo B.,\\nborn Aug. 13, 1863, and Albert D., born August 21,\\n1873. Both parents belong to the United Brethren\\nChurch. Richard Willbur was born in the State of\\nNew York, in 1791, and died in November, 1841.\\nCharlotte Willbur was born in Vermont, in 1800.\\nThey settled in Assyria, Barry Co., Mich., in 1840.\\nThe mother, of Holland-Dutch descent, resided on\\nthe homestead place until her death, in 1877.\\nslfred G. Mead, proprietor of saw-mill, sec-\\ntion 15, Sheridan Township, is a son of Ed-\\nmund W. and Rachel (Knapp) Mead, who\\nwere natives of Massachusetts and settled in\\nPutnam Co., N. Y., afterwards locating in Nor-\\nwalk, Ohio, where they passed the remainder of their\\nlives.\\nThe subject of this sketch was born in Delaware\\nCo., N. Y., July 12, 1825; when but four years of\\nage the family removed to Ohio, and he remained\\nwith his parents until he was of ape. He learned\\nthe trade of rr.older, at which he worked at various\\nl)laces, learning also the art of machinist. He re-\\nmained in Ohio until his marriage, which occurred\\nApril 5, 1848. His wife was Hannah M, Stiles, a\\nnative of Ohio, whose parents were from New Eng-\\nland. He first resided three years in Wisconsin, then\\nseven years in Iowa; next, on account of ill health,\\nhe returned to Ohio and lived in several places until\\nthe summer of 1866, when he resided in Muskegon\\ntwo years, and then came to Newaygo County and\\nbought 245 acres of timber land, in Sheridan Town-\\nship, where he now resides. On his location here he\\nat once erected a saw-mill, which he still runs.\\nIn politics Mr. Mead is a National, and in public\\naffairs he has held the office of Justice of the Peace\\nfour years, and since the spring of 1879 he has been\\nSupervisor. In social matters he is a Son of Tem-\\nperance and active in the cause of the order. Mrs.\\nM. is a member of the Congregational Church.\\nMr. and Mrs. Mead are the parents of eight chil-\\ndren, namely Clarence A., Edmund S., Clairinelle\\nEdith A., Linly M., \\\\Vinthrop G. and Clififord S., liv-\\ning, and Willie, who died when about 18 months old..\\n-^3^\\ntH ^Ol\\n-5-\\n.arshall B. Franklin, merchant, Fremont.\\nThe parents of this enterprising gentle-\\nman were Bildad and Mary J. (Young)\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a01 w\\\\ Franklin, the former a native of the State of\\nNew York, who died in Iowa, while visiting his\\nson Mrs. F., a native of Canada, still resides\\nin the Dominion.\\nMr. F., the subject of this sketch, was born in\\nCanada, Nov. 22, 1850; he lived at home until about\\n20 years of age, when he was engaged as clerk in a\\nstore in that country for over five years in the sum-\\nmer of 1875 he came to this county, settling in Fre-\\nmont, where he has since been successfully engaged\\nin general merchandising, his transactions amounting\\nannually to over $30,000. His stock is valued at\\n$12,000 to $14,000. He once had also a stock of\\ngoods at Hesperia for nearly 18 months, but finally\\nremoved it to Fremont. Mr. F. is not orily a prom-\\ninent merchant, but forward in advancing the inter-\\nests and building up the enterprises of his commu-\\nnity. In the spring of 1 880 he was elected Township\\nTreasurer and served one year; was re-elected in\\nthe spring of 1883, and is now holding the office.\\nSince the spring of 1881 he has been Village Coun-\\ncilman; was also Deputy Clerk one year. He is\\nPast Master in the I O O P and is a Republican.\\nMr. F. has two children, one of whom is deceased.\\nc\u00c2\u00bb\\nJ\\nt(^\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0\u00e2\u0096\u00a0f^\u00e2\u0096\u00a0\\n0)\\nn\\na\\n%\\\\s^^^^\\n^^f^\\nmV^M ^r^r\\nr^ij^^\\n^^^J%", "height": "2819", "width": "2254", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph11chic_0488.jp2"}, "489": {"fulltext": "Wh^^^\\ny^-^iyir -K\\nT\\nWMh\\nt^/i-\\nO\\nV\\nW/3\\na\\nr^\\ni^f5\\n-v;\\n:ll!l :illls", "height": "2831", "width": "2211", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph11chic_0489.jp2"}, "490": {"fulltext": "w^^\\n^r\u00e2\u0080\u0094^^^J^imm^rT, 5s\u00e2\u0082\u00ac^\\nI\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0^)imm-i", "height": "2819", "width": "2254", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph11chic_0490.jp2"}, "491": {"fulltext": "^ilg^/^))\u00c2\u00ab^^\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0^a^gk: 6V 4l]tl :lll]v -r\\nNEWAYGO COUNTY.\\n4^^5((^i^.\\n479\\nv^\\na\\nV\\nINTi^RODUQT^ORY.\\nc\\nS an extraordinary example of\\nmaterial and moral develop-\\nment we refer to Newaygo\\nCounty. The transformation\\nwhich has occurred here dar-\\ning the past quarter of a cen-\\ns) tury is simply marvelous. In older\\ncountries generations of time have\\nbeen required to develop the re-\\nsources of a country as they have\\nbeen in this portion of Michigan. In\\na few brief years the splendid and\\nstately forests, the home of the red\\nman and the wild beasts, have been\\nrazed to earth, and comfortable\\nhomes, broad fields of waving grain,\\nschool-houses, churches, mills, vil-\\nlages and cities, with all the culture and refinement\\nof the older communities, have sprung up in their\\nstead.\\nA record of this wonderful change is history, and\\nthat of the most important and interesting nature.\\nIt is also a solemn duty whith this generation owes\\nto all posterity, to make a faithful and imperishable\\nrecord of such history. Even in the not far distant\\nfuture the exi eriences of the sturdy and self-sacrific-\\ning pioneer will scarcely be credited, so strange and\\nmarvelous they will seem. Unless, therefore, re-\\ncorded faithfully and consistently at the present time.\\nthose who bore so noble a part in the development\\nof this beautiful coimtry will have been forgotten.\\nWithout money, or prestige, or influential friends,\\nthe old pioneers drifted along one by one, from State\\nto State, until in Michigan the garden of the Union\\nthey have found inviting homes for each, and room\\nfor all. To secure and adorn these homes, more than\\nordinary ambition was required, greater than ordinary\\nendurance demanded, and unflinching determination\\nwas, by the force of necessity, written over every\\nbrow. It was not pomp, or parade, or glittering show\\nthat the pioneers were after. They sought for homes\\nwhich they could call their own, homes for them-\\nselves and homes for their children. How well tliey\\nhave succeeded after a struggle of many years against\\nthe adverse tides, let the records and tax-gatherers\\ntestify let the broad cultivated fields and fruit-bear-\\ning orchards, the flocks and the herds, the palatial\\nresidences, the |)!aces of busmess, the spacious halls,\\nthe clattering car wheels and ponderous engines all\\ntestify.\\nThere was a time when [)ioneers waded through\\ndeep snows, across bridgeless rivers, and through\\n1 ottomless sloughs, a score of miles to mill or mar-\\nket, and when more time was required to reach and\\nreturn from market than is now required to cross the\\nthe continent, or traverse the Atlantic. These were\\nthe times when our palaces were constructed of logs\\nand covered with shakes riven from the forest\\nr^\\ni", "height": "2831", "width": "2211", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph11chic_0491.jp2"}, "492": {"fulltext": "480\\nTZ^^^\\n1.^^;;^\\n^DD: mi v\\n7\\nNEWAYGO COUNTY.\\ntrees These were the times when our children were\\n%5J) Stowed away for the night in the low, dark attics,\\ni^ amongst the horns of the elk and the deer, and where\\nT through the chinks in the shakes they could count\\nthe twinkling stars. These were the times when our\\nchairs and our bedsteads were hewn from the forets.\\nWhether all succeeded in what they undertook is\\nnot a (juestion to be asked now. The proof that as\\na body they did succeed is all around us. Many\\nindividuals were perhaps disappointed. Fortunes\\nand misfortunes belong to the human race. Not\\nevery man can have a school-house on the corner of\\nhis farm not every man can have a bridge over a\\nstream that flows by his dwelling; not every man\\ncan have a railroad depot on the borders of his plant-\\nation, or a city in its center; and while these things\\nare desirable in some respects, their advantages are\\noftentimes outweighed by the almost perpetual pres-\\nence of the foreign beggar, the dreaded tramp, the\\nfear of fire and conflagration, and the insecurity from\\nthe presence of the midnight burglar, and the bold,\\nbad men and women who lurk in ambush and infest\\nthe villages. The good things of this earth are not\\nUi all to be found in any one place but if more is to\\nbe found in any one place than another, that place is\\nin our rural retreats, our quiet homes outside of the\\nclamor and turmoil of city life.\\nIn viewing the blessings which surround us, then,\\nwe should reverence those who have made them jx)S-\\nsible, and ever fondly cherish in memory the sturdy\\nold PIONEER and his log cabin.\\nLet us turn our eyes and thoughts back to the log-\\ncabin days of a quarter of a century ago, and con-\\ntrast those homes with the comfortable dwellings of\\nto-day. Hefore us stands the old log-cabin. Let us\\nenter. Instinctively the head is uncovered in token\\nof reverence to this relic of ancestral beginnings,\\nearly struggles and final triumphs. To the left is the\\ndeep wide fire-place, in whose commodious space a\\ngroup of children may sit by the fire and up through\\nthe chimney may count the stars, while ghostly\\nstories of witches and giants, and still more thrilling\\nstories of Indians and wild l)easts, are whisperingly\\ntold and shudderingly heard. On the great crane\\nhang the old tea-keltle and the great iron pot. The\\nhuge shovel and tongs stand sentinel in either corner,\\nwhile llie gve;it andirons patiently wait for the huge\\nback-log. (^ver the fire-place hangs the trusty rifle.\\nA\\nH\\ni\\nTo the right of the fire-place stands the spinning-\\nwheel, while in the further end of the room is seen\\nthe old-fashioned loom. Strings of drying apples v*\\nand poles of drying pumpkins are overhead. Oppo- T\\nsite the door in which you enter stands a huge deal\\ntable, by its side the dresser whose pewter plates\\nand shining delf catch and reflect the fire-place\\nflames as shields of armies do the sunshine. From\\nthe corner of its shelves coyly peep out the relics of\\nformer china. In a curtained corner and hid from\\ncasual sight we find the mother s bed, and under it\\nthe trundle-bed, while near them a ladder indicates\\nthe loft where the older children sleep. To the left\\nof the fire-place and in the corner opposite the spin-\\nning-wheel is the mother s work-stand. Upon it lies\\nthe Bible, evidently much used, its family record tell-\\ning of parents and friends a long way off, and telling,\\ntoo, of children\\nSeatteicil like ro ^cs in bloom,\\nSome at the briilal, and some at the tomb.\\nHer spectacles, as if but just used, are inserted be-\\ntween the leaves of her Bible, and tell of her purpose\\nto return to its comforts when cares permit and duty\\nis done. A stool, a bench, well notched and whitdeo\\nand carved, and a few chairs complete the furniture\\nof the room, and all stand on a coarse but well-\\nscoured floor. Let us for a moment watch the city\\nvisitors to this humble cabin. The city bride, inno-\\ncent but thoughtless, and ignorant of labor and care,\\nasks her city bred husband, Pray, what savages set\\nthis up. Honestly confessing his ignorance, he\\nreplies, I do not know. But see the pair on whom\\nage sits frosty but kindly. First, as they enter,\\nthey give a rapid glance about the cabin home, and\\nthen a mutual glance of eye to eye. Why do tears\\nstart and fill their eyes. Why do lips quiver? There\\nare many who know why but who that has not\\nlearned in the school of experience the full meaning\\nof all these symbols of trials and privations, of lone-\\nliness and danger, can comprehend the story that\\nthey tell to the pioneer? Within this chinked and\\nmud-daubed cabin, we read the first pages of our\\nhistory and as we retire through its low door-way, j\\nand note the heavy battened door, its wooden hinges s^\\nand its welcoming latch-string, is it strange that the\\nscenes without should seem to be but a dream?\\nBut the cabin and the palace, standing side by side\\nin vivid contrast, tell their own story of this people s\\nprogress. They are a history and a jirophecy in one\\n01\\nc\\n^X\\nr^y\\n1.\\nfl!]:^Dll\\nr^\\nl^i^", "height": "2819", "width": "2254", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph11chic_0492.jp2"}, "493": {"fulltext": "-^|]ll :nO -r-e-\\nI\\nf\\nV\\nNEIVAYGO COUNTY.\\n~;;2fi^-\\nv V\\nr\\ni\\nS -u\u00e2\u0080\u0094.\\n4i\\nHE county of Newaygo is a\\nhalf larger than the average\\ncounty, and is of the same\\nsize and shape as Kent Coun-\\nty. It is an oblong, being four\\ntownships, or 24 miles, wide,\\nand six townships, or 36 miles,\\nlong. It thus contains 24 Con-\\ngressional townships; out of this\\n21 civil townships have been\\norganized. The only townships\\nwhich have more than 36 square\\nmiles are Monroe, which contains\\n108 square miles, Beaver, 54 square\\nmiles, and Troy, 54 square miles.\\nEach section having 640 acres, the county has con-\\nsequently an area of 552,960 acres, more or less. Of\\nthis area there are but about 30,000 acres under cul-\\ntivation, comprised in 1,200 farms. From this sig-\\nnificant fact, one may form some idea of the future\\npossibilities of Newaygo as an agricultural county.\\nIf it were as well develo[)ed as some sections in the\\nEastern States, it could maintain a jjopulation of 200.-\\n000; and under a perfectly economical cultivation,\\nover half a million inhabitants could derive their sub-\\nsistence from the soil of Newaygo County.\\nThe 24 Congressional townships are designated in\\nthe Government survey as townships 11, 12. 13, 14,\\nSJ^^^\\nJZ\\nm\\n15 and 16 north, ranges 11, 12, 13 and 14 west oi\\nthe third principal meridian. Newaygo lies in west\\ncentral Michigan, and is bounded as follows: on the\\nnorth by Lake County; on the east by Mecosta and\\nMontcalm Counties; on the south by Kent and Mus-\\nkegon Counties, and on the west by Muskegon and\\nOceana Counties.\\nThe Muskegon River flows from northeast to south-\\nwest through the county, and is joined in Croton\\nTownship by the Little Muskegon. White River\\nrises northeast of the center of the county, and flows\\nwestward. In the northwestern corner is the south\\nbranch of the Pere Manpiette River, while in the\\nsouthern part, from Rice Lake in Grant Township,\\nflows Rogue River south to Grand River. Numerous\\nsmaller streams througliout the county afford ami)le\\ndrainage and plenty of living water. A number of\\nlakes, from one acre to several hunilred acres in ex-\\ntent, are situated in the east and north part of the\\ncounty. These lakes and smaller water-courses are\\ndescribed more fully in connection with the respect-\\nive townshiiJs.\\nThe surface of the county is slightly rolling, and\\nthe soil rich and productive for all kinds of crops.\\nPortions of the county are sandy, especially among\\nthe i)ine woods, but not so much so as to make the\\nsoil unproductive. The timber is largely beech and\\nmaple, mixed with valuable pine.\\nX=I\\nr\\n-rt ci-", "height": "2831", "width": "2211", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph11chic_0493.jp2"}, "494": {"fulltext": "482\\nNEWAYGO COUNTY.\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0zn s-\\nr.\\nThe county has already good railroad facilities,\\nand other roads now proposed will doubtless be built\\nin the course of a few years. It has now two lines\\nof the Chicago West Michigan railroad, one run-\\nning north and south, and the other northeast and\\nsouthwest. A new line is wanted east and west, to\\nrun through Hesperia, Fremont, Newaygo and Cro-\\nton. in the southern half of the county.\\nThe southern part of Newaygo is all that is yet\\nsettled to any great extent. The northern townships\\nare still rich in pine, and its soil has never been\\nworked for human advantage. The county contains\\na three incorporated villages, and a number of other\\nthriving settlements, which, with the two lines of\\nrailroad, afford good markets for all produce raised.\\nManufacturing will doubtless become an important\\nindustry, as the natural advantages for such enter-\\nprises are unsurpassed, in many points, in the county.\\nV\\n-f\\nGEOLOGY.\\nEOLOGY teaches that the continents of\\nthis world were once beneath the ocean.\\nIt is natural, therefore, to suppose that\\nthere are inequalities in the bottom of the\\nocean like those on the land. The recent\\ndeep-sea soundings confirm this opinion, and\\nreveal mountains and hills, valleys and table-lands.\\nThe greatest depth reached in sounding is 29,000\\nfeet, which exceeds the height of tlie loftiest moun-\\ntain of the Himalayas. Some of the mountains of the\\nsea are steeper and more abrupt than any on the\\nland. In the British channel the depth changes\\nwithin ten miles from 600 to 12,000 feet; and it is\\nvery common, within a few miles of the coast of\\ncontinents and islands, for the depth to change sud-\\ndenly from a few hundred feet to many thousand.\\nIn other cases, as in a large part of the bed of the\\nAtlantic, between Europe and the United States,\\nthere are plateaus extending hundreds of miles with\\nvery slight undulations. The mysterious race that\\nonce occupied this continent may have sailed in\\ntheir galleons over the Peninsula, and sounded the\\ndepth of the waters which rose above it in precisely\\nthe same manner as the mariner of to- day casts out\\nthe sounding line. At the close of the Corniferous\\n7 epoch a great upheaval of sea bottom formed a line\\nv/\\nof land across the southern counties of Michigan,\\nwhicli extended to an older and wider formation in\\nthe southern part of Ohio.\\nThe land now within the boundaries of Newaygo\\nwas still submerged, but by degrees the southern\\nbelt rose higher, spread out toward the northern\\ncontinent, and was actually approaching the state of\\ndry land at the beginning of the coal-deposit era.\\nAt its close Newaygo and the counties bordering\\nformed the high lands of the Lower Peninsula. It\\nis staled that Lakes Michigan, Huron, Erie and On-\\ntario were not in existence then, their places being\\nrepresented by a swift-running river, with expansions.\\nThe great geological age, the Mesozoic, dates from\\nthis time. It was marked by activity in the animal\\nand vegetable kingdom, mild climates and the myri-\\nads of reptiles which swarmed in rivers and over\\nland. Save in the fossils there is no record of the\\nprogress of this age to be found within the bounda-\\nries of Newaygo. The Tertiary period succeeded the\\nMesozoic. It was an age of beautiful climates and\\nhigh development of mammals. Animals greater\\nthan the mastodon roamed over the land through\\nverdant forests, meeting their enemy, man, and ulti-\\nmately disapearing under his continued attacks.\\nThe scene was changed the snow and ice came\\non, burying all nature in its whiteness, and robbing\\nthe land of life. It was the beginning of the Glacial\\nperiod. The duration of this age is lost in mystery.\\nWere it possible to ignore the work of a God in the\\nformation of the worfd, the continuance of the ice\\nage might be set down at two thousand years ac-\\nknowledging a divine economy in the handiwork of\\nthe world, tlie period of its duration might have been\\nan incredibly short time. Spring time came, and\\nwith it the sea of ice, which covered the land and\\nwater to a dejjtli of over 5,000 feet, began to break up\\nand dissolve, and the solids held within its grasp fell\\ndown and formed a bed of rocky fragments or boul-\\nder drift. Tlie countless currents which sprang into\\nexistence and formed for themselves ten thousand\\nchannels, were the principal agents in the conforma-\\ntion of that peculiar stratum known as the Modified\\nDrift.\\nFrom Saginaw Bay to Lake Michigan via the\\nvalleys of the Shiawassee and Muskegon Rivers a\\ngreat channel, deep and wide, extended. South of\\nthis line barriers existed that checked the flow of the\\nS\\nV\\nA\\nr\\nI\\nj:si^^ y^rL.", "height": "2819", "width": "2254", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph11chic_0494.jp2"}, "495": {"fulltext": ":Illl :illl^ T\\nf\\nA\\nV\\nt\\ntr-T\\nNEWAYGO COUNTY.\\n483\\nwater south and from hundreds of reservoirs. This\\naccumulation of ice-water and tlie second season of\\nice resulted in the formation of another glacial field,\\ndiffering from the great glacier in its depth and dur-\\nation, being not over four feet in thickness. Along\\nthe borders of those reservoirs the ice became an in-\\ntergral part of the shore soil, of course including the\\nlimestone and when the second geological spring-\\ntime arrived, millions of cubic feet of water were\\nadded to these lakes, resulting in bursting asunder\\ntheir green covering of ice, which, in ascending,\\ncarried with it the limestone tables, and as the waters\\nfell, deposited them in the positions which they hold\\nto-day. As the Niagara rock was worn down, the\\nrushing waters made for themselves deeper channels,\\nand the inland lakes lowered just in proportion as\\nthe great lakes. The present river system was laid\\nout by nature.\\nThere are few special features in the geological\\ncharacter of Newaygo County. There have been\\nvaluable deposits of gypsum discovered, and both\\ncoal and petroleum are supposed to abound beneath\\nthe surface. The future geologist will doubtless\\nfind much of value and interest not at present known\\nin regard to this region, and it is hoped will be dis-\\ncovered during the next geological survey.\\nBOTANICAL.\\n[i T is unnecessary to name the flora of Ne-\\nwaygo County, since the species are so nu-\\nmerous and well-known. Dr. Gray, in his\\ntreatise on the Botany of the Northern States\\nEast of the Mississippi, gives 130 orders of\\nflowering plants. In i860 a botanical survey\\nof the .State was made, under N. H. VVinchell. His\\nreport regarded every flower, plant, shrub, tree and\\ngrass to be found in Michigan, then numbering 1,205\\nspecies, as all natives with 85 exceptions. In 1880\\nMessrs. Wlieeler and Smith, of Hubbardston, Mich.,\\ncompiled and published a complete flora of this\\nState, with corrections to date. Of this great num-\\nber there are at present found within the confines of\\nNewaygo County nearly 400 genera, embracing pos-\\nsibly 1,000 species. A large numlier of species con-\\nsidered in the report of i860 have disappeared,\\nwhile perhaps 25 species have been introduced\\nwithin the last 20 years. The flowers, etc., are as\\nrich generally as may be found in any of the North-\\nern States; in a few instancesthe brilliancy of hue\\nis unequaled by any. All appear to reach perfection\\nin this portion of the Peninsular State.\\nV\\nA\\nv\\nC\\nV\\n^^i^^m^ ^^f^ -^^na :^DD i- ^^^r-", "height": "2831", "width": "2211", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph11chic_0495.jp2"}, "496": {"fulltext": "^484\\nZ^^^\\n\u00e2\u0080\u00a2rry\\n:my^M^\\n^\u00e2\u0080\u00a2^V\\nAr\u00c2\u00a3 IV A YGO CO UNTY.\\n\u00c2\u00ab4^^f\u00c2\u00aeVi|\\ni^^iS3^!^\\nDIAM\u00c2\u00a9.\\nHE origin of the red men, or\\nAmerican Indians, is a subject\\nwhich interests as well as in-\\nstructs. It is a favorite with\\nt\\\\:Y,!~.\u00c2\u00a3s:i SSiJ ethnologist, even as it is\\n^v one of deep concern to the ordi-\\nnary reader. The era of their\\nestablishment as a distinct and\\ninsulated people must be set\\ndown and credited to a period\\nimmediately after the separation\\nof the Asiatics and tlie origin of the\\nlanguages. No doubt whatever can\\ne.xist when the American Indian is\\nregarded as of Asiatic origin. The\\nfact is that the full-blood Indian of\\nthe present is descended directly\\nfrom the earliest inhabitants, or, in\\nother words, from the survivors of\\nthat people who, on being driven\\nfrom their fair possessions, retired\\nto the wilderness in sorrow, and\\nreared up their children under the\\nsaddening influences of their un-\\nquenchable griefs, beipieathing them only the habits\\nof the wild, cloud-roofed homes of their exile\u00e2\u0080\u0094 a sul-\\nlen silence and a rude moral code. In after years\\nthose wild sons of the forest and prairie grew in num-\\nim\\nbers and in strength. Some legend told them of\\ntheir present sufferings, of the high station which\\ntheir fathers once had held, and of the riotous race\\nthat now reveled in the wealth which should be theirs.\\nThe fierce passions of the savage were aroused, and\\nuniting their scattered bands, all marched in silence\\nupon the villages of the Tartars, driving them on-\\nward to the capital of their Incas, and consigning\\ntheir liomes to the flames. Once in view of the great\\ncity, the hurrying bands halted in surprise, while\\nTartar cunning took advantage of the situation, and\\noffered to the sons of their former victims pledges of\\namity and justice, which were sacredly observed.\\nHenceforth Mexico was open to the Indians, bearing\\nprecisely the same relation to them that the Hudson\\nBay Company s villages do to the Northwestern In-\\ndians of the present time, obtaining all and render-\\ning little.\\nThe subjection of the Mongolian race, represented\\nin North America by that branch of it to which those\\nTartars belonged, seems to have taken place about\\nfive centuries prior to the arrival of the Spaniards\\nwhile it may be concluded that the war of the races,\\nwhich resulted in reducing the villages erected by\\nthe Tartar hordes to ruin, took place between one and\\ntwo hundred years later. These statements, though\\nactually referring to events which in point of time\\nare comparatively modern, can be substantiated only\\nA\\n\u00e2\u0080\u00a2v.\\nr", "height": "2819", "width": "2254", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph11chic_0496.jp2"}, "497": {"fulltext": "V\\nr\\nNEWAYGO COUNTY.\\n^^S ^i\\nV\\nby the fact that about the periods mentioned the dead\\nbodies of an unknown race of men were washed\\nashore on the European coasts while previous to\\nihat time there is no account whatever in European\\nannals of even a vestige of trans-Atlantic humanity\\nbeing transferred by ocean currents to the shores of\\nthe Old World. Toward the latter half of the fif-\\nteenth century, two dead bodies, entirely free from\\ndecomposition and corresponding with the character-\\nistics of the red men, as afterward seen by Columl)us,\\nwere cast ashore on the Azores, and confirmed the great\\ndiscoverer in his belief in ihe existence of a western\\nworld and a western people.\\nStorm and flood and disease have created sad hovoc\\nin the ranks of the aborigines sinc2 the occupation\\nof the country by the white man. Inherent causes\\nhave led to the decimation of the race even more\\nthan the advance of civilization, which seems not to\\naffect it materially. In the maintenance of the same\\nnumber of representatives during three centuries,\\nand its existence in the very face of a most uncere-\\nmonious, and, wlienever necessary, cruel conquest,\\nthe grand dispensations of the unseen Ruler are\\ndemonstrated; for, without the aborigines, savage and\\ntreacherous as they were, it is possible that the ex-\\nplorers of former times would have so many natural\\ndifficulties to contend with that their work would be\\nsurrendered in despair, and the most fertile regions\\nof the continent saved for the plow-shares of the\\ncoming generations It is very questionable whether\\nthe ultimate resolve of Columbus was not strengthened\\nby the appearance of the bodies of Indians on the\\ncoast of Europe, even as the fact of the existence of\\na people in the interior led the French explorers into\\nthe very heart of the continent in later days. From\\nthis standpoint their services can not be over-esti-\\nmated. Their existence is embraced in the plan of\\nthe Divinity for his government of the world; and it\\nwill not be a matter of surprise to learn that the same\\nintelligence which sent a thrill of liberty through\\nevery nerve of the Republic will, in the near future,\\ndevise some method under which the remnant of a\\ngreat and ancient race may taste the sweets of pub-\\nlic sympathy, and feel that, after a long season of\\nsuffering, they have at last found a shelter amid a\\nsympatliizing people.\\nOf the several great branches of North American\\nIndians the only ones entitled to consideration in\\nMichigan history are the .Algonquins and Iroquois.\\nAt the time of the discovery of America the former\\noccupied the Atlantic seaboard, while the home of\\nthe Iro(iuois was an island in this vast Algonquin\\npopulation.\\nAn almost continuous warfare was ca.ried on be-\\ntween tribes; but later, on the entrance of the white\\nman into their beloved homes, every foot of territory\\nwas fiercely disputed by the confederacy of many\\nneighlioring tribes. The Algon(iuins foimed the\\nmost extensive alliances to resist the encroachment\\nof the whites, especially the English. Such was the\\nnature of King Phillip s war. This king, with his\\nAlgonquin braves, spread terror and desolation\\nthroughout New England. With the Algonquins as\\nthe controlling spirits, a confederacy of continental\\nproportions was the result, embracing in its alliance\\nthe tribes of every name and lineage from the North-\\nern lakes to the gulf. Pontiac, having breathed into\\nthem his implacable hate of the English intruders,\\nordered the conflict to commence.\\nThe Indians had not only \\\\.\\\\\\\\t\\\\x i/uvn/oiis, \\\\mx\\nalso their evil spirits; and the wild features of the\\nlake scenery appears to have impressed their savage\\nminds with superstition. They believed that all the\\nprominent points of this wide region were created\\nand guarded by monsters; and the images of these\\nthey scul[)tured on stone, painted upon the rocks, or\\ncarved u]ior. the trees. Those who obeyed these\\nsupernatural beings they thought would after death\\nrange among flowery fields filled with the choicest\\ng^me, while those who neglected their counsels would\\nwander amid dreary solitudes, stung by gnats as\\nlarge as pigeons.\\n485\\nINDIAN LIFE.\\nXT r\\nHE art of hunting not only siq^plied the In-\\ndian with food, but, like that of war, was a\\nmeans of gratifying his love of distinction.\\n^m\\ni j^^ The male children, as soon as they accjuired\\nY sufficient age and strength, were furnished\\nI with a bow and arrow, and taught to shoot\\nlirds and other small game. Success in killing large\\nI animals required years of careful study and practice,\\nC\\nI\\n:,S\\nm", "height": "2831", "width": "2211", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph11chic_0497.jp2"}, "498": {"fulltext": "cw^\\ni\\nhT^s^ft\\ni!i\u00e2\u0082\u00ac^^\\nr\\nA\\nV\\n486\\n?V :I][I^^I1I1. T\u00e2\u0080\u0094\\nNEIVAYGO COUNTY.\\ny^\\nand the art was as seduously inculcated in the minds\\nof the rising generation as are the elements of read-\\ning, writing and arithmetic in the common schools of\\ncivilized comnumities. The mazes of the forest and\\nthe dense tall grass of the prairies were the objects\\nof the most searching scrutiny, and revealed at a\\nglance the animal that made any visible traces, the\\ndirection it was pursuing, and the time that had\\nelapsed since it had passed. In a forest country he\\nselected the valleys, because they were most fre-\\nquently the resort of game. The most easily taken,\\nperhaps, of all the animals of the chase was the deer.\\nIt is endowed with a curiosity which prompts it to\\nstop in its flight and look back at the approaching\\nhunter, who always avails himself of this opportunity\\nto let fly the fatal arrow.\\nTheir general councils were composed of the chiefs\\nand old men. When in council they usually sat in\\nconcentric circles around the speaker, and each indi-\\nvidual, notwithstanding the fiery passions that burned\\nwithin, preserved an exterior as immovalile as though\\ncast in bronze. Before commencing business a per-\\nson appeared with the sacred pipe, and another with\\nfire to kindle it. After being lighted it was first pre-\\nsented to heaven, then to the earth, then to the pre-\\nsiding spirit, and lastly to the several councilors, each\\nof whom took a whiff. These formalities were ob-\\nserved with as close exactness as state etiquette in\\ncivilized courts.\\nThe dwellings of the Indians were of the simplest\\nand rudest character. On some pleasant spot by the\\nbank of a river, or near an ever running spring, they\\nraised their groups of wigwams, constructed of the\\nbark of trees, and easily taken down and removed to\\nanother spot. The dwelling-places of the chiefs\\nwere sometimes more sjjacious, and constructed with\\ngreater care, but of the same materials. Skins taken\\nin the chase served them for repose.\\nThough princijjally dependent upon hunting and\\nfishing, the uncertain supply from these sources led\\nthem to cultivate small patches of corn. Every\\nfamily did everything necessary within itself, com-\\nmerce, or an exchange of articles, being almost un-\\nknown to them. In case of dispute and dissension,\\neach Indian relied upon himself for retaliation blood\\nfor blood was the rule, and the relatives of the slain\\nman were bound to obtain bloody revenge for his\\ndeath. This principle gave rise, as a matter of course,\\nto innumerable and bitter feuds, and wars of exter-\\nt\\nVw\\nmination, when such were possible. War, indeed,\\nrather than peace, was the Indian s glory and delight\\nwar, not conducted as in civilization, but where in-\\ndividual skill, endurance, gallantry and cruelty were\\nprime requisites. For such a purpose as revenge the\\nIndian would make great sacrifices, and display a\\npatience and perseverance truly heroic but when\\nthe excitement was over he sank back into a listless,\\nunoccupied, well-nigh useless savage. During the\\nintervals of his more exciting pursuits, the Indian\\nem|)loyed his time in decorating his person with all\\nthe refinement of paint and feathers, and in the\\nmanufacture of his arms and canoes. These were\\nconstructed of bark, and so light that they could\\neasily be carried on the shoulder from stream to\\nstream. His amusements were the war dance, ath-\\nletic games, the narration of his exploits and listen-\\ning to the oratory of the chiefs but during long\\nperiods of such existence he remained in a state of\\ntorpor, gazing listlessly upon the trees of the forest\\nand the clouds that sailed above them and this va-\\ncancy imprinted habitual gravity, and even melan-\\ncholy, upon his general deportment.\\nThe main labor and drudgery of Indian commu-\\nnities fell upon the women. The planting, tending\\nand gathering of the crops, making mats and bas-\\nkets, carrying burdens, in fact, all things of the\\nkind were performed by them, thus making their con-\\ndition but little l)etter than slaves. Marriage was\\nmerely a matter of bargain and sale, the husband\\ngiving presents to the father of the bride. In gen-\\neral they had but few children. They were subjected\\nlo many and severe attacks of sickness, and at times\\nfamine and pestilence swept away whole tribes.\\nA\\nVS^-\\n-tS!-\\nTHE INDIAN DEAD.\\n^p~tf^\\nHE nature of their funeral rites is thus de-\\nscribed A few days after the burial the O\\n(\u00e2\u0096\u00a0hild, the father or mother or near relative\\nfe^ of the deceased gave a feast. The food was ip-i\\n^f prepared and carried to the grave, to which all\\nI sympathizing friends repaired. If the feast\\nwas prepared by a man, none but men attended and\\n^y\\niS^?\\nthe same rule applied to women, as in the case under\\nWi", "height": "2819", "width": "2254", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph11chic_0498.jp2"}, "499": {"fulltext": "^^S/^^\u00c2\u00a3\\nt!M(r *K\\nr illl] ^tini\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0^s^^^ ^sr\\nNEWAYGO COUNTY.\\n487\\nnotice. When assembled, the ruler of the feast dis-\\ntributed to each one present a portion of the food\\nprepared and each one, before [Kirtaking, put a small\\nquantity on the head of the grave, so that it might\\nfall through an aperture and reach the body of the\\ndead. In such a female gatliering, if one of the\\ncompany were deemed profligate, she was not per-\\nmitted to make this offering to the dead througli her\\nown hands; but another received it from her, and of-\\nfered it on her behalf After the offerings were\\nmade to the deceased, the remainder of tiie food was\\neaten by the company. Similar feasts were held in\\nlionor of deceased men and women. When the\\nparty consisted of warriors, addresses were made,\\nand the virtues of the dead chanted. The festivals\\nare repeated every year, and when returning from\\ntheir wintering grounds to their villages in the spring\\nthey were accustomed to clear away the grass and\\nweeds from each grave, and keep them cleared dur-\\ning the summer. Among the Ottawas it was custom-\\nary to place a post, proportioned in height to the\\nage and size of the deceased, at the head of the\\ngrave. On one side of this post appeared the pic-\\nture of an animal, the name of which was tlie pre-\\nvailing name in the family. On the other side was\\na clumsy drawing, slightly resembling a man minus\\na head, representing a person whom the deceased\\nhad slain in war; or, if it were a child, the victim\\nof one of its relatives was painted. A man with a\\nhead signified a i erson wounded. Such hieroglyph-\\nics were multiplied in just such measure as circum-\\nstances pointed out Near the grave post was placed\\na cane, about two feet in length, so that when the\\npassing Indian or visitor arrived at the grave he\\nstrikes the post two or three times to announce his\\narrival. Posts eight or ten -feet high were frequently\\nplaced by the side of a hut, and always near the wig-\\nwam or hut wherein the conjurers met to consult on\\nthe cause of severe illness. On the upper end of\\nthis post was cut the figure of the human face. Mr.\\nLykins, afterwards associated with McCoy, discovered\\none on Grand River, on which was carved with sav-\\nage exquisiteness a bust of some Indian chief In\\nthe village was seen a tall pole, neatly pealed,\\nstreaked in vermilion and surmounted with a bunch\\nof green boughs, probably representing the victory of\\nsome savage political party.\\nVc.\\nA\\nV\\nii)-\\\\\u00c2\u00ae^\u00c2\u00ab^r? ^^f^ ^n !1II^\\nm.", "height": "2831", "width": "2211", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph11chic_0499.jp2"}, "500": {"fulltext": "488\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a07 ^DD :u(l\\n-v^\\n5iS ia?^\\n4^^^C@vSii\\n.VE IV AY GO COUNTY.\\nA\\n1\\nI\\nUSTLY it may be observed\\ni\u00c2\u00ae that Newaygo County owes\\nits first settlement to the at-\\ntractive pine forests with\\nwhich it was once much more\\n=i, -i^ bountifully supplied than now,\\nand to the presence of the Mus-\\nkegon River, a splendid water-\\nway for transporting logs and\\nlumber to Lake Michigan.\\nThe Muskegon River is the\\nlongest stream in the State, and\\nhas its source in the beautiful lake,\\ntwelve miles in length, named in\\nhonor of the learned and unfortu-\\n1;)] nate Dr. Douglass Houghton,\\nwhose valuable geobgic researches\\nwere lost to the State when in 1846\\nhe was drowned in Lake Superior,\\nwhile engaged in scientific re-\\nsearclies. The principal tributaries\\nof the Muskegon are Brooks, Pen.\\nnoyer, Butterfield and Tamarack\\nCreeks, and Middle Branch, Hersey, Little Muskegon\\nand Clam Rivers. Over these streams the hardy\\npioneers began to transport logs as early as 1837.\\nThe principal lumber operators here have come from\\npine regions, such as Northern New York, Maine and\\nthe Susquehanna and its tributaries, which serves to\\ndemonstrate the remarkable fact that when once a\\nman has engaged in lumbering, he seldom relin-\\nquishes the pursuit of wealth in that channel. He\\nmay fail at first, l)ut he hopes for final success, and\\nhe usually achieves it. So also it has been on\\nthe Muskegon River; the loggers of past years are\\nstill so engaged, and the early manufacturers of\\nlumber still continue in the same business; if they\\ndo not personally superintend their operation in that\\ndirection, they have trusty agents that are so doing.\\nThus it becomes a cause for congratulation, that\\nthe early settlers on the Muskegon River were as a\\nclass energetic, enterprising and intelligent, and\\nsince\\nTliere is iron in our northern vinds.\\nAnd our i)ines are trpcs oflioaling.\\nwe find longevity among them rather a rule than an\\nexception.\\nIn the year 1836, the country between the Mus-\\nkegon and Houghton Lakes had not been fully sur-\\nveyed, but it was then being done, and the times\\nwere good. A great land company .was organized at\\nChicago, of which Hiram Piersons and Hon. Henry\\nPennoyer were prominent members, the object of\\nwhich company was to hold by squatters claim\\nthe mouths of all the streams north of Grand River,\\nand up to and including the Manistee, until the same\\nshould come into market.\\nPennoyer built a house this same year at what is\\nnow called Sevastopol, at the foot of Muskegon Lake.\\nOne Michael Vandervoort and Hannibal H)de also\\nmade claims, a vessel named the Westward Ho,\\nCapt. James Banks, having brought them over from\\nChicago. During the same season claims were also\\nmade by other members of this land company to\\nlands at the mouths of other streams, as far down\\nthe coast as Manistee. John McBride also laid\\nA\\nr^\\n^^7KiD!i:^:Parr ^:9", "height": "2819", "width": "2254", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph11chic_0500.jp2"}, "501": {"fulltext": "m\\nNEWAYGO COUNTY.\\nA\\no\\n4\\nclaim to the land now the site of D. P. Clay s mill,\\noK in the village of Newaygo, where he built his cabin,\\nand lived until late in the autumn of 1836. He\\nT then sold his claim to George Walton, and he in tnrn\\nAs. subsequently sold to John A. Brooks.\\nSamuel Rose, a native of Massachusetts, arrived\\nhere late in the fall of 1837. He is still living, at\\nNewaygo, the oldest resident of the county. During\\nthe winter previous, John A. Brooks and John F.\\nStearns had jsassed through the county, coming from\\nGrand Rapids on snow-shoes, and proceeding north-\\nwesterly as far north as the present site of Manis-\\ntee, on an exploring exjiedition, and returning the\\nsame way. Their route was through a trackless wil-\\nderness. During the season of 1837, also, the lum-\\nber company built a log cabin at the mouth of Bige-\\nlow Creek, one and a half miles above Newaygo, and\\nplaced a family therein to hold their claim secure.\\nIn the year 1838, Samuel Rose and George Walton\\ncleared several acres of land east and west of the\\nPennoyer Creek, and on the bluffs just north of Ne-\\nwaygo.\\nAt this place, in those days, the Indians congre-\\ngated in large numbers. The mounds or cradle\\nknolls, both north and south of Newaygo, give evi-\\ndence of former Indian cultivation. The Indians\\ngave to this place the name of Newaygo, which by\\nsome is interpreted, We go no farther.\\nThe large lakes to the southeast of the village, and\\nthe chain of them three miles north of it, abounding\\nin fish, and the choice hunting grounds around them,\\nas inferred from dear licks still existing near them,\\nshow that this point was one of the noted Indian\\nrendezvoux of former times.\\nCroton claims as great antiquity as Newaygo, for\\nin 1837 Herman Joachim and Louis Bohne made\\nclaims to the present site of the village, and at the\\njunction of the Little Muskegon with the main river.\\nJohn F. Stearns and John A. Brooks were also rival\\nclaimants to the same land. The conflicting inter-\\nfests of the four were amicably compromised, and\\nthey formed themselves into a company for the pur-\\npose of erecting a saw-mill and engaging in the man-\\ntj^ ufacture of lumber. Brooks was chosen as chief\\nf manager, and built a dam at the point where William\\nRices now is; but, owing to the back water from\\nthe main river during the spring of 1838, it was car-\\nried up stream quite a distance; and, owing to this\\nmisfortune and the company s lack of funds, nothing\\nfurther towards the erection of a mill was done that\\nyear.\\nAt this time there was no road to Grand Rapids or\\nto Muskegon Lake, and no outlet of any kind save\\nan Indian trail running nearly parallel with the river\\nand about 80 rods from it, to its mouth, thus avoiding\\nthe deep ravines that extend from it back 20 to 60\\nrods at short intervals during its entire length.\\nAt the close of the spring of 1838, Brooks and\\nStearns bade adieu to their partners, Joachim and\\nBohne, and were absent from them the rest of the\\nyear. The latter, by the aid of relatives residing in\\nPhiladelphia, managed to remain on their claims a\\nfew months longer, when they again sold an interest\\nin their sites to Lieutenant Leavenworth and Capt.\\nNichols. These two completed the dam and mill,\\nmanufactured lumber a short time, and then they too\\ndeemed it prudent to make their exit from the Mus-\\nkegon River valley. Brooks never afterwards resided\\nin Croton; but Stearns, in 1842, bought the interest\\nof his former partners and their associates in Croton\\nproperty. He thus became the sole owner of Joachim\\nand Bohne s original claims, and the mill and dam\\nbuilt thereon.\\nThe winter of 1842-3 was one of great severity\\nthroughout the State. It was equally severe here on\\nthe Muskegon River, as elsewhere, and besides, the\\nsnow was here, for three months or more, of an a\\\\er-\\nage depth of three feet. As yet, the Croton pioneers\\nhad opened no road to any point where supplies\\nmight be obtained and no beast of burden could be\\nurged through the snow making the packing in,\\nas it was called, of provisions impracticable. In this\\nemergency, Joachim traveled on snow shoes to Grand\\nHaven, bought deer skins, sewed his provisions in\\nth^m, and dragged this burden over yielding snow to\\nhis home in Croton, a distance of something over 60\\nmiles. This feat was repeated by him several times\\nduring that winter, and thus by his exertions his\\nfriends in Croton were fed till spring opened. Joachim\\nwould sometimes carry from Grand Haven to Croton,\\non his back, 80 pounds, traveling 30 miles a day\\nwhile doing so.\\nCroton, surrounded by a beautiful country, and Big,\\nMarengo and Stearns Prairies, as productive then as\\nnow, failed to grow as the proprietor fondly hoped it\\nmight and, knowing the reason to be the want of an\\nI\\nf\\nA\\n4\\n(c-\\n-4^^f^ g", "height": "2831", "width": "2211", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph11chic_0501.jp2"}, "502": {"fulltext": "s)#^^^*\\n6\\ny^\\nT mmwy\\n49\u00c2\u00b0\\ni\\nJ\\nV\\nNEWAYGO COUNTY.\\n-*4\u00c2\u00bb^\\n^2:s?\\neasy way of egress, he cut out a road in 1847 to\\nShangles on Rogue River, and from there was a pass-\\nable road to Grand Rapids. Three years later, the\\nBartons and Dalziels, from Ionia County, and the\\nUtleys, from Clinton County, located upon Big Prai-\\nrie, where most of them still reside.\\nWilliam D. Decker, commonly called John Ma-\\nrengo, owned a large farm on the prairie named\\nMarengo Prairie, and all three of the prairies were\\nsoon occupied by thrifty settlers. Croton commenced\\ngrowing, and soon became the headquarters for log-\\ngers operating between that point and the present\\nsite of Big Rapids. Stearns liberality proved his\\nfinancial downfall; and in 1S50, deeply eml)arassed\\nwith debts incurred by reason of aiding settlers too\\npoor to pay him, sold his property, already heavily\\nincumbered, to Daniel Ball and Hon. Wilder D. Fos-\\nter; was in Ball s employ a short time at Grand\\nRapids, and then left for the West, settling in the\\nState of Iowa.\\nThe mill on Pennoyer Creek, north of Newaygo,\\nremained idle from 183S to 1841. In the latter year\\nit was leased for two years by Augustus and Freder-\\nick Pennoyer, Samuel Rose and Hannibal Hyde.\\nIn the fall the three first named went to Chicago to\\nbuy supplies for the winter. They were purchased\\nand put aboard of a vessel commanded by Captain\\nJohn Lundy, and the Pennoyers took passage with\\nher. She set sail for Muskegon the 22d of October.\\nWhen away from port a short time, a heavy gale arose,\\nthe vessel went to pieces, and all the passengers,\\nwith the captain and crew, were drowned. Frag-\\nments of the wreck were found down the lake on the\\nWisconsin shore, 100 miles from where the disaster\\nis supposed to have occurred.\\nThe earliest settlements were therefore made at\\nNewaygo and Croton. From these points as centers,\\nnew comers spread out steadily in all directions, and\\nabout the time of the war most of the southern part\\nof the county showed development under the hand\\nof the white man. The settlements at Fremont and\\nvicinity were made in 1855 and succeeding years.\\nHesperia followed Fremont about 12 years. Since\\nthen a number of lively villages have sprung up\\naround the county, and there are in all about a dozen\\nvillages and 26 postoffices. Immigration is now more\\nrapid than ever, and every year brings great progress\\nin population, improvement and wealth.\\nI\\nHOW OUR FATHERS LIVED.\\nHE young men and women of to-day have\\nlittle conception of the mode of life among\\nthe early settlers of Newaygo County. In\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0(sie) but few respects are the manners of the\\ntS present time similar to those of a quarter of a\\n1 century ago. The clothing, the dwellings, the\\ndiet, the social customs, etc., have undergone a total\\nrevolution, as though a new race had taken posses-\\nsion of the land. Pioneer life in Newaygo County\\nfinds its parallel in almost every county in the State\\nand throughout the State, and throughout the entire\\nNorthwest. The land was to be cleared of forests,\\nand the skill of human art used to transplant to this\\nfertile region the civilization of the East. Cabins\\nwere to be erected, wells dug, and the rivers and\\ncreeks made to labor for the benefit of mankind.\\nAs many living citizens can well remember, the\\npioneers had many diflSculties 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 e.xertion and fatigue rivers were\\nfoixled 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 oT travel were endured, but finally\\ntlieir 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\\nbuilding a cabin. While this was being done, the\\nfamily slept in their wagons or upon the grass, while\\nthe horses or mules, hobbled to prevent escape,\\ngrazed the country near them. Trees of a suitable\\nand uniform size were selected, felled and prepared\\nfor their places. The day for the raising was an-\\nnounced, and from far and near came other pioneers\\nto assist in the labor. The structure went up, a log\\nat a time, those engaged slopping 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 build-\\ning was ready for its occupants. The space between\\nA\\nv.\\n0j%\\nr\\ns^^n^\\nr.-.- ^^cz:.\\ni]n^iini\\nJL\\ntm\\nm", "height": "2819", "width": "2254", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph11chic_0502.jp2"}, "503": {"fulltext": "^T :DII^tlDr\\nb\\na\\ni\\nNEWAYGO COUNTY.\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0:2!^sr\\n491\\nthe logs was filled in with split sticks of wood, called\\nchinks, and then daubed over, both inside and\\nout, with mortar made of clay. The floor was some-\\ntimes nothing more than earth tramped hard and\\nsmooth, but was commonly made of puncheons,\\nor split logs, with the split side turned upwards. The\\nroof was made by gradually drawing in the top to the\\nridge-pole, and on cross-pieces laying the clap-\\nboards, which, Ijeing several feet in length, instead\\nof being nailed were held in place by weight-poles,\\nreaching the entire length of the cabin. For a fire-\\nplace, a space was cut out of the logs on one side of\\nthe room, usually about six feet in length, and three\\nsides were built up of logs, making an ofif-set in the\\nwall. This was lined with stone, if convenient if\\nnot, then earth. The flue, or upper part of the chim-\\nney, was built of small split sticks, two and a half or\\nthree feet in length, carried a little space above the\\nroof, and plastered over with clay, and when finished\\nwas called a cat and clay chimney. The door\\nspace was also made by cutting an aperture in one\\nside of the room of the reijuired size, the door itself\\nbeing made of clapboards secured by wooden pins to\\ntwo cross-pieces. The hinges were also of wood,\\nwhile the fastening consisted of a wooden latch\\ncatching on a hook of the same material. To open\\nthe door from the outside, a strip of buckskin was\\ntied to the latch and drawn through a hole a few\\ninches above the latch-bar, so that on pulling the\\nstring the latch was lifted from the catch or hook, and\\nthe door was opened without further trouble. To\\nlock the door it was only necessary to pull the string\\nthrough the hole on the inside. Here the family\\nlived, and here the guest and wayfarer were made\\nwelcome. The living-room was of good size, but to\\na large extent it was also kitchen, bed-room, parlor\\nand arsenal, with flitches of bacon and rings of dried\\npumpkins suspended from the rafters.\\nJ\\nt\\nI\\nMUMIQIPAU.\\nHE act of the Legislature\\nwhich gave Newaygo an in-\\nW dependent organization was\\npassed early in 1851. Pre-\\nvious to this, the county had\\nbeen attached to Kent. In\\norder to organize the county, two\\ntownships were first erected.\\nThese were Brooks, comprising\\nthe western half of the county,\\nand Newaygo, the eastern half\\nIn October, 185 1, Supervisors\\nwere chosen by these two townships,\\nJames Barton being chosen for Ne-\\nwaygo, and Isaac 1). Merrill for\\nBrooks. The following month an\\nI ction for county officers was held, resulting in the\\nchoice of Loyal Palmer for Clerk and Register of\\nDeeds; James P. Berry, Sheriff, and Jacob Barnhard,\\nJudge of Probate. The Board of Supervisors held\\nits first meeting March 20, 1852, and the county\\nmachinery was fairly set in motion.\\nEXTR.^CIS FROM PROCEEDINGS OK UO.VRD OF SUPER-\\nVISORS.\\nThe first entry in the record of proceedings of the\\nBoard of Supervisors of Newaygo County is dated\\nMarch 20, 1852, and reads as follows\\nBe it enacted by the Board of Supervisors in and\\nfor the county of Nevvaygu and State of Michigan,\\nthat all that part of the county of Newaygo desig-\\nnated in the United States survey as townships 13,\\n14, 15 and 16 north, ranges 1 1 and 12 west, be and\\nthe same is hereby organized into a township by the\\nname of Big Prairie. Also, that all that part of the\\nsaid county designated in the United States survey\\nV\\nf\\n1\\nn\\n(c\\n:^t2*\\nx:;.^\\n^iia :00vy-\\n_^v\\n;5^\\nr^f^", "height": "2831", "width": "2211", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph11chic_0503.jp2"}, "504": {"fulltext": "492\\nNEWAYGO COUNTY.\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0:23^^^\\n-4^^((\u00c2\u00aeVM.\\n/7s\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0o\\n1\\nas townships ii, 12, 13, 14, 15 and 16 nortli, range\\n14 west, and also the west half of 11, 12, 13, 14, 15\\nand 16 north, range 13 west, be and the same is\\nhereby organized into a township by the name of\\nBridgeton. This act shall take effect and be in force\\nfrom and after its passage.\\nSupervisors were elected in these new townships\\nthe following month, April, and on the 23d the Board\\nof four held its first meeting. The Board then com-\\nprised Isaac D. Merrill, E. H. Utley, Christopher\\nGulp and John Betts. They organized by electing\\nIsaac D. Merrill Chairman for the ensuing year.\\nJames Barton and William Smith were chosen Over-\\nseers of the Poor for the county. May 17th the\\nsecond meeting was held, and the following were\\npassed\\nBe it enacted by the Board of Supervisors of the\\ncounty of Newaygo and State of Michigan, that the\\nCommissioners of Highways for the townshij) of\\nBridgeton be and they are hereby authorized to build\\na bridge across the Muskegon River on or near the\\nsection line between sections 13 and 14, township\\nII north, of range \u00c2\u00bb4 west. Also\\nBe it enacted by the Board of Supervisors of the\\ncounty of Newaygo and State of Alichigan, that\\ntwo hundred dollars be raised and collected upon the\\nta.xable property of the county of Newaygo, and the\\nsame is hereby appropriated for repairing the bridge\\nacross the Muskegon River near Sand Creek in the\\ntownship of Bridgeton in said county of Newaygo\\nalso, that one hundred dollars be raised as aforesaid,\\nto repair the bridge at the forks of the Muskegon in\\nthe township of Newaygo.\\nAt the annual meeting, held Oct. 5, 1852, $80 were\\nordered raised by tax for the support of the poor.\\nThe expenditure for this purpose during tlie year\\nthen closed was $73. At the same meeting the\\nBoard ordered that the offices of County Clerk and\\nRegister of Deeds he combined. L. Palmer was at\\nthat time County Clerk. The ta.xesfor the year 1853\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0were apportioned as follows\\nNewaygo Township $35 i 37\\nBig Prairie 130 63\\nBrooks 18979\\nBridgeton 178 21\\nTotal $850 00\\nAt the meeting of June, 1853, the Board equalized\\nthe valuation of the several townships as follows:\\n/ii-d/ Estate.\\nNewaygo $2i,53S 5\\nBig Prairie 10,195 37\\nBrooks 3O1462 21\\nBridgeton 43,7 86 35\\nTotal real estate $io5 979 44\\nPersonal.\\nNewaygo $17,200 50\\nBig Prairie ^lOj? 00\\nBrooks 141251 12\\nBridgeton 10,460 69\\nTotal personal property .$47,949 21\\nTotals.\\nNewaygo $38,736 01\\nBig Prairie 16,232 37\\nBrooks 44.7 13 2,1\\nBridgeton 54.247 o4\\nGrand Total $153,928 75\\nAt the October meeting, of the same year, the sum\\nof $100 was appropriated to be used in the con-\\nstruction of a clerk s office 20 x 16, andjames Barton\\nwas appointed to let the job. At the same session\\nJohn Parish presented two certificates for wolf boun-\\nty, and was allowed $8 on each, or $16. This is the\\nsame Parish who became one of the first settlers of\\nMecosta Couniy, and who laid out the village of Paris,\\nin that county.\\nThe fifth township, Ashland, was erected by the\\nBoard Oct. 9, 1854, and was made to include the\\nCongressional township 11 north, range 13 west.\\nThe first election was directed to be held at the house\\nof Sullivan Armstrong, on the first Monday in April,\\n1855- _\\nThe clerk s office, above referred to, was built by\\nP. G. Spooner, and he was allowed for the same, in\\nMay, 1855, $250. The first jail for Newaygo County\\nwas erected the same year. An account of it is given\\non a subsequent page.\\nNov. 5, 1855, the sixth township, Fremont, was\\norganized by dividing Bridgeton Townshiji, and tak-\\ning for the purpose townships 16, 15, 14, 13 and the\\nnorth half of township 12, north, range 14 west, and\\nthe northwest quarter of township 12 north, range 13\\nwest, and the west half of townships 13, 14, 15 and\\n16 north, range 13 west. It was directed that the\\nfirst annual meeting be held at the dwelling house\\nof Wilkes Stewart, and that Wilkes Stewart, Daniel\\nWeaver and Shepard Gibbets preside over the meet-\\ning.\\nJan. 7, 1856, the seventh township, Everett, was\\n^Dlli ^m}\\n^5\\nr\\ni\\n-**2*", "height": "2819", "width": "2254", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph11chic_0504.jp2"}, "505": {"fulltext": "NEWAYGO COUNTY.\\n493 S\\norganized by the Boaid. The territory then included\\nwas townships 13, 14, 15 and 16, north, range 12\\nwest. Considerable difficulty was experienced in\\nf agreeing upon a name for this new township. I he\\nA), petition presented to the Board suggested the name\\nDouglass. This was rejected, for political reasons.\\nA motion to adopt the name of Everett was then\\nlost, and likewise a proposition to select the name\\nUtley. The vote rejecting Everett was then re-\\nconsidered, and that name finally chosen. The first\\nannual meeting was appointed to be held at the\\nschool-house on Big Prairie, and Alden Angevine,\\nEverett Douglass and Ephraim H. Utley were ap-\\npointed Inspectors of the meeting.\\nThe following figures, giving the valuation of real\\nand personal property for 1S56, show remarkably\\nrapid developments\\nEverett Tmvnship.\\nAcres of land assessed i7 9i5\\nE(iualized valuation of real estate $40,409\\nPersonal property 5,86 1\\nTotal equalized valuation $46,270\\nBig Prairie limnisliip.\\nAcres of land assessed Si 8i9\\nEqualized valuation of real estate $119,158\\nsi/ Personal property 4.835\\nV, Total equalized valuation $123,993\\nAshland Township.\\nAcres of land assessed 1 9,983\\nEqualized valuation of real estate $46,573\\nPersonal property 1,962\\nTotal equalized valuation $48,535\\nBridgcton Tcncnship.\\nAcres of land assessed 7 1 1 6\\nEqualized valuation of re.al estate $56,012\\nPersonal property $5,565\\nTotal equalized valuation .$61,577\\nCroton Tmvnship.\\nAcres of land assessed 31,214\\nEqualized valuation of real estate 94,826\\nPersonal property 29,106\\nTotal equalized valuation $123,932\\nBrooks Township.\\nAcres of land assessed 24,35\\nEqualized valuation of real estate $105,761\\nPersonal property 7 i ,930\\nTotal equalized valuation ^177.^9\\nFremont Totvnship.\\nAcres of land assessed 38,602\\nEqualized valuation of real estate $59,394\\nPersonal property 5,833\\nTotal etpialized valuation $65,227\\nThe County.\\nAcres of land assessed 201,000\\nEqualized valuation of real estate $522,133\\nPersonal property $125,092\\nTotal equalized valuation.\\n\u00e2\u0080\u00a2$647\\n$212\\n566\\n89\\n12\\n243\\n291\\n20\\n08\\n567\\n804\\n92\\n68\\n332\\n32\\nt\\nThe taxation this same year, for State and county\\npurposes, gave the following amounts\\nEverett Township\\nBig Prairie\\nAshland\\nBridgeton\\nCroton\\nBrooks\\nFremont\\n$3,017 21\\nAt a meeting held Jan. 5, 1857, the township 01\\nDayton was ordered erected out of the following ter-\\nritory, previously belonging to Fremont Township:\\nNorth half of township 13 north, range 14 west;\\ntownships 14, 15 and 16 north, range 14 west; sec-\\ntions 4,5, 6, 7,8, 9, 16, 17 and 18, township 13\\nNorth, range 13 west; and the west half of town-\\nships 14, 15 and 1 6 north, range 13 west. Dayton\\nwas the eighth township organized in Newaygo\\nCounty. The first annual meeting was appointed\\nto be held at the house of M. D. Bull and Jacob\\nBarnhard, Sylvanus Reed and James Bogue were\\nnamed as Inspectors.\\nJan. 5, 1858, the townships of Green and Leonard\\nwere organized in Mecosta County, wliich was at that\\ntime and till 1859 attached to Newaygo County for\\njudicial and legislative purposes. Green Townshiji,\\nerected on petition of G. W. Green and others, com-\\nprised townships 16 and 17 north, ranges 9 and 10\\nwest. The first annual meeting was appointed to be\\nheld at the house of John Parish (the second settler\\nin Mecosta County), and William A. Green, George\\nW. Green and George J. Barker were chosen to pre-\\nside over said meeting. Leonard Township was\\nerected on petition of Chauncey P. Ives and others,\\nout of the following territory townships 14 and 15\\nnorth, range 7, 8, 9 and lo west. The first annual\\nmeeting was ordered to be held at the post-office\\ncalled Leonard, the first Monday in April, 1858, at\\nnine o clock in the morning; and at said meeting\\nJesse C. Shaw, Benoni Evans and Washington Sea-\\n*0\\nr\\n\u00e2\u0080\u00a2~^,P^$^^\\n--A ^il!l :Da", "height": "2831", "width": "2211", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph11chic_0505.jp2"}, "506": {"fulltext": "^s/^5^(^#-\\ni\\nI\\nt\\n-^m^ a\u00c2\u00bbT -;llii:t:Dli i v\\ny^^^iMj\\n-^7^\\n494\\nNEWAYGO COUNTY.\\nJ\\nV\\nfe\\nman shall be the persons whose duty it shall be\\nto preside at such meeting. That post-office called\\nLeonard was the beginning of the thriving city of\\nBig Rapids.\\nJuly 12, 1858, the Board passed the following res-\\nolution\\nIn accordance with section 3, article 10, of the\\nConstitution of the State of Michigan, the offices of\\nCounty Clerk and Register of Deeds are hereby\\ndeclared disconnected from and after the ist day of\\nJanuary next.\\nPrevious to this, the County Clerk had been ex\\nofficio Register of Deeds.\\nOct. 18, 1858, the township of Ensley was erected,\\ntownship II north, range 11 west; and the first an-\\nnual meeting was appointed to be held at the dwell-\\ning house of Benjamin Ensley, on the first Monday\\nin April, 1859, with Otis H. Kellogg, William S. Hill-\\nman and Hiram Suter as Inspectors.\\nMarch i, 1859, the east half of townships 13, 14,\\n15 and 16 north, range 13 west, was attached to the\\ntownshij) of Everett.\\nMarch 16, 1859, townships 17, 18, 19 and 20\\nnorth, ranges 7 and 8 west, and townships 18, 19\\nand 20 north, ranges 9 and 10 west (all in Osceola\\nCounty) were attached to the township of Green.\\nAt the ensuing June meeting of the Board, the\\nimportant question arose of a settlement with Me-\\ncosta County (with Osceola County attached), which\\nhad just been erected by the Legislature as an inde-\\npendent county. Jesse Barker and Luther Cobb,\\nSupervisors of the two townships (Leonard and Green)\\nthen comprised by Mecosta County, were present.\\nMr. Cobb made the following pro]Msitions as a\\nbasis of settlement\\nFirst, to ascertain the amount of the indelitedness\\nof the counties on the first day of May, 1859.\\nSecond, to apiwrtion such indebtedness agreeably\\nto the valuation of property therein, as ascertained\\nand equalized by the Board of Supervisors for the\\nyear 1858.\\nThirdly, to ascertain the amount of taxes received\\non lands in Mecosta and Osceola Counties by the\\nTreasurer of Newaygo County, since the first Mon-\\nday in May, 1859, and apply the same to the dis-\\ncharge of the proper proportion of the indebtedness\\nof those counties.\\nSupervisors Armstrong, Coolbaugh and Barker were\\nappointed a committee to ascertain the indebtedness\\naccording to this rule and it was finally decided\\nthat Mecosta was in debt to Newaygo in the sum of\\n$1,000, to bear interest from June 2.\\nMarch 9, i860, township 16 north, range 11 west,\\nwas organized as Barton Township, and the first\\ntownship meeting was directed to be held at the\\nhouse of Sidney Seacord, in said township, on the\\nfirst Monday in Ai)ril, i860; and William Daven-\\nport, Francis S. Hooker and Sidney Seacord were\\nappointed Inspectors of the election.\\nThe following entry on the record of proceedings\\nunder date Oct. 15, 1861, recalls an interesting time\\nin our history, when wild-cat banks flourished,\\nand paper money was always liable to depreciation:\\nIn the matter of uncurrent money now on hand in\\nthe County Treasurj on the banks of the State of\\nIllinois, on motion it was resolved, that the Treas-\\nurer be instructed to dispose of the same m the best\\nmanner for the interests of the county.\\nThe Board did its full share in assisting the fami-\\nlies of those who volunteered in defense of the flag\\nduring the great Rebellion. In 1862, $r,ooo were\\nvoted to be raised as a volunteer relief fund. Vari-\\nous other sums were raised during the war for this\\n[iiirpose.\\nIn the winter of 1862-3, an unsuccessful attempt\\nwas made to detach Pierson and Winfield Townships\\nfrom Montcalm County, and attach them to Newaygo.\\nA number of the residents in those townships peti-\\ntioned the Legislature to this effect. The Board or\\nSupervisors passed the following resolution\\nWhereas, the townships of Pierson and Winfield,\\nnow attached to the county of Montcalm, have peti-\\ntioned the Legislature of this State to be attached to\\nthe county of Newaygo; Therefore, be Rcsoli cd,\\nby the Board of Supervisors of this county, that our v\\nmember of the Legislature from this district, as well\\nas our Senator, be instructed and requested to use\\ntheir influence in securing such annexation; and\\nfurther, that the Clerk of this Board be, and he is,\\nhereby instructed to forward to the said Repre-\\nsentative and Senator respectively, a certified copy\\nof this resolution, signed by the Chairman of this\\nBoard.\\nIn October, 1865, there was found to be a deficit\\nin the volunteer relief fund of $4,000, which sum was\\nraised by a loan, the bonds to be redeemed witliin\\ntwo years.\\nIn 1866-7, steps were taken towards the erection\\nof the present county building. The action of the\\nBoard is given on another page, in connection with\\nthe subject of county buildings.\\nr\\nV\\ni\u00c2\u00abfv-*\\n-ll!] :Dt]^\\n\u00c2\u00ab|\u00c2\u00bb^^f\u00c2\u00ae\\n^m,", "height": "2819", "width": "2254", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph11chic_0506.jp2"}, "507": {"fulltext": "rf^\\nV ^DO c^DIl\\n^K-V-\\n^^m M}^\\nf\\nf/\\nNEWAYGO COUNTY.\\n495\\nThe eleventh township in Newaygo County\\nGrant was erected by order of the Board, Jan. 8,\\n1867, out of township 11 north, range 12 west. The\\nfirst township meeting was appointed for the suc-\\nceeding first Monday in April, at the house of Stephen\\nL. Marvin. Samuel W. Glover, Dewitt C. Hyde and\\nRensselaer Brace were named as Inspectors of Elec-\\ntion. The same year the township of Fremont\\nceased to e.xist under that name, and the new town-\\nships of Sherman, Sheridan and Denver were created.\\nAt a meeting held Jan. 5, 1869, the township of\\nBeaver was ordered organized, of the following terri-\\ntory: The west half of township 15 north, range 13\\nwest, the west half of township 16 north, range 13\\nwest, township 15 north, range 14 west, and town-\\nship 16 north, range 14 west. The first township\\nmeeting was appointed to be held the first Monday\\nof the April succeeding, at the house of Frederick\\n^Vells and Cyrus O. Cornish, Bradford Freeman and\\nAddison Freeman were appointed Inspectors of\\nElection.\\nThe fifteenth township was erected Jan. 8, 1872,\\nby the name of Nor^vich, and was made to coincide\\nwith township 15 north, range 11 west. The first\\ntownship meeting was appointed for the school-house\\nin district No. 6, for the first Monday in the succeed-\\ning April, and Willard Barton, Abraham Ten Eyck\\nand Alexander Lawrence were named as Inspectors\\nof Election.\\nThe sixteenth township was ordered by the Board\\nOct. 15, 1872, to be organized under the name of\\nMonroe, out of the following territory: Townships\\n15 and 16 north, range 12 west, and the east half of\\ntownships 15 and )6 north, range 13 west. The first\\nannual township meeting was appointed to be held\\nthe first Monday in the succeeding April, at the\\nschool-house in district No. 5, and Elias Elwell,\\nRoger Pettibone and Harry Monroe were chosen In-\\nspectors of Election.\\nSeveral attempts have been made to form a new\\ncounty out of parts of Kent, Newaygo and Mont-\\ncalm. Such a proposition has met with Init little\\nfavor from Newaygo s inhabitants. Nov. 12, 1872,\\nthe Board of Supervisors passed the following reso-\\nlution, with but one dissenting vote\\nResolved, By the Board of Supervisors of Newaygo\\nCounty, that we believe that sound policy dictates\\nthat each organized county of this State be and\\nremain as it is, as to boundaries, and that we are\\nunalterably opposed to any division of Newaygo\\nCounty; and that Hon. Sullivan Armstrong, our\\nRepresentative, is hereby requested to oppose by all\\nhonorable means the detachment of any single town t\\nin this county, and the incorporating the same into\\nany proposed new county, and that certified copies VS\\nof this resolution be forwarded to our Senator and\\nRepresentative for presentation to the next Legisla-\\nture.\\nOct. 17, 1879, the township of Troy was ordered\\nerected out of township 16 nortli, range 14 west, and\\nthe west half of township 16 north, range 13 west.\\nThis territory had previously been included in\\nBeaver Township. The first township meeting was\\nordered held the first Monday in April, 1880, at the\\nhouse of Gilbert Yates; and Alonzo Yates, F. A.\\nBasford and B. Freeman were named as Inspectors\\nof the Election.\\nJan. 15, 1880, the township of Wilcox was organ-\\nized from the following territory, previously belonging\\nto Everett: Township 14 north, range 12 west,\\nexcept the south half of sections 34, 35 and 36, and\\nincluding the north half of sections 4, 5 and 6, of\\ntownship 13 north, range 12 west. The first town-\\nship meeting was ordered held the first Monday in\\nApril succeeding, at the house of Charles Decker;\\nand Lee A. Mason, George Ehle atid James L.\\nMorgan were chosen inspectors of that election.\\nJan. 5, 1881, the township of Lincoln was\\norganized of the following territory East half of\\ntownship 14 north, range 13 west, detached from the\\ntownship of Everett, and west half of townshij) 14\\nnorth, range 13 west, detached from the township of\\nDenver. The first township meeting was appointed\\nto be held the first Monday in the succeeding April,\\nat the house of John Owen and John Owen, Simeon\\nBarnhard and Ernest Forbes were named as In-\\nspectors of Election.\\nThe question of removing the county seat to some\\nmore central location has at times been agitated, but\\nas yet unsuccessfully. Jan. 4, 1881, the Board con-\\nsidered the following resolution\\nResolved, That the county seat now located at the\\nvillage of Newaygo, in said county, ought to be\\nremoved, and that the same ought to be located at\\nthe village of White Cloud and it is further\\nResolved, That we do iiereby designate the said\\nvillage of White Cloud as the place to which said\\ncounty seat sliall be removed, subject to the vote of\\nthe electors of said county as provided by law.\\nThis resolution was rejected by a vote of 1 1 to 5\\nZ-_\\nr", "height": "2831", "width": "2211", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph11chic_0507.jp2"}, "508": {"fulltext": "\u00c2\u00a9-J^^^-\\n^rrr D X U (is r\\n-2.^\\n496\\ns\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0f^^\\nKjy\\niV^W^^FG^C COUNTY.\\nbut the question is probably not definitely settled yet.\\nSome think that a tier of townships from the northern\\npart of the county will be added to Lake County.\\nThis would suit a large element in Lake County, as\\nit would make their county seat more central, and it\\nwould probably be not unacceptable to the citizens\\nof Newaygo village, for the same reason. Should a\\nnew county be at any time formed from Newaygo,\\nKent and Montcalm Counties, the county seat of\\nNewaygo would beyond doubt be removed to White\\nCloud.\\nJan. 6, 1 88 1, the township of Garfield was erected,\\nout of township 12 north, range 13 west; the east\\nhalf of which had previously been a part of Brooks\\nTownship, and the west half of which was part of\\nSherman Township. The first annual township\\nmeeting was ordered held at Daniel E. Soper s store\\nin the village of Newaygo, on Monday, April 4, 1881.\\nThomas H. Stuart, Daniel E. Soper and Lewis\\nEckard were designated as presiding officers. The\\nsame Board ordered the township of Brooks re-ar-\\nranged, by making it in future comprise township 12\\nnorth, range 12 west, the west half of which had\\nbelonged to Brooks, and the east half to Croton.\\nThe next annual meeting was directed to be held at\\nthe court-house in Newaygo, April 4, 1881. Sanford\\nBrown, Charles K. Carter and William Glanville\\nwere appointed Inspectors of the Election.\\nLegislative bodies frequently indulge in humor and\\nsarcasm, but as a rule such scintillations of wit are\\ncarefully excluded from the official record of proceed-\\nings. The following, taken from the record of\\nproceedings of the Board of Supervisors, will there-\\nfore be appreciated it is a reixjrt of a conniiittee on\\nfines and penalties, made to the Board:\\nYour committee appointed to investigate the\\nmatter of fines and penalties, submit the following\\nreport: We find that there have been no certificates\\nof fines placed on file since the ist of January, 18S1\\nfrom which we infer that Newaygo County is getting\\nto be a very moral place. We also find that there\\nhas been $13 paid in to the Treasurer, supposed to\\nhave been derived from tlie above source; also that\\nthere should be something in the hands of the\\nProsecuting Attorney, paid in to him on a settlement\\nof a suit of tlie People vfrsiis McKinzie, but as there\\nis no record of the settlement, we cannot state the\\namount. In conclusion, your connnittee would say\\nthat we make no recommendation, for fear of disturb-\\ning this beautiful state of repose. All of whicli is\\nrespectfully submitted.\\nNewaygo County has never had a large debt. It\\nhas negotiated small loans at several times, for poor\\nfarm, county buildings, or temporarj purposes. In\\n1882, about $15,000 were paid on indebtedness; in\\n1883, several thousands more have been paid, and, at\\nthe present writing, the county has bonds outstand-\\ning amounting only to $4,500.\\nJan. 10, 1882, the 21st and last township was\\norganized, by the name of Goodwell, out of township\\n14 north, range 11 west. The first annual meeting\\nwas appointed to be held at the school-house in\\ndistrict No. 8, on the first Monday in April succeed-\\ning, and John Bennett, James Bennett and Joseph\\nGraham were named as Inspectors of meeting.\\nRUSSELL COUNTY.\\nk\\nHE normal size of a county is 16 townships\\nor a square tract 24 miles long, and of the\\nsame width. Newaygo, Kent and Mont-\\ncalm, adjacent counties, all exceed the size\\nof a model county, and the idea has been\\nbroached at different times in the last 15 years\\nof forming a new county, by detaching portions of\\neach of these counties. This plan has not yet gained\\nthe favor of the Legislature, which is the arbiter on\\nsuch matters. In the early part of 187 i, a bill was\\nintroduced into the Legislature to create a county to\\nbe called Russell, by taking eight townships from\\nKent, four from Montcalm and four from Newaygo.\\nThe struggle over this measure was perhaps the\\nhardest in that session. The opposition to the\\nscheme was skillfully managed by the Hon. E. L.\\nGray, of Newaygo, and the bill, notwithstanding a\\nstrong pressure brought to bear in its favor by an\\nactive lobby, was badly beaten on the order of its\\nfinal passage, after a strong debate and keen\\nstrategy. The vote was 49 nays against 36 yeas.\\nA motion to reconsider was also defeated.\\nThe people of the southern part of Newaygo\\nwould rather lose the northern part of the county,\\nthan to see the southeastern part detached, as in the\\nlatter event the county seat would most surely be\\nremoved from the village of Newaygo. Probably the\\no)\\nm%^^^\\n^i\u00c2\u00bb^^\u00c2\u00abi", "height": "2819", "width": "2254", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph11chic_0508.jp2"}, "509": {"fulltext": "^m-rm^^\\n^titi:^iin ^v\\n-5iij^\\nv^X\\n*4^^^-^2A4^.^\\nJVE WA YGO CO UNTY.\\n497\\nh\\ncounty will be divided some time but in the present\\nk\\\\ state of development of the countiy, it is certainly\\nnot a wise policy for the State to increase the\\nnumber of its counties, by decreasing their size and\\nwealth. The more counties there are, necessarily,\\nthe more county governments, each with its full body\\nof county officers, and the inore jails, county houses,\\nalmshouses, county printing and county expenses\\ngenerally there must be; and every additional one\\nswells just so much the total amount of taxation,\\npresent and future, in the State. Newaygo is yet a\\npoor county comparatively, and the year igoo will be\\nsoon enough to reduce its size.\\nTHE PRESENT BOARD OF SUPERVISORS\\nconsists of 2 1 members, as follows\\nI\\nV\\nTim iiship.\\nAshland\\nBarton\\nHeaver\\nBig I rairie\\nBridgeton\\nBrooks\\nCroton\\nDayton\\nDenver\\nf^nsley\\nEverett\\nGarfield\\nGoodwell\\nGrant\\nLincoln\\nMonroe\\nNor\\\\vich\\nSheridan\\nSherman\\nTroy\\nWilcox\\nSjipcrvisor.\\nOrvin T. Headley\\nJames Duffy\\nBenjamin Candee\\nJames Barton\\nFrank W. S([uier\\nWilliam Glanville\\nDavid Collins\\nS. V. Walker\\nW. A. Anderson\\nGeorge Wright\\nJ. Ohrenberger\\nF. M. Pike\\nJohn Russell\\nH. C. Cole\\nL. R. Fenton\\nLemuel C. Hartt\\nCharles Neale\\nA. G. Meade\\nLafayette Waters\\nFrank A. Basford\\nR. S. Trask\\nH.\\nSUPERVISORS OF NEVVAVCJO COUNTY.\\n1852-3. Isaac D. Merrill (Chairman), R.\\nUlley, Christopher Culp and John Betts.\\n1853-4. James Barton (Chairman), John A.\\nBrooks, L Merrill and J. Ryan.\\n1854-5.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 James Barton (Chairman), Isaac D.\\nMerrill, Sullivan .Armstrong and Hugh Rice.\\n1855-6. James Barton (Chairman), George Back-\\nart, Ashley B. Furman, Alfred A. Maguire and\\nI Sullivan Armstrong.\\n^S*^-?- James Barton (Chairman), John A.\\nBrooks, Alfred A. Maguire, Ephraim IL Utley,\\nChristopher Culj), .Alfred A. Maxim and Daniel\\n#iS Weaver.\\n1857-8. James Barton (Chairman), C. J. Bigelow,\\nHiram Baker, Sullivan Armstrong, I. D. Merrill,\\n-N.,V\\nMelvin Scott, Loyal Palmer and J. H. Cogswell.\\n1858-9. Ephraim Ulley (Chairman), George Ful-\\nler, James Barton, Melvin Scott, W. L. Stewart,\\nTheodore Wilson, Loyal Palmer, I. D. Merrill, Jesse\\nC. Shaw and George I. Barker.\\n1859-60. James Barton (Chairman), Justus C.\\nHubbard, Andrew Squires, George Backart, Melvin\\nW. Scott, Augustus A. Kellogg, Isaac H. Cogswell,\\nSullivan Armstrong, Benjamin H. Coolbaugh, Jesse\\nBarker and Luther Cobb (the two last, of Mecosta\\nCounty, became the Board of Supervisors of that\\ncounty in 1859).\\n1860-1. James Barton (Chairman), Sullivan Arm-\\nstrong, Laban Putnam, Amasa B. Watson, Sidney\\nSeacord, George Backart, Everett Douglass, John V.\\nCrandall, Isaac H. Cogswell and Melvin W. Scott.\\ni86i-2. James Barton (Chairman), Alfred F.\\nArmstrong, Amasa B. Watson, James M. Hyatt,\\nGeorge Backart, Melvin W. Scott, Ransom E. French,\\nEverett Douglass, Isaac H. Cogswell and A. Squires.\\n1862-3. .Jinnies Barton (Chairman), Alfred F.\\nArmstrong, Warren P. Adams, Isaac D. Merrill,\\nJames M. Hyatt, George Backart, Melvin W. Scott,\\nEverett Douglass, John V. Crandall, Jonas Waters.\\n1863-4. James Barton (Chairman), John A.\\nBrooks, jr., Everett Douglass, Tracy Woodard, Mel-\\nvin W. Scott, Wm. Martin, Zera Misner, George\\nFuller, Nathaniel L. Garish, Jerome A. Bottsford,\\nDexter P. Glazier and C harles Carmichael.\\n1864-5. James Barton (Chairman), Alfred F.\\nArmstrong, W. N. Bevier, Amasa B. Watson, Charles\\nCarmichael, Jacob Barnhard, Smith Cook, C. J. Bige-\\nlow, Wm. Martin, Zcrah Misner, J. B. Jewell and\\nJohn L. McLain.\\n1865-6. James Barton (Chairman), Milo Wiu te,\\nCarlos Marsh, Amos Slater, Amasa B. Watson,\\nGeorge Backart, William Martin, Smith Cook, Everett\\nDouglass and Thomas Stewart.\\n1866-7. James Barton (Chairman), Milo While,\\nLemon D. Reynolds, William T. Howell, .Amos Sla-\\nter, George Backart, William Martin, Everett Doug-\\nlass, Abram Terwilliger and John Delamater.\\n1867-8.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 James Barton (Chairman), Milo White,\\nWilliam D. Fuller, William Martin, Smith Cook,\\nWillard M. Howell, William A. Anderson, Andrew J.\\nSquires William Davenport, George Backart, Everett\\nDouglass, Samuel W. Glover and Charles W. Stone.\\n1868-9. James liarlon (Chairman), Milo While,\\n\u00e2\u0080\u00a2en\\nK\\nf\\n4", "height": "2831", "width": "2211", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph11chic_0509.jp2"}, "510": {"fulltext": "I\\n498\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0c?V\\nmm\\n6\\np\\n5\\nNEWAYGO\\nvV\\nr\\nAmos Slater, Augustus Paddock, William Daven-\\nport, Arthur Tniesdell, W. W. Irons, John Brother-\\nton, William A. Haskins, Everett Douglass, Ransom\\nE. Erench, Stephen L. Marvin, Willard M. Howell\\nand Charles W. Stone.\\n1869-70. James Barton (Chairman), Milo Wliite,\\nStephen L. Marvin, A. J. Spencer, W. D. Fuller,\\nAlonzo Yates, Charles W. Stone, H. W. Craford,\\nFrank H. Hooker, Amos Slater, B. H. Cool-\\nbaugh, M. W. Scott, George Backart and R. E.\\nFrench.\\n1870-71. James Barton (Chairman), Sullivan\\nArmstrong, Wilkes L. Stuart, F. H. Hooker, Alonzo\\nYates, Amos Slater, George Backart, A. J. Spencer,\\nMelvin W. Scott, C. J. Bigelow, R. E. French, J. H.\\nShaw, Charles W. Stone and Willard M. Howell.\\n187 1-2. James Barton (Chairman), Sullivan\\nArmstrong, William D. Fuller, Francis H. Hooker,\\nAlonzo Yates, Amos_Slater, William Rice, Melvin W.\\nScott, A. J. Spencer, J. Bigelow, T. S. Frey, D. C.\\nHyde, Benjamin Alton and R. M. Curtice.\\n1872-3. James Barton (Chairman), Sullivan Arm-\\nstrong, Sanford Brown, .\\\\mos Slater, Alburtus Andrus,\\nLuther Dodge, William Rice, A. J. Spencer, Parley\\nE. Howe, C. J. Bigelow, R. E. French, David Hebel,\\nWillard Barton, Charles W. Stone and Henry C.\\n.Stone.\\n1873-4. James Barton (Chairman), Alfred F.\\nArmstrong, John A. Brooks, Alfred A. Maxim, James\\nBarton, Alburtus Andrus, Eugene Decker, David\\nCollins, J. B. Jewell, Solon Webster, C. J. Bigelow,\\nRansom E. French, David Hebel, .Abraham Ten\\nEyck, Charles W. Stone and R. M. Curtice.\\n1874-5. James Barton (Chairman), Sullivan Arm-\\nstrong (part of year succeeded by S. W. Peterson),\\nGeorge H. Brown, T. S. Frey, C. J. Bigelow, C. W.\\nStone, R. M. Curtice, Solon Webster, Alburtus\\nAndrus, David Collins, Abraham Ten Eyck, William\\nSpore, J. B. Jewell, David Hebel, Eugene Decker\\nand Sanford Brown.\\n1875-6. James Batton (Chairman), Andrew T.\\nS(iuier, James Herron, H. M. Woodward, Alburtus\\nAndrus, Eugene Decker, P. L. R. Fisk, Solon Web-\\nster, J. B. Jewel!, C. J. Bigelow, T. S. Frey, David\\nHebel, William Spore, Benjamin L. Ewing, C. W.\\nStone and Henry C. Stone.\\n1876-7. James Barton (Ciiairman), Andrew T.\\nSquier, Sanford Brown, W. S. Merrill, Eugene\\n--K-^tlli:^:\\nV^^\\n--fi.\\nDecker, Alburtus Andrus, William Rice, J. B.Jewell,\\nSolon Webster, C. J. Bigelow, T. S. Frey, Eugene\\nO Connor, T. E. Fales, A. J. Bennett, Charles W.\\nStone and Henry C. Stone.\\n1877-8.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 James Barton (Chairman), Andrew T.\\nSquier, Sanford Brown, H. D. Woodward, Benjamin\\nCandee, Eugene Decker, M. S. Kline, Solon \\\\V ebster,\\nI. C. Fox, J. M. Gibbs, George M. Osman, S. E\\nFales, C. W. Stone, G. N. Wade, T. S. Frey and\\nBenjamin L. Ewing.\\n1878-9. James Barton (Chairman), A. T. Squier,\\nSanford Brown, Eugene Decker, Benjamin Candee,\\nWilliam Rice, I. C. Fox, Solon Webster, J. V. Cran-\\ndall, J. M. Grovesteen, Lewis Tre.xell, James W.\\nHoffman, Newton Ewing, C. W. Stone, George N.\\nWade and H. D. Woodward.\\n1879-80. James Barton (Chairman), George Ful-\\nler, George W. Frey, George W. Heath, Benjamin\\nCandee, Henry D. Woodward, William Rice, Joseph\\nB. Jewell, Solon Webster, John M. Grovesteen,\\nJohn V. Crandall, Lewis Trexeli, Amos W. Whipple,\\nA. J. Meade, Lafayette Waters and Newton Ewing.\\n1 880- 1. James Barton (Chairman), Orvin Headley,\\nEugene Decker. Sanford Brown, Benjamin Candee,\\nH. D. Woodward, David Collins, resigned, followed\\nby M. T. Kline, Irwdn C. Fox, .Solon Webster, John\\nCrandall, J. M. Grovesteen, Lewis Trexeli, A. W.\\nWhipple, Newton Ewing, A. G. Meade, Lafayette\\nWaters, Frank Basford and James M. Smith.\\n1881-2. James Barton (Chairman), Sullivan Arm-\\nstrong, Sanford Brown, Benjamin Candee, F. W.\\nSipiier, James Duffey, David Collins, Irwin C. Fox?\\nSolon Webster, J. M. Grovesteen, George Wright,\\nE. O. Shaw, Thomas Ryan, J. L. Alexander, A. W.\\nWhipple, Newton Ewing (resigned, and succeeded\\nby Charles Neale), A. G. Meade, L. Waters, F. A.\\nBasford and J. M. Popple.\\n1882-3. James Barton (Chairman), W. Seaman,\\nJames Duffey, Benjamin Candee, Frank W. Squier,\\nC. K. Carter (part of year, succeeded by Frank\\nH. Hoag), P. A. Harrison, W. A. Anderson, Irwin C.\\nFox, George Wright, J. M. Grovesteen, Thomas\\nRyan, F. M. Pike, John Russell, James L. Alexander,\\nH. S. Swan, Charles Neale, J. B. Mallery, A. G.\\nMeade, F. A. Basford and R. S. Trask.\\n1883-4. James Barton (Chairman), Orvin Head-\\nley, Frank W. Squier, James Duffy, Sanford Brown\\n(part of term, succeeded by William Glanville),\\nW ^y\u00e2\u0080\u0094\\nI", "height": "2819", "width": "2254", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph11chic_0510.jp2"}, "511": {"fulltext": "\u00e2\u0096\u00a0^^^^C^tltl:t:llIl^\\n-oc^.\\nNEWAYGO COUNTY.\\nBenjamin Candee, David Collins, S. V. Walker, W.\\nA. Anderson, J. Ohrenberger, George Wriglit, F. M.\\nPike, John Russell, Thomas Ryan (part of term,\\nI succeeded by H. C. Cole), James L. Alexander (part\\nof term, succeeded by L. R. Fenton), H. S.\\nSwan (part of term, succeeded by Lemuel C.\\nHartt), Charles Neale, Lafayette Waters, A. G.\\nMeade, Frank Basford and R. S. Trask.\\nSUPERINTENDENTS OF THE COUNTY POOR.\\n1852. James Barton and William Smith.\\n1852-4. James Barton, William Smith and G. E.\\nG. Wonch.\\n1854-5. Martin Hunter, Samuel M. Woodward\\nand P. C. Spooner.\\nr855-6. A. P. Carpenter, C. C. Mitcliell and\\nSamuel M. Woodward.\\n1856-7. A. P. Carpenter, C. C. Mitchell and\\nSamuel M. Woodward.\\n1857-8. Justus C. Hubbard, Wm. Dunliam and\\n,t) George Backart.\\nV_ 1858-9. Justus C. Hubbard, De.xter R. Glazier\\nJC and Nelson Ganong.\\n1859-60. Gideon D. Graves, Thomas Trask and\\n=3 William Darling.\\nA 1860-1. Justus C. Hubbard, William Darling and\\nThomas Trask.\\nSy 1 861-2. William Darling, Thomas Trask and\\nWilliam S. Utley.\\n1862-3. Justus C. Hubbard, M. Daniel Bull and\\nHarry Monroe.\\n1863-4. Asa P. Carpenter, John F. A. Raider\\nand William J. Jewell.\\n1864-5. 1^- Bull, Asa P. Carpenter and John\\nF. A. Raider.\\n1865-6. De-xter P. Glazier, M. D. Bull and Asa\\nf P. Carpenter.\\n1866-7. -^s^ P- Carpenter, Dexter P. Glazier and\\nM. D. Bull.\\n1867-8. Justus C. Hubbard, Asa P. Carpenter\\nand M. D. Bull.\\n1868-9.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 M. D. Bull, Justus C. Hubbard and Asa\\nP. Carpenter.\\n1S69-70. Justus C. Hubbard, A. P. Carpenter\\nand M. D. Bull.\\n1870-1. John Brotherton, Justus C. Hubbard\\nand Asa P. Carpenter. C arpenter resigned in the\\nspring of 1871, and was succeeded liy Lewis E.\\nWright.\\n187 1-2. Lewis E. Wright, John Brotherton and\\nJustus t Hubbard.\\n1872-3. John Brotherton, Lewis E. Wright and\\nJustus C. Hubbard.\\no\\n(c^\\n499 N^\\nt873-4. John Brotherton, Justus C. Hubbard \\\\f\\n(died during the term), Lewis E. Wright and Aureliu-i\\nP. Day.\\n1874-5. Aurelius P. Day, Juhn Brotheilon and\\nLewis E. Wright. 1^\\n1875-6. Lewis E. Wright, Aurelius P. Day and V:^\\nJohn Brotherton.\\n1876-7. Irwin C. Fox (resigned, succeeded by\\nEdwin Lore), Lewis E. Wright and Aurelius P. Day.\\n1877-8. Edwin Shaw, Edwin Lore and Lewis\\nE. Wright.\\n1878-9. Lewis E. Wright, Edwin O. Shaw and\\nEdwin Lore.\\ni879-8o.-:-Edwin Lore, Lewis E. Wright antl Ed-\\nwin O. Shaw.\\n1 880-1. H. J. Orton, Edwin Lore and Lewis E.\\nWright.\\n1 881-2. William Rice, H. J. Orton and Edwin\\nLore.\\n1882-3. Edwin Lore, William Rice, and Henry\\nD. Woodward.\\n1883-4. Henry D. Woodward, Edwin Lore and\\nWilliam Rice.\\nSHERIFFS.\\nJames P. Berry 1852- 4\\nS. W. Matevey 1855- 8\\nJoshua Mills 1859-60\\nWilliam Rice 1861- 4\\nJohn F. Wood 1865- 6\\nHiramS. Walker 1867- 8\\nCOUNTY CLERKS.\\nL. Palmer 1852- 4 I J. H.Simmons 1869-72\\nJ. H. Standish 1855- 8 Sanford Brown 1873- 8\\nWm. S. Utley 1859-62 G. F. Cole 1879-82.\\nW. P. Adams 1-^63- 3 Seth Watrous 1883-\\nM. W. Scott 1864- 8 I\\nCOUNTY TREASURERS.\\nJohn Butler 1S53- 4\\nJ. H. Swartwout 1855- 6\\nW. P.Adams 1857-60\\nS.Armstrong 1861- 6\\nW.W.Dickinson 1867-72\\nM. S. Angell 1873- 8\\nC. W. Sto^le 1879-S2\\nTheo. S. Frey 1883-\\nREPRESENTATIVES TO THE I.EC.ISI.ATURE.\\nJohn .A. Brooks 1855-60\\nWm. 1 Howell 1861- 4\\nWm S. Utley 1865- 6\\nC. W. Deane 1867- 8\\nCeylon C. Fuller 1869-70\\nEdgar L. Gray 1871- 2\\nJohn H. Chubb 1869-70\\nGeorge Utley 1871- 4\\nDavid Collins 1875- 6\\nGeorge W. Fry 1S77- 8\\nElisha Pangboin 1879-82\\nWilliam Kimball 1883-\\nS. .Armstrong 1873- 6\\nlos. B. Jewell 1877- S\\nTno. W. Ml Nabb 1879-80 ^jf\\nE. E.Edwards 1881- 2 ^v\\nChas. W Stone 1883-\\n^^A ^D!]r DDs\\nr^\\n*^:T /^M5", "height": "2831", "width": "2211", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph11chic_0511.jp2"}, "512": {"fulltext": "m^^\\n500\\n:^i^\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0:25%\u00c2\u00ae^^^^sr\\n^^nn^niif^r\\nT^\\nNEWAYGO COUNTY.\\nr^^^\\n-i^^5((\u00c2\u00aev*\\nREGISTERS OF DEEDS.\\nL. Palmer, ex o^. 1852- 4\\nJ. H. Standish, ex\\nofficio\\nSS:\\nW. Persons 1859-78\\nGeo. E. Taylor 1879-\\nCOUNTY SURVEYORS.\\nJUDGES OF PROB.4TE.\\nJas. Barton 1855-60\\nI. H.Cogswell 1861- 4\\nEverett Douglass: 865- 8\\nA. H. Giddings 1S69-72\\nJas. Barton 873-\\nPROSECUTING ATTORNEY.\\nE. L. Gray 1855- 8\\nA. H. Giddings 1859-62\\nJ. H. Standish 1863- 4\\nJas. Barton\\n186:;\\nVV.D. Fuller 1869-72\\nAlbert G. Day 1873- 6\\nGeo. Luton 1877-82\\nWm.D. Fuller 1883-\\nCIRCUIT COURT COMMISSIONERS.\\nEdgar L. Gray 1855-60\\nJas. Barton 1861-64\\nEdgar L. Gray 1865-70\\nA.D.Cadwallader 187 I- 4\\nJas. Barton 1875- 6\\nW.D.Leonardson 1877- 2\\nE L. Gray, 1879-80\\nW.D.Leoi iardsoni88i- 8\\nTim. Edwards 1883-\\nWm. S. Utley 1855- 6\\nW. P. Adams 1857- 8\\nWin. A. Hoskins 1859-62\\nA. E. Upton\\nC. Carmichael\\n\\\\V. S. Merrill\\n1863-70\\n1871- 2\\n1873- 4\\nJohn C. Brewster 1875-6\\nJonh C. Manly 1877-8\\nJ.C.Brewster 1879-80\\nW. S. Merrill 1881- 2\\nAlfred G.Meade 1880-\\nCORONERS.\\nJames B. Cook and Ashley B. Furman\\nPonieroy C. SfMoner and Asa P. Carpenter\\n.Asa P. Carpenter and Sherman Mosher\\nDexter P. Glazier and W. Irving Latimer\\nAsa P. Carpenter and Samuel W. Matevey\\nAnson Root and Thomas (i. Terry\\nAnson Root and Marshall S. Cory\\nAnson Root and David W. Flora\\nHenry D. Root and Reuben M. Curtice\\nRobert M. Luton and Reuben M. Curtice\\nSheribiali H. Manly and David W. Flora\\nLeland S. Weaver and George J. Ambrose\\nJames T. Farley and Hollis T. Reed\\nVolney Van Lieu and James ^L Webster\\n185s- 8\\n1859-60\\n1861- 2\\n1863- 4\\n1865- 6\\n1867- 8\\n1869-70\\n1871- 2\\n1873- 4\\n1875- 6\\n1877- 8\\n1879-80\\n1881- 2\\nC^^$\u00c2\u00a75- DC^V*^ -^^--T\\nS ^^\\\\2X\u00c2\u00a3)V\u00c2\u00ae)?^C%^^\\nU1)ICL\\\\L tribunals of justice\\nand legal advocates will al-\\nways be found in every civil-\\nized community. Newaygo\\nCounty is no exception to this\\nrule, although its citizens are not\\nmuch given to litigation, and its\\ncriminal cases are remarkably\\nrare.\\nIn regard to the Bar, we should\\nbear in mind that the prosperity and\\nwell-being of every community de-\\npends upon the wise interpretation\\nof its laws, as well as \\\\\\\\\\\\yo\\\\\\\\ their\\njudicious framing. Uixsn a few prin-\\nciples of natural justice is erected\\nthe whole superstructure of civil law, tending to re-\\nvS\\nr\\n0)\\n^^^s^\\n-^^0!l^:|]Dft A:^\\nlieve the wants and meet the desires of all alike.\\nBut when so many interests and counter-interests are\\nto be protected and adjusted, to the judiciary is pre-\\nsented many interesting and complex problems,\\nt hange is everywhere imminent the laws of yester-\\nday do not compass the wants and necessities of the\\npeople of to-day. The old relations do not exist,\\nand new and satisfactory ones must be established;\\nhence the true lawyer is a man of the day, and his\\ncapital is his ability and individuality. He cannot\\nbequeath to his successors the characteristics that\\ndistinguish him, and at his going tlie very evidences\\nof his work disappear.\\nIn compiling a sketch of the Bar of a county, one\\nis surprised at the paucity of material. Tlie pecul-\\niarities and the personalities which form so pleasing\\nand interesting a part of the lives of the members of", "height": "2819", "width": "2254", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph11chic_0512.jp2"}, "513": {"fulltext": "imr\u00c2\u00ae))^^\\n^Dtl :DIl^\\nNEWAYGO COUNTY.\\nf\\nV\\nA\\nm\\nthe Bar, and which indeed constitute the charm of\\nlocal history, are altogether wanting. The court\\nrecords give us the main facts, but the auxiliary facts\\nand interesting circumstances of each case are pre-\\nserved in the memory of but few, and even there\\nthey are generally half forgotten.\\nThe first attorney in the county was named Henry.\\nHe came in 185 i, and was in the county about two\\nyears, a portion of the* time being a Deputy\\nUnited States Marshal. While in the performance\\nof his official duties, he was accidentally drowned\\nin (irand River. But little is known of him, cxcc])!\\nthat he was of rather ordinary talents, and had but\\nlittle to do, as a lawyer.\\nNearly all of those who have entered ujion the\\npractice of law in Newaygo County have remained\\nhere, and are still alive. The first attorney after\\nHenry was John H. Standish, who still resides in\\nNewaygo, and who has been one of the most promi-\\nnent men in the county for 30 years. He came in\\n1852, and has since been Prosecuting Attorney a\\nnumber of years, a gallant officer in the war, U. S.\\nDistrict .\\\\ttorney a number of years (during which\\ntime he lived at Grand Rapids), and State Senator\\ntwo terms.\\nE. L. Gray came to the county in 1S53, and has\\nbeen prominently connected with the county ever\\nsince; has been Prosecuting Attorney, Circuit Court\\nCommissioner, Representative and Senator, and has\\nbeen at the front in many important business enter-\\nprises.\\nVV. D. Fuller read law with Col. Standish before\\nthe war, and while the latter was .iway in the service\\nof his country, he attended to the Colonel s business.\\nAfter the war, Mr. Fuller was formally admitted to\\nthe Bar, and for some years practiced in partnership\\nwith Col. Standish. He is the present Prosecuting\\nAttorney.\\nJames Barton was admitted to the Bar shortly after\\ntlie war, but has practiced before Justices of tlie\\nPeace ever since the organization of tlie county.\\nFred. Day and William Barton read law with Col.\\nStandish, and were admitted to the l ar, but never\\npracticed in this county. The former is now in Mex\\nico, connected with some mining enterprises, and Mr.\\nBarton has become a Philadelphia lawyer. A. G.\\nDay rend law with Mr. l uller, and has pra( ticed in\\nNewaygo about i? years. George Luton came from\\nfT\\n^^0ff-^\\n^rr-\\n^m\\nCanada a few years ago, and has since been Prose-\\ncuting Attorney for one term. The attorneys residing M\\nand practicing in the county at tlie present time are\\nas follows:\\nJames Barton Big Prairie K^\\nA. G. Day Newaygo\\nGeorge Luton\\nE. L.Gray\\nT. Edwards\\nWilliam 1). Fuller\\nWarren D. Leonardson Fremoiu\\nEd. E. Edwards V\\nOrlando McNabb\\nA. F. Tibbitts _\\nW m. Tiffany Hesperia\\nJohn Harwood Wliite Cloud\\nFor the following very intercsling reiiiiniscencesof\\nJudges and memliers of the Bar of Newaygo County\\nwe are indebted to Mr. E. L. Gray, a gentleman\\nwhose mind is stored with an inexhaustible fund of\\ninteresting historical matter.\\nUpon the organization of Newaygo County, its first\\nCircuit Judge was George Martin, then Louis S. Lov-\\nell, of Ionia, and later. Flavins Josephus Littlejohn,\\nof Allegan. The latter was from Herkimer Co., N. Y.\\nHe was a brilliant lawyer in his younger days, but\\nhemorrhage of the lungs recurring several times\\nafter his admission to the Bar caused his re moval to\\nMichigan and he settled in the (then) wilds of Alle-\\ngan County. He kept a law office, operated as a\\nsurveyor, occasionally tried a case and accompanied\\nthe celebrated Dr. Houghton in his explorations of\\nthe Upper Peninsula of Michigan in 1843-4, and\\ncame down to the Democratic State Convention to\\nnominate the Doctor for Governor, but failed by two\\nvotes. Littlejohn was informed by Dr. Houghton\\nbefore leaving that he had discovered a mine that\\nwould make both rich; but Dr. Houghton was drowned\\nduring his absence, and the secret was hopelessly\\nlost.\\nFor many years Judge I,ittlejohn was a prominent\\nmember of the Legislature, where he distinguished\\nhimself as an orator, but was always on the wrong\\nside politically. He was finally elected Judge of this\\nCircuit. One of the first cases that was tried before\\nhim was a suit for divorce. A dissipated young\\nIrishman had married a buxom girl in the State of\\nVermont, who had a previous understanding of his\\nlove for tlie ardent, but trusted to her influence and\\nI the strength of his affection for her to effect his re-\\n^llllri ^^^y^\\nf\\n\u00e2\u0080\u00a2r\\nc:\\nr^:\\n\\\\i.\\nvt", "height": "2831", "width": "2211", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph11chic_0513.jp2"}, "514": {"fulltext": "X\\n502\\n-^^r :tlll: linr. v-r\\nIVEWAYGO COUNTY.\\n^Zr^^ST\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0V\\nT\\ny^j\\nV\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0c^\\nm\\nform. Soon after their marriage a chance visitor to\\nNewaygo from the Green Mountain State gave the\\nyoung couple a glowing account of the possibilities\\nof this part of Michigan. So they came hither to\\ncarve out their fortunes; but the husband, frequently\\nintoxicated, desired to enter into the general business\\nof earning in a manner not sanctioned by the law.\\nHe went from bad to worse, until the wife filed a bill\\nfor divorce, alleging habitual drunkenness on the part\\nof her husband as ground for her action. On the\\ntrial, the bill of the complainant was read to the de-\\nfendant, and, as he understood it, he was charged\\nwith being a perpetual drunkard. This aroused him.\\nWhile he stated he had no serious objection to his\\nwife s having a bill, he wished no decree rendered by\\nwhich he was declared a perpetual drunkard, be-\\ncause, you see, said he, that would blarst any future\\nmatrimonial prospects that might be entertained by\\nmeself. On the conclusion of the evidence, his solic-\\nitor urged for the defendant that the rule of law ought\\nto be, as it has since been decided by our Supreme\\nCourt, that the complainant, having had reasonable\\nknowledge of the haliits of the man she had mar-\\nried, be estopped from now making that charge, and\\nthe counsel also reciuested the Court to define, as\\nhad then never been done by our Supreme Court,\\nwhat amount of participation in the use of colored\\nliquids was necessary to constitute the participator\\nan habitual drunkard. The eloquence of Voorhees\\nin the case of the People vs. James Nutt, could not\\nhave surpassed the fiery outburst of our oratorical\\nJudge on that occasion. He said As requested,\\nthe Court will proceed to discharge the solemn duty\\nimposed ujwn him by the law. The Court emphat-\\nically holds that any one who, like the defendant,\\nbecomes intoxicated whenever he comes to a village\\nlike this, where lifpior is sold, even if he does not\\nvisit it oftener than once in six months, and becomes\\nintoxicated on any other than a public occasion like\\nthe 4th of July, Thanksgiving, New Year, or Christ-\\nmas, or when there is a large political gathering and\\nintense political excitement prevails, this Court\\nwill hold such a man, becoming voluntarily intoxi-\\ncated on any other than on the occasions alluded to,\\nan habitual drunkard. Besides, just think of it,\\nthis young complainant in the simplicity of her iieart\\nthought she could reform the defendant. Poor girl\\nin this she has ignominiously failed. This Court\\nwill no longer compel her to be tied to one who is\\nliable to come home any night, his senses benumbed,\\nhis reason gone and seize a broad-ax and dash out the a-\\nbrains of this complainant and consign himself by\\nsuch a deed to a living death. Never more shall\\nthis complainant be compelled to inhale a forty-rod\\nwhisky breath as her daily jMition, and listen at night\\nto the deep breathing of a besotted man in which she\\nhears the last gasps of the expiring hopes which\\nfilled her maiden dream with bliss. Both parties\\nwere present with numerous friends and the defend-\\nant was chagrined beyond expression; but he ceased\\ndrinking, married again and is respected, prosperous\\nand happy.\\nDuring the early period of the late rebellion, the\\nsympathies of the Court were not with Lincoln and\\nhis supporters. The Judge fre([uently remarked that\\nhe only stayed in the State; he did not call it living.\\nAn honest and intelligent Scotchman, Alexander\\nDalziel, an old Free Soiler and a strong Republican,\\nbecame impatient aud considered himself insulted\\nby the plainly expressed political sentiments of Judge\\nLittlejohn; and one day, while both were dining at\\nthe Brooks House, Mr. Dalziel asked the Judge if he\\nhad not proclaimed in the halls of the State Legisla-\\nture years before that he hoped the time would come\\nwhen he might be permitted to sit therein by the side\\nof the sable African, and, besides, was you not\\nthe Free-Soil candidate for Governor in the fall of\\n1849. Judge Littlejohn assumed a peculiarly grave\\nexpression and replied My friend, change is\\nwritten on the whole face of nature; the issues of a\\nquarter of a century ago between the political par-\\nties of the country are now obsolete. New questions\\nare now before the country and that man who has\\nnot the progressive spirit of the times, who cannot\\naccommodate himself to the changed condition of\\nour glorious country, is not fit to be an American cit-\\nizen. To be sure, I expressed the sentiments you\\ncredit me with, but to-day it appears to this Court\\nthat this is a war for the emancipation of the slaves\\nof the South and the destruction of our glorious\\nConstitution. Dalziel replied: I have not your\\nlearning and cannot cope with you in argument;\\nbut as I know your past career, permit me to\\nsay that while I respect your position as Judge,\\nas a man I despise you. The Court for some\\ntime held himself aloof from bar-room jangles.\\nHowever, in spite of his peculiar position on issues\\nA\\ni\\n4\\n?C^^^.o,^-\\n^D!1 :dii;", "height": "2819", "width": "2254", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph11chic_0514.jp2"}, "515": {"fulltext": "m\\n.Y\u00c2\u00ae))\u00c2\u00ab^^l\\n^^V ^lltl :|]lls\\n;^j\\nV\\nv^\\nNEWAYGO COUNTY.\\nZ^f^sfXr^\\n#t ^f^/S\\nas a pioneer Judge lie performed a vast amount of\\nlabor and was an honor to the Bench.\\nThe oldest practicing lawyer in Newaygo County\\nis James Barton. In passing, it may be remarked\\nthat tlie name is connected with a little romance that is\\nvaluable as a matter of history. In the early records\\nof England families were named from the places\\nwhere they were born. Bartoii-upon-Irwell is the\\nname of one of the oldest townships of England and\\nis located in Lancastershire. The first aqueduct\\nbridge constructed over a navigable river is in tliat\\ncounty. It carries the Bridgewater Canal over the\\nIrwell and is forty feet above it. The holy maid of\\nKent, a zealous friend of Queen Catherine, who\\ntried to defeat the purpose of Henry Eighth in ob-\\ntaining a divorce from the Princess, was named Eliz-\\nabeth Barton. Sir Walter Scott renders the name\\nimmortal by his account of three brothers, of whom\\nthe two oldest, John and Andrew, were noted marin-\\ners and were foully dealt with by the Tortuguese in\\n1476. The king of that country, refusing reparation,\\nJames of England granted them letters of reprisal\\nwith permission to seize all Portuguese vessels until\\nthey made up their losses. It is related that Andrew,\\nwhen mortally wounded in the shrouds of his vessel\\nwhere he directed the conflict, called out: Fight\\non, brave hearts. I am a little hurt and will rest\\nmeantime, stand fast by St. Andrew s Cross, meaning\\nthe Scottish ensign. He continued to encourage his\\nmen with his whistle, but when the sound ceased\\nand they went to him he was dead. His ship was\\nthe Lim and subsequently became the second\\nman-of-war in the British navy.\\nTo return On his arrival in Newaygo County,\\nJames Barton commenced trying suits in justice\\ncourts, his main weapons being the Compiled Laws,\\nTiffany s Justice Ciuide, a powerful voice, sturdy sense,\\naptness of comparison and a way of nol talking over\\nthe heads of the Court and jury. He was wont to\\ncommence his (jlea i)y stating the fact that he was\\nonly an humble follower of the plow. Col. Stand-\\nish replied to him on one occasion that from the way\\nhe had tried the pending case it would be welt for the\\ncommunity if he should continue his humble pur-\\nsuit. But at that time both men were in learning\\nand skill about etiual. Barton had been Supervisor\\nin Ionia County, and a pioneer in more than one\\nplace, and contact with frontier men had sharpened\\nhis native wit and developed him intellectually. He\\nbecame first Supervisor of Big Prairie and grew ex-\\npert as an e.xponent of all law pertaining to the as-\\nsessment of property and levying of taxes. He took\\na deal of interest in posting new members in their\\nduties and with the dignity of Chief-Justice Waite\\n(whom he resembles) he soon became influential in\\nthe affairs of the county and, although not admitted\\nto the Bar until several years later, his fame as a trial\\nlawyer grew with the passing years. The justice\\ncourt of G. E. G, Wonch, of Marengo Prairie, was in\\nyears gone by the scene of many a conflict between\\nBarton and other attorneys. This prairie was the\\njumping off place for the dense pine districts far up\\nthe river. Two hotels graced the plain. In summer\\nthe tired logger whiled away his hours of idleness\\nplaying poker or speculating in pine lands. Here,\\nday after day, Barton appeared to contest some law-\\nsuit and did prevail upon the Court aforesaid to es-\\ntablish the rule that custom on the Muskegon River\\nconstituted law; and that here money, although due\\nover a year, did not draw interest. One pleasant\\nday, when the violets were in bloom and the wild\\nroses brigiitened the landscape along the route from\\nNewaygo to Big Prairie, Judge Barton appeared in\\nCourt and, with Hon. Williatn I. Cornwell, of Weeds-\\nport, N. Y., a distingushed politician (also Canal Au-\\nditor and Appraiser of New York in 1S43-4, and\\nSenator from Cayug.i County, when \\\\V. H. Seward\\nwas U. S. Senator), was examined and admitted as\\nan attorney and counsellor at law. He had for-\\nmerly been intimately associated with Lucius Patter-\\nson, of Ionia County, and adopted his advice to tyros\\nin law, Think and fight.\\nBarton s sturdy good sense has been invaluable to\\nhim.\\nA few miles west of Barton s residence is a region\\nfameil for its beautiful oak oiienings, sparkling brooks\\nand lakes surrounded with high, bold shores, covered\\nwith scattering isines and abounding in fish. Here\\nand there are marshes, where the settlers were won.\\nto cut liay for winter use. These low lands at that\\nperiod belonged to the U. S. Government. A settler,\\nhaving cut a considerable ipuinlity of this hay, was\\nsurprised, when he went to secure it, to find it had\\ndisappeared. One Peter Seaman was charged with\\nthe hay al)straction. He was tried and was defended\\nby Barton, who took the Baconian i)Osition before the\\nI\\nf\\nr\\n^^il[|:c{(]i]^", "height": "2831", "width": "2211", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph11chic_0515.jp2"}, "516": {"fulltext": "t\u00c2\u00ae^^\\nr^^ eH7 D m rr\\nS\u00c2\u00b04\\nNEWAYGO COUNTY.\\ny^\\nV\\njuiy that, as the hay belonged to the Government and\\nnot to the plaintiff, the U. S. Marshal was any\\nday liable to appear and seize the hay even from his\\nclient. Just think of it, gentlemen of the jury! If\\nyour verdict to-day is adverse to my client he must\\npay for the liay now, and perhaps a few days hence\\nlose it by seizure by the Government officer. This\\noverjiowered the jury, who promi)tiy rendered a ver-\\ndict of No cause for action. Under the spur of\\nthis decision others who had cut hay under the same\\ncircumstances made haste to put their spoils beyond\\nthe reach of Barton s possible clients and the LT. .S.\\nofficers.\\nIn 1855 the slaughter of wolves in Newaygo County\\nwas fearful, the bounty of $8 per wolf proving a\\nwonderful stimulus to the activity of impecunious ex-\\nterminators. The slayer was required to submit to\\nthe Board of Supervisors a certificate signed by a\\nJustice of the Peace, which set forth that a wolf s\\nhead had been presented to the latter, and that he\\nhad burned the ears tiiereon, etc.; and if the docu-\\nment was drawn in due form, the holder received a\\ncounty order for the stipulated amount. The Super-\\nvisors grew restive under the continuous drain upon\\nthe treasury. Dr. John Tatman, who had recently\\narrived in Newaygo County, one day presented a\\ncertificate exhibiting his claims as a wolf-slayer, in\\nwhich there appeared a slight informality. There-\\nupon a series of ipiestions followed as to the manner\\nin which the doctor had dispatched the wolf. The\\ndoctor answered that he set a trap, and he supposed\\nthe wolf got into it, because when he found his trap\\nthe wolf lay therein, dead. Supervisor Farman, of\\nBrooks, raised the ipiestion as to whether the wolf\\ndid not kill himself, and ikirton, as an expounder of\\nthe law, thought the point well-taken, and it was\\ndecided that the wolf committed suicide. This ter-\\nminated tlie career of Dr. Tatman at a wolf-\\nexterminator. (He is still living, at Mt. Vernon,\\nDakota; and, as he was indisputably a character in\\nthe former days of Newaygo, ti quotation is given\\nfrom a private letter recently written by him, whicli\\nis as characteristic as anything that can well be\\nfurnished. He says that he misses the excite-\\nment and adventures incident to |)ioneer life on the\\nMichigan frontiers, and that the only recreation lie\\nhas had of late is in driving out with Mrs. Sitting\\nBull, and hearing her relate the bloody adventures of\\nher husband and his braves in the land of the\\nDakotas. But he had inadvertently deprived him-\\nself of even this small solace, as during one of their\\ndrives she gave him a sample of the Indian war-\\nwhoop which signaled the destruction of Custer, and\\nhe went flying from the buggy. Mrs. Bull since\\ntakes her airings without the doughty doctor.)\\nAfter A, H. Giddings became Circuit Judge, a man\\nnamed Coffin killed a man named Cook. They were\\nacquaintances, and the assailant on meeting Cook\\none day instituted a quarrel, on the ground of\\nderogatory remarks of himself having been made by\\nCook. The latter denied the charge, but the irasci-\\nble Coffin continued the use of language which Cook\\nresented, and advanced toward Coffin, who seized a\\nhatchet and drove its blade into Cook s back, who\\nfell, was carried to an adjoining house and soon died.\\nCoffin was arraigned for murder and tried before\\nJudge Giddings, who assigned to Barton the position\\nof counsel for the prisoner. In the course of the trial,\\none Dr. R. M. Curtice testified that in the treatment\\nof a deep cut into the human body, like that made\\nby the prisoner upon Cook, he invariably used mus-\\ntard plaster as a remedy, knowing experimentally\\nthat it would extract the inflammation from a wound\\nsix inches in depth. The doctor was called on to\\nprove that the deceased came to his death from the\\ndirect result of the wound from the hatciiet in the\\nhands of Coffin. Barton passed the doctor without\\ncross-examination, but in his address to the jury ex-\\nterminated R. M. (Jurtice, M. I)., in this wise:\\nGentlemen of the Jury: Dr. Curtice is a very\\namial)lc gentleman and of very generous instincts,\\none whom I have known many years, and our inter-\\ncourse has always been pleasant. But not every\\namiable man is a skillful physician and surgeon. I\\nwas forcibly impressed by this fact when I heard the\\ndoctor testify. His statements reminded me of an\\nincident that occurred when I resided in the State of\\nIllinois. There was a man in our neighborhood who\\nmade and peddled an ointment, which when talking\\nto an ignoramus he called ointment antipodes.\\nI o others he called it opposition ointment. It\\nhad remarkable properties, and was used in a\\nremarkable way. If a man had a pain in his chest it\\nmust be applied to his back. If a person had severe\\nexperience from horseback-riding, it must be applied\\nto the top of his head and if his head ached, 7 ice\\nA\\n(7^\\ns ^t\u00c2\u00ab\\n^owm%^ ^\u00e2\u0082\u00ac3^", "height": "2819", "width": "2254", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph11chic_0516.jp2"}, "517": {"fulltext": "V ^PIl ^llI]^ r\\n-^j^.\\nNEWAYGO COUNTY.\\n/S\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0^1\\nV\\nversa. I will pass the testimony of Dr. Curtice with-\\nout further notice. The jury brought in a verdict of\\nacquittal, much to the chagrin of the Court. During\\nthe plea of tiic counsel for the prisoner, some one\\nremarked to Dr. Curtice thai Barton was making a\\ngreat effort. The disgusted doctor replied, He is\\ntalking like a d n fool, and I will lick him as soon\\nas Court adjourns. That threat passed without ful-\\nfillment, liowever. Judge Barton will live in the\\nhistory and traditions of Newaygo long after he shall\\nbe gathered to his fathers. Dignity has become\\nnature through long practice in positions of responsi-\\nbility and trust. His stalwart dimensions, stentorian\\nvoice, Celtic wit, broad information and wide experi-\\nence with men and affairs, his infectious mirth and\\nthe gleam of latent fun in his keen, black eyes,\\nbrilliant yet and flashing with the same light that\\nmade them magnificent in his manhood s prime,\\nrender him the most striking, manly figure in\\nNewaygo. He has been a power in the county, and\\nthe records of his administration of business will be a\\npermanent epitaph, that will reflect honor and luster\\non his memory while they shall endure.\\nIn 1 87 I there was living at Fremont Center a law-\\nyer named Lillie. He was of fine personal pres-\\nence, tall, dark, with long, black hair, was a collegian,\\nintellectual, and a former temperance lecturer, but\\nat this time intemperate. He was a forcible speaker,\\nhad a keen sense of the ridiculous, and might have\\nbeen a man of jxisition and influence. His habits\\nhad separated him from his wife and child. To the\\nlatter he was tenderly attached, and carried her pic-\\nture constantly with him. But his unfortunate pro-\\nclivity cost him all he had or might have been in the\\nworld, and he finally died alone in his office. Now\\nand then in his business he showed traces of former\\npower and made able pleas before a jury. In the\\nyear above named the celebrated trial of David\\nMosher vs. James Young was tried before Judge\\nGiddings. E. I,. Gray appeared as counsel for the\\nplaintiff, and Lillie as the defendant s attorney.\\nMosher had secured the arrest of Young on the\\ncharge of assault and battery upon him, and claimed\\nthat by reason of the blows inflicted upon him i)y\\nYoung he had ringing sounds in his head, etc., and\\nthat he experienced excruciating pains in his temple,\\nand that his happiness was thus destroyed for life.\\nHe insisted on having an old Indian doctor who had\\nattended him, as a medical expert, to testify to his\\ncondition, and this in spite of his attorney s remon-\\nstrance. The doctor said that the brain was divided\\ninto three parts the frontal, base and apex, and\\nthat the ringing in the ears experienced by the plain-\\ntiff, Mosher, must have been caused by a recent in\\njury. Lillie endeavored to impeach the plaintiff, and\\nto secure that end introduced one Tennant as a wit-\\nness, who, in answering the usual question, stated\\nthat the reputation of Mosher among his neighbors\\nfor truth and veracity was bad, etc. Gray asked him\\nto define truth and veracity. The witness replied\\nsharply: I will; Truth is truth, and veracity is a\\nfalsehood. Gray rejoined: Then the plaintiff\\nmust be a man of integrity. Finally the defendant,\\nthe Rev. James Young, took the stand, and pro-\\nceeded to relate his story. He was a large, pleasant\\nman, with a good voice, aad his statements were de-\\nliberately made in a tone of great solemnity. Mosher\\nwore on the trial a pair of trousers which were made\\nconspicuous by an immense white patch where such\\nan appendage is earliest needed by persons of se-\\ndentary habits, though Mosher was only an easy-\\ngoing farmer. Young, addressing the jury, said\\nGentlemen, I was a soldier in the late war. I knew\\nno fear then; neither do I now. I fought under the\\nStars and Stripes, and aided in maintaining the liber-\\nties you now enjoy. I am an old man now and was\\nquite advanced in years when I enlisted, i)ut 1 came\\nfrom a military family and had to go to the front.\\nAfter the war was ended 1 returned to my home near\\nWhite River in this county. I met tlie plaintiff soon\\nafter. I said to him, Good morning, Brother Mosh-\\ner. He replied, Are you i)ai:k again I was greatly\\nin hopes you would never return, and it is a great\\npity you did. I said (dropping the term brother);\\n1 cannot long stand Copperhead remarks like these\\nyou have uttered. I am a minister of the gospel,\\nbut having been in Libby Prison and well-nigh suf-\\nfered death in the cause of my country, I am afraid\\nthe devil will soon take possession of me. But\\nMosher repeated his language, and I struck him on\\nthe side of his face with my bare hand and he went\\ndown on all fours. While he was in that, ix)sition;\\nthat patch on his trousers hove in sight, and I could\\nnot resist the temptation to put my foot against it\\nand I can assure you, gentlemen of the jury, that the\\nsight of Brother Mosher rolling over and over, his\\n1:1\\nf\\nI\\nI\\nA\\nC-*\\n1\\nf", "height": "2831", "width": "2211", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph11chic_0517.jp2"}, "518": {"fulltext": "^^Da:^(iD^\\n-zJ^^^^\\nI\\ns\\nNEWAYGO COUNTY.\\nrevolutions being tallied by that patch, was a laugha-\\nble one, and you should have seen it. That was all\\nI did, and I have prayed to be forgiven for that.\\nThe jury and audience were convulsed. Lillie made\\na terrific plea, but the jury felt compelled to render a\\nsmall judgment for the plaintiff, and did so. This\\nwas the last case that Lillie ever argued in the Cir-\\ncuit Court.\\nA volume would no more than do justice to the\\nreminiscences of Newaygo County Bench and Bar in\\nthe palmy pioneer days. Such names as those given\\nin this desultory sketch, and others just as worthy of\\nnote and which have left memories full of interest\\nand affection, reflect a lustre on the pages of the\\ncounty records second to nothing of similar scope or\\npurpose in the Peninsular State.\\newaygo s Part in the War\\n;.e^\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0a\\nog-x\\nr^\\n4i\\nMf^\\n[k\\nM\\ni/Vi\\np!\\nW-\\nV J\\n-N?\\nill\\n-\u00e2\u0096\u00a0.c. _-\\nHEN the boom of the great\\nguns in Charleston harbor in\\ntlie spring of 1861 went rolling\\nacross the continent, their echo\\nj,X^ penetrated every loyal heart in\\nhis country. They had scarcely\\nceased belching forth their iron\\nj missiles and our national ensign\\ndisgraced ere the patriotism of\\nmI the sons of Newaygo County\\nprompted them to rush to their\\ncountry s defense.\\nThe readiness with which the\\nfirst call was filled, together with\\nthe embarrassments that surround-\\ned President Lincoln in the ab-\\nsence of sufficient laws to author-\\nize him to meet the unexpected\\nemergency, together with an under-\\nestimate of the magnitude of the\\nrebellion and a general belief that\\nthe war would not last more than\\ni three months, checked rather than\\nencouraged the patriotic ardor of the people. But\\nI\\nv/\\nu\\nvery few of tlie men, comparatively speaking, who\\nvolunteered in response to President Lincoln s call\\nfor 75,000 volunteers for three inonths,were accepted.\\nBut the time soon came when there was a place and\\na musket for every man. Call followed call in quick\\nsuccession, until the number reached the grand total\\nof 3.339.748, as follows\\nApril 16, 1 86 1, for three months 75,000\\nMay 4, 1861, for five years 4,748\\nJuly, 1861, for three years 500,000\\nJuly 18, 1862, for three years 300,000 ^y\\\\\\nAugust 4, 1862, for nine months 300,000\\nJune, 1863, for three years 300,000\\nOctober 17,1 863, for three years 300,000\\nFebruary 18, 1864, for three years 500,000\\nJuly 10, 1864, for three years 200,000\\nJuly i6, 1864, for one, two and three years, 500,000\\nDecember 21, 1864, for three years 300,000\\nFor four long years the organization of new com-\\npanies and enlistment of men for old companies\\nwhose ranks had been decimated by disease and\\nrebel bullets, was carried on. Gray-headed men,\\nwho had almost reached three score years and ten,\\nand boys not yet out of their teens, went to the\\ncamp, and, through the most urgent solicitation,\\n^v:::.\\n-:l\\n-ll(i: llll\\nvx3^-", "height": "2819", "width": "2254", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph11chic_0518.jp2"}, "519": {"fulltext": "-:IlD :ilIlv r\\nb\\nNEWAYGO COUNTY.\\n^\u00e2\u0096\u00a0\u00e2\u0096\u00a0^f-^f^ij v\\n507\\nwere accepted and sworn into the service. Neither\\nage nor youth kept them back and when rejected\\nfrom either cause, or from i)hysical inability, would\\ninsist on being received, believing themselves as\\ncapable of doing a soldier s duty as thousands who\\nhad gone before. Three hundred of as brave men\\nas ever handled a musket or drew a sword went out\\nfrom this county, many, very many, never to re-\\nturn. If you go with us to the battle-fields of the\\nSouth we shall see how there fell at Stone River,\\nShiloh, Mission Ridge, Lookout Mountain, Chatta-\\nnooga, C hickamauga, Atlanta, Vicksburg and other\\nplaces, those who were the pride of fond fathers,\\nloving mothers, and unselfish, devoted wives. We\\nshall see them dropping off one l)y one, and often\\nwithout coffin or burial shroud, thrown into the cold\\nground, there to await the resurrection morn, and the\\nreunion upon the other side of the river of death.\\nIn many a home throughout the county we find the\\nvacant chair, and witness the mournful look of those\\never watching for one that cometh not. Upon the\\nstreets, day by day, we meet those wearing sleeve-\\nless garments, or walking in a way that tell too plainly\\nthat the sound of the foot-fall is not made by flesh\\nand blood. Imiuire the reason, and we shall prob-\\nably learn that while charging the enemies lines at\\nVicksburg, Shiloh, or elsewhere, a cannon ball de-\\nprived them of a limb. But no word of complaint\\ndo we hear the only regret expressed being that it\\nwas not possible to do more for their country.\\nTHE BEGINNING.\\nm\\n[HE news of the opening of the civil war\\nproduced an instantaneous effect in Ne-\\nwaygo County. Volunteers stepped for-\\nward, funds and supplies were pledged, and\\nwhile some were preparing for deeds, others\\nwere helping along the good cause by their\\nmoral support. Union meetings were held in various\\nplaces in the county, one of the largest being held\\nat Croton. This unanimity of Union sentiment at\\nCroton was manifested by a pole-raising and the\\nhoisting of the stars and stripes, April 18, 1861.\\nThis ceremony was performed amidst the booming\\nof cannon, the inspiring strains of martial music\\nand the deafening cheers of the people, led by George\\nBackart. Every one present, men, women and\\nchildren, seemed fired by the spirit of patriotism.\\nMr. J. Mills was chosen C hairman, and addressed\\nthe gathering, breathing sentiments of devotion to\\nhis country and the Union. Patriotic speeches were\\nalso made by Messrs. Barton, Dickinson, Maze,\\nSpicer, Wood, Carpenter, Douglas, Armstrong, Tucker,\\nBriggs, Horton and others. These were interspersed\\noften with martial music, and patriotic songs sung by\\nJ. W. Carpenter. At the close of the speaking the\\nfollowing resolutions were adopted\\nResolved, That self-government is practicable;\\nand although, like all other forms of government, the\\nrepublican government of America is subject to re-\\nbellions, it is destined to live and prosper, as hereto-\\nfore, the most noble government in the world.\\nRt soh eJ, That civil war has been thrust upon us\\nwithout provocation, that our national flag has in\\nmany instances been insulted, and that it is there-\\nfore the duty of every American citizen to redress\\nthe wrongs long enough endured, by whatever means\\nthe exigency may demand.\\nResolved. That the perpetuity of our free institu-\\ntions depend upon the preservation of the Union,\\nand that we will give efficient aid to put down any\\ncombination that may threaten its overthrow.\\nThe Newaygo Republican reflected the general\\nsentiment of the people. April 25, Mr. Maze used\\nthe following words in the editorial columns:\\nNo period since the Revolutionary struggle has\\never elicited or demanded the undivided support of\\nevery American citizen, as the present. Our arsenals\\nand fortifications are seized, our treasury has been\\nrobbed, our mints and military stores have been\\nstolen, our citizens have been mobbed and murdered\\nfor daring to express the doctrines of Washington\\nand Jefferson our national flag has in every possible\\nmanner been trampled upon; the glorious stars and\\nstripes under which Washington fought is torn asun-\\nder by traitors, and the serpentine motto of rattle-\\nsnakes, crocodiles and pelicans reared in their stead.\\nShall we longer endure their outrages and insults\\nShall we longer allow the high-handed work of the\\nrebels to disdain and dishonor our country. Let the\\nanswer be. No, never. We appeal to you, young\\nmen the country is in want of your service. Proud\\nwill ever be the man who can boast of having aided\\nin redressing the wrongs so long endured. Proud\\nindeed will be the position of the most humble sol-\\ndier who shall aid in the suppression of the treason-\\nable band that now threaten the overthrow of our\\nGovernment. May it be our province to record the\\nnames of a noble band from this valley. Let the\\nK^\\ny\\nA\\nT\\nI\\n^m-MM\\n^i)^5(iiy^", "height": "2831", "width": "2211", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph11chic_0519.jp2"}, "520": {"fulltext": "$e^#\u00c2\u00bb\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0ev\\nmmn f^\\ny\\n1\\nNEWAYGO COUNTY.\\nglorious Muskegon not be lax in the service of its\\ncountry, in this hour that tries men s souls.\\nNewaygo did more than talk. She sent forward\\nher best blood, over a hundred volunteers in one\\nyear, and met every call made upon iier for supplies\\nand money. The Board of Supervisors made ample\\nprovision for the families of volunteers by establish-\\ning a relief fund. When the citizens declared for\\nwar, they intended to sujiport the war to the end,\\nand did not give up when it was found that crushing\\nthe rebellion was to be a work of years, not of\\nmonths. The spirit of patriotism was just as high\\nin the darkest days of the war as the first week after\\nthe firing on Sumter. July 31, 1862, a war meeting\\nwas held at Newaygo, with Sullivan Armstrong as\\nChairman and J. H. Maze as Secretary. Speeches\\nwere made by Capt. Thomas, of Grand Rapids, and\\nMessrs. Howell, Gray, Staiidish, Maze and others,\\nand the following resolutions were adopted\\nResolveil, That we are unalterably opposed lo any\\nterms of conciliation or compromise with traitors\\nunder arms, and in hostility to the Government.\\nResolviul, That we are in favor of conducting the\\nwar upon the principle of punishing, not protecting\\nthe enemy, and for this purpose we hold that the\\nenemy s property should pay the expenses, and ever)-\\nmeans known to the usages of civilized warfare em-\\nployed to cripple his energies and cripple the rebel-\\nlion.\\nResolved, That as a military necessity, for the\\npreservation of the Union, the institution of slavery\\nshould be totally and forever aliolished, and loyal\\nmen only compensated for the slaves.\\nResolvetl, That we are opposed to emjiloying our\\nsoldiers! n menial services that could be more profit-\\nably done by slaves.\\nENROLLMENT AND ENLISTMENT.\\ni/nll HEN, in the summer of 1861, it was seen\\nJ^^Jj that a great war was really commenced,\\njP the Supervisors of Newaygo County, under\\nIvW authority, made a canvass, and reported the\\nfollowing as the number of men, by townships,\\nliable to military duty\\nAshland 65\\nBrooks 96\\nBarton 8\\nBridgeton 81\\nBig Prairie 48\\nCroton 50\\nI^^iyton 33\\nEnsley 23\\nEverett 36\\nFremont 28\\nTotal\\n;;;^i;^V\u00c2\u00a3^ ^i#-\\n.L-i\\n....468\\nThe following year the enrollment was as follows\\nAshland 84\\nBrooks 123\\nBarton 13\\nBridgeion 79\\nBig Prairie 48\\nCroton 92\\nDayton 68\\nEnsley 30\\nEverett 25\\nFremont 36\\nTotal 59S\\nBut, in the meantime, that is, from the beginning of\\nthe war to Sept. i, 1862, the enlistments numbered\\nas follows Ashland, 1 1 Brooks, 33 Barton, Day-\\nton and Bridgeton, 23; Big Prairie, 10; Croton, 34;\\nEverett, t i Ensley, 5; Fremont, 9; total, 136.\\nDuring the whole war, Newaygo s contribution was\\nabout 300 men.\\nDRAFTS\\n5-Cl-/\\nHE first calls of the President for troops\\nfound Newaygo County ready to fill its\\nijuota, but in the latter part of the war\\ndrafting was resorted to. Three drafts were\\nmade in all, though but one was of importance.\\nThe first came in the spring of 1864, and was\\nmade through a mistake on the part of the military\\nauthorities, the county having really filled its quota\\nby enlistment. The second draft came off June 10,\\n1864. Six were taken from Fremont township, eleven\\nfrom Ashland, eleven from Big Prairie, three from\\nEnsley, two from Everett, and two from Dayton.\\nThe third draft was made in March, 1865, but those\\ndrawn were not needed, as Lee surrendered the fol-\\nlowing month, and recruiting ceased.\\nXilfc\\nTHE END.\\nHE rejoicing at the end of the war was sin-\\ncere and great. Meetings were held at\\n,_ several points in the county. At Newaygo\\nthe citizens assembled in the evening of April\\nII, amid the sound of cannon and ringing of\\nbells, to glorify over the dawn of peace. Patri-\\notic speeches were made by Messrs. St. Clair, Howell,\\nGray, Maze and Fuller, interspersed with animating\\nmusic by a choir. The exercises closed with the\\n^Ill]s A^. -1^^\\n1", "height": "2819", "width": "2254", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph11chic_0520.jp2"}, "521": {"fulltext": ":llh/\u00c2\u00ae\u00c2\u00bb^#-\\n-:2^^^ ^^-7 -^DI] :llIl^ r\\ny^^i.\\n-fj ^jf^.f^\\nNEIVAYGO COUNTY.\\n509\\n^f singing of the Star Spangled Banner, and three\\nP^ cheers for the brave generals in the field. Less than\\na week later the citizens were once more called to-\\nf gelher; this time in sadness and tears, for the mar-\\n/A tyred Lincoln. Appropriate resolutions were adopted\\nand all loyal people were requested to wear the badge\\nof mourning for thirty days.\\nB^-\\nV\\nR\\nTHE CLOSE.\\n5 HEN the war was ended and peace re-\\nstored, the Union preserved in its integrity,\\nf~^ the sons of Newaygo who had volunteered\\ntheir lives in defense of their government^\\nand who were spared to see the army of the\\nUnion victorious, returned to their homes to re-\\nceive the grand ovations and tributes of honor from\\nfriends and neighbors who had eagerly and zealously\\nfollowed them wherever the fortunes of war called.\\nExchanging their soldiers uniforms for citizens\\ndress, most of them fell back to their old vocations\\non the farm, at the forge, the bench, in the shop, and\\nat whatever else their hands found to do. Brave\\nmen are honorable always, and no class of citizens\\nentitled to greater respect than the volunteer soldiery\\nof this county, not alone because they were sol-\\ndiers, but because in their associations with their fel-\\nlow men their walk is upright, and their honesty and\\ncharacter without reproach.\\nTlicir couMtiy tirst. their glory :inil tlicii- pridi-,\\nL:in l of thi ir hopes, hind wliorc their t;itlier dicil\\nWlicn in the riglit, they ll keep their lionor briglil.\\nWhen in the wrong, they ll die to .\u00c2\u00abet it right.\\n^S-^\\nTHE INDIAN WAR.\\nr-.-\\nl!+4-\\nATE in the summer of 1862, rumors were\\nrife of an Indian uprising in Michigan.\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0j. i Absurd as the idea was, many believed it,\\nand the home guards were called into active\\nservice. Regular watches were kept at many\\nvillages, and for some time the Indians were\\nnightly expected. Perhaps the most surprised citi-\\nzens of all were the peaceful and inoffensive Indians\\nthemselves, of whom numbers resided, and still re-\\nside, in Newaygo and surrounding counties. .After a\\nfew weeks the excitement subsided, and the following\\npaper, prepared by the Indians, effectually ended the\\nIndian war, which has ever since been regarded as\\na farce of the most ludicrous description\\nWe, the undersigned. Chiefs of the Ottawas and\\nChippeways of Oceana and Mason counties, in coun-\\ncil assembled, having, with regret, heard that our\\nwhite friends had become very much excited on ac-\\ncount of certain rumors which have, of late, been in\\ncirculation with regard to our taking up arms against\\nthem, would take this method of informing them of\\nthe utter absurdity and falsity of those rumors.\\nWe profess, as a jieople, to l e loyal to the (iov-\\nernmcnt, and peaceable, unoffending citizens.\\nMany of our peo[)le, from \\\\arious parts t)f the\\nState, have met together at the head waters of the\\nMuskegon River, for the purpose of hunting deer.\\nThey have there built a brush fence, some five or si.x\\nmiles in length (where deer are in the habit of resort-\\ning in great numbers), from behind which they shoot\\nthem as they come up. This has been a custom\\namong us for many years, and never before have we\\nbeen suspected by our white friends of treachery\\nand we are exceedingly grieved to learn that this\\nsimple contrivaace for entrapping deer, should, by re-\\nport, have assumed the formidable appearance of a\\nstrong fortress, from which we were to wage warujion\\nthe whites.\\nIt has also been ignorantly reported that there\\nwere some two thousand armed Indians in the vicinity\\nof Saginaw. It is true that there has been lately a\\nlarge gathering of them near that place, and quite a\\nnumber of Canadian Indians came over, but it was\\nfor the express purpose of holding a camp-meeting,\\nand tioi from a belligerent motive.\\nThese are the true facts in regard to the matter,\\nand we trust they are sufficient to allay the fears of\\nour white friends for we assure them that we have\\nnever entertained any feelings towards them hut\\nthose which are the most friendly.\\nEldridge, Oceana County, Mich., Sept. 22, 1862.\\nSigned)\\nCobmosey, Shawgwabeno, Weboneegezhick, Pa-\\nbahmee, Ashguaosa, Shawbeguong, Washkeoshee,\\nWaubegaka,Mashkau, Pashoshaga, Webonesa, Kaw-\\nbagawbua, Chingguashsa, Kawbaomah, Peneasey.\\n^i^f^\\n^Iia :Dtl\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0^^i^^^\\n4T^j( ^i\\nc\\ni\\nm", "height": "2831", "width": "2211", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph11chic_0521.jp2"}, "522": {"fulltext": "V\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0\u00c2\u00bbtg y I St\\nSOLDIERS AND SAILORS REUNION.\\n:2;-\\\\i,ir Sr\\nT\\nmmh T\\n2^^^\\nis ir\\n-*^^C(gr\\\\^;v\\nNEIVAYGO COUNTY.\\nll HE first reunion of the soldiers and sailors\\n1i of Newaygo County, held at Newaygo Sept.\\n20, 1883, was an event long to be remem-\\nbered. The evening before, the advance guard,\\nHesperia Post, G. R., under command of\\nVV. C. Simmons, arrived and pitched their tents\\non the court-house square, and liivouacked in soldier\\nfashion. Thursday morning, the 20th, opened dark\\nand lowering, and it was feared that the attendance\\nwould in consequence be small but teams com-\\nmenced to arrive at an early hour, and by nine\\no clock every fear that the peoiile would stay at home\\nwas dispelled. At nine o clock the command, Fall\\nin, was heard, and soon thereafter Samuel Judd Post,\\nof Newaygo, and the Hesperia Post marched to the\\ndepot to receive the expected guests, a delegation of\\nthe Grand Rapids Posts. On the arrival of the\\ntrain, these were escorted to the Brooks House. At\\ntwelve the line was again formed, and inarched to\\nthe depot, where Gen. utcheon, the orator of the\\nday, was met and escorted to the grove.\\nThe exercises were opened by the reading of a se-\\nle( tion from the Bible, and a prayer by Rev. J. W.\\nHorner, followed by a stirring piece of music by the\\nNewaygo Glee Club. Gen. Cutcheon was then in-\\ntroduced by S. D. Thompson, President of the day.\\nThe address of the General was one of the most\\neloquent and masterly speeches ever delivered in\\nNewaygo. Brimming full of patriotism, it reached\\nthe heart of every hearer. Without a shade of parti-\\nsanship, the address was calculated to arouse pa-\\ntriotism and love of country in every breast, and the\\neloquenceof the speaker frequently won the enthusi-\\nastic applause of his hearers.\\nDr. J. W. McNabb fittingly responded to the toast,\\nThe flag of our country, and Dr. Flora humorously\\nrecounted some of his experiences as a hospital stew-\\nard and regimental surgeon, in response to The\\nsick call. Col. A. T. McReynolds briefly and elo-\\nquently responded to The citizen soldier, and\\nthen the crowd repaired to the tables, which were\\nloaded with delicacies, and very soon unloaded.\\nAfter this picnic tlinner was disposed of, a county\\nassociation of soldiers and sailors was formed, with\\nover a hundred members. William H. Hall, of Ash-\\nland, was chosen President W. C. Simmons and N.\\nSmith, Vice-Presidents; E. O. Shaw, Secretary, and\\nS. D. Thompson, Treasurer. It was resolved to hold\\nanother reunion in the month of August, 1884, to\\ncontinue three days. At the conclusion of the meet-\\ning, the veterans fell into the ranks again, and\\nescorted Gen. Cutcheon to the depot, giving him\\nthree rousing cheers and a tiger as a parting salute.\\nIn the evening dancing commenced at an early\\nhour at Clay s Hall, over 100 couples participating.\\nIt was continued until the morning hours. Alto-\\ngether, this reunion was a great success, and was\\nprobably the best celebration of any kind ever held\\nin Newaygo.\\nt\\n0\\nI)\\n*3P\u00e2\u0096\u00a0^*\\nr^\\niMk\\n^Aj))4^^tK\\n-^^D!l^llllr- A", "height": "2819", "width": "2254", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph11chic_0522.jp2"}, "523": {"fulltext": "\u00e2\u0096\u00a0^^/^D)\u00e2\u0082\u00ac^r|^- :^^K ^^V ^!10:^D0^ T-^^^\\nm\\no\\nNEWAYGO COUNTY.\\n-4J^f5^\\\\^\\n^r~9r\\n^;;;^*t;is ?\u00c2\u00bbs-.$ *\u00c2\u00ab5;;s*^;;s -s;s*-s;s-+\\nT* CB*^ i jC \u00e2\u0080\u00a28*^ fr* V\\n$;:s \u00c2\u00bb^;:;e# s;g*-s, s*^ ;s is\\nOR the period since the party-\\nhas been organized, Newyago\\nhas been considered a Repub-\\nUcan county. Previous to\\nI 856, it gave strong Whig ma-\\njorities. Since the organiza-\\n^^^3^/ tion of the Repubhcan party, it\\nhas given varying majorities for\\nthat party on all State and Na-\\ntional issues, until 1882. Dur-\\ning the war its Republicanism\\nwas extreme, the majorities rang-\\ning as high as 200. One town-\\nship, Dayton, distinguished it-\\nself by giving 64 votes for the\\nRepublican ticket, in 1862, and\\nnot a vc te for the Democratic ticket. Two years\\nlater, it polled for Lincoln and Johnson 90 votes,\\nand not one for McClellan. About eight years ago\\nthe Greenback or National party began to gain ad-\\nherents, and since 1878 they have been very strong\\nin Newaygo County. In 1882, the county gave 414\\nmajority for Begolc, the I emocratic candidate for\\nGovernor.\\nOn local issues, and for local offices, there has al-\\nways been a tendency to cast away party discipline,\\nand support the best, or at least Ihe most [xipular,\\ncandidate. Of late years this tendency has increased,\\nand at present the honors are pretty well divided\\namong the three parties. The varying strength of\\nthe different tickets at each general election is shown\\nin the following table; in connection with the sev-\\neral townships is given the vote by townships at the\\ngeneral election of 1882\\nELECTION OF NOVEMBER 7, 1S54.\\nGovernor.\\nK-insley S. Bingham 140\\nJohn S. Barry i 75\\nRepreseiitativc in Congress.\\nDavid S. Walbridge 143\\nSamuel Clark 132\\nS/aU .S,- !a/or.\\nThomas W. W liite 147\\niMordecai L. Hopkins 98\\nRfpitsenlalive in Legislature.\\nJohn Brooks 260\\n.\\\\bram S. Wadsworth 22\\nScattering _j\\nSheriff.\\nSamuel Matevey 164\\nI homas I). Stimpson 123\\nCounty Treasurer.\\n49\\n^38\\n41\\n1 1. Swart wout\\n293 no opp.\\nCounty Clerk aui/ Register 0/ Deeds.\\nJohn If. Standish 293 no opp.\\nJudge 0/ Probate.\\nJames Barton 289 no opp.\\nJL\\n^n!i :iiii;\\nr\\nI\\nATA-.", "height": "2831", "width": "2211", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph11chic_0523.jp2"}, "524": {"fulltext": "5 2\\ni^\\n^D D \\\\lh rr- 5J^\\nNEWAYGO COUNTY.\\n3\\nV\\nt Proseculing Attorney and Circuit Court Comrnis-\\nELECTION OF NOVEMBER 2\\n.858.\\ni\\nsi oner.\\nGovernor.\\nEdgar L. Gay\\n292 no\\nopp.\\nMoses Wisner\\n369\\n31\\nWin. S. Utley\\nSurveyor.\\nCliarles E. Stuart\\n238\\nC\\n42\\n3\\nRepresentative in Congress.\\nWarren P. Adams\\nCharles Smith\\nCoroners.\\nI 1\\n2\\nFrancis W. Kellogg\\nThomas B. Church\\n.State Senator.\\n3 7\\n217\\n100\\nJames B. Cook\\n205 no\\nopp.\\nJohn H. Standish\\n3\u00c2\u00b0S\\n104\\nAshley B. Furmaii\\n2yi no\\nopp.\\nHenry Pennoyer\\n209\\n5\\nh ELECTION OF NOVEMBER 4, 1 8:; 6.\\nRepresentative in Legislatur\\n1\\nJohn A. Brooks\\n345\\n162\\nPresident\\nof the United\\nStates.\\nGeorge W Lester\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a083\\nJohn C. Fremont\\n429\\n210\\nSheriff.\\nJames Buchanan\\nGovernor.\\n219\\nJoshua Mills\\nJustus C. Hubbard\\n37\\n226\\n50\\nKinsley S. Bingham\\n424\\n204\\nCounty Clerk.\\nV Alpheus Felch\\nReprescn\\n220\\nWilliam S. Utley\\n1(^1\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a025\\ntative in Legislature.\\nOrrin Stevens\\n238\\nS^ John A. Brooks\\n4.8\\n203\\nCounty Treasurer.\\nE\\n1^ Thomas D. Stimpsoi\\n1\\n2 5\\nWarren P. Adams\\n374\\n5\u00c2\u00b0\\nE\\n3 James Barton\\nIge of Probate\\nJolm V. Fassett\\n224\\nE\\n4;, 9\\n-34\\nRegister of Deeds.\\nE\\nDaniel Weaver\\n205\\nWellington Persons\\nO06 no opp.\\ns,\\nSheriff.\\nProsecuting Attorney.\\nSamuel W. Matevcy\\nDaniel F. W oolley\\n266\\n44\\n.\\\\ugustine H. Giddings\\n290\\n48\\n222\\nWilliam T. Howell\\n242\\nEverett Douglass\\n78\\nCircuit Court Commissioner\\nCounty Treasurer.\\nEdgar L. (iray\\n30S\\n31\\nWarren 1 Adams\\n428\\n21 1\\nWilliam T. Howell\\n77\\nJustus C. Hubbard\\n7\\nSurveyor.\\ni County Clerk and Register\\nof Deeds.\\nW illiam A. Hoskins\\n372\\n5\\nt\\n1 John H. Standish\\n424\\n204\\nAart)n Swain\\n221\\n1 Daniel Stearns\\n220\\nCoroners.\\nJ nisecuting Attorney and Circuit\\nCourt Coinniis-\\nPomeroy C. Spooner\\n368\\n141\\nsioner.\\nAsa P. Carpenter\\n348\\n68\\nEdgar L. Cray\\n43\u00c2\u00b0\\n205\\nA. F. Armstrong\\n280\\nWilliam J. Mead\\n225\\nGeorge E. G. Wonch\\n227\\nr\\nSurveyor.\\nELECTION OF NOVEMBER\\ni860.\\n1\\nWarren 1 Adams\\n429\\n213\\nPresident of the United Stat\\nJ\\nLoyal Palmer\\n216\\nAbraham Lincoln\\n3 4\\n57\\nCoroners.\\nStephen A. Douglas\\n207\\nJames B. Cook\\n420\\n201\\nGovernor.\\nj Ashley B. Furman\\nCyrus Bennett\\n419\\n199\\n1\\n219\\n\\\\ustin Blair\\n364\\n5\\n^Bacchus Shear\\n220\\nJohn S. Barry\\n213\\nC^\\ns^\\n^^ti^.\\nS fe^^-\\n-^f-T\\n^\u00e2\u0080\u00a230 n 5^^ iitiv ^r9 -i^^^.", "height": "2819", "width": "2254", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph11chic_0524.jp2"}, "525": {"fulltext": "w\\nTzi^ crv C^tlti:t:iin^ r-^\\nN^EWAYGO COUNTY.\\n5 3\\nCongressman.\\njy Francis VV. Kellogg\\ne^ Thomas B. Churcli\\nT Sheriff.\\nWilliam Rice\\nJustus C. Hubbard\\nComity Clirk.\\nWilliam S. Utley\\nLoyal Palmer\\nCounty Treasurer.\\nSullivan Armstrong\\nJeremiah Ryan\\nRegister of Deeds.\\nWellington Persons\\nJuiige of Probate.\\nIsaac H. Cogswell\\nGeorge E. G. Wonch\\nProsecuting Attorney.\\nAugustire H. Giddings\\nCircuit Court Commissioner.\\n367\\n206\\n386\\n185\\n162\\n1/\\n(p\\n/S\\nJames Barton\\n369 166\\n374\\n192\\n576 noo|)p\\n397 235\\n162\\n447 no opp.\\n368 no opp.\\nWilliam A. Hoskins\\nV\\nAaron Swain\\nAsa P. Carpenter\\nSherman Mosher\\nGeorge Fuller\\nNelson Green\\nLyman G. Mason\\nSurveyor.\\nCoroners.\\n314\\n261\\n53\\n37\u00c2\u00ab 167\\n57 1 no opp.\\n204\\n.Slate .Senator.\\nLegislature.\\nWilliam T. Howell\\nDaniel Weaver\\n354\\n221\\n325\\n234\\n133\\nELECTION OF NOVEMBER 4, 1862.\\nGovernor.\\nAustin Blair\\nByron G. Stout\\nCom\\ngressman.\\nFrancis W. Kellogg\\nThomas B. Church\\nI\\n375 209\\n166\\n36? 189\\n74\\nState Senator.\\nl^ Charles Mears\\nS Dexter P. Gla/.ier\\nV.J-S-\\n.S5^?^^\\n386 385\\n-^-^^ll[I :ilDn A^\\nRepresentative in Legislature.\\nWilliam T. Howell\\nScattering\\nSheriff.\\nWilliam Rice\\nCounty Clerk.\\nVV^arren P. Adams\\nCountv Treasurer.\\nSullivan Armstrong\\nRegister of Deeds.\\nWellington Persons\\nProsecuting Attorney.\\nJohn H. Standish\\nAugustine H. Giddings\\nCircuit Court Commissioner.\\nJames Barton\\nSurveyor.\\nAdonijah Yj. Upton 337\\nAaron Swain 167\\nCoroners.\\nDexter P. (Hazier 400 no opp. V^\\nW. Irving Latimer 405 no op|).\\nELECTION OF NOVEMBER 8, 1864\\nPresident of the United States.\\no.\\nAbraham Lincoln\\nGeorge B. McClellan\\n406\\n242\\n164\\nGovernor.\\nHenry H. Crapo\\nWilliam M. Fenton\\n404 1 5 6\\n248\\nThomas W. Ferry\\nFrederick Hall\\nlames B. Walker\\nWilliam J. Mead\\nWilliam S. Ulley\\nDaniel F. Woolley\\nJohn F. Wood\\nCharles W. Stone\\nCongressman.\\nState Senator.\\n407\\n243\\n402\\n249\\n164\\n53\\nLegislature.\\nSheriff.\\n400 1 5 2\\n248\\n474\\n298\\nt\\nCountv Clerk.\\nMelvin W. Scott\\nAndrew T. Squier\\n234\\n248\\n1 86\\n4^^^^(|)", "height": "2831", "width": "2211", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph11chic_0525.jp2"}, "526": {"fulltext": "^)vA))\u00c2\u00ab\\nV\\n^^^i^ r^VC^DD Ds ^H- :a^\u00c2\u00bbsr\\n514\\nCoun/y Treasurer.\\nS Sullivan Armstrong\\nJohn F. Gauweiler\\nRegister 0/ Deeds.\\n-Y Wellington Persons\\nBenjamin H. Coolbaiigli\\nJudge of Probate.\\nEverett Douglass\\nJames L. Alexander\\nProsecuting Attorney.\\nNEWAYGO COUNTY.\\nJames Barton\\nDaniel Weaver\\n427\\n440\\n243\\n365\\n320\\n451\\n233\\n97\\n45\\nCircuit Court Commissioner\\nEdgar L. Gray\\nFrederick Day\\nAdonijah E. Upton\\nAaron Swain\\nSurveyor.\\nCoroners.\\nAsa P. Carpenter\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0J^ Samuel W. Matevey\\nGeorge Fuller\\nWilkes L. Stuart\\n425\\n25s\\n434\\n250\\n429\\n427\\n255\\n255\\n170\\n.84\\n174\\n172\\nV\\nELECTION OF NOVEMBER 6, 1866.\\nGovernor.\\n316\\nHenry H. Crapo 545\\nAlpheus S. Williams 229\\nRepresentative in Congress.\\nThomas W. Ferry 554 325\\nJohn B. Hutchins 229\\nState Senator.\\n]i John H. Standish 59^ no opp.\\nRepresentative in Legislature.\\nCharles W. Deane\\nHiram S. Walker\\nCharles W. Stone\\nSheriff.\\nCounty Clerk.\\nMelvin W. Scott\\nJames L. Alexander\\nCounty Treasurer.\\n~t Wallace W. Dickinson\\ntWni. 1). Fuller\\nRegister of Deeiis.\\n607 no opp,\\n375\\n388\\n386\\n377\\n367\\nWellington Persons\\nStephen D. Thompsc\\n39\\n383\\nProsecuting Attorney.\\nlames Barton\\ni\\n771 no opp.\\nCircuit Court Commissioner\\n389\\n379\\n379\\n375\\n38S 17\\n7 68 no opp.\\n37\\nEdgar L. Gray\\nAugustine H. Giddings\\nSurveyor.\\nAdonijah E. Upton\\nThaddeus I-. Waters\\nCoroners.\\nAnson Root\\nThomas G. Terry\\nRobert F. Tracey\\nELECTION OF APRIL i, 1867.\\nJudge of Fourteenth Judicial Circuit.\\nMoses B. Hopkins 383\\nRobert W. Duncan 282\\nCounty .Superintendent of Schools.\\nNeil L. Downie 440\\n.\\\\sa P. Carpenter 134\\nStephen D. Barnum 53\\nCharles J. Perry 10\\nELECTION OF NOVEMBER 3, 1868.\\nPresident of the United States.\\nUlysses S. Grant 9 1 7\\nHoratio Seymour 397\\nGovernor.\\nHenr) P. Baldwin 903\\nJohn Moore 414\\nRepresentative in Congress.\\nThomas W. Ferry 880\\nLyman G. Mason 432\\nState Senator.\\nJohn H. Standish 942\\nHunter Savage 19\\nRepresentative in Legislature.\\nCeylon C. Fuller\\nAugustus Paddock\\nSheriff.\\nJohn H. Chubb\\nPhilip A. Harrison\\nCounty Clerk.\\nJohn H. Simmons\\nJames R. Odell\\nCounty Treasurer.\\nWallace W. Dickinson\\nAndrew Y. Squier\\n^06\\n\u00e2\u0080\u00a2a*\\n743\\n557\\n910\\n39\\n864\\n432\\n896\\n412\\n520\\n489\\n448\\n923 (S\\\\\\n186\\n514\\n432\\n484\\nr Sia^\\n_^-:y^\u00c2\u00abX^.\\n-K-Dll :tltls", "height": "2819", "width": "2254", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph11chic_0526.jp2"}, "527": {"fulltext": "^r^^m^\\n\u00c2\u00a9vciiin^np^\\n--^i^^d^^\\nNEIVAYGO COUNTY.\\n5 5\\nA\\n621\\n584\\nRegister of Deeds.\\nWellington Persons\\nt Stephen D. Persons\\nJiiit^c of Probate.\\nAugustine H. Giddings\\nJames L. Alexander\\nProsicuting .Attorney.\\nWm. D. Fuller 682\\nJames Barton 598\\nCircuit Court Coniiiiissioih r.\\nEdgar L. Gray\\nSurveyor.\\n37\\n907 5 7\\n39\u00c2\u00b0\\n84\\nWellington Persons\\nEdwin O. Shaw\\nRegister of Deeds.\\nins\\nProsecuting Attorney.\\n392\\n167\\nt\\n^5 i\\n(1\\nA\\nAdonijah E. Upton\\nAaron Swayne\\nAnson Root\\nMarshall S. Cory\\nNewton N. Massey\\nPhilip H. \\\\Veaver\\n902 no ojjp.\\n348\\n809\\n461\\nCoroners.\\n881 448\\n907 507\\n433\\n400\\nELECTION OF APRIL 5, 1869.\\nJudge of Fourteenth Judicial Circuit.\\nRobert W. Duncan 432 37\\nMoses B. Hopkins 395\\ns^ County Superintendent.\\nCyrus Alton 593 no opp.\\nCounty Drain Commissioner.\\nCharles Carmichael 176 no opp.\\nELECTION OF NOVEMBER 8, 1870.\\nGoi ernor.\\nHenry P. Baldwin\\nCharles C. Comstock\\n421\\n\u00e2\u0080\u00a255\\n266\\nThomas Ferry\\nMyron Rider\\nSeth C. Moffatt\\nEdgar L. Gray\\nGeorge Utley\\nj( John H. Simmons\\nCongressman.\\n.State Senator.\\nLegislature.\\nSheriff.\\nCounty Clerk.\\n421 272\\n149\\n512 no opp.\\n501 no opp.\\n537 no opp.\\n539 no opp.\\nCounty Treasurer.\\nWallace W. Dickinson\\nI\\nWilliam D. Fuller 503 no opp. K^\\nCircuit Court Commissioner.\\nAlonzo D. Cadwallader 540 J PP-\\nSurveyor.\\nCharles Carmichael 536 no opi).\\nCoroners.\\nDavid W. Flora\\nAnson Root\\nk\\n526 no oi)p. ft^\\n452\\n328\\n^08 no opp.\\nELECTION OF APRIL 3, 1871.\\nRepresentative in Congress.\\nWilder D. Foster 763\\nWm. M. Ferry 311\\nCounty Superintendent oj Schools.\\nCyrus Alton 573\\nLewis E. Wright 245\\nDavid W. Flora 238\\nELECTION OF NOVEMBER 5, 1872\\nPresident of the United States.\\nUlysses S. Grant 792\\nHorace Greeley 177\\nGovernor.\\n800 609\\n191\\nRepresentative in Congress.\\nf\\nJohn J. Bagley\\nAustin Blair\\nA\\n615\\nJay A. Hubbell\\nSamuel P. Ely\\nState Senator.\\nEdgar L. Gray\\nGeorge W. Innis\\nLegislature.\\nSullivan Armstrong\\nBenjamin H. Coolbaugh\\nSheriff.\\nGeorge Utley\\nLorenzo A. Mallery\\nCouitty Clerk.\\nSanford Brown\\niiiiiilij Treanvrer.\\nMarcus S. Angell\\nJleijisler oJ Deeiln.\\nWellington Persons\\n819\\n180\\n788\\n195\\n639\\n593\\n801 6io\\n191\\n577\\n425\\n52\\n1.000 no opp.\\n1.001 no opp.\\n^i\\n540 no opp\\n1 ,006 I o opp.\\n^^0m^J^i", "height": "2831", "width": "2211", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph11chic_0527.jp2"}, "528": {"fulltext": "NEWAYGO COUNTY.\\n-l^^5((sVg\\nJudije of Probate.\\nJames Barton 1,005 no opp.\\nPriisiiniliiiii Att(irii(-ij.\\nI Albert G. Dav 739 457\\nA William H. Wells 282\\nCii f if/l (_ i}nr/ Cnmtni. isiottcr.\\nAlonzo I). Cadwallader\\nJohn C. Hicks\\nSuftteiini:\\nWinfield S. Merrill\\nAaron Swain\\nCoroners.\\nHenry D. Root\\nReuben M. Curtice\\nReuben Trask\\nNewton M. Massey\\nELECTION OF APRIL 7, 1873.\\nmil, hi Slijiirillli llili lit III Sfliiiiilx.\\nn J Jose|)li W. Carpenter 733 no op\\nELECTION OF NOVEMBER 3, 1874.\\nUovernor,\\nI\\n789\\n173\\n616\\n802\\n217\\n58s\\n806\\n796\\n194\\n198\\n612\\n598\\nQ\\n\u00e2\u0080\u00a2y* Joh Bagley\\nHenry Chamberlain\\nS\u00c2\u00bb2\\nCharles K. Carpenter 5\\nllni/i Siiffriiijfi Anii-inliiicid.\\nN\u00c2\u00b0 575\\nYes igt\\nJtepresenhitiiie in Vonijress.\\nJay A. Hubbell 619\\nHenry H. Noble 8\\nlitiite Senator.\\n614\\n9\\nh epresentalioe in Legislature,\\nSullivan Armstrong\\nAndrew T. Sipiier\\nSlmriff.\\nDavid Collins\\nLorenzo A. Mallery\\nCounltj Clerli.\\nSan ford Brown\\nElijah S. Bennett\\nCoHiitii Treasurer.\\nEdgar L. Gray\\nS. W. Fowler\\n520\\n405\\n701\\n204\\n684\\n244\\nM.\\nMarcus S. Angell\\nCharles W. Stone\\n547\\n389\\n228\\n384\\n613\\n605\\n5\\n497\\n440\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a05\u00c2\u00ab\\nReyister of Deeds.\\nWellington Persons\\n934 no opp.\\nPro ecntinij At orney.\\nAlbert G. Day 629\\nHorace M. Lillie 304\\nCircuit Court Cuiiuii ssioiier,\\n325\\nJames Barton\\nJohn C. Brewster\\nRobert M. Luton\\nReuben M. Curtice\\nDavid W. Flora\\nNewton M. Massey\\nSiirm/iir.\\nt_ orouers.\\n924 no opp.\\n622 no opp.\\nI\\nVfa)\\n620\\n610\\n330\\n320\\n300\\n280\\nELECTION OF NOVEMBER 7, 1876.\\nFresiddit of Ihe Unitrd States-\\nRutherford B. Hayes\\nSamuel J. Tilden\\nPeter Cooper 235\\nGai diior.\\nCharles M. Croswell 1\\nWilliam L. Webber\\nLevi Sparks\\nAlliert Williams\\nReprrsentalive in Congress\\nJay A. Hubbell\\nJoseph H. Kilbourne\\nSheriff.\\nGeorge W. Fry\\nWm. H. Hall\\nA. S. Carr\\nCoi/iity Ckrii.\\nSanford Brown\\nJohn W. McNabb\\nCounty Trcasiiier.\\nMarcus S. Angell\\nCharles W. Stone\\nScattering\\nRegister of Deeds\\nWellington Persons\\nGeorge E. Taylor\\nJudge of Probate.\\nJames Barton\\nMelvin W. Scott\\nJohn Rijjley\\nProseeitting A ftorne r.\\ni.3 5\\n801\\n304\\n792\\n226\\n8\\ni-3 4\\n1,008\\n\u00e2\u0080\u00a2,338\\n990\\n.363\\n942\\n1,203\\n1,101\\n3\\n1.323\\n997\\n,435\\n876\\nI\\n5H\\n5.2\\n306\\n348\\n421\\no\\nGeorge Luton\\nWm. D. Fuller\\nScattering\\n1,207\\n928\\n2\\n326\\n559\\n279\\n^^m^ 0!I^Illlf -V^ ^Q^ 4^^f(\u00c2\u00ae", "height": "2819", "width": "2254", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph11chic_0528.jp2"}, "529": {"fulltext": "^\u00e2\u0080\u00a2ftjw-\\nT^iPPMim-ix^? 2i\u00e2\u0082\u00ac^\\n-|;\u00c2\u00ab^fsv||\\nNEiVAYGO COUNTY.\\nV\\nCounty Treasurer.\\nCharles \\\\V Stone\\nIrwin C. Fox\\n1,287\\n963\\n324\\nEUsha Pangborn\\nJolm W. II;iy\\nWilliam Kimball\\n1,810\\n1,488\\n56\\n5 7\\nCircuit Court Commissioner.\\nGeorge W. Mann\\n146\\nWarren I). Leonardson\\n1,066\\n28\\nSanford Brown\\nI\\nEdward E. Edwards\\n1,038\\nRegister of Deeds.\\nScattering\\n8\\nGeorge E. Taylor\\n1,232\\n23\\nSurveyor.\\n\\\\Villiam Rice\\n1,001\\nJohn A. Manly\\n1,206\\n100\\n(Jeorge Backart\\n73\\nThaddeus L. Waters\\n1,106\\nProsecuting Homey.\\nScattering\\n2\\nGeorge Luton\\n1,164\\n2\\nCoroners.\\nJohn H. Standish\\n1,162\\nSheribiah H. Manly\\n1,245\\n65\\nCircuit Court Commission\\ncr.\\nDavid W. Flora\\n1,214\\n119\\nEdgar L. Gray\\nWarren D. Leonardson\\nReuben S. Trask\\nLeland S. Weaver\\n1,080\\n1.095\\n1,209\\n1,082\\n127\\nRepresentative in Legislature\\nSurveyor.\\nJoseph B. Jewell\\n1. 179\\n45\\nJohn C. Brewster\\nWinfield S. Merrill\\n,295\\n964\\nii^\\nAndrew L. Squier\\n1. 134\\nELECTION OF NOVEMBER\\n3. 1878.\\nCoroners.\\nGoTcrnor.\\nLeland S. Weaver\\nGeorge Ambrose\\n,213\\n1,142\\n344\\n139\\nHenry S. Smith\\n1.147\\n83\\nDavid VV. Flora\\n1,003\\nCharles M. Croswell\\n964\\nJames T. Farley\\n869\\nOrlando M. Barnes\\n282\\nLouis T. McCormiik\\n188\\nWatson Snyder\\n19\\nAlonzo S. Hildreth\\n172\\nStephen L. Marvin\\n4\\nELECTION OF NOVEMBER\\n2, 1880.\\nRepresentative in Congress.\\nPresident of the United States.\\nGeorge Parmlee\\nJay A. Hubbell\\nJohn Power\\n1,172\\n964\\n264\\n208\\nJames Abrani Garfield\\nWinfield Scott Hancock\\nJames B. Weaver\\n1.492\\n964\\n625\\n528\\nState Senator.\\nGovernor.\\nWillard Jeffts\\nWm. E. Ambler\\nSamuel S. Conover\\n.177\\n97\\n228\\n206\\nDavid H. Jerome\\nDavid Woodman\\nFrederick M. Holloway\\n1,407\\n1,020\\n840\\n387\\nJudge of Fourteenth Judicial\\nCircuit.\\nIsaac W. McKeever\\n1 1\\nMichael Brown\\n2,129 no\\nopp.\\nRepresentative in Congress.\\nRepresentative in Legislature.\\nEdwin S. Pratt\\n1,802\\n253\\nJohn W. McNabb\\n.257\\n280\\nJay A. Hubbell\\n1,549\\nEdward E. Edwards\\n977\\nScattering\\n20\\nVan N. Miller\\n173\\nState Senator.\\nScattering\\n4\\nSheriff.\\nWilliam E. Ambler\\nSmith VV. Fowler\\n1.693\\nI -5 9\\n74\\nElisha Pangborn\\n54\\n61\\nT,. Rutherford\\n68\\nGeorge W. Fry\\n.\u00c2\u00b093\\nFrancis M. Pike\\n129\\nLegislature.\\nCounty Clerk.\\nF^dward E. Edwards\\n,695\\n95\\nG. Fillmore Cole\\n1,1 69\\n48\\nJohn W. McNabb\\n1,600\\nSanford Brown\\n1,121\\nRichard S. Webster\\n55\\nWilliam Fuller\\n96\\nSheriff.\\n322\\nK.^\\nA\\nr\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0\u00c2\u00abJ5\u00c2\u00bb-\\n:i] a diin s^^^jK-\\n4^^(@ i", "height": "2831", "width": "2211", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph11chic_0529.jp2"}, "530": {"fulltext": "i\\nV\\nS 8\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a07 ^Iltl ^^Dtl^ -r\\nr^:;;v^\\nTV^^F^yCC? COUNTY.\\n^m\\nCounty Clcik.\\nG. Fillmore Cole\\nFrank D. Warren\\nSeth S. Watrous\\nRegister of Deeds.\\nGeorge E. Taylor\\nTheodore S. Frey\\nBenjamin Candee\\nCharles Stone\\nCounty Treasurer.\\nCharles W. Stone\\nIrwin C. Fox\\nAbbott Ensley\\nJudge of Probate.\\n1,626\\n,572\\n114\\n1,619\\n1,449\\n291\\nI\\n1,626\\n1,474\\n249\\n,682\\n785\\n769\\nlOI\\nJames Barton\\nSanford Brown\\nWilliam S. Utley\\nReuben S. Trask\\nProsecuting Attorney.\\nGeorge Luton ,^53\\nWilliam D. Fuller .357\\nSanford Brown i\\nCircuit Court Commissioner.\\nWarren D. Leonardson ,733\\nTimothy Edwards ,542\\nJames H. Edwards 2\\nSurveyor.\\nWinfield S. Merrill 1,551\\nThaddeus L. Waters ,493\\nCori\\nJames T. Farley\\nHollis T. Reed\\nLeland S. Weaver\\nPhilip A. Harrison\\nAlonzo Hildreth\\nG. W. Nafe\\nELECTION OF APRIL\\n1,572\\n,547\\n1,452\\n1,203\\n62?\\n207\\n1882.\\nJudge of Fourteenth Judicial District.\\n1,582\\n1,284\\nCeylon C. Fuller\\nGeorge Luton\\nELECTION OF NOVEMBER 7, 1882.\\nGovernor.\\nJosiah W. Begole\\nDavid H. Jerome\\n1.657\\n,243\\n54\\n170\\n152\\n897\\n396\\n191\\n58\\n369\\n95\\n298\\n414\\nDaniel P. Sagendorph\\nCongressman.\\nStephen Bronson\\nByron M. Cutcheon\\nEdward E. Edwards\\n1,508\\n1,442\\n66\\nLegislature.\\nCharles W. Stone\\nE. E. Edwards\\nGeorge W. Nafe\\n1,344\\n1,279\\n366\\n65\\nSheriff.\\nWilliam Kimbell\\nWilliam Hall\\nJames Fl Sharp\\n,524\\n1,358\\n134\\n166\\nCounty Clerk.\\nSeth S. Watrous\\nIrwin C. Fox\\nMelviii A. Cox\\n1,61 1\\n1,260\\n34\\n35\\nCounty Treasurer.\\nTheodore S. Frey\\nSolomon V. Walker\\nFrank W. Sipiier\\n,452\\n1,284\\n276\\n168\\nRegister of Deeds.\\nGeorge E. Taylor\\nGeorge W. Fry\\nIra Cronk\\n1,692\\n,183\\n38\\n509\\nProsecuting Attorney.\\nWilliam D. Fuller\\nWarren D. Leonardson\\nWilliam Tiffany\\n1,540\\n1,310\\n127\\n230\\nCircuit Court Commissioner.\\nTimothy Edwards\\nJohn Harwood\\nWilliam Glanville\\n1.515\\n1,346\\n231\\n169\\nSurveyor.\\nAlfred G. Meade\\nWinfield S. Merrill\\nThaddeus L. Waters\\n1.397\\n,358\\n257\\n39\\nCoroners.\\nVolney Van Liew\\nJames M. Webster\\nPhilip A. Harrison\\nJames T. Farley\\nVan N. Miller\\nReuben S, i rask\\n1,402\\n1,387\\n1,302\\n1,265\\n250\\n236\\n37\\n85\\nY\\nV\\ni\\nK/\\ni\\\\\\nI- 1\\nr\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0A\\njr^:^^H^\\nm ^M-^\\n-^d^\\n4", "height": "2819", "width": "2254", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph11chic_0530.jp2"}, "531": {"fulltext": "^^xsir^\\nv ^Iltl ^DD^D -r\\n2ii^\\nyVifJ^.^yCd? COUNTY.\\n111\\nV\\nS\\n.^-4\\n^\u00e2\u0096\u00a0j^^.^tsg\u00c2\u00bb ^\u00c2\u00bb^r^g i i V^.-.nvnv V^ ii .s^ \u00c2\u00a7^tB; 5i f.^ .i i^\\nOOP\\no25o\\nS one of the truest evidences\\nof civilized life, we may re-\\ngard the newspaper. It is\\nthe chief proposer of great\\nenterprises. It is the expo-\\nnent of the American mind,\\n^A ~_j^^ with very few exceptions, and\\nthese occur only where ignorance\\nor viciousness leads the freeman\\nof our soil to become a convert\\nto the savage opinions of theo-\\nretical Europeans. Happily the\\nnewspaper men of the country do\\nnot claim many professors who in-\\ndulge in nonsensical praise of the\\nslave-holding monarchies of the world. Such stuff\\ntakes root only in the minds of the more imljecile of\\nour citizens. The press and people understand their\\nduties to the Republic, and appreciate the blessings\\nwhich a federal government confers. So long as\\nthese indefatigable framers of opinion stand faithfully\\nby the pen and press, just so long will reason tram-\\nple on all treason from within, all treachery from\\nwithout.\\nProscribe the liberty of the press, and the nation\\nsuffers in just such proiwrtion as the press suffers.\\nProscribe the freedom of the press, and the cause of\\nhuman freedom is checked for a time trade, the\\nhealth of nations, rolls languidly on man looks\\naround him in alarm the safeguard of progress is\\nenchained. Therefore, let us regard, cherish and\\nsupport the honest journalist, stigmatize what may\\nbe really corrupt in the newspaper, and bealwa)S\\nready to co-operate with Justice and to applaud her\\nholy work.\\nThe Newaygo Republican.\\nThis is the pioneer paper of the county, being now-\\nay years old. It was established in the fall of 1856,\\nby James D. Maze, now of Grand Rapids, and by\\nhim published for aljout nine years. Considering all\\nthe unfavorable circumstances, Mr. Maze succeeded\\nremarkably well, in making a popular and valuable\\ncounty paper. The Ri-puhlicaii under his manage-\\nment was one of the best country pa[)ers in tlie State\\nof Michigan. Before the war, it was one of the most\\nardent supporters of Salmon P. Chase for the Presi-\\ndency in i860. In 1864 it also favored -Mr. Chase;\\nbut of course it heartily supported Lincoln both\\nyears, after he was nominated. During the four dark\\nyears of the rebellion, the pajjcr was enthusiastically\\npatriotic, and never relaxed in its support of the Gov-\\nernment. In the fall of 1865 the office was i)ur-\\nchased by E. L. Gray. Most of the time for the\\nnext four years, the name of James A. Banister ap-\\npeared as local editor and publisher, and that of E.\\nv^\\nr\\n^my^.m\\nA\\n-^^k^^", "height": "2831", "width": "2211", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph11chic_0531.jp2"}, "532": {"fulltext": "m\\nerT ^DD ;iiDs -r\\n520\\nn\\nV\\no\\nt\\nI\\nNEWAYGO COUNTY.\\nL. Gray as editor. In 1869 Edwin O. Shaw, the\\npresent editor, leased the entire outfit of the Repub-\\nlican. At the expiration of his first year, lie pur-\\nchased it. In 1877 he associated witli himself as\\npartner his brother, W. A. Shaw. The paper is now\\na six-column quarto in size. It is one of the staunch-\\nest Republican sheets of the country.\\nTwenty years ago the Republican was not the pros-\\nperous, profitable paper that has of later years ren-\\ndered such service to the Republican party. The\\nfollowing stirring appeal appeared Oct. 31, i86i,on\\nMr. Maze s return from a month s visit in Ohio; it\\nwas doubtless a serious matter then, but can be read\\nlightly now\\nDuring oar absence of over one montli the boys\\nhave been made e.xceedingly happy with the follow-\\ning receipts on subscription\\n4 chickens $1 00\\nI turkey 50\\n4 small sun-fish 13\\n150 promises o 00\\nNow, gentlemen, this is abominable. There is no\\nexcuse for such cussed tardiness, or willful negli-\\ngence, in paying the small sums due us on sub-\\nscription. There is not a man who takes this paper\\nwho is not perfectly able to pay for it in somefliing.\\nWe suffered ourself, in times past, for the want of our\\npay, because our patrons were poor, and their crops\\npoor. But for the last two years croiis have been\\ngood, and yet we are o|)pressed for the want of that\\nwhich every delinquent has in abundance. This fall\\nwe are cramped. And this fall, by the eternals,\\nwe will have our pay. Those of you who have not\\npaid for your paper may now begin to make your\\ncalculations accordingly. We will have either our\\npay or a judgment for what is in arrears, and out pay\\nin advance for the coming year, if we do not have a\\ncirculation of over 50 names. We know that our\\ndelinquents can pay, and now we mean they shall\\ndo it.\\nWe have been so lenient in times past that, instead\\nof rcciprocatmg the favor with prompt |)ay now when\\nyou are able, you seem to think it a matter of little\\nconsequence whether you ])ay at all. We have, as\\nall acknowledge, published as good a country sheet\\nas is found in the Stale we have done as well by\\nour subscribers as they could ask, had they paid us\\npromptly. And to ask us to continue this i aper\\nwithout any pay is asking a little too much. We\\nwill take almost any kind of grain, at a fair price.\\nBut we do not want you to rush in your buckwheat,\\nand rye, or any other article that you cannot sell or\\ngive away. We want some of these articles, true,\\nbut we want wheat, oats and corn, principally. When\\nyou kill your beef or pork, bring us a piece amount-\\ning precisely to our subscription. Don t be hogs\\nMen will gladly and promptly i)ay their shoe bills,\\ngrocery bills, blacksmith bills, fiddler s bills, stud-\\nhorse bills, and the like, with the best article of prod-\\nuce they have got; but if they pay the printer at\\nall, they want to pay in something that they can\\nmake no other disposition of Now, these things have\\nbecome intolerable and by the Holy Ghost we will\\nnot endure it longer.\\nAs to legal advertisements, some of those that are\\nin arrears will perhaps be promptly paid; others will\\nbe paid at the end of an execution, and that shall\\nbe the end of that kind of trouble, as the publishing\\nof those notices without our pay in advance is at an\\nend.\\nSome may not fancy this article, but we do not\\ncare a cuss whether they do or not. We mean\\nwhat we say, and say what we mean, and the sooner\\nthe cause of such articles is removed, the better it\\nwill be for all parties concerned. That s all.\\nNot long afterward an incident occurred (probably\\nin consequence of the above heart-rending appeal)\\nwhich was thus described by Mr. Maze:\\nWe were nor a little taken aback the other Tiiorn-\\ning when a neighbor of ours stepped into our office\\nand informed us that he wanted to subscribe for our\\npaper. We took down the name and address, and\\nwere waiting for the usual promise to bring the rye\\nor buckwheat straw in a few days, when we oiscov-\\nered that he ran his hand into his side pocket. Pis-\\ntols and bovvie knives ran through our head in a\\nmoment. Finally he drew out a large wallet. Sum-\\nmonses and warrants then flashed upon us, when our\\nagitation became even more intense. But imagine\\nour consternation when he deliberately handed us\\nthe amount of the subscription in cold cash\\nThe Newaygo Tribune.\\nThe Tribune was started in 1 874, as an independent\\nRepublican paper, by Judson I aliniter, now of Hart.\\nHe conducted it until about October, 1877, when E.\\nS. Palmiter took charge of the office, and W. D. Ful-\\nler became political editor. It theii became dis-\\ntinctively a Greenback paper. Oct. i, 1879, W. D.\\nFuller and Timothy Edwards leased the material and\\nran the paper until Jan. i, 1881, when Mr. Fuller\\nassumed sole control, bought new material, and\\notherwise improved it. It is now conducted as a\\nNational Greenback paper, and is probably the most\\ninfluential organ of the National party in Michigan.\\nMr. Fuller is Chairman of the State Central Com-\\nmittee of his party. The Tribune is also a strong\\ntemperance paper, but not as a necessary consequence\\nA\\ns:/\\nI", "height": "2819", "width": "2254", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph11chic_0532.jp2"}, "533": {"fulltext": "v^^^^^i\\n4:llli:t:im^ v-\\nV\\n*7\\nJVEWAYGO COUNTY.\\nr^^-\\nof its being a Greenback organ. On his own respons-\\nibility, Mr. Fuller also advocates woman suffrage.\\nThe Tribiiiif has been a six-column quarto since Oc-\\ntober, 1879, before which date it was published as a\\nlive-column quarto. It has a growing circulation,\\nnow 1,000. Four of the eight pages are printed at\\nhome, including 16 to i- columns of new matter\\neach week.\\nFREMONT TIMES.\\nThe Fremont liiiiis was established in 1874, the\\nfirst number appearing in the month of March, by\\nWalter S. Piatt. It was a seven-column folio origi-\\nnally, but experienced several changes in size. Mr.\\nPiatt remained proprietor until 1877, when it was\\ntaken in charge by a company, and published in the\\ninterest of the Greenback party, for about three\\nmonths. It then reverted to the possession of Mr.\\nand Mrs. Piatt, who changed the name to the\\nFremout Indicator,\\nunder which name it has been published till the\\npresent time. The first number of the Itu/icalor ap-\\npeared Feb. 27, 1878, as a five-column quaito, its\\npresent size, also. It is now in its sixth volume. It\\nis published in the name of Laura .K. Piatt, with\\nWalter S-. Piatt as editor.\\nTHE HESPERI.\\\\N.\\nThe Hesperian was founded at Hesperia by D. S.\\nWeaver in 1875, was sold successively to Fuller\\nVanFleet, then to J. A. VanFleet, and finally to W.\\nS. Stevens, who moved it to White Cloud in 18S0.\\nTHE HESPKKI.\\\\ IN VESTUiAl OR.\\nYht /n~( i sfiga/( r was founded in 1876, by William\\nFuller, and after a short existence in competition\\nwith the JIes/ en a//,\\\\\\\\a.s moved to AUeyton and pub-\\nlished in conjunction with the Alleyton \u00c2\u00a3e/it the\\nsame matter being used for both papers, the Invesii- I\\ngator being sent to Hesperia, and the Echo circu- V^\\nlating at Alleyton. In the spring of 1880, the two\\npapers were moved from Alleyton to White Cloud,\\nand the Telegraph started, the thiee papers being\\npublished by Fuller Son, the main body matter ol\\nthe three papers being the same, and each paper sent\\nto its respective town, which arrangement continued\\nonly a short time, when the three were merged into\\nthe Telegraph. This continued to be published until\\nthe office was burned, in the fall of 1882.\\nThe Gleaner.\\nThis was a religio-temperance sheet, started at\\nHesperia in 1876, by J. A. Van Fleet. It was soon\\nafter moved to Grand Rapids, and its name changed\\nto The Lever. It was again moved, to Detroit, Grand\\nRapids proving too wicked and its benign influences\\nare now appreciated by thousands of eager readers.\\nTHE LEADER.\\nThe year 1876 was prolific in newspapers for the\\nbright village of Hesperia. The Leader was founded\\nin that year, by a transient printer named Marvin,\\nbut was published for only a few \\\\Aeeks, and then ab-\\nsorbed by the Hesperian.\\nThe News.\\nThe Hes])cria News bids fair lo become a per-\\nmanent institution. It was started Sept. 29, 1S82,\\nby the present editor and proprietor, Claik N. Young.\\nThe N ejcis is a seven-colum folio, independent in\\npolitics, and has brighter prospects tlian any of its i\\niiredecessors had.\\nA\\n\\\\y\\n^\u00e2\u0080\u00a2g-^;*s\u00c2\u00bb-\\n^na^titi ^A-\\nJSii^^^\\n^\u00c2\u00a9i^T^ r .t", "height": "2831", "width": "2211", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph11chic_0533.jp2"}, "534": {"fulltext": "tismsi\\nK\\n/N\\ns\\nI\\n-a\u00c2\u00ab\u00c2\u00bb\u00c2\u00ab *T7 -llll: DD- r^\\nL\\nATEfVAYGO COUNTY.\\nEDUCATIONAL\\nt\\nI\\no\\nHE settlers of Newaygo Coun-\\nty came from a country of\\nfree schools, and their attach-\\nment to such institutions re-\\nmained with them, and soon\\nbecame manifest in their works-\\nThey believed that such agencies\\nwere the most powerful in ad-\\nvancing the condition of the\\npeople. The great Frenchman^\\nJules Simon, said That peo-\\nple which has the best schools is the\\nibest people if it is not so to-day, it\\nwill be so to-morrow. The advance\\nof the schools has more than kept\\npace with the increase in wealth and population. In\\nconnection with the township sketches, certain con-\\ndensed information is given in regard to the schools\\nfor the year ending Sept. 3, 1883. The following are\\nthe latest educational statistics that have been pub-\\nlished. They are taken from the annual report of\\nthe Superintendent of Public Instruction, and are\\nfor the year ending Sept. 5, 1882\\nPRI.M.-\\\\RV SCHOOL FUND.\\nNo. of children in school census 4 7 2\\nincluded in apportionment 4.5\\nAmount apportioned $5 66i 84\\nGENERAL SCHOOL ST.^TISTICS.\\nNo. of townships reporting.\\nschool districts\\n20\\n93\\nNo. of disricts maintaining school 92\\ngraded schools 4\\nchildren between 5 and 20 yrs. of age 4,843\\nattending school 3t7 1 3\\nAverage number of months schools were\\nmaintained 6.9\\nNo. of brick school-houses\\nframe school-houses 73\\nlog school-houses 19\\npupils that can be seated 5.267\\nEstimated value of school property $61,380\\nEMPLOVMENT OK TE.ACHERS.\\nA\\n2 v\\n0^\\\\\\nNumber of teachers employed, male. 31\\nfemale. 154\\nTotal number of teachers counted twice 34\\nWages of male teachers $6,2 1 8 00\\nWages of female teachers $1 4,355 83\\nAverage wages of male teachers $44 28\\nfemale teachers^ $25 38\\nRESOURCES OK SCHOOL DISTRICTS.\\nMoneys on hand Sept. 5, t88i $10,288 80\\nOne-mill tax 1,578 99\\nPrimary school interest fund 5,214 76\\nLibrary moneys 105 01\\nDistrict ta.xes for all purposes 24,014 31\\nRaised from all other sources 4,206 84\\nTotal resources for the year 45.479 71\\nEXPENDITURES OF SCHOOL DISTRICTS.\\nPaid teachers $20,474 00\\nfor building and repairs 4,469 64\\nfor library purposes 18 00\\non bonded indebtedness 3,ioi 36\\nfor all other purposes 5.828 56\\n1^\\n\\\\M^\\n-25^^-\\ni^H^\\n-K-^ilti:^Mllli\\n4^t^", "height": "2819", "width": "2254", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph11chic_0534.jp2"}, "535": {"fulltext": "T2i^\u00e2\u0082\u00ac^^\\nV\\n(fsy\\nJVEM^AYGO COUNTY.\\nZ^f^fS,\\n^^{^^m,\\n523\\nAmount on hand 1 1,588 15\\nTotal expenditures for the year 33.^9 56\\nSTATISTICS OF TOWNSHIP LIBRARIES.\\nNo. of townships reporting using library\\nmoneys for general purposes 1\\nNo. of townships forfeiting their library mon-\\neys 9\\nNo. of townships maintaining libraries 10\\nvolumes added to libraries during the\\nyear 2O9\\nWhole number of voliunes in libraries I1417\\nAmount paid for books and care of libraries $352 04\\nof taxes voted for libraries $126 64\\nof fines, etc., received from county\\ntreasurer for support of libraries $140 52\\nSTATISTICS OF SCHOOL DISTRICT LIBRARIES.\\nNumber of districts reporting libraries 13\\nWhole number of volumes reported 552\\nMISCELLANEOUS ITEMS.\\nNumber of private or select schools 2\\nteachers employed by same 4\\npupils attending same 28\\nGRADED SCHOOL STATISTICS.\\nAlleytan aiul White Cloud.\\nNumber of children between 5 and 20 years\\nof age 136\\nEstimated valuation of school properly. $2,600 00\\nAmount paid for superintendence and in-\\nstruction $400 00\\nMonthly wages of teacher $40 00\\nTotal expenditures $565 52\\nFremont Center.\\nNumber of children between 5 and 20\\nyears of age 341\\nEstimated valuation of school property.. |l7,ooo 00\\nAmount paid for superintendence and in-\\nstruction $1,386 00\\nAverage monthly wages of male teachers $65 00\\nfemale teachers $30 66\\nTotal expenditures $2,188 07\\nindebtedness $3,000 00\\nHesperia.\\nNumber of children between 5 and 20 years\\nof age 184\\nEstimated valuation of school property. .$4,000 00\\nAmount paid for superintendence and in-\\nstruction $626 25\\nAverage monthly wages of male teachers $64 03\\nfemale teachers $26 70\\nTotal expenditures $1,853 68\\nindebtedness $2,250 00\\nNewaygo.\\nNumber of children between 5 and 20 years\\n.of age 395\\nEstimated valuation of school property.. .$6,000 00\\nAmount paid for superintendence and in-\\nstruction $1 .836 00\\nAverage monthly wages, principal $100 00\\nassistants $27 86\\nTotal expenditures $2,614 7\\nTotal cost per capita $6 85\\nTotal enrollment 302\\nAverage number belonging 285\\nAverage daily attendance 185\\nNumber of male teachers i\\nNumber of female teachers 3\\nAverage number of pupils to each teacher 71\\nEnrollment in high-school department. 68\\nAverage number belonging 65\\nAverage daily attendance 40\\nTotal cost per capita $14 93\\nEnrollment in grammar department 65\\nAverage number belonging 60\\nAverage daily attendance 35\\nTotal cost per capita $5 98\\nEnrollment in primary department 169\\nAverage number belonging 160\\nAverage daily attendance 90\\nTotal cost per capita $4 07\\n^mi\\nA\\nm%A(^^\\n-rK^^D!l :DO\\nt\\nM", "height": "2831", "width": "2211", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph11chic_0535.jp2"}, "536": {"fulltext": "524\\nI\\nf\\no^v C^O D D Il^ r\u00e2\u0096\u00a0\\niV^^^FGC COUNTY.\\n4\\nVjf,\\nV\\ni\\nJ\u00c2\u00ab 515\\n^v\\\\:/7V\\nATERIAL progress comprises\\nthe development of the agri-\\ncultural, pastoral, forest and\\n_ mineral resources of a coun-\\ntry, and the establishment of\\nthoroughfares, as routes of naviga-\\ntion, railroads, canals, factories,\\nvillages and cities. In respect to all\\nthese things Newaygo County haS\\nexhibited a fair share of enterprise.\\nIt is well that the soil of this county\\nvj^ is rich and capable of a high state of\\ncultivation. A great variety of crops\\ncan be raised here profitably, fruits,\\nY grains and garden stuffs; and well\\nmay the agricultural community feel\\nindependent and hopeful.\\n-il=W=\\nNAVIGATION.\\nA small steamer was built as early as 1856 to ply\\non the Muskegon, from Newaygo down. Of the sea-\\nRoingciualities of this boat, the less said the better.\\nSeveral small boats were subsequently constructed,\\nand for a few years there was actually steam naviga-\\ntion of the Muskegon, with tolerable regularity. The\\ncitizen of to-day would be amazed were he to see in\\nthe Newaygo Republican of 1883 such an item as\\nthe following, which appeared Nov. 17, 1859:\\nAbout four o clock last Thursday evening the\\nsteamer Porter landed on her dock, besides other\\nfreight, his Excellency, Gov. Wisner, and the follow-\\ning accompanying dignitaries Hon. L. Porter, Judge\\nAlmy, C. H. Taylor, A. B. Turner and Henry Martin,\\nof Grand Rapids, Maj. C Davis, of Muskegon, Isaac\\nD. Merrill, of Bridgeton and Mr. Kaird, of Brooklyn,\\nN. Y.\\nThe visit of these gentlemen was made for the\\nl)urpose of inspecting certain improvements made at\\nthe sand-flats, down the river from Newaygo. In\\n1856, John A. Brooks, then in the Legislature, had\\nsecured an appropriation from the State of $50,000\\nfor the purpose of improving these flats. The money\\nwas well expended, for the work then done has lasted\\nto the present time. The following is taken from the\\nRepublican of Nov. 17, 1 85 9\\nOn Friday morning last, at the suggestion of\\nseveral of the party accompanying Gov. Wisner to\\nthis place, we embarked on board the steamer\\nPorter, for the purpose of visiting, for the first time,\\nthe far-famed sand-flats, where, under the super-\\nvision of John A. Brooks and others, the great im-\\nprovements were being made, for which the appro-\\npriation of $50,000 was made by the State, three\\nyears ago. Our village was soon lost amid the pines\\nand hemlocks, as the Porter sped away down the fast\\nflowing current of the majestic Muskegon. The\\nmonotony was changed, and the dullness arrested, by\\nthe relation of some of those side-splitting stories, by\\nMr. A. B. Watson, for which he is so noted.\\nIn the vicinity of three o clock, p. m., we entered\\nthe channel of the late improvement. We never had\\na very favorable opinion of those flats, from the\\ndescription given of theui by other parties; but no one\\nA\\nr\\nm^^ ^y^\\n^^i^t^^\\n-4^^^", "height": "2819", "width": "2254", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph11chic_0536.jp2"}, "537": {"fulltext": "(^s/^ -J^tf^\\n^\u00e2\u0096\u00a0^^vSk\\nNEWAYGO COUNTY.\\n525\\n1i\\nV\\n.0\\nS\\nu\\ncan get a correct idea of them short of becoming an\\neye-witness. It is certainly one of the most forbid-\\nding realms on the face of God s earth. It looks\\nT like the fit home of the frog, the snake, the tortoise,\\nand we should think, the alligator. Thousands of\\nacres are covered with cat-tail flags, marsh shrubbery,\\nand decayed timber. It is through the worst of this\\nrepulsive latitude that the improvements are made.\\nAs to the work, we do not see how it could have\\nbeen bettered. We have heard many predictions as\\nto its permanency, from parties whose judgment we\\nthought susceptible of credit. On the whole, as it\\nwas a matter in which the public was interested, we\\nfelt concerned, and regretted there being grounds for\\nskepticism as to the durability of the job. But so far\\nas our judgment may be credited in the premises,\\nwe regard it a complete thing. The channel, we\\nbelieve, is 150 feet wide, piling being driven on each\\nside, for nearly one mile, of round and flat piling,\\nextending about three feet above the water, and\\nhandsomely capped with plank about si.vteen inches\\nin width. These piling are driven so closely to-\\ngether as to be mostly water tight. The water in the\\nchannel is on an average four feet deep, and runs\\nnear two feet above the common level. Inside of\\nthat piling are two strings of boom about 50 feet\\napart, which tend to throw the current of water\\ninto the center of the channel, and to wash an em-\\nbankment against the piling instead of undermining\\nit, as was predicted. The channel is continually\\nwashing deeper, and we believe will ultimately form\\na solid embankment inside of the piling on both sides.\\nWe certainly can not see anything to hinder this\\nimprovement from being a permanent thing. For\\none to witness the huge stumps, with their tremen-\\ndous roots and branches, that have been removed\\nfrom this channel, would convince him of the\\nimmense labor necessary for their removal. No one,\\nwith less perseverance than John A. Brooks, would\\never have undertaken such a job, in such an un-\\nhallowed precinct as the Muskegon sand-flats.\\nNAVIGATION ORDINANCE.\\nAfter some discussion and agitation, the Board of\\nSupervisors of Newaygo County, June 28, 1859,\\npassed an ordinance regulating the navigation of the\\nMuskegon River. .As a document of importance and\\ninterest, it is here given in full\\nThe Muskegon River, flowing through the county\\nof Newaygo, being a navigable stream within the\\nprovisions and meaning of the ordinance of Congress\\nof July 13, 1787, and of the Constitution and laws of\\nthe State of Michigan, its free navigation as a public\\nand common highway is hereby admilted and\\ndeclared, subject to the provisions, limitations and\\nrestrictions wiiliin the county of Newaygo and State\\nof Michigan as established and declared in the\\nfollowing ordinance by the Board of Supervisors of the\\nsaid county of Newaygo, in a manner not inconsistent\\nwith the privileges heretofore granted:\\nArt. I. All logs, timber and rafts put into the\\nMuskegon River for the purpose of floating down the\\nsame by any persons, company or corjjoration, shall\\nbe so floated down said river as speedily as possible,\\nand without unnecessary delay or hindrance in the\\nuse of the waters of said river to others for like\\npurposes.\\nArt. II. No person, company or corporation shall\\nbe permitted to detain or boom logs or timber in said\\nriver in such manner, or to such e.xtent as to pro-\\nhibit its free use for the jjurposes of floating logs,\\ntimber or rafts, or of navigating the same with boats,\\nvessels, scows and canoes except in these articles\\nprovided for.\\nArt. III. All logs and timber intended to be\\nfloated down said Muskegon River, shall be put\\ntherein by the owners or agents thereof, as soon after\\nthe first day of March in each year as the stage oi\\nthe water for floating the same, and the weather, will\\npermit; and the owners or agents shall immediately\\ndrive such logs and timber down said river after\\nbeing put afloat tlierein, provided there be a\\nsufficient stage of water for that purpose. No person\\nshall be permitted to put in or float any logs or\\ntimber in said river after the principal annual drive\\nof logs and timber shall have been floated down the\\nsame, until after the first day of December there-\\nafter, imless such logs and timber shall be put into\\nrafts of convenient and manageable size, under a\\npenalty of not less than %\\\\o nor more than $200 for\\neach violation of the provisions of this article; pro-\\nvided, the ))utting in or floating of such logs or\\ntimber shall occasion damage to any person, contrary\\nto the provisions of this ordinance.\\nArt. IV. A sufficient boom to detain and safely\\nkeep all logs and timber floating down said river,\\nmay be erected, kept and maintained across said\\nriver on section 19, townshiii 12 north, range 12 west,\\nby the [jresent or any future occupiers of the same\\npremises and also one other such boom by the\\nowners or occupants thereof on section 7, township\\n12 north, range 11 west; and all loose logs or timber\\nfloating in said river from and after the first day of\\nDecember in each year until the first day of March\\nthereafter, may be detained, boomed and kept in said\\nboom by the owners or occupants thereof; and any\\nK^\\ny\\ns\\nVx\\n\u00e2\u0080\u00a2i $5f^ l\\nr\\n1", "height": "2831", "width": "2211", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph11chic_0537.jp2"}, "538": {"fulltext": "V\\n^I111 ^I1II^ V\\n|7^C(\u00c2\u00ae^4\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0f\\nY\\nf^\\n526\\nNEWAYGO COUNTY.\\n4\\nperson who shall willfally cut away, injure or destroy\\nsuch boom without lawful authority, shall be liable to\\na penalty of not less than $100, nor more than\\n111, 000 and in said boom may be kept and detained\\nas aforesaid, all logs and timber floating cown said\\nriver after the principal annual drive of logs and\\ntimber shall have passed down said river, until after\\nthe first day of December thereafter; and the owners\\nof said boom may so detain and keep the said logs\\nand timber at the proper expense of the owner or\\nowners thereof. The owners or occupants of such\\nbooms as are provided for in this article, shall, as soon\\nafter the first day of March in each year as the stage\\nof water in said river is suitable for that purpose, pro-\\nceed to discharge all logs and timber from said\\nbooms that may remain therein, and in due time,\\nthat all such logs and timber shall have passed from\\nsuch booms, on the arrival at said booms of the prin-\\ncipal annual drive of logs and timber on said river.\\nArt. V. On the arrival of the principal annual\\ndrive of logs and timber at said booms, the owners\\nor occupants thereof shall proceed without unneces-\\nsar) delay to select, assort and pass the same\\nthrough said boom, and shall pass the same at the\\nrate of at least 15,000 pieces in each twenty-\\nfour hours (Sundays excepted), unless the stage of\\nwater in said river is manifestly such as to render it\\ninijjossible or improper to do so; and in such cases\\nthey shall proceed to pass such logs and timber as\\nsoon as the stage of water in said river is suitable\\nfor that purpose. And the owners or occupants of\\nsuch booms shall not be liable in damages arising\\nfrom the detention of logs in said booms agreeably\\nto the provisions of this ordinance and after the\\nprincipal annual drive of logs and timber, such\\nbooms shall be so constructed as to admit of the\\nfree navigation of said river until after the first day\\nof December next thereafter.\\nArt. VI. All logs and timber floating in said river,\\nafter the principal annual drive shall have passed\\ndown the same below the booms provided for in\\nArticles .IV and V of this ordinance, unless in proper\\nrafts as provided in article III, may be boomed and\\ndetained in said river until the first day of December\\nnext thereafter, at the expense of the owner thereof,\\nso as not to interrupt its free navigation by any ]5er-\\nson lawfully navigating or interested in the naviga-\\ntion of said river, upon application to the Sheriff of\\nNewaygo County or his deputies, whose duty it shall\\nbe to carry the provisions of this article into imme-\\ndiate effect.\\n.\\\\rt. VII. After the passage down said river of\\nthe principal annual drive of logs and timber as\\nherein before provided, lumber and timber in proper\\nand suitable rafts, and properly manned for that\\npurpose, as well as steamboats, scows, canoes and\\nother craft suitable for navigating the water of said\\nriver, shall have the sole and exclusive right of the\\nnavigation thereof until the first day of December\\nnext after the passage down said river of the princi-\\npal annual drive of logs and timber as aforesaid;\\nand any interruption of such navigation, or occupa-\\ntion of said river by any jierson inconsistent with the\\nrights hereby granted, shall render such person so\\noffending liable to a penalty of not less than fifty nor\\nmore than five hundred dollars, and shall also be\\nliable for private damages to any person injured by\\nsuch violation of this article; but nothing herein con-\\ntained shall be held to repeal or in anywise contra-\\nvene or affect any privileges heretofore granted upon\\nsaid river, or the use of its waters for hydraulic pur-\\nposes.\\nArt. VIII. During the detention of logs and tim-\\nber in the boom as provided in the preceding Articles\\nIV and V, the owners and all persons interested in\\nrunning the same shall have the same privileges and\\npowers as are granied in the preceding article in re-\\nspect to rafts and boats as therein mentioned.\\nArt. IX. All penalties imposed under the pro-\\nvisions of this ordinance shall be prosecuted in the\\nname of the county of Newaygo, before any court of\\ncompetent jurisdiction, by any person injured by such\\nviolation, or directly interested in the navigation of\\nsaid river, as well as by the Prosecuting Attorney.\\nSheriff, or Treasurer of said county, and when col-\\nlected, shall be paid into the treasury of said county.\\nNo penalty imposed by this ordinance shall be con-\\nstrued to include or take away the right of any per-\\nson to any private damages he may sustain for ,Tny\\nviolation of this ordinance.\\nArt. X. This ordinance shall be publislied in the\\nNewaygo Republican for six successive weeks, and\\nshall take effect and be in force from and after the\\nfirst day of December, 1859.\\n3*=\\nRAILROADS.\\nHE iron horse has come to be one of the\\ngreatest agencies in developing any new\\ncountiy. The first railroads ever built were\\n2\u00c2\u00ab between large cities, which could furnish from\\nthe first a paying volume of traffic. Now the\\nrailroad is not infrequently built in advance of\\nsettlement, with a view to making immigration speedy,\\nof affording rapid transportation to good markets,\\nand of raising the value of property. There is no\\ndoubt that railroads are efficacious for these purposes,\\nand so much so that a locality can hardly pay any\\nprice for a new railroad which is not speedily returned\\nto it in the increased value of real estate.\\ntl\\nI\\nSO\\nr\\n^m\\\\^M\\nz.", "height": "2819", "width": "2254", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph11chic_0538.jp2"}, "539": {"fulltext": "6V ^DI]: nil^ r-^^ r-^i^^^\\n\u00c2\u00bb45@^ ^i\\nNEWAYGO COUNTY.\\n527\\nV\\n,0\\nI\\nNewaygo County has not yet sufficient railroads.\\nCircumstances have combined to favor neighboring\\ncounties and towns, especially in former years. Now,\\nhowever, the prospect is much brighter. It has al-\\nready two lines of railroad crossing its territory, and\\nanother east and west line will, beyond doubt, be\\nconstructed soon. Several plans for this have been\\nput forward, and capitalists are now examining routes\\nfor the same.\\nThe pioneer railroad in the county is the\\nGRAND RAPIDS, NEWAVGO LAKE SHORE R. R.\\nIt is impossible to tell when the idea of a railroad\\nfor Newaygo was first seriously [uit forward. Even\\nthe first settlers dreamed of railroads, and scarcely a\\nyear passed that some one did not mature a scheme\\nfor a railroad from Newaygo to (jrand Rapids. The\\nGrand Rapids Muskegon Railroad Company\\nwas formally organized at Grand Rapids, Dec. 15,\\n1868. Newaygo was represented on the Board of Di-\\nrectors by A. Paddock, and on the Board of Com-\\nmissioners by E. L. Gray. Col. J. H. Standish and\\nother Newaygo men were present and made speeches.\\nA meeting of the citizens was held at the Brooks\\nHouse in Newaygo, Aug. 18, 1869. W. T. Howell\\npresided, and W. D. Fuller was chosen Secretary.\\nRemarks were made by E. L. Gray, S. L. Fuller\\n(Grand Rapids), Augustus Paddock and W. D. Ful-\\nler. The last two were designated as commissioners\\nfor Newaygo and vicinity. Stock was taken amount-\\ning to $15,000. The following spring a trial line was\\nsurveyed, and the project was in a fair way to suc-\\nceed, when suddenly the celebrated Michigan Su-\\npreme Court decisiori was announced to the world,\\nand scores of railroad schemes instantly killed.\\nThis decision was, in brief, that railroads are private\\nproperty, subject only to police regulation by the\\nState, and that therefore no local aid could be given\\nby taxing the people.\\nThe railroad-seeking citizens of Newaygo then\\nturned their attention to the Grand Rapids, Ne-\\nwaygo Lake Shore Railroad, an enterprise pushed\\nby D. P. Clay, of Grand Rapids, who has had so\\nmany interests in Newaygo, and whose energy and\\npersistence finally built the road. By May, 187 1,\\n$125,000 were raised in Newaygo, Grand Rapids and\\nthe intervening country, and the following summer\\nmatters were pushed until there was no longer any\\ndouijl that the railroad was coming. July 27, ground\\nwas broken between Fourth and Fifth streets, west\\nside, in Grand Rapids, in presence of Mr. Clay and\\nother prominent gentlemen interested in the enter-\\nprise. In little over a year the road was completed\\nto Newaygo village, and tiie last spike was driven\\nand first passenger train run on Wednesday, Sept.\\nII, 1872, perhaps the briglitest day in the history of\\nNewaygo. The following is taken from the Newaygo\\nRepublican oi Sept. 18, 1872:\\nLast Tuesday, as the track-layers appeared in\\nsight, and it became a certainty that the track would\\nbe laid to the bridge by Wednesday noon, so that a\\npassenger train could be run into the village, our\\ncitizens were informed that a little informal excur-\\nsion party might be expected on the first train, per-\\nhaps 25 or 30 in number. Ouf people at once made\\nyjreparations for entertaining that number, and a\\ndinner at the Brooks House was a part of the pro-\\ngram. All Wednesday forenoon the workmen were\\nwatched closely. Excitement was at fever heat, and\\nmany vi ere the speculations indulged in by the spec-\\ntators as to whether the work would be completed by\\ntwo o clock, the hour appointed for the arrival of the\\ntrain. At last the last rail was in its place, and the\\nlast spike driven, and then nothing could be done\\nbut wait. Truth to tell, but very little interest was\\ntaken in the excursionists, who were supposed to be\\nmerely railroad dignitaries coming on business. The\\nmain interest centered in the arrival of the first train\\nthere were but a few visitors on board, and ample\\narrangements had been made at Courtright s for the\\nentertainment of them all.\\nThe long-looked-for locomotive was almost within\\nhearing, and minutes seemed hours as we waited the\\narrival of the iron horse that was bearing to us the\\nnews that we were in reach of the outside world.\\nThe wliistle is heard, and then such a handshaking\\nand congratulating among friends and neighbors one\\nmust live a life-time to see again and when the\\ntrain appeared, it seemed that every one was frantic\\nfor joy. Boys screamed, girls giggled, men cheered\\nand women looked on with hearts too full for utter-\\nance. It was the greatest day in the history of\\nNewaygo.\\nOnly a little excursion was expected, and there-\\nfore what was our surprise to see pouring from the\\ncars about 300 of the best citizens of Grand Rapids,\\naccompanied by the Valley City Brass Hand No\\npreparation had been made for entertaining that\\nnumber of guests in a manner befitting the occasion.\\nBut no time was to be lost so each citizen captured\\nas many as he could take care of, and marched them\\noff in triumph; the hotels were thrown open, and all\\nwas done that could be to entertain the guests who\\nhonored us with their presence.\\nAfter dinner, W. D. Fuller, T. B. Church, William\\nf^\\nV.^\\nf\\nC\\nA\\nII\\n:ii[lv A^\\nH", "height": "2831", "width": "2211", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph11chic_0539.jp2"}, "540": {"fulltext": "^DD\u00c2\u00bb;UUv\\nT^^\\nNEWAYGO COUNTY.\\nri^^\\nm^mi\\nI\\nit\\nV\\n-s\\nH. Wells and others made brief speeches, and our\\nguests departed for their homes in the beautiful\\nValley City.\\nIn the spring of 1875, steps were taken to extend\\nthe road northward from Newaygo, and by September\\nit was built to Morgan (now White Cloud), on the\\nline of the Muskegon Big Rapids road. This was\\ncelebrated by an excursion from Grand Rapids to\\nBig Rapids, Newaygo and Morgan. About 500\\ncitizens availed themselves of an invitation by\\nPresident Clay to make this trip. The train consisted\\nof two locomotives and baggage cars, mail cars and\\neleven coaches. The excursionists comprised repre-\\nsentative men of every class of business in the city of\\nGrand Rapids, who seemed for the time to forget that\\nsuch a thing as l)usiness existed, and were bound to\\ngive the day to enjoyment. The mayor and city\\nofficers were present, with nearly all the members of\\nthe Common Council.\\nThe party arrived at Newaygo just one hour and a\\nhalf after leaving the depot in the Valley City, and\\nwere received by a salute from a small cannon, and\\nstrains of music from the Newaygo band. A large\\nnumber of citizens of Newaygo, with the banti, ac-\\ncompanied the excursionists to Big Rapids, wliere\\nthey arrived about half past one. They were met at\\nthe depot by a large number of the citizens of that\\ncity, the Light Guard Band and Big Rapids Guard,\\nabout 65 strong. A salute was fired on the arrival of\\nthe train, which not only served as an expression of\\nwelcome from the citizens of this thriving city, but\\nbroke the glass in several of the car windows.\\nThe excursionists being too numerous to be accom-\\nmodated for dinner at any one hotel, divided into\\nseveral parties in pursuit of something to satisfy tlie\\ninner man, and most of them succeeded. The first\\nintimation the citizens of Big Rapids had of the\\nnumber of excursionists, was a telegram received at\\nII o clock, directing tlie hotels to prepare to accom-\\nmodate 600 persons for dinner. They worked hero-\\nically, and results proved their industry. Two-thirds\\nof the parly were enabled to take dinner at the\\nhotels, and the balance were entertained at eating\\nhouses.\\nThe Big Rapids fire department were out, and\\nbrew several streams of water from the Holly water-\\nworks.\\nThe train left Big Rapids on the return trip at four\\n^v^-\\no clock, and arrived at Grand Rapids at twenty\\nminutes to eight. The excursionists were accom-\\npanied this time by about too citizens of Big Rapids,\\nwho were invited to make the trip by President Clay.\\nThe Newaygo road has proved one of the most\\nprofitable lines in the State, the interest and\\ndividends being paid promptly every year. Since its\\nconsolidation with the Chicago West Michigan, it\\nhas been extended to Baldwin, the county seat of Lake\\nCounty. Its final terminus is to be Traverse City,\\nand it will soon be extended in that direction.\\nThe stations on the line, and distances from Grand\\nRapids, are as follows, from Ashland to West Troy,\\ninclusive, being in Newaygo County: West Grand\\nRapids, 1 D. M. Crossing, 3.5 G. R. I. Cross-\\ning, 5.7; Alpine, 8.4; English ville, 11.4; Sparta,\\n14.5 Kent City, 20.3; Casnovia, 22.3; Trent, 24.3;\\nBailey, 25.5; Ashland, 28; Grant, 30.8; Newaygo,\\n36.4; White Cloud, 47 Diamond Lock, 51.8; Park\\nCity, 54; Otia, 57.6; West Troy, 61.4; Pickerel\\nCreek, 67.6; Roby s Junction, 70.8; Baldwin, 74.1.\\nMUSKEGON S, BIG RAPIDS R.MLKOAD.\\nThis was the second road built through Newaygo\\nCounty, and was projected before the railroad from\\nGrand Rapids entered the southern part of the\\ncounty. Feb. 5, 1870, a meeting of representative\\ncitizens was held at the Mason House in Big Rapids,\\nat which resolutions were adopted favoring the build-\\ning of a railroad from Muskegon to Big Rapids, and\\na committee was appointed to confer with citizens of\\nMuskegon, Fremont Center and other intermediate\\npoints. This committee consisted of Gen. Stephen\\nBronson, Hon. C. C. Fuller, J. F. Brown, Col.\\nStewart Ives, Andrew Green, tleorge F. Stearns, T.\\nD. Stinson, J. O. Rose, D. M. Benjamin, Charles\\nShafer, E. Fisher and G. W. Crawford. Subsequent\\nmeetings were held at Big Rapids, Fremont Center\\nand Muskegon, and considerable money was\\npledged.\\nThe Muskegon Big Rapids Railroad Company\\nwas formally organized April 12, 1870, at Muskegon.\\nAt a subsequent meeting of the directors, officers\\nwere elected as follows: Alexander Rogers,\\nPresident George F. Stearns, Vice-President\\nStewart Ives, Secretary, and Cliauncey Davis, Treas-\\nurer. Early in May the actual survey of the road\\nwas commenced, and all seemed to be going well,\\nwhen unexpectedly came the Supreme Court decision\\nV^\\nA\\nSly\\ni\\nI\\nmy.m r^", "height": "2819", "width": "2254", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph11chic_0540.jp2"}, "541": {"fulltext": "NE^FAVGO COUNTY.\\nx\\n529\\nV\\nagainst the legality of local aid to railroads by taxa-\\ntion. As the projectors of the Muskegon Big\\nRapids road depended on townships along the line\\nvoting liberal aid, the enterprise seemed to be effect-\\nually strangled.\\nAfter a year or so, however, the company was\\nreorganized, with Hon. L. G. Mason as President,\\nand F. A. Nims as Secretary, and it was determined\\nto build the road with no aid except that of individ-\\nuals. In the summer of 1872, the President visited\\nNew York, and on returning announced that the\\nroad could be built and eiiuipped that year, under\\na certain arrangement. Tiiis arrangement was\\nnothing more nor less than a consolidation of the\\ncompany with the Ciiicago Michigan Lake Shore,\\nwhose road was then built and oi)erated as far north\\nas Pentvvater. This plan was cordially endorsed by\\ntl^ stockholders and directors, and tlie contract for\\nthe construction of the entire road, to be completed\\nand in running order by tlie first of January following,\\nwas let to a Mr. Thompson, a railroad contractor\\nwho had just been performing a piece of work for\\nthe Michigan Central, and who at once transferred\\nhis entire force of about 1,000 men, with all the\\ntools and equipments for railroad work, to this Mus-\\nkegon Big Rapids road, beginning simultaneously\\nat both ends of the line. With this large, efficient\\nand well organized corps, the work was pushed for-\\nward as rapidly as possible.\\nOwing to bad weather and other obstacles, the,\\ncompletion of the road was delayed till the summer\\nof 1873. In July of that year, regular trains two\\npassenger and one freight were put on the line.\\nThe completion of the road was celebrated l)y a large\\nexcursion from Big Rapids to Muskegon. The\\nstations on this road, and distances from Muskegon,\\nare as follows Muskegon B. R. Junction, 4 miles;\\nTwin Lakes, 10.4 miles; Holton, 16.4 miles;\\nFremont, 23.6 miles; AUeyton, 33.8 miles; White\\nCloud, 34.7 miles; Woodville, 44.2 miles; Lumber-\\nton, 46.2 miles Hungerford, 48.2 miles Big Rapids,\\n55.2 miles. The stations from Fremont to Hunger-\\nford, inclusive, are within Newaygo County.\\nCHICACJI) WF.ST MICHIGAN RAILROAD.\\nMichigan Railroad, and in January, 1881, this com-\\npany purchased the Grand Rapids, Newaygo Lake\\nShore. The tiuee roads arc now under one manage-\\nment, and are virtually one railroad. It is a well\\nconducted, thoroughly ecpiipped road, and has always\\ndealt fairly with the people of Newaygo County.\\n-i\u00e2\u0080\u0094i-^e\\nLUMBER INTEREST.\\nIn 1878, the Muskegon Big Rajiids line was\\nconsolidated with the Chicago Michigan Lake\\nShore, under the name of the Chicago West\\nV^^)^^0.^\\n.y:;^%^\\nS has been said on a previous page, Ne-\\nli waygo County is indel)ted to its former\\nvast pineries for its settlement and develop-\\nment. It is so situated on the border of a\\ngreat timber country, and yet at convenient\\ndistances from good markets and great distributing\\npoints, and even at this clay, after so many years\\nof persistent devastation, contains within its borders\\npine forests so valuable, that it is to be expected that\\nthe lumbering industry be of tiie greatest importance.\\nThe lumber from the State of Michigan is\\nknown all the world over for its excellent quality\\nand as to quantity, it is sufficient to be a source of\\nemployment and wealth for decades to come. Even\\nbefore the first settlement of Newaygo County, its\\nterritory had been crossed by many adventurous lum-\\nbermen. The Muskegon is the longest stream in the\\nState, and, with its tributaries, of which the principal\\nare Brooks, Pennoyer, Butterfield and Tamarack\\nCreeks, and Middle Branch, Hersey, Little Muske-\\ngon and Clam Rivers, taps an immense lumber-[)io-\\nducing country. Hence, this system of water ways\\nlias been utilized for transporting logs and lumber\\nfor now nearly 47 years.\\nIts magnificent pineries commenced disappearing\\nin 1837, and since 1855 a fierce onslaught has been\\nmade upon them. As high as 400,000,000 feet have\\nbeen put afloat on the Muskegon in a single season.\\nThe lumbermen leave no record of their work, and\\nno trace other than pine stumps of their visit hence\\nit is impossible to give any extended account of earlv\\noperations.\\nThe first lumber sold above Muskegon village was\\nin the year 1S42, by Rose and Hyde, the price being\\nfive dollars per thousaiul feel, aiu! the purchaser one\\n}i\\nr", "height": "2831", "width": "2211", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph11chic_0541.jp2"}, "542": {"fulltext": "\u00e2\u0080\u00a2cr-TS::\\nC^Il[l ^IiIl\\nf\\n.1\\n1 r\\nNEWAYGO COUNTY.\\nWilliam Lay, at that time a resident of Chicago.\\nThe first logs cut and put afloat were put into the\\nMuskegon River by Merrill I. Page and Lloyd\\nPlace at Mill Iron, in the winter of 1840-1. Mr.\\nMerrill yet resides at Bridgeton, in this county. The\\nfirst logs cut above Mill Iron were got out by John\\nA. Brooks, during the same winter, ten miles above\\nCroton. He drove them down to the flats, where\\nthe purchaser, a Mr. Newell, took them in charge\\nand drove them into the Muskegon Lake.\\nGlancing through the files of Muskegon, Newaygo\\nand Big Rapids papers, one sees on what a gigantic\\nscale the lumber and logging industry has been\\ncarried on of late years. Two or three items are\\nhere selected from the Big Rapids Pioneer, tlie first\\nbearing date of April 29, 1864\\nThe Big Drive is now passing our village, and\\nin a few days will be over the rapids, as the water is\\nat a good stage, and some thirty men, we believe, are\\nhelping the logs over the rough places. About 100,-\\n000,000 feet of logs have been put in the past winter\\non the Muskegon and its tributaries.\\nAgain, June 9, 1866: Commodore Pingree, of\\nMuskegon, widely known as the oldest navigator of\\nthe Muskegon River, has just made an entirely suc-\\ncessful experiment in getting the Big Drive over\\nthe rapids at this place. The logs were piled two or\\nthree deep for about two miles, and about half a mile\\non the flat the logs were on dry land, the water\\nhaving gone down and left them there. The getting\\nthem off seemed about an impossibility, but the Com-\\nmodore got them all afloat by filling the channel be-\\nj low with logs, and raising the water over three feet.\\n^;i^\\nthus producing slack water for nearly half a mile.\\nThe logs are now being floated off rapidly, and new\\njams are made farther down, as necessity requires.\\nHe says he w:ll run the logs to the mouth, unless\\nthe river dries up entirely; and from the manner he\\nis operating here, and the kind of men he has to help\\nhim, we have no doubt of his success.\\nAgain, April 30, 1868: Commodore Pingree\\nj-assed over the rapids liere on Sunday last with the\\nBig Drive, consisting of about 60,000,000 feet of\\nlogs. The drive is considerably ahead of time this\\nyear, and must reach its destination several weeks in\\nadvance of former years. And so every year whole\\nforests are floated down the Muskegon, yielding\\nwealth and employment to thousands.\\nThe best years for the business are over, at least\\nfor Newaygo County. It is only in the northern part\\nof the county that any extensive pine forests are\\nleft. The logging business this winter (18S3-4) will\\nbe comparatively small. But even when the logs are\\nall cut, the lumber industry will continue to be re-\\ngarded as a blessing, for it opens the way to a more\\npermanent prosperity, based on agricultural develop-\\nment. More wealth will be produced by grain and\\nfruit raising than has ever been acc|uired by logging\\nand lumbering.\\nAs early as 1853, the county had four saw-mills,\\nknown as the Croton mill. Brooks mill, Merrill mill\\nand Smith mill. The county records show that they\\nwere assessed for purposes of taxation as follows\\nCroton mill, $6,000; Brooks mill, $6,000; Merrill\\nmill, $4,500; Smith mill, |;6,ooo. In 1859, the num-\\nber of saw and grist mills assessed by the county\\nwere as follows\\nBackart s, $2,712 50\\nWeaver s, _ 843 75\\nNewaygo Co. 5,14,062 50\\nMerrill s, 2,712 50\\nHubbard s, 900 00\\nBigelow, 1,128 00\\nPorter s, 900 00\\nNow it would be almost impossible to give a list\\nof the busy mills which are fast cutting away the\\nforests. There are probably 100 saws now nt work\\nat Newaygo County.\\nMitchell s,\\n$2,250\\n00\\nUtley s,\\n1,01 2\\n50\\nFurman s,\\nI,t25\\n00\\nBrooks\\n2,625\\n00\\nGay s,\\n3-375\\n00\\nBrooks\\nI, 25\\n00\\nRice s\\n843\\n75\\nCraigher s\\n75\u00c2\u00b0\\n00\\n=4\u00e2\u0080\u0094\\nAGRICULTURAL.\\nI\\nt\\nK-\\n(7\\nm^mm^ ERTILITY of soil is the best measure\\nof the permanent wealth of any commu-\\np^^\u00e2\u0084\u00a2 nity or locality. Great as is the logging\\n^^j^ and lumbering industry in Newaygo County, it\\nis nevertheless true that the time will come\\nwhen the forests of Central Michigan will be\\nall cleared away, and the State can no longer furnish\\nlumber for a continent. It is therefore a matter of -i-\\nsatisfaction that the soil of this county is rich and Im/\\ncapable of a high and fruitful state of cultiva-\\ntion. A very great variety of crops can be raised J\\nhere profitably, fruits, grains and garden stuff; and\\nm \u00e2\u0080\u00a2\u00e2\u0080\u00a2i^^Cvi/^:", "height": "2819", "width": "2254", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph11chic_0542.jp2"}, "543": {"fulltext": "NEWAYGO COUNTY.\\niii^\\nI\\nA\\nV\\nI\\n30\\nthe agricultural resources can be partially imagined\\nwhen it is considered that in icS82 the 1,200 farms\\ncomprised only 30,000 acres under cultivation, wliich\\nis less than one-fifteenth of the total area.\\n(h\\nAGRICULTURAL SOCIKIY.\\nThe Newaygo County Agricultural, Horticultural\\nand Mechanical Society was organized June 26,\\n1873, for the purpose of holding annual fairs. The\\narticles of incorporation [irovided for a board of r5\\ndirectors, five elected annually. The first board was\\nas follows Sullivan Armstrong, of Ashland William\\nD. Fuller, of Brooks David W. Squier, of Bridgeton\\nWilliam Edmunds, of Sherman and Francis H.\\nHooker, of Barton, for one year; William S. (Jtley,\\nof Big Prairie John Steinbrenner, of Croton W. S.\\nHillman, of Ensley; Solomon Walker, of Dayton;\\nand Nathaniel D. Macomber, of Denver, for two\\nyears Nelson McDonald, of Sheridan Joseph Min-\\nnick, of Casnovia; M. D. Bull, of Denver; Henry D.\\nClark, of Greenwood and Nelson Higbee, of Croton,\\nfor three years. The first members and incorpo-\\nrators of the society were 26 in numljer, as follows:\\nThe first fair was held Oct. 8, 9 and 10, 1873, at\\nNewaygo, and was successful to an unexpected\\ndegree. The fair grounds were situated in the rear\\nof George King s store, on State Street. George\\nUtley was Marshal, and Thomas Turner, John\\nPowers, David Millard, L. A. Mallery, James H.\\nEdwards, A. O. White, Jerome Carpenter, James H.\\nMcKee, I. N. Robinson and Mrs. \\\\V. D. Fuller acted\\nas superintendents of the various divisions. The\\nafternoon of the second day, an instructive and care-\\nfully prepared address was delivered by Hon. James\\nBarton. A very liberal premium list was paid, some-\\nwhat exceeding the gate receipts and entry fees.\\nThe Board of Supervisors appropriated $500 to aid\\nin setting the society on a sound financial basis.\\nThe second annual fair was held Oct. 7, 8 and 9,\\n1874, and was an improvement on the first fair.\\nOver 500 entries were made this year. The attend-\\nance was good all three days. For the succeeding\\nyear. Nelson Higbee was chosen President; W. S.\\nHillman, Vice President; Sanford Brown, Secretary;\\nMarcus S. Angell, Treasurer; C. W. Stone, J. B.\\nJewell, S. Armstrong, Andrew Flynn and B. H. Cool-\\nbaugh, Directors; Nelson Higbee, Sanford Brown, M.\\nS. Angell, James Barton, David Millard, J. B. Jewell\\nand E. O. Shaw, E.xecutivc Committee.\\nThe third annual fair commenced Tuesday, Oct. 6,\\n1S75, and continued five days, the weather being\\nvery unfavorable on the opening day. Owing to\\nthis inclemency, the fair was not such a success as it\\nwould naturally have been. As it was, it was voted\\nthe best fair, in most respects, up to that time held\\nby the society. The races were unusually interest-\\ning. For the succeeding year, the following officers\\nwere chosen: Nelson Higbee, President; N. D.\\nMacomber, Vice President; S. K. Riblet, Secretary;\\nC. W. Stone, Treasurer; Nelson Higbee, N. D.\\nMacomber, S. K. Riblet, C. W. Stone, W. S. Hill-\\nman, Sanford Brown, M. S. Angell and George\\nFuller, Executive Committee; C. A. Sutliff, T.\\nEdwards, William Edmunds, W. S. Hillman and\\nFloyd Misner, Directors.\\nThe fair of 1876 began Sept. 20, and continued\\nfour days. The attendance was good, the weather\\nwas fair, and the fair was a financial success, but a\\nvery poor exhibition was made. The attractions\\nconsisted principally of races and cheap money-\\nmaking devices.\\nIn 1877, the fair was held Oct. 9, ro, ir and 12.\\nThis was not a very brilliant success, owing to very\\nunfavorable weather. Only 50 per cent, of the\\npremiums were paid. For the ensuing year David\\nCollins was chosen President; Sanford Brown, Secre-\\ntary T. Edwards, Treasurer; and E. O. Shaw,\\nSuperintendent. A vice-president was elected for\\neach township in the county. The principal feature\\nof this fifth fair was an address at Raider s Hall by\\nGov. John J. Bagley.\\nThe sixth annual fair was an improvement on the\\npreceding, though the attendance was very slim.\\nThe society paid expenses, and a portion of the in-\\ndebtedness of former years. D. P. Clay was chosen\\nPresident for the year; Edward Edwards, Secretary;\\nand Francis M. Pike, Treasurer; Vice Presidents\\nfrom all the townships.\\nThe seventh fair was held Sept. 17, 18 and 19,\\n1879, and was unfortunate in almost every respect.\\nThis can only be attributed to a general lack of\\ninterest. For the next year, D. E. Soper was chosen\\nPresident; Sanford Brown, Secretary; and Francis\\nM. Pike, Treasurer.\\nThe eighth fair was held Sept. 29 and 30, and Oct.\\nI and 2, t88o, and was moderately successful. The\\nattendance was very good, and the exhibition superior\\nv.*\\ni\\nc\\nA\\nn\\n-^Il!l :^Pt|i\\n4^^^^VMg", "height": "2831", "width": "2211", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph11chic_0543.jp2"}, "544": {"fulltext": "^/^l^\u00c2\u00ab^tl-\\nr^i^^ \u00c2\u00a9V D B D Ilf^r-\\n-r\\n-^^c^ ^ii\\nI\\nt\\n532\\nNEWAYGO COUNTY.\\nin some departments. The society s indebtedness\\ncontinued to be a harassing embarrassment. During\\nthe next year, Mr. Wood, of New York, who held the\\ntitle to the fair grounds, threatened to make some\\ntrouble for the society, which was settled by John H.\\nSimmons, of Newaygo, advancing the necessary\\nfunds. Unusual efforts were made, and as a result\\nThe ninth annual fair was one of the best ever\\nheld in Newaygo County. It was held Sept. 27, 2.S,\\n29 and 30, 1881. The number of entries was un-\\nusually large, and the exhibition of stock and farm\\nproducts was really excellent. The attendance was\\nlarge, especially on the third day, and but one thing\\nprevented a complete success, and that was stormy\\nweather on the last day. This prevented a proposed\\nballoon ascension. One of the interesting features\\nof this fair was a base-ball contest, between the\\nNewaygo, Casnovia and Sparta clubs. The Newaygo\\nclub carried off the honors. This was the last fair\\nheld in the county, and the Newaygo County Agricul-\\ntural, Horticultural and Mechanical Society is now\\nregarded as dead. It is to be sincerely hoped that a\\nnew society will be organized wliich sliall be perma-\\nnently prosperous.\\n,^aAat\\n,n V ip ^P V ^4- Y Y V -i- ^-K -K 4- V V Y V Y ^-f \u00e2\u0080\u00a2f- V ^4- \u00e2\u0080\u00a2f ^Y V+ r^\\nn\\n5\u00c2\u00bbJ.\\nPIOI]EE^ g06IETY\u00e2\u0082\u00aci.Eii\\np^^\\n\u00e2\u0080\u00a2sSl-\\nERE as elsewhere, the mem-\\noiics of tlie past recall to\\nthe minds of the pioneers\\nthose who were asso( iated\\nwith them in tlie work of\\nbuilding up waste places.\\nand where there has been\\na co-partnership of suffering and en-\\ndurance, the feelings of kinship and\\nfellowship spring up, and there is a\\ndrawing together. This feeling has\\nresulted in the formation of the\\nvarious State, county and township\\npioneer societies now in existence.\\nA meeting was held at the Ex-\\nchange Hotel in Newaygo, April 21,\\n1874, and arrangements made for a general reunion\\nof early settlers of Newaygo County. Of this meet-\\ning, Hon. S. Armstrong was chosen C liairnian, and\\nE. O. Shaw, Secretary. The reunion was apfwinted\\nto be held at the Exchange Hotel, May 27, at two\\no clock. Tlie following gentlemen were appointed a\\ncommittee of arrangements T. D. Stimson, J. H.\\nStandish, Herman Joachim, I. D. Merrill, William\\nBradley, Dr. John Tatman, William Rice, George\\nBackart, Aaron Swain, N. D. Macomber, J. B. Jewell,\\nW. L. Stuart, Benjamin Ensley, Samuel Rose, R.\\nGilbert, John A. Brooks, Joseph P. Henderson and C.\\nJ. Bigelow. Hon. James Barton, Col. J. H. Standish\\nand Major A. B. Watson were invited to prepare\\nsketches of the early history of Newaygo County, to\\nbe read at the reunion. Capt. A. Paddock, Sanford\\nBrown and John H. Simmons were appointed a com-\\nmittee to prepare a program of exercises. E. L.\\nGray, George Utley and Wellington Persons were ap-\\npointed to prepare a constitution and by-laws.\\nt\\nJ\\nA\\nS^\\nCI\\n;;.|^VD)\u00c2\u00ab^^\\n^^m^ iifl:^iiii^:\\nr\\nI", "height": "2819", "width": "2254", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph11chic_0544.jp2"}, "545": {"fulltext": "^n\\nc-^ i/i,\\n^pa^tlIl^\\n^^TT\u00e2\u0096\u00a0\\n:s%ir-.sr\\nNEWAYGO COUNTY.\\n533\\nV\\nV\\nvf)\\nFIRST ANNUA!, REUNION.\\nBefore noon on ilio appointed 27th of May, the old\\nsettlers of the county began to come in to attend the\\nreunion, and by the time the train arrived from the\\nsouth, at one o clock, there were probably 50 pioneers\\nin Newaygo. The train brought in a number from\\nCasnovia. At three o clock the company sat down to\\na banquet at the Exchange Hotel, where for nearly\\nan hour the viands were discussed with evident rel-\\nish The party then adjourned to Masonic Hall, for\\nthe business meeting. After listening to a beautiful\\nrendering of Auld Lang Syne, by an orchestra. Dr.\\nTatman, of Muskegon, was chosen temjxjrary Chair-\\nman, and E. O. Rose, Secretary. The name of the\\nsociety was then agreed upon, to be the Pioneer\\nSociety of the Muskegon Valley. Judge Barton was\\nthen called upon for reminiscences. The following is\\na condensation of his opening remarks\\nThe first time I heard of Newaygo County was in\\n1849. The description was so captivating that I con-\\ncluded to come and see it. I landed at Croton the\\nonly building there was a saw-mill. There were a\\nfew settlers on Stearns Prairie. The only one left, I\\nthink, is William Rice, of Croton. There were one\\nor two settlers on Marengo Prairie. Passing to Big\\nPrairie, where I located and now reside, I found\\nEphraim H. Utley and a Mr. Olney. In Newaygo all\\nwas nature. There wasone mill, owned and operated\\nby John A. Brooks. There was a bridge here, none\\nat Croton. In iS5i,the Legislature passed an act\\nenabling the county to organize. We organized the\\ncounty and divided it into two townships, calling the\\neastern township Newaygo and the western one\\nBrooks, e held the first election in the fall of\\n1851. I. D. Merrill, of Bridgeton, was chosen\\nSupervisor of Brooks, and I was elected to that office\\nfor Newaygo. We soon organized two more towns,\\nnaming them Big Prairie and Bridgeton. The num-\\nber has since been increased to 16. The Judge re-\\nlated a number of humorous transactions of that\\nperiod, and gave way to Major Watson, who told of\\nhis first trip from Grand Rapids to Newaygo.\\nI He and H. J. Orton came here together. He\\nwent to Grand Haven and purchased the Pennoyer\\nproperty. He said that the Surveyor General ap-\\npointed to survey the Territory of Michigan, reix)rted\\nto the Department at Washington that Michigan\\nwas a vast swamp, and that there was not enough\\ngood land within her borders to pay the surveyor s\\nbill. Now Michigan is recognized as one of the\\nwealthiest States, in her own resources in lumber,\\nsalt, mines and agriculture that there is in the\\nUnion, and Newaygo is one of the best counties in\\nthe State.\\nHon. E. L. Gray was tlien introduced. After\\nalluding to the primitive state of things when he\\ncame here, and the improvements since, he gave some\\namusing accounts of the early lawsuits in which\\nJudge Barton, Col. Standish and himself had been\\nengaged.\\nMr. .Swain said that he first came here in the tall\\nof 1849. He built a house and went after his fam-\\nily, returning in the February following. He stopped\\nfirst at Croton, and there learned that he had to come\\nto Newaygo to cross the river in order to reac h Big\\nPrairie.\\nMr. Armstrong said his father settled in Oakland\\nCounty in 1826. He lived with him until 1841,\\nwhen he located in theGrand River Valley, where he\\nlived till 1852. In this latter year he located in the\\ntown of Ashland, where he still resides. He related\\na very amusing incident connected with his first ex-\\nperience as a Justice of the Peace.\\nDr. Tatman told a number of stories, none of\\nwhich failed to bring down the house. His ac-\\ncount of how it was decided what m.ide an actual\\nsettler was especially rich.\\nHon. Augustine H. Giddings then made a char-\\nacteristically interesting speech. He commenced by\\nsaying that although his name was not upon the list\\nof speakers for the occasion, and, although he was\\nnot one of the primitive settlers of this valley, yet he\\nfelt that he could claim kindred here and find that\\nclaim allowed. He came to Newaygo in 1857.\\nSince that time it had been his business, and a part\\nof his proressional and official duty, to study man\\nand he was convinced that no county could boast of\\nmore real manhood, more stalwart character, more\\nindependence and self-reliance than the pioneers of\\nthe Muskegon Valley. True, many of them perhaps\\nlacked that refinement which comes of more kindly\\nsurroundings than they enjoyed in early life, but what\\nwas lacking in mere polish was more than made up\\nin rugged strength and genuine stamina.\\nThis occasion reminded the speaker of an old-\\nfashioned New England Thanksgiving upon a large\\nV\\nJ\\nr\\nT^^u:^my\\n~^^^J~", "height": "2831", "width": "2211", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph11chic_0545.jp2"}, "546": {"fulltext": "534\\nNEWAYGO COUNTY.\\nT^\\nrzi^.\\n-4^^C(fV^,^\\nscale. It has been said by an intelligent foreigner\\nthat when the Yankees come together for a good\\ntime, they always talk about themselves. \\\\J\\\\)on an\\noccasion like this, any other talk than about ourselves,\\ni\\nour history, our past surroundings and interests, and\\nhopes, should be deemed out of order and tabooed.\\nIt would be the merest affectation for us to deny that\\nwe have much to be proud of in the history of the\\nearly settlement and subsequent progress and devel-\\nopment of this region. He was a native of the old\\nBay State, and he felt proud of the fact, proud of\\nher Colonial as well as her Revolutionary history and\\nof all her history proud of her educational facilities,\\nof her devotion to truth and duty at all times and\\nunder all circumstances, of her sterling manhood\\nand her true womanhood. Her hills and her valleys,\\nher rocks and her forests, her rivers, her little bab-\\nbling brooks and her mountain cataracts, are all very\\ndear to him. But, proud as he always has been and\\nalways will be of his native State, he was prouder\\nstill of his adopted State. Michigan to-day almost\\necpials Massachusetts in population, in natural wealth\\nand resources; she far excels her in pluck, energy\\nand enterprise in bold, manly independence of\\nthought and action. In general intelligence her peo-\\nple may justly rank as the peers of the best and the\\nstrongest of any land. Her educational system is a\\nmodel for older States and to the grand success of\\nMichigan, the primitive settlers and their sons of this\\nvalley have contributed their full share. What\\nconstitutes a State. You will find a better, a truer\\nand more vigorous answer in the record and lives\\nand characteristics of the early citizens of this valley\\nthan was ever penned by the gifted bard who pro-\\npounded this conundrum.\\nAnd can we on this joyous occasion forget those\\ndays of doubt and danger, of terror, tribulation and\\ntears, when a dark cloud hung like a funeral pall\\nover all the land, from the spray in the bay where\\nthe Mayflower lay, to the golden gate of the Pacific\\nslope, where treacherous hands nerved with the\\nfiercest passions of hate and of hell clutched at the\\nNation s throat When the tocsin sounded through\\nall these valleys and forests, when that crisis came,\\nbut one blast of the bugle was needed to call to the\\nfront our bravest and noblest and history and statist-\\nI ics prove that in proportion to our population we\\nN\u00c2\u00bb furnished a greater number of heroes than any othe\\n/N\\nV\\n/5S\\n4\\nc\\nportion of the State. Indeed, no locality in all the\\nland furnished a greater proportion. With what\\ndevotion and holy patriotism the gray-haired fathers\\nand mothers of this our valley dedicated their sons,\\ndear to them as the very apple of the eye, to the\\nservice of their country and their God\\nWell do I remember, on one occasion in the\\ngloomiest period of the war, meeting an old mother\\nin our Israel, a lady of culture and refinement, and\\nwithal of much native vigor of judgment and intel-\\nlect, who had given to the cause not only her first-\\nborn, but all her sons four lion-hearted boys. She\\nhad been expostulated with by a neighbor (whose\\nsons, like myself, belonged to the home guard), for\\nencouraging the enlistment of all her boys. The\\nargument used was that three of the boys were\\nsickly, and hence unfit for a soldier s life. That\\nSpartan matron replied I believe no woman on\\nearth thinks more of her children than I do of mine,\\nbut, thank God, I am not the mother of a race of in-\\nvalids. I only wish I could do more for the cause.\\nGod bless her dear old patriotic heart I wish she\\nwere here to-day, and she was but the type of a\\nlarge class of Nature s noble women, the true aristoc-\\nracy of the land.\\nThe speaker then alluded to some of the humorous\\nincidents of the home guard, of which the Hon.\\nWilliam I. Cornwell was Captain, and the speaker\\noccupied the responsible position of Fifth Sergeant.\\nThe Indian campaign, who will forget it? The\\nnames of the heroes of that hour may never have\\ngone very far abroad upon the wings of fame; indeed,\\nthere may be some benighted regions of the old\\nworld, where the valorous deeds of those classic, ab- V\\nstemious and romantic martyrs have not been even\\nheard of; but those deeds will live in the historj and\\nsongs of Newaygo as long as the memory of Captain\\nCornwell and Uncle Jarvis melon patch shall en-\\ndure. Indeed, that leaf of Newaygo history will ever\\nlook green to posterity, at least until the mold shall\\nhave gathered \\\\\\\\\\\\x x\\\\ its memories as thick as was the\\nrust upon those flint-lock muskets which the valiant\\ncaptain procured from the Adjutant General for the\\ndefense of the town.\\nThe speaker then alluded to that peculiar institu-\\ntion of Newaygo, the caucus. He stated that politics\\nwas not, and never could be W forte but if by any\\npossibility the day should ever come when he should\\nr.\\nr\\n|p^V\u00c2\u00ab))f^f%.\\nD(1:^:di]v\\n^m.", "height": "2819", "width": "2254", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph11chic_0546.jp2"}, "547": {"fulltext": "r^^ ^V :Ilti: IlDv -r\\nsi^^\\n^0.\\nr^\u00e2\u0084\u00a2:\\nt\\n;^5\\nY\\nI\\nN EWAYGO COUNTY.\\n535\\nso far forget his dignity as to embark in ixjlitics, he\\nwould take lessons as to the proper mode of success-\\nfully carrying a caucus from the two political Gama-\\n/tWs,Co\\\\. Standish and Dr. Tatman; and in county\\npolitics his text-book would be that valuable treatise\\non jx)litical economy entitled, What I Know About\\nRunning a County Convention, by Hon. James Bar-\\nton.\\nIn a more serious vein, the speaker then referred\\nto the lesson of the hour, and hoped that this frater-\\nnal meeting, this comparison of notes, this relating\\nof experiences, would be productive not merely of\\nthe fleeting pleasure of a day, but that it would be\\ndeemed a landmark in our individual history, a good\\ntime to remove stumbling blocks in tlie way of hon-\\norable success, and from the teachings of the past to\\ngather wisdom and strength for the future. Life is\\nreal, life is earnest, and let us re-enter upon its du-\\nties with a higher purpose and a sterner resolution.\\nWisely improving the present, let us go forth to meet\\nthe shadowy future without fear and with manly\\nhearts.\\nBrief remarks were then made by Messrs. John\\nPowers, John F. Wood, J. B. Jewell, Andrew Oleson,\\nand T. Turner, and Dr. Tatman told another stor)-.\\nThe constitution was then discussed and adopted.\\nThe first paragraph was as follows\\nThe pioneers of the Muskegon alley, assembled\\nat the village of Newaygo May 27, 1874, hereby agree\\nto organize a society to be called the Pioneer Society\\nof the Muskegon Valley, the object of which is to\\ngather and preserve the facts and incidents of the\\nearly history of the Muskegon Valley, and sketches and\\nanecdotes of its early settlers, and to collect and pre-\\nserve all that may be of interest to those now living\\nor hereafter may live in the counties through which\\nthe Muskegon River flows.\\nThe officers of the society were decided to be a\\nPresident, four Vice-Presidents, a Secretary and a\\nTreasurer. The admission fee was fixed at fifty\\ncents.\\nThe officers elected for the ensuing year were as\\nfollows: Hon Sullivan Armstrong, Pre.sident Jas.\\nBarton, A. B. Watson, A. Swain and A. Oleson, Vice\\nPresidents and S. K. Riblet, Secretary.\\nSECOND ANNUAL REUNION.\\nThe second reunion was held June 16, 1875, at\\nRaider s Hall, in Newaygo, and was attended by\\nabout 150 pioneers. After prayer by Rev. M. S. An-\\n4:^ -K-^D!l\\n^1^^\\ngell, and music by the Newaygo Silver Cornet Band,\\nthe meeting was first addressed by Hon. E. L. Gray,\\nwelcoming the visitors. He spoke briefly of the\\ndeath of Aaron Swain, and narrated some of the in-\\ncidents of his life, saying that Mr. Swain had exjilored\\nalmost every pine township between here and Hough-\\nton Lake for many miles back from the river. He\\nalso alluded to the growth of this and other river\\ncounties. After speaking briefly on the objects of\\nsuch societies as this, Mr. Gray closed by calling\\nfor Hon. Wni. I. Cornwell, of New York. This name\\nwas received with loud applause, and Mr. Cornwel!\\ncame to the front. He described his first journey\\nfrom Grand Rapids to Newaygo, and alluded to the\\ngrowth of the village, saying that some of his antici-\\npations had been realized. His speech was brief\\nand to the point, and was loudly applauded.\\nDr. J. C. Tatman was called out next, and com-\\nmenced by saying that he was no speech-maker, but\\nif the audience desired he would tell a story. He\\nthen related in a very amusing manner the history of\\nthe first election held in the township of Brooks, a\\nwolf story, and a story about a buck-board he ])ur-\\nchased from Col. Standish at an early day.\\nMajor A. B. Watson was then called out, and said\\nthat as Dr. Tatman had told a buck-board story, he\\nwould tell a horse story. His story was a recital of\\nthe way in which he was swindled when he first came\\non the river, and it brought down the house. John\\nPowers related an Irish anecdote, which was received\\nwith shouts of laughter. Hon. E. L. Gray then re-\\nlated a number of amusing incidents ir. the early his-\\ntory of the village and county.\\nFor the ensuing year. Dr. John Tatman was chosen\\nPresident; James Barton, N. D. Macomber, D. Blod-\\ngett and E. L. Gray, Vice Presidents W. Irving\\nLatimer, Secretary and Sol. K. Riblet, Treasurer.\\nBefore adjournment, the following characteristic let-\\nter from J. H. Maze, the [lioneer editor of the Ne-\\nwaygo Republican, was read to the assemblage\\nGkani) Rapids, June 15, 1S75.\\nHon. Sullivan Armstrong, President of Pioneer\\nSociety of the Muskegon \\\\^illey\\nDear Sir: Nothing would aflord me greater\\npleasure than to be present at your reunion, but a\\nthreatening return of a severe attack of a disease of\\nthe kidneys, with which I have been afflicted for\\nyears, forewarns me that I must keep still for a few\\ndays.\\nI had prepared a brief biography of the late Indian\\nt\\nV\\nKy\\nr\\nA\\nm", "height": "2831", "width": "2211", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph11chic_0547.jp2"}, "548": {"fulltext": "f\\nw^\\n-^^i^ ^^^^^DD\u00c2\u00bb:iltl^: -r\\n^i^^iOf\\n-^^^im^\\nm\\n536\\nNEWAYGO COUNTY.\\n4\\nwar, which pervaded the Muskegon Valley while I\\nr\\\\-\\\\ was a resident of the Newaygo, which it was my in-\\ntention to read l)efore the society and I regret that\\ncircumstances have denied me that honor. There\\nwere none who took greater pride in the achieve-\\nments of our local heroes in the Southern Rebellion\\nthan I. But my special pride was in iht valor of\\nour home guards in repulsing the invasion of the\\nruthless savage who sought the scalps of our wives\\nand children, and to reduce our homes to ashes. It\\nwill be remeniiiered with what power the wrath of the\\nAlmighty was invoked upon the head of Old Dan\\nWeaver, who was accused of being the inciter of\\nthis cruel war, by the citizens of both sexes who as-\\nk sembled nightly at Fort Brooks under the command\\nof Capt. ^Vm. I. C;!ornweli, and the invocation of Di-\\nvine protection of the brave men who took their lives\\nin their hands and went on top of the hills and l)uilt\\nlittle bonfires of dry sticks!\\nTo that protection may be ascribed the safety of\\nour town. Let the efficacy of prayer be doubted\\nnevermore! The bravery of the picket guard was\\nbeautiful to contemplate. One of the privateers was\\nmoved to offer two dollars and a half to any man\\nf who would show him the track of an Injun less\\nthan three months old. He found a taker. One\\nRobert Jarvis informed tlie military authorities of the\\ncompany of an opportunity to behold recent signs.\\nThe Captain and a squad of soldiers followed the\\nlead of the venerable pilot. The appearance of\\nUncle Robert s melon patch iiresented unmistakable\\nsigns of recent invasion. I he comma niler looked\\nsuspicious the troops were silent. Without a word\\nthe dragoons sought their [wsts of duty by seques-\\ntered routes, and again betook themselves to the\\ntask of scenting the smoky army of Indians from\\nafar. But I have not space to dwell longer on this\\ntheme.\\nSuffice it to say, peace was declared, and the war\\nclosed with no greater calamity than a liig scare, in\\nwhich the Indians themselves were the greatest suf-\\nferers. Let me hope that your reunion may be at-\\ntended with all the pleasures incident to such assem-\\nblages, and that on subsequent occasions I may be\\nable to participate with you in recounting the varied\\nincidents which mark the past history of the settle-\\nment of the Muskegon Valley.\\nYours most respectfully,\\nJ. H. Maze.\\nThe next meeting of the jjioneers was held at\\nFremont, June 28, 1S77. At two o clock tlie pro-\\nceedings were opened by Dr. Tatman, who stated the\\nobject of the meeting, and made a speech replete\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0ty with information and anecdote. His relation of the\\nexperience of Dr. Giddings and the qualifications\\nol an old settler were indescribably ludicrous, and\\nbrought down the house.\\ny\\\\\\nV\\nD. L. Weaver, of Hesperia, was next introduced,\\nand told in an able manner the story of his early\\nstruggles and triumphs in Michigan and more espe-\\ncially in Newaygo County. He came when there\\nwere none to make him welcome, when the wolf s\\nlong howl at dead of night smote u\\\\x)n the startled\\near of the old settler, and the bear and wild-cat\\nroamed the woods with no one to make afraid. Being\\na carpenter he built several of the first houses and\\nbarns, and also the first mill, and lived at Fremont\\nseveral years under his own vine and fig tree.\\nWishing to go still farther into the trackless forest)\\nhe removed to the place where Hesperia is now lo-\\ncated, and became, as he had long desired to be, a\\nfounder of a town. Few have done as much to de-\\nvelop this county.\\nHon. Sullivan Armstrong made a short speech,\\ngiving a history of his part in the early settlement of\\nthe townsliip of Ashland. Mr. Armstrong has been\\none of the most prominent citizens of the county,\\nhas had sever.al county offices, and served a number\\nof years in the Legislature.\\nS. Tibbits was called for, and made a speech with\\nseveral anecdotes. He helped make the first road in\\nthe county, north of Newaygo, and has been wide\\nawake ever since. Messrs. T. L. Waters and R. W\\nSkeels told their experience. Mr. Waters had never\\nkilled a bear, but he had seen much service as a sur-\\nveyor and estimator of pine.\\nPerhaps the most attractive feature of the meeting\\nwas the spirited address of Miss Anna Shaw, of Big\\nRapids. She spoke of herself as one of the first set-\\ntlers of Mecosta County, and gave a graphic account\\nof their journey to the land of promise and of their\\nsubseqent experience. She well remtmliered their\\nprimitive dances, and the time when to wear a fine\\nboot was considered aristocratic. Her tribute to the\\nenergy and nerve of the early settlers of Mecosta\\nCounty was truly elocpient. Mrs. Crandall, of Big\\nRapids, followed iier in a few well chosen words.\\nFor the ensuing year, a meeting was appointed at\\nBlanche Lake, on the Grand Rapids Newaygo\\nrailroad. A business meeting ensued. President Ut-\\nley, just elected, taking the chair.\\nFOURTH REUNION.\\nThe executive committee decided that Newaygo\\nwas a better place than Blanche Lake for a gathering\\nof old settlers, and the meeting for 1878 was accord-\\ni\\niiii^-\\nT\\n~V\\ntJ-A^K.", "height": "2819", "width": "2254", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph11chic_0548.jp2"}, "549": {"fulltext": "8-^-\\nifl-\\n^;:x\\n^t]ii^nii^\\nNEWAYGO COUNTY.\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a07^^^\\n7\\ni\\nV\\nr^\\ningly held May 30, in that village. The pioneers\\nassembled to the ininiber of 150, including 72 from\\nBig Rapids, and went through the usual program of\\nhand-shaking, speech-making, etc. V. I). Stinison\\nwas chosen President, E. O. Rose Secretar}-, and\\nFoster Stearns Treasurer, and it was decided to iiold\\nthe next meeting at Big Rapids. This\\nFIFTH RF.UNION\\nwas duly held in that city June 18, 1879. Over 200\\nmembers were in attendance. The association was\\ncalled to order at noon by Mr. T. 1). Stimson, and\\nJudge Brown delivered a welcoming address. About\\n60 new names were added to the register. At two\\no clock an old-style dinner was served at the Mason\\nHouse, to which all did ample justice. One table\\nwas set with dishes belonging to Mrs. White that\\nwere the property of Mrs. White s great-great-grand-\\nmother. A mustard spoon and cup were two hun-\\ndred years old. After dinner the meeting was ad-\\ndressed by Dr. Tatman, \\\\V. S. Utley, J. V. Crandell\\nand Hannibal Hyde. A general good time was ha d,\\nand the old friends and neighbors of years ago had a\\nreal old-fashioned visit.\\nThis is the last reunion the society has held. It\\ncannot be long before the old settlers of the county\\nwill realize the importance of forming a permanent\\nsociety, to collect and preserve the local history which\\nthey have spent their lives in making.\\nREMINISCENCES\u00e2\u0080\u0094 by T. L. Waters.\\nWE EMIC.KATE.\\nN April 15, 1855, tlie entire families of Dan-\\niel Weaver and Wilkes and Thomas .Stuart\\nvj^)^ started from Cambria, Hillsdale County, for\\n(j|c^ the north woods. We came forehanded,\\nhaving four horse teams, two yoke of cattle,\\nand six or eight cows, all handy things to have\\nin a new country, and a pretty good caravan they\\nmade. Besides these, there were some three or four\\nthousand dollars in specie among the compan) It\\nwas a long, rainy, nasty, tiresome journey to all ex-\\ncept two of the party. In one of those covered\\nwagons rode a young couple, who, although the\\nothers complained of the rough and muddy roads\\nand incessant rain, failed to see the rougli and muddy\\npart of the journey, and scarcely knew it rained.\\nTo them it was the pleasantest journey of their lives.\\nSuch is mortal\\nSixday^ were consumed in reaching Lisbon, where\\nwe lightened our loads and drove on to Newaygo.\\nThe road then, instead of running where it now does,\\nmade vast circuits around the swamps, returning in\\nsome instances nearly back to where we had started\\nfrom the line. One half day s drive brought us to\\nFulkerson s, now known as Casnovia, where we\\nstopped for the night. There was then but one log\\nhouse and a barn, where now a thriving country\\nvillage stands. From here to Newaygo, for fifteen\\nmiles, stretched an unbroken forest, mostly pine.\\nThirty years has swept that vast forest nearly all\\naway, and neat, thrifty farms dot the road where we\\nthen wallowed through the mire, and wound our way\\namong the lofty pines, while a commodious railroad\\ncar with its soft cushions has taken the place of those\\ncovered wagons, and carries the traveler in thirty\\nminutes over what it took us a whole day to drive,\\nfrom Casnovia to Newaygo.\\nAt the latter place we stopped over night with the\\ngenial landlord of the Butler House. The village\\nthen had but one hotel, three stores and the flourin\\nmill. Newaygo was then noted for exporting lumber\\nand importing whisky and tobacco. The lumber was\\nrafted down the river, while the stage came in twice\\na week loaded with the important, which scarcely\\nlasted till its return. It is quite another village now;\\nother men have come in, and Queen Temperance\\nhas driven King Alcohol into close quarters. Its\\nonce miry streets are now graded and graveled, and\\ngood substantial sidewalks are now where we jumped\\nfrom log to log, or walked a single plank. No one\\nwould now suspect that Main Street was once a vast\\nspring-hole but such was the case.\\nOn the morning of the 25th of April, we crossed\\nthe river by the upper bridge, then the only one,\\ndrove up the Croton road about a mile, and turned\\nwestward into the forest. After an hour s drive we\\ncame back in sight of Newaygo, on the north bank\\nof the river, and then struck ofif northwest on what\\nis now called the Fremont trail, running near Kini-\\nbell s Lake.\\nOn reaching an alder swamp three-fourths of a\\nv^\\ni\\nI\\nr", "height": "2831", "width": "2211", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph11chic_0549.jp2"}, "550": {"fulltext": "r :Oli: ^IiII^\\nV\\n0\\nV\\ns\\n.4\\nT\\nIVEIVAYGO COUNTY.\\n\u00e2\u0080\u00a2^a^is^^^r\\nSi^\\nmile east of what is now known as the Root school-\\nhouse, Mr. Weaver, who was ahead, mired his\\nteam so that only the heads and tails were visible.\\nLuckily there was a house-raising at Harrington s\\nthat day (the second house raised in Fremont), and\\nSam Shupe was there with Tom Stuart s stags, draw-\\ning house logs. He was sent for and came as soon\\nas possible; and, doubling a couple of log chains, he\\ndrew the wagon out. We had already drawn out the\\nhorses with one of our other teams. The load in the\\nwagons being mostly human, unloaded itself over\\nthe hind end-board, and did not load up again, pre-\\nferring /i //a firma.\\nWe now cut a road around the swamp, while two\\nof the boys, Frank Stuart and Leland Weaver, went\\nahead to carry the news that we were coming. Mrs.\\nWeaver and Mrs. Stuart also walked ahead of the\\nteams the rest of the way, three and a half miles.\\nAt last we reached Forest Home. There were\\nabout five acres chopped around the old house\\non the north side of the road, and extending west\\nnearly to where the grange store has since been\\nbuilt. Where the village now stands there was a hem-\\nlock swamp, ;ind south an unbroken forest stretch-\\ning away to the Muskegon River; 27 miles west to\\nLake Michigan, and north 80 miles to Grand Traverse\\nBay. Nothing but bears, wolves, deer, lynx and\\nwild-cats inhabited the vast region.\\nTHE HUNT F.AMII.V.\\nIn the month of March, 1855, M. B. Hunt, of\\nColdwater, Mich., and a man by the name of Laker\\ncame up into this new country looking for land but\\nHunt not exactly liking the looks of Laker, carried\\nto him the idea that he was going to pre-empt. Wlien\\nthey arrived at Ionia, Hunt counted out the gold for\\nhis land, which was situated northwest of Gibson s\\nmill at Lake Station. Laker took exceptions to this,\\nand would neither buy nor pre-empt. Hunt always\\nthought Laker had some intention which he knew\\nbest, and kept to himself.\\nHunt was only 20 years of age, and his wife\\nsweet sixteen. On the first day of April they\\nstarted with a yoke of steers and a i:overed wagon\\nfrom Coldwater, for Fremont. It took them 1 1 days\\nto reach Chubb s tavern, now Lisbon. Here he hired\\na man and team to bring in 600 pounds, for which\\nhe paid him $16. On arriving at Newaygo, the man\\nchanged for a sleigh, but Hunt went tlirough with\\nI\\nC\\nhis wagon. His was the first wagon ever driven\\nover the road from Newaygo to Fremont. In this,\\nthe first wagon trip, the wagon was unloaded, set up-\\nright, and re -loaded several times, and besides, the\\nox-yoke was broken. Quite a contrast to the present,\\nwhen in an easy carriage we now ride rapidly over a\\ngood road in a little over an hour.\\nStopping at Harrington s shanty, he left his team\\nand things until he could bridge the creek near\\nwhere the mill now stands, and cut out a road along\\nthe lake shore from the old log house to his land,\\nthree miles distant. This was the first extension of\\nthe road west from the old house. In three days\\nhe liad cut out a road and bridged the creek, when,\\nmaking a cart of the hind wheels of his wagon, he\\nloaded on a few things and moved on to his land.\\nMrs. Hunt accompanied the expedition, the first\\nof its kind to pass along the bank of Fremont Lake.\\nIt took four days to move from Elm Corners to Lake\\nStation, a distance of four miles. They arrived on\\none corner of their land just as the sun was setting,\\nannouncing their first night in the woods. About 10 .^i\\nrods from where they stopped lay the partly de-\\nvoured carcass of a deer, which had been killed and i^\u00c2\u00ab\\npartly eaten the night before by the wolves. ^3\\nOur couple were young and green, and knew noth-\\ning of woods life, but Miles was courageous and\\nnaturally endowed with quick perception and in-\\ngenuity; so, setting some crotches, and putting a\\npole across from one to the other, he backed the\\ncart under, spread the wagon cover over and made\\nup their bed in the cart box. He next built a large\\nfire and made preparations for supper. One milk-\\npan and a pancake griddle constituted their entire\\noutfit of cooking utensils; but where there s a will\\nthere s a way; and so, taking the milk-pan, Miles\\nwent some forty rods to Fremont Lake for water.\\nDarkness having set in, considerable difficulty was\\nexperienced in carrying water in that manner; but\\nthe camp was finally reached all right, the batter\\nstirred up, pancakes baked, and supper eaten in\\nprimitive style, with as good relish as the best meal\\never spread on the tables of the Astor House. The\\noxen were next fastened to trees near the fire, where\\nthey could be protected, the rillc cleaned and loaded,\\nand our boy and girl went to bed. Nothing disturbed\\ntheir slumbers save now and then tiie snarling and\\ngrowling of the wolves over the balance of the deer s\\ncarcass but they did not come here to be scared by\\n\\\\^.^^s^\\n.-\u00e2\u0096\u00a0,,7^^^.\\n-tll):-^:tlDsy-\\nV.\\ni\\nI", "height": "2819", "width": "2254", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph11chic_0550.jp2"}, "551": {"fulltext": "iAf\\nA\\nV\\nNEIVAYGO COUNTY.\\n^tJ^\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0\u00e2\u0080\u00a2ST\\n-i^^5fl^-;||\\n539\\nrS\\na few wolves, but to make for themselves a home.\\nThe next day they had the company of our old\\ncounty surveyor, Mr. Adams, and a gentleman from\\nthe State of New York. This gentleman expressed\\nconsiderable surprise at their age, and said he would\\ngive all he was worth if his boys only had the grit\\nthey had. Ciiving them his blessing, he went away\\nsatisfied that Michigan people did not lack in that\\nimportant element of human nature which has made\\nus so successful, to wit, energy.\\nTheir next visitors were a party of land-lookers,\\nwho built a fire near by and camped. These men\\nwere so frightened by the noise of the loon on the\\nlake, thinking it a panther, that two of them sat up\\nall night, and kept up a rousing fire. But the panther\\nfailed to put in an appearance, and I would add that\\nthere were never any panthers here, as they are more\\nindigenous to a mountainous country.\\nAfter cutting and hauling his house-logs, and riv-\\ning out the shakes for the roof, a house-raising was\\nmade, and seven men of us went over and put up\\nthe house. The writer carried up one corner, and\\nhelped put on the shakes. They were fastened on\\nwith the weight poles laid lengthwise of the roof, and\\nwere protection from the rain, but very poor shelter\\nfrom snow, as it would sift through.\\nThat house was truly primitive its floor was made\\nof puncheons, split out and hewed, its door and win-\\ndow casings were the same, the door made of pun-\\ncheons, swung on wooden hinges, and not a single\\nnail entered into its construction. The writer bought\\na double-barreled rifle of Hunt in the fall of 1855,\\nand chopped five acres for it. My wife and I lived\\nwith Hunt while I did the chopping.\\nOne night it snowed, and blowed, and the snow\\ncame sifting down at a terrific rate. We had plenty\\nof bed clothing over us, so we covered up our noses\\nand let er slip. In those primitive times we had\\nno bed-rooms; neither was it necessary, as none of us\\nhad tongues hungon a swivel, and so the same room\\nanswered for parlor, dining-room, kitchen and bed-\\nroom. In the morning, our beds being close togeth-\\ner, we had some dispute as to who should build the\\nfire, the snow being about four inches deep on the\\nfloor. I finally built the fire, and then came a spree\\nin the snow. The beds were both shook full, and\\nfootprints were visible all over the floor. ?u h were\\nour ways in those early times. For two weeks, while\\nl^^^ir-\\n\u00e2\u0080\u00a2?D!1^\\nOTHER EARLY SETTLERS.\\nAmong the first settlers here were the Dickinson\\nbrothers, Philip and Wallace. These two brothers\\nand John Dickinson (deaf and dumb) came from\\nHicksville, Defiance Co., Ohio, along with Benjamin\\nAlton, in the winter of 1854-5, spending most of the\\nwinter in Casnovia. Mr. Alton returned home in the\\nspring, and Philip and Wallace Dickinson came\\nto Fremont, then called Newfoundland, March 7,\\n1855, where they spent their first night in the old\\nlog house. On the 9th they pre empted the north-\\neast quarter of section 34, southeast quarter of sec-\\ntion 27, and southwest quarter of section 26, all in\\ntownship 13 north, range 14 west, now known as\\nDayton.\\nThey then returned to Casnovia, where they hired\\na yoke of oxen and sleighs of Michael Krieger, and\\nmoved in, reaching Harrington s shanty, April i, 1855.\\nThey put up a shanty on the northeast quarter of\\nsection 34, April 4th, and commenced keeping bach-\\nelor s hall. The first night they staid on their land\\nthe snow was 20 inches on a level, and their bed was\\nV\\nI did that chopping, Miles and I ground corn in\\ncoffee mill, with wliich to make our johnnycake.\\nMr. Hunt borrowed money with which to clear up v\\nhis farm, and lost all in the panic of 1857. He went 1\\noff to the war with the writer in 1862, and proved V_/\\nhimself true as steel. After participating in many\\nhard battles, he was terribly wounded in the head at\\nthe battle of Franklin, Tennessee; came back to\\nMichigan, and after shifting homes several times,\\nmoved to Buffalo County, Nebraska, where he now\\nlives, 15 miles from Kearney Junction, and has a\\nfarm of 320 acres.\\nWithin 20 rods of where Hunt camped amid the\\nhowling wolves, the steady puff of a steam saw-mill\\nas it cuts the giant pine into lumber may now be\\nheard: while, instead of that crooked wagon track\\nthrough the forest, a railroad, with all the comforts of\\ncivilization which it brings, carries the traveler in a\\nfew minutes what it took him a day to accomplish;\\nand within 25 rods of where he toilingly raised up\\nthat log house, so primitive in its construction, and\\ngave the first impetus to civilization on the banks of\\nFremont Lake, is the railroad station named after the\\nlake and, instead of grinding corn in a coffee-mill, or\\ncarrying it on our backs to Newaygo, the genial mil-\\nler welcomes all at the Fremont flouring mill.\\nA\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0V\\no", "height": "2831", "width": "2211", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph11chic_0551.jp2"}, "552": {"fulltext": "9^\\n540\\nNEWAYGO COUNTY.\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0^ai=^^^\\n-^^f(f^-|i\\nD\\no\\nI\\na flat piece of pine, with the starry firmament for a\\ncanopy. A huge fire was kept up all night, and the\\nnext day, finishing their shanty, they moved in. Wal-\\nlace was installed as chief cook and dish-washer, a\\npost he filled with entire satisfaction to all concerned,\\nas the writer can testify.\\nThey were both at W. L. Stuart s house-raising,\\nwhich, according to Wallace s diary, was the second\\none raised here, it being raised on Saturday, April 14,\\n1855, and the Harringtons the third, April 23, 1855.\\nAt the Harringtons raising there were present Miles\\nHunt, James Mallery, Samuel Shupe, Lyman Brown,\\nDaniel Joslyn, J. Cooper, Jonas Waters, Philip, John\\nand Wallace Dickinson, and the three Harrington\\nbrothers.\\nA young man by the name of Orrin Barker came\\nhere on the 15th of May, 1855, and in company with\\nPhilip Dickinson chopped a job of ten acres for W.\\nL. Stuart, on what is now the Byron Waters place.\\nThe ten acres were windrowed, and it was all choi)ped\\nin twenty-five days. Barker did not stay here long\\nhe served through the war in an Ohio regiment, and\\nthen went to Independence, Kansas.\\nThe Dickinson brothers built the first dam across\\nthe creek here, at Darling s mill, in the summer of\\n1855. Philip and Wallace served in the war honor-\\nably, came home again, and the three brothers are\\nnow scattered.\\nGforge Rhodes came here from Cedarville, Allen\\nCo., ndiana, arriving June 6, 1855, and stopped a\\nfew days at the Joslyn shanty, till he could lo-\\ncate. He located on the south half of the northwest\\nquarter of section 34, in Dayton. His land was most-\\nly pine, and he cleared some five or si.x acres there,\\nwhich is now grown up to brush. Mrs. Rhodes saw\\nbut one woman in three months during their residence\\nhere and when she saw that one she had a right\\nsmart visit, I reckon.\\n.MY OWN HISTORY.\\nI will now give a brief outline of my own history.\\nWe comprised one-half of that couple who failed to\\nsee the rough and muddy road when moving; and\\nin the month of May following went to Newaygo,\\nwhere we hired the then green-looking Circuit Court\\nCommissioner to come up and marry us, paying him\\ntherefor a Dutch guilder.\\nThe Commissioner, having some doubts as to\\nwhether the knot would hold, employed S(|uire Fur-\\nman, of Newaygo, to do the work for him and on\\nthe 27th of May, 1855, in the old log house, a num-\\nber of our friends having gathered, Thaddeus L. Wa-\\nters and Laura J. Weaver were joined in wedlock,\\nthe first couple ever married this side of Newaygo.\\nI went into the land-looking business, purchased\\nplats of Sherman, Dayton, Sheridan, Holton, Green-\\nwood and several other towns, ke[)t them corrected\\nmonthly, and showed settlers land. A large number\\nof the early settlers were directed to their lands by\\nme, and still reside on the lands first selected. My\\nplan was to look over and note down a number of\\ndescriptions of the lands, the nature of the soil, lay of\\nthe land water, timber, etc., and then wait for set-\\ntlers to come and select. During the summer I\\nchopped five acres where Van Arendonk now lives,\\nand put up a log house.\\nIn the fall I took a job of looking up 2,400 acrei of\\npine land for John P. Cook, of Hillsdale. I cut and\\nblazed a trail on what is now the State road from\\nFremont to Denver, but diverged from the line near\\nGracy s, and went northeasterly to .I ^tna. Here 1\\nfitted up a camp of hemlock brush, on the bank of\\nWhite River. This camp I made a sort of head-\\nquarters from which to look up and down the river.\\nGoing to my camp one afternoon, I saw wagon\\ntracks near what was afterward the William Darling\\nfarm, and, following them west, soon heard the sound\\nof an axe. Traveling on, I was somewhat surprised\\nto see a young lady standing on a log and cutting\\nwood. Seeing me, she dropped the axe and ran into\\nthe shanty.\\nI came up and in(iuired who had been intruding\\non this then unbroken wilderness, and was told his\\nname was Simon Barnhard. That young lady who\\nwas chopping wood for the evening s fire afterwards\\nbecame the wife of S. V. Walker, of Dayton, one of\\nour wealthiest and most respected farmers.\\nIn the morning I started for my camp, shot a deer,\\nand carried a hind quarter in. Ten days rolled by\\nwithout another sight of a human being, when one\\nnight, a terrible snow-storm coming on, I was deeply\\nimpressed that in the morning I must return home.\\nShaping my course from the camp to the old log\\nschool-house, I came through, bringing nothing with\\nme but my rifle and compass, and came into the road\\nc\\nA\\nO\\n\u00e2\u0080\u00a2^m", "height": "2819", "width": "2254", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph11chic_0552.jp2"}, "553": {"fulltext": "JVEIVAVGO COUNTY.\\n-v^^S^ S\\nS4I\\nt\\na little east of where I afterwards made my home,\\nmaking a pretty straight course through the track-\\nless forest, in a snow-storm, twelve miles. Faitli in\\nthat little bar of steel in the cominiss in my hand\\nsaved me.\\nIn the month of July, 1855, Henry ITpton, of\\nAdrian, moved here. I met them nine miles this side\\nof Grand Rapids, on the 25th, and piloted them in.\\nThe family consisted of si.\\\\ persons, Mr. Upton and\\nwife, two gills. Olive and Jane, and two boys, A. E.\\nand Clinton. A. E., then a mere lad, drove an o.\\\\\\nteam, and the girls a one-horse wagon. In coming\\nthrough the woods between Casnovia and Newaygo,\\nI went ahead and with a long pole sounded thenmd-\\nholes, then directed them how and where to ,drive.\\nThe stranger who undertook to navigate our roads\\nat that primeval epoch without a pilot, could have\\ndone the same on the Mississippi, with its shifting\\nbars and sands. Throwing the lead from Casno-\\nvia to Fremont, the ITptons hauled up at the old log\\nhouse on the 26th, and that ride, though not on a\\nrail, will long be remembered by them.\\n.^:2^^#^K ^^^fcff.\\nCOUNTY BUILDING.\\ns\u00c2\u00ab 3x/\u00c2\u00ae\u00c2\u00a7s. ?3Trav. a\\n|h\\nE people took no step to-\\n^ward building a permanent\\nedifice for county offices and\\ncourt room until 1866. Pre-\\nvious to that time the county\\nowned a small building costing\\nbut a few hundred dollars, used\\nas a clerk s office, and in which\\nalso the Supervisors met. Court\\nwas held in rented quarters.\\nApril 17, 1866, the Board\\npassed the following resolution\\nWhereas, It is deemed necessary\\nand proper to erect a suitable county\\nbuilding on the Court-House\\nSquare in the village of Newaygo,\\nfor the offices of the County Clerk,\\nJudge of Probate, Register of Deeds\\nand County Treasurer, therefore\\nResolvtd, by the Board of Super-\\nvisors of the county of Newaygo,\\nthat there be submitted to a vote of\\nthe electors of the county of Ne-\\nwaygo, the question of raising by\\noan the sum of $3,000, to build\\nand finish such county building for\\npurposes aforesaid, one-half to be payable on the\\nfirst day of February, 1868, and one-half payable on\\nthe first day of February, 1869, agreeably to the pro-\\nvisions of section 20, being section 354 of the Com-\\npiled Laws, entitled An act todefine the jiowers and\\nduties of the Boards of Supervisors of the several\\ncounties, and to confer upon them certain local ad-\\nministrative powers.\\nResolved further, that such submission be made to\\nthe electors of Newaygo County on the Tuesday after\\nthe first Monday in November, 1866, and that the\\nvotes thereon be taken, canvassed, certified and re-\\nturned in accordance with the provisions of the aliove\\nentitled act.\\nWhen the vote was taken, out of 577 votes cast,\\n340 were given in favor of the loan, and 237 against\\nit. The Treasurer was instructed to negotiate the\\nloan, and James Barton, Milo White and William D.\\nFuller were appointed a building committee, with\\npower to contract for and supervise the erection of\\nsuch building.\\nThis sum jiroved insufficient to complete the\\nbuilding as desired, and in the following fall\\nthe Board appropriated $1,000 out of the con-\\ntingent fund towards constructing an additional\\nstory for a court room. The old county building was\\nsold, and the proceeds applied to the same purpose.\\nI\\n5^^^-^\\n^A ^D!i: iii|v\\n-^r.-*\\nj_\\n^^((\u00c2\u00aey-l\\nV\\nr\\n4^\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0s st^.", "height": "2831", "width": "2211", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph11chic_0553.jp2"}, "554": {"fulltext": "^iia ^iinr\\nf\\n/N\\nV\\n0\\n542\\nME WAY GO\\nCOUNTY.\\nStill more funds were necessary, and $600 were ad-\\nvanced to the county by E. L. Gray, Sol. K. Riblet,\\nthe Newaygo Company, D, Millard, W. L. Stewart,\\nand others, to finish the structure. The building was\\nready for occupancy by mid-winter.\\nIt was then considered a very neat structure, and\\nis even now better than many other counties can\\nshow. Still, it has become insufficient for county\\npurposes, and the need of more room is sadly felt.\\nFire-proof vaults are needed, also, to preserve the\\ncounty records from danger of fire. Among the\\nplans proposed to remedy the situation, is one to build\\na new court-house, and convert the present building\\ninto a sheriff s dwelling and jail.\\n^*-H^^\\nCounty Jail.\\nHE Board of Supervisors passed the follow-\\ning, Dec. 31, 1853:\\nThis county not being provided with a\\njail, it is resolved that the county of Kent be\\nrequired to receive and take charge of such\\nprisoners as may be sent from this county, at\\nthe e.xpense of this county.\\nJan. 13, 1855, it was decided to erect a jail for the\\nuse of the county, and a contract was made with\\nSamuel W. Matevey on the following basis: The\\njail to be built of hewn timber and to be seventeen\\nfeet wide by twenty feet long, and the walls to be\\neleven or twelve feet high. The floors to be of hewn\\ntimber. The building to be divided into two cells,\\neach to be entered from above by means of trap\\ndoors, the whole to be done in a good and substan-\\ntial and workmanlike manner, so as to answer the\\n|)urpose of a common jail for said county. To be\\npaid for as follows: One hundred dollars to be ad-\\nvanced on said contract in a county order this day\\ndrawn, and the balance to be paid in one year from\\nthe date hereof. The work was required to be com-\\npleted by the ist of May ensuing. This was not\\ndone, but the building was finished during the sum-\\nmer. Mr. Matevey was allowed for the job $326.04.\\nIn April, 1872, the citizens of Newaygo County\\nvoted on a proposition to raise by loan $4,000, with\\nunfit for longer use. This amount was to be paid in\\nfour annual payments of $1,000 each. The number\\nof votes given in favor of the loan was 302, against\\n517 consequently the measure was rejected.\\nJune 12, 1877, another attempt was made, and the\\npeople were asked to vote on a proposition to raise\\n$2,500 for a jail. This was rejected by a vote of\\n570 in favor, and 634 against.\\nOct. 12th, 1877, the Board appropriated out of the\\ncounty funds $1,000, to aid in the construction of a\\njail. committee of citizens, with this amount, and\\nwith a fund raised by private subscription, then erected\\nthe present frame building, which serves as a jail and\\nsheriff s residence. It is to be hoped that it will be re-\\nplaced ere many years with some more substantial\\nstructure but this will probably not be done until the\\ncounty-seat question is more definitely settled.\\nPoor-Farm.\\nK^\\nwhich to erect a new jail, the old one being deemed\\nA\\nv\\nHE first move towards the maintenance of\\na poor-farm for the unfortunate poor of the\\ncounty was made March i, 1859, when\\n$50 were appropriated to purchase of Warren\\nP. Adams the southwest quarter of the north-\\nwest quarter of section 13, township 1 1 north,\\nrange 13 west (40 acres). The sum of $100 was\\nalso appropriated for the purpose of erectiivg a lo2\\ndwelling-house on this farm. It was agreed that\\nwhen this land should be wanted no longer by the v\\ncounty, the same should be re-conveyed to Mr. .\\\\dams, s\u00c2\u00a7.\\\\\\nby his paying to the county the value of the improve- 5-\\nments made thereon by the county, and the original\\nprice paid for the same, with interest. These very\\nliberal terms (liberal terms for the county, at least)\\nwere never carried out by Mr. Adams, however, and\\nthe farm was sold toother parties. It was indeed a\\npoor farm, and was of but little use to the county.\\nFor a number of years after this, the poor were let by\\ncontract to private parties.\\nJan. 22, 1873, the Board purchased as a poor farm\\nthe wesi half of the southeast quarter of the north-\\neast quarter of section 30, and 25 acres off the north\\nside of the southwest quarter of the northeast quarter\\nof section 30, in township 12 north, range 12 west.\\nr\\n4\\nx\u00c2\u00bb-", "height": "2819", "width": "2254", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph11chic_0554.jp2"}, "555": {"fulltext": "-rr\\nv ^nD^ii!ii\\nV\\nm\\nNEIVAYGO COUNTY.\\ni\\n\u00e2\u0080\u00a2a*.\\nA\\nV\\n543\\nThis tract, 45 acres, was purchased of Milton N.\\nNelson, for $500, and subject to a mortgage of $500.\\nFarming was carried on rather on a small scale, for\\nsome years. Jan. 5, 1875, Board authorized tlie\\nconstruction of a suitable building for the sick and\\ninsane poor, and ordered that the farming tools and\\nwagon on the poor farm be sold.\\nIn October, 18S1, it was decided to purchase an-\\nother poor farm. The Board s committee, after\\nexamining several farms, recommended the purchase\\nof 140 acres belonging to G. Reeves, a mile and a\\nhalf east of Fremont. This farm contained 90 acres\\ncleared of stumps, a large barn, two large orchards,\\nand 25 acres of wheat. This farm was accordingly\\npurchased, at $5,500, and is now the home\\nof those who become dependent upon Newaygo\\nCounty s charity.\\nMedicine.\\nHE first physician in the county was Dr.\\nAlverson, who came in 1852, and remained\\ntwo years. But Dr. John Tatman was the\\npioneer doctor. He came in 1854, and was\\nhere till after the war, when he went to Muske-\\ngon. He is now in Dakota, with his son Dr. J.\\nC. Tatman, who also practiced in Newaygo for a\\nshort time after the war. 1 )r. Charles Leonard came\\nshortly after Dr. Tatman, and practiced until the\\nwar. He then enlisted in the army, and served two\\nyears and a half. Closing up his affairs here, lie\\nwent to Muskegon with Dr. Tatman. He is now\\ndead. Other early physicians were Drs. W oodworth,\\nEly, Spicer and Massey, all of whom are well\\nremembered. The following is a list of the physicians\\nat present practicing in Newaygo County\\nGeorge P. Booth, Eclectic, Muskegon.\\nAlmond A. De Clroat, Regular, Hungerford.\\nBenedict Einarson, Homeopathic, White Cloud.\\nJames F. Farley, Regular, Fremont.\\nDavid W. Flora, Rcgr.lar, Newaygo.\\nG. August Hert/er, Regular, Big Prairie.\\nJeremiah Lemoreaux, Homeopathic, Fren)onl.\\nJohn W. McNabl), Regular, Fremont.\\nVan. N. Miller, Regular, Fremont.\\nL. A. McCorinick, Regular, Newaygo.\\nGeorge W. Nafe, Eclectic, Fremont.\\nJames A. Porter, Regular, White Cloud.\\nEdgar J. Pendell, Regular, Newaygo.\\nFirst Marriages.\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0HE first marriage recorded m Newaygo\\n1 County was filed April 10, 1852, but\\noccurred Oct. 2, 1851. The certificate\\nreads as follows\\nThis is to certify that Jolm Beck and Phiarm\\nLuther, both of the county of Newaygo, were\\n(\u00c2\u00ab^y\\nHiram M. Read, Regular, Woodville.\\nHollis T. Read, Regular, White Cloud.\\nTyson Smith, Homeopathic, Newaygo.\\nJoseph M. .Stone, Regular, Ashland.\\nThomas J. Sherlock, Eclectic, Dingman.\\nE. C. Sweet, Eclectic, Muskegon.\\nReuben S. Trask, Regular, Wliite Cloud.\\nJolm B. Woodward, Eclectic, Fremont.\\nJames Wright, Regular, Ensley.\\n-i\\nFirst Dam.\\nHE first dam over the Muskegon River in\\nNewaygo County was authorized by the\\nBoard of Supervisors Sept. 3, 1853, and con-\\nstructed by Christopher Culp. Following is\\nt\u00c2\u00a7 the act of the Board of Supervisors authorizing\\nI the building of said dam\\nSec. I. Be it enacted by the Board of Supervisors\\nof the county of Newaygo, State of Michigan, that\\nCliristopher Culp, his heirs and assigns, are hereby\\nauthorized and empowered to build a dam across the\\nMuskegon River on fractional lot 2, on section 4,\\ntownship (2 north, range 11 west.\\nSec. 2. That the said dam shall not exceed six\\nfeet above common low-water mark, and shall con-\\ntain a sufficient shute in height not to exceed four\\nfeet, in breadth not less than twenty-four feet, and\\nnot less than forty feet in length.\\nSec. 3. Nothing herein contained shall authorize\\nthe individual named in the first section of this act,\\nhis heirs or assigns, to enter upon, or flow, or other-\\nwise injure the land of any person or persons without\\nthe consent of such person or persons, and the Board\\nof Supervisors may at any time hereafter alter, amend\\nor repeal this act.\\nThe second dam was the Newaygo Company s\\ndam, begun in 1853.\\nvt\\nV/\\nr\\nI\\nN\\nmarried by me, a minister of the M. E. Church, on", "height": "2831", "width": "2211", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph11chic_0555.jp2"}, "556": {"fulltext": "v^^liD:t;unv r\\n544\\ny\\\\\\nV\\nt\\ni\\n-7:^^ cr-7\\nNEWAYGO COUNTY.\\nV:X\\n-4^^\u00c2\u00a7f^V#^\\n?iy-:\\nthe 2d day of October, 1851,111 the presence of James\\nP. Berry and Sarah Berry. David Gulp.\\nThe second marriage occurred Dec. 4, 1851, and\\nwas performed for Wm. H. Tubbs and Laura M.\\nBonney. Dec. 15, 185 1, David M. Cooley and\\nAbyssinia Miller were joined in matrimony. These\\nthree first marriages were performed by Rev. David\\nGulp, of the Methodist Episcopal denomination.\\nIn 1852, three couples were married March 18,\\nGornelius Slaght, jr., and Nancy Ann Lace, by Rev.\\nDavid Gulp; April 13, Fenton Taylor and Julia\\nSwain, by William Barton, Justice of the Peace; and\\nSept. 30, Leonard Hetter and Rebecca Gauweiler, by\\nJacob Barnhard, Justice of the Peace.\\nIn 1853, eleven marriages were solemnized within\\nthe limits of Newaygo Gounty.\\nFires in the Forest, 1871.\\nIRE is :i good servant, but a hard master,\\nand under favoring circumstances will\\ng|^-^- i^ sweep away in a single night or day the\\nyM work of years and the savings of a life-tiine.\\ndh^ Fires in the forests of Michigan are dreaded as\\nmuch as the prairie fires of Illinois and Iowa\\nonce were. They come generally in the season of\\nautumn, when dead leaves are on the ground, and\\nare most destructive after a dry season. Newaygo\\nGounty has suffered slightly from these fires, but on\\nthe whole has been very fortunate. There have\\nbeen no sweeping losses. The days of forest fires\\nhave gone by, at least for this part of the State, and\\nas the remaining timber is gradually cleared away,\\nthe danger to be guarded against becomes less and\\nless.\\nOctober, 187 i, was a month long to be remembered\\nas the one which witnessed so much destruction in\\nGhicago, and through many portions of the State of\\nMichigan. In Newaygo County there were many\\nnarrow escapes, but comparatively little damage was\\ndone much less than was experienced by neighbor-\\ning counties, During the first week in October the\\nwhole country was enveloped in a cloud of smoke,\\nwhich was almost suffocating. On Monday, Oct. 9,\\nthe smoke was so dense that the sun could scarcely\\nbe seen, and it penetrated dwellings and places of\\nbusiness so that it was almost impossible to transact\\nbusiness of any kind the wind blew a gale all day,\\nand the dust in addition to the smoke was anything\\nbut pleasant. Rumors of fire and destruction of\\nproperty in different directions were rife and the con-\\nsequent excitement was so intense that almost all\\nwork was at a standstill. In Newaygo village all\\nwere expectant of a coming conflagration. Towards\\nevening it was ascertained that Wyatt s lumbering\\nshanties, and 150 cords of shingle bolts belonging to\\nI. D. Merrill were totally destroyed. But it was only\\nwhen night came on that the true state of affairs\\ncould be seen from the village. In every direction\\nthe flames could be distinctly seen, and it was evi-\\ndent to all that the destroying element was rapidly\\napproaching the village, and unless its progress\\ncould be stayed a fearful destruction of property and\\nperhaps loss of life must ensue.\\nAt midnight the bells were rung, and the citizens\\nturned out almost en inasse, and commenced battling\\nthe fire, but without perceptible effect and it ap-\\nproached so near to the dwelling of David Jarse that\\nhis household goods were removed. About two\\noclock Tuesday morning rain commenced falling,\\nand by daylight the fire was nearly subdued.\\nAt one time the fire was within 30 rods of Kritzer s\\ngrist-mill, and the wind blowing it directly on with\\nirresistible force; but a sudden shift of the wind\\nlessened the danger in that ijuarter materially. It is\\nbeyond controversy that if the mill had caught fire\\nthe whole town would have been destroyed. Never\\nwas rain more earnestly prayed for, or more thank-\\nfully received.\\nAt Fremont Genter a hard fight was made. All\\naround the village fences were torn down and the\\nground plowed up. Several buildings were destroyed\\nin the vicinity, among them three residences. Fifty\\nmen were fighting fire at Darling s mill all Sunday\\nnight, and with difficulty saved that valuable prop-\\nerty. A great many families removed their goods\\nfrom their dwellings, having given up all hope of sav-\\ning them. At Denver the fire did much damage,\\nand in many other sections of the county there were\\nclose escapes from severe visitations of the consum-\\ning element.\\nFires have also done some damage during several\\nother autumn seasons.\\nK-i^\\n-rK D!l :iltlv. A^?^\\nA\\nV\\nr^", "height": "2819", "width": "2254", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph11chic_0556.jp2"}, "557": {"fulltext": "g\u00c2\u00ab\u00c2\u00a7S9-\\nPv^rs^\\n^5\\nvC^llli: ilini r\\nsr\\nNEWAYGO COUNTY.\\nS45\\nxro\\nPopulation.\\nWl^Sil? HE population of Newaygo shows a steady\\nKSj: ;^nd gratifying increase since its first settle-\\ntM^ nient. The greatest gains were between\\n^fey^ 1 85 4 and i860, 1864 and 1870, and 1874 and\\nw 1880; that is, in the latter half of each of the\\nI three last decades. The total number of in-\\nhabitants at each census is as follows\\n979\\n.3.481\\n.8,480\\nn^\\nV\\ns\\n1\\nSSo- 510 854\\ni860 2,760 1864\\n1870 7.294 1874\\n1880 14,770\\nThis would indicate a population in 1884 of about\\n17,000. The population at the last two censuses is\\nhere given by townships\\nTownship. 1874. 1880\\nAshland 923 1,436\\nBarton 395 638\\nBeaver 1 99 1 97\\nBig Prairie 400 572\\nBridgeton 365 388\\nBrooks 1,148 1.497\\nCroton 799 807\\nDayton 975 1,588\\nDenver 755 1,1 12\\nEnsley 878 1,388\\nEverett 465 784\\nGrant no 422\\nMonroe 165 362\\nNorwich 170 637\\nSheridan 603 1,181\\nSherman 430 644\\nTroy 1 85\\nWilcox 850\\nThe population of the several villages in the county\\nwere in 1880: Ashland City, 190; Clay s Camp, 40;\\nNewaygo, 1,097; Croton, 118; Fremont, 902; Alley-\\nton, 464; Grant, 90; White Cloud, 440.\\nTaxation in Newaygo County.\\nI State Tax. I County T.tx. rotal I ax\\nI I\\n1852.\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a08.S.1-\\n1854.\\n1855.\\n1856.\\n1857\\n1838.\\n1859.\\n1S60.\\n1861.\\n1862,\\n1861.\\n1S64.\\n1865.\\n1866.\\n1867.\\n868.\\n1865.\\n1870.\\n1871.\\n1872.\\n1873.\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0874\\n1875.\\n1876.\\n1877.\\n1878.\\n.875.\\n1880\\n1881.\\n1882.\\n1883.\\n12\\n78\\n5\\n16\\n376\\n72\\n355\\n95\\n355\\n95\\n848\\n01\\n647\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a07\\n-,091\\n88\\n2. 77\\n54\\n1,982\\n97\\n2,118\\n17\\n.87s\\n44\\n2,986 36\\n4.519\\n82\\n3,662\\n85\\n2,387 68 1\\n2,028\\n56\\n=.523\\n41\\n2,766 63 1\\n3.274\\n18\\n3,011\\n45\\n.737\\n44\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0.5 7\\n34\\n3.740\\n00\\n2,966\\n03\\n4,026\\n69\\n2,8lO\\n52\\n5. 43\\nM\\n4.947\\n84\\n8.69s 56 1\\n850 00\\nI.2I5 09\\nt.500 49\\n2,492 72\\n2.535 79\\n5,096 88\\n8.881 05\\n4.000 00\\n4.000 00\\n2,500 00\\n5, coo 00\\n6,000 00\\n10,000 00\\n6,999 24\\n7,000 00\\n10,000 00\\n11,000 00\\n11,000 00\\n11,399 98\\n5.099 19\\n2.000 00\\n7,170 00\\nI2,000 00\\n9,000 00\\n11.000 00\\n10.001 00\\n11,000 00\\ni6,oco 00\\n18,000 00\\n21,100 00\\n31.349 44\\n20,000 00\\n850 oo\\n1.227 87\\n1.500 49\\n2.543 88\\n2,912 51\\nS.452 83\\n9,237 00\\n4,848 01\\n4.647 7\\n4.59 88\\n7. 77 54\\n7,982 97\\n12.118 17\\n9.874 68\\n9,986 36\\n14.519 82\\n14,662 85\\n3.387 68\\n3.428 54\\n8,522 60\\n4,766 63\\n10.444 8\\n5.0 45\\n0.737 44\\n3-517 34\\n13,740 00\\n13,966 03\\n20,026 69\\n20,810 52\\n26,743 13\\n36,292 28\\n28,69s 56\\nFor the year 1883, the valuation and taxation of\\nNewaygo County are in detail as follows:\\nAssessed valuation, real estate $4,166,541 00\\nEqualized 2,970,000 00\\nAssessed personal 583,462 00\\nTotal equalized valuation 3.553,462 00\\nState tax 8,695 5 6\\nCounty tax 20,000 00\\nTownship taxes 22,770 36\\nSchool taxes 42,084 73\\nTotal taxes in the county 93,55\u00c2\u00b0 66\\nPostoffices.\\nThere are at present 26 post-offices in Newaygo\\nCounty, as follows\\n/Ktna, Diamond Lake,\\nAlleyton, Ensley,\\nAshland, Fremont,\\nAshland Center, Hungerford,\\nBig Prairie,\\nBridgeton,\\nBrooks,\\nCroton,\\nDenver,\\nLake,\\nLumberton,\\nMcLane,\\nNewaygo,\\nDingman,\\nGrove\\nPalmersville,\\nSitka,\\nVolney,\\nWest Troy,\\nWhite Cloud,\\nWood vi He,\\nWooster Hill.\\nV^\\n(V-\\ni*\\nJS.\\ni^l^\\n.L-\\nA ;i] g |]tl^- =r^\\n\u00e2\u0080\u00a25 --^.^*y/\u00e2\u0096\u00a0:^^\\nI\\n^U-J", "height": "2831", "width": "2211", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph11chic_0557.jp2"}, "558": {"fulltext": "c 546\\ni\\ni\\nV\\nJ\\nNEWAYGO COUNTY.\\nl^^f^^\\n_OS22_\\n000\\nT the present time the histor-\\nical sketches of the various\\ntownships and villages of Ne-\\nwaygo County, and especially\\nthe former, afford but little\\nof variety of incident or history\\nto record. Much of the more in-\\nteresting historical matter occur-\\nring in the county, and therefore\\nin some townships, has been men-\\ntioned in the general history. We\\ngive the following brief sketches of\\ntow-nships in alphabetical order, be-\\nginning with Ashland Township and\\nending with Wilcox, with the history\\nof the various villages included in\\nthe sketches of the townships in which they are\\nAshland Township\\nis one of the oldest and wealthiest in Newaygo\\nCounty. It is township 11 north, 13 west, Congres-\\nsional survey, and lies in the southern tier of town-\\nships in the county. It is bounded on the north by\\nGarfield, on the east by Grant, on the south by Mus-\\nkegon County, and on the west by Bridgeton. The\\nMuskegon River flows through sections 4,5, 6 and 7,\\nin the northwestern corner. The Newaygo division\\nof the C. W. M. R. R. runs almost due south\\nA\\n^\\\\m^^^\\nH^-\\nUHii.\\n-^^titi^^iiii;^\\nthrough the eastern tier of sections i, 12, 13, 24, 25\\nand 36. Sand Lake is on the south half of section\\n19, Mud Lake in the southwest quarter of section 29,\\nand the greater part of Blanche Lake is on section\\n13, in the eastern part of the township.\\nAshland was the fifth township organized in Ne-\\nwaygo County, and was the first one erected after the\\ncounty machinery was fairly started. It was organ-\\nized by the Board of Supervisors Oct. 9, 1854, and\\nthe first town meeting was held at the house of\\nSullivan Armstrong, the first Monday in April, 1855.\\nSullivan Amistrong was chosen the first Supervisor.\\nAt the last election, April 2, 1883, the following\\ntownship officers were chosen Orvin Headley,\\nSupervisor; Nathaniel H. Brown, Clerk; Robert C.\\nWallace, Treasurer; Hiram L. Brace, Highway Com-\\nmissioner; Henry Avery, School Inspector; Samuel\\nW. Peterson and William N. Hutchinson, Justices of\\nthe Peace; Sylvester Peats, Henry J. Brown, John\\nRaymer and Wm. H. Soyer, Constables.\\nThe population of Ashland Township in 1880 was\\n1.436-\\nThere are now six school districts in the township.\\nFor the year ending Sept. 3, 1883, the number of\\nchildren between the ages of five and twenty was\\n514; the number that attended school during the\\nyear, 392; number of non-resident pupils, 8; num-\\nber of days of school taught, 1,059; number of vol-\\numes in district libraries, 186; number of brick\\nschool-houses, i number of frame school-houses, 6\\nnumber of pupils that can be seated, 496 value of\\nT", "height": "2819", "width": "2254", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph11chic_0558.jp2"}, "559": {"fulltext": "il^ Y^\\na^\\nNEWAYGO COUNTY.\\n547\\nschool property, $6,580; number of male teachers\\nemployed, 5; number of female teachers employed,\\n9; amount paid to male teachers, $950; amount\\npaid to female teachers, $840.\\nThe ei|ua!ized valuation of the property of Ash-\\nland Township in 1855 amounted to $39,740.50, and\\nthe taxes collected to $198.70, while for 1883 the\\nvalue of property was $181,615, \u00e2\u0080\u00a2i taxes\\n$2,176.70.\\nThe following is a complete list of the Super-\\nvisors of the township:\\nSUPERVISORS.\\nSullivan Armstrong,\\n1855-7\\nGeorge Fuller,\\n1858\\nSullivan Armstrong,\\n1859-60\\nAlfred F. Armstrong,\\n1861-2\\nGeorge Fuller,\\n1863\\nAlfred F. Armstrong,\\n1864\\nJohn L. McLain,\\n1864\\nMilo White,\\n1865-9\\nSullivan Armstrong,\\n1870-2\\nAlfred F. Armstrong,\\n1873\\nSullivan Armstrong,\\n1874\\nS. W. Peterson,\\n1874\\nAndrew T. Squier,\\n1875-8\\nGeorge Fuller,\\n1879\\nOrvin T. Headley,\\nJ 880\\nSullivan Armstrong,\\n1881\\nVV. Seaman,\\n1882\\nOrvin T. Headley,\\n1883\\n^^^-i^S-w h\\n5f\\n2?\\nBarton Township.\\nSARTON is township 16 north, 11 west,\\nand occupies the northeastern corner of\\nthe county. It is bounded on the north\\nby Lake County, on the east by Mecosta\\nCounty, on the south by Norwich Township,\\nand on the west by Monroe Township. It\\nhas no railroad, no village, and no water-course of\\nany size. Several creeks rise in the eastern part, and\\nflow into the Muskegon through Mecosta County.\\nBarton is a new township, comparatively, and is\\nyet rich in pine lands. Its land is excellent for\\nagricultural purposes, and will some time make it\\nf^ one of the wealthiest townships in\\nfc\\nthe county.\\nt\\nBarton (named in honor of Hon. James Barton)\\nwas organized by the Board of Supervisors, March 9,\\ni860, and the first election was held the first Monday\\nin April following, at the house of Sidney Seacord.\\nWilliam Davenport, Francis S. Hooker and Sidney\\nSeacord were Inspectors of this election, and Sidney\\nSeacord was chosen as the first Supervisor of the new\\ntownship. At the last election, held April 2, 1883,\\nthe following officers were chosen James Duffy,\\nSupervisor; John H. Randall, Clerk; Andrew J.\\nForsyth, Treasurer; Frederick Hover, Highway\\nCommissioner; John Tower, Drain Commissioner;\\nWm. H. Wiggins, School Inspector John W. Martin\\nand S. Bird Schermerhorn, Justices of the Peace\\nGeorge Torry, Amos Whipple, Wm. Aldrich and\\nOrvil L. Smith, Constables.\\nThe population of Barton Township in 1S80 was\\n638.\\nThere are now five school districts in Barton. For\\nthe year ending Sept. 3, 1883, the number of children\\nbetween the ages of 5 and 20 was 193; number that\\nattended school, 157; number of non-resident pupils,\\n7; number of days school taught, 740; number of\\nschool-buildings (all frame), 5; number of pupils that\\ncan be seated, 258; value of school property, $2,650;\\nnumber of male teachers employed, 2 number of\\nfemale teachers employed, 6 amount paid to male\\nteachers, $225 amount paid to female teachers $890.\\nAs showing the increase of the wealth of the\\ntownship we give the following figures In i860 the\\nvalue of the property of the township was about\\n$18,000, and the taxes collected $116.47; while for\\n1883 the valuation was $139,942, and the taxes col-\\nlected $1,478.53.\\nSUPERVISORS.\\nSidney Seacord,\\nJames M. Hyatt,\\nTracy Woodward,\\nW. N. Bevier,\\nCarlos Marsh,\\nLemon D. Reynolds,\\nWilliam Davenport,\\nFrank H. Hooker,\\nLuther Dodge,\\nEugene Decker,\\nGeorge W. Heath,\\nEugene Decker,\\nJames Dufiy,\\ni860\\ni86i-z\\n1863\\n1864\\n1865\\n1866\\n1867-8\\n1869-7 1\\n1872\\n1873-8\\n1879\\n1880\\ni88t\\nA\\nr~\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0^\u00e2\u0080\u00a2na :iiiis", "height": "2831", "width": "2211", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph11chic_0559.jp2"}, "560": {"fulltext": "m\\n^^m^\\nO\\n1\\n548\\nNEWAYGO COUNTV.\\n\u00e2\u0080\u00a2ST\\n-4^^f^-Si\\nIS)\\nBeaver Township.\\nEAVER Township comprises township 15\\nnorth, 14 west, and the west half of town-\\nship 15 north, 13 west. It is hounded on\\nthe north by Troy Township, on the east by\\nMonroe Township, on the south l)y Denver\\nTownship, and on the west by Oceana\\nCounty. Pere Marquette River rises in this township,\\nprincipally in Crooked Lake, and is joined a little\\nnorth of the center by Begiver River. On sections 6\\nand 7, of township 13 west, is Island Lake, a beau-\\ntiful body of water about 40 acres in extent. It is\\nneatly oval in shape, and almost in its center is an\\nisland, nearly 10 acres in area. In the eastern por-\\ns tion is the greater part of Crooked Lake, a curiously\\nshaped lake composed of four small bodies of water\\nconnected with each other by narrow, irregular\\nchannels. On the south line of the township is Stony\\nLake and two or three ponds. Beaver is hardly\\nsettled, and is mostly in a i)rimitive and undevel-\\noped state. It has an abundance of valuable pine.\\nBeaver v/as organized by the Board of Supervisors\\nJan. 5, 1869. It then comprised its present territory,\\nand also what is now Troy Township (organized sep-\\narately in 1880). The first election was held the\\nfirst Monday in April, 1869, Cyrus O. Cornish, Brad-\\nford Freeman and Addison Freeman acting as\\nInspectors. Alonzo Yates was chosen the first Super-\\nvisor. At the last election, held April 2, 1883. the\\nfollowing were elected: Benjamin Candee, Super-\\nvisor: Alburtus Andrus, Clerk; Edwin Gleason,\\nTreasurer; Lyman S. Sweet, Highway Commissioner;\\nJesse P. De Long, Drain Comuiissioner Alburtus\\nAndrus and \\\\ndrew Mudge, School Inspectors\\nHugh H. McKenzie, Justice of the Peace; Wallace\\nW. Sutton, Burr Bettys, James North and Edwin\\nGleason, Constables.\\nThe first settlers of Beaver Townshij) were Bar-\\nzillai and Wyman VV. Giddings and Ira Knapp.\\nThe first named settled on section 20. The village\\nof Volney, recently laid out, is the only attempt yet\\nmade towards a village. It has a postoffice, pre-\\nsided over by F. C. Selby.\\nThe population of Beaver Township in 1 880 was 1 97\\nThere are now three school districts in Beaver\\nTownship. For the year ending Sept. 3, 1883, the\\nnumber of children between the ages of 5 and 20 was\\n100; number who attended school, 92; number of\\nnon-resident pupils, 2 number of days of school-\\ntaught, 380 number of school-houses (all frame), 3\\nnumber of pupils that can be seated, 184; value of\\nschool property, $2,900 number of male teachers\\nemployed, i number of female teachers employed,\\n5; amount paid male teachers, $160; amount i)aid\\nfemale teachers, $374.\\nThe value of taxable property in the township in\\n1869 was \u00c2\u00a787,400, and the amount of ta,\\\\es $1,020^\\nwhile for 1883 the valuation was $160,455, and taxes\\ncollected, $2,709.92.\\nSUPERVISORS.\\n-Monzo Vates,\\n.-\\\\li)urtus .Andrus,\\nBenjamin Candee,\\n1869-71\\n1872-6\\n1877\\n-^\u00e2\u0096\u00a05\u00e2\u0080\u0094 --H\\nBig Prairie Township.\\nU ICi Prairie Township is one of the two\\nW townsliips oiganized at the first meeting of\\nthe Board of Supervisors of Newaygo\\nCounty, Marcl* 20, 1852, and was made to\\ninclude townships 13, 14, 15 and 16 north,\\nranges 11 and 12 west. It has been cut\\ndown to form new townships, until it now contains\\nonly township 13 north, 11 west. It was one of the\\nfirst in the county to be settled, on account of the\\nprairie from which it derives its name. The Mus-\\nkegon River winds in a tortuous course through the\\ntownship, crossing sections i, 11, 13, 24, 23, 14, 15,\\n21, 22, 27, 28 and 32.\\nThe first settler of the township was John McBride.\\nwho located some year previous to 1849, when he\\nsold his claim to Ephraim H. Utley. Other early\\nsettlers, who came not far from 1850, were .Alexan-\\nder Dalziel, Solomon Godfrey, James Barton, Wil-\\nliam Barton, Benj. F. Olney, Walter Bonney, Emer-\\nson Bonney, Aaron Swain, James M. Gibbs, Egbert\\nGoodrich, Capt. Smith, William Millard, Samuel\\nConkwright and Theodore Taylor.\\nThe first election was held on the first Monday in\\nv^\\nc^:\\n(V\\n:^I1D\\nI\\nk\\n3\\nim^i(^^^", "height": "2819", "width": "2254", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph11chic_0560.jp2"}, "561": {"fulltext": "v inil :Dll^ -r-\\n;2i%^-\\n)^m^\\\\ 0:\\nNEIVAYGO COUNTY.\\n(;5\\nV\\n549\\nApril, 1852, and John Betts was chosen the first Su-\\npervisor. This office has been filled continuously\\nfor the last 31 years by Hon. James Barton. At the\\nlast election, held April 2, 1883, the following officers\\nwere elected James Barton, Supervisor; illiani S.\\nUtley, Clerk; J. Elmer French, Treasurer; Wm.\\nDunham, Highway Commissioner; Nelson P. Cook,\\nDrain Commissioner John E. Webster, .School In-\\nspector; Lewis Mayer, Justice of the Peace; Morris\\nE. Slade, Hiram B. Height, Charles E. Lafferty and\\nJoseph Franklin, Constables.\\nThe population of Big Prairie in 1880 was 572.\\nThere are now five school districts in Big Prairie\\nTownship. For the year ending Sept. 3, 1883, the\\nnumber of children between the ages of 5 and 20\\nwas 177; number who attended school, 123; num-\\nber of non-resident pupils, 8; number of days of\\nschool taught, 485 number of frame school build-\\nings, 2; number of log school buildings, 3: number\\nof pupils that can be seated, 172; value of school\\nproperty, $1 ,035 number of male teachers employed,\\ni; number of female teachers employed, 6; wages\\npaid male teachers, $66.65 wages paid female teach-\\ners, $617.\\nThe value of property in Big Prairie Townshij) in\\n1852 was $16,232.37, and the taxes collected was\\n$130.63, and the records give the equalized valuation\\nof the property in 18S3 as only $59,600. As far\\nback as 1871, when the township comprised more\\nterritory the valuation was $120,000. The amount\\nof taxes raised for 1883 was $1,898.57.\\nThe township has had only two Supervisors. In\\n1852 John Betts was elected, since which time Hon.\\nJames Barton has served without interruption.\\nBridgeton Township.\\nN Bridgeton Township we have one of the\\noldest townships in the county. It was or-\\nganized at the same time with Big Prairie,\\nat the first meeting of the Board of Supervisors,\\nMarch 20, 1852; and then comprised townships\\nII to [6, 14 west, and the w. half of Tps. 11 to\\n16, 13 west. It has i)een at different times reduced in\\nsize, to allow of the erection of other townships, and\\nnow contains only township 1 1 north, 14 west. It is\\nbounded on the north by Sheridan Township, on the\\neast by Ashland Township, and on the south and\\nwest by Muskegon County. In the eastern part of\\nthe township is the old post-office of Bridgeton.\\nMuskegon River flows diagonally through the town-\\nship, crossing sections 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 21, 20, 29,\\n30 and 31. On section 30, the river divides into two\\nchannels, forming a large island known as Mai)le\\nIsland.\\nThe first election was held the first Monday in\\nApril, 1852. Isaac D. Merrill was chosen Supervisor.\\nAt the last election, held April 2, 1883, the following\\nofficers were chosen: Frank W. Squier, Supervisor;\\nGeorge W. Fuller, Clerk; Martin V. Bertram, Treas-\\nurer; Edgar O. Whitman, Highway Commissioner;\\nJohn Heinol, Drain Commissioner; James W. Trum-\\nbull and Augustus Flint, School Inspectors Ransom\\nJ. Squier and Henry Zerlaut, Justices of the Peace;\\nHarley Rarrick, Napoleon Jennings, Mark Harding\\nand John Weiler, Constables.\\nThe i)opulation of Bridgeton in 1880 was 38S.\\nThe valuation of property in this township has in-\\ncreased from $54,247 in 1853 to $78,435 in 1S83,\\nand the taxation from $178.21 in 1852 to $1,720 in\\n1883, with the usual variations at different times.\\nSUPERVISORS.\\nmr\\\\^i^^^\\n-^m\\nIsaac D. Merrill\\nAlfred A. Maguire\\nAlfred A. Maxim\\nIsaac D. Merrill\\nAndrew T. Squier\\nLaban Putman\\nAndrew T. Squier\\nIsaac D. Merrill\\nZera Misner\\nAmos Slater\\nAndrew T. Squier\\nAmos Slater\\nAlfred A. Maxim\\nGeorge H. Brown\\nH. M. Woodward\\nW. S. Merrill\\nH. D. Woodward\\nF. W. Squier\\n1852-4\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a085 s\\n1856\\n1857-8\\n1859\\ni860\\n1861\\n1862\\n1863-4\\n1865-6\\n1867\\n1868-72\\n1873\\n1874\\n1875\\n1876\\n1877-80\\n1881\\nv.^\\n(0;\\n^^^5((\u00c2\u00ae M", "height": "2831", "width": "2211", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph11chic_0561.jp2"}, "562": {"fulltext": "m\\nX\\nV\\n55\u00c2\u00b0\\nail^o{DDr -r\\n-#i^C(^^M\\nNEWAYGO COUNTY.\\nt\\nO\\nBrooks Township.\\n^\u00e2\u0096\u00a01 CCORDING to the Congressional survey,\\nTC Brooks Township is 12 west, 12 north,\\nand is bounded on the north by Everett,\\non the east by Croton. on the south by\\nGrant, on the west by Garfield. It at first con-\\ntained the entire western half of the county,\\nand was one of the two first townships organized before\\nthe county itself. For many years it contained the\\nwest half of township 12 north. 12 west, and the east\\nhalf of 12 north, 13 west. In 1880, the latter tract\\nwas used in making the new township of Garfield, and\\nhalf a township was taken from Croton, by way of\\ncompensation. By this arrangement, the village of\\nNewaygo is thrown on the line between Garfield and\\nBrooks. The Muskegon winds through the township\\nfrom east to west, crossing sections 24, 13, 14, 15, 23,\\n26, 27, 22, 21, 20 and 19. The Newaygo division of\\nthe Chicago West Michigan railroad runs through\\nthe northwestern (juarter of the township, crossing\\nsections 5. 4, 9, 17 and 18. In the southwestern\\ncorner lie Big Brooks (or Hess) Lake and Little\\nBrooks Lake. The former is about two miles long,\\nand one of the largest bodies of water in the county.\\nIn the northwestern corner is Great Marl Lake, and\\nportions of Little Marl and Pickerel Lakes.\\nBrooks was one of the two townships organized in\\n1 85 1, before the county was organized. Isaac D.\\nMerrill was the fifst Supervisor. At the last election,\\nheld April 2, 1883, the following officers were elected:\\nSanford Brown, Supervisor; Frank Towns, Clerk;\\nJames Herron, Treasurer; Otis Freeman, Highway\\nCommissioner; Henry Hyde, Drain Commissioner;\\nSamuel D. Bonner, School Inspector; Sanford Brown\\nand John A. Brooks, Justices of the Peace Aaron\\nCourtwright, George King, John T. Thompson and\\nAnselm Miller, Constable.\\nThe population of the township of Brooks in 1880\\n(then containing all of Newaygo village) was 1,497.\\nThere are now four school districts in Brooks\\nTownship. For the year ending Sept. 3, 1883, the\\nnumber of children between the ages of 5 and 15\\nwas 502 the number of children that attended\\nschool, 295 number of non-resident pupils, 8; num-\\nber of days of school taught, 498 number of frame\\nschool-houses, 3 number of log school-houses, i\\nnumber of pupils that can be seated, 384; value of\\nschool property, $5,500; number of male teachers\\nemployed, 3 number of female teachers employed,\\n5; wages paid male teachers, $1,372; wages paid to\\nfemales, $956.\\nThe valuation of property in this township has in-\\ncreased from $44,613.33 in 1853 to $127,775 in 1883,\\nand the taxation from $189.79 in 1852 to $2,242 in\\n1883.\\nSUPERVISORS.\\nIsaac D. Merrill\\nEphraim H. Utley\\nJohn A. Brooks\\nSullivan Armstrong\\nAshley B. Furman\\nAlfred A. Maguire\\nHiram Baker\\nTheodore Wilson\\nJustus C. Hubbard\\nAniasa B. Watson\\nWarren P. Adams\\nDexter P. Glazier\\nAniasa B. ^V^^tson\\nWilliam T. Howell\\nE. S. Gray f\\nWilliam D. Fuller\\nAugustus Paddock\\nWm. D. Fuller\\nWilkes D. Stewart\\nWilliam D. Fuller\\nSanford Brown\\nJohn A. Brooks\\nTimothy Edwards\\nSanford Brown\\nJames Herron\\nSanford Brown\\nGeorge W. Fry\\nSanford Brown\\nC. K. Carter\\nFrank Hoag\\nSanford Brown\\nWm. Glanville\\n85\\n852\\n853\\n854\\n855\\n856\\n857\\n858\\n859\\n860.1\\n862\\n863\\n864-5\\n866\\n867\\n868\\n869\\n870\\n871\\n872\\n873\\n873\\n874\\n875\\n876-8\\n879\\n888-1\\n882\\n1883\\nNEWAYGO VILLAGE.\\nNewaygo is one of the oldest villages in Northern\\nMichigan, dating back nearly half a century, and has\\nbeen for over thirty years the county seat of a mag-\\nnificent county. It has grown slowly, but steadily\\nand surely, and now presents an appearance of per-\\nmanent prosperity.\\nThe first view which the traveler gets of Newaygo\\nis always a surprise. As he comes around or over\\nsome hill, the village bursts into full view all at once.\\nt\\nf\\nn\\nJ", "height": "2819", "width": "2254", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph11chic_0562.jp2"}, "563": {"fulltext": "K-\\n(i^^^^-\\n9v M ^Mr\\nNEWAYGO COUNTY.\\n55\\nV\\nwith the suddenness of a jack in the box. To\\npeople journeying through here thirty years ago, the\\nsensation on reaching Newaygo was novel as well as\\ndelightful. For many and weary miles an unbroken\\nforest, nnd then with the suddenness of enchantment\\na compact, smiling village right at their feet, as\\nthough it had been transplanted into the wilderness\\nand set down in a sheltered nook for their special\\nconvenience.\\nThe Muskegon River, a strong and rapid stream,\\nrunning between high bluffs, here makes a crescent-\\nshaped bend, and a small valley is made by the\\nbluffs on the south side, receding from the river and\\ncutting across the curve like the string of a bow. In\\nthis crescent-shaped valley lies Newaygo, raised a\\nlittle above the river bottoms by a sort of natural ter-\\nrace at the foot of the southern bluff. The view,\\nfrom whatever direction, is highly picturesque. On\\nthe north is the river, hugging closely to the foot of\\nthe steep and curving bluffs, beyond which is rising\\nground with a few clearings, and the bare skeleton\\nlike dead pines, that stand like white tombstones of\\ndeparted forests. The bluffs that rise almost per-\\npendicularly from the river bank, are in many places\\nbare of vegetation, scarified and abraded by land\\nslides, and scores of roll-ways down which hundreds\\nof thousands of pine logs have been plunged into tiie\\nri ver.\\nThe village lies at the foot of the opposite bluffs,\\nthe principal part of it on one straight street, that\\nleads from the depot to the court-house. The rail-\\nroad comes to the river below and southwest of tlie\\nvillage, creeps in along the face of thesoutliern bluff,\\npasses between the village and the river, which it\\ncrosses above the middle of the bend, and finds a\\nway out of the valley through the deep ravine, by\\nwhich Pennoyer Creek cuts its way to the Mus-\\nkegon.\\nOn the business street, there are a number of brick\\nbuildings, all new, and constructed in 1883. Since\\nthe fire in the spring of this year, only brick buildings\\ncan be erected in the business portion of the village.\\nThe residences are almost entirely of frame, painted\\nwhite. There is no ostentatious display in the\\ndirection of expensive residences. In viewing the\\n\u00c2\u00bbj^ beautiful grass-covered bluff overlooking the village\\ni: and valley, one cannot avoid wondering that some\\nwealthy citizen has never been tempted to crown its\\nV\\nsummit with a magnificent mansion, that would be\\nthe pride and envy of the town. But this feature\\nremains to be added, and the only large building on\\nthe hill is the fine school-house with its spacious yard\\nand surrounding lawn. Streets ascend the hill both\\nabove and below the village, but the stranger sees\\nthe face of the hillside streetless and pathless,\\ncovered with meadows and orchards, and is puzzled\\nto know how he shall reach the school building.\\nFinally he gets sight of a meandering stairway near\\nthe upper part of the village, and by diligent search,\\nor incjuiry, finds the narrow path that leads to its\\nfoot, and climbs its long series of broad steps, won-\\ndering how many broken legs and arms it occasions\\namong the school-children every winter.\\nThe dam across the Muskegon River is between\\nthe railroad bridge and the upper wagon bridge, and\\nis 14 feet in height. There is a dam across the\\nmouth of the Pennoyer Creek, which comes dashing\\ndown from among the hills in a series of cascades\\nand rapids, and a flume to convey its waters if neces-\\nsary into the Muskegon above the dam. It is a fine\\nsight to see the locomotive come out of the ravine at\\nthis dam, pausing, elephant like, before it moves upon\\nthe bridge, giving the passengers an opportunity to\\nlook out upon the flashing, foaming waters, the dam,\\nand the beauties of the suddenly discovered village.\\nNewaygo derives its name from an Indian chief of\\ndistinction, who lived in estern Michigan in an\\nearly day, before it was explored by the whites, and\\nwhen the site of the present village and the hill above\\nit were favorite camping grounds of the Indians. In\\n1S36, the pine forests of Western Michigan had\\nbegun to be spoken of at the East, but it was left for\\nyears of growth and development in the VV estern\\nStates to create a market that would render the\\nmanufacture of lumber profitable.\\nIt was in 1836 that Augustus and Frederick,\\nbrothers of Hon. Henry Pennoyer, of Ottawa County,\\nbuilt a saw-mill on Pennoyer Creek, which was the\\nfirst settlement at Newaygo. This mill was after-\\nward run by Samuel Rose and Robert W. Morris, and\\na grist-mill was added to it. The next miller was\\nthe well-known John .A. Brooks, tiie father of\\nNewaygo village. He was an enterprising and ener-\\ngetic man, who, previous to his coming to Michigan\\nhad been a hotel-keeper at Stanstead, Canada.\\nUntil 1852, he transacted the largest part of the\\nv^\\nr\\nJ\\n)/S^^f~\\n^ii!i:^ii(i\\nvi-^.", "height": "2831", "width": "2211", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph11chic_0563.jp2"}, "564": {"fulltext": "4V.,\\n^3V ^:DD :U[I^ T-\\n-4^^^^^\\n55\\nATEH^AVGO CO 17 JV TV\\nbusiness of the place, and until his death, after the\\nclose of the war (in which he held the post of\\nquartermaster), he was prominent in both business and\\nf politics, being twice elected to the Legislature.\\nThe village was platted by John A. Brooks and\\nSarell Wood, in 1854. The palmy days in the\\nhistory of Newaygo began in 1853, when a number\\nof enterprising men at Glens Falls, N. Y., who had\\npreviously purchased large tracts of lands on the\\nMuskegon River, organized the Newaygo Company,\\nand commenced building a dam across the river, and\\nerected one of the largest mills in the county, in\\nwhich 120 saws were run. The company consisted\\nof A. N. Cheney, L. L. Arms, A. F. Orton, H. J.\\nOrton and Amasa B. Watson. Almost everything to\\nbe used in this work had to be conveyed from Grand\\nRapids by teams, giving employment to a large\\nnumber of men. Greater hotel accommodations\\nwere needed, and the Exchange Hotel was erected by\\nSamuel W. Matevey. The Brooks House was\\nerected four years later, by John A. Brooks. The\\nmill added at once nearly 200 to the population of\\nthe village.\\nFrom this time forward, Newaygo was an inijiur-\\ntant point. It became tlie headquarters of the\\nV* lumber business north of Grand Rai)ids. Mr. Brooks\\nsecured an appropriation to improve the Muskegon\\nRiver flats near Muskegon to facilitate the running\\nof rafts, and the river was so far improved that\\nsteamboats made regular trips to Newaygo during\\nfavorable seasons. Appropriations were made for\\nState roads, and a road was built 8 S miles north to\\nTraverse City, and the road to Grand Rapids was\\ngraded and turnpiked. Centering at Newaygo, 187\\nmiles of State roads were built in different directions.\\nHon. E. L. Gray, who came to the village in 1854,\\nand thenceforward took an active part in all public\\nenterprises, built 99 miles of these roads. As lumber\\noperations extended up the Muskegon River, the\\ntrade of Newaygo increased. I .s two large hotels\\nwere crowded with guests. Its merchants handled\\nvast quantities of lumbermen s supplies. Long\\nI trains of teams traveled the roads leading to Grand\\nk Rapids and Muskegon, and a daily stage ran to\\nGrand Rapids, and afterward to Big Rapids,\\nf y while a stage ran to Muskegon every other\\nday. The Newaygo post-oflice was for several\\nyears the distributing post-office for the Grand\\nTraverse region.\\nBut all this was the work of years, during which\\nNewaygo shared in the ups and downs of the lumber\\nbusiness. In 1857 the old Newaygo Company was\\ncompelled, like many other institutions in that disas-\\ntrous year, to make an assignment and re-organize.\\nIn 1856, J. H. Maze, now of Grand Rapids, started\\nthe Newaygo Republican, which was for many years\\nthe only paper in the county. At present there are\\nfour.\\nA new order of things began in 1867, when the\\nGrand Rapids Indiana Railroad was built to Cedar\\nSprings, and a share of the northern traffic and travel\\ndiverted in that direction, and it became evident that\\nthe commercial importance of the town could only be\\nretained by securing railroad communications with\\nGrand Rapids. This was accomplished through the\\npersistent labor and wise management of D. P. Clay,\\nably seconded by W. D. Fuller, Hon. E. L. Gray, S.\\nK. Riblet and other prominent citizens. The rail-\\nroad reached Newaygo Sept. 11, 1872, and from that\\ntime has done a prosperous business. In 1876 it\\nwas extended to Morgan Station on the Big Rapids\\nbranch of the Chicago Michigan Lake Shore rail-\\nroad. Its final terminus will be at Traverse City.\\nSoon after the railroad was built, the village was\\ngreatly improved by the grading and graveling of\\nState Street, at an expense of between $3,000 and\\n$4,000. This street, upon which are nearly all the\\nstores, offices and public buildings, is excelled in few,\\nif any, western villages.\\nThe lumber trade, though it will continue some\\nyears longer, must yearly become less and less a\\nfactor in its business, and Newaygo will finally have\\nto fall back on its agricultural resources, and those\\nof the surrounding country, for its importance. Hap-\\npily for the town, these are abundant, and of a high\\norder. The water power furnished by Muskegon\\nRiver and Brooks and Pennoyer Creeks is amply\\nsufficient to run more machinery than now exists in\\nany city in Michigan, and it can be managed and\\napplied with little trouble and expense. The field is\\nan inviting one to men of capital and enterprise, and\\nwhen the one overshadowing business of lumbering\\nceases to monopolize both, they will doubtless be\\ndiverted into the many branches of manufactures\\nfor which Newaygo furnishes so fine an opening.\\nBrooks Creek, with more than a hundred feet fall in\\nhalf a mile, should be lined with factories, and Pen-\\nk\\nC^;\\nv/\\nr^\\nm\\n^-^ih\\nJsn^^\\n^mm^^y^\\nj;:^", "height": "2819", "width": "2254", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph11chic_0564.jp2"}, "565": {"fulltext": "^^rm^^\\ni^^ ^^^tlll :tlII^ T^^e^ :2^\\njVEH^JVGO COUNXy.\\nSS3\\nI\\nJ\\nV\\nnoyer Creek, with like superfluity of power, should\\nalso be put into use, while the strong and stable cur-\\nrent of the Muskegon awaits the day when ils tireless\\nforce shall turn hundreds of turbines and do the\\nwork of thousands of men. Pure water and rapid\\nstreams render Newaygo one of the most healthful\\nplaces in the State.\\nDie act of the Legislature incorporating the vil-\\nlage of Newaygo was approved March i6, 1867, and\\nthe first election was held April S, following. The\\nJ principal officers chosen at that time were as follows\\nJohn H. Standish, President Wilkes L. Stuart, Dex-\\nter P. Glazier, Aaron S. Skinner, John A. Brooks,\\nAugustus Paddock and Henry Kritzer, Trustees;\\nWilliam D. Fuller, Clerk. The following are the\\npresent village officers, chosen in April, 1883:\\nPresident, John H. Simmons; Trustees, I. N. Rob-\\ninson, Jno. A. Brooks, Aaron S. Skinner, Tyson\\nSmith, S. D.Bonner, Sanford Brown; Clerk, Walter,\\nR. Taylor; Treasurer, S. D. Thompson; Assessor\\nWellington Persons; Marshal, Aaron Courtright\\nVillage Attorney, William D. Fuller; Street Commis-\\nsioner, S. K. Riblet; Fire Warden, A. D. Graves;\\nHealth Officer, David W. Flora; Pound Master,\\nRichard Potter; Constable, Fred Rode; Special\\nPolice, Hewett Potter, L. Meeker.\\nRegular meeting of Council, first and third Wed-\\nnesdays of every month.\\nThe population of the village was 703 in 1870,\\n976 in 1874 and 1,097 in 1880.\\nThe Newaygo Company has been referred to as\\none of the main pillars of Newaygo s prosperity, by\\nemploying a large number of hands, and adding to\\nthe general business of the village. The years of\\ndepression following the panic of 1873 caused this\\ncompany to suspend, and many considered it dead.\\nIn 1880, all its property was bought out by a new\\ncompany, called also the Newaygo Company. The\\nstock in this new organization was composed of 4,000\\nshares, of $25 each. The shareholders at that time\\n(substantially the same as now) were as follows: D.\\nP. Clay, 3,600 shares; Bennett Fulkerson, 130 John\\nB. Graves, 50; Luther Colby, 40; George H. Hobart,\\n40; Albert V. Thompson, 40; Hugo Harbinger, 40,\\nand James ^L Edwards, 20. This company has\\nsteadily enlarged its business, and now employs\\nabout 125 to 150 men, besides the large number\\nin the store of D. P. Clay Co, and in Mr.\\nClay s lumber camps. The principal branch of\\nthe business is the tub and pail factory, which\\nemploys about 30 hands and turns out daily al)OUt\\n575 pails, shipped to Grand Rapids and Chicago,\\nchiefly. I he company also have a planing mill,\\nemploying 20 hands, two saw-mills and a lumber\\nyard, emi)loying 80 hands. Mr. Clay also operates a\\nflouring mill, on his own account.\\nThe Newavco Chair Company was incorporated\\nin October, 1882, with the following stockholders:\\nLyman Guinnip, 500 shares; H. D. Guinnip, 100;\\nJ. F. A. Raider, 200; John H. Simmons, 40; E. L.\\nGray, 40; A. V. Thompson, 40; C. C. Kritzer, 20;\\nS. D. Thompson, 20; Wm. D. Fuller, 20; H. J.\\nOrton, 20. The company have their building\\ncompleted, and are ready for the machinery. It is\\nvery advantageously situated, by the railroad. Its\\nproducts can be loaded directly on the cars, and\\nteaming will thus be saved.\\nThe flouring mills of Henry Kritzer completes\\nthe list of Newaygo s present manufacturing enter-\\nprises.\\nFollowing is a list of the general business firms of\\nNewaygo\\nliUSINESS FIRMS.\\nM. S. Angell, drugs and news.\\nJohn Bailey, saloon.\\nC. A. Banker, blacksmith.\\nD. P. Clay Co., general merchandise.\\nJerome Carpenter, furniture.\\nJames C. Coon, blacksmithing and wagon shop.\\nWill Courtright, The Courtright.\\nJ. H. Edwards, hardware.\\nW. I). R. S. Fuller, Newaygo Tyibunc.\\nGeorge W. Fry, blacksmith.\\nG. H. Gates, billiards.\\nIsaac Hobbs, restaurant.\\nE. I. Hewes, general merchandise.\\nMrs. M. E. Hunt, millinery.\\nFred Jacobi, general merchandise.\\nFred Jacobi, Jr., jeweller.\\nMrs. Julia Jarse, Jarse House.\\nKeefe, Sutliff Co., livery.\\nGeorge King, harness and shoe shop.\\nHenry Kritzer, Newaygo Mills.\\nDavid Millard, general merchandise.\\nJames H. McKee, photographer.\\nL. R. Meeker, dr.ayman.\\ni\\n1\\n1\\nmmBi ^^^s^\\n-\u00c2\u00abC5f\\ni^^^(\u00c2\u00ae;", "height": "2831", "width": "2211", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph11chic_0565.jp2"}, "566": {"fulltext": "554\\nrafC^^c eV iDIl\u00c2\u00bb:D s r-\\nT\\n4^\\niSi\\nNEWAYGO COUNTY.\\n:j\\nV\\nJ. W. Maynard, barber.\\nH. C. Nobles, cooper.\\nNewaygo Company, lumber.\\nPersons Edwards, abstract-makers.\\nHewitt Potter, drayman.\\nS. K. Riblet, general merchandise.\\nJ. F. A. Raider, drugs, groceries, etc.\\nI. N. Robinson, real estate and loans.\\nD. E. Soper, real estate, loans and insurance.\\nWilliam Schau, blacksmith.\\nE. O. Shaw Bro., Newaygo Republican.\\nR. Surplice, grocery and saloon.\\nE. O. Shaw, post-office.\\nGeorge A. Turner, meat market.\\nS. D. Thompson, grocery.\\nH. M. Van Gieson, music teacher.\\nMrs. J. H. Wiseman, millinery.\\nWm. Whitman, Newaygo House.\\nGeorge H. Young, livery.\\nThe Medical Profession is represented by D.\\nW. Flora (Regular), Tyson Smitli (Homeopathic), O.\\nSmith (Homeopathic), and L. F. McCormick (Regu-\\nlar); and the attorneys residing in the village are\\nGeorge Luton, A. G. Day, E. L. Gray and W. D.\\nFuller.\\nThe Methodist Episcopal Chuuch is the pioneer\\nreligious organization here, as elsewliere. The first\\nsermon preached in Newaygo (or in Newaygo\\nCounty) was delivered by Rev. William Kelley, June\\n30, 1850. There were at that time only three houses\\nin Newaygo. The Muskegon circuit, embracing Ne-\\nwaygo, was organized in 1852, and Newaygo charge\\nwas first designated as such in 1857. The church\\nwas built in i860, when Rev. Thomas B. Granger\\nwas pastor. He appointed as trustees William\\nLoomis, Henry Loomis, Fomcroy C. S[)ooner, Jolin\\nMorse and T. J. Randolph. At that time the Church\\nhad but nine members. The present nicmlicrshij),\\nunder Rev. Mr. Van Wyck, is about 50.\\nThe Congregational Church is an old society,\\nand has the honor of building the first church in\\nNewaygo. The society was formed Nov. 8, 1855,\\nwith the following members: Sarell Wood, James\\nM. Stryker, E. P. Chapin, Edmund Lamb, Edgar L.\\nGray, Ashley B. Furman and John H. Standish.\\nI he first trustees were Sarell Wood, James M.\\nStryker and Edmund Lamb. Their church was\\nerected the winter ensuing, at a cost of about $3,000.\\n^\u00e2\u0080\u00a2M-^.m\\nThe society has always been a strong one until the\\nfire of 1883, which destroyed the church. new\\nbuilding will be erected this coming summer (1884.)\\nSt. Mark s Protestant Episcopal Mission was\\norganized in 1872. The pastors of the society have\\nbeen Revs. Mosely Morris, E. W. Flower (now of\\nGreenville), William H. Sparling (now of Geneseo,\\nIII.), and J. Rice Taylor (now of Poultney, Vt.).\\nThe last regular services were held in October, 1882.\\nThe society numbers 23, and the congregation about\\n60. In 1883, they have been erecting a very com-\\nmodious, handsome brick church, which has already\\ncost $1,300, and will cost finally $3,000 or more.\\nNewaygo Lodge, No. 131, F. A. M., was conse-\\ncrated with very solemn ceremonies Jan. 29, 1862.\\nThe following first officers were installed: Charles\\nW. Leonard, W. M.; W. Irving Latimer, S. W.;\\nWarren P. Adams, J. W.; Solomon K. Riblet, Treas.;\\nJustus C. Hubbard, Sec; Daniel \\\\\\\\eaver, S. D.;\\n(leorge H. Mallery, J. 1).; and John B. Folger,\\nTyler. The present membership of the lodge is\\nabout 60. The present officers are as follows John\\nPittwood, W. M.; H. L. Brace, S. W.; Hollis T.\\nReed, J. W.; E. S. Bennett, Secretary; S. D. Thomp-\\nson, S. D.; I. N. Robinson, J. D.; James McKee,\\nTyler. The lodge meets the Friday on or before the\\nfull moon of each month.\\nNewaygo Chapter, No. 138, R. A. M., was\\nchartered Jan. 11, 1865. Alanson St. Clair was the\\nfirst High Priest; W. I. Latimer, the first King; and\\nJ. L. Ale.\\\\ander, the first Scribe. The present officers\\nare as follows S. D. Thompson, H. P.; J. H. Sim-\\nmons, K.; A. O. White, S.; G. W. Fry, C. of H.; J.\\nPittwood, P. S.; W. J. Pike, R. A. C; George Luton,\\nM. 3d v.; J. W. Dunning, M. 2d V.; E. Edwards,\\nM. 1st v.; I. N. Robinson, Treas.; W. Persons, Sec;\\nJ. H. McKee, Sent. The chapter has about 40\\nmembers, and meets the Tuesday on or before the\\nfull moon, each month.\\nNewaygo Lodge, No. 254, I. O. O. F., was organ-\\nized in February, 1875, with E. O. Shaw as N. G.;\\nWilliam Glanville, U. G.; R. Surplice, Secretary;\\n;\\\\aron Courtright, Treas. The present officers are as\\nfollows Aaron Skinner, V. G.; George E. Taylor,\\nV. G.; Pierce Picket, Perm. Sec; C. K. Carter, Rec.\\nSec; George King, Treas.; Mich. Rep. to G. L.,\\nWilliam Graham, 1). D. G. .M. The lodge has\\nmembership of about 60, and meets every Monday.\\nA\\n4-", "height": "2819", "width": "2254", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph11chic_0566.jp2"}, "567": {"fulltext": "m^\\nSV ^^V^tlf\\n;-l9\\nV\\nO\\n/N\\nV\\ns\\ns\\nNEWAYGO COUNTY.\\n555 *S\\nNewaygo Encampment, No. 82, I. O. O. F., was\\norganized in March, 1877, with William Glanville as\\nC. P.; E. O. Shaw as J. \\\\V.; Jerome Carpenter, H.\\nP.; R. Surplice, S.; Aaron Courtright, Treas. At\\npresent, Robert Wallace is C. P.; George King, J.\\nW.; Ransom Eckels, H. P.; Jerome Carpenter, S.;\\nand George King, Treas. The membership of the\\nencampment is 26, and it meets the last Friday of\\neach month.\\nNewaygo Lodge, No. 886, I. O. G. T., was organ-\\nized Aug. 16, 1875, with 25 members, and the follow-\\ning officers: S. K. Riblet, C. T.; Mrs. S. F. Skinner,\\nV. T.; E. A. Whitman, Chap.; Mrs. J. H. Edwards,\\nSec; J. F. A. Raider, Fin. Sec; S. D. Bonner, Treas.;\\nWilford Kno.x, Mar.; Mrs. A. P. Day, I, G.; John\\nMapes, O. G. The present officers are as follows\\nJ. H. Edwards, C. T.; Mrs. J. H. McKee, V. T.; A\\nH. Norris, Chap.; Walter R. Taylor, Sec; Ernest\\nFuller, Fin. Sec; Byron Joslin, Treas.; George H-\\nYoung, Mar.; Jennie Fuller, I. G.; Mattie Rosewarn,\\nO. G. The lodge now has a membership of about\\n40, and meets Wednesday evenings.\\nNewaygo Council, No. 46, R. T. of T., was\\norganized Nov. 4, 1881, with 24 members. The first\\nofficers were as follows J. F. A. Raider, P. C; N.\\nH. Walbridge, S. C; S. D. Thompson, V. C; M. E.\\nMassie, R. S.; Lucy Utley, F. S.; Ph\u00c2\u00abbe Millard,\\nTreas.; George Utley, Herald; Georgette Fuller,\\nGuard C. F. Atwood, Sent.; J. P. Gallagher, Chap.\\nThe present officers are as follows: L. F. Skinner,\\nS. C; David Millard, V. C; J. H. Edwards, R. S.;\\nJ. F. A. Raider, F. S.; A. N. Jones, Treas.; Chades\\nF. Atwood. Herald Mrs. J. H. Edwards, Guard\\nMrs. Lucy H. Utley, Sent.; Marian Skinner, Chap.\\nThe council now has 22 members. It meets the\\nsecond and fourth Tuesdays of each month.\\nfires.\\nNewaygo s first serious fire was the burning of the\\nNewaygo Company s saw-mill, some years before\\n1870. The second fire of importance occurred on\\nthe night of Sept. 5, 1874. The flames were\\ndiscovered by James H. Wiseman, while standing in\\nthe door of his room at the Exchange Hotel, as they\\nfirst issued from the rear of Luton Sinclair s drug\\nstore. The alarm being given, at least 500 people\\nwere on the spot in ten minutes; but the building in\\nwhich the fire originated was past saving, and the\\npeople turned their attention to saving the buildings\\non each side of it, one owned by Hon. A. H. Gid-\\ndings, and occupied by E. A. Simons as a grocery\\nand lunch room, and the other owned and occupied\\nby F. Jacobi as a grocery and dwelling.\\nSo quickly did the flames reach the latter that Mr.\\nJacobi s family had l)arely time to reach the street\\nbefore the rooms they iiad occupied were filled with\\nsmoke and fire. It was soon discovered that this\\nbuilding could not be saved, and the work of remov-\\ning goods commenced. Then the fire spread to D.\\nE. Soper s drug store, and the goods were removed\\nfrom there in a short space of time. The building,\\noccui)ied by Mr. Soper as an insurance office was\\nthen torn down and dragged away, and thus the fire\\nwas prevented from spreading to Mr. Soper s book\\nand jewelry store.\\nAt one time it seemed impossible to prevent the\\ndestruction of Gidding s building on the west side;\\nbut a few of the coolest, most determined workers\\nwere stationed here, and although the cornice was\\non fire several times, they succeeded in preventing,\\nany great damage. The losses were about as\\nfollows: Luton Sinclair, loss on building and\\nslock, $1,500, no insurance; F. Jacobi, building\\nstock, household goods, wearing apparel, etc., $5,000,\\nno insurance; D. E. Soper, two buildings, stock and\\nfi.xtures of Palace Drug Store, $1,000 on store, and\\n$1,500 on stock. Mr. Soper had $500 insurance on\\nhis store, but none whatever on his stock. There\\nwas no lack of water, but the means of using it to\\nadvantage were entirely inadequate.\\nThe Great Fire.\\nUNDAV, April 29, 18S3, occurred the mem-\\norable fire which burned 30 buildings, and\\ndestroyed in all $50,000 worth of property.\\nFor many years the row of wooden buildings\\non Main Street had been considered a fire-\\ntrap, and periodical agitation of the necessity\\nof fire protection had occupied the minds of the peo-\\nple. But long continued exemption from the ravages\\nof fire lulled the business men and ])roperty holders\\nto rest, and the magnificent natural advantages for\\nprotecting the town by means of water were allowed\\nto remain unused. Even the large jiump and hose\\nwhich had been placed u[)on the public square by\\nf\\nI.\\nA\\nsy\\nI.\\n1\\nyM,", "height": "2831", "width": "2211", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph11chic_0567.jp2"}, "568": {"fulltext": "t^\\n:^r\\n^vc^ti n D Wi T\\nrzf^-^\\n-4^^f\u00c2\u00aeV(^\\n556\\njVEl^yAYGO COUNTY\\nV\\nir\\nprivate subscription was not in shape for use, and\\nwhen the hour of danger dawned upon the village of\\nNewaygo, her people found themselves at the mercy\\nof fire and flame. The following is the account\\ngiven by the Repiiblicair.\\nSabbath morning dawned peaceful and smiling,\\nand looked down upon a quiet town all unsuspicious\\nof the rude awakening soon to break in upon its se-\\nrenity and make it a day long to be remembered. At\\nabout half past eight o clock in the morning the alarm\\nwas given, and soon the flames broke forth through\\nthe roof of the store building opiX)site the Brooks\\nHouse, owned by E. L. Gray, and occupied by E.\\nPine as a jewelry and news store, and overhead for a\\ndwelling. The cause of the fire is not certainly\\nknown, -and as there are different reports concerning\\nits origin, the question will doubtless remain an open\\none.\\nIt was soon ai)parent that the flames could not be\\nstayed, and the work of saving property commenced.\\nMen and women worked like heroes, and a large\\nportion of the movables were taken from the burn-\\ning building, and from those adjacent thereto. From\\nthis point the fire spread in both directions until it\\nwas finally stayed on the west at J. H. Edwards\\nhardware store, and on the east by the dwelling of J.\\nH. Standish. In the meantime the flames crossed\\nthe street, and in spite of every effort on the part of\\nthe workers, the Brooks House, long the pride of the\\nvillage, was a mass of fire and smoke. From this\\nl)oint the fire lapped up the old meat-market build-\\ning, and the law and printing offices of W D. Fuller,\\non the north, and, jumping over the brick store of S.\\nK. Riblet, stopped by the way long enough to remove\\nthe old vacant store building once used by J. F.\\nRaider, and also a small building next adjoining, oc-\\ncui)ied by Persons and Edwards as an abstract office,\\nand which had been an eye-sore to the villagers.\\nHere the Raider brick block stoi)ped the further\\nspread of the flames, although McKee and others\\non the south removed most of their goods and fur-\\nniture to safer (juarters.\\nAs soon as the fire was fairly under headway, dis-\\npatches for help were sent to Grand Rapids and\\nWoodville, and just as the flames were under subjec-\\ntion an engine from each town appeared upon the\\nscene of action. The Grand Rapids engine left a\\nquantity of hose, and the Woodvillemachine, manned\\nby a brave set of men, proceeded to wet down tl-,e\\nburnt district in a thorough manner. All day long\\nthe joint work of destruction and salvation went on,\\nand as the shadows of night closed in upon the vil-\\nlage, the stars looked down upon a scene of wide- v^^\\nspread ruin and disaster. One hundred heads were\\nshelterless, save as cared for by their more fortimate\\nneighbors, and many had lost their all. Still a spirit\\nof cheerfulness reigned, and plans for rebuilding were\\ntalked of before the hot flames had sunk into sullen\\nrest amid the smoking ruin they had so quickly\\nwrought.\\nThe principal losses were as follows\\nW. D. Fuller, law office and personal property,\\n$r,ooo. Insurance $500.\\nAaron and William Courtright, Brooks House, fur-\\nniture and other personal property, and old meat-\\nmarket building, $18,000. Insurance \u00c2\u00a74,500. The\\nBrooks House was one of the ancient landmarks of\\nthe village, having been built by John A. Brooks.\\nJ. F. A. Raider, vacant store and small building\\nadjoining, and damage to brick store, $1,000, mostly\\ncovered by insurance.\\nJ. H. Edwards, small building adjoining his hard-\\nware store, and an old barn, $700.\\nRichard Surplice, store and dwelling, $5,500. In-\\nsurance, $2,200.\\nJ. H. Simmons, two buildings, $3,500. Insurance, 7\\n$1,500.\\nD. H. Gates, household goods, etc., $250.\\nMrs. Julia Jarse, Jarse House, $4,000. No insur-\\nance.\\nJohn Bailey, two buildings, $2,500. No insurance.\\nGeorge King, store and dwelling, $2,800. No in-\\nsurance.\\nE. L. Gray, office and store building and papers\\n$500. No insurance.\\nA. G. Day, office and papers, $500. No insurance.\\nI. N. Robinson, personal property, \u00c2\u00a7300. No in-\\nsurance.\\nBanker McKee, one building, $1,000. No in-\\nsurance.\\nKalamazoo Printing Company, $300. No insur- f\\nance.\\nJ. M. .Mien, dwelling house and livery stable, $2,- j\u00c2\u00ae\\n500. No insurance.\\nC A. Banker, blacksmith shop, $500. No insur-\\nance.\\nCongregational Church, $3,000. No insurance.\\n:dd", "height": "2819", "width": "2254", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph11chic_0568.jp2"}, "569": {"fulltext": ")\u00c2\u00ab^t|^\u00c2\u00bb\\nillD: ^:illi^ -r\\nNEWAYGO COUNTY.\\n^tf^^-^\\n557\\nA\\nV\\n:5)\\nU\\nCharles Atwood, dwelling, $200. No insurance.\\nA. r. Day, house and barn, ;gi,ooo.\\nl ,d. Pine, personal property, $700. No insurance\\nJoe. Maynard, personal property, $100. No in-\\nsurance.\\nS. I). Thompson, damage to store building, $300.\\nCovered by insurance.\\nS. K. Riblet, damage to store, $500. Covered by\\ninsurance.\\nDavid Millard, goods, lt;2oo. No insurance.\\nE. I. Hewes, damaged goods, $700. Insured.\\nJerome Carpenter, stock and goods, $1,200. No\\ninsurance.\\nScarcely had the ruins stopped smoking, when the\\nwork of rebuilding began, and, before the winter set\\nin, several brick structures were completed, or well\\nunderway. The Courtright, which succeeds the\\nBrooks House, was formally opened Nov. i5. Severe\\nas the individual losses were, it is certain that by an-\\nother year Newaygo will be all the better for the\\nfire. A better class of buildings are going up, and\\nthe village is to have better protection from the de-\\nstroying element. A liberal sum has been voted for\\nwater works.\\nCroton Township.\\nI^ROTON Township, 12 north, 11 west, lies\\nin the eastern tier of the county. It is\\nbounded on the north by Big Prairie, on the\\n\u00c2\u00abi, east by Montcalm County, on the south by\\nEnsley and on the west by Brooks. The\\nMuskegon River flows through the northwest-\\nern part, crossing sections 4, 5, 8, 7, 18 and 19. The\\nLittle Muskegon flows from east to west through the\\ntownship, crossing sections 13, 14, 15, 16, 9 and S.\\nIt joins the Muskegon in the southwestern part of sec-\\ntion 7. In the southwestern part of the township are\\nPetlit and Bills Lakes.\\n.-Xt the forks of the Muskegon is situated the vil-\\nlage of Croton. This was once an important point,\\nbefore the pine forests were cut away, but now its\\nInisiness is purely local. The first mill there was\\nbuilt at about tiie same time the first settlement was\\nmade at Newaygo, and the first land taken up in the\\ncounty is at Croton.\\nCroton Township was called Newaygo until 1855.\\nIt was organized under that name in 1851, at the\\nsame time with Brooks Township, and then included\\nthe eastern half of the county. It was cut down to\\nform Big I rairie, Ensley and other townships, until it\\ncontained but a township and a half. It remained\\nof this size until 1880, when half a township became\\na part of Brooks Township, and Croton was reduced\\nto its present limits.\\nAt the last election, held April 2, 1883, the follow-\\ning township officers were elected David Collins,\\nSupervisor; Walter M. Pace, Clerk; Jerome A. Bots-\\nford, Treasurer; George Backart, Highway Commis-\\nsioner; Lafayette Keeney, Drain Commissioner;\\nAlfred E. Hall, School Inspector; Wesley C. Dancer,\\nJustice of the Peace; Simon Dancer, Gilbert Grow,\\nWilliam Cram, and Amljrose Fitzgerald, Constables.\\nThe population of the township in i SSo was 807;\\nthat of the village of Croton, 1 18.\\nThere are in the township at the present time four\\nwhole school districts and two fractional ones. For\\nthe year ending Sept. 3, the number of children be-\\nteen the ages of 5 and 21 was 238 number of chil-\\ndren that attended school, 166; number of non-resi-\\ndent pupils, 6; number of days of school taught,\\n860; number of school-houses (all frame), 6; num-\\nber of pupils that can be seated, 350; value of school\\nproperty, |i2, 100 number of male teachers employed,\\n4; number of female teachers employed, 7; wages\\npaid to male teachers, $573; wages jjaid to female\\nteachers, \u00c2\u00a7672.60.\\nThe valuation of property in this townshi[) in-\\ncreased from $38,736.01 in 1853 to $80,755 1883;\\nand the taxation of property from $351.37 in 1852 to\\n$2,251.18 in 1883.\\nSUI EKVISOKS.\\nJames Barton,\\nChristo[)her Culp,\\ng^\u00c2\u00ab^^\\n^-^m\\nJ. Ryan,\\nHugh Rice,\\nGeorge Backart,\\nChristopher Culp,\\nLoyal Palmer,\\nGeorge Backart\\nChas. Carmichael,\\nGeo. Backart,\\nArthur Truesdell,\\nW. W. Irons,\\nGeo. Backart,\\n1851\\n1852\\n1853\\n1854\\n\u00e2\u0080\u00a2855\\n1856\\n.857-8\\n1 85 9-62\\n1863-4\\n.865-7\\n.868\\n1869-70\\n4\\ny^\\nc\\n1", "height": "2831", "width": "2211", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph11chic_0569.jp2"}, "570": {"fulltext": "A^)\u00c2\u00ab^#\u00c2\u00ab\\nA-\\nV\\n5.\\nf,\\nt\\n558\\nNEIVAYGO COUNTY.\\n-Ji\\ni^ Sr\\n-s\\nV\\nWilliam Rice,\\nDavid Collins,\\nP. L. R. Fisk,\\nWm. Rice,\\nM. S. Kline,\\nWm. Rice,\\nDavid Collins,\\nM. F. Cline,\\nDavid Collins,\\nP. A. Harrison,\\nDavid Collins,\\n1871-2\\n1873-4\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0875\\n1876\\n1877\\n1878-9\\n1880\\n1881\\n1882\\n1883\\nDayton Township.\\nf HIS township is 13 north, 14 west, and lies\\nin the western tier of the county. It is\\nfSE bounded on the north by Denver, on the\\neast by Sherman, on the south by Sheridan,\\nand on the west by Oceana County. Half of\\nthe village of Fremont lies in Dayton Town-\\nship, on sections 35 and 36. Through those sections\\nalso runs the C. W. M. R. R. The township con-\\ntains no large streams, but several creeks rise in it,\\nand almost all of them flow from the center of the\\ntownship. The creek which runs through Fremont,\\nin the southeastern corner, connects a chain of lakes\\nwith Fremont Lake, in Sheridan Township. It af-\\nfords e.xcellent water power for the mill at Fremont,\\njust below the mill-pond. This chain of lakes con-\\nsists, besides the mill-pond, of Lakes No. i, 2, 3 (or\\nJoslin Lake), 4 (or Waters Lake), and others. Mar-\\ntin s Lake, on section 19, is a good-sized body of\\nwater. Devil s Lake is on section 22, and Clark s\\nLake on section 23, in a large swamp. There are\\nalso a number of smaller lakes and ponds.\\nDayton was erected into a township by the Board\\nof Sui)ervisors Jan. 5, 1857, and the first township\\niiieeting was held the first Monday in April follow-\\ning, at the house of M. D. Bull, and presided over\\nby Jacob Barnhard, Sylvanus Raid and James Bogue.\\nMelvin W. Scott was chosen as the first Supervisor.\\nAt the last election, held April 2, 18S3, the follow-\\ning township officers were elected: Solomon V.Walker,\\nSupervisor; Charles I. Rathlnin, Clerk; Flood Mis-\\nner, Treasurer; Alphonso M. Curtice, Highway Com-\\nmissioner; Thomas Hopkins, Drain Commissioner;\\nS. Peter Barnhard and Shinar Preston, School In-\\nspectors Charles Hasse, Justice of the Peace Red-\\nmond E. Misner, James N. Faught, Henry S. Angle\\nand James Caldwell, Constables.\\nThe population of the township in 18S0 was 1,588.\\nIt is now much larger.\\nThere are now in the township four whole school\\ndistricts and four fractional districts. For the year\\nending Sept. 3, 1883, the number of children between\\n5 and 20 was 500; number of children that attended\\nschool, 400; number of non-resident pupils, 18;\\nnumber of days of school taught, 889; number of\\nfr?me school-houses, 6 number of log school-houses,\\n2; number of pupils that can be sealed, 451 value\\nof school property, $4,500; number of male teachers\\nemployed, 6; number of female teachers employed,\\n14; wages paid to male teachers, $447.50; wages\\npaid to female teachers, $1,150.\\nThe valuation of property in this township has in-\\ncreased from $71,834.49 in 1859 to $236,380 in 1883,\\nand the taxation from $287.33 o $3 42i.25-\\nSUPERVISORS.\\nMelwin W. Scott, 1859-64\\nJacob Barnhard, 1864\\nWilliam Martin, 1865-7\\nJohn Brotherton, 1868\\nMelvin W. Scott, 1869-72\\nJ. B. Jewell, 1873-6\\nI. C. Fox, 1877-8\\nJ. B. Jewell, 1879\\nIrwin C. Fox, 1880-2\\nS. V. Walker, 1883\\nDenver Township.\\n.ENVER Township, 14 north, 14 west,\\nlies in the western tier of the county. It\\nis bounded on the north by Beaver, on the\\neast by Lincoln, on the south by Dayton, and\\non the west by Oceana County. White River\\n5 flosvs through the township from east to west,\\ncrossing sections 25, 24, 23, 22, 27, 28, 29 and 30.\\nMidway across the township it is joined by Harring-\\nton or Heald Creek, which is the outlet of a chain\\nof lakes to the north. In the northern part of the\\ntownship are several good-sized lakes, Half-Moon\\nLake, Mountain Lake, Martin s Lake, Wittie Lake,\\nFlanders Lake, Stony Lake and others.\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0y\\nt\\n^s^^^\\n^ii!i :ni]s", "height": "2819", "width": "2254", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph11chic_0570.jp2"}, "571": {"fulltext": ":2f\u00e2\u0082\u00ac^K @VC^Iln:^tlD^\\nNEWAYGO COUNTY.\\nA\\n:s\\nj^ The township of Denver was organized in 1867.\\nWilliam A. Anderson was chosen the first Supervisor.\\nAt the last election, held April 2, 1883, the follow-\\ning township officers were chosen: William A. An-\\nj derson, Supervisor; William Maynard, Clerk; John\\nD. Gowell, Treasurer; James Robertson, Highway\\nCommissioner; Henry Covil, School Inspector; John\\nD. Gowell, Justice of the Peace Henry E. Stebbins,\\nGeorge Miller, A. C. Gowell and David Hoiikins,\\nConstables.\\nThe population of Denver Township in 1880 was\\n1,112.\\nThere are now in the township four whole school\\ndistricts and two fractional districts. For the year\\nending Sept. 3, 1883, the number of children between\\nthe ages of 5 and 20 was 524; number of children\\nthat attended school, 335 number of non-resident\\npupils, 17; number of days of school taught, 1,030;\\nnumber of school-houses (all frame), 6; value of\\nschool property, $7,Soo; number of male teachers\\nX. employed, 4; number of female teachers employed,\\nr^ II wages paid to male teachers, $598; wages paid\\nto female teachers, $r,o8i.\\nThe equalized valuation of property in the town-\\nship in the year 1867, was $144,484, and the taxation\\n$1,900.06. In 1883, according to the records the\\nvaluation was $149,065, and the taxation $1,977.05.\\nV\\nSUPERVISORS\\nWilliam Anderson\\nWilliam A. Haskins\\nA. J. Spencer\\nSolon Webster\\nW. A. Anderson\\n1867\\n1868\\n1869-72\\n1873-81\\n1882\\nHESPERIA VILLAGE.\\nIIPSljijUiOUT i860, a man by the name of Streeter\\nll^S^k settled on the west side of the county line,\\niS\\\\ near the present village.\\nHe afterward sold\\nout to Joseph Sweet. The origin of the\\nvillage is thus described by Mr. T. L Waters:\\nIn the winter of 1865-6, Daniel Weaver and\\nhis wife came up here to visit Uncle Joe, when Mr.\\nWeaver made the remark to his wife that here was a\\nfine place to build a village. The following spring,\\ny being at Father Weaver s, he said to me, Thad, I\\nknow where there is a good place to start a town, on\\nfthe banks of the White River where it crosses the\\ncounty line; the land is level, the soil is sandy, and\\n^^A^^^\\n^m\\nthere is a good water-power there. I have $Soo in\\nthe bureau drawer, am out of debt, and if you will\\nlay out the town, and the boys all stick by me, we\\nwill make the strike. To this we all agreed, and\\nthere, in the old house at Fremont, the village of\\nHesperia first took shape. The never tiring energy\\nof Daniel Weaver, who had already plunged into the\\nforest three times and opened up a new country, now\\ntook a turn in a different direction, (joing to Hills-\\ndale, he enlisted John P. Cook, of that city, to go in\\npartnership with him, build a saw-mill and stock it,\\nand erect a store and fill it with goods. The sum of\\n$20,000 was invested in the store and goods, and\\n$11,000 in the mill, logs and land; making in all\\n$31,000 invested in the village at the start. I he\\nlumber for the store was picked up at different\\nplaces some of it was hauled from Whitehall, a dis-\\ntance of twenty-five miles. The only house in Hes-\\nperia at that time was the old log house back of Mr.\\nWeaver s present residence; an addition was Ijuilt to\\nthis, and the building turned into a boarding-house.\\nUncle Joe Sweet being Brigadier General.\\nIn the fall of 1866, Mr. Hoskins and myself com-\\nmenced to lay out the town. After fifing around a\\nfew days and accomplishing nothing, 1 took the\\nwhole matter in hand, and with Sam Shaw as assis-\\ntant engineer, laid out and platted a town. The\\nstreets north and south ran parallel with the county\\nline, while those east and west were parallel with the\\nsouth line of the section. John P. Cook, coming out\\nat this time, examined the plat, and finding the\\nstreets were not at right angles, concluded to throw\\nit up. We then went over the ground, looked it over\\ncarefully, paced it out, and in the upper [jart of what\\nwas afterward Webster s store Mr. Cook planned\\nand I drafted the present plat of the village. The\\nsaw-mill was completed, and the boilers, engine, etc.,\\nput in. It was run a few weeks, when, in the spring\\nof 1867, the boiler and machinery were moved back\\nto Montague, and put in Charles Cook Co. s mill\\nat that [ilac e. The new survey and plat was finished\\nin the fall of 1866, and it was proiX)sed to call the\\nvillage New Ocea, combining half of the names of\\nthe two counties in which it stands. This matter\\nwas finally submitted to Miss Mary Cook, the\\ndaugiiter of John P., who has the honor of giving the\\nvillage its present name, Hesperia, or the beautiful\\ngarden.\\nHesperia has the best location, perhai)s, as far as\\nV\\nA\\nV\\nf\\nr^\\nI", "height": "2831", "width": "2211", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph11chic_0571.jp2"}, "572": {"fulltext": "*^)^/^l:^\u00c2\u00ab^#-\\nim\\nt2j\u00e2\u0082\u00ac^^: erv4^DD ;mJri v\\nr^^^^^is\\n-ss^jtg:\\n\u00c2\u00a7\\\\i.\\n560\\nNEWAYGO COUNTY.\\nground to build on is concerned, and farming country\\nto support it, of any village in Northern Michigan. It\\nhas two magnificent water powers. With a good\\nT railroad, Hesperia would soon become one of finest\\nmanufacturing towns in the State. No better place\\ncan be found than this to locate a tannery on a large\\nscale. There is no better place in the country for a\\nwoolen factory, a large number of sheep being\\nalready kept by the farmers in the vicinity, and the\\ncountry around it being peculiarly adapted to sheep\\nraising. Any person having capital to invest in\\nmanufactures will do well to look up Hesperia s\\nadvantages.\\nThe greatest need of the place is a good railroad.\\nSeveral schemes have at different times been pro-\\nposed, but have all fallen through. Just now, how-\\never, the prospect is really fair for a railroad to be\\nbuilt from Pentwater to Howard, through Hart, Hes-\\nperia and Fremont. It is greatly to be hoped that\\nthis project will succeed. The Hesperians will give\\nany reasonable assistance to a railroad.\\nThe population of Hesperia is now about 500, as\\nnearly as can be estimated from the last school\\n=3 census. The village has no debt, the school district\\n\u00e2\u0080\u00a2.t^\u00e2\u0096\u00a0 owes only $1,000, at seven per cent., and this small\\nindebtedness, contracted in building the new school-\\nhouse, will soon be paid. Hesperia is connected\\nwith the outer world by a daily stage to White Cloud,\\na daily stage to Fremont, and two weekly stages\\nnorthward.\\nThe village was incorporated early in 1883, and\\nheld its first village election April iC. The officers\\nare as follows: D. Weaver, President; L. W. King,\\nClerk; P. Monroe, Treasurer; George Overly,\\nMarshal; William Leland, Constable H. K. Bush,\\nJ. C. McCowen, Abraham Fisher, E. B. Slocum,\\nWilliam Fleming and John Ash, Trustees.\\nHesperia supports several religious societies. The\\nAdventists have two organizations, which hold oc-\\ncasional services, but have no church. Tiie Presby-\\nterians have a fine church, built in 1880, at a cost of\\n$3,000. Rev. Mr. Walker, the pastor at that time,\\ni. should have much of the credit of this. He was\\nsucceeded by the present pastor. Rev. Mr. Coulter.\\nThe Methodists have the oldest and largest society\\nin the village. They have a neat and commodious\\nchurch, built in 1869, at a cost of about $1,000.\\nV\\n1\\nThe present pastor is Rev. Mr. Beach. The Baptists\\n^^k^^^\\n^^A ^D!1\\ncompleted a substantial church in 1877, at a cost o\\n$2,500. The present pastor is Rev. Mr. Gostelow.\\nThe secret societies are well represented here.\\nHesperia Lodge No. 346, F. A. M., received its\\ncharter Jan. 24, 1877, though it was organized under\\ndispensation in December, 1875. It has now a\\nmembership of 45, and is a flourishing organization.\\nThe present officers are as follows: Charles Starks,\\nW. M. John Smith, J. W. William Fleming, S.\\nW. J. D. (tow, Secretary Ephraim Utley,\\nTreasurer.\\nHesperia Lodge, No. 334, I. O. O. F., was organ-\\nin November, 1S79, with 13 charter members. It has\\nnow a membership of 40. The officers are as fol-\\nlows William Chandler, N. G. L. E. Norton, V.\\nG. J. B. Smith, .Secretary; and William Fleming,\\nTreasurer.\\nHesperia Lodge, No. 552, I. O. G. T., was organ-\\nized Feb. I, 1879, with seven members. It has now\\na goodly membership, and the following officers:\\nJohn Ash, W. C. T. Esther Wilber. V. C. T. D.\\nGostelow, Rec. Sec. O. B. Walters, Fin. Sec; Su-\\nsanna Gilbert, Treasurer.\\nGen. Dix Post No. 9, G. A. R., was mustered in\\nAugust, 1880, with 18 members. This number has\\nnow increased to 60. The principal officers are as\\nfollows: W. C. Simmons, Com.; Charles Robbins,\\nO. D. William Chandler, Adj.; Richard Slocum,\\nChap.; George Robbins, S. V. C. Henry E. Water-\\nman, J. V. C. Henry Brooks, Q. M.; John Wyman,\\nO. G.\\nThe manufacturing interests of Hesperia are al-\\nready important. First in importance comes the\\ngrist-mill of D. Weaver, built about 1873, at a cost\\nof $10,000. G. D. Webster s grist-mill was built in\\n1 88 1, at a cost of $3,500. He has also a saw-mill.\\nThen there are McDonald s saw-mill and A. P. Big-\\nelow s steam grist-mill.\\nThe general business interests of Hesperia are rep-\\nresented in the following list\\nJohn Alderman, ])ump. manufacturer.\\nAmos Bigelow, miller.\\nJ. O. Brown, prop. Forest House.\\nL. Brown iV Co., clothiers.\\nI. H. Barlow, saloon-keeper.\\nFrank ISurt, blacksmith.\\nC. M. Barnes, general merchant.\\nH. K. Bush, hardware merchant.\\nWilliam Fleming, boarding house, and prop,\\nwagon-shop.\\n9\\n4)", "height": "2819", "width": "2254", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph11chic_0572.jp2"}, "573": {"fulltext": "^r ^lltl ^llllr r-^-\\nNEWAYGO COUNTY.\\nb\\nA\\n1\\nI\\n-s\\nH. K. Fisher, saloon-keeper.\\nJohn Gnimley, shoemaker.\\nUri tlillett, shoemaker.\\nR. Husband, harness-nuiker.\\nHawley Son, jewelers.\\nN D. Holt, hardware merchant.\\nHoward Pembroke, shoe dealers.\\nLeaton Leland, livery keepers.\\nMcCowen Warren, general merchants.\\nMcCowen \u00c2\u00abSc Strowbridge, fancy dealers\\nL. E. Norton, physician.\\nThomas O Sullivan, barber.\\nO. A. Rowland, furniture dealer.\\nSullivan Gordon, blacksmithing.\\nE. B. Slocum Co., general merchants.\\nFrank Utlev, druggist.\\nS. W. \\\\Vilbur, blacksmith.\\nD. Weaver Co., general merchants.\\nWilson Baker, grocer.\\nFrank Whitney, prop, meat market.\\nO. B. Walter iV Co., marble workers.\\nL. S. Weaver, druggist.\\nG. D. Webster, miller and merchant.\\nMiss Mattie Weaver, milliners.\\nWeaver Heim, millers.\\nC. N. Young, editor News.\\n^\\\\D.-Cf/\\nEnsley Township.\\nHIS township is 1 1 north, ii west, and oc-\\nf^M j cupies the extreme southeastern corner of\\niHcw,; Newaygo County. It is bounded on the\\nnorth by Croton Township, on the east by\\nMontcalm County, on the south by Kent\\nCounty, and on the west by Grant Township.\\nIn the eastern part of the township are Round (or\\nConover) Lake, Baptist Lake, and Inglewright Lake,\\neach a out 20 acres in extent. On the middle of\\nthe sou 1 line is County Line Lake, and in section 7\\nis part Moore s Lake. Ensley is one of the best\\nagricul; al townships, if not the best, in the county,\\nand is v\\\\ 11 developed.\\nThe jwnship of Ensley was erected Oct. 18, 1858,\\nand the first township meeting was held the first\\nMonday in April, 1859, at the house of Benjamin\\nEnsley, with Otis H. Kellogg, William S. Hillman\\nand Hiram Suter as Inspectors. Augustus A. Kel-\\nlogg was chosen the first Supervisor. At the last\\nelection, held April 2, 1883, the following townshij)\\nofficers were elected: George Wright, Supervisor;\\nWilliam H. Cook, Clerk; Andrew Fly nn, Treasurer,\\nLuke Cook, Highway Commissioner; Charles H.\\nButton, Drain Commissioner; Harvey Unrue and\\nGeorge W. Mutchler, School Inspectors; Marshall\\nBuchanan, Alton S. Frey and James H. Haskins,\\nJustices of the Peace Luke Cook, Richard Terwil-\\nliger, Marshall Buchanan and S. Wilbur Frey, Con-\\nstables.\\nThe population of Ensley Township in 1880 was\\n1,388.\\nThere are now in the township eight whole school\\ndistricts and one fractional district. For the year\\nending Sept, 3, 1883, the numberof children between\\nthe ages of 5 and 20 was 456; number of children\\nthat attended school, 363 number of days of school\\ntaught, 1,2991^ number of school-houses (all frame),\\n8 value of school property, $5,775; number of male\\nteachers employed, 2 number of female teachers\\nemployed, 16; wages paid to male teachers, $240;\\nivages paid to female teachers, $1,684.40.\\nThe total equalized valuation of property in the\\ntownship in 1859 was $26,618.50, and the taxation\\n$226.25. I 18^3 the valuation had increased to\\n$162,725, and the taxation to $1,562.21.\\nSUPERVISORS.\\nAugustus A. Kellogg,\\n1859\\nJohn V. Crandall\\n1S60\\nRansom E. French\\n1861\\nJohn V. Crandall\\n1862\\nTerome A. Bottsford\\n1863\\nSmith Cook\\n1864-5\\nAbram Ter\\\\villiger\\n1866\\nSmith Cook\\n1867\\nRansom E. French\\n1868-70\\nT. S. Frey\\n1871\\nRanson E. French\\n1872-4\\nT. S. Frey\\n1874-8\\nJohn V. Crandall\\n187S-80\\nGeorge Wright\\n1881-\\n~0\\nEverett Township.\\n^jW^; VKRETT Township is 13 north, 12 west,\\nti l^-E^te with the exception of the north half of\\n^fe sections 4, 5 and 6, and with the addition\\nof the south half of sections 34, 35 and 36 of\\ntownship 14 north, 12 west. It is bounded on\\nthe north by Wilcox, on the east by Big Prairie,\\non the south by Brooks, and on the west by Sher-\\nr\\nl^\\n^D!l^tltl^\\n\u00c2\u00abv\u00c2\u00bb-", "height": "2831", "width": "2211", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph11chic_0573.jp2"}, "574": {"fulltext": "^^^r^^^m^\\nim\\nfsu\\n7 my.m T\\nC 362\\nV\\n^3/\\nNEWAYGO COUNTY.\\nman. In the southern part are Bass Lake, Crooked\\nLake and two lakes known as Twin Lakes, and in\\nthe township are other smaller bodies of water,\\nriie Newaygo division of the C. W. M. R. R. runs\\nalmost due south across sections 5, 8, 17, 20, 29 and\\n32, passing between Twin Lakes and turning to the\\nsoutheast on section 32. Cold Creek and Bigelow\\nCreek flow southward from the township.\\nEverett was erected into a townslii]), then the\\nseventh in the county, by order of the Board of Su-\\npervisors Jan. 7, 1856. It was made to include four\\ntownships, 13, 14, 15 and 16 north, 12 west. It\\nwas in after years reduced to form Wilcox and Mon-\\ni-oe Townships. The first election was held at the\\nschool-house on Big Prairie, presided over by Alden\\nAngevine, Everett Douglass and Ephraim H. Utley.\\nThe last named was elected the first Supervisor of\\nthe new township. At the last election, held April\\n2, 1883, the following township officers were chosen:\\nT. Ohrenberger, Supervisor; John Harwood, Clerk;\\nGeorge C. Williams, Treasurer; William J. Harris,\\nHighway Commissioner; Merton Beckwith, Drain\\nCommissioner; William M. Davenport, School In-\\nspector; Horace Warren, B. H. Coolbaugh, Everett\\nDouglass and Michael Walsh, Justices of the Peace;\\nThos. Hogan, William J. Harris, Joshua Ellsworth\\nand Daniel Crofoot, Constables.\\nThe population of Everett Township in 1880 was\\n784.\\nThere are now in the township five whole school\\ndistricts and one fractional district. For the year\\nending Sept. 3, 1883, the number of children be-\\ntween the ages of 5 and 20 was 293; number that\\nattended school, 163 numlier of non-resident pupils,\\n7 number of days of school taught, 735 number\\nof frame school-houses, 6; number of log school-\\nhouses, I number of ptijiils that can be seated,\\n377; value of school property, $4-5\u00c2\u00b0\u00c2\u00b0; number of\\nmale teachers employed, i number of female teach-\\ners employed, 7 wages paid to male teachers, $700;\\nwages paid to female teachers, $727.77.\\nThe eiiualized valuation of |)roperty in the town-\\nsh p in 1856 was $46,270 and the taxation $212.89.\\nIn 1883 the valuation was $100,885 and the taxation\\nSi, 063. 47.\\nSUPERVISORS.\\nICphraim H. Utley,\\nC. J. Bigelow,\\n1856\\n1857\\nEphraim H. Utley,\\nBenj. H. Coolbaugh,\\nEverett Douglass,\\nC. J. Bigelow,\\nEverett Douglass,\\nEverett Douglass,\\nBenj. H. Coolbaugh,\\nC. J. Bigelow,\\nJ. M. Gibbs,\\nJ. M. Grovesteen,\\nJ. Ohrenberger,\\n1858\\n1859\\n1860-3\\n1864\\n1865-8\\n1869\\n1870-6\\n1877\\n1878-82\\n1883\\nGarfield Township.\\nARFIELD Township is 12 north, 13 west,\\n^j. and is bounded on the north by Sherman\\non the east by Brooks, on the south by Ash-\\nland, and on the west by Sheridan. Section\\n24 and half of section 13 lie within the village\\ncorporation of Newaygo. The Muskegon flows\\nthrough the southeastern corner, crossing sections\\n24, 23, 26, 25, 36, 35, 27, 34, 1,1 and 32. In the\\nwestern part are a number of creeks flowing to the\\nwest, and in the northeastern part are Kimbell,\\nPickerel and Cope Lakes. The Newaygo division of\\nthe C. W. M. R. R. runs across sections 24, 25,\\n26 and 36, and a branch from Newaygo to Pickerel\\nLake crosses sections 13 and 12.\\nThe township was erected by the Board of Super-\\nvisors, Jan. 6, 1881, taking 18 sections from Sher-\\nman and 1 8 sections from Brooks. The first election\\nwas held at Daniel 1 Sopcr s store in Newaygo,\\nApril 4, following. Thomas H. Stuart, Daniel E.\\nJ\\nALLEYTON.\\nAlleyton is a small village near the northwestern\\ncorner of the township, on the railroad. It was once\\na flourishing village, and the census of 1880 gave it\\n464 inhabitants; but in March, 1882, it was almost\\nentirely consumed by fire, 47 buildings yielding to\\nthe devastating element. Nothing has been done to-\\nwards rebuilding the village, and most of the citi-\\nzens have gone away. Proctor Davenport operate\\na large saw-mill on White River at this point; and\\nthey also have a store of j^eneral merchandise. The\\nPacific Hotel is kept by Albert C. Masson, and the\\npost-office by H. Warren.\\nA\\nf\\nA\\n-nD :Bns", "height": "2819", "width": "2254", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph11chic_0574.jp2"}, "575": {"fulltext": "A ^JFy/F6Y; COUNTY.\\n503\\nf\\nV\\ns\\nSoper and Lewis Eckard were Inspectors of the\\nelection, and E. O. Shaw was chosen the first Super-\\nvisor. At the hist election, held April 2, 1883, the\\nfollowing township officers were chosen: Francis M.\\nPike, Supervisor Tyson Smith, Clerk Joseph But-\\nler, Treasurer Thomas H. Stuart, Highway Com-\\nmissioner; Robertas Nail, Drain Commissioner; Wal-\\nter Stirling, School Inspector; David W. Flora, Will-\\niam Edwards and Francis F. Hall, Justice of the\\nPeace; Wilkes C. Stewart, Matthias Murphy, Joseph\\nFamby and James M. Murray, Constables.\\nThere are now four school districts in Garfield\\nTownship. For the year ending Sept. 3, 1883, the\\nnumber of children between the ages of 5 and 20\\nwas 194; number that attended school, 152; num-\\nber of non-resident pupils, 7; number of days of\\nschool taught, 574; number of frame school-houses,\\n3; number of log school-houses, r; number of pu-\\npils that can be seated, 159; value of school prop-\\nerty, $1,150; number of teachers (all female) em-\\nployed, 9; wages paid to teachers, $755.40.\\nThe valuation of the property of this township in\\n1881 was $129,610 and the ta.xes assessed $2,004.75,\\nwhile for 1883 the figures for the former were $176,-\\n665, and the latter $4,073.57.\\nMr. E. O. Shaw served the township as Super-\\nvisor in 1881, and F. M. Pike since.\\ni\\nGoodwell Township.\\nHIS township is 14 north, 1 1 west, and lies\\nin the eastern tier of townships. It is\\nbounded on the north by Norwich, on the\\neast by Mecosta County, on the south by Big\\nPrairie, and on the west by Wilcox. It con-\\ntains no large streams. Mud Lake is on sec-\\ntion 3, and there is a small lake on section 14, and\\none on section 15. In the northern part is a logging\\nrailroad, running east to the G. R. I. R. R. in Me-\\ncosta County. Goodwell is as yet very thinly settled.\\nLumbering is the principal industr)-.\\nIt is the youngest township in Newaygo County,\\nand was organized by the l?oard of Super\\\\ isors Jan.\\n10, 1882, out of territory which had belonged to Big\\nPrairie ever since the organization of the county.\\n(.\u00e2\u0080\u00a2y The first townshi[) meeting was held the first Mon-\\nday in April following, at the school-house in district\\n\u00c2\u00ab\u00c2\u00bbt\\n4\\nnumber 8, presided over by John Bennett, James\\nBennett and Joseph (iraham. John Russell was\\nchosen the first Supervisor. At the last election,\\nheld April 2, 1883, the following township officers\\nwere chosen John Pussell, Supervisor; Joseph H.\\nGraham, Clerk William Hoag, Treasurer; Ezra L.\\nFowler, Highway t ommissioner Floyd Reynolds,\\nSchool Inspector; John Russell and Jotham J. Hall,\\nJustices of the Peace; John BuUman, David Bisel,\\nElbridge M. Rogers and John Green, Constables.\\nThe equalized valuation of the property of the\\ntownship in 1882 was $1 19 730, and for 1883 $153,-\\n685, while the taxes assessed for the former year was\\n$2,243.69, and for the latter $2,894.50.\\nMr. John Russell has served the township as Su-\\npervisor since its organization in 1882.\\nGrant Township.\\nRANT Township is 11 north, 12 west, and\\n^1^^^ lies in the southern tier of the county.\\n^o ?j It is bounded on the north by Brooks, on the\\neast by Ensley, on the south by Muskegon\\nt County, on the west by Ashland. On section\\n2, 10, II, 14, 15, 22 and 23 is Rice Lake, the largest\\nbody of water in the county. This lake, with the\\nswamp which surrounds it, occupies one-fourth of the\\ntownship. On the eastern line is Moore s Lake, on\\nthe northern, Hess Lake, and on the western, Blanche\\nLake. Rogue River, the outlet of Rice Lake, flows\\nsouthward to (Jrand River.\\nGrant was the eleventh township organized in Ne-\\nwaygo County, and was erected by the Board of Su-\\npervisors Jan. 8, 1867. The first township meeting\\nwas held the first Monday in April following, at the\\nhouse of Stephen L. Marvin. The Inspectors were\\nSamuel W. Glover, Dewitt C. Hyde and Rensselaer\\nBrace and Samuel W. Glover was elected the first\\nSupervisor of Grant. At the last election, held April\\n2, 1883, the following township officers were chosen\\nThomas Ryan, Supervisor; William M. Wheeler,\\nClerk William A. Watrous, Treasurer; Henry Bates,\\nHighway Commissioner Harrison Whitmire, Drain\\nCommissioner; I rancis L. Cain, School Inspector;\\nLouis Babcock, Justice of the Peace S. B. English,\\nr\\nI\\nKy\\nr\\nI\\nm\\nK-^[ia: DDs\\n^x", "height": "2831", "width": "2211", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph11chic_0575.jp2"}, "576": {"fulltext": "564\\nr^f^^ 6ve^llti:^:(llif r\\njm\\n-i^^fsvii\\nNEIVAVGO COUXTV\\nHorton Thompson, Franklin Spears and Lorenzo\\nDitson, Constables.\\nThe population of (Irant Township in 1880 was\\n422.\\nThe vote of this township at the last general elec-\\ntion (Nov., 1 8S2) for Governor was For J- W. Begole,\\nDemocrat, 43; for D. H. Jerome, Republican, 7.\\nThe valuation of property in Grant Township in\\n1867 was $21, 210, and in 1883, $67,560. The high-\\nest valuation was $89,297 in 1880; the next year it\\nwas put at $52,780. The taxation on its property\\nsince 1867 has varied from $279 that year to $1,500\\nlast year.\\nSUPERVISORS.\\nSamuel W. Glover,\\n\u00e2\u0080\u00a2Stephen L. Martin,\\nJ. H. Shaw,\\nD. C. Hyde,\\nJ David Rebel,\\nEugene O Connor,\\nGeorge M. Osman,\\nLewis Trexell,\\nThomas Ryan,\\nH. C. Cole,\\nV\\nQ\\n1867\\n1868-9\\n1870\\n187 1\\n1872-5\\n1876\\n1S77\\n1878-80\\n1881-3\\n1883\\nLincoln Township.\\nhis township is 14 north, 13 west, and is\\nbounded on the north by Beaver and Mon-\\nroe, on the east by Wilcox, on the south by\\nSherman and on the west by Denver. A large\\nbody of water known as Diamond Lake lies\\nmostly on section 1 3 and on section 25 is\\nBlacksmith Lake. In the western part are two lakes\\nformed by damming up Dowling Creek, and one pro-\\nduced in the same way on White River, which flows\\nthrough the southwestern pari of the township. Dowl-\\ning Creek rises on section 14, and flows west. The\\nNewaygo division of the Chicago West Michigan\\nrailroad runs across sections 1,12 and 13.\\nLincoln was erected by the Board of Supervisors\\nJan. 5, i88r, out of half of a township previously\\nbelonging to Everett, and half a township taken from\\nDenver. The first township meeting was held the\\nr first Monday in April following, at the house of John\\nOwen, and was presided over by John Owen, .Simeon\\nt\\nBarnhard and Ernest Forbes. J. L. Alexander was\\nelected the first Supervisor. At the last election,\\nheld April 2, 1883, the following township officers\\nwere chosen J. L. Ale.\\\\ander, Supervisor David\\nHolmes, Clerk Walter Burton, Treasurer Bruce H.\\nJackson, Highway Commissioner; Simon Barnhard,\\nDrain Commissioner; Chester A. Stone, School In-\\nspector Winfield S. Brewer, Justice of the Peace\\nCharles L. Jones, Charles Williams, John Dicker\\nand Philip Bird, Constables.\\nMonroe Township.\\nONROE comprises Congressional town-\\nships 15 and 16 north, 12 west, and the\\ni\\\\\\\\Kia east half of townships 15 and 16 north, 13\\nR. west. It is bounded on the north by Lake\\nm^\\nSB.\\nK2J\\nI\\nCounty, on the east by Barton and Norwich, on\\nthe south by Wilcox and Denver, and on the\\nwest by Beaver and Troy. The greater part of the\\ntownship is drained by the Pere Marquette River,\\nwhich flows to the north. White River rises in the\\nsoutheastern corner. In the northwestern corner are\\nPettibone Lake, Pickerel Lake, and Twin Lakes in\\nthe southern part are Spring Lake and Blue Lake;\\nand on the western border is Crocked Lake. The\\ntownship contains 108 square miles, and much of it is\\ncovered with pine. Its agricultural resources are but\\nlittle developed.\\nMonroe was the sixteenth township organized in\\nNewaygo County, and was erected by the Board of\\nSupervisors Oct. 15, 1872. The first township meet-\\ning was held the first Monday in April, 1873, at the\\nschool-house in district number 5, with Elias Elwell,\\nRoger Pettibone and Harry Monroe as Inspectors.\\nThe last named was elected the first Sujjervisor. .At\\nthe last election, held April 2, 1883, the following\\ntownship officers were elected Hugh S. Swain, Su-\\npervisor; George J. Ambrose, Clerk; Edward C\\nGroesbeck, Treasurer; Samuel Harit, Highway Ccm-\\nmissioner; Edwin Dunbar and Thomas McDuffie,\\nSchool Inspectors; Henry M. Carroll, Justice of the\\nPeace; Henry Pillow, Americus V. Coney, James A.\\nRichardson and George W. Chapman, Constables.\\nThe population of Monroe Township in 1880 was\\n362. It is now much larger.", "height": "2819", "width": "2254", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph11chic_0576.jp2"}, "577": {"fulltext": "^^m\\nKK^\\n(l^^rf\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0ST\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0^v ::tlll :tins\\nNEIVAYGO COUNTY.\\nThere are now in the township two whole school\\ndistricts and two fractional districts. For the year\\nending Sept. 3, 1883, the number of children between\\nthe ages of 5 and 20 was, in three districts (district\\nNo. 3 did not report), 179; number of children that\\nattended school, 133; niunber of non-resident pupils,\\n1; number of days of school taught, 47S; number of\\npupils that can be seated, 132; value of school prop-\\nerty, $1,590; number of male teachers employed, i\\nnumber of female teachers, 4 wages paid to male\\nteachers, $200; wages paid to female teachers, $54.5.\\nSUPERVISORS.\\nHarry Monroe,\\nWilliam .Spore,\\nT. S. Fales,\\nS. E. Fales,\\nJames W. Hoffman,\\nAmos W. Whipple,\\nH. S. Swan,\\nH. S. Swan,\\nlA-muel C. Hartt,\\n1873\\n874-5\\n1876\\n1877\\n1878\\n1879-81\\n1882\\n1883\\nNorwich Township.\\nii-wi_: )RWICH township is townshi[) 15 north,\\n1^1^ I I west, and lies in the eastern tier of the\\n3 k county.\\n\u00c2\u00ab\\\\ci/ i- ity. It is bounded on the north by\\nigV Barton, on the east by Mecosta County, on\\nj 4 the south by Goodwell, and on the west by\\nMonroe. The township contains four or five\\n^%j small lakes, of which the principal are Hungerford\\nLake, on section 15, and TurnbuH s Lake, on section\\n14. The latter is the source of the south liranch of\\nthe Pere Maniuette River. The Ciiicago West\\nMichigan railroad runs through the township north-\\neast and southwest, crossing sections 12, 13, 14, 15\\n16, 21, 20, 19 and 30. On section 15 is Hungerford\\nStation and post-office; and from that point a log-\\nging railroad runs northwe-;t for two or three miles,\\nwith several branches.\\nNorwich was the fifteenth townsiiip in Newaygo\\nCounty. It was erected by the Board of Supervisors\\nJan. 8, 1872, and the first annual township meeting\\nwas held on tlie first Monday of April following, at\\nthe school-house in district No. 6. The Insiiectors\\nM\\n1\\nwere Willard Barton, Abraham Ten Eyck and Alex.\\nLawrence, and Willard Barton was chosen the first\\nSupervisor. At the last election, held .April 2, 1883,\\nthe townshi[) ofticers were elected: Charles Neale,\\nSupervisor; Fred. A. Ganson, Clerk Fred. J. Voss,\\nTreasurer; Samuel Cole, Highway and Drain Com-\\nmissioner; Charles Neale, School Inspector; Andrew\\nC. Peck and Fred. A. Canson, Justice of the Peace;\\nCharles Pitcher, George Jackson, John Jernstadt and\\nHarvey T. Hower, Constables.\\nThe population of Norwich Township in 1880 was\\n637. It is now nearly double that.\\nThere are now five whole and one fractional school\\ndistricts in the township For the year ending Sept.\\n3, 1883, the number of children between the ages of\\n5 and 20 was 319 number that attended school, 260\\nnumber of days of school taught, 833 number of\\nschool-houses (all frame) 6; number of pujiils that\\ncan be seated, 303 value of school property, $3,250\\nnumber of male teachers employed, 3 number of fe-\\nmale teachers einployed, 8; wages paid to male\\nteachers, $479 wages paid to female teachers $Si8.\\nIn i(S7 2 the equalized valuation of the taxable\\nproperty of the township was ;}iSo,ooo, and the taxa-\\ntion $469.16, and in 1883 the valuation had increased\\nto $306,585, and the taxation to $3,072.32.\\nSUPERVISORS.\\nWillard Barton,\\nAbraham Ten Eyck,\\nBenj. L. Ewing,\\nA. J. Bennett,\\nBenj. L. Ewing,\\nNewton Ewing,\\nNewton Ewing,\\nharles Neal, S\\nCharles Neal,\\n1872\\n873-4\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0875\\n1876\\n1877\\n1878-80\\n1881\\n1882\\nIfSeSH\u00c2\u00ab \u00c2\u00bbl!3ESS;^=^\\nSheridan Township.\\njI^^It; HP RIDAN Township is township 12 north,\\n6 ifi MJJx ,_j west, and lies in the western tier\\nof the county. It is bounded on the north\\nIV, by Dayton, on the east by Garfield, on the\\nsouth by Bridgeton and on the west by Mus-\\nkegon County. On sections 2 3, 4, 9, 10 and\\n1 1 is situated Fremont Lake, the second largest body\\nv^\\nA\\nC\\n7", "height": "2831", "width": "2211", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph11chic_0577.jp2"}, "578": {"fulltext": "i|s/ ^^\u00c2\u00ab^ti-\\nv DD: dii\\nV\\n566\\nNEWAYGO COUNTY.\\nt\\n1=2\\nV\\n6\\nO\\no\\nT\\nI\\nof water in the county. Its outlet is Brooks Creek,\\nwhich flows south and then west, joining the Muske-\\ngon just beyond the county line. Williams Creek,\\nfrom the east, joins Brooks Creek on section 27.\\nRather more than half of the village of Fremont is\\nsituated in Sheridan Township, on section 2. The\\nChicago West Michigan railroad crosses sections 2,\\n3, 4, 9, 8 and 7.\\nSheridan is one of the successors of the old town-\\nship of Fremont, which was organized by the Board\\nof Supervisors Nov. 5, 1855, out of townships 13, 14,\\n15 and 16, and the north half of township 12 north,\\n14 west, and the west half of townships 13, 14, 15\\nand 16 north, 13 west. The first election of Fre-\\nmont Township was held the first Monday in April,\\n1856, at the house of Wilkes Stewart, with Wilkes\\nStewart, Daniel Weaver and Shepard Gibbets as\\nInspectors. Daniel Weaver was chosen the first Super-\\nvisor. In 1867, Fremont Township died an honor-\\nable death, and Sherman. Denver and Sheridan were\\ncreated. The first Supervisor of Sheridan was Wil-\\nlard M. Howell. At the last election, held April 2,\\n1883, the following township officers were chosen\\nAlfred G. Meade, Supervisor; Amos A. White, Clerk:\\nMarshall B. Franklin, Treasurer; Christoph Kempf,\\nHighway Commissioner; Augustine White, School\\nInspector; Richard N. Lloyd, Justice of the Peace;\\nRansom P. Piper, Henry McCarty, Melvin McDonald\\nand Dennis V. Lordon, Constables.\\nThe population of Sheridan Township in 1880\\nwas 1,181.\\nThe township now contains three whole and three\\nfractional school districts. For the year ending\\nSept. 3, i88r, the number of children between the\\nages of 5 and 20 was 660; number of children\\nthat attended school during the year, 548; number\\nof non-resident pupils, 14; number of days of school\\ntaught, 872; numl)erof brick school-houses, i num-\\nber of frame school-houses, 5 number of log school-\\nhouses, I number of pupils that can be seated, 582;\\nvalue of school property, $9,975 number of male\\nteachers employed, 7 number of female teachers\\nemployed, 8; wages paid to male teachers, $r,344;\\nwages paid to female teachers, $1,537.\\nThe eciualized valuation of property in the old\\ntownship of Fremont in 1856, when it was organized,\\nwas $65,227, and the taxation iJ332.32. In the year\\n1866, the year t was merged into Sheridan, the val-\\ns.2^ --J^-^ ^-l.^;ill|5,:i]|j; Z\\nuation was $84,210, and the taxation $886.94 Sher-\\nidan Township had an equalized valuation of $55,495,\\nand a tax of $729.86 in 1867, which increased to\\n$171,400 valuation and $2,477.09 taxation in 1883.\\nSUPERVISORS.\\nDaniel Weaver,\\nFremont,\\n.856\\nIsaac H. Cogswell,\\nu\\ni\u00c2\u00ab57\\nW. L. Stewart,\\nu\\n1858\\nIsaac H. Cogswell,\\nu\\n1859-61\\nJonas Waters,\\n1862\\nWm. Martin,\\n1863\\nWm. Martin,\\nu\\n1864\\nJ. B. Jewell,\\nu\\nThomas Stewart,\\nu\\n1865\\nW. L. Stewart,\\nit\\nJohn Delamater,\\na\\n1866\\nWillard M. Howell,\\nSheridan,\\n1867-8\\nH. W. Craford,\\n1869\\nWillard M. Howell,\\n1870\\nR. M. Curtice,\\n11\\n1871\\nHenry C. Stone,\\n1872\\nR. M. Curtice,\\nt(\\n1873-4\\nHenry C. Stone,\\n(t\\n1875-6\\nG. N. Wade,\\n1877-8\\nA. G. Meade,\\n(t\\n1879-83\\nFRE.MONT,\\nor Fremont Center, is situated on section 35, Day-\\nton Township, and section 2, Sheridan Township.\\nIt was once in the center of a township called Fre-\\nmont; hence its name. The township of Fremont\\nwas divided up in such a manner that the village is\\nnow on the dividing line between Dayton and\\nSheridan.\\nThe following extracts from a series of interesting\\narticles written a few years ago by T. L, VV aters, are\\ndeserving of record in connection with the history of\\nFremorit\\nIn the town of Cambria, Hillsdale County,\\nMichigan, in the year 1854, there lived two farmers\\nwho were near neighbors, and tolerably well to do in\\nthis world s goods. One of these had children grown\\nand married, and the other children nearly or quite\\nmarriageable, at the time of which we write. These\\nmen were Wilkes L. Stewart, since of Fremont, and\\nDaniel Weaver, of Hesperia. The circumstances of\\ntheir leaving Hillsdale County and moving north\\ninto this then unbroken wilderness, were similar\\nf\\nA\\nI\\ni\\nr~\\nI", "height": "2819", "width": "2254", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph11chic_0578.jp2"}, "579": {"fulltext": "-;2f^^\\nilin^^llDr\\nv\\nNEIVAYGO COUNTY.\\nr.\\nV\\nI\\n(J)\\n567\\nto those which have impelled most persons who\\nhave left civilization to become pioneers in a new\\ncountry. The children wanted land, and must emi-\\ngrate to obtain it. Many tears were shed by mother\\nand daughter, as they thought they must part so\\nsoon. The parents said, Why must we be separated\\nfrom our children Let us sell out and go with\\nthem. What are the comforts of home without the\\nsociety of our children This sentiment |)revailed,\\nand after a few earnest conversations on the subject\\nit was decided to come nortli and look for that\\nlodge in the wilderness of which the poet writes.\\nPrevious to this, T. H. Stuart, J. B. Mallery and\\nP. H. Weaver had been west to St. Joseph County,\\nand had returned dissatisfied with the result of their\\nexplorations. Jan. i, 1855, W. L. Stewart and Daniel\\nWeaver started from their home in Cambria north-\\nward. There were but two railroads at that time in\\nMichigan, the Central and the Southern. Not being\\nable, therefore, to avail themselves of the iron horse\\nas a means of transit, their progress was necessarily\\nslow. The second day they reached Jackson, and\\nthe third Lansing, where the Legislature was in ses-\\nsion. Here they came across that old pioneer of\\nNewaygo County, John A. Brooks, then a member of\\nthe Legislature. He invited them to take a look in\\nthis county north of Muskegon River. They then\\ncame north to Ionia, the United States land office\\nbeing located there. Here they procured maps\\nshowing the unentered lands of several townships.\\nComing down Grand River, they reached Grand\\nRapids the 6th, and on the 7th came to Newaygo.\\nHere they were introduced to J. H. Standish, since\\nso prominent as a soldier and a lawyer, and E. L.\\nGray, then a verdant young lawyer in that village,\\nbut since ripened into an Honorable, and last but not\\nleast, Hiram Butler, then the sociable landlord of\\nNewaygo s best hotel. Mr. Butler had already pur-\\nchased land on which he afterwards resided, and he\\nput them on the track of F remont Center and its\\nvicinity. The morning of the 8th, they shouldered\\ntheir packs and waded through the snow, to what is\\nnow known as Elm Corners. Here were the pole\\nshanties of John and Frank Harrington and Daniel\\nJoslyn, who had moved in and i)re-empted.\\nMr. Joslyn and wife were the first married couple\\nin the woods, and Mrs. Joslyn walked in from Ne-\\nwaygo, over the logs, carrying her babe in her arms.\\nV\\nri\\n^(^f\u00c2\u00a7.=\u00c2\u00ab\\nm\\nMrs. Joslyn was the mother of Mrs. Daniel Lavery\\nand Mrs. James R. Odell, of Fremont. She was a\\nwoman of pluck and endurance, and also of great\\nkindness, as many of the first settlers can testify.\\nMr. Weaver and Mr. Stewart stopped and inquired of\\nMrs. Joslyn if she could lodge a couple of land-\\nlookers. She rejilied that she had five small chil-\\ndren, and only a peck of meal and two small fish\\nalso, that Mr. Joslyn had gone to Newaygo to work\\nto get more provision, and back it in. Our travelers\\ntold her that if she would let them stay, her meal\\nwould be like the widow s of Sarepta twould increase\\nin meal or money. Leave to stop and stay was\\ngranted, and the next day they looked around and\\nmade up their minds to [litch their tent where Fre-\\nmont Center, or Fremont, has been since brought\\ninto existence.\\nRequiting Mrs. Joslyn for her kindness in pro-\\nviding them food and lodging, they started for the\\nUnited States land office again, at Ionia, where they\\npurchased nearly i,ooo acres of land, 640 acres at 75\\ncents an acre, and the balance al !ji.25 per acre.\\nThis purchase was made Feb. i, 1854. They then\\nreturned to Hillsdale County and prejjared to emi-\\ngrate. In a few days they started back five teams,\\nseven or eight men, one woman and a baby; the\\nwoman was Mrs. Susan Stuart Mallery, and the baby\\nher daughter, Fanny, afterwards the wife of George\\nB. Raider, of Fremont.\\nA six days journey brought them to Lisbon, 16\\nmiles north of Grand Rapids where Mrs. Mallery\\nwith her infant stopped with her aunt, since Mrs.\\nStringham, of that place, while the men came on and\\nerected a dwelling. Commencing at Newaygo, near\\nwhere the cemetery now stands, they cut their road\\ninto Joslyn s, and stopped with him over night. In\\nfact they boarded and lodged with him while they\\nput up a house. Al night everything was carried out\\ndoors except the stove and the bureau, the bed\\nmade up on the puncheon floor; and, although in the\\nmorning their backs would have made a good checker-\\nboard, there was no complaint. 1\\nIn the company were two brothers of indomitable 1\\nenergy and pluck, Henry and Samuel Shupe; these\\nboys, together with Phil. Weaver and Mallery, soon\\ncut the house logs, and Shupe, with Thomas Stuart s\\nstags, drew them through the deep and crusted\\nsnow. Phil. Weaver cut and supplied the persuad-\\nW?.", "height": "2831", "width": "2211", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph11chic_0579.jp2"}, "580": {"fulltext": "S68\\n-2j\u00e2\u0082\u00ac^^s: (rr^m U h T-r- 5s\u00c2\u00ab\u00e2\u0082\u00ac^^\\n-4^^5C(\u00c2\u00ae^- .i^\\nNEIVAYGO COUNTY.\\nY\\ns\\nI\\ners, of which it took a goodly number. Some culled\\nlumber was hauled from Newaygo, and thirteen men\\nand boys raided the old log house, the first in Fre-\\nmont.\\nA large fire was kindled, and before a log was\\nturned down, a shovel full of coals was put on the\\ncorner to make it stick. The shingles were made\\nby Joslyn, the rafters cut and backed up by Phil.\\nWeaver and Samuel Shape, framed with a narrow ax,\\nand in three weeks it was ready for the pioneers.\\nThat house was looked upon with interest by\\nmany of the first settlers. There, for several weeks,\\n26 persons stretched their weary limbs upon its floors\\nand committed themselves to the silent arms of\\nMorpheus. There the writer wooed and won; there\\nwas the first wedding, and there our first child was\\nborn. There Phil. Weaver and his wife were joined\\nin the holy bonds of matrimony. There Dr. Weaver\\ntook his first lessons, and there scores of travelers\\nslopped, refreshed themselves and recuperated, and\\nthen pushed forward with renewed vigor into the\\nhowling wilderness. There the first town meeting\\nwas held and officers elected, and there the old town\\nof Fremont was named by Samuel Shupe, in mem-\\nory of that old pioneer, Gen. John C. Fremont. The\\nfirst post-office this side of Newaygo was established\\nthere, when all our letters could be carried in one s\\nvest pocket, and when we thought ourselves lucky\\nif we received mail once a week. The old house,\\nlike many of the pioneers whom it has sheltered,\\nhaving \u00e2\u0096\u00a0ierved well its day, has gone the way of all\\nthe earth. Its place is supplanted by one of those\\nelegant dwellings with which our beautiful county is\\ndotted, and its name is remembered only by those\\nwho labored in its erection, or shared its hospitable\\ncover. Over its ashes we write, Rtujuiescat in pace.\\nAs soon as the house was finished, Mrs. Mal-\\nlery came in as far as Newaygo, accompanied by her\\naunt and niece, and stopped at what was then\\nCooper s Tavern. They started from Lisbon at\\nnoon, and arrived at New-aygo late in the evening.\\nThis same journey can now be made in three hours,\\nby team. In the morning Ihey started from Newaygo,\\nand late in the afternoon arrived here, taking i)osses-\\nsion of their new home March 4, 1855.\\nSuch was the beginning of F remont Center, or\\nFremont, as it is now called, which has become one\\nof the brightest little towns in Michigan. Its popula-\\neA D!i: ^DtIv:\\ntion is variously estimated, but 1,200 is probably not\\nfar from right. That number will not measure its\\nlX)pulation long, for it is too ambitious not to pro-\\ngress.\\nThe village was incorporated by act of the Legis\\nlalure in 1873, and re-incorporated in 1875. The\\npresent village officers, elected in the spring of 1883,\\nare as follows J. R. Odell, President C. I. Rath-\\nbun, Clerk; John Cole, Treasurer; A. O. White, As-\\nsessor; R. J. Thompson, Street Commissioner; R.\\nP. Piper, Marshal; John C. Brewster, Surveyor;\\nJoseph Gerber, Chief Engineer of the Fire I^epart-\\nment; S. P. Earnhardt, M. B. Franklin, Joseph Ger-\\nber, J. R. Odell, J. T. Reynolds, and R. W. Ruther-\\nford, Trustees.\\nFremont now has a very efficient fire department,\\norganized in September, 1883. The Walker sys-\\ntem has been introduced, at a cost of $6,000. It\\nmaintains two pumps, each capable of forcing 300\\ngallons per minute. The department has 30 mem-\\nbers, and Joseph Gerber is at the head. It has two\\nhose carts, with 1,000 feet of hose, and two large\\nBabcock fire-extinguishers.\\nThe only debt of the village is one of $3,500, to\\nbe paid in four years, at seven per cent. This was\\ncontracted in building the water-works.\\nThe manufacturing interests of Fremont, already\\nimportant, bid fair to become much more so in a few\\nyears. At present there is the fine tannery of D.\\nGerber Sons, the stave mill of James Gibson, the\\nflouring mill of the Darling Milling company, the\\nhandle factory of H. Jones, the heading mill of P.\\nS. Castle, the shingle mills of Merchant Hunger-\\nford, James Gibson and P. S. Castle, and the saw-\\nmills of Darling Cook, Merchant Hungerford,\\nJames Gibson, Kornelis Mulder and H. Jones. The\\nlast mentioned, and also the mill of Darling and\\nCook, are run by water power, whilethe othersaw-mills\\nare operated by steam power. The general business\\ninterests are catalogued as follows:\\nCornelius Addison, shoemaker.\\nP. H. liennega, grocer.\\nGeorge H. Babcock, jeweler.\\nSarah Barnhardt, milliner.\\nCharles W. Barton, saloon-keeper.\\nGeorge W. Burr, sewing-maciiine agent.\\nBrooks it Rodgers, milliners.\\nJohn Cole, hardware dealer.\\nAaltje l)e Haas, prop. Commercial House.\\nDarling Smith, general merchants.\\nA", "height": "2819", "width": "2254", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph11chic_0580.jp2"}, "581": {"fulltext": "V\\nr\\n.(tr^r\\nT^^wmm^r\\n525^-\\nV\\nV/iirAyGO COUNTY.\\n569\\nDarling Cook, lumber dealers.\\nMrs. Jane H. Davis, saloon-keeper.\\nJohn Duuersema, general merchant.\\nJohn Dii Bois, saloon-keeiier.\\nB. B. Dill, blacksmith.\\nDarling Milling Company, millers.\\nJ. R. Dudley 1^ Son, lumber dealers.\\nEdwnrd E. Edwards, attorney.\\nJames T. Farley, physician.\\nEugene W. Fortune, photographer.\\n.Marshall B. Franklin, general merchant.\\nMrs. Elizabeth Fry, restaurant-keeper.\\nD. Cierber Sons, tanners and gen I merchants.\\nJames Gibson, staves and shnigles.\\nStephen Gross, harness-maker.\\nRichard S. Hayes, saloon-keeper.\\nHart iv Bowman, saloon and livery keeper.\\nFrank P. Hopiier, restaurant.\\nJohn Jacklin, butcher.\\nJones iS: Keith, saloon-keepers.\\nFred Kellogg, barber and billiard-keeper.\\nD. Kuypers, shoemaker.\\nJohn B. Ketclium, general merchant.\\nW. D. Leonardson, attorney.\\nV. S. Lockwood, carriage and wagon maker.\\nJ. J. Lemoreaux, dentist.\\nJ. A. Lemoreaux, physician.\\nDennis Lordon, restaurateur.\\nA. Miner, tailor.\\nAgnes C. McDonald, prop. Pacific Hotel.\\nJesse Mclntyre, druggist and stationer.\\nJ. W. McNabb, physician.\\nMiracle Hopper, dry goods merchants.\\nJohn McVicar, pro|). St. Charles Hotel.\\nOrlando McNabb, attorney.\\nMerchand Hungerford. shingles and lumber.\\nVan N. Miller, physician.\\nKornelis Mulder, grocer and miller.\\nH. Northway, hardware merchant.\\nMrs. Noble, milliner.\\nJames R. Odell, druggist.\\nCharles A. Pearson, general merchant.\\nG. H. Pearson, baker.\\nCharles I. Rathbun, jeweler and watchmaker.\\nRutherford Misner, grocers.\\nT. R. Rittenhouse, dentist.\\nMrs. Rittenhouse, milliner.\\n.Alonzo Sweet, harness-maker.\\nE. 1). Sage, barber.\\nC. E. Stearns, furniture dealer.\\nCharles Sears, blacksmith.\\n\\\\V. G. Slater, shoemaker.\\nClinton Ujiton, restaurateur.\\nA. E. Upton, lumber dealer.\\nMrs. Wilkins, musical instrument dealer.\\nA. K. Wager, grocer and expiess agent.\\nW. A. Webber, banker.\\nI homas E. Woods, furniture dealer.\\n^55^^^\\n-^^03\\nWilliam E. Woodard, saloon-keeper.\\nA. O. White, insurance agent.\\nCHURCHES.\\nAmong the religious societies in Fremont the Meth-\\nodists are most prominent, being here, as almost\\neverywhere throughout the West, the pioneer denom-\\nination. They have an elegant church, built at a\\ncost of about $4,000. Under Rev. Mr. Miontford,\\nthe present pastor, the membership is about 125.\\nThe Congregationalirits organized a society July 24,\\n1865, with five members. Their first pastor. Rev.\\nGerritt Dangremond, remained till January, 1878,\\nwhen he was succeeded by Rev. Francis Wrigley.\\nHe remained till Sept. i, 1883, since which time the\\nsociety has had no regular services. The member-\\nship is now II. In 1879 they purchased the store\\nbuilding of J. M. Barnett, opposite the present St.\\nCharles Hotel, at a cost of $1,000, in which their\\nmeetings have been held. The Church of Christ\\nhas a large following here, and is one of the oldest\\norganizations in Fremont. It has now about 50 mem-\\nbers. Its church was completed in 1882, at a cost\\nof $2,000. The Dutch Reformed Church has about\\n90 communicants, and a church which cost in the\\nneighborhood of $2,500. The United Brethren have\\na church, built in i88i,at a cost of $1,600. The\\npresent pastor is Rev. Mr. Wood. The members of\\nthis Church are principally resident in the country.\\nSOCIETIES.\\nThe secret societies of Fremont are five in num-\\nber, of which the principal is the Order of Chosen\\nFriends.\\nOlive Br.^nch Council, No. 14, of Michigan, was\\norganized in August, 1880, with a membership of 98.\\nThe first officers were Joseph Gerber, C. C; E. E.\\nEdwards, P. C. C; Ida Rathbun, D. C. C; Jesse Mc-\\nlntyre, V. C; Mrs. Joseph Gerber, D. V. C; Mrs.\\nA. Barnhardt, Prel.; C. I. Rathbun, Rec; John W.\\nRutherford, Fin.; William Gerber, Treas.; Fred. Mar-\\nshall, Mar.; Mrs. Mary J. Marshall, Warden; A.\\nO. Hoyt, Guard; Louis Vallier, Sent.; J. W. Mc-\\nNabb and G. W. Nafe, Physicians. The present\\nofficers are as follows Joseph Gerber, C. C; R.\\nW. Rutherford, V. C; E. E. Edwards, P. C. C;\\nC. I. Rathbun, Sec; S. P. Barnhardt, Treas; G.\\nW. Nafe, Med. Ex.; Sarah A. Barnhardt, Prel.;\\nD. Kuypers, Mar.; C. C. Paradise, Ward.; Fred.\\nMarshall, Guard; W. W. Wriglit, .Sent. The pres-\\n:*:bii;. ^=^0^ ^f; \u00c2\u00bbs?,V^\\nV\\nV\\nr", "height": "2831", "width": "2211", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph11chic_0581.jp2"}, "582": {"fulltext": "V\\n/T 570\\nT ^DD :iiDs r-e^\\n^^r^^^\\nNEW A YGO CO UN I Y.\\ni\\nI\\nent membership of the Council is 75. It meets the\\nsecond and fourth Thuredays of each month at Odd\\nFellows Hall.\\nPilgrim Lodge, No. 180, V. A. M., was organ-\\nized about 1865, and is now one of the leading\\norganizations of the village. Its principal officers\\nnow are E. E Edwards, W. M.: A. H. Northway,\\nS. VV.; N. B. Clark, J. W.; C. E. Stearns, Sec John\\nCole, Treas.\\nFremont Center Lodge, No. 242, I. O. O. F., was\\norganized Oct. 6, 1874, with 22 members. G. F.\\nCole was the first Noble Grand, and John Harwood\\nthe first Vice Grand. The present officers are as fol-\\nlows Fred. M. Nay, N. G.; H. S. Garrison, V. G.;\\nLouis Addison, Sec; Alonzo Sweet, Treas.; Louis\\nVallier, Perm. Sec. The present membership is\\nabout 40. The lodge meets every Tuesday night.\\nPost Henry Dobson, No. 182, G. A. R., was mus-\\ntered Sept. 13, 1883, with 42 members. The follow-\\ning is a list of its present officers J. R. Odell, om.;\\nC. I. Rathbun, S. V. C; A. H. Northway, J. V. C;\\nWalter S. Piatt, Adj.; Oriando McNabb, Q. M.; J.\\nA. Lemoreaux, Surg.; S. P. Odell, Chap.; George\\nMcNuit, O. D.; R. P. Piper, O. G.; S. P. Earnhardt,\\nS. M.; John Delamater, Q. M. Sergt. The present\\nstrength of the post is 46. It meets the first Satur-\\nday night of each month, at Odd Fellows Hall.\\nFremont Lodge, No. 741, K. of H., was organized\\nSept. 14, 1877. It now has 13 members, and meets\\nthe first and third Thursdays of each month, at Ma-\\nsonic Hall.\\nSherman Township.\\ni -i^j,LHERMAN Township is 13 north, 13 west,\\nand is bounded on the north by Lincoln,\\non the east by Everett, on the south by\\nGarfield, and on the west by Dayton. Sher-\\nman contains a number of lakes, of which the\\nmost important are. Long Lake, on sections 27,\\n28, 33 and 34; Robinson (or Big) Lake, on sections\\n9 and 10; Crystal Lake, on sections 16, 21 and 22;\\nPeterson Lake, on section 5 Peck Lake, on sections\\n20 and 29; Ford Lake, on sections 28, 29, 32 and\\nThe C. \\\\V. M. R. R. runs diagonally through\\ny, 12. II, I 16, 21,\\nThe C. \\\\V. M.\\nthe township, crossing sections\\n20, 29,30 and 31,\\nSherman was erected as a township in 1867, when\\nthe township of Fremont was divided up. Charles\\nW. Stone was the first Sujiervisor. At the last elec-\\ntion, held Vpril 2, 1883, the following township\\nofficers were chosen: Lafayette Waters, Supervisor;\\nJames B. Mallery, Clerk; Samuel I). Coburn, Treas-\\nurer; Edward W. Eldred, Highway Commissioner\\nWilliam Galbreath, Drain Commissioner; Cassius J.\\nGalbreath, School Inspector; Isaac Johnson and\\nWilliam McWhinney, Justices of the Peace; Cassius\\nJ. Galbreath, William B. Sherwood, John C. Hill and\\nOrrin W. Hopkins, Constables.\\nThe population of Sherman Township in 1S80\\nwas 644.\\nThere are now in the township two whole and one\\nfractional school districts. For the year ending Se|)t.\\n3, 1883, the number of children between the ages of\\n5 and 20 was loi number of children that attended\\nschool, 70; number of non-resident pupils, i; num-\\nber of days of school taught, 260; number of frame\\nschool-houfes, i; numberof log school-houses, 1; num-\\nber of pupils that can be seated, 75 value of school\\n]iroperty, $800 number of teachers (all female) em-\\nployed, 5; wages paid to same, \u00c2\u00a7406.20.\\nThe equalized valuation of the property of the\\ntownship in 1867 was $87,489.54, and the ta.xes col-\\nlected was $1,150.54. In the year 1883 the valua-\\ntion had increased to $125,760, and the taxes to $1,-\\n224.17.\\nSUPERVISORS.\\nm\\nJ\\nCharles W. Stone,\\nBenjamin Alton,\\nCharles W. Stone,\\nLafayette Waters,\\nJ. B. Mallery,\\nLafayette ^Vaters,\\n1867-70\\n.87,\\n1872-8\\n1879-81\\n1882\\n1883\\nTroy Township.\\nlOMPRISING township 16 north, 14 west,\\nand the west half of township 16 north, 13\\nsM^ west, is the territory of Troy Townshii)\\n^r* It occupies the northwest corner of the county\\ni\\\\ and is bounded on the north by Lake County\\non the east by Monroe Township, on the south\\nBeaver Township, and on the west by Oceana\\nA\\nV\\nI\\nA\\n-l\\nH\\n^--^^VT^\\n^^mi^U-^", "height": "2819", "width": "2254", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph11chic_0582.jp2"}, "583": {"fulltext": "f\\n^V^-\\ne^v -^nil :illi^. r\\nr2^^^\\nX/:ir.4VGO COUNTY.\\nS7 S\\n(?l)\\nCounty. The south branch of the Pere Marquette\\nRiver flows through the western portion, and into it\\n^/ii flow Freeman t reek, Allen Creek. Cedar Creek and\\nT others. Into Cedar flows Pickerel Creek. Troy is a\\n.\\\\?j very new Township. The principal industry is of\\ncourse togging and lumbering. In 1880, the town-\\nshij) had a population of 180, which is but a fraction\\nof the present population. The recent extension of\\nthe Newaygo division of the Chicago West Mich-\\nigan railroad through the township has given an im-\\npulse to its development wliich will soon produce\\nwonderful results.\\na On section 32, by Blue Lake, is located the young\\nvillage of West Troy. It was started by Messrs.\\nGrosvenor and IJrener, who built a small mill and\\nbegan sawing lumber in i88t. They first called the\\nl)lace \\\\V alku[) City. This name it retained until\\nthe mill was sold to the We5t Troy Lumber Co., con-\\nsisting of Thiuj IS Walk ip, President; A. F. Fisher,\\nVice President; E. P. B.irnard, Treasurer and J. C.\\n^v Patterson, Secretary. They built nhe large saw-mill\\ncontaining two sets of circular saws, and liaving a\\ncapacity of go,ooo feet i)er day. In September, 1883,\\nthey sold out to E. Cartier Co. They have laid\\nthe village out into lots, with about 60 buildings and\\n45 families. They employ about 150 men in the\\nmill, and as many in the woods.\\nTrov was erected into a ti)wnshi|) Oct. 17, 1879,\\nout of Beaver Townsliip, and the first townshi]) meet-\\ning was held the first Monday in April, 1880, at the\\nhouse of Gilbert Yates. Alonzo Yates, F. A. Basford\\nand B. Freeman were Inspectors, and Frank k. Bas-\\nford \\\\v.is electedihe first Supervisor. At the last elec-\\ntion, held April 2, 1883, the following township\\nofficers were chosen Frank A. Basford Supervisor;\\nCharles Freeman, Clerk A. H. Freeman, Treasurer;\\nWilliam Cross, Highway Commissioner; Henry\\nJackson, Drain Commissioner; Joseph A. Todd,\\nSchool Inspector; Hiram S. Miller, A. Yates,\\nand Gilbert Yates, Justices of the Peace; G. B. Free-\\nman, David More, Mike McC.ifferty and A. J. Paint-\\ner, Constables.\\nIn 1880 the eipialized valu ition of property in the\\ntownship was $95,990 and taves collected l|;t,2i5.9i.\\nIn 1883 the valuation had increased to$i98,40o and\\nthe ta.xes to $1,924.90.\\nFrank A. Basford has held the position of Siipervi-\\nsor since the organization of the township.\\nV\\no\\nI\\n000\\nx5o\\nWilcox Township.\\n!l,7^\\n1\\nV\\nA\\nK/\\nIL( ()X I ownshipis 14 north, 12 west, with\\nthe cxi:e[)tion of the south half of sec lions\\n34 .1.S I ^d 36, which belong to Everett,\\nand with the addition of the north half of\\nsections 4, 5 and 6, of township 13 north,\\nwest. White River drains this county flow-\\ning nearly south through the middle of the township.\\nThe Big Rapids branch of the C. iV W. M. R. R.\\nruns diagonally through the lownshi|), crossing frac-\\ntional sections 5 and 6, and sections 32, 33, 28, 22,\\n15, 10, II and 2. The Newaygo division of the\\nsame road crosses fractional section 5, and sections\\n32, 33, 28, 29, 20, 19 and 18. At the crossing of the\\ntwo lines is the village of White Cloud, which aspires\\nto be some time the county seat.\\nWilcox Townshi[) w.is erected Jan. 15, i 880, out\\nof territory previously belonging to Everett. The\\nfirst township meeting was held the first Monday in\\nApril following, at the house of Charles Decker.\\nLee A. Mason, George Ehle and James L. Morgan\\nwere Inspectors, and James M. Smith was elected\\nthe first Supervisor. At the last election, held April\\n2, 1883, the following township officers were chosen\\nReuben S. Trask, Supervisor; Alphcus W. Sidebot-\\ntoni, Clerk; Hollis T. Reed, Treasurer Henry Cardi-\\nnal, Highway Commissioner; Andrew G. Clark,\\nSchool Inspector Edward Grosvenor, Justice of the\\nPeace Edward Grosvenor, George W. Chandler,\\nGeorge W. FKack, Howard Helms and William Fulk-\\nerson, Constables; and William Fulkerson, Drain\\nCommissioner.\\nThe township had in 1880 a poi)ulation of 850.\\nThere are now two whole and one fractional schoc/\\ndistricts. For the year ending Sept. 3, 1883, the\\nnumber of children of school age was 193; number\\nof children that attended school, 117; number of\\nnon-resident pupils, 2 number of days of school\\ntaught, 319; number of school-houses (frame) 2; \\\\v^\\nvalue of school property, $700; number of teachers\\nemployed, 5 wages paid to same, $523.\\nIn 1880 the e iualized valuation of propevty in the (?i\\ntownship was $134,145 and the tax collected was\\nn", "height": "2831", "width": "2211", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph11chic_0583.jp2"}, "584": {"fulltext": "572\\n23^^^i\\nNEWAYGO COUNTY\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0-ST\\n^\u00c2\u00bb^^^5$(\u00c2\u00aeV(\\n\u00e2\u0099\u00a6Ay-\\n$2,635.11 and in 1883 the equalized valuation was\\nonly $122,100, and the tax collected $984.64.\\nb\\nA\\nI\\nSUl KR\\\\ISORS.\\nJames M. Smith,\\nJ. M. Popi)lc,\\nR. S. Trask,\\n1880\\n1881\\n1882-\\nWHITE CLOUD.\\nThe village of White Cloud is near the south-\\nwestern corner of Wilcox Township. It owes its ex-\\nistence to the Chicago West Michigan railroad.\\nIt was first called Morganville, and then, after the\\nroad was extended through the village from the\\nsouth, it acquired its present name. It now has two\\nrailroads, and a chance for a third and as one sees\\nfour passenger trains meet at this point a little before\\nnoon, the visitor does not wonder that it hopes some\\nday to have tue county seat. It is growing rapidly,\\nhaving now a population of perhaps 550.\\nWhite Cloud was incorporated in 1879, and held\\nits charter election March 1 1 of that year. The\\nfollowing officers were then elected: President,\\nFred Ramsey Trustees, James L. Morgan, Robert\\nA. Moon, James M. Gibbs, James H. Decker, James\\nMcLeod and Lee A. Mason; Clerk, William Ross;\\nTreasurer, Charles S. Wilcox; Street Commissioner,\\nDavid Smith Assessor, David S. Benson Constable,\\nRichard Doyle. At the last election, held April 2,\\n1883, the following village officers were elected:\\nPresident, J. M. Poi ple; Trustees, Henry Cardinal,\\nHollis T. Reed, Richard Doyle, Richard Gannon, R.\\nS. Trask and James McLeod Clerk, A. W. Side-\\nbottom; Treasurer, Miles Standish; Street Commis-\\nsioner, E. C. Bracy; Assessor, M. A. Teachout;\\nConstable, George Chandler.\\nThe following is a list of the business firms of\\nWhite Cloud:\\nE. C. Bracy, wagon shop.\\nJacob Cohen, clothing.\\nA. G. Clark, drugs.\\nGeorge Clover, American House.\\nJames Doucett, Travelers Home.\\nC. H. Decker, barber.\\nR. J. Doyle, restaurant and saloon.\\nFox Bros., livery.\\nK. A. Grosvenor, furniture.\\nJames Harris, livery.\\nC. B. Jones, Atlantic Hotel.\\nW. F. Latham, post-office.\\nJohn Labock, saloon.\\nD. Mathison, saloon.\\nJames McLeod, saloon.\\n-2^3^\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0K^on\\nJames McLeod, Comnier.:ial House.\\nJ. R. McMann, White Cloud Hotel.\\nMorgan Lumber Co., lumber.\\nJohn Newberg, shoe-shop.\\nD. O Sullivan, blacksmith.\\nHollis T. Reed, drugs.\\nJ. M. Roedel, general merchandise.\\nFred Ramsey, general merchandise.\\nJ. M. Romans, saloon.\\nDan Shea, saloon.\\nTownsend Gannon, grocery and meat market.\\nTeachout Roedel, hardware.\\nR. S. Trask, drugs.\\nS. N. Wilcox, luml)er.\\nB. E.Wells, furniture.\\nWhite Hill, saloon.\\nS. E. Woodworth, tailor.\\nCongregational Church. There is but one\\nchurch in White Cloud, the Congregational. It\\nwas built in 1875, at a cost of $800, as a union\\nchurch. The Congregational society was organized\\nDec. 20, 1877, with eight members, but services had\\nbeen held from the early part of 1876. The first\\npastor was Rev. James Worden. He was followed\\nby Revs. John Dongerman, John Holloway, D.\\nBettes, Wm. G. Puddefoot and John Jeffries, the\\npresent pastor. The society now numbers about 25.\\nWhite Cloud Lodge, No. 34, I. O. O. F., was\\norganized July 15, 1883, and the following were its\\nfirst officers: James McLaughlin, N. G. S. 1).\\nWitherell, V. ti.; George Williams, Secretary R. J.\\nDoyle, Treas. The present officers are James\\nMcLaughlin, N. G.; George Williams, V. G. D.\\nO Sullivan, Perm. Sec; Jacob Cohen, Rec. Sec; R.\\nJ. Doyle, Treas. The membership of the lodge is\\nabout 40, and the meetings are held Wednesday\\nevenings.\\nWhite Cloud Lodge, No. 1,997, K. of H., was\\norganized the latter part of 1879, and now has a\\nmembership of 34. A. G. Clark is Dictator; E. A.\\nGrosvenor, Secretary and M. A. Teachout, Treas.\\nThe lodge meets the second and fourth Thursdays of\\neach month.\\nWhite Cloud Lodge No. 452, I. O. G. T., was\\norganized July 5, 1882, with I). C. Mcintosh as\\nChief Templar. The present officers are as follows:\\nL. M. Clover. C. T.; Mrs. C. N. Draper, V. T.; Wm.\\nCameron, Sec; Frankie Clark, Treas.; Walter With-\\nerell, Mar.; .Mrs. Chandler, Chap.; Anna Hagen, I.\\nG.; Antone Weiker, O. G. i he lodge has a member-\\nship of 25, and meets every Tuesday evening,\\nA\\n1\\n.^;if2i^^", "height": "2819", "width": "2254", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph11chic_0584.jp2"}, "585": {"fulltext": "", "height": "2831", "width": "2211", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph11chic_0585.jp2"}, "586": {"fulltext": "", "height": "2819", "width": "2254", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph11chic_0586.jp2"}, "587": {"fulltext": "", "height": "2831", "width": "2211", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph11chic_0587.jp2"}, "588": {"fulltext": "", "height": "2965", "width": "2364", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph11chic_0588.jp2"}}