{"1": {"fulltext": "LIBRARY OF CONGRESS\\nDD02D5Q33fl5\\ne", "height": "2964", "width": "2341", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph09chic_0001.jp2"}, "2": {"fulltext": "aass__E51 2,\\nBook-", "height": "2793", "width": "2196", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph09chic_0002.jp2"}, "3": {"fulltext": "", "height": "2793", "width": "2196", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph09chic_0003.jp2"}, "4": {"fulltext": "", "height": "2866", "width": "2206", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph09chic_0004.jp2"}, "5": {"fulltext": "CONTAININS\\ngOr^TI^AI^ITS AND BlOGl= APHI6AL Sl^EJUGHES\\nOK\\nproniinenf! and I^epife^eiitiatiiVe ditizeq^ of tje Countif,\\nTOGETHER WITH PORTRAITS AND BIOGRAPHIES OF ALL THE GOVERNORS OF MICHIGAN\\nAND OF THE PRESIDENTS Of THE UNITED STATES.\\nALSO CONTAINING A COMPLETE HISTORY OK THE COUNTY, FROM ITS EARLIEST SETTLEMENT\\nTO THE PRESENT TIME.\\nCHICAGO:\\nCHAPMAN BROTHERS.\\n1S84.\\ni\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0*T5-\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0^:I1[1:-^;dOv^\\n\u00c2\u00a5^^VM.", "height": "2866", "width": "2206", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph09chic_0005.jp2"}, "6": {"fulltext": "u", "height": "2866", "width": "2206", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph09chic_0006.jp2"}, "7": {"fulltext": "\u00e2\u0096\u00a0:2!!\u00c2\u00ab ,j \u00c2\u00abr\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0v^^UU^UUy^\\n.^i\\n-^^5C(\u00c2\u00aeV|^\\n1\\nf\\nE HAVE completed our labors in writing and compiling the Portrait andBiograph-\\n,_ICAL Album of Sanilac County, and wish, in presenting it to its patrons, to speak\\nbriefly of the importance of local works of this nature\\nIt is certainly the dvity\\nof the present to commemorate the past, to perpetuate the names of the pioneers,\\nto furnish a record of their early settlement, and to relate the story of their progress.\\nThe civilization of our day, the enlightenment of the age, and this solemn duty which\\nmen of the present time owe to their ancestors, to themselves and to their posterity\\ndemand that a record of their lives and deeds should be made. In local history is found a power\\nto instruct man by precedent, to enliven the mental faculties, and to waft down the river of time a safe\\nvessel in which the names and actions of the people who contributed to raise this region from its\\nprimitive state may be preserved. Surely and rapidly the noble men who in their prime entered\\nthe wild forests of Sanilac and claimed the virgin soil as their heritage, are passing to\\niheir graves. The number remaining who can relate the history of the first days of settlement is\\nIjecoming small indeed, so that an actual necessity exists for the collection and preservation of his-\\ntorical matter witliout delay, before the settlers of the wilderness are cut down by time. Not only\\nis it of the greatest importance to render history of pioneer times full and accurate, but it is also essen-\\ntial that the history of the county, from its settlement to the present day, should be treated through its various\\nphases, so that a record, complete and impartial, may be handed down to the future. The present the age\\nof progress, is reviewed, standing out in bold relief over the quiet, unostentatious olden times; it is abnlhant\\nrecord, which is destined to live in the future the good works of men, their magnificent enterprises, their\\nlives, whether commercial or military, do not sink into oblivion, but, on the contrary, grow brighter with age,\\nand contribute to build up a record which carries with it precedents and principles that will be advanced and\\nobserved when the acts of soulless men will be forgotten, and their very names hidden in obscurity.\\nIn the preparation of the personal sketches contained in this volume, unusual care and pains were\\ntaken to have them accurate, even in the smallest detail. Indeed, nothing was passed lightly over or treated\\nindifferently, and we flatter ourselves that it is one of the most accurate works of its nature ever pubhshed.\\nAs one of the most interesting features of this work, we present the portraits of numerous representa-\\ntive citizens. It has been our aim to have the prominent men of to-day, as well as the pioneers, represented\\nin this department and we congratulate ourselves on the uniformly high character of the gentlemen whose\\nportraits we present. They are in the strictest sense representative men, and are selected from all the call-\\nings and professions worthy to be represented. There are others, it is true, who claim equal prominence with\\nthose presented, but of course it was impossible for us to give portraits of all the leading men and pioneers\\nof the county. We are under great obligation to many of the noble and generous people of Sanilac\\nCounty for kindly and material assistance in the preparation of this Album.\\nCHAPMAN BROTHERS.\\nChicago, December, 1884.\\nI\\nI", "height": "2866", "width": "2206", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph09chic_0007.jp2"}, "8": {"fulltext": "^H^m^^\\n)\\\\irMh\\n^sr\\nH^^i^\\nMM^\\nW\\n^7\\\\\\nI\\n(h\\nv^\\n9\\nf\\ni-S^\\nfp)\\nfW\\nii^^\\n^^ff-\\nA ^n ativ: A^\u00e2\u0080\u0094\\n-l^^K", "height": "2866", "width": "2206", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph09chic_0008.jp2"}, "9": {"fulltext": "^^K/^\u00c2\u00ae))^^\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0r?\\nv4 mi^iinr T\\n5F\\n13\\nV^\\nC^\\nH? |\u00c2\u00abfSj\u00c2\u00abfspSjf\\n^^J ^n!l^tltlr", "height": "2866", "width": "2206", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph09chic_0009.jp2"}, "10": {"fulltext": "\u00e2\u0096\u00a07 mm\\\\i^ v-^\\n-*4 sV|^l\\nC\\ne\\n(0\\nQ. C^gil^[lIi;t ^^Q ^^!g:.\\nai u\u00e2\u0080\u0094 iS^;", "height": "2866", "width": "2206", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph09chic_0010.jp2"}, "11": {"fulltext": "", "height": "2866", "width": "2206", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph09chic_0011.jp2"}, "12": {"fulltext": "j pym^JiaiB BIf ffl l lllWIii\\nmmmmm\\ni!\\n..^tiK\\nul\\nzL\\nm\\\\.", "height": "2866", "width": "2206", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph09chic_0012.jp2"}, "13": {"fulltext": "\u00e2\u0080\u00a2;^rV^n S S? tJ^ ^ta^. V, .\\\\,H^S UVg t^ ^^t^t^t^\u00c2\u00bb^t^tiga ^t; ^v^\\nmi ^^mi ^i mi ^:ii m t^^ifmi i^-i$ti^c^\\nHE Father of our Country was\\nS) born in Westmorland Co., Va.,\\nFeb. 2 2, 1732. His parents\\nwere Augustine and Mary\\n(Ball) Washington. The family\\nto which he belonged has not\\nbeen satisfactorily traced in\\nEngland. His great-grand-\\nfather, John Washington, em-\\nigrated to Virginia about 1657,\\nand became a prosperous\\nplanter. He had two sons,\\nLawrence and John. The\\nformer married Mildred Warner\\nand had three children, John,\\nAugustine and Mildred. Augus-\\ntine, the father of George, first\\nmarried Jane Butler, who bore\\nhim four children, two of whom,\\nLawrence and Augustine, reached\\nmaturity. Of six children by his\\nsecond m.arriage, George was the\\neldest, the others being Betty,\\nSamuel, John Augustine, Charles\\nand Mildred.\\nAugustine Washington, the father of George, died\\nin 1743, leaving a large landed property. To his\\neldest son, Lawrence, he bequeathed an estate on\\nthe Patomac, afterwards known as Mount Vernon,\\nand to George he left the parental residence. George\\nreceived only such education as the neighborhood\\nschools afforded, save for a short time after he left\\nschool, when he received private instruction in\\nmathematics. His spelling was rather defective.\\nRemarkable stories are told of his great physical\\nstrength and development at an early age. He was\\nan acknowledged leader among his companions, and\\nwas early noted for that nobleness of character, fair-\\nness and veracity which characterized his whole life.\\nWhen George was 1 4 years old he had a desire to go to\\nsea, and a midshipman s warrant was secured for him,\\nbut through the opposition of his mother the idea was\\nabandoned. Two years later he was appointed\\nsurveyor to the immense estate of Lord Fairfax. Li\\nthis business he spent three years in a rough frontier\\nlife, gaining experience which afterwards proved very\\nessential to him. In 175 i, though only 19 years of\\nage, he was appointed adjutant with the rank of\\nmajor in the Virginia militia, then being trained for\\nactive service against the French and Indians. Soon\\nafter this he sailed to the West Indies with his brother\\nLawrence, who went there to restore his health. They\\nsoon returned, and in the summer of 1752 Lawrence\\ndied, leaving a large fortune to an infant daughter\\nwho did not long survive him. On her demise the\\nestate of Mount Vernon was given to George.\\nUpon the arrival of Robert Dinwiddie, as Lieuten-\\nant-Governor of Virginia, in 1752, the militia was\\nreorganized, and the province divided into four mili-\\ntary districts, of which the northern was assigned to\\nWashington as adjutant general. Shortly after this\\na very perilous mission was assigned him and ac-\\ncepted, which others had refused. This was to pro-\\nceed to the French post near Lake Erie in North-\\nwestern Pennsylvania. The distance to be traversed\\nwas between 500 and 600 miles. Winter was at hand,\\nand the journey was to be made without military\\nescort, through a tenitory occupied by Indians. The\\nA\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0^T^^C\\nmu^\\nt^r\\njyi ^c^p^\\nm^^:", "height": "2866", "width": "2206", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph09chic_0013.jp2"}, "14": {"fulltext": "GEORGE WASHINGTON.\\n-l^^^( \u00c2\u00aeV^\\nQ^\\ntrip was a perilous one, and several limes he came near\\nlosing his life, yet he returned in safety and furnished\\na full and useful report of his expedition. A regiment\\nof 300 men was raised in Virginia and put in com-\\nmand of Col. Joshua Fry, and Major Washington was\\ncommissioned lieutenant-colonel. Active war was\\nthen begun against the French and Indians, in which\\nWashington took a most important 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 leveling my companions\\non every side. An Indian sharpshooter said he was\\nnot born to be killed by a bullet, for he had taken\\ndirect aim at him seventeen times, and failed to hit\\nhim.\\nAfter having been five years in the military service,\\nand vainly sought promotion in the royal army, he\\ntook advantage of the fall of Fort Duquesne and the\\nexpulsion of the French from the valley of the Ohio,\\nto resign his commission. S6on after he entered the\\nLegislature, where, although not a leader, he took an\\nactive and important part. January 17, 1759, he\\nmarried Mrs. Martha (Dandridge) Custis, the wealthy\\nwidow of John Parke Custis.\\nWhen the British Parliament had closed the port\\nof Boston, the cry went up throughout the provinces\\nthat The cause of Boston is the cause of us all.\\nIt was then, at the suggestion of Virginia, that a Con-\\ngress of all the colonies was called to meet at Phila-\\ndelphia,Sept. 5, 1774, to secure their common liberties,\\npeaceably if possible. To this Congress Col. Wash-\\nington was sent as a delegate. On May 10, T775, the\\nCongress re-assembled, when the hostile intentions of\\nEngland were plainly apparent. The battles of Con-\\ncord and Lexington had been fought. Among the\\nfirst acts of this Congress was the election of a com-\\nmander-in-chief of the colonial forces. This high and\\nresponsible office was conferred upon Washington,\\nwho was still a member of the Congress. He accepted\\nit on June 19, but upon the express condition that he\\nreceive no salary. He would keep an exact account\\nof expenses and expect Congress to 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\\nparting address of surpassing beauty, resigned his\\ncommission as commander-in-chief of the army to\\nto the Continental Congress sitting at Annapolis. He\\nretired immediately to 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 was\\nsubject to the peculiar trials incidental to a new\\ngovernment trials from lack of confidence on the part\\nof other governments; trials from want of harmony\\nbetween the different sections of our own country;\\ntrials from the impoverished condition of the country,\\nowmg to the war and want of credit; trials from the\\nbeginnings of party strife. He was no partisan. His\\nclear judgment could discern the golden mean; and\\nwhile perhaps this alone kept our government from\\nsinking at the very outset, it left him exposed to\\nattacks from both sides, which were often bitter and\\nvery annoying.\\nAt the expiration of his first term he was unani-\\nmously re-elected. At the end of this temi many\\nwere anxious that he be re-elected, but he absolutely\\nrefused a third nomination. On the fourth of March,\\n1797, at the expiraton of his second term as Presi-\\ndent, he returned to his home, hoping to pass there\\nhis few remaining years free from the annoyances of\\npublic life. Later in the year, however, his repose\\nseemed likely to be interrupted by war with France.\\nAt the prospect of such a war he was again urged to\\ntake command of the armies. He chose his sub-\\nordinate officers and left to them the charge of mat-\\nters in the field, which he superintende(J from his\\nhome. In accepting the command he made the\\nreservation that he was not to be in the field until\\nit was necessary. In the midst of these preparations\\nhis life was suddenly cut off. December i 2, he took\\na severe cold from a ride in the rain, which, settling\\nin his throat, produced inflammation, and terminated\\nfatally on the night of the fourteenth. On the eigh-\\nteenth his body was borne 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 to challenge\\nthe reverence of all parties, and principles, and na-\\ntions, and to win a fame as extended as the limits\\nof the globe, and which we cannot but believe will\\nbe as lasting as the existence of man.\\nThe person of Washington was unusally tall, erect\\nand well proportioned. His muscular strength was\\ngreat. His features were of a beautiful symmetry.\\nHe commanded respect without any appearance of\\nliaughtiness, and ever serious without being dull.\\nV^\\n9\\nA\\nmmM\\nA.", "height": "2866", "width": "2206", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph09chic_0014.jp2"}, "15": {"fulltext": "", "height": "2866", "width": "2206", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph09chic_0015.jp2"}, "16": {"fulltext": "", "height": "2866", "width": "2206", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph09chic_0016.jp2"}, "17": {"fulltext": "^V4 lltl^llll\\n4^^(^Vi\\nmm\\naS^i^\\n?S)\\nOHN ADAMS, the second\\nPresident and the first Vice-\\nPresident of the United States,\\nwas born in Braintree now\\nQuincy),Mass., and about ten\\nmiles from Boston, Oct. 19,\\njT; 1735. His great-grandfather, Henry\\nAdams, emigrated from England\\nabout 1640, with a family of eight\\nsons, and settled at Braintree. The\\nparents of John were John and\\nSusannah (Boylston) Adams. His\\nfather was a farmer of limited\\nmeans, to which he added the bus-\\niness of shoemaking. He gave his\\neldest son, John, a classical educa-\\ntion at Harvard College. John\\ngraduated in 1755, and at once took charge of the\\nschool in Worcester, Mass. This he found but a\\nschool of affliction, from which he endeavored to\\ngain relief by devoting himself, in addition, to the\\nstudy of law. For this purpose he placed himself\\nunder the tuition of the only lawyer in the town. He\\nhad thought seriously of the clerical profession\\nbut seems to have been turned from this by what he\\ntermed the frightful engines of ecclesiastical coun-\\ncils, of diabolical malice, and Calvanistic good nature,\\nof the operations of which he had been a witness in\\nhis native town. He was well fitted for the legal\\nprofession, possessing a clear, sonorous voice, being\\n9^ ready and fluent of speech, and having quick percep-\\ntive powers. He gradually gained practice, .and in\\n.1^ 1764 married Abigail Smith, a daughter of a minister,\\nand a lady of superior intelligence. Shortly after his\\nmarriage, {1765), the attempt of Parliamentary taxa-\\ntion turned him from law to politics. He took initial\\nsteps toward holding a town meeting, and the resolu-\\nV^\\ntions he offered on the subject became very popular\\nthroughout the Provmce, 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 first 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 Adams devolved the task of battling it through\\nCongress in a three days debate.\\nOn the day after the Declaration of Independence\\nwas passed, while his soul was yet warm with the\\nglow of excited feeling, he wrote a letter to his wife,\\nwhich, as we read it now, seems to have been dictated\\nby the spirit of prophecy. Yesterday, he says, the\\ngreatest question was decided that ever was debated\\nin America; and greater, perhaps, never was or will\\nbe decided among men. A resolution was passed\\nwithout one dissenting colony, that these United\\nStates are, and of right ought to be, free and inde-\\npendent states. The day is passed. The fourth of\\nJuly, 1776, will be a memorable epoch in the history\\nof America. I am apt to believe it will be celebrated\\nby succeeding generations, as the great anniversary\\nfestival. It ought to be commemorated as the day of\\ndeliverance by solemn acts of devotion to Almighty\\nGod. It ought to be solemnized with pomp, shows,\\n^ii!1^dd;\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0AVA-.", "height": "2866", "width": "2206", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph09chic_0017.jp2"}, "18": {"fulltext": ";S\\ni:\u00c2\u00a9^\\nv ^:llll^(l(]\\nt\\nV\\n7\\nI\\nJOI/JV ADAMS.\\nW\\ngames, sports, guns, bells, bonfires, and illuminations\\nfrom one end of the continent to the other, from this\\ntime forward for ever. You will think me transported\\nwith enthusiasm, but I am not. I am well aware of\\nthe toil, and blood and treasure, that it will cost to\\nmaintain this declaration, and support and defend\\nthese States; yet, through all the gloom, I can see the\\nrays of light and glory. I can see that the end is\\nworth more than all the means; and that posterity\\nwill triumph, although you and I may rue, which I\\nhope we shall not.\\nIn November, 1777, Mr. Adams was appointed a\\ndelegate to France and to co-operate with Bemjamin\\nFranklin and Arthur Lee, who were then in Paris, in\\nthe endeavor to obtain assistance in arms and money\\nfrom the French Government. This was a severe trial\\nto his patriotism, as it separated him from his home,\\ncompelled him to cross the ocean in winter, and ex-\\nposed him to great peril of capture by the British cruis-.\\ners, who were seeking him. He left France June 17,\\n1779. In September of the same year he was again\\nchosen to go to Paris, and there hold himself in readi-\\nness to negotiate a treaty of peace and of commerce\\nwith Great Britian, as soon as the British Cabinet\\nmight be found willing to listen to such pvoposels. He\\nsailed for France in November, from there he went to\\nHolland, where he negotiated important loans and\\nformed important commercial treaties.\\nFinally a treaty of peace with England was signed\\nJan. 21, 1783. The re-action from the excitement,\\ntoil and an.xiety through which Mr. Adams had passed\\nthrew him into a fever. After suffering from a con-\\ntinued fever and becoming feeble and emaciated he\\nwas advised to go to England to drink the waters of\\nBath. While in England, still drooping anddespond-\\ning, he received dispatches from his own government\\nurging the necessity of his going to Amsterdam to\\nnegotiate another loan. It was winter, his health was\\ndelicate, yet he immediately set out, and through\\nstorm, on sea, on horseback and foot, he made the trip.\\nFebruary 24, 1785, Congress appointed Mr. Adams\\nenvoy to the Court of St. James. Here he met face\\nto face the King of England, who had so long re-\\ngarded him as a traitor. As England did not\\ncondescend to appoint a minister to the United\\nStates, and as Mr. Adams felt that he was accom-\\nplishing but little, he sought permission to return to\\nhis own country, where Jie arrived in June, 1788.\\nAVhen Washington was first chosen President, John\\nAdams, rendered illustiious by his signal services at\\nhome and abroad, was chosen Vice President. Again\\nat the second election of Washington as President,\\nAdams was chosen Vice President. In 1796, Wash-\\nington retired from public life, and Mr. Adams was\\nelected President,though not without much 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\\nK,\\nFrench Revolution shook the continent of Europe,\\nand it was upon this point which he was at issue with\\nthe majority of his countr\\\\ men led by ]\\\\Ir. Jefferson.\\nMr. Adams felt no sympathy with the French people\\nin their struggle, for he had no confidence in their\\npower of self-government, and he utterly abhored the\\nclassof atheist philosophers who he claimed caused it.\\nOn the other hand Jefferson s sympathies were strongly\\nenlisted in behalf of the French people. Hence or-\\niginated the alienation between these distinguished\\nmen, and two powerful parties were thus soon organ-\\nized, Adams at the head of the one whose sympathies\\nwere with England and Jefferson led the other in\\nsympathy with France.\\nThe world has seldom seen a spectacle of more\\nmoral beauty and grandeur, than was presented by the\\nold age of Mr. Adams. The violence of party feeling\\nhad died away, and he had begun to receive that just\\nappreciation which, to most men, is not accorded till\\nafter death. No one could look upon his venerable\\nform, and think of what he had done and suffered,\\nand how he had given up all the prime and strength\\nof his life to the public good, without the deepest\\nemotion of gratitude and respect. It was his peculiar\\ngood fortune to witness the complete success of the\\ninstitution which he had been so active in creating and\\nsupporting. In 18.24, his cup of happiness was filled\\nto the brim, by seeing his son elevated to the highest\\nstation in the gift of the people.\\nThe fourth of July, 1826, which completed the half\\ncentury since the signing of the Declaration of Inde-\\npendence, arrived, and there were but three of the\\nsigners of that immortal instrument left upon the\\nearth to hail its morning light. And, as it is\\nwell known, on that day two of these finished their\\nearthly pilgrimage, a coincidence so remarkable as\\nto seem miraculous. For a few days before Mr.\\nAdams had been rapidly failing, and on the morning\\nof the fourth he found himself too weak to rise from\\nhis lied. On lieing requested to name a toast for the\\ncustomary celebration of the day, he exclaimed In-\\ndependence FOREVER. When the day was ushered\\nin, by the ringing of bells and the firing of cannons,\\nhe was asked by one of his attendants if he knew\\nwhat day it was? He replied, O yes; it is the glor-\\nious fourth of July God bless it God bless you all.\\nIn the course of the day he said, It is a great and\\nglorious day. The last words he uttered were,\\nJefferson survives. But he had, at one o clock, re-\\nsigned his spiiit into the hands of his God.\\nThe personal appearance and manners of Mr\\nAdams were not particularly prepossessing. His face,\\nas his portrait manifests.was intellectual ard expres-\\nsive, but his figure was low and ungraceful, and 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.\\nC\\n1\\n4*\\n^^^^w- m% wo^\\ni^\\n-ks", "height": "2866", "width": "2206", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph09chic_0018.jp2"}, "19": {"fulltext": "", "height": "2866", "width": "2206", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph09chic_0019.jp2"}, "20": {"fulltext": "*w,", "height": "2866", "width": "2206", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph09chic_0020.jp2"}, "21": {"fulltext": "THIRD PRESIDENT.\\n|l^((S\\\\/^^\\nI\\n-I-\\nW^^^ ^^P ^WW^:\\nHOMAS JEFFERSON was\\nborn April 2, 1743, at Shad-\\ni#\\\\vell, Albermarle county, Va.\\nHis parents were Peter and\\nJane (Randolph) Jefferson,\\nthe former a native of Wales,\\nand the latter born in Lon-\\ndon. To them were born six\\ndaughters and two sons, of\\nwhom Thomas was the elder.\\nWhen 14 years of age his\\nfather died. He received a\\nmost liberal education, hav-\\ning been kept diligently at school\\nfrom the time he was five years of\\nage. In 1760 he entered William\\nand Mary College. Williamsburg was then the seat\\nof the Colonial Court, and it was the obode of fashion\\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 lo his studies, and irreproacha-\\nable in his morals. It is strange, however, under\\nsuch influences, that he was not ruined. In the sec-\\nond year of his college course, moved by some un-\\nexplained inward impulse, he discarded his horses,\\nsociety, and even his favorite violin, to which he had\\npreviously given much time. He often devoted fifteen\\nhours a day to hard study, allowing himself for ex-\\nercise only a run in the evening twilight of a mile out\\nof the city and back again. He thus attained very\\nhigh intellectual culture, alike excellence in philoso-\\nphy and the languages. The most difficult Latin and\\nGreek authors he read with facility. A more finished\\nscholar has seldom gone forth from college halls; and\\nthere was not to be found, perhaps, in all Virginia, a\\nmore pureminded, upright, gentlemanly young man.\\nImmediately upon leaving college he began the\\nstudy of law. For the short, time he continued in the\\npractice of his profession lie rose rapidly and distin-\\nguished himself by his energy and accuteness as a C\\nlawyer. But the times called for greater action. S\\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\\n!iim into active political life. In 1769 he was chosen\\na member of the Virginia House of Burgesses. In\\n1772 he married Mrs. Martha Skelton, a very beauti-\\nful, wealthy and highly accomplished young widow.\\nUpon Mr. Jefferson s large estate at Shadwell, there\\nwas a majestic swell of land, called Monticello, which\\ncommanded a prospect of wonderful extent and\\nbeauty. This spot Mr. Jefferson selected for his new\\nhome; and here he reared a 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\\nto draw up the paper. Franklin and Adams suggested\\na few verbal changes before it was submitted to Con-\\ngress. On June 28, a few slight changes were made\\nin it by Congress, and it was passed and signed July Vi)i\\n4, 1776. What must have been the feelings of that", "height": "2866", "width": "2206", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph09chic_0021.jp2"}, "22": {"fulltext": "THOMAS JEPFERSON.\\n#^C(\u00c2\u00aeV^\\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,\\ny soverign and independent. It is one of the most re-\\n\u00c2\u00a9/markable papers ever written and did no other effort\\nof the mind of its author exist, that alone would be\\nsufficient to stamp his name with immortality.\\nIn 1779 Mr. Jefferson was elected successor to\\nPatrick Henry, r.s Governor of Virginia. At one time\\nthe British officer, Tarleton, sent a secret expedition to\\nMonlicello, to capture the Governor. Scarcely five\\nminutes elapsed after the hurried escape of Mr. Jef-\\nferson and his family, ere his mansion was in posses-\\nsion of the British troops. His wife s health, never\\nvery good, was much injured by this excitement, and\\nin the summer of 1782 she died.\\nMr. Jefferson was elected to Congress in 1783.\\nTwo years later he was appointed Minister Plenipo-\\ntentiary to France. Returning to the United States\\nin September, 1789, he became Secretary of State\\nin Washington s cabinet. This position he resigned\\nJan. I, 1794. In 1797, he was chosen Vice Presi-\\ndent, and four years later was elected President over\\njv Mr. Adams, with Aaron Burr as Vice President. In\\nA 1804. he was re-elected with wonderful unanimity,\\nca and George Clinton, Vice President.\\nThe early part of Mr. Jefferson s second adminstra-\\nc= tion was disturbed by an event which threatened the\\ntranquility and peace of the Union this was the con-\\nspiracy of Aaron Burr. Defeated in the late election\\nto the Vice Presidency, and led on by an unprincipled\\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 been elected, he determined\\nto retire from political life. For a period of nearly\\nforty years, he had been continually before the pub-\\nlic, and all that time had been employed in offices of\\nthe greatest trust and responsibility. Having thus de-\\nvoted the best part of his life to the service of his\\ncountry, he now felt desirous of that rest which his\\ndeclining years required, and upon the organization of\\nthe new administration, in March, 1809, he bid fare-\\nwell forever to public life, and retired to Monticello.\\nMr. Jefferson was profuse in his hospitality. Whole\\nfamilies came in their coaches with their horses,\\nfathers and mothers, boys and girls, babies and\\nnurses, and remained three and even six months.\\nLife at Monticello, for years, resembled that at a\\nfashionalile watering-place.\\nThe fourth of July, 1826, being the fiftieth anniver-\\nf,\\nsary of the Declaration of American Indeiiendence,\\ngreat preparations were made in every part of the\\nUnion for its celebration, as the nation s jubilee, and\\nthe citizens of Washington, to add to the solemnity\\nof the occasion, invited Mr. Jefferson, as the framer,\\nand one of the few surviving signers of the Declara-\\ntion, to participate in their iestivities. But an ill-\\nness, which had been of several weeks duration, and\\nhad been continually increasing, compelled him to\\ndecline the invitation.\\nOn the second of July, the disease under which\\nhe was laboring left him, but in such a reduced\\nstate that his medical attendants, entertained no\\nhope of his recovery. From this time he was perfectly\\nsensible that his last hour was at hand. On the next\\nd;iy, which was Monday, he asked of those around\\nhim, the day of the month, and on being told it was\\nthe third of July, he expressed the earnest wish that\\nhe might be permitted to breathe the air of the fiftieth\\nanniversary. His prayer was heard that day, whose\\ndawn was hailed with such rapture through our land,\\nburst upon his eyes, and then they were closed for-\\never. And what a noble consummation of a noble\\nlife! To die on that day, the birthday of a nation,-\\nthe day which his own name and his own act had\\nrendered glorious; to die amidst the rejoicings and\\nfestivities of a whole nation, who looked up to him,\\nas the author, under God, of their greatest blessings,\\nwas all that was wanting to fill up the record his life.\\nAlmost at the same hour of his death, the kin-\\ndred spirit of the venerable Adams, as if to bear\\nhim company, left the scene of his earthly honors.\\nHand in hand they had stood forth, the champions of\\nfreedom; hand in hand, during the dark and desper-\\nate struggle of the Revolution, they had cheered and\\nanimated their desponding countrymen; for half a\\ncentury they had labored together for the good of\\nthe country; and now hand in hand they depart.\\nIn their lives they had been united in the same great\\ncause of liberty, and in their deaths they were not\\ndivided.\\nIn person Mr. Jefferson was tall and thin, rather\\nabove six feet in height, but well formed; his eyes\\nwere light, his hair originally red, in after life became\\nwhite and silvery; his complexion was fair, his fore-\\nhead broad, and his whole countenance intelligent and\\nthoughtful. He possessed great fortitude of mind as\\nwell as personal courage and his command of tem-\\nper was such that his oldest and most intimate friends\\nnever recollected to have seen him in a passion.\\nHis manners, though dignified, were simple and un-\\naffected, and his hospitality was so unbounded that\\nall found at his house a ready welcome. In conver-\\nsation he was fluent, eloquent and enthusiastic and\\nhis language was remarkably pure and correct. He\\nwas a finished classical scholar, and in his writings is\\ndiscernable the care with which he formed his style\\nupon the best models of antiquity.\\nJ(", "height": "2866", "width": "2206", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph09chic_0022.jp2"}, "23": {"fulltext": "", "height": "2866", "width": "2206", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph09chic_0023.jp2"}, "24": {"fulltext": "A\\n!:;!c -t-^t.^\\n^-^Ac-*^^\\nfi^K^", "height": "2866", "width": "2206", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph09chic_0024.jp2"}, "25": {"fulltext": "FOURTH FRESIDENT.\\npriQES npDisoi].\\nAMES MADISON, Father\\nf the Constitution, and fourth\\nj President of the United States,\\nwas born March i6, 1757, and\\ndied at his home in Virginia,\\nJune 28, 1S36. The name of\\nJames Madison is inseparably con-\\nnected with most of the important\\nevents in that heroic period of our\\ncountry during which the founda-\\ntions of this great repubHc were\\nlaid. He was the last of the founders\\nof the Constitution of the United\\nStates to be called to his eternal\\nreward.\\nThe Madison family were among\\nthe early emigrants to the New World,\\nlanding upon the shores of the Chesa-\\npeake but 15 years after the settle-\\nment of Jamestown. The father of\\nJames Madison was an opulent\\nplanter, residing upon a very fine es-\\ntate called Montpelier, Orange Co.,\\nVa. The mansion was situated in\\nthe midst of scenery highly pictur-\\nesque and romantic, on the west side\\nof South-west Mountain, at the foot of\\nIt was but 25 miles from the home of\\nJefferson at Monticello. The closest personal and\\npolitical attachment e-xisted between these illustrious\\nmen, from their early youth until death.\\nThe early education of Mr. Madison was conducted\\nmostly at home under a private tutor. At the age of\\n18 he was sent to Princeton College, in New Jersey.\\nHere he applied himself to study with the most im-\\nBlue Rid^e\\nprudent zeal; allowing himself, for months, but three\\nhours sleep out of the 24. His health llius became so\\nseriously impaired that he never recovered any vigor\\nof constitution. He graduated in 177 i, witli a feeble\\nbody, with a character of utmost purity, and with a\\nmind highly disciplined and richly stored with learning r\\nwhich embellished and gave proficiency to his subse-\\nquent career.\\nReturning to Virginia, he commenced the study of\\nlaw and a course of extensive and systematic reading.\\nThis educational course, the spirit of the times in\\nwhich he lived, and the society with which he asso-\\nciated, all combined to inspire him with a strong\\nlove of liberty, and to train him for his life-work of T\\\\\\na statesman. Being naturally of a religious turn of\\nm.ind, 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 mmd\\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 tlie Virginia Convention, to\\nframe the constitution of the State. The next year\\n(1777)1 he was a candidate for the General Assembly.\\nHe refused to treat the whisky-loving voters, and\\nconsequently lost his election but those who had (q)\\nwitnessed the talent, energy and public spirit of tlie J\\nmodest young man, enlisted themselves in his behalf, j^\\nand he was appointed to the Executive Council.\\nBoth Patrick Henry and Thomas Jefferson were\\nGovernors of Virginia while Mr. Madison remained\\nmember of the Council and their appreciation of his\\nb^T^", "height": "2866", "width": "2206", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph09chic_0025.jp2"}, "26": {"fulltext": "T^^^nn^cfly^v\\n-^^f^^^\\nJAMES MADISON.\\ni\\nintellectual, social and moral worth, contributed not\\na little to his subsequent eminence. In the year\\n1780, he was elected a member of the Continental\\nCongress. Here he met the most illustrious men in\\nour land, and he was immediately assigned to one of\\nthe most conspicuous positions among them.\\nFor three years Mr. Madison continued in Con-\\ngress, one of its most active and influential members.\\nIn the year 1784, his term having expired, he was\\nelected a member of the Virginia Legislature.\\nNo man felt more deeply than Mr. Madison the\\nutter inefficiency of the old confederacy, with no na-\\ntional government, with no power to form treaties\\nwhich would be binding, or to enforce law. There\\nwas not any State more prominent than Virginia in\\nthe declaration, that an efficient national government\\nmust be formed. In January, 1786, Mr. Madison\\ncarried a resolution through the General Assembly of\\nVirginia, inviting the other States to appoint commis-\\nsioners to meet in convention at Annapolis to discuss\\nthis subject. Five States only were represented. The\\nconvention, however, issued another call, drawn up\\nby Mr. Madison, urguig all the States to send their\\ndelegates to Philadelphia, in May, 1787, to draft\\na Constitution for the United States, to take the place\\nof that Confederate League. The delegates met at\\nthe time appointed. Every State but Rhode Island\\nwas represented. George Washington 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.\\nBut grave solicitude was felt. Should it be rejected\\nwe should be left but a conglomeration of independent\\nStates, with but little ix wer at Iiome and little respect\\nabroad. Mr. Madison was selected by the conven-\\ntion to draw up an address to the people of the United\\nStates, expounding the principles of the Constitution,\\nand urging its adoption. There was great opposition\\nto it at fust, but it at length triumphed over all, and\\nwent into effect in 1789.\\nMr. Madison was elected to the House of Repre-\\nsentatives in the first Congress, and soon became the\\navowed leader of the Republican party. While in\\nNew York attending Congress, he met Mrs. Todd, a\\nyoung widow of remarkable ]xiwer of fascination,\\nwhom he married. She was in person and character\\nqueenly, and probably no lady has thus far occupied\\nso prominent a position in the very peculiar society\\nwhich has constituted our repubhcan court as Mrs.\\nMadison.\\nMr. Madison served as Secretarj of State under\\nJefferson, and at the close of his administration\\nwas chosen President. At this time the encroach-\\nments of England had brought us to the verge of war.\\nBritish orders in council destroyed our commerce, and\\nour flag was exposed to constant insult. Mr. Madison\\nwas a man of peace. Scholarly in his taste, retiring\\nin his disposition, war had no charms for him. But the\\nmeekest spirit can be roused. It makes one s blood\\nboil, even now, to think of an American ship brought\\nto, upon the ocean, by the guns of an English cruiser.\\nA young lieutenant steps on board and orders the\\ncrew to be paraded before him. With great nonchal-\\nance he selects any number whom he may please to\\ndesignate as British subjects orders them down the\\nship s side into his boat; and places them on the gun-\\ndeck of his man-of-war, to fight, by compulsion, the\\nbattles of England. This right of search and im-\\npressment, no efforts of our Governriient could induce\\nthe British cabinet to relinquish.\\nOn the 1 8th of June, 181 2, President Madison gave\\nhis approval to an act of Congress declaring war\\nagainst Great Britain. Notwithstanding the bitter\\nhostility of the Federal party to the war, the country\\nin general approved; and Mr. Madison, on the 4th\\nof March, 18 13, was re-elected by a large majority,\\nand entered upon his second term of office. This is\\nnot the place to describe the various adventures of\\nthis war on the land and on the water. Our infant\\nnavy then laid the foundations of its renown in grap-\\npling with the most formidable power which ever\\nswept the seas. The contest commenced in earnest\\nby the appearance of a British fleet, early in February,\\n18 13, in Chesapeake Bay, declaring nearly the whole\\ncoast of the United States under blockade.\\nThe Emperor of Russia offered his services as me\\nditator. America accepted England refused. A Brit-\\nish force of five thousand men landed on the banks\\nof the Patuxet River, near its entrance into Chesa-\\npeake Bay, and marched rapidly, by way of Bladens-\\nburg, upon Washington.\\nThe straggling little city of Washington was thrown\\ninto consternation. The cannon of tlie 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, 1815, the treaty of peace was signed at Ghent.\\nOn the 4th of March, 1817, his second term of\\noffice expired, and he resigned the Presidential chair\\nto his friend, James Monroe. He retired to iiis beau-\\ntiful home at Montpelier, and there passed the re-\\nmainder of his days. On June 28, 1836, then at the\\nage of 85 years, he fell asleep in death. Mrs. Madi-\\nson died July 12, 1849.\\n%sa-\\nU^\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0^^nn^niif^^\\n^i:^\\n-8S\u00c2\u00a7\\ni^^f^", "height": "2866", "width": "2206", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph09chic_0026.jp2"}, "27": {"fulltext": "", "height": "2866", "width": "2206", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph09chic_0027.jp2"}, "28": {"fulltext": "1^:\\nIK\\ni\\nI\\nMi-\\nI\\n5\\n.j\\nI", "height": "2866", "width": "2206", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph09chic_0028.jp2"}, "29": {"fulltext": "7 ^iiii C li^ rT7\u00e2\u0080\u0094 5stf\u00c2\u00a9^\\n^\u00e2\u0080\u00a27 @iX\\nAt\\nFIFTH PRESIDENT.\\nPEQES n]OIlROE.\\nAMES MONROE, the fifth\\nPresident of The United States,\\nwas born in Westmoreland Co.,\\nVa., April 28, 1758. His early\\nlife was passed at the place of\\nnativity. His ancestors had for\\nmany years resided in the prov-\\nince in which he was born. When,\\nat. 17 years of age, in the process\\nof completing his education at\\n{.A William and Mary College, the Co-\\nlonial Congress assembled at Phila-\\ndelphia to deliberate upon the un-\\njust and manifold oppressions of\\nGreat Britian, declared the separa-\\ntion of 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 hope-\\nless and gloomy. The number of deserters increased\\nfrom day to day. The invading armies came pouring\\nin and the tories not only favored the cause of tlie\\nmother country, but disheartened the new recruits,\\nwlio 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\\njjolitical emancipation. The young cadet joined tlie\\nranks, and espoused the cause of his injured country,\\nwith a firm determination to live or die with her strife\\nfor liberty. Firmly yet sadly he shared in the mel-\\nancholy retreat from Harleam Heights and White\\nPlains, and accompanied the dispirited army as it fled\\nbefore its foes through New Jersey. In four months\\nafter the Declaration of Independence, the patriots\\nhad been beaten in seven battles. At the battle of\\nTrenton he led the vanguard, and, in the actof charg- /7S\\ning upon the enemy he received a wound in the left\\nshoulder.\\nAs a reward for his bravery, Mr. Monroe was pro-\\nmoted a captain of infantry and, having recovered [f,:\\nfrom his wound, he rejoined the army. He, however,\\nreceded from the line of promotion, by becoming an\\nofficer in the staff of Lord Sterling. During the cam-\\npaigns of 1777 and 1778, in the actions of Brandy-\\nwine, Germantown and Monmouth, he continued\\naid-de-camp; but becoming desirous to regain his\\nposition in the army, he exerted himself to collect a\\nregiment for the Virginia line. This scheme failed\\nowing to the exhausted condition of the State. Upon\\nthis failure he entered the office of Mr. Jefferson, at\\nthat period Governor, and pursued, with considerable\\nardor, the study of common law. He did not, however,\\nentirely lay aside the knapsack for the green bag;\\nbut on the invasions of the enemy, served as a volun-\\nteer, during the two years of his legal pursuits.\\nIn 17S2, he was elected from King George county,\\na member of the Leglislature of Virginia, and by that\\nbody he was elevated to a seat in the Executive i\\nCouncil. He was thus honored with the confidences^\\nof his fellow citizens at 23 years of age and having\\nat this early period displayed some of that ability 4^\\nand aptitude for legislation, which were afterwards\\nemployed with unremitting energy for the public good,\\n^^^rf*-\\ntlIl^IIIlr\\nA.^^", "height": "2866", "width": "2206", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph09chic_0029.jp2"}, "30": {"fulltext": "^nD^iiD^\\nJAMES MONROE.\\nA\\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, he became a member\\nof the United States Senate; which office he held for\\nfour years. Every month the line of distinction be-\\ntween the two great parties which divided the nation,\\nthe Federal and the Republican, was growing more\\ndistinct. The two prominent ideas which now sep-\\narated them were, that the Republican party was in\\nsympathy with France, and also in favor of such a\\nstrict construction of 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 sympathized with England,\\nand were in favor of a liberal construction of the Con-\\nstitution, which would give as much power to the\\nCentral Government as that document could possibly\\nauthorize.\\nThe leading Federalists and Republicans were\\nalike noble men, consecrating all their energies to the\\ngood of the nation. Two more honest men or more\\npure patriots than John Adams the Federalist, and\\nJames Monroe the Republican, never breathed. In\\nbuilding u)) this majestic nation, which is destined\\nto eclipse all Grecian and Assyrian greatness, the com-\\nbination of their antagonism was needed to create the\\nlight equilibrium. And yet each in his day was de-\\nnounced as almost a demon.\\nWashington was then President. England had es-\\npoused the cause of the Bourbons against the princi-\\nples of the French Revolution. All Europe was drawn\\ninto the conflict. We were feeble and far away.\\nWashington issued a proclamation of neutrality be-\\ntween these contending powers. France had helped\\nus in the struggle for our liberties. All the despotisms\\nof Europe were now combined to prevent the French\\nfrom escaping from a tyranny a thousand-fold worse\\nthan that which we had endured. Col. Monroe, more\\nmagnanimous than prudent, was anxious that, at\\nwhatever hazard, we should help our old allies in\\ntheir extremity. It was the impulse of a generous\\nand noble nature. He violently opposed the Pres-\\nident s proclamation as ungrateful and wanting in\\nmagnanimity.\\nWashington, who could appreciate such a character,\\ndeveloped his calm, serene, almost divine greatness,\\nby appointing that very James Monroe, who was de-\\nnouncing the policy of the Government, as the minister\\nof that Government to the Republic of France. Mr.\\nMonroe was welcomed by tlie National Convention\\nin France with the most enthusiastic 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 sum of fifteen\\nmillions of dollars, the entire territory of Orleans and\\ndistrict of Louisiana were added to the United States.\\nThis was probably the largest transfer of real estate\\nwhich was ever made in all the history of the world.\\nFrom France Mr. Monroe went to England to ob-\\ntain from that country some recognition of our\\nrights as neutrals, and to remonstrate against those\\nodious impressments of our seamen. But Eng-\\nland was unrelenting. He agam returned to Eng-\\nland on the same mission, but could receive no\\nredress. He returned to his home and was again\\nchosen Governor of Virginia. This he soon resigned\\nto accept the position of Secretary of State under\\nMadison. While in this office war with England was\\ndeclared, the Secretary of War resigned, and during\\nthese trying times, the duties of the War Department\\nwere also put upon him. He was truly the armor-\\nbearer of President Madison, and the most efficient\\nbusiness man in his cabinet. 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 himself had\\nbeen chosen President with but little opposition, and\\nupon March 4, 1817, was inaugurated. Four years\\nlater he was elected for a second term.\\nAmong the important measures of his Presidency\\nwere the cession of Floiida to the United States the\\nMissouri Compromise, and the Monroe doctrine.\\nThis fainous doctrine, since known as the Monroe\\ndoctrine, was enunciated by him in 1823. At that\\ntime the United States had recognized the independ-\\nence of the South American states, and did not wish\\nto have European powers longer attempting to sub-\\ndue portions of the American Continent. The doctrine\\nis as follows: That we should consider any attempt\\non the part of European powers to extend their sys-\\ntem to any portion of this hemisphere as dangerous\\nto our peace and safety, and that we could not\\nview any interposition for tlie purpose of oppressing\\nor controlling American governments or provinces in\\nany other light than as a manifestation by European\\npowers of an unfriendly disposition toward tlie LTnited\\nStates. This doctrine immediately affected the course\\nof foreign governments, and has become the approved\\nsentiment of the United States.\\nAt the end of his second term Mr. Monroe retired\\nto his home in Virginia, where he lived until \\\\l\\nwhen he went to New York to live with his son-in-\\nlaw. In that city he died, on the 4th of July, 1831.\\nt/jp\\nJ\\n\u00c2\u00ab5\\n-s^C^r: @7^4I1 D M Il -^\u00e2\u0082\u00ac3^", "height": "2866", "width": "2206", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph09chic_0030.jp2"}, "31": {"fulltext": "", "height": "2866", "width": "2206", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph09chic_0031.jp2"}, "32": {"fulltext": "\u00c2\u00a51\\ni\\nUj oL. c ft-t- 2 7n4", "height": "2866", "width": "2206", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph09chic_0032.jp2"}, "33": {"fulltext": "o\\nT ^mmm^\\n^-;^v^:y :x- i .v^^\\n^!l^:^\\ni^\\nOHN QUINCY ADAMS, the\\nsixth President of the United\\n^States, was born in the rural\\nIiome of his honored father,\\nJohn Adams, in Quincy, Mass.,\\non the I ith cf July, 1767. His\\nmother, a woman of exalted\\nworth, watched over his childhood\\nduring the almost constant ab-\\nsence of his father. When but\\neight years of age, he stood with\\nhis mother on an eminence, listen-\\ning to the booming of the great bat-\\ntle on Bunker s Hill, and gazing on\\nupon the smoke and flames billow-\\ning up from the conflagration of\\nCharlestown.\\nWhen but eleven years old he\\ntook a tearful adieu of his mother,\\nto sail with his father for Europe,\\nthrough a fleet of hostile British cruisers. The bright,\\nanimated boy spent a year and a half in Paris, where\\nhis father was associated with Franklin and Lee as\\nminister plenipotentiary. His intelligence attracted\\nthe notice of these distinguished men, and he received\\nfrom them flattering marks of attention.\\nMr. John Adams had scarcely returned to this\\ncountry, in 1779, ere he was again sent abroad. Again\\nJohn Quincy accompanied his father. At Paris he\\napplied himself with great diligence, for six months,\\nto study; then accompained his father to Holland,\\nwhere he entered, first a school in Amsterdam, then\\nthe University at Leyden. About a year from this\\ntime, in 17 81, 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 private secretarj\\nIn this school of incessant labor and of enoliling\\nculture he spent fourteen months, and then returned\\nto Holland through Sweden, Denmark, Hamburg and\\nBremen. This long journey he took alone, in the\\nwinter, when in his sixteenth year. Again he resumed\\nhis studies, under a private tutor, at Hague. Thence,\\nin the spring of 1782, he accompanied his father to\\nParis, traveling leisurely, and forming acquaintance\\nwith the most distinguished men on the Continent;\\nexamining architectural remains, galleries of paintings,\\nand all renowned works of art. At Paris he again\\nbecame associated with the most illustrious men of\\nall lands in the contemplations of the loftiest temporal\\nthemes which can engross the human mind. After\\na short visit to England he returned to Paris, and\\nconsecrated all his energies to study until May, 1785,\\nwhen he returned to America. To a brilliant young\\nman of eighteen, who had seen much of the world,\\nand who was familiar with the etiquette of courts, a\\nresidence with his father in London, under such cir-\\ncumstances, must have been extremely attractive;\\nbut with judgment very rare in one of his age, he pre-\\nferred to return to America to complete his education\\nin an American college. He wished then to study\\nlaw, that with an honorable profession, he might be\\nable to obtain an independent support.\\nUpon leaving Harvard College, at the age of twenty,\\nhe studied law for three years. In June, 1794, be-\\ning then but twenty-seven years of age, he was ap-\\npointed by Washington, resident minister at the\\nNetherlands. Sailing from Boston in July, he reached\\nLondon in October, where he was immediately admit-\\nted to the deliberations of Messrs. Jay and Pinckney,\\nassisting them in negotiating a commercial treaty with\\nGr\u00c2\u00abat Britian. After thus spending a fortnight in\\nLondon, he proceeded to the Hague.\\nIn July, 1797, he left the Hague to go to Portugal as\\nminister plenipotentiary. On his way to Portugal,\\nupon arriving in London, he met with despatches\\ndirecting him to the court of Beriin, 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 previously en-\\ngaged, Miss Louisa Catherine Johnson, daughter\\nof Mr. Joshua Johnson, American consul in London;\\na lady endownd with that beauty and those accom-\\nplishment which eminently fitted her to move in the\\nelevated sphere for which she was destined.\\nSi/\\n1\\nv\u00c2\u00a9^$^#=\\n.^=1^\\n^^D!I^nDf^", "height": "2866", "width": "2206", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph09chic_0033.jp2"}, "34": {"fulltext": "w\\ng#\u00c2\u00ab\\n4\u00c2\u00b0\\n/OJlAr QUlNCY ADAMS.\\n^i^-_.\\n-4^^^\\nI\\nf\\n\\\\i\\nV\\ns\\nHe reached Berlin with his wife in November, 1797\\nwhere he remained until July, 1799, when, having ful-\\nfilled all the purposes of his mission, he solicited his\\nrecall.\\nSoon after his return, in 1802, he was chosen to\\nthe Senate of Massachusetts, from Boston, and then\\nwas elected Senator of the United States for six years,\\nfrom the 4th of March, 1804. His reputation, his\\nability and his experience, placed him immediately\\namong the most prominent and influential members\\nof that body. Especially did he sustain the Govern-\\nment in its measures of resistance to the encroach-\\nments of England, destroying our commerce and in-\\nsulting our flag. There was no man in America more\\nfamiliar with the arrogance of the British court upon\\nthese points, and no one more resolved to present\\na firm resistance.\\nIn 1S09, Madison succeeded Jefferson in the Pres-\\nidential chair, and he immediately nominated John\\nQuincy Adams minister to St. Petersburg. Resign-\\ning his professorship in Harvard College, he embarked\\nat Boston, in August, 1809.\\nWhile in Russia, Mr. Adams was an intense stu-\\ndent. He devoted his attention to the language and\\nhistory of Russia; to the Chinese trade; to the\\nEuropean system of weights, measures, and coins to\\nthe climate and astronomical observations while he\\nkept up a familiar acquaintance with the Greek and\\nLatin classics. In all the universities of Europe, a\\nmore acconijjlished scholar could scarcely be found.\\nAll tlirough life the Bible constituted an important\\npart of his studies. It was his rule to read five\\nchapters every day.\\nOn the 4th of March, 1817, Mr. Monroe took the\\nPresidential chair, and immediately appointed Mr.\\nAdams Secretary of State. Taking leave of his num-\\nerous friends in public and private life in Europe, he\\nsailed in June, 1819, for the United States. On the\\ni8th of August, he again crossed the threshold of his\\nhome in Quincy. During the eight years of Mr. Mon-\\nroe s administration, Mr. Adams continued Secretary\\nof State.\\nSome time before the close of Mr. Monroe s second\\nterm of office, new candidates began to be presented\\nfor the Presidency. The friends of Mr. Adams broifght\\nforward his name. It was an e.xciting campaign.\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0Party spirit was never more bitter. Two hundred and\\nsixty electoral votes were cast. Andrew Jackson re-\\nceived ninety-nine; John Quincy Adams, eighty-four;\\nWilliam H. Crawford, forty-one; Henry Clay, thirty-\\nseven. As there was no choice by the people, the\\nquestion went to the House of Representatives. Mr.\\nClay gave the vote of Kentucky to Mr. Adams, and\\nhe was elected.\\nThe friends of all the disappointed candidates now\\ncombined in a venomous and persistent assault upon\\nMr. Adams. There is nothing more disgraceful in\\nthe past history of our country than the abuse which\\nwas poured in one uninterrupted stream, upon this\\nhigh-minded, upright, patriotic man. There never was\\nan administration more pure in principles, more con-\\nscientiously devoted to the best interests of the coun-\\ntry, than that of John Quincy Adams; and never, per-\\nhaps, was there an administration more unscrupu-\\nlously and outrageously assailed.\\nMr. Adams was, to a very 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 Maich, 1829, Mr. Adams retired\\nfrom the Presidency, and was succeeded by Andrew-\\nJackson. John C. Calhoun was elected Vice Presi-\\ndent. The slavery question now began to assume\\nlx)rtentous magnitude. Mr. Adams returned to\\nQuincy and to his studies, which he pursued with un-\\nabated zeal. But he was not long permitted to re-\\nmain in retirement. In November, 1830, he was\\nelected representative to Congress. For seventeen\\nyears, until his death, he occupied the post as repre-\\nsentative, towering above all his peers, ever ready to\\ndo brave battle for freedom, and winning the title of\\nthe old man eloquent. Upon taking his seat in\\nthe House, he announced that he should hold him-\\nself bound to no party. Probably there never was a\\nmember more devoted to his duties. He was usually\\nthe first in his place in the morning, and the last to\\nleave his seat in the evening. Not a measure could\\nbe brought forward and escape his scrutiny. The\\nbattle which Mr. Adams fought, almost singly, against\\nthe proslavery party in the Government, was sublime\\nin 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 Adains, that when his\\nbody was bent and his hair silvered by the lapse of\\nfourscore years, yielding to the simple faith of a little\\nchild, he was accustomed to repeat every night, before\\nhe slept, the prayer which his mother taught hiiii 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 paraly-\\nsis, and was caught in the arms of those around him.\\nFor a time he was senseless, as he was conveyed to\\nthe sofa in the rotunda. With reviving conscious-\\nness, he openecf his eyes, looked calmly around and\\nsaid Tills is the end of earth then after a moment s\\npause he added, I am eontent. These were the\\nlast words of the grand Old Man Eloquent,\\nVf\\nC\\n\\\\#)f^|=*\\n;::-A\\n^^D!l.^lDf^", "height": "2866", "width": "2206", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph09chic_0034.jp2"}, "35": {"fulltext": "", "height": "2866", "width": "2206", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph09chic_0035.jp2"}, "36": {"fulltext": "M\\ni\\\\", "height": "2866", "width": "2206", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph09chic_0036.jp2"}, "37": {"fulltext": "l#^-\\nrJ^K ^V ^IlI]:t:Dll T\\nSEVENTH PRESIDENT.\\nWMlt^ \u00c2\u00bb9.aa-. -^JSXg37?^ O\\n?^ffl\\n\u00e2\u0080\u009eu;.2J2j2;,g^^(S-\u00c2\u00ab* -55ff^-5i^r^;^^p^^(||g;^^^9^\\npgpy^^ \u00c2\u00abiswa\u00c2\u00bb^\u00c2\u00a9|^ Sr2rsr3v.,\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0^:ms\\no\\n1\\nNDREW JACKSON, the\\nventh President of the\\nUnited States, was born in\\nWaxhavv settlement, N. C,\\nMarch 15, 1767, a few days\\nafter his father s death. His\\nparents were poor emigrants\\nfrom Ireland, and took up\\ntheir abode in Waxhaw set-\\ntlement, where they lived in\\ndeepest poverty.\\nAndrew, or Andy, as he was\\nuniversally called, grew up a very\\nrough, rude, turbulent boy. His\\nfeatures were coarse, his form un-\\ngainly, and there was but very\\nlittle in his character, made visible, which was at-\\ntractive.\\nWhen only thirteen years old he joined the volun-\\nteers of Carolina against the British invasion. In\\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 des])erate\\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 sabre, which quite\\ndisabled him, and which probably soon after caused\\nhis death. They suffered much other ill-treatment, and\\nwere finally stricken with the small-pox. Their\\nmother was successful in obtaining their exchange.\\nand took her sick boys home. After a long illness\\nAndrew recovered, and the death of his mother soon\\nleft him entirely friendless.\\nAndrew supported himself in various ways, such as\\nworking at the saddler s trade, teaching school and\\nclerking in a general store, until 17 S4, when he\\nentered a law office at Salisbury, N. C. He, however,\\ngave more attention to the wild amusements of the\\ntimes than to his studies. In 1788, he was appointed\\nsolicitor for the western district of North Carolina, of\\nwhich Tennessee was then a part. This involved\\nmany long and tedious journeys amid dangers of\\nevery kind, but Andrew Jackson never knew fear,\\nand the Indians had no desire to repeat a skirmish\\nwith the Sharp Knife.\\nIn 1 7 91, 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 profes-\\nsion, and frequently had one or m.ore duels on hand,\\none of which, when he killed Dickenson, was espec-\\nially disgraceful.\\nIn January, 1796, the Territory of Tennessee then\\ncontaining nearly eighty thousand inhabitants, the\\npeople met in convention at Knoxville to frame a con-\\nstitution. Five were sent from each of the eleven\\ncounties. Andrew Jackson was one of the delegates.\\nThe new State was entitled to but one member in\\nthe National House of Representatives. Andrew Jack-\\nson was chosen that member. Mounting his horse he\\nrode to Philedelphia, where Congress then held its\\nCI\\nro)", "height": "2866", "width": "2206", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph09chic_0037.jp2"}, "38": {"fulltext": "44\\nr^i^^\\n(h\\n(f*\\ni\\nANDREW JACKSON.\\nsessions, ^a distance of about eight hundred miles.\\nJackson was an earnest advocate of the Demo-\\ncratic party. Jefferson was his idol. He admired\\nBonaparte, loved France and hated England. As Mr.\\nJackson took his seat. Gen. Washington, whose\\nsecond term of office was then expiring, delivered his\\nlast speech to Congress. A committee drew up a\\ncomplimentary address in reply. Andrew Jackson\\ndid not approve of the address, and was one of the\\ntwelve who voted against it. He was not willing to\\nsay that Gen. Washington s adrainstration had been\\nwise, firm and patriotic.\\nMr. Jackson was elected to the United States\\nSenate in 1797, but soon resigned and returned home.\\nSoon after he was chosen Judge of the Supreme Court\\nof his State, which position he held for si.K years.\\nWhen the war of 18 12 witlr 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 uix)n him. Just at that time Gen. Jackson\\noffered his services and those of twenty-five hundred\\nvolunteers. His offer was accepted, and the troops\\nwere assembled at Nashville.\\nAs the British were hourly e.xpected to make an at-\\ntack upon New Orleans, where Gen. Wilkinson was\\nin command, he was ordered to descend the river\\nwith fifteen hundred troops to aid Wilkinson. The\\nexpedition reached Natchez; and afteradelay of sev-\\neral weeks there, without accomplishing anything,\\nthe men were ordered back to their homes. But the\\nenergy Gen. Jackson had displayed, and his entire\\ndevotion to the comrfort of his soldiers, won him\\ngolden opinions and he became the most popular\\nman in the State. It was in this expedition that his\\ntoughness gave him the nickname of Old Hickory.\\nSoon after this, while attempting to horsewhip Col.\\nThomas H. Benton, for a remark that gentleman\\nmade about his taking a part as second in a duel, in\\nwhich a younger brotlier of Benton s was engaged,\\nhe received two severe pistol wounds. While he was\\nlingering upon a lied of suffering news came that the\\nIndians, who had combined under Tecumseh from\\nFlorida to the Lakes, to exterminate the white set-\\ntlers, were committing the most awful ravages. De-\\ncisive action became necessary. Gen. Jackson, with\\nhis fractured bone just beginning to heal, his arm in\\na sling, and unable to mount his horse without assis-\\ntance, gave his amazing energies to the raising of an\\narmy to rendezvous at Fayettesville, Alabama.\\nThe Creek Indians had established a strong fort on\\none of the bends of the T.allapoosa River, near the cen-\\nter of Alabama, about fifty miles below Fort Strother.\\nWith an army of two thousand men, Gen. Jackson\\ntraversed the pathless wilderness in a march of eleven\\ndays. He reached their fort, called Tohopeka or\\nHorse-shoe, on the 27th of March. 1814. The bend\\nof the river enclosed nearly one hundred acres of\\ntangled forest and wild ravine. Across the narrow\\nneck the Indians had constructed a formidable breast-\\nwork of logs and brush. Here nine hundred warriors,\\nwith an ample suplyof arms were assembled.\\nThe fort was stormed. The fight was utterly des-\\nperate. Not an Indian would accept of quarter. When\\nbleeding and dying, they would fight those who en-\\ndeavored to spare their lives. From ten in the morn-\\ning until dark, the battle raged. The carnage was\\nawful and revolting. Some threw themselves into the\\nriver; but the unerring bullet struck their heads as\\nthey swam. Nearly everyone of the nine hundred war-\\nrios were killed A few probably, in the night, swam\\nthe river and escaped. This ended the war. The\\n[wwer of the Creeks was broken forever. This bold\\nplunge into the wilderness, with its terriffic slaughter,\\nso appalled the savages, that the haggard remnants\\nof the bands came to the camp, begging for peace.\\nThis closing of the Creek war enabled us to con-\\ncentrate all our militia upon the British, who were the\\nallies of the Indians No man of less resolute will\\nthan Gen. Jackson could have conducted this Indian\\ncampaign to so successful an issue Immediately he\\nwas appointed major-general.\\nLate in August, with an army of two thousand\\nmen, on a rushing march, Gen. Jackson came to\\nMobile. A British fleet came from Pensacola, landed\\na force upon the beach, anchored near the little fort,\\nand from both ship and shore commenced a furious\\nassault. The battle was long and doubtful. At length\\none of the ships was blown up and the rest retired.\\nGarrisoning Mobile, where he had taken his little\\narmy, he moved his troops to New Orleans,\\n.\\\\nd the battle of New Orleans which soon ensued,\\nwas in reality a very arduous campaign. This won\\nfor Gen. Jackson an imperishable name. Here his\\ntroops, which numbered about four thousand men,\\nwon a signal victory over the British army of about\\nnine thousand. His loss was but thirteen, while the\\nloss of the British was two thousand six hundred.\\nThe name of Gen. Jackson soon began to be men-\\ntioned in connection with the Presidency, but, in T824,\\nhe was defeated by Mr. Adams. He was, however,\\nsuccessful in the election of 1828, and was re-elected\\nfor a second term in 1832. In 1829, just before he\\nassumed the reins of the government, he met with\\nthe most terrible affliction of his life in the death of\\nhis wife, whom he had loved with a devotion which has\\nperhaps never been surpassed. From the shock of\\nher death he never recovered.\\nHis administration was one of the most memorable\\nin the annals of our country; applauded by one party,\\ncondemned Iiy the other. No man had more bitter\\nenemies or warmer friends. At the expiration of his\\ntwo terms of office he retired to the Hermitage, where\\nhe died June 8, 1845. The last years of Mr. Jack-\\nson s life were that of a devoted Christian man.\\n(J)\\nV)\\n^58-\\nJSif^fTL.\\n-^^D!i^i]n; ^^f^\\nf^^", "height": "2866", "width": "2206", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph09chic_0038.jp2"}, "39": {"fulltext": "", "height": "2866", "width": "2206", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph09chic_0039.jp2"}, "40": {"fulltext": "O T^tf^^ 1^-^/3 Uii^c^t^c^", "height": "2866", "width": "2206", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph09chic_0040.jp2"}, "41": {"fulltext": "i\\n1=1\\nf\\nEIGHTH PRESIDENT.\\n^^/^^^f^-\\\\\u00c2\u00aem^\\nWW^^ W^ BnREi].\\niV-S\\nI;\\n^i ^ft\\n1\\np\\n7\\n.if- J\\ni\\nARTIN VAN BUREN, the\\neichth President of the\\nUnited States, was born at\\nKinderhook, N. Y., Dec. 5,\\n1782. He died at the same\\nplace, July 24, 1862. His\\nbody rests in the cemetery\\nat Kinderhook. Above it is\\na plain granite shaft fifteen feet\\nhigh, bearing a simple inscription\\nabout half way up on one face.\\nThe lot is unfenced, unbordered\\nor unbounded by shrub or flower.\\nThere is but little in the life of Martin Van Buren\\nof romantic interest. He fought no battles, engaged\\nin no wild adventures. Though his life was stormy in\\npolitical and intellectual conflicts, and he gained many\\nsignal victories, his days passed uneventful in those\\nincidents which give zest to biography. His an-\\ncestors, as his name indicates, were of Dutch origin,\\nand were among the earliest emigrants from Holland\\nto the banks of the Hudson. His father was a farmer,\\nresiding in the old town of Kinderhook. His mother,\\nalso of Dutch lineage, was a woman of superior intel-\\nligence and e.\\\\emplary piety.\\nHe was decidedly a precocious boy, developing un-\\nusual activity, vigor and strength of mind. At the\\nage of fourteen, he had finished his academic studies\\nin his native village, and commenced the study of\\nlaw. As he had not a collegiate education, seven\\nyears of study iji a law-office were required of him\\nbefore he could be admitted to the bar. Inspired with\\na lofty ambition, and conscious of his powers, he pur-\\nsued his studies with indefatigable industry. After\\nspending si.\\\\ years in an office in his native village,\\nhe went to the city of New York, and prosecuted his\\nstudies for the seventh year.\\nIn 1803, Mr. Van Buren, then twenty-one years of\\nage, commenced the practice of law in his native vil-\\nlage. The great conflict between the Federal and\\nRepublican party was then at its height. Mr. Van\\nBuren was from the beginning a politician. He had,\\nperhaps, imbibed that spirit while listening to the\\nmany discussions which had been carried on in his\\nfather s hotel. He was in cordial sympathy with\\nJefferson, and earnestly and eloquently espoused the\\ncause of State Rights though at that time the Fed-\\neral party held the supremacy both in his town\\nand State.\\nHis success and increasing ruputation led him,\\nafter six years of practice, to remove to Hudson, the\\ncounty seat of his county. Here he spent seven years,\\nconstantly gaining strength by contending in the\\ncourts with some of the ablest men who have adorned\\nthe bar of his State.\\nJust before leaving Kinderhook for Hudson, Mr.\\nVan Buren married a lady alike distinguished for\\nbeauty and accomplishments. After twelve short\\nye^ars she sank into the grave, the victim of consump-\\ntion, leaving her husband and four sons to weep over\\nher loss. For twenty-five years, Mr. Van Buren was\\nan earnest, successful, assiduous lawyer. The record\\nof those years is barren in items of public interest.\\nIn t8i 2, when thirty years of age, he was chosen to\\nthe State Senate, and gave his strenuous support to\\nMr. Madison s adminstration. In 1815, he was ap-\\n[Minted Attorney-General, and the next year moved\\nto Albany, the capital of the State.\\nWhile he was acknowledged as one of the most\\nprominent leaders of the Democratic party, he had\\nmw", "height": "2866", "width": "2206", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph09chic_0041.jp2"}, "42": {"fulltext": "MARTIN VAN BUREN.\\n3\\nO\\nthe moral courage to avow that true democracy did\\nnot recjuire that universal sufif rage which admits\\nthe vile, the degraded, the ignorant, to the right of\\ngoverning the State. In true consistency with his\\ndemocratic principles, he contended that, while the\\npath leading to the privilege of voting should be open\\nto every man without distinction, no one should be\\ninvested with that sacred prerogative, unless he were\\nin some degree qualified for it by intelligence, virtue\\nand some property interests in the welfare of the\\nState.\\nIn 182 1 he was elected a member of the United\\nStates Senate; and in the same year, he took a seat\\nin the convention to revise the constitution of his\\nnative State. His course in this convention secured\\nthe approval of men of all parties. No one could\\ndoubt the singleness of his endeavors to promote the\\ninterests of all classes in the community. In the\\nSenate of the United States, he rose at once to a\\nconspicuous position as anactive and useful legislator.\\nIn 1827, John Quincy Adams being then in the\\nPresidential chair, Mr. Van Buren was re-elected to\\nthe Senate. He had been from the beginning a de-\\ntermined opposer of the Administration, adopting the\\nState Rights view in opposition to what was\\ndeemed the Federal proclivities of Mr. Adams.\\nSoon after this, in 1828, he was chosen Governorof\\nthe State of New York, and accordingly resigned his\\nseat in the Senate. Probably no one in the United\\nStates contributed so much towards ejecting John Q.\\nAdams from the Presidential chair, and placing in it\\nAndrew Jackson, as did Martin Van Buren. Whether\\nentitled to the reputation or not, he certainly was re-\\ngarded throughout the United States as one of the\\nmost skillful, sagacious and cunning of politicians.\\nIt was supposed that no one knew so well as he how\\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 array which would, secretly and\\nstealthily accomplish the most gigantic results. By\\nthese powers it is said that he outv/itted Mr. Adams,\\nMr. Clay, Mr. Webster, and secured results which\\nfew thought then could be accomplished.\\nWhen Andrew Jackson was elected President he\\nappointed Mr. Van Buren Secretary of State. This\\nposition he resigned in 1831, and was immediately\\nappointed Minister to England, where he went the\\nsame autumn. The Senate, however, when it met,\\nrefused to ratify the nomination, and he returned\\na\\ny\\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 than any other cause,\\nsecured his elevation to the chair of the Chief Execu-\\ntive. On the 20th of May, 1836, Mr. Van Buren re-\\nceived the Democratic nomination to succeed Gen.\\nJackson as President of the United States. He was\\nelected by a handsome majority, to the delight of the\\nretiring President. Leaving New York out of the\\ncanvass, says Mr. Parton, the election of Mr. Van\\nBuren to the Presidency was as much the act of Gen.\\nJackson as though the Constitution had conferred\\nupon him the power to appoint a successor.\\nHis administration was filled with exciting events.\\nThe insurrection in Canada, which threatened to in- s\\nvolve this country in war with England, the agitation\\nof the slavery question, and finally the great commer-\\ncial panic which spread over the country, all were\\ntrials to his wisdom. The financial distress was at-\\ntributed to the management of the Democratic party,\\nand brought the President into such disfavor that he\\nfailed of re-election.\\nWith the exception of being nominated for the\\nPresidency by the Free Soil Democrats, in 1 848,\\nMr. Van Buren lived quietly upon his estate until\\nhis death.\\nHe had ever been a prudent man, of frugal habits,\\nand living within his income, had now fortunately a\\ncompetence for his declining years. His unblemished\\ncharacter, his commanding abilities, his unquestioned\\npatriotism, and the distinguished positions which he\\nhad occupied in the government of our country, se-\\ncured to him not only the homage of his party, but\\nthe respect ot the whole community. It was on the\\n4th of March, 1841, that Mr. Van Buren retired from\\nthe presidency. From his fine estate at Lindenwald^ ^i^\\nhe still exerted a powerful influence upon the politics r\\nof the countr) From this time until his death, on\\nthe 24th of July, 1S62, at the age of eighty years, he\\nresided at Lindenwald, a gentleman of leisure, of\\nculture and of wealth enjoying in a healthy old\\nage, probably far more happiness than he had before\\nexperienced amid the stormy scenes of his active life,\\n^^|]ti:-\u00c2\u00bb:ntlf^ Ao\\n^^^fi", "height": "2866", "width": "2206", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph09chic_0042.jp2"}, "43": {"fulltext": "", "height": "2866", "width": "2206", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph09chic_0043.jp2"}, "44": {"fulltext": "ygf\\n/5^/^^:^-^Wb", "height": "2866", "width": "2206", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph09chic_0044.jp2"}, "45": {"fulltext": "Wl^^MM mil ffi4ffiMil.\\nir^\\nILLIAM HENRY HARRI-\\nSON, the ninth President of\\nthe United States, was born\\nat Berkeley, Va., Feb. 9, 1773.\\nHis father, Benjamin Harri-\\nson, was in comparatively op-\\nulent circumstances, and was\\none of the most distinguished\\nmen of his day. He was an\\nintimate friend of George\\nWashington, was early elected\\na member of the Continental\\nCongress, and was conspicuous\\namong the patriots of Virginia in\\nresisting the encroachments of the\\nBritish crown. In the celebrated\\nCongress of 1775, Benjamin Har-\\nrison and John Hancock were\\nboth candidates for the office of\\nspeaker.\\nMr Harrison was subsequently\\nchosen Governor of Virginia, and\\nwas twice re-elected. His son,\\nWilliam 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 lionor soon after the death of his father. He\\nthen repaired to Philadelphia tostudy medicine under\\nthe instructions of Dr. Rush and the guardianship of\\nRobert Morris, both of whom were, with his father,\\nsigners of the Declaration of Independence.\\nUpon the outbreak of the Indian troubles, and not-\\nwithstanding the remonstrances of his friends, he\\nabandoned his medical studies and entered the army,\\nhaving obtained a commission of Ensign from Presi-\\ndent Washington. He was then but 19 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 The Territory\\nnorth-west of the Ohio. The western portion, which\\nincluded what is now called Indiana, lUinois and\\n^V isconsin, 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 thusj uler over almost as\\nextensive a realm as any sovereign upon the globe. He\\nwas Superintendent of Indian Affairs, and was in-\\nvested with powers nearly dictatorial over the now\\nrapidly increasing white population. The ability and\\nfidelity with which he discharged these responsible\\nduties may be inferred from the fact that he was four\\ntimes appointed to this office first by John Adams,\\ntwice by Thomas Jefferson and afterwards by Presi-\\ndent Madison.\\nWhen he began his adminstration there were but\\nthree white settlements in that almost boundless region,\\nnow crowded with cities and resounding with all the 1\\ntumult of wealth and traffic. One of these settlements\\nwas on the Ohio, nearly opposite Louisville; one at\\nVincennes, on the Wabash, and the third a French\\nsettlement.\\nThe vast wilderness over which Gov. Harrison\\nreigned was filled with many tribes of Indians. About\\n^v\\nV\\n^wmm\\n4^Jf\u00c2\u00ae\\nii", "height": "2866", "width": "2206", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph09chic_0045.jp2"}, "46": {"fulltext": "T ^DII^I1D^\\nV\\n:2J\\n-4?^^^\\nWILLIAM HENRY HARRISON.\\nf\\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 The Prophet.\\nTecumseh was not only an Indian warrior, but a man\\nof great sagacity, far-reaching foresight and indomit-\\nable perseverance in any enterprise in 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 them in so hostile an attitude. After a\\nshort conference, arrangements were made for a meet-\\ning the next day, to agree upon terms of peace.\\nBut Gov. Harrison was too well acquainted with\\nthe Indian character to be deceived by such protes-\\ntations. Selecting a favorable spot for his night s en-\\ncampment, he took every precaution against surprise.\\nHis troops were posted in a hollow square, and slept\\nupon their arms.\\nThe troops threw themselves upon the ground for\\nrest; but every man had his accourtrements on, his\\nloaded musket 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 victor)-. But Gen. Harrison s\\ntroops stood as immovable as the rocks around them\\nuntil day dawned they then made a simultaneous\\ncharge with the bayonet, and swept every thing be-\\nfore them, and completely routing th? foe.\\nGov. Harrison now had all his energies tasked\\nto the utmost. The British descending from theCan-\\nadas, were of themselves a very formidable force but\\nwith their savage allies, rushing like wolves from the\\nforest, searching out every remote farm-house, burn-\\ning, plundering, scalping, torturing, the wide frontier\\nwas plunged into a state of consternation which even\\nthe most vivid imagination can but faintly conceive.\\nThe war-whoop was resounding everywhere in the\\nforest. The horizon was illuminated with the conflagra-\\ntion of the cabins of the settlers. Gen Hull had made\\nthe ignominious surrender of his forces at Detroit.\\nUnder these despairing circumstances, Gov. Harrison\\nwas appointed by President Madison commander-in-\\nchief of the North-western army, with orders to retake\\nDetroit, and to protect the frontiers.\\nIt would be difficult to place a man in a situation\\ndemanding more energy, sagacity and courage; but\\nGeneral Harrison was found equal to the position,\\nand nobly and triumphantly did he meet all the re-\\nsponsibilities.\\nHe won the love of his soldiers by always sharing\\nwith them their fatigue. His whole baggage, while\\npursuing the foe up the Thames, was carried in a\\nvalise and his bedding consisted of a single blanket\\nlashed over his saddle. Thirty-five British officers,\\nhis prisoners of war, supped with him after the batde.\\nThe only fare he could give them was beef roasted\\nbefore the fire, without bread or salt.\\nIn 1 816, Gen. Harrison was chosen a member of\\nthe National House of Representatives, to represent\\nthe District of Ohio. In Congress he proved an\\nactive member; and whenever he spoke, it was with\\nforce of reason and power of eloquence, which arrested\\nthe attention of all the members.\\nIn 1819, Harrison was elected to the Senate of\\nOhio; and in 1824, as one of the presidential electors\\nof that State, he gave his vote for Henry Clay. The\\nsame year he was chosen to the Uiiited 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\\nliy 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 Apnl just one month after\\nhis inauguration as President of the United States,\\ni\\nG:\\ni\\n^m^\\n^y\\n^^I1I]\u00c2\u00a7I1I1^1 A\\ni^\\n4^^^f\u00c2\u00ae", "height": "2866", "width": "2206", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph09chic_0046.jp2"}, "47": {"fulltext": "", "height": "2866", "width": "2206", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph09chic_0047.jp2"}, "48": {"fulltext": "VMK.iL!.V-J!iJJi^- ^Jy.i jl i-l J M-\\ni\\n0\\ncn^^L.", "height": "2866", "width": "2206", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph09chic_0048.jp2"}, "49": {"fulltext": "-^^K ^v^^^n n hi v\\n(h\\n1=Z\\n?_\\nr,, Presidentof the United States.\\nHe was born in Charles-city\\nCo., Va., March 29, 1790. He\\nwas the favored child of af-\\nfluence and high social po-\\nsition. At the early age of\\ntwelve, John entered William\\nand Mary College and grad-\\nuated with much honor when\\nbut seventeen years old. After\\ngraduating, he devoted him-\\nself with great assiduity to the\\nstudy of law, partly with his\\nfather and partly with Edmund\\nRandolph, one of the most distin-\\nguished lawyers of Virginia.\\nAt nineteen years of age, ne\\n11 commenced the practice of law.\\nHis success was rapid and aston-\\nishing. It is said that three\\nmonths had not elapsed ere there\\nwas scarcely a case on the dock-\\net of the court in which he was\\nnot retained. AVhen but twenty-one years of age, he\\nwas almost unanimously 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 the General Govern-\\nment, a protective tariff, and advocating a strict con-\\nstruction of the Constitution, and the most careful\\nvigilance over State rights. His labors in Congress\\nwere so arduous that before the close of his second\\nterm he found it necessary to resign and retire to his\\nestate in Charles-city Co., to recruit his health. He,\\nhowever, soon after consented to take his seat in the\\nState Legislature, where his influence was powerful\\nin promoting public works of great utility. With a\\nreputation thus canstantly increasing, he was chosen\\nby a very large majority of votes, Governor of his\\nnative State. His administration was signally a suc-\\ncessful one. His popularity secured his re-election.\\nJohn Randolph, a brilliant, erratic, half-crazed\\nman, then represented Virginia in the Senate of the\\nUnited States. A portion of the Democratic party\\nwas displeased with Mr. Randolph s wayward course,\\nand brought forward John Tyler as his opponent,\\nconsidering him the only man in Virginia of sufficient\\npopularity to succeed against the renowned orator of\\nRoanoke. Mr. Tyler was the victor.\\nIn accordance with his professions, upon taking his\\nseat in the Senate, he joined the ranks of the opposi-\\ntion. He opposed the tariff; he 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 that Gen.\\nJackson, by his opposition to the nullifiers, had\\nabandoned the principles of the Democratic party.\\nSuch was Mr. Tyler s record in Congress, a record\\nin perfect accordance with the principles which he\\nhad always avowed.\\nReturning to Virginia, he resumed the practice of\\nhis profession. There was a split in the Democratic\\nc^:\\n(V\\n\u00e2\u0080\u00a2^M\\no.\\n44^5f", "height": "2866", "width": "2206", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph09chic_0049.jp2"}, "50": {"fulltext": "^4J\\nJ\\nA\\n1\\nJ\\n\u00c2\u00ae^^rl-\\nJOHN TYLER.\\nS,^AHZ!^\\nparty. His friends still regarded him as a true Jef-\\nfersonian, gave him a dinner, and showered compli-\\nments upon him. He had now attained the age of\\nforty-six. His career had been very brilliant. In con-\\nsequence of his devotion to public business, his pri-\\nvate affairs had fallen into some disorder and it was\\nnot without satisfaction that he resumed the practice\\nof law, and devoted himself to the culture of his plan-\\ntation. Soon after this he removed to Williamsburg,\\nfor the better education of his children and he again\\ntook his 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 Noith: but the Vice\\nPresident has but very little power in the Govern-\\nment, his main and almost only duty being to pre-\\nside over the meetings of the Senate. Thus it hap-\\npened that a Whig President, and, in reality, a\\nDemocratic Vice President were chosen.\\nIn 1841, Mr. Tyler was inaugurated Vice Presi-\\ndent of the United States. In one short month from\\nthat time. President Harrison died, and Mr. Tyler\\nthus found himself, to his own surprise and that 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 iiome in Williamsburg when he received the\\nunexpected tidings of the death of President Harri-\\nson. He hastened to Washington, and on the 6th of\\nApril was inaugurated to the high and responsible\\noffice. He was placed in a position of exceeding\\ndelicacy and difficulty. All his long life he had been\\nopposed to the main principles of the party which had\\nbrought him into power. He had ever been a con-\\nsistent, honest man, with an unblemished record.\\nGen. Harrison had selected a Whig cabinet. Should\\nhe retain them, and thus surround himself with coun-\\nsellors whose views were antagonistic to his own? or,\\non the other hand, should he turn against the party\\nwhich had elected him and select a cabinet in har-\\nmony with himself, and which would opppse all those\\nviews which the Whigs deemed essential to the pub-\\nlic welfare? This was his fearful dilemma. He in-\\nvited the cabinet which President Harrison had\\nselected to retain their seats. He reccommended a\\nday of fasting and prayer, that God would guide and\\nbless us.\\nThe Whigs carried through Congress a bill for the\\nincor])oration 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 commenced the open rupture.\\nIt is said that Mr. Tyler was provoked to this meas-\\nure by a published letter from the Hon. John M.\\nBotts, a distinguished Virginia Whig, who severely\\ntouched the pride of the President.\\nThe opposition now exultingly received the Presi-\\ndent into their arms. The party which elected him\\ndenounced him bitterly. AH the members of his\\ncabinet, excepting Mr. Webster, resigned. The Whigs\\nof Congress, both the Senate and the House, held a\\nmeeting and issued an address to the people of the\\nUnited States, proclaiming that all political alliance\\nbetween the Whigs and President Tyler were at\\nan end.\\nStill the President attempted to conciliate. He\\nappointed a new 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 svmpathy with his\\nold friends, the Democrats, until at the close of his term,\\nhe gave his whole influence to the support of Mr.\\nPolk, the Democratic candidate for his successor.\\nOn the 4th of March, 1845, he retired from the\\nharassments of office, to the regret of neither party, and\\nprobably to 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 possessing\\nbrilliant powers of conversation, his family circle was\\nthe scene of unusual attractions. With sufficient\\nmeans for the exercise of a generous hospitality, he\\nmight have enjoyed a serene old age with the few\\nfriends who gathered around him, were it not for the\\nstorms of civil war which his own principles and\\npolicy had helped to introduce.\\nWhen the great Rebellion rose, which the State-\\nrights and nullifying doctrines of Mr. John C. Cal-\\nhoun had inaugurated. President Tyler renounced his\\nallegiance to the United States, and joined the Confed-\\nerates. He was chosen a member of their Congress;\\nand while engaged in active measures to destroy, by\\nforce of arms, the Government over which he had\\nonce presided, he was taken sick and soon died.\\nV^\\n(5^\\ne\\nC\\nK^n!i^iiDi", "height": "2866", "width": "2206", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph09chic_0050.jp2"}, "51": {"fulltext": "", "height": "2866", "width": "2206", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph09chic_0051.jp2"}, "52": {"fulltext": "^g/^St,- C-", "height": "2866", "width": "2206", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph09chic_0052.jp2"}, "53": {"fulltext": "\u00e2\u0096\u00a0^v ^^nii^iiii^ T\\nELEVENTH PRESIDENT.\\n59\\n1-^ T\\nAMES K.POLK, the eleventh\\n^fePresident of the United States,\\nwas boni in Mecklenburg Co.,\\nC, Nov. 2, 1795. His par-\\nents were Samuel and Jane\\n(Knox) Polk, the former a son\\nof Col. Thomas Polk, who located\\nat the above place, as one of the\\nfirst pioneers, in 1735.\\nIn the year i3o6, with his wife\\nand children, and soon after fol-\\nlowed by most of the members of\\nthe Polk famly, Samuel Polk emi-\\ngrated some two or three hundred\\nmiles farther west, to the rich valley\\nof the Duck River. Here in the\\nmidst of the wilderness, in a region\\nwhich was subsequently called Mau-\\nry Co., they reared their log huts,\\nand established their homes. In the\\nhard toil of a new farm in the wil-\\nderness, James K. Polk spent the\\nearly years of his childhood and\\nyouth. His father, adding the pur-\\nsuit of a surveyor to that of a farmer,\\ngradually increased in wealth until\\nhe became one of the leading men of the region. His\\nmother was a superior woman, of strong common\\nsense and earnest piety.\\nVery early in life, James developed a taste for\\nreading and expressed the strongest desire to obtain\\na liberal education. His mother s training had made\\nhim methodical in his habits, had taught him punct-\\nuality and industry, and had inspired him with lofty\\n[irinciples of morality. His health was frail and his\\nfather, fearing that he might not be able to endure a\\nAYK fe y.^s^^^.s\u00c2\u00ab anOmB:^ ^^D !1\\nsedentary life, got a situation for him behind the\\ncounter, hoping to fit him for commercial pursuits.\\nThis was to James a bitter disappointment. He\\nhad no taste for these duties, and his daily tasks\\nwere irksome in the extreme. He remained in this\\nuncongenial occupation but a few weeks, when at his\\nearnest solicitation his father removed him, and made\\narrangements for him to prosecute his studies. Soon\\nafter he sent him to Murfreesboro Academy.\\nardor which could scarcely be surpassed, he pressed\\nforward in his studies, and in less than two and a half\\nyears, in the autumn of 1S15, entered the sophomore\\nclass in the University of North Carolina, at Chapel\\nHill. Here he was one of the most exemplary of\\nscholars, punctual in every exercise, never allovfc ing\\nhimself to be absent from a recitation or a religious\\nservice.\\nHe graduated in 1818, with the highest honors, be-\\ning deemed the best scholar of his class, Ijoth in\\nmathematics and the classics. He was then twenty-\\nthree years of age. Mr. Polk s health was at this\\ntime much impaired by the assiduity with which he\\nhad prosecuted his studies. After a short season of\\nrelaxation he went to Nashville, and entered the\\noffice of Felix Grundy, to study law. Here Mr. Polk\\nrenewed his acquaintance with Andrew Jackson, who\\nresided on his plantation, the Hermitage, but a few\\nmiles from Nashville. They had probably been\\nslightly acquainted before.\\nMr. Polk s father was a Jeffersonian Republican,\\nand James K. Polk ever adhered to the same politi-\\ncal faith. He was a popular public speaker, and was\\nconstantly called upon to address the meetings of his\\nparty friends. His skill as a speaker was such that\\nhe was popularly called the Napoleon of the stump.\\nHe was a man of unblemished morals, genial and\\nV\u00c2\u00a9\\nr^\\nmm\\n.-^i^t-ci.\\n-4^^", "height": "2866", "width": "2206", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph09chic_0053.jp2"}, "54": {"fulltext": "lff\u00c2\u00bb\u00c2\u00bb-\\niiii\u00c2\u00a7iini^\\nT\\nJAMES K. POLK\\n^m^\u00c2\u00ae\\\\ i^^i\\ncourteous in his bearing, and with that sympathetic\\nnature in the joys and griefs of others which ever gave\\nhim troops of friends. In 1823, Mr. Polk was elected\\nto the Legislature of Tennessee. Here he gave his\\nstrong influence towards the election of his friend,\\nMr. Jackson, to the Presidency of the United States.\\nIn January, 1824, Mr. Polk married Miss Sarah\\nChildress, of Rutherford Co., Tenn. His bride was\\naltogether worthy of him, a lady of beauty and cul-\\nture. In the fall of 1825, Mr. Polk was chosen a\\nmember of Congress. The satisfaction which he gave\\nto his constituents may be inferred from the fact, that\\nfor fourteen successive years, until 1S39, he was con-\\ntinued in that office. He then voluntarily withdrew,\\nonly that he might accept the Gubernatorial chair\\nof Tennessee. In Congress he was a laborious\\nmember, a frequent and a popular speaker. He was\\nalways in his seat, always courteous and whenever\\nhe spoke it was always to the point, and without any\\nambitious rhetorical display.\\nDuring five sessions of Congress, Mr. Polk was\\nSpeaker of the House. Strong passions were roused,\\nand stormy scenes were witnessed but Mr. Polk per-\\nformed his arduous duties to a very general satisfac-\\ntion, and a unanimous vote of thanks to him was\\npassed by the House as he withdrew on the 4th of\\nMarch, 1839.\\nIn accordance with .Southern usage, Mr. Polk, as a\\ncandidate for Governor, canvassed the State. He was\\nelected by a large majority, and on the 14th of Octo-\\nber, 1839, took the oath of office at Nashville. In 1841,\\nhis term of office expired, and he was again the can-\\ndidate of the Democratic party, but was defeated.\\nOn tfie 4th of March, 1845, Mr. P 3lk was inaugur-\\nated President of the United States. The verdict of\\nthe country in favor of the annexation of Texas, exerted\\nits influence upon Congress and the last act of the\\nadministration of President Tyler was to affix his sig-\\nnature to a joint resolution o\u00c2\u00a3 Congress, passed on the\\n3d of March, approving of the annexation of Texas to\\nthe American Union. As Mexico still claimed Texas\\nas one of her provinces, the Mexican minister,\\nAlmonte, immediately demanded his passports and\\nleft the country, declaring the act of the annexation\\nto be an act hostile to Mexico.\\nIn his first message, President Polk urged that\\nTexas should immediately, by act of Congress, be re-\\nceived into the Union on the same footing with the\\nother States. In the meantime. Gen. Taylor was sent\\nwith an army into Texas to hold the country. He was\\nsent first to Nueces, which the Mexicans said was the\\nwestern boundary of Texas. Then he was sent nearly\\ntwo hundred miles further west, to the Rio Grande,\\nwhere he erected batteries which commanded the\\nMexican city of Matamoras, which was situated 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, \u00e2\u0080\u00a2i\\nall of New Mexico, and all of Upper and Lower Cal-\\nifornia. This new demand embraced, exclusive of i^\\nTexas, eight hundred thousand square miles. This =1\\nwas an extent of territory equal to nine States of the\\nsize of New York. Thus slavery was securing eighteen\\nmajestic States to be added to the Union. There were\\nsome Americans who thought it all right there were\\nothers who thought it all wrong. In the prosecution\\nof this war, we expended twenty thousand lives and\\nmore than a hundred million of dollars. Of this\\nmoney fifteen millions were paid to Mexico.\\nOn the 3d of March, 1849, Mr. Polk retired from\\noffice, having served one term. The next day was\\nSunday. On the 5th, Gen. Taylor was inaugurated\\nas his successor. Mr. Polk rode to the Capitol in the\\nsame carriage with Gen. Taylor; and the same even-\\ning, with Mrs. Polk, he commenced his return to\\nTennessee. He was then but fifty-four years of age.\\nHe had ever been strictly temperate in all his habits,\\nand his health was good. 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 hapi^iness were before him. But the\\ncholera that fearful scourge was then sweeping up\\nthe Valley of the Mississippi. This he contracted,\\nand died on the 15th of June, 1S49, the fifty-fourth\\nyear of his age, greatly mourned by his countrymen.\\nk", "height": "2866", "width": "2206", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph09chic_0054.jp2"}, "55": {"fulltext": "", "height": "2866", "width": "2206", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph09chic_0055.jp2"}, "56": {"fulltext": "-vj:", "height": "2866", "width": "2206", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph09chic_0056.jp2"}, "57": {"fulltext": "imN^^^^^^\\ns\\nh\\nt\\nI^S^^v^- Va:\\nACHARY TAYLOR, twelfth\\nPresident of the United States,\\nw.-is born on the 24th of Nov.,\\n1 7 84, 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-\\n%^j ier home, away from civilization and\\nj all 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 the army to fight\\nthe Indians who were ravaging the frontiers. There\\nis little to be recorded of the uneventful years, of his\\nchildhood on his father s large but lonely plantation.\\nIn 1S08, his father succeeded in obtaining for him\\nthe commission of lieutenant in the United States\\narmy and he joined the troops which were stationed\\nat New Orleans under Gen. Wilkinson. Soon after\\nthis he married Miss Margaret Smith, a young lady\\nfrom one of the first families of Maryland.\\nImmediately after the declaration of war with Eng-\\nland, in 18 1 2, Capt. Taylor (for he had then been\\npromoted to that rank) was put in command of Fort\\nHarrison, on the Wabash, about fifty miles above\\nVincwines. 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\\nSj^gjT^ @r^ DII\\ncompany of infantry numbering fifty men, many of\\nwhom were sick.\\nEarly in the autumn of i8ij, the Indians, stealthily,\\nand in large numbers, moved upon the fort. Their\\napproach was first indicated by tjie murder of two\\nsoldiers just outside of the stockade. Capt. Taylor\\nmade every possible preparation to meet the antici-\\npated assault. On the 4th of September, a band of\\nforty painted and plumed savages came to the fort,\\nwaving a white flag, and informed Capt. Taylor that\\nin the morning their chief would come to have a talk\\nwith him. It was evident that their object was merely\\nto ascertain the state of things at the fort, and Capt.\\nTaylor, well versed in the wiles of the savages, kept\\nthem at a distance.\\nThe sun went down thg 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 tire\\nrank of major by brevet.\\nUntil the close of the war, MajorTaylor was placed\\nin such situations that he saw but little more of active\\nservice. He was sent far away into the depths of the\\nwilderness, to Fort Crawford, oa Fox River, which\\nempties into Green Bay. Here there was but little\\nto be done but to wear away the tedious hours as one\\nbest could. There were no books, no society, no in-\\nc^\\ni\\nV)\\ni", "height": "2866", "width": "2206", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph09chic_0057.jp2"}, "58": {"fulltext": "5jj\u00e2\u0082\u00ac^*i^ eV ^iDD D Ds r^^ 71^^^\\n-\u00c2\u00ab#^\u00e2\u0082\u00ac^5((g\\nZACHARY TAYLOR.\\ntellectual stimulus. Thus with him the uneventful\\nyears rolled on Gradually he rose to the rank of\\ncolonel. In the Black-Hawk war, which resulted in\\nthe capture of that renowned chieftain, Col Tayit*\\ntook a subordinate but a brave and efticient part.\\nFor twenty-four years Col. Taylor was engaged h\\nthe defence of the frontiers, in scenes so remote, an i in\\nemployments so obscure, that his name was unknown\\nbeyond the limits of his own immediate acquaintance.\\nIn the year 1836, he was sent to Florida to compel\\nthe Seminole Indians to vacate that region and re-\\ntire beyond the Mississippi, as their chiefs by treaty,\\nhad promised they should do. The services rendered\\nhere secured for Col. Taylor the high appreciation of\\nthe Government; and as a reward, he was elevated\\nto the rank of brigadier-general by brevet and soon\\nafter, in May, 1838, was appointed to the chief com-\\nmand of the United States troops in Florida.\\nAfter two years of 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. Estabhshing 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 the world, but faithfully discharging every duty\\nimposed upon him.\\nIn 1846, Gen. Taylor was sent to guard the land\\nbetween the Nueces and Rio Grande, the latter river\\nbeing the boundary of Texas, which was then claimed\\nby the United States. Soon the war with Me.xico\\nwas brought on, and at Palo Alto and Resaca de la\\nPalma, Gen. Taylor won brilliant victories over the\\nMe.xicans. The rank of major-general by brevet\\nwas then conferred upon Gen. Taylor, and his name\\nwas received with enthusiasm almost everywhere in\\nthe Nation. Then came the battles of Monterey and\\nBuena Vista in which he won signal victories over\\nforces much larger than he commanded.\\nHis careless habits of dress and his unaffected\\nsimplicity, secured for Gen. Taylor among his troops,\\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 lips. The\\nWhig party decided to take advantage of this wonder-\\nful pojiularity in bringing forward the unpolished, un-\\nlettered, honest soldier as their candidate for the\\nPresidency. Gen. Taylor was astonished at the an-\\nnouncement, and for a time would not listen to it; de-\\nclaring that he was not at all qualified for such an\\noffice. So little interest had he taken in politics that,\\nfor forty years, he had not cast a vote. It was not\\nwithout chagrin that several distinguished statesmen\\nwho had been long years in the public service found\\ntheir claims set aside in behalf of one whose name\\nhad never been heard of, save in connection with Palo\\nAlto, Resaca de la Palma, Monterey and Buena\\nVista. It Is said that Daniel Webster, in his haste re-\\nmarked, It is a nomination not fit to be made.\\nGen. Taylor was not an eloquent speaker nor a fine\\nwriter. His friends took possession of him, and pre-\\npared such few communications as it was needful\\nshould be presented to the public. The popularity of\\nthe successful warrior swept the land. He was tri-\\numphantly elected over two opposing candidates,\\nGen. Cass and E.x-President Martin Van Buren.\\nThough he selected an excellent cabinet, the good\\nold man found himself in a very uncongenial position,\\nand was, at times, sorely perplexed and harassed.\\nHis mental sufferings were very severe, and probably\\ntended to hasten his death. The pro-slaveiy party\\nwas pushing its claims with tireless energy expedi-\\ntions were fitting out to capture Cuba California was\\npleading for admission to the Union, wliile 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 glh 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 posts had\\nbeen his home. Hence he was quite ignorant for his\\nrank, and quite bigoted in his ignorance. His sim-\\nplicity was child-like, and with innumerable preju-\\ndices, amusing and incorrigible, well suited to the\\ntender age. Thus, if a man, however respectable,\\nchanced to wear a coat of an unusual color, or his hat\\na little on one side of his head or an officer to leave\\na corner of his handkerchief dangling from an out-\\nside pocket, in any such case, this critic held tlie\\noffender to be a co.Kcomb (perhaps something worse),\\nwhom he would not, to use his oft repeated phrase,\\ntouch with a pair of tongs.\\nAny allusion to literature beyond good old Dil-\\nworth s spelling-book, on the part of one wearing a\\nsword, was evidence, with the same judge, of utter\\nunfitness for heavy marchings and combats. In short,\\nfew men have ever had a more comfortable, labor-\\nsaving contempt for learning of every kind.\\n(5\\n11\\n\u00c2\u00bbsgs\u00c2\u00bb-\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0^TN^nn.^niif^ r^-", "height": "2866", "width": "2206", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph09chic_0058.jp2"}, "59": {"fulltext": "", "height": "2866", "width": "2206", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph09chic_0059.jp2"}, "60": {"fulltext": "", "height": "2866", "width": "2206", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph09chic_0060.jp2"}, "61": {"fulltext": "rC-iHa^Cll^^v-\\ncr\\nTHIRTEENTH PRESIDENT.\\n#^f\\n:g-*s;s-#$;;:$#$;;s*^ :$*sis\u00c2\u00ab i;::$\u00c2\u00ab\u00c2\u00ab $:L^*$;K$\u00c2\u00ab# $;:c$ s\u00c2\u00bb-SK\u00e2\u0082\u00ac ^$;:s\\n,\\\\i\u00c2\u00ab\\n^\u00e2\u0096\u00a0MILLftRn FILLfflnHE. 4\\n4\u00c2\u00bb$;T #-S;C$#$i^#$i^*\u00c2\u00ab S:\u00c2\u00a3 *$;;S-#^is-#$;i^ #^;tS-^^;:C$*$;;;$\u00c2\u00ab^ s-#-E;:$*^^^\\nILLARD 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\\nyoung man of distinguished prom-\\nise, though she was not permitted to witness the high\\ndignity which he finally attained.\\nIn consequence of the secluded home and limited\\nmeans of his father, Millard enjoyed but slender ad-\\nvantages for education in his early years. The com-\\nmon schools, which he occasionally attended were\\nvery imperfect institutions; and books were scarce\\nand expensive. There was nothing then in his char-\\nacter to indicate the brilliant career upon which he\\nwas about to enter. He was a plain farmer s boy\\nintelligent, good-looking, kind-hearted. The sacred\\ninfluences of home had taught him to revere the Bible,\\nand had laid the foundations of an upright character.\\nWhen fourteen years of age, his father sent him\\nsome hundred miles from home, to the then wilds of\\nLivingston County, to learn the trade of a clothier.\\nNear the mill there was a small villiage, where some\\nenterprising man had commenced the collection of a\\nvillage library. This proved an inestimable blessing\\nto young Fillmore. His evenings were spent in read-\\ning. Soon every leisure moment was occupied with\\nbooks. His thirst for knowledge became insatiate\\nand the selections which he made were continually\\nmore elevating and instructive. He read history,\\nbiography, oratory, and thus gradually there was en-\\nkindled in his heart a desire to be something more\\nthan a mere worker with his hands; and he was be-\\ncoming, almost unknown to himself, a well-informed,\\neducated man.\\nThe young clothier had now attained the age of\\nnineteen years, and was of fine personal appearance\\nand of gentlemanly demeanor. It so happened that\\nthere was a gentleman in the neighborhood of ample\\npecuniary means and of benevolence, Judge Walter\\nWood, who was struck with the prepossessing ap-\\npearance of young Fillmore. He made his acquaint-\\nance, and was so much impressed with his ability and\\nattainments that he advised him to abandon his\\ntrade and devote himself to the study of the law. The\\nyoung man replied, that he had no means of his own,\\nno friends to help him and that his previous educa-\\ntion had been very imperfect. But Judge Wood had\\nso much confidence in him that he kindly offered to\\ntake him into his own office, and to loan him such\\nmoney as he needed. Most gratefully the generous\\noffer was accepted.\\nThere is in many minds a strange delusion about\\na collegiate education. A young man is supposed to\\nbe liberally educated if he has graduated at some col-\\nlege. But many a boy loitefs through university halls\\nand then enters a law office, who is by no means as\\nV\\nI\\nX^\\nIf^^^-\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0^^c^ys|i", "height": "2866", "width": "2206", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph09chic_0061.jp2"}, "62": {"fulltext": "I^Jta\\n\u00e2\u0080\u00a2wmi\\nr^^ K aV^?IID^|ID^ 7^\\nTT\\nZ^^^^K\\n4?^^\\n68\\n\u00e2\u0080\u00a20\\ns\\nh\\nf^\\nMILLARD FILLMORE.\\nwell prepared to prosecute his legal studies as was\\nMillard Fillmore when he graduated at the clothing-\\nmill at the end of four years of manual labor, during\\nwhich every leisure moment had been devoted to in-\\ntense mental culture.\\nIn 1823, when twenty-three years of age, he v;as\\nadmitted to the Court of Common Pleas. He then\\nwent to the village of Aurora, and commenced the\\npractice of law. In this secluded, peaceful region,\\nhis practice of course was limited, and there was no\\nopportunity for a sudden rise in fortune or 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 industr)^,\\nhis legal acquirements, and his skill as an advocate,\\ngradually attracted attention and he was invited to\\nenter into partnership under highly advantageous\\ncircumstances, with an elder member of the bar in\\nBuffalo. Just before removing to Buffalo, in 1829,\\nhe took his seat in the House of Assembly, of the\\nState of New York, as a representative from Erie\\nCounty. Though he had never taken a very active\\npart in politics, his vote and his sympathies were with\\nthe Whig party. The State was then Democratic,\\nand he found himself in a helpless minority in the\\nLegislature still the testimony comes from all parties,\\nthat his courtesy, ability and integrity, won, to a very\\nunusual degree the respect of his associates.\\nIn the autumn of 1832, he was elected to a seat in\\nthe United States Congress. He entered that troubled\\narena in some of the most tumultuous hours of our\\nnational history. The great conflict respecting the\\nnational bank and the removal of the deposits, was\\nthen raging.\\nHis term of two years closed and he returned to\\nhis profession, which he pursued with increasing rep-\\nutation and success. After a lapse of two years\\nhe again became a candidate for Congress was re-\\nelected, and took his seat in 1837. His past expe-\\nrience as a representative gave him strength and\\nconfidence. The first term of service in Congress to\\nany man can be but little more than an introduction.\\nHe was now prepared for active duty. All his ener-\\ngies were brought to bear upon the pubhc good. Every\\nmeasure received his impress.\\nMr. Fillmore was now a man of wide repute, and\\nhis popularity filled the State, and in the year 1847,\\nhe was elected Comptroller of the State.\\ni\u00c2\u00ae\u00c2\u00bb-\\n^tK^OII^\\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 ZacharyTaylor 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 gth of July, 1850, President Taylor, but\\nabout one year and four months after his inaugura-\\ntion, was suddenly taken sick and died. By the Con-\\nstitution, Vice-President Fillmore thus became Presi-\\ndent. He appointed a very able cabinet, of which\\nthe illustrious Daniel Webster was Secretary of State.\\nMr. Fillniore had very serious difficulties to contend\\nwith, since the opposition had a majority in both\\nHouses. He did everything in his power to conciliate\\nthe South but the pro-slavery party in the South felt\\ntheinadequacyof all measuresof transient conciliation.\\nThe population of the free States was so rapidly in-\\ncreasing over that of the slave States that it was in-\\nevitable that the power of the Government should\\nsoon pass into the hands of the free States. The\\nfamous compromise measures were adopted under Mr.\\nFillmore s adminstration, and the Japan Ex[)edition\\nwas sent out. On the 4th of March, 1853, Mr. Fill-\\nmore, having served one term, retired.\\nIn 1856, Mr. Fillmore was nominated for the Pres-\\nidency by the Know Nothing party, but was beaten\\nby Mr. Buchanan. After that Mr. Fillmore lived in\\nretirement. During the terrible conflict of civil war,\\nhe was mostly silent. It was generally supposed that\\nhis sympathies were rather with those who were en-\\ndeavoring to overthrow our institutions. President\\nFillmore kept aloof from the conflict, without any\\ncordial words of cheer to the one party or the other.\\nHe was thus forgotten by both. He lived to a ripe\\nold age, and died in Buffalo. N. Y., March 8, 1874.\\nvfc", "height": "2866", "width": "2206", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph09chic_0062.jp2"}, "63": {"fulltext": "", "height": "2866", "width": "2206", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph09chic_0063.jp2"}, "64": {"fulltext": "Mi.\\n4 l^sjisSisi", "height": "2866", "width": "2206", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph09chic_0064.jp2"}, "65": {"fulltext": "Fourteenth president.\\nfeff !l?*lJ?g \u00c2\u00bbpi]?\u00c2\u00bbJ\u00c2\u00bb\\nc^\\nFHflNKLIN FIERCE.\\n\u00e2\u0082\u00acl\\n\u00e2\u0080\u00a2^ryifiy** %*i:ojfe**:At*f ;!a\u00c2\u00bbt.*%tn*jyj**4**j* .t.,.t. A.. %f/ ^0=^=^\\n%.pj)?trss*^ \u00e2\u0096\u00a0..\u00e2\u0096\u00a0)S=:\\niS^ ^5^\\nIP^(\\nRANKLIN PIERCE, the\\nfourteenth President of the\\nS United States, was born in\\nHillsborough, N. H., Nov.\\n23, 1804. His father was a\\nRevolutionary soldier, who,\\nwirth 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-\\nDemocrat. The mother of\\nFranklin Pierce was all that a son\\ncould desire, an intelligent, pru-\\ndent, affectionate, Christian wom-\\nan. Franklin was the sixth of eight children.\\nFranklin was a very bright and handsome boy, gen-\\nerous, warm-hearted and brave. He won alike the\\nlove of old and young. The boys on the play -ground\\nloved him. His teachers loved him. The neighbors\\nlooked upon him with pride and affection. He was\\nby instinct a gentleman; always speaking kind words,\\ndoing kind deeds, with a peculiar unstudied tact\\nwhich taught him what was agreeable. Without de-\\nveloping any precocity of genius, or any unnatural\\ndevotion to books, he was a good scholar in body,\\nin mind, in affections, a finely-developed boy.\\nWhen sixteen years of age, in the year 1820, he\\nentered Bowdoin College, at Brunswick, Me. He was\\none of the most popular young men in the college.\\nThe purity of his moral character, the unvarying\\ncourtesy of his demeanor, his rank as a scholar, and\\nv^\\ngenial nature, rendered him a universal favorite.\\nThere was something very peculiarly winning in his\\naddress, and it was evidently not in the slightest de-\\ngree studied it was the simple outgushing of his\\nown magnanimous and loving nature.\\nUpon graduating, in the year 1824, Franklin Pierce\\ncommenced the study of law in the office of Judge\\nWoodbury, one of the most distinguished lawyers of\\nthe State, and a man of great private worth. The\\neminent social qualities of the young lawyer, his\\nfather s prominence as a public man, and the brilliant\\npolitical career into which Judge Woodbury was en-\\ntering, all tended to entice Mr. Pierce into the faci-\\nnating yet perilous path of political life. With all\\nthe ardor of his nature he espoused the cause of Gen.\\nJackson for the Presidency. He commenced the\\npractice of law in Hillsborough, and was soon elected\\nto represent the town in the State Legislature. Here\\nhe served for four years. The last two years he was\\nchosen speaker of the house by a very large vote.\\nIn 1833, at the age of twenty-nine, he was elected\\na member of Congress. Without taking an active\\npart in debates, he was faithful and laborious in duty,\\nand ever rising in the estimation of those with whom\\nhe was associatad.\\nIn 1837, being then but thirty-three years of age,\\nhe was elected to the Senate of the United States;\\ntaking his seat just as Mr. Van Buren commenced\\nhis administration. He was the youngest member in\\nthe Senate. In the year 1834, he married Miss Jane\\nMeans Appleton, a lady of rare beauty and accom-\\nplishments, and one admirably fitted to adorn every\\nstation with which her husband was honoied. Of the\\ntJI]i^) Z^\\ni", "height": "2866", "width": "2206", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph09chic_0065.jp2"}, "66": {"fulltext": "iSisri^^#-\\nPRAI^KLIN PJMCM.\\nZ^^kr-^^\\n-\u00c2\u00ab\u00c2\u00aet?\\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 important part in this war, proving him-\\nself a brave and true soldier.\\nWhen Gen. Pierce reached his home in his native\\nState, he was received enthusiastically by the advo-\\ncates of the Me.xican war, and coldly by his oppo-\\nnents. He resumed the practice of his profession,\\nvery frequently taking an active part in political ques-\\na tions, giving his cordial support to the pro-slavery\\nfii wing of the Democratic party. The compromise\\na measures met cordially with his approval and he\\nstrenuously advocated the enforcement of the infa-\\nmous fugitive-slave law, which so shocked the religious\\nsensibilities of the North. He thus became distin-\\nguished as a Northern man with Southern principles.\\nThe strong partisans of slavery in the South conse-\\nquently regarded him as a man whom they could\\nsafely trust in office to carry out their plans.\\nOn the i2th of June, 1852, the Democratic conven-\\ntion met in Baltimore to nominate a candidate for the\\nPresidency. For four days they continued in session,\\nand in thirty-five ballotings no one had obtained a\\ntwo-thirds vote. Not a vote thus far had been thrown\\nfor Gen. Pierce. Then the Virginia delegation\\nbrought forward his name. There were fourteen\\nmore ballotings, during which Gen. Pierce constantly\\ngained strength, until, at the forty-ninth ballot, he\\nreceived two hundred and eighty-two votes, and all\\nother candidates eleven. Gen. Winfield Scott was\\nthe Whig candidate. Gen. Pierce was chosen with\\ngreat unanimity. Only four States Vermont, Mas-\\nsachusetts, Kentucky and Tennessee cast their\\nelectoral votes against him. Gen. Franklin Pierce\\nwas therefore inaugurated President of the United\\nStates on the 4th of March, 1853.\\nV\\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-slavery sentiment, goaded\\nby great outrages, had been rapidly increasing; all\\nthe intellectual ability and social worth of President\\nPierce were forgotten in deep reprehension of his ad-\\nministrative acts. The slaveholders of the South, also,\\nunmindful of the fidelity with which he had advo-\\ncated those measures of Government which they ap-\\nproved, and perhaps, also, feeling that he had\\nrendered himself so unpopular as no longer to be\\nable acceptably to serve them, ungratefully dropped\\nhim, and nominated James Buchanan to succeed him.\\nOn the 4th of March, 1857, President Pierce re-\\ntired to his home in Concord. Of three children, two\\nhad died, and his only surviving child had been\\nkilled before his eyes by a railroad accident and his\\nwife, one of the most estimable and accomplished of\\nladies, was rapidly sinking in consumption. The\\nhour of dreadful gloom soon came, and he was left\\nalone in the world, without wife or child.\\nWhen the terrible Rebellion burst forth, which di-\\nvided our country into two parties, and two only, Mr.\\nPierce remained steadfast in the principles which he\\nhad always cherished, and gave his sympathies to\\nthat pro-slavery party with which he had ever been\\nallied. He declined to do anything, either by voice\\nor pen, to strengthen the hand of the National Gov-\\nernment. He continued to reside in Concord until\\nthe time of his death, which occurred in October,\\n1869. He was one of the most genial and social of\\nmen, an honored communicant of the Episcopal\\nChurch, and one of the kindest of neighbors. Gen-\\nerous to a fault, he contributed liberally for the al-\\nleviation of suffering and want, and many of his towns-\\npeople were often gladened by his material bounty.\\nVi\\n::s^%^\\nm-^m\\n-^Jw x?^!^", "height": "2866", "width": "2206", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph09chic_0066.jp2"}, "67": {"fulltext": "", "height": "2866", "width": "2206", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph09chic_0067.jp2"}, "68": {"fulltext": "^Z^T^lCtf", "height": "2866", "width": "2206", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph09chic_0068.jp2"}, "69": {"fulltext": "I\\nAMES BUCHANAN, the fif-\\nteenth President of the United\\nStates, was born in a small\\nfrontier town, at the foot of the\\neastern ridge of the Allegha-\\nnies, in Franklin Co., Penn., on\\nthe 23d of April, 1791. The place\\nwhere the humble cabin of his\\nfather stood was called Stony\\nBatter. It was a wild and ro-\\nmantic spot in a gorge of the moun-\\ntains, with towering summits rising\\ngrandly all around. His father\\nwas a native of the north of Ireland\\na, poor man, who had emigrated in\\n1783, with little property save his\\nown strong arms. Five years afterwards he married\\nElizabeth Spear, the daughter of a respectable farmer,\\nand, with his young bride, plunged into the wilder-\\nness, staked his claim, reared his log-hut, opened a\\nclearing with his axe, and settled down there to per-\\nform his obscure part in the drama of life. In this se-\\ncluded home, where James was born, he remained\\nfor eight years, enjoying but few social or intellectual\\nadvantages. When James was eight years of age, his\\nfather removed to the village of Mercersburg, where\\nhis son was placed at school, and commenced a\\ncourse of study in English, Latin and Greek. His\\nprogress was rapid, and at the age of fourteen, he\\nentered Dickinson College, at Carlisle. Here he de-\\nveloped remarkable talent, and took his stand among\\nIT the first scholars in the institution. His application\\nto study was intense, and yet his native powers en-\\nabled him to master the most abstruse subjects with\\nfacility.\\nIn the year 1809, he graduated with the liighest\\nhonors of his class. He was then eighteen years of\\nage; tall and graceful, vigorous in health, fond of\\nathletic sport, an unerring shot, and enlivened with\\nan exuberant flow of animal spirits. He immediately\\ncommenced the study of law in the city of Lancaster,\\nand was admitted to the bar in 1812, when he was\\nbut twenty-one years of age. Very rapidly he rose\\nin his profession, and at once took undisputed stand\\nwith the ablest lawyers of the State. When but\\ntwenty-six years of age, unaided by counsel, he suc-\\ncessfully defended before the State Senate one of the\\njudges of the State, who was tried upon articles of\\nimpeachment. At the age of thirty it was generally\\nadmitted that he stood at the head of tire bar; and\\nthere was no lawyer in the State who had a more lu-\\ncrative practice.\\nIn 1820, he reluctantly consented to run as a\\ncandidate for Congress. He was elected, and for\\nten years he remained a member of the Lower House.\\nDuring the vacations of Congress, he occasionally\\ntried some important case. In 1831, he retired\\naltogether from the toils of his profession, having ac-\\nquired an ample fortune.\\nGen. Jackson, upon his elevation to the Presidency,\\nappointed Mr. Buchanan minister to Russia. The\\nduties of his mission he performed with ability, which\\ngave satisfaction to all parties. Upon his return, in\\n1833, he was elected to a seat in the United States\\nSenate. He there met, as his associates, Webster,\\nClay, Wright and Calhoun. He advocated the meas-\\nures proposed by President Jackson, of making repri-\\nr^", "height": "2866", "width": "2206", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph09chic_0069.jp2"}, "70": {"fulltext": "u^\\niin\u00c2\u00a7iinf^^\\ni\\nJAMES BUCHANAN.\\nsals against France, to enforce the payment of our\\nclaims against that counti-y and defended the course\\nof the President in his unprecedented and wholesale\\nremoval from office of those who were not the sup-\\nporters of his administration. Upon this question he\\nwas brought into direct collision with Henry Clay.\\nHe also, with voice and vote, advocated expunging\\nfrom tlie journal of the Senate the vote of censure\\nagainst Gen. Jackson for removing the deposits.\\nEarnestly he opposed the abolition of slavery in the\\nDistrict of Columbia, and urged the prohibition of the\\ncirculation of anti-slavery documents by the United\\nStates mails.\\nAs to petitions on tlie subject of slavery, he advo-\\ncated that they should be respectfully received; and\\nthat the reply should be returned, that Congress had\\nno power to legislate upon the subject. Congress,\\nsaid he, might as well undertake to interfere with\\nslavery under a foreign government as in any of the\\nStates where it now e.xists.\\nUpon Mr. Polk s accession to the Presidency, Mr.\\nBuchanan became Secretary of State, and as such,\\ntook his share of the responsibility in the conduct of\\nthe Mexican War. Mr. Polk assumed that crossing\\nthe Nueces by the American troops into the disputed\\nterritory was not wrong, but for the Mexicans to cross\\nthe Rio Grande into that territory was a declaration\\nof war. No candid man can read with pleasure the\\naccount of the course our Government pursued in that\\nmovement.\\nMr. Buchanan identified himself thoroughly with\\nthe party devoted to the perpetuation and extension\\nof slavery, and brought all the energies of his mind\\nto bear against the Wilmot Proviso. He gave his\\ncordial approval to the compromise measures of 1S50,\\nwhich included the fugitive-slave law. Mr. Pierce,\\nupon his election to the Presidency, honored Mr.\\nBuchanan with the mission to England.\\nIn the year 1856, a national Democratic conven-\\ntion nominated Mr. Buchanan for the Presidency. The\\npolitical conflict was one of the most severe in which\\nour country has ever engaged. All the friends of\\nslavery were on one side; all the advocates of its re-\\nstriction and final abolition, on the other. Mr. Fre-\\nmont, the candidate of the enemies of slavery, re-\\nceived 114 electoral votes. Mr. Buchanan received\\n174, and was elected. The iwpular vote stood\\nr, 340, 6x8, for Fremont, 1,224,750 for Buchanan. On\\nMarch 4th, 1857, Mr. Buchanan was inaugurated.\\nMr. Buchanan was far advanced in life. Only four\\nyears were wanting to fill up his threescore years and\\nten. His own friends, those with whom he had been\\nallied in political principles and action for years, were\\nseeking the destruction of the Government, that they\\nmight rear upon the ruins of our free institutions a\\nnation whose corner-stone should be human slavery.\\nIn this emergency, Mr. Buchanan was hopelessly be-\\nwildered. He could not, with his long-avowed prin-\\nciples, consistently oppose the State-rights party in\\ntheir assumptions. As President of the United States,\\nbound by his oath faithfully to administer the laws,\\nhe could not, without perjury of the grossest kind,\\nunite with those endeavoring to overthrow the repub-\\nlic. He therefore did nothing.\\nThe opponents of Mr. Buchanan s administration\\nnominated Abraham 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 Government were thus taken from their\\nhands, they would secede from the Union, taking\\nwith them, as they retired, the National Capitol at\\nWashington, and the lion s share of the territory of\\nthe United States.\\nMr. Buchanan s sympathy with the pro-slavery\\nparty was such, that he had been willing to offer them\\nfar more than they had ventured to claim. All the\\nSouth had professed to ask of the North was non-\\nintervention upon the subject of slavery. Mr. Bu-\\nchanan had been ready to offer them the active co-\\noperation of the Government to defend and extend\\nthe institution.\\nAs the storm increased in violence, the slaveholders\\nclaiming the right to secede, and Mr. Buchanan avow-\\ning that Congress had no power to prevent it, one of\\nthe most pitiable exiiibitions of governmental im-\\nbecility was exhibited the world has ever seen. He\\ndeclared that Congress had no [)Ower to enforce its\\nlaws in any State which had withdrawn, or which\\nwas attempting to withdraw from the Union. This\\nwas not the doctrine of Andrew Jackson, when, with\\nhis hand upon his sword-hilt, he exclaimed, The\\nUnion must and shall be preserved!\\nSouth Carolina seceded in December, i860; nearly\\nthree months before the inauguration of President\\nLincoln. Mr. Buchanan looked on in listless despair.\\nThe rebel flag was raised in Charleston: Fort Sumpter\\nwas be^neged our forts, navy-yards and arsenals\\nwere seized; our de])Ols of military stores were plun-\\ndered and our custom-houses and post-offices were\\nappropriated by the rebels.\\nThe energy of the rebels, and the imbecility of our\\nExecutive, were alike marvelous. The Nation looked\\non in agony, waiting for the slow weeks to glide away,\\nand close the administration, so terrible in its weak-\\nness At length the long-looked-for hour of deliver-\\nance came, when Abraham Lincoln was to receive the\\nscepter.\\nThe administration of President Buchanan was\\ncertainly the most calamitous our country has ex-\\nperienced. His best friends cannot recall it with\\npleasure. And still more deplorable it is for his fame,\\nthat in that dreadful conflict which rolled its billows\\nof flame and blood over our whole land, no word came\\nfrom his lips to indicate his wish that our country s\\nbanner should triumph over the flag of the rebellion.\\nHe died at his Wheatland retreat, June i, 1868.\\n0)\\n^r^^-\\n\u00e2\u0080\u00a2#s\u00c2\u00ae-\\n-K^D!I^tltlit", "height": "2866", "width": "2206", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph09chic_0070.jp2"}, "71": {"fulltext": "", "height": "2866", "width": "2206", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph09chic_0071.jp2"}, "72": {"fulltext": "M:\\nc//\\\\ a i (7Vft/", "height": "2866", "width": "2206", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph09chic_0072.jp2"}, "73": {"fulltext": "\u00e2\u0096\u00a0t^\\nSIXTEENTH PRESIDENT.\\n1=3\\nlg\\ni\\nO^^^!^^^^\\nABRAHAM f\\nJp LINCOLN. I\\nI\\nBRAHAM LINCOLN, the\\nsixteenth President of the\\n^United States, was born in\\nHardin Co., Ky., Feb. 12,\\n1809. About the ear 1780, a\\nman by the name of Abraham\\nLincohi left Virginia with his\\nfamily and moved into the then\\nwilds of Kentucky. Only two years\\nafter this emigration, still a young\\nm*n, 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 Lincoln, the\\nPresident of the United States\\nwhose name must henceforth forever be enrolled\\nwith the most prominent in the annals of our world.\\nOf course no record has been kept of the life\\nof one so lowly as Thomas Lincoln. He was among\\nthe poorest of the poor. His home was a wretched\\nlog-cabin his food the coarsest and the meanest.\\nEducation he had none; he could never either ^\u00e2\u0096\u00a0ead\\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.\\nAll that I am, or hope to be, exclaims the grate-\\nful son I owe to my angel-mother.\\nWhen he was eight years of age, his father sold his\\ncabin and small farm, and moved to Indiana. Where\\ntwo years later his mother died.\\nAbraham soon became the scribe of the uneducated\\ncommunity around him. He could not have had a\\nbetter school than this to teach him to put thoughts\\ninto words. He also became an eager reader. The\\nbooks he could obtain were few but these he read\\nand re-read until they were almost committed 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 1830,\\nand emigrated to Macon Co., 111.\\nAbraharn Lincoln was then twenty-one years of age.\\nWith vigorous hands he aided his father in rearing\\nanother log-cabin. Aliraham worked diligently at this\\nuntil he saw the family comfortably settled, and their\\nsmall lot of enclosed prairie planted with corn, when\\nhe announced to his father his intention to leave\\nhome, and to go out into the world and seek his for-\\ntune. Little did he or his friends imagine how bril-\\nliant that fortune was to be. He saw the value of\\neducation, and was intensely earnest to improve his\\nmind to the utmost of his power. He saw the ruin\\nwhich ardent spirits were causing, and became\\nstrictly temperate; refusing to allow a drop of intoxi-\\ncating liquor to pass his lips. And he had read in\\nGod s word, Thou shall not take the name of the\\nLord thy God in vain and a profane expression he\\nwas never heard to utter. Religion he revered. His\\nmorals were pure, and he was uncontaminated by a\\nsingle vice.\\nYoung Abraham worked for a time as a hired laborer\\namong the farmers. Then he went to Springfield,\\nwhere he was employed in building a large flat-boat.\\nIn this he took a herd of swine, floated them down\\nthe Sangamon to the Illinois, and thence by the Mis-\\nsissippi to New Orleans. Whatever Abraham I,in-\\ncoln undertook, he performed so faithfully as to give\\ngreat satisfaction to his employers. In this adven-\\n%M im", "height": "2866", "width": "2206", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph09chic_0073.jp2"}, "74": {"fulltext": "\u00c2\u00a7SB\\n-o-\\nABE AH AM LINCOLN.\\n-\u00c2\u00ab5^\\ni?t^\\ntare 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 although only 23\\nyears of age, was a candidate for the Legislature, but\\nwas defeated. He soon after received from Andrew\\nJackson the appointment of Postmaster of New Salem,\\nHis only post-office was his hat. 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 1S54 the great discussion began between Mr.\\nLincoln and Mr. Douglas, on the slavery question.\\nIn the organization of the Republican party in Illinois,\\nin 1856, he took an active part, and at once became\\none of the leaders in that party. Mr. Lincoln s\\nspeeches in opposition to Senator Douglas in the con-\\ntest in 1858 for a seat in the Senate, form a most\\nnotable part of his history. The issue was on the\\nslavery question, and he took the broad ground of\\nthe Declaration of Independence, that all men are\\ncreated equal. Mr. Lincoln was defeated in this con-\\ntest, but won a far higher prize.\\nThe great Republican Convention met at Chicago\\non the i6th of June, i860. The delegates and\\nstrangers who crowded the city amounted to twenty-\\nfive thousand. An immense bliilding called The\\nWigwam, was reared to accommodate the Conven-\\ntion. There were eleven candidates for whom votes\\nwere tlirown. William H. Seward, a man whose fame\\nas a statesman had long filled the land, was the most\\nprominent. It was generally supposed he would be\\nthe nominee. Abraham Lincoln, however, received\\nthe nomination on the third ballot. Little did he then\\ndream of the weary years of toil and care, and the\\nbloody death, to which that nomination doomed him:\\nand as little did he dream that lie was to render services\\nto his country, which would fi.x upon him the eyes of\\nthe whole civilized world, and which would give him\\naplaceinthe affections of his countiynien, second\\nonly, if second, to that of Washington.\\nElection day came and Mr. Lincoln received 180\\nelectoral votes oat 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\\nhigh position. In February, 1861, Mr. Lincoln started\\nfor Washington, stopping in all the large cities on his\\nway making speeches. The whole journey was frought\\nwith much danger. Many of the Southern States had\\nalready seceded, and several attempts at assassination\\nwere afterwards brought to light. A gang in Balti-\\nmore had arranged, upon his arrival to get up a row,\\nand in the confusion to make sure of his death with\\nrevolvers and hand-grenades. A detective unravelled\\nthe plot. A secret and special train was provided to\\ntake him from HarrisL-urg, through Baltimore, at an\\nunexpected hour of the night. The train started at\\nhalf-past ten and to prevent any possible communi-\\ncation on the part ol the Secessionists with their Con-\\nfederate gang in Baltimore, as soon as the train had\\nstarted the telegraph-wires were cut. Mr. Lincoln\\nreached Washington in safety and was inaugurated,\\nalthough great anxiety was felt by all loyal people.\\nIn the selection of his cabinet Mr. Lincoln gave\\nto Mr. Seward the Department of State, and to other\\nprominent opponents before the convention he gave\\nimportant positions.\\nDuring 110 other administration have the duties\\ndevolving upon the President been so manifold, and\\nthe responsibilities so great, as those which fell to\\nthe lot of President Lincoln. Knowing this, and\\nfeeling his own weakness and inability to meet, and in\\nhis own strength to cope with, the difficulties, he\\nlearned early to seek Divine wisdom and guidance in\\ndetermining his plans, and Divine comfort in all his\\ntrials, both personal and national. Contrary to his\\nown estimate of himself, Mr. Lincoln was one of the\\nmost courageous of men. He went directly into the\\nrebel capital just as the retreating foe was leaving,\\nwith no guard but a few sailors. From the time he\\nhad left Springfield, in 1861, however, plans had been\\nmade for his assassination, and he at last fell a victim\\nto one of them. April 14, 1865, he, with Gen. Grant,\\nwas urgently invited to attend Fords Theater. It\\nwas announced that they would be present. Gen.\\nGrant, 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 bullet into his brains. He died the\\nnext morning at seven o clock.\\nNever before, in the history of the world was a nation\\nplunged into such deep grief by the death of its ruler.\\nStrong men met in the streets and wept in speechless\\nanguish. It is not too much to say that a nation was\\nin tears. His was a life which will fitly become a\\nmodel. His name as tlie savior of his country will\\nlive with that of Washington s, its father; hiscountrv-\\nmen being unable to decide which is the greater.\\n4)\\ni^os-\\nA^^tlll^!infi A^\\n4^^", "height": "2866", "width": "2206", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph09chic_0074.jp2"}, "75": {"fulltext": "", "height": "2866", "width": "2206", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph09chic_0075.jp2"}, "76": {"fulltext": "", "height": "2866", "width": "2206", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph09chic_0076.jp2"}, "77": {"fulltext": "C\\nVCjiili^IID^^v\\nSEVENTEENTH PRESIDENT.\\nWV\\n^Mj^Mi^w ^T) rtc^r^s^^iM..\\nNDREW JOHNSON, seven-\\nteenth President of the United\\nStates. The early life of\\nAndrew Johnson contains but\\nthe record of poverty, destitu-\\ntion and friendlessness. He\\nwas born December 29, 180S,\\nin Raleigh, N. C. His parents,\\nbelonging to the class of the\\npoor whites of the South, were\\nin such circumstances, that they\\ncould not confer even the slight-\\nest advantages of education upon\\ntheir child. When Andrew was five\\nyears of age, his father accidentally\\nlost his life while heiorically endeavoring to save a\\nfriend from drowning. Until ten years of age, Andrew\\nwas a ragged boy about the streets, supported by the\\nlabor of his mother, who obtained her living with\\nher own hands.\\nHe then, having never attended a school one day,\\nand being unable either to read or write, was ap-\\nprenticed to a tailor in his native town. A gentleman\\nwas in the habit of going to the tailor s shop occasion-\\nally, and reading to the boys at work there. He often\\nread from the speeches of distinguished British states-\\nmen. Andrew, who was endowed with a mind of more\\nthan ordinary native ability, became much interested\\nin these speeches his ambition was roused, and he\\nwas inspired with a strong desire to learn to read.\\nHe accordingly applied himself to the alphabet, and\\nwith the assistance of some of his fellow-workmen,\\nlearned his letters. He then called upon the gentle-\\nman to borrow the book of speeches. The owner,\\npleased with his zeal, not only gave him the book,\\nbut assisted him in learning to combine the letters\\ninto words. Under such difficulties he pressed on-\\nward laboriously, spending usually ten or twelve hours\\nat work in the shop, and then robbing himself of rest\\nand recreation to devote such time as he could to\\nreading.\\nHe went to Tennessee in 1826, and located at\\nGreenville, where he married a young lady who pos-\\nsessed some education. Under her instructions he\\nlearned to write and cipher. He became prominent\\nin the village debating society, and a favorite with\\nthe students of Greenville College. In 1828, he or-\\nganized a working man s party, which elected him\\nalderman, and in 1830 elected him mayor, which\\nposition he held three years.\\nHe now began to take a lively interest in political\\naffairs identifying himself with the working-classes,\\nto which he belonged. In T835, he was elected a\\nmember of the House of Representatives of Tennes-\\nsee. He was then just twenty-seven years of age.\\nHe became a very active member of the legislature,\\ngave his adhesion to the Democratic party, and in\\n1840 stumped the State, advocating Martin Van\\nBuren s claims to the Presidency, in opposition to those\\nof Gen. Harrison. In this campaign he acquired much\\nreadiness as a speaker, and extended and increased\\nhis reputation.\\nIn 1841, he was elected State Senator; in 1843, he\\nwas elected a member of Congress, and by successive\\nelections, held that important post for ten years. In\\n1853, he was elected Governor of Tennessee, and\\nwas re-elected in 1855. In all these res])onsible posi-\\ntions, he discharged his duties with distinguished abil-\\nVfc:\\nA\\nV\\n0)\\n^s^^^L ^^a^niigtiii^^z,;^", "height": "2866", "width": "2206", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph09chic_0077.jp2"}, "78": {"fulltext": "ANDRE W JOHNSON.\\ns\\nh\\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 neverashamedof his lowly origin:\\non the contrary, he often took pride in avowing that\\nhe owed his distinction to his own exertions. Sir,\\nsaid he on the floor of the Senate, I do not forget\\nthat I am a mechanic neither do I forget that Adam\\nwas a tailor and sewed fig-leaves, and that our Sav-\\nior was the son of a carpenter.\\nIn the Charleston-Baltimore convention of i860, he\\nV7as the choice of the Tennessee Democrats for the\\nPresidency. In 186 1, when the purpose of the South-\\nern Democracy became apparent, he took a decided\\nstand in favor of the Union, and held that slavery\\nmust be held subordinate to the Union at whatever\\ncost. He returned to Tennessee, and repeatedly\\nimperiled his own life to protect the Unionists of\\nTennesee. Tennessee having seceded from the\\nUnion, President Lincoln, on March 4th, 1862, ap-\\npointed him Military Governor of the State, and he\\nestablished the most stringent military rule. His\\nnumerous proclamations attracted wide attention. In\\n1864, he was elected Vice-President of the United\\nStates, and upon the death of Mr. Lincoln, April 15,\\n1865, became President. In a speech two days later\\nhe said, The American people must be taught, if\\nthey do not already feel, that treason is a crime and\\nmust be punished; that the Government will not\\nalways bear with its enemies that it is strong not\\nonly to protect, but to punish. The people\\nmust understand that it (treason) is the blackest of\\ncrimes, and will surely be punished. Yet his whole\\nadministration, the history of which is so well known,\\nwas in utter inconsistency with, and the most violent\\nopposition to, the principles laid down in that speech.\\nIn his loose policy of reconstruction and general\\namnesty, he was opposed by Congress and he char-\\nacterized Congress as a new rebellion, and lawlessly\\ndefied it, in everything possible, to the utmost. In\\nthe 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 net guilty\\nside would have sustained the impeachment.\\nThe President, for the remainder of his term, was\\nbut little regarded. He continued, though impotently,\\niiis conflict with Congress. His own party did not\\nthink it expedient to renominate him for the Presi-\\ndency. The Nation rallied, with enthusiasm unpar-\\nalleled since the days of Washington, around the name\\nof Gen. Grant. Andrew Johnson was forgotten.\\nThe bullet of the assassin introduced him to the\\nPresident s chair. Notwithstanding this, never was\\nthere presented to a man a better opportunity to im-\\nmortalize his name, and to win the gratitude of a\\nnation. He failed utterly. He retired to his home\\nin Greenville, Tenn., taking no very active part in\\npolitics until 1875. On Jan. 26, after an exciting\\nstruggle, he was chosen by the Legislature of Ten-\\nnessee, United States Senator in the forty-fourth Con-\\ngress, and took his seat in that body, at the special\\nsession convened by President Grant, on the 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,\\nV^\\nu^\\n^M%W^", "height": "2866", "width": "2206", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph09chic_0078.jp2"}, "79": {"fulltext": "", "height": "2866", "width": "2206", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph09chic_0079.jp2"}, "80": {"fulltext": "5SS\u00c2\u00abs*-\\nS*^\\nJlgSSfei^\\n^^f^^^e^^^", "height": "2866", "width": "2206", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph09chic_0080.jp2"}, "81": {"fulltext": "1\\nca:\\n?_\\nLYSSES S. GRANT, the\\neighteenth President of the\\nUnited States, was born on\\nthe 29th of April, 1822, of\\nChristian parents, in a humble\\nhome, at Point Pleasant, on the\\nbanks of the Ohio. Shortly after\\nhis father moved to George-\\ntown, Brown Co., O. In this re-\\nmote frontier hamlet, Ulysses\\nreceived a common-school edu-\\ncation. At the age of seven-\\nteen, in the year 1839, he entered\\nthe Military Academy at West\\nPoint. Here he was regarded as a\\nsolid, sensible young man of fair abilities, and of\\nsturdy, honest character. He took respectable rank\\nas a scholar. In June, 1843, he graduated, about the\\nmiddle in his class, and was sent as lieutenant of in-\\nfantry to one of the distant military posts in the Mis-\\nsouri Territory. Two years he past in these dreary\\nsolitudes, watching the vagabond and exasperating\\nIndians.\\nThe war with Mexico came. Lieut. Grant was\\nsent with his regiment to Corpus Christi. His first\\nbattle was at Palo Alto. There was no chance here\\nfor the exhibition of either skill or heroism, nor at\\nResaca de la Palma, his second battle. At the battle\\nof Monterey, his third engagement, it is said that\\nhe performed a signal service of daring and skillful\\nhorsemanship. His brigade had exhausted its am-\\nmunition. A messenger must be sent for more, along\\na route exposed to the bullets of the foe. Lieut.\\nGrant, adopting an expedient learned of the Indians,\\ngrasped the mane of his horse, and hanging upon one\\nside of the animal, ran the gauntlet in entire safety.\\nFrom Monterey he was sent, with the fourth infantry,\\nto aid 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 to discharge\\nmy obligations. I shall therefore buckle on my sword\\nand see Uncle Sam through this war too.\\nHe went into the streets, raised a company of vol-\\nunteers, and led them as their captain to Springfield,\\nthe capital of the State, where their services were\\noffered to Gov. Yates. The Governor, impressed by\\nthe zeal and straightforward executive ability of Capt.\\nGrant, gave him a desk in his office, to assist in the\\nvolunteer organization that was being formed in the\\nState in behalf of the Government. On the 15th of\\n^niif^\\nA-d-\\n-4^^^", "height": "2866", "width": "2206", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph09chic_0081.jp2"}, "82": {"fulltext": "5(^T#^\\nULYSSES S. GRANT.\\nA\\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 tlie mouth\\nof the Tennessee River. Scarcely had its folds ap-\\npeared in the breeze ere Gen. Grant was there. The\\nrebels fled. Their banner fell, and the star and\\nstripes were unfurled in its stead.\\nHe entered the service with great determination\\nand immediately began active duty. This was the be-\\nginning, and until the surrender of Lee at Richmond\\nhe was ever pushing the enemy with great vigor and\\neffectiveness. At Belmont, a few days later, he sur-\\nprised and routed the rebels, then at Fort Heniy\\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, Lookout\\nMountain and Missionary Ridge, in which the rebels\\nwere routed with great loss. This won for him un-\\nbounded praise in the North. On the 4th of Febru-\\nary, 1864, Congress revived the grade of lieutenant-\\ngeneral, and the rank was conferred on Gen. Grant.\\nHe repaired to Washington to receive his credentials\\nand enter upon the duties of his new office.\\nGen. Grant decided as soon as he took charge of\\nthe army to concentrate the widely-dispersed National\\ntroops for an attack upon Richmond, the nominal\\ncapital of the Rebellion, and endeavor there to de-\\nstroy the rebel armies which would be promptly as-\\nsembled from all quarters for its defence! The whole\\ncontinent seemed to tremble under the tramp of these\\nmajestic armies, rushing to the decisive battle field.\\nSteamers were crowded with troops. Railway trains\\nwere burdened with closely packed thousands. His\\nplans were comprehensive and involved a series of\\ncampaigns, which were executed with remarkable en-\\nergy and ability, and were consummated at the sur-\\nrender of Lee, April 9, 1865.\\nTlie war was ended. The Union was saved. The\\nalmost unanimous voice of the Nation declared Gen.\\nGrant to be the most prominent instrument in its sal-\\nvation. The eminent services he had thus rendered\\nthe country brought him conspicuously forward as the\\nRepublican candidate for the Presidential chair.\\nAt the Republican Convention held at Chicago,\\nMay 21, 1868, he was unanimously nominated for the\\nPresidency, and at the autumn election received a\\nmajority of the popular vote, and 214 out of 294\\nelectoral votes.\\nThe National Convention of the Republican party\\nwhich met at Philadelphia on the 5th of June, 1872,\\nplaced Gen. Grant in nomination for a second term\\nby a unanimous vote. The selection was emphati-\\ncally indorsed by the people five months later, 292\\nelectoral votes being cast for him.\\nSoon after the close of his second term. Gen. Grant\\nstarted upon his famous trip around the world. He\\nvisited almost every country of the civilized world,\\nand was everywhere received with such ovations\\nand demonstrations of respect and honor, private\\nas well as public and official, as were never before\\nbestowed upon any citizen of the United States. 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\\nand so faithfully served. The country felt a great\\npride in his reception. Upon his arrival in San Fran-\\ncisco, Sept. 20, 1879, the city authorities gave him a\\nfine reception. After lingering in the Golden State\\nfor a while, he began his tour through the States,\\nwhich extended North and South, everj where mark-\\ned by great acclamation and splendid ovations.\\nvi\\nI\\nC-", "height": "2866", "width": "2206", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph09chic_0082.jp2"}, "83": {"fulltext": "", "height": "2866", "width": "2206", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph09chic_0083.jp2"}, "84": {"fulltext": ".J*-**--\\n^M^,", "height": "2866", "width": "2206", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph09chic_0084.jp2"}, "85": {"fulltext": "(q\\nNINETEENTH PRESIDENT.\\nRUTHERl ORB Be HAYES.\\nUTHERFORD B. HAYES,\\nthe nineteenth President of\\nff the United States, was born in\\nDelaware, O., Oct. 4, 1822, al-\\nmost three months after the\\ndeath of his father, Rutherford\\nHayes. His ancestry on both\\nthe paternal and maternal sides,\\nwas of the most honorable char-\\nacter. It can be traced, it is said,\\nas far back as 1280, when Hayes and\\nRutherford were two Scottish chief-\\ntains, fighting side by side with\\nBaliol, William Wallace and Robert\\nBruce. Both families belonged to the\\nnobility, owned extensive estates,\\nand had a large following. Misfor-\\ntune overtaking the family, George Hayes left Scot-\\nland in 1680, and settled in Windsor, Conn. His son\\nGeorge was bom 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 born in 1724, and was a manufac-\\nturer of scythes at Bradford, Conn. Rutherford Hayes,\\nson of E/.ekiel and grandfather of President Hayes, was\\nborn inNew Haven, in August, 1756. He was a farmer,\\nblacksmith and tavern-keeper. He emigrated to\\nVermont at an unknown date, settling in Brattleboro,\\nwhere he established a hotel. Here his son Ruth-\\nerford Hayes, the father of President Hayes, was\\nborn. He was married, in September, 1813, to Sophia\\nBirchard, of Wilmington, Vt, whose ancestors emi-\\ngrated thither from Connecticut, they having been\\namong the wealthiest and best famlies of Norwich.\\nHer ancestry on the male side are traced back to\\n1635, to John Birchard, one of the principal founders\\nof Norwich. Both of her grandfathers were soldiers\\nin the Revolutionary War.\\nThe father of President Hayes was an industrious,\\nfrugal and opened-hearted man. He was of a me-\\nchanical turn, and could mend a plow, knit a stock-\\ning, or do almost anything else that he choose to\\nundertake. He was a member of the Church, active\\nin all the benevolent enterprises of the town, and con-\\nducted his business on Christian principles. After\\nthe close of the war of 181 2, for reasons inexplicable\\nto his neighbors, he resolved to emigrate to Ohio.\\nThe journey from Vermont to Ohio in that day,\\nwhen there were no canals, steamers, 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 1817. He died July 22, 1822, a victim of malarial\\nfever, less than three months before the birth of the\\nson,of whom we now write. Mrs. Hayes, in her sore be-\\nreavement, found the support she so much needed in\\nher brother Sardis, who had been a member of the\\nhousehold from the day of its departure from Ver-\\nmont, and in an orphan girl whom she had adopted\\nsome time before as an act of charity.\\nMrs. Hayes at this period was very weak, and the\\nKiiiif^", "height": "2866", "width": "2206", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph09chic_0085.jp2"}, "86": {"fulltext": ":t|\u00c2\u00ab*-\\nI1II^DI1\\nMUTHERFORD HAYES.\\nsubject of this sketch was so feeble at birth that he\\nwas not expected to live beyond a month or two at\\nmost. As the months went by he grew weaker and\\nweaker, so that the neighbors were in the habit of in-\\nquiring from time to time if Mrs. Hayes baby died\\nlast night. On one occasion a neighbor, who was on\\nfamiliar terms with the family, after alluding to the\\nboy s big head, and the mother s assiduous care of\\nhim, said in a bantering way, That s right Stick to\\nhim. You have got him along so far, and I shouldn t\\nwonder.if he would really come to something yet.\\nYou need not laugh, said Mrs. Hayes. You\\nwait and see. You can t tell but I shall make him\\nPresident of the United States yet. The boy lived,\\nin spite of the universal 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\\nj tended, no doubt, to foster that gentleness of dispo-\\nAp. sition, 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\\nv studies, 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\\nWesleyan University, in Middletown, Conn. He en-\\ntered Kenyon College in 1838, at the age of sixteen,\\nand was graduated at the head of his class in 1842.\\nInnnediately after his graduation he began the\\nstudy of law in the office of Thomas Sparrow, Esq.,\\nin Columbus. Finding his opportunities for study in\\nColumbus somewhat limited, he determined to enter\\nthe Law School at Cambridge, Mass., where he re-\\nmained two years.\\nIn 1845, after graduatmg at the Law School, he was\\nadmitted to the bar at Marietta, Ohio, and shortly\\nafterward went into practice as an attorney-at-law\\nwith Ralph P. Buckland, of Fremont. Here he re-\\nmained three years, acquiring but a limited practice,\\nand apparently unambitious of distinction in his pro-\\nfession.\\n1S49 he moved to Cincmnati, where his ambi-\\ntion found a new stimulus. For several years, how-\\never, his progress was slow. Two events, occurring at\\nthis period, had a powerful 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 B. Chase,\\nh\\nGen. John Pope, Gov. Edward F. Noyes, and many\\nothers hardly less distinguished in after life. The\\nmarriage was a fortunate one in every respect, as\\neverybody knows. Not one of all the wives of our\\nPresidents was more universally admired, reverenced\\nand beloved than was Mrs. Hayes, and no one did\\nmore than she to reflect honor upon American woman-\\nhood. The Literary Club brought Mr. Hayes into\\nconstant association with young men of high char-\\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 1S61, vi^hen 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 F ort Sunipter found him eager to take up\\narms for the defense of his country.\\nHis military record was bright and illustrious. In\\nOctober, 186 1, he was made Lieutenant-Colonel, and\\nin August, 1862, promoted Colonel of the 79th Ohio\\nregiment, but he refused to leave his old comrades\\nand go among strangers. 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, Fisher s Hill and Cedar Creek, he was\\npromoted Brigadier-General. He was also brevetted\\nMajor-General, for gallant and distinguished services\\nduring the campaigns of 1864, in West Virginia. In\\nthe course of his arduous services, four horses were\\nshot from under him, and he was wounded four times.\\nIn 1864, Gen. Hayes was elected to Congress, from\\nthe Second Ohio District, which had long been L)em-\\nocratic. He was not present during the campaign,\\nand after his election was importuned to resign his\\ncommission in the army but he finally declared, I\\nshall never come to Washington until I can come by\\nthe way of Richmond. He was re-elected in 1866.\\nIn 1867, Gen Hayes was elected Governor of Ohio,\\nover Hon. Allen G. Thurman, a popular Democrat.\\nIn 1869 was re-elected over George H. Pendleton.\\nHe was elected Governor for the third term in 1875.\\nIn 1876 he was the standard bearer of the Repub-\\nlican Party in the Presidential contest, and after a\\nhard long contest was chosen President, and was in\\naugurated Monday, March 5, 1875. He served his\\nfull term, not, however, with satisfaction to his party,\\nbut his administration was an average one.\\nI", "height": "2866", "width": "2206", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph09chic_0086.jp2"}, "87": {"fulltext": "", "height": "2866", "width": "2206", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph09chic_0087.jp2"}, "88": {"fulltext": "", "height": "2866", "width": "2206", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph09chic_0088.jp2"}, "89": {"fulltext": "nii^in^^r\\ng%^\\nTWENTIETH PRESIDENT.\\n1\\nf\\n6^\\np^^^\\n-^\u00e2\u0096\u00a0:A^.?\\nA.MES A. GARFIELD, twen-\\ntieth President of the United\\nStates, was born Nov. 19,\\n1831, in the woods of Orange,\\nCuyahoga Co., O His par-\\nents were Abram and Eliza\\n(^Ballou) Garfield, both of New\\nEngland ancestry and from fami-\\nlies well known in the early his-\\n5 tory 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 20x30 feet, built of logs, with the spaces be-\\ntween the logs filled with clay. His father was a\\nhard working farmer, and he soon had his fields\\ncleared, an orchard planted, and a log barn built.\\nThe household comprised the father and mother and\\ntheir four children Mehetabel, Thomas, Mary and\\nJames. In May, 1823, the father, from a cold con-\\ntracted in helping to put out a forest fire, died. At\\nthis time James was about eighteen months old, and\\nThomas about ten years old. No one, perhaps, can\\ntell how much James was indebted to his brother s\\ntoil and self-sacrifice during the twenty years suc-\\nceeding his father s death, but undoubtedly very\\nmuch. He now lives in Michigan, and the two sis-\\nters live in Solon, O., 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 ia her struggles tg keep the little family tQ-\\n^tK^dh\\ngether. Nor was Gen. Garfield ever ashamed of his\\norigin, and he never forgot the friends of his strug-\\ngling childhood, youth and manhood, neither did they\\never forget him. When in the highest seats of honor,\\nthe humblest fiiend of his boyhood was as kindly\\ngreeted as ever. The 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 .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 starred by the Disciples of Christ in 1850, of\\nwhich church he was then a member. He became\\njanitor and bell-ringer in order to help pay his way.\\nHe then became both teacher and pupil. He soon\\nexhausted Hiram and needed more hence, in the\\nfall of 1854, he entered Williams College, from which\\nhe graduated in 1856, taking one of the highest hon-\\nors of his class. He afterwards returned to Hiram\\nCollege as its President. As above stated, he early\\nunited with the Christian or Diciples Church at\\nHiram, and was ever after a devoted, zealous mem-\\nber, often preaching in its pulpit and places where\\nhe happened to be. Dr. Noah Porter, President of\\nYale College, says of hire in reference to his religion\\nV)", "height": "2866", "width": "2206", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph09chic_0089.jp2"}, "90": {"fulltext": "\u00e2\u0096\u00a0:i^^ K \u00c2\u00a9V4:I1D i^ C Df\\nV\\nJAMES A. GARFIELD.\\nI\\nPresident Garfield was more than a man of\\nstrong moral and religious convictions. His whole\\nhistory, from boyhood to the last, shows that duty to\\nman and to God, and devotion to Christ and life and\\nfaith and spiritual commission were controlling springs\\nof his 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 love our Lord in sincerity.\\nMr. Garfield was united in marriage with Miss\\nLucretia Rudolph, Nov. ii, 1858, who proved herself\\nworthy as the wife of one whom all the world loved and\\nmourned. To them were born seven children, five of\\nwhom are still living, four boys and one girl.\\nMr. Garfield made his first political speeclies in 1856,\\nin Hiram and the neighboring villages, and three\\nyears later he began to speak at county mass-meet-\\nings, and became the favorite speaker wherever he\\nwas. During this year he was elected to the Ohio\\nSenate. He also began to study law at Cleveland,\\nand in 1861 was admitted to the bar. The great\\nRebellion broke out in the early part of this year,\\nand Mr. Garfield at once resolved to fight as he had\\ntalked, and enlisted to defend the old flag. He re-\\nceived his commission as Lieut.-Colonel of the Forty-\\nsecond Regiment of Ohio Volunteer Infantry, Aug.\\n14, 1861. He was immediately put into active ser-\\nvice, and betore he had ever seen a gun fired in action,\\nwas placed in command of four regiments of infantry\\nand eight companies of cavalry, charged with tlie\\nwork of driving out of his native State the officer\\n(Humphrey Marshall) reputed to be the ablest of\\nthose, not educated to war whom Kentucky had given\\nto the Rebellion. This work was bravely and speed-\\nily accomplished, although against great odds. Pres-\\nident Lincoln, on his success commissioned him\\nBrigadier-General, Jan. 10, 1862; and as he had\\nbeen the youngest man in the Ohio Senate two years\\nbefore, so now he was the youngest General in the\\narmy. He was with Gen. Buell s army at Shiloh,\\nin its operations around Corinth and its march througli\\nAlabama. He was then detailed as a member of the\\nGeneral Couit-Martial for the trial of Gen. Fitz-John\\nPorter. He was then ordered to report to Gen. Rose-\\ncrans, and was assigned to the Chief of Staff\\nThe military history of Gen. Garfield closed with\\nhis brilliant services at Chickamauga, where he won\\nthe stars of the Major-General.\\nWithout an effort on his part Gen. Garfield was\\nelected to Congress in the fall of 1862 from the\\nNineteenth District of Ohio. This section of Ohio\\nhad been represented in Congress for si.xty years\\nmainly by two men Elisha Whittlesey 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 instruction, the argu-\\nment on one side stated, in almost every instance\\nbetter than by anybody else, in some speech made in\\nthe House of Representatives or on the hustings by\\nMr. Garfield.\\nUixm Jan. 14, 1880, Gen. Garfield was elected to\\nthe U. S. Senate, and on the eighth of June, of the\\nsame year, was nominated as the candidate of his\\nparty for President at the great Chicago Convention.\\nHe was elected in the following November, and on\\nMarch 4, 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, but inflicting no farther\\ninjury. It has been very truthfully said that this was\\nthe shot that was heard round the world Never\\nliefore 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 his magnificent\\nbearing was teaching the country and the world the\\nnoblest of human lessons how to live grandly in the\\nvery clutch of death. Great in life, he was surpass-\\ningly great in death. He passed serenely away Sept.\\nig, 1S83, at Elberon, N. J., on the very bank of the\\nocean, where he had been taken shortly previous. The\\nworld wept at his death, as it never had done on the\\ndeath of any other man who had ever lived upon it.\\nThe murderer was duly tried, found guilty and exe\\ncuted, in one year after he committed the foul deed\\ni\u00c2\u00ae9-\\nX^\\nA IlD^DDf^ r^\\n-e^", "height": "2866", "width": "2206", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph09chic_0090.jp2"}, "91": {"fulltext": "", "height": "2866", "width": "2206", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph09chic_0091.jp2"}, "92": {"fulltext": "", "height": "2866", "width": "2206", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph09chic_0092.jp2"}, "93": {"fulltext": "|]U:5^Iillr v\\n(3;\\ni\\n\u00e2\u0080\u00a2rr-T^\\nTWBNTY-FIRST PRESIDENT.\\n(cS\\nHESTER A. ARTHUR,\\ntwenty-first President of the\\nUnited States, was born in\\nFranklin County, Vermont, on\\nthefifthof October, 1830, and is\\nthe 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\\nhis 18th year, and died in 1S75, in\\nNewtonville, near Albany, after a\\nlong and successful ministry.\\nYoung Arthur was educated at\\nUnion College, Schenectady, where\\nhe excelled in all his studies. 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,\\nWM. and entered the office of ex- Judge\\n^(ir E. D. Culver as student. After\\nI being admitted to the bar he formed\\na partnership with his intimate friend and room-mate,\\nHenry D. Gardiner, with the intention of practicing\\nin the West, and for three months they roamed about\\nin the Westecn States in search of an eligible site,\\nbut in the end returned to New York, where they\\nhung out their shingle, and entered upon a success-\\nful career almost from the start. General Arthur\\nsoon afterward married the daughter of Lieutenant\\nHerndon, of the United States Navy, who was lost at\\nsea. Congress voted a gold medal to his widow in\\nrecognition of the bravery he displayed on that occa-\\nsion. Mrs. Arthur died shortly before Mr. Arthur s\\nnomination to the Vice Presidency, leaving two\\nchildren.\\nGen. Arthur obtained considerable legal celebrity\\nin his first great case, the famous Lemmon suit,\\nbrought to recover possession of eight slaves who had\\nbeen declared free by Judge Paine, of the Superior\\nCourt of New York City. It was in 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 fare.\\nGeneral Arthur sued on her behalf, and secured a\\nverdict of $500 damages. The next day the compa-\\nny issued an order to admit colored persons to ride\\non their cars, and the other car companies quickly\\nA\\n0)\\nmm i^ ^r^", "height": "2866", "width": "2206", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph09chic_0093.jp2"}, "94": {"fulltext": "I\\nII\\nCHESTER A. ARTHUR.\\n~:;i^ sr\\n#^f\\nfollowed their example. Before that the Sixth Ave-\\nnue Company ran a few special cars for colored per-\\nsons and the other lines refused to let them ride at all.\\nGeneral Arthur was a delegate to the Convention\\nat Saratoga that founded the Republican party.\\nPrevious to the war he was Judge-Advocate of the\\nSecond Brigade of the State of New York, and Gov-\\nernor Morgan, of that State, appointed him Engineer-\\nin-Chief of his staff. In 1861, he was made Inspec-\\ntor General, and soon afterward became Quartermas-\\nter-General. In each of these offices he rendered\\ngreat service to the Government during the war. At\\n\u00e2\u0080\u00a2the end of Governor Morgan s term he resumed the\\npractice of the law, forming a partnership with Mr.\\nRansom, and then Mr. Phelps, the District Attorney\\nof New York, was added to the firm. The legal prac-\\ntice of 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, 1880. This was perhaps the greatest political\\nconvention that ever assembled on the continent. It\\nwas composed of the leading politicians of the Re-\\npublican party, all able men, and each stood firm and\\nfought vigorously and with signal tenacity for their\\nrespective candidates that were before the conven-\\ntion for the nomination. Finally Gen. Garfield re-\\nceived the nomination for President and Gen. Arthur\\nfor Vice-President. The campaign which followed\\nwas one of the most animated known in the history of\\nour country. Gen. Hancock, the standard-bearer of\\nthe Democratic party, was a popular man, and his\\nparty made a valiant fight for his election.\\nFinally the election came and the country s choice\\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, tliose moments of\\nanxious suspense, when the hearts of all civilized na-\\nk\\nC\\nT\\ntions were throbbing in unison, longing for the re-\\ncovery of the noble, the good President. The remark-\\nable patience that he manifested during those hours\\nand weeks, and even months, of the most terrible suf-\\nfering man has often been called upon to endure, was\\nseemingly more than human. It was certainly God-\\nlike. During all this period of deepest anxiety Mr.\\nArthur s every move was watched, and be it said to his\\ncredit that his every action displayed only an earnest\\ndesire that the suffering Garfield might recover, to\\nserve the remainder of the term he had so auspi-\\nciously begun. Not a selfish feeling was manifested\\nin deed or look of this man, even though the most\\nhonored position in the world was at any moment\\nlikely to fall to him.\\nAt last God in his mercy relieved President Gar-\\nfield from further suffering, and the world, as never\\nbefore in its history over the death of any other\\nman, wept at his bier. Then it became the duty of\\nthe Vice President to assume the responsibilities of\\nthe high office, and he took the oath in New York,\\nSept. 20, i88t. The position was an embarrassing Ai\\none to him, made doubly so from the facts that all\\neyes were on him, anxious to know what he would do, V^\\nwhat policy he would pursue, and who he would se-\\nlect as advisers. The duties of the office had been S^\\ngreatly neglected during the President s long illness,\\nand many important measures were to be immediately y\\ndecided by him and still farther to embarrass him he\\ndid not fail to realize under what circumstances he\\nbecame President, and knew the feelings of many on\\nthis point. Under these trying circumstances President\\nArthur took the reins of the Government in his own\\nhands and, as embarrassing as were the condition of\\naffairs, he has happily surprised the Nation, acting so\\njustly, so wisely, so well, that but few have criticised\\nhis administration. Should he continue during the\\nremainder of his term to pursue the wise policy he\\nhas followed thus far, we believe President Arthur s\\nadministration will go down in history as one of the\\nwisest and most satisfactory our country has ever\\nenjoyed. His highest ambition seems to be to do his ^p)\\nduty to the whole Nation, even to the sacrifice of his\\nwarmest personal friends. With the good of the\\npeople at heart, and guided by the wisdom already\\ndisplayed, he will surprise his opponents, gratify his\\nfriends, and bless the American Republic, during\\nthe years he occupies the Presidential chair.", "height": "2866", "width": "2206", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph09chic_0094.jp2"}, "95": {"fulltext": "\u00c2\u00a9v ^iatisnii^ r^\\n(h\\n2\\nc^\\n9\\ni\\n1\\n.^5^,g^ \u00c2\u00ab\u00c2\u00bbi ^^sflg^nnf^A;\u00c2\u00a9 s,^^,^-", "height": "2866", "width": "2206", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph09chic_0095.jp2"}, "96": {"fulltext": "Iff-\\n-a^^fc: rn -:BD^IlD^\\n-l^^( \u00c2\u00aeM^\\nI\\n1^\\nVL\\n1\\nf-\u00c2\u00ae\\n^,f;5^^r: ^-K^^n 11 tllli t", "height": "2866", "width": "2206", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph09chic_0096.jp2"}, "97": {"fulltext": "^1\\n-^i^ K 6^v 4:n \u00e2\u0080\u00a2^llls r :J^Kr\\nI\\nI\\nS-vg))\u00c2\u00ab^^\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0^5\u00c2\u00ab g^ @^A ^I1 !1 f^ DDr-\\n-^^5(@/\u00c2\u00ab", "height": "2866", "width": "2206", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph09chic_0097.jp2"}, "98": {"fulltext": "6v ^iiiii\u00c2\u00a7iini^v^\\n5;\\n:sjH|f?^iri.\\nA ^i] ntift A-^ ^^m^", "height": "2866", "width": "2206", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph09chic_0098.jp2"}, "99": {"fulltext": "", "height": "2866", "width": "2206", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph09chic_0099.jp2"}, "100": {"fulltext": "f\\ni^\u00e2\u0096\u00a0^.^ :v-^/", "height": "2866", "width": "2206", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph09chic_0100.jp2"}, "101": {"fulltext": "GO VERNORS OF MICHIGAN.\\n:aJ%^%r\\ni\\nex\\nTEPHEN T. MASON, the\\nfirst Governor of Michigan, was\\na son of Gen. John T. Mason,\\nof Kentucky, but was born in\\nVirginia, in 1812. At the age\\nof 19 he was appointed Secre-\\n/a tary 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 6tb of\\nJuly, 1834, Mr. Mason became Act-\\ning Governor. In October, 1835, he\\nwas elected Governor under the State\\norganization, and immediately en-\\ntered upon the performance of the\\nduties of the office, although the\\nState was not yet admitted into the Union. After\\nthe State was admitted into the Union, Governor\\nMason was re-elected to the position, and served with\\ncredit to himself and to the advantage of the State.\\nHe died Jan. 4, 1843. The principal event during\\nGovernor Mason s official career, was that arising from\\nthe disputed southern boundary of the State.\\nMichigan claimed for her southern boundary aline\\nrunning east across the peninsula from the extreme\\nsouthern point of Lake Michigan, extending through\\nLake Erie, to the Pennsylvania line. This she\\nclaimed as a vested right a right accruing to her by\\ncompact. This compact was the ordinance of 1787,\\nthe parties to which were the original 13 States, and\\nthe territory northwest of the Ohio and, by the suc-\\ncession of parties under statutory amendments to the\\nordinance and laws of Congress the United States on\\nthe one part, and each Territory northwest of the\\nOhio, as far as affected by their provisions, on the\\n^(^t^^ QJ^ ^M\\nother. Michigan, therefore, claimed it under the prior\\ngrant, or assignation of boundary.\\nOhio, on the otherhand,claimed that the ordinance\\nhad been superseded by the Constitution of the\\nUnited States, and that Congress had a right to regu-\\nlate the boundary. It was also claimed that the\\nConstitution of the State of Ohio having described a\\ndifferent line, and Congress having admitted the State\\nunder that Constitution, without mentioning the sub-\\nject of the line in dispute. Congress had thereby given\\nits consent to the line as laid down by the Constitu-\\ntion of Ohio. This claim was urged by Ohio at\\nsome periods of the controversy, but at others she ap-\\npeared to regard the question unsettled, by the fact\\nthat she insisted upon Congress taking action in re-\\ngard to the boundary. Accordingly, we find that, in\\n1812, Congress authorized the Surveyor-General to\\nsurvey a line, agreeably to the act, to enable the people\\nof Ohio to form a Constitution and State government.\\nOwing to Indian hostilities, however, the line was not\\nrun till i8r8. In 1820, the question in dispute\\nunderwent a rigid exanrination by the Committee on\\nPublic Lands. The claim of Ohio was strenuously\\nurged by her delegation, and as ably opposed by Mr.\\nWoodbridge, the then delegate from Michigan. The\\nresult was that the committee decided unanimously\\nin favor of Michigan; but, in the hurry of business,\\nno action was taken by Congress, and the question\\nremained open till IVIichigan organized her State gov-\\nernment.\\nThe Territory in dispute is about five miles in\\nwidth at the west end, and about eight miles in width\\nat the east end, and extends along the whole north-\\nern line of Ohio, west of Lake Erie. The line claimed\\nby Michigan was known as the Fulton line, and\\nthat claimed by Ohio was known as the Harris line,", "height": "2866", "width": "2206", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph09chic_0101.jp2"}, "102": {"fulltext": "eV^?DD^DDf\\nSTEPHEN T. MASON.\\n-ziii sr\\n-^#1^\\nI\\nfrom the names of the surveyors. The territory was\\nvaluable for its rich agricultural lands; but the chief\\nvalue consisted in the fact that the harbor on the\\nMaumee River, where now stands the flourishing city\\nof Toledo, was included within its limits The town\\noriginally bore the name of Swan Creek, afterwards\\nPort Lawrence, then Vestula, and then Toledo.\\nIn February, 1835, the Legislature of Ohio passed\\nan act extending the jurisdiction of the State over\\nthe territory in question; erected townships and\\ndirected them to hold elections in April following. It\\nalso directed Governor Lucus to appoint three com-\\nmissioners to survey and re-mark the Harris line and\\nnamed the first of April as the 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\\nStates. On the 9th of March, Governor Mason wrote\\nGeneral Brown, then in command of the Michigan\\nmilitia, directing him to hold himself in readiness to\\nmeet the enemy in the field in case any attempt was\\nmade on the part of Ohio to carr) out the provisions\\nof that act of the Legislature. On the 31st of ALirch,\\nGovernor Lucus, with his commissioners, arrived at\\nPerrysburgh, on their way to commence re-surveying\\nthe Harris line. He was accompanied by General\\nBell and staff, of the Ohio Militia, who proceeded to\\nmuster a volunteer force of about 600 men. This\\nwas soon accomplished, and the force fully armed and\\nequipped. The force then went into camp at Fort\\nMiami, to await the Governor s orders.\\nIn the meantime, Governor Mjson, 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; AVilliam E. Broadman, of\\nDetroit, and Alpheus Felch, of Monroe, Aids-de-\\ncamp. When Governor Lucas observed the deter-\\nmined bearing of the Michigan braves, and took note\\noPtheir number, he found it convenient to content\\nhimself for a time with watching over the border.\\nSeveral days were passed in this exhilarating employ-\\nment, and just as Governor Lucas had made up his\\nmind to do something rash, two commissioners ar-\\nrived from Washington on a mission of peace. They\\nremonstrated with Gov. Lucus, and reminded him of\\nthe consequences to himself and his State if he per-\\nsisted in his attempt to gain possessiondf the disputed\\nterritory by force. After several conferences with\\nboth governors, the commissioners submitted proposi-\\ntions for their consideration.\\nGovernor Lucas at once accepted the propositions,\\nand disbanded his forces. Governor Mason, on the\\nother hand, refused to accede to the arrangement, and\\ndeclined to compromise the rights of his people by a\\nsurrender of 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.\\nGovernor Lucus now supposed that his way was\\nclear, and that he could re-mark the Harris line -with-\\nout being molested, and ordered the commissioners\\nto proceed with their work.\\nIn the meantime. Governor Mason kept a watch-\\nful eye upon the proceedings. General Brown sent\\nscouts through the woods to watch their movements,\\nand report when operations were commenced. When\\nthe surveying party got within the county of Lena-\\nwee, the under-sheriff of that county, armed with a\\nwarrant, and accompanied by a posse, suddenly made\\nhis appearance, and succeeded in arresting a portion\\nof tlie party. The rest, including the commissioners,\\ntook to their heels, and were soon beyond the dis-\\nputed territory. They reached Perrysburgh the fol-\\nlowing day in a highly demoralized condition, and\\nreported they had been attacked by an overwhelm-\\ning force of Michigan malitia, under command of\\nGeneral Brown.\\nThis summary breaking up of the surveying party\\nproduced the most tremendous excitement throughout\\nOhio. Governor Lucas called an extra session of the\\nLegislature. But little remains to be said in reference\\nto the war. The question continued for some time\\nto agitate the minds of the opposing parties; and the\\naction of Congress was impatiently awaited. Michigan\\nwas admitted into the Union on the condition that\\nshe give to Ohio the disputed territory, and accept\\nin return the Northern Peninsula, which she did.\\n^^m^ ^7^ DIl^lin ^r^\\n-\u00e2\u0080\u00a2^^^fj", "height": "2866", "width": "2206", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph09chic_0102.jp2"}, "103": {"fulltext": "", "height": "2866", "width": "2206", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph09chic_0103.jp2"}, "104": {"fulltext": "y^\\\\", "height": "2866", "width": "2206", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph09chic_0104.jp2"}, "105": {"fulltext": "vC^DPi^IiIl^ ^r^7 5i*^ta%:\\nSECOND GO VERNOR OF MICHIGAN.\\nWilliam ^oodbridgb.^\u00e2\u0080\u0094 ^fe-\\nILLIAM WOODBRIDGE,\\nksecond Governor of Michigan,\\nwas born at Norwich, Conn.,\\nAug. 20, 1780, and died at\\nDetroit Oct. 20, 1861. He\\nwas of a family of three brothers\\nand two sisters. His father,\\nDudley VVoodbridge, removed to\\nMarietta, Ohio, about 1790. The\\nlife of Wm. Woodbridge, by Chas.\\nLauman, from which this sketch\\nis largely com piled, mentions noth-\\ning concerning his early education\\nbeyond the fact that it was such as\\nwas afforded by the average school\\nof the time, except a year with the\\nFrench colonists at Gallipolis,\\nwhere he acquired a knowledge of\\n,1] 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 helped to make our National history.\\nMr. Woodbridge studied law at Marietta, having\\nas a fellow student an intimate personal friend, a\\nyoung man subsequently distinguished, but known\\nat that time simply as Lewis Cass. He graduated at\\nthe law school in Connecticut, after a course there of\\nnearly three years, and began to practice at Marietta\\nin 1806. In June, r 806, he married, at Hartford, Con-\\nnecticut, Juleanna, daughter of John Trumbell, a\\ndistinguished author and judge and author of the\\npeom McFingal, which, during a dark period of the\\nRevolution, wrought such a magic change upon the\\nspirits of the colonists. He was happy in his domes-\\nricrelationsuntilthedeathofMrs. W., Feb. 2,19, i860.\\nOur written biographies necessarily speak more\\nfully of men, because of their active participation in\\npublic affairs, but human actions are stamped upon\\nthe page of time and when the scroll shall be unrolled\\nthe influence of good women upon the history of the\\nworld will be read side by side with the deeds of men.\\nHow much success and renown in life many men owe\\nto their wives is probably little known. Mrs. W. en-\\njoyed the best means of eariy education that the\\ncountry afforded, and her intellectual genius enabled\\nher to improve her advantages. During her life, side\\nby side with the highest type of domestic and social\\ngraces, she manifested a keen intellectuality that\\nformed the crown of a faultless character. She was\\na natural poet, and wrote quite a large number of fine\\nverses, some of which are preserved in a printed\\nmemorial essay written upon the occasion of her\\ndeath. In this essay, it is said of her to contribute\\neven in matters of minor importance, to elevate the\\nreputation and add to the well being of her husband\\nin the various stations he was called upon to fill, gave\\nher the highest satisfaction. She was an invalid\\nduring the latter portion of her life, but was patient\\nand cheerful to the end.\\nIn 1807, Mr. W. was chosen a representative to the\\nGeneral Assembly of Ohio, and in 1809 was elected to\\nthe Senate, continuing a member by re-election until\\nhis removal from the State. He also held, by ap-\\npointment, during the time the office of Prosecuting\\nAttorney for his county. He took a leading part in\\nthe Legislature, and in 181 2 drew up a declaration and\\nresolutions, wliich passed the two houses unamiuously\\nV^\\nPi\\nA\\nc^:\\n^Ae^n mu\\ni^5f", "height": "2866", "width": "2206", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph09chic_0105.jp2"}, "106": {"fulltext": "\u00e2\u0096\u00a0^V4 llll^li(l^ r\\nry\\nzai^ s:\\nWILLIAM WOOD BRIDGE.\\nI\\nand attracted great attention, endorsing, in strongest\\nand most emphatic terms, the war measures of Presi-\\ndent Madison. During the period from 1804 to 18 14\\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 position 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\\ncollectorof customs at the port of Detroit, and during\\nthe frequent absences of the Governor, the dischargeof\\nof his duties, also including those of Superintendent\\nof Indian Affairs. Mr. W. officiated as Governor for\\nabout two years out of the eight years that he held the\\noffice of Secretary. Under the administration of Gov-\\nernor and Judges, which the people of the Territory\\npreferred for economical reasons, to continue some time\\nafter their numbers entitled them to a more popular\\nrepresentative system, they were allowed no delegate\\nin Congress. Mr. W., as a sort of informal agent of\\nthe people, by correspondence and also by a visit to\\nthe National capital, so clearly set forth the demand\\nfor representation by a delegate, that an act was\\npassed in Congressin iSipauthorizingone tobechosen.\\nUnder this act Mr. W. was elected by the concurrence\\nof all parties. His first action in Congress was to secure\\nthe passage of a bill recognizing and confirming the\\nold French land titles in the Territory according to\\nthe terms of the treaty of peace with Great Britain\\nat the close of the Revolution and another for the\\nconstruction of a Government road through the black\\nswamps from the Miami River to i:)etroit, thus open-\\ning a means of land transit between Oliio and Mich-\\nigan. He was influential in securing the passage of\\nbills for the construction of Government roads from\\nDetroit to Chicago, and Detroit to Fort Gratiot, and\\nfor the improvement of La Plaisance Bay. The ex-\\npedition for the exploration of the country around\\nLake Superior and in the valley of the Upper Mis-\\nsissippi, projected by Governor Cass, was set on foot\\nby means of representations made to the liead of the\\ndepartment by Mr. AV. While in Congress he stren-\\nuously maintained the right of Michigan to the strip\\nof territory now forming the northern boundary of\\nOhio, which formed the subject of such grave dispute\\nbetween Ohio and Michigan at the time of the ad-\\nmission of the latter into the Union. He served\\nbut one term as delegate to Congress, de-\\nclining further service on account of personal and\\nfamily considerations. Mr. W. continued to discharge\\nthe duties of Secretary of the Territory up to the time\\nits Government passed into the second grade.\\nIn 1824, he was appointed one of a board of\\ncommissioners for adjusting private land claims in\\no\\n^nii^\\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 W ith-\\nerell, who had resigned as a Judge of what is conven-\\ntionally called the Supreme Court of the Territory.\\nThis court was apparently a continuation of the Terri-\\ntorial Court, under the first grade or Governor and\\nJudges system. .Although it was supreme in its ju-\\ndicial functions within the Territory, its powers and\\nduties were of a very general character.\\nIn 1832, the term of his appointment as Judge ex-\\npiring. President Jackson appointed a successor, it -is\\nsupposed on political grourids,muchto the disappoint-\\nment of the public and the bar of the Territory. The\\npartisan feeling of the time extended into the Terri-\\ntory, and its people began to think of assuming the\\ndignity of a State government. Party lines becom-\\ning very sharply drawn, he identified himself with\\nthe Whigs and was elected a member of the Conven-\\ntion of 1835, which formed the first State Constitution.\\nIn 1837 he was elected a member of the State Senate.\\nThis sketch has purposely dealt somewhat in detail\\nwith what may be called Judge W s. earlier career,\\nbecause it is closely identified with the early his-\\ntory of the State, and the development of its politi-\\ncal system. Since the organization of the State Gov-\\nernment the 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 tlian a year, when he was elected to the\\nSenate of the United States.\\nHis term in the Senate practically closed his polit-\\nical life, although he was strongly urged by many\\nprominent men for the Whig nomination for Vice\\nPresident in 1848.\\nSoon after his appointment as Judge in 1828, Gov-\\nernor W. took up ins residence on a tract of land\\nwhich he owned in the township of Spring Wells, a\\nshort distance below what was then the corporate lim-\\nits of Detroit, where he resided during the remainder\\nof his life. Both in his public papers and private\\ncommunications, Governor W. shows himself a mas-\\nter of language; he is fruitful in simile and illustra-\\ntion, logical in aiTangement, happy in the choice and\\ntreatment of topics, and terse and vigorous in expres-\\nsion. Judge W. was a Congregationalist. His opinions\\non all subjects were decided he was earnest and\\nenergetic, courteous and dignified, and at times ex-\\nhibited a vein of fine humor that was the more at-\\ntractive because not too often allowed to come to the\\nsurface. His letters and addresses show a deep and\\nearnest affection not only for his ancestral home, but\\nthe home of his adoption and for friends and family.\\nm 4^;^C(\\nV", "height": "2866", "width": "2206", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph09chic_0106.jp2"}, "107": {"fulltext": "", "height": "2866", "width": "2206", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph09chic_0107.jp2"}, "108": {"fulltext": "-^r", "height": "2866", "width": "2206", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph09chic_0108.jp2"}, "109": {"fulltext": "\u00e2\u0096\u00a0^v ^iiii ^Bn^^v\\nGO VERNORS OF MICHIGAN.\\ntJO HK e. BARRY\\nOHN STEWARD BARRY,\\nGovernor of Michigan from\\nJan. 3, 1842, to Jan. 5, 1846,\\nand from Jan. 7, 1850, to Jan.\\nI, 1852, was born at Amherst,\\nN. H., Jan. 29, 1802. His par-\\nents, John and Ellen (Steward)\\nBarry, early removed to Rocking-\\nham, Vt., where he remained until\\ni he became of age, working on his\\nfather s fann, and pursuing his\\nstudies at the same time. He mar-\\nried Mary Kidder, of Grafton, Vt.,\\nand in 1824 went to Georgia, Vt.,\\nwhere he had charge of an academy\\nfor two years, meanwhile studying\\nlaw. He afterward practiced law in\\nthat State. While he was in Georgia he was for some\\ntime a member of the Governor s staff, with the title\\nof Governor s Aid, and at a somewhat earlier period\\nwas Captain of a company of State militia. In 183 1\\nhe removed to Michigan, and settled at White Pigeon,\\nwhere he engaged in mercantile business with I. W.\\nWillard.\\nFour years after, 1834, Mr. Barry removed to Con-\\nstantine and continued his mercantile pursuits. He\\nbecame Justice of the Peace at White Pigeon, Mich.)\\nin 1831, and held the office until the year 1835.\\nMr. Barry s first public office was that of a member\\nof the first constitutional convention, which assembled\\nand framed the constitution 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 popular was his administration that, in\\n1842, he was again elected. During these years\\nMichigan was embarrassed by great financial diffi-\\nculties, and it was through his wisdom and sound judg-\\nment that the State was finally placed upon a solid\\nfinancial basis.\\nDuring the first year of Gov. Barr) s first term, the\\nUniversity at Ann Arbor was opened for the reception\\ny\\n^C!l^Dnf A", "height": "2866", "width": "2206", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph09chic_0109.jp2"}, "110": {"fulltext": "f\\n4^\\nt\\nI-\\nJOHN STEWARD BARRY.\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0^afi^^ivi^\\nof students. The Michigan Central and Michigan\\nSouthern railroads were being rapidly constructed, and\\ngeneral progress was everywhere noticeable. In 1842,\\nthe number of pupils reported as attending the public\\nschools was nearly fifty-eight thousand. In 1843,\\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 ta.x-\\nable property of the State was found to be over\\ntwenty-eight millions of dollars, the tax being at the\\nrate of two mills on the dollar. The expenses of the\\nState were only seventy thousand dollars, while the\\nincome from the railroads was nearly three hundred\\nthousand dollars. At this time the University of\\nMichigan had become so prosperous that its income\\nwas ample to pay the interest on the University debt\\nand the amount of money which the State was able\\nto loan the several progressing railroads was one\\nhundred and twenty thousand dollars. Efforts were\\nmade to increase the efficiency of the common schools\\nwith good results In 1845, when Gov. Barry s sec-\\nond term expired, the population of the State was\\nmore than three hundred thousand.\\nThe constitution of the State forbade more than two\\nconsecutive terms, but he was called upon to fill the\\nposition again in 1850 the only instance of the kind\\nin the history of the State. He was a member of the\\nTerritorial Legislature, of the Constitutional Conven-\\ntion, and afterward of the State House of Represent-\\natives.\\nDuring Mr. Barry s third term as Governor the Nor-\\nmal School was established at Ypsilanti, which was\\nendowed with lands and placed in charge of a board\\nof education consisting of six persons. A new con-\\nstitution for the government of the State was also\\nadopted and the Great Railway Conspiracy Case\\nwas tried. This grew out of a series of lawless acts\\nwhich had been committed upon the property of the\\nMichigan Central Railroad Company, along the line\\nof their road, and finally the burning of the depot\\nat Detroit, in 1850.\\nAt a setting of the grand jury of Wayne County,\\nApril 24, 1851, 37 men of the 50 under arrest for this\\ncrime were indicted. May 20, following, the accused\\nparties appeared at the Circuit Court of Wayne, of\\nwhich Warner Wing was resident judge. The Rail-\\nroad Company employed ten eminent lawyers, in-\\ncluding David Stuart, John Van Arman, James A.\\nVan Dyke, Jacob M. Howard, Alex. D. Fraser, Dan-\\niel Goodwin and William Gray. The defendants were\\nrepresented by six members of the State bar, led by\\nWilliam H. Seward, of New York. The trial occupied\\nfour months, during which time the plaintiffs exam-\\nined 246 witnesses in 27 days, and the defendants\\n249 in 40 days. Mr. Van Dyke addressed the jury\\nfor the prosecution; William H. Seward for the\\ndefense.\\nThe great lawyer was convinced of the innocence\\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 1. 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, witli hard labor, within\\nthe State s prison, situate in their county Ammi\\nFilley, ten years; Orlando L. Williams, ten years;\\nAaron Mount, eight years; Andrew J. Freeland, eight\\nyears; Eben Farnham, eight years; William Corvin,\\neight years Richard Price, eight years; Evan Price,\\neight years; Lyman Champlin, five yeare Willard\\nW. Champlin, five years; Erastus Champlin, five\\nyears; Erastus Smith, five years.\\nIn 1840, Gov. Barry became deeply interested in\\nthe cultivation of the sugar beet, and visited Europe\\nto obtain information in reference to its culture.\\nHe was twice Presidential Elector, and his last\\npublic service was that of a delegate to the National\\nDemocratic Convention held in Chicago in 1864.\\nHe was a man who, throughout life, maintained a\\nhigh character for integrity and fidelity to the trusts\\nbestowed upon him, whether of a public or a private\\nnature, and he is acknowledged by all to have been\\none of the most efficient and popular Governors the\\nState has ever had.\\nGov. Barry was a man of incorruptible integrity.\\nHis opinions, which he reached by the most thorough\\ninvestigation, he held tenaciously. His strong con-\\nvictions and outspoken honesty made it impossible for\\nhim to take an undefined position when a principle\\nwas involved. His attachments and prejudices were\\nstrong, yet he was never accused of favoritism in his\\nadministration of public affairs. As a speaker he was\\nnot remarkable. .Solidity, rather than brilliancy, char-\\nacterized his oratory, which is described as argument-\\native and instructive, but cold, hard, and entirely\\nwanting in rhetorical ornament. He was never elo-\\nquent, seldom humorous or sarcastic, and in manner\\nrather awkward.\\nAlthough Mr. Barry s educational advantages were\\nso limited, he was a life-long student. He mastered\\nboth ancient and modern languages, and acquired a\\nthorough knowledge of history. No man owed less\\nto political intrigue as a means of gaining posi-\\ntion. He was a true statesman, and gained public es-\\nteem by his solid worth. His political connections\\nwere always with the Democratic party, and his opin-\\nions were usually extreme.\\nMr. Barry retired to private life after the beginning\\nof the ascendency of the Republican party, and car-\\nried on his mercantile business at Constantine. He\\ndied Jan. 14, 1870, his wife s death having occurred a\\nyear previous, March 30, 1869. They left no children.\\nvS\\nK/\\nJ^^^!^^\\n.O^L\\n^na^nDn\\n^u:^\\nSS\u00c2\u00bbf^", "height": "2866", "width": "2206", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph09chic_0110.jp2"}, "111": {"fulltext": "", "height": "2866", "width": "2206", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph09chic_0111.jp2"}, "112": {"fulltext": "jUjv\\ni^f\\nM^Z^Jhc/_", "height": "2866", "width": "2206", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph09chic_0112.jp2"}, "113": {"fulltext": "(9\\ne! -M\\nJrt^ VF ^/i^\\n-6V IllJgtinv j^C^fe:\\nGC VERNORS OF MICHIGAN.\\n^:^lS\\nLPHEUS FELCH, the third\\nGovernor of Michigan, was\\nborn in Limerick, Maine, Sep-\\ntember 28, 1806. His grand-\\nfather, Abijah Felch, was a sol-\\ndier in the Revolution and\\nwhen a young man, having with\\nothers obtained a grant of land be-\\ntween the Great and Little Ossipee\\nRivers, in Maine, moved to that re-\\ngion when it was yet a wilderness.\\nThe father of Mr. Felch 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, subsequently, entered Bowdoin\\nCollege, graduated with the class of 1827. He at\\nonce began the study of law and was admitted to\\npractice at Bangor, Me., in 1830.\\nHe began the practice of his profession at Houlton,\\nMe., where he remained until 1833. The severity\\nof the climate impaired his health, never very good,\\nand he found it necessary to seek a change of climate.\\nHe dis[X)sed of his library and started to seek\\na new home. His intention was to join his friend,\\nSargent S. Prentiss, at Vicksburg, Miss., but on his\\narrival at Cincinnati, Mr. Felch was attacked by\\ncholera, and when he had recovered sufficiently to\\npermit of his traveling, found that the danger of the\\ndisease was too great to permit a journey down the\\nriver. He therefore determined to come to Michi-\\ngan. He first began to practice in this State at Mon-\\nroe, where he continued until 1843, when he removed\\nto Ann Arbor. He was elected to the State Legisla-\\nture in 1835, and continued a member of that body\\nduring the years 1836 and 1837. While he held this\\noffice, the general banking law of the State was enact-\\ned, and went into operation. After mature delibera-\\ntion, he became convinced that the proposed system\\nof banking could not prove beneficial to the public\\ninterests and that, instead of relieving the people\\nfrom the pecuniary difficulties under which they were\\nlaboring, it would result in still further embarrass-\\nment. He, therefore, opposed the bill, and pointed\\nout to the House the disasters which, in his opinion,\\nwere sure to follow its passage. The public mind,\\nhowever, was so favorably impressed by the measure\\nthat no other member, in either branch of the Legisla-\\nture, raised a dissenting voice, and but two voted with\\nhim in opposition to the bill. Early in 1838, he was\\nappointed one of the Bank Commissioners of the\\nState, and held that office for more than a year. Dur-\\ning this time, the new banking law had given birth to\\nthat numerous progeny known as wild-cat banks.\\nAlmost every village had its bank. The country was\\nflooded with depressed wild-cat money. The ex-\\naminations of the Bank Commissioners brought to\\nlight frauds at every point, which were fearlessly re-\\n9\\ni", "height": "2866", "width": "2206", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph09chic_0113.jp2"}, "114": {"fulltext": "ALPHEUS FELCH.\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0^iJ^S^S\\n\u00e2\u0080\u00a2Sv\\ni\\nESC\\nported to the Legislature, and were followed by crim-\\ninal prosecutions of the guilty parties, and the closing\\nof many of their institutions. The duties of the of-\\nfice were most laborious, and in 1839 Mr. Felch re-\\nsigned. The chartered right of almost every bank\\nhad, in the meantime, beeii declared forfeited and\\nthe law repealed. It was subsequently decided to\\nbe constitutional by the Supreme Court of the State.\\nIn the year 1S42 Governor Felch was appointed\\nto the office of Auditor General of the State but\\nafter holding the office only a few weeks, was com-\\nmissioned by the Governor as one of the Judges of the\\nSupreme Court, to fill a vacancy caused by the resig-\\nnation of Judge Fletcher. In January, 1843, he was\\nelected to the United States Senate for an unexpired\\nterm. In 1845 he was elected Governor of Michigan,\\nand entered upon his duties at the commencement of\\nthe next year. In 1847 he was elected a Senator\\nin Congress for six years and at once retired from\\nthe office of Governor, by resignation, which took\\neffect March 4, 1847, when his Senatorial term com-\\nmenced. While a member of the Senate he acted on\\nthe Committee on Public Lands, and for four years\\nwas its Chairman. He filled the honorable position\\nof Senator with becoming dignity, and with great\\ncredit to the State of Michigan.\\nDuring Governor Felch s administration the two\\nrailroads belonging to the State were sold to private\\ncorporations, the Central for $2,000,000, and the\\nSouthern for $500,000. The exports of the State\\namounted in 1846 to 114,647,608. The total capacity\\nof vessels enrolled in the collection district at Detroit\\nwas 26,928 tons, the steam vessels having 8,400 and\\nthe sailing vessels 18,528 tons, the whole giving em-\\nployment to 18,000 seamen. In 1847, there were 39\\ncounties in the State, containing 435 townships and\\n275 of these townships were supplied with good libra-\\nries, containing an aggregate of 37,000 volumes.\\nAt the close of his Senatorial term, in March, 1853,\\nMr. Felch was appointed, by President Pierce, one of\\nthe Commissioners to adjust and settle the Spanish\\nand Mexican land claims in California, under the\\ntreaty of Gaudalupe Hidalgo, and an act of Congress\\npassed for that purpose. He went to California in\\nMay, 1853, and was made President of the Commis-\\nsion. The duties of this office were of the most im-\\nportant and delicate character. The interest of the\\nnew State, and the fortunes of many of its citizens,\\nboth the native Mexican population and the recent\\nAmerican immigration the right of the Pueblos to\\ntheir common lands, and of the Catholic Church to\\nthe lands of the Missions, the most valuable of the\\nState, wereinvolved in the adjudications of this Com-\\nmission.- In March, 1856, their labors were brought\\nto a close by the final disposition of all the claims\\nwhich were presented. The record of their proceed-\\nings, the testimony which was given in each case,\\nand the decision of the Commissioners thereon,\\nconsisting of some forty large volumes, was deposited\\nin the Department of the Interior at Washington.\\nIn June of that year. Governor Felch returned to\\nAnn Arbor, where he has since been engaged princi-\\npally in legal business. Since his return he has\\nbeen nominated for Governor and also for U. S. Sen-\\nator, and twice for Judge of the Supreme Court. But\\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 e,xception of a tour in Europe,\\nin 1875 has since led a life of retirement at his home\\nin Ann Arbor. In 1877 the University of Michigan\\nconferred upon him the degree of LL. D. For\\nmany years he was one of the Regents of Michigan\\nUniversity, and in the spring of 1879 was appointed\\nTappan Professor of Law in the same. Mr. Felch is\\nthe oldest surviving member of the Legislature from\\nMonroe Co., the oldest and only surviving Bank Com-\\nmissioner of the State, the oldest surviving Auditor\\nGeneral of the State, the oldest surviving Governor of\\nthe State, the oldest surviving Judge of the Supreme\\nCourt of Michigan, and the oldest surviving LTnited\\nStates Senator from the State of Michigan.\\nca:\\n(D\\n^m\\nS\\nrTr\u00c2\u00ab^^Ot \u00c2\u00bb)j^,|IJjK\\n-^^DO^DIIv^^", "height": "2866", "width": "2206", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph09chic_0114.jp2"}, "115": {"fulltext": "", "height": "2866", "width": "2206", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph09chic_0115.jp2"}, "116": {"fulltext": "", "height": "2866", "width": "2206", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph09chic_0116.jp2"}, "117": {"fulltext": "(ig*\\nGOVERNORS.\\nJl/,\\n5i? 11*1/ W B\\nILLIAM L. GREENLY\\n^Governor of Michigan for the\\nyear 1847, was born at Hamil-\\nton, Madison Co., N. Y., Sept.\\n1 8, 1 8 1 3. He graduated at Un-\\nWl ion College, Schenectady, in\\n1831, studied law and was ad-\\nmitted to the bar in 1834. In\\n1836, having removed to Michi-\\ngan, he settled in Adrian, where\\nhe has since resided. The year\\nfollowing his arrival in Michigan\\nhe was elected State Senator and\\nserved in that capacity until 1839.\\nIn 1845 he was elected Lieut. Gov-\\nernor and became acting Governor\\nby the resignation of Gov. Felch,\\nwho was elected to the United\\nStates Senate.\\nThe war with Mexico was brought\\nto a successful termination during Gov. Greenly s\\nadministration. We regret to say that there are only\\nfew records extant of the action of Michigan troops\\nin the Mexican war. That many went there and\\nfought well are points conceded but their names and\\nnativity are hidden away in United States archives\\nand where it is almost impossible to find them\\nThe soldiers of this State deserve much of the\\ncredit of the memorable achievements of Co. K, 3d\\nDragoons, and Cos. A, E, and G of the U. S. Inf\\nThe two former of these companies, recruited in this\\nState, were reduced to one-third their original num-\\nber.\\n0)\\nIn May, 1846, the Governor of Michigan was noti- W\\nfied by the War Department of the United States to\\nenroll a regiment of volunteers, to be held in readi-\\nness for service whenever demanded. At his sum-\\nmons 13 independent volunteer companies, 11 of\\ninfantry and two of cavalry, at oflce fell into line. Of\\nthe infantry four companies were from Detroit, bear-\\ning the honored names of Montgomery, Lafayette,\\nScott and Brady upon their banners. Of the re-\\nmainder Monroe tendered two, Lenawee County three,\\nSt. Clair, Berrien and Hillsdale each one, and Wayne\\nCounty an additional company. Of these alone the\\nveteran Bradys were accepted and ordered into ser-\\nvice. In addition to them ten companies, making the\\nFirst Regiment of Michigan Volunteers, springing\\nfrom various parts of the State, but embodying to a\\ngreat degree the material of which the first volunteers\\nwas formed, were not called for until October follow-\\ning. This regiment was soon in readiness and pro-\\nceeded by orders from Government to the seat of war.", "height": "2866", "width": "2206", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph09chic_0117.jp2"}, "118": {"fulltext": "3\u00c2\u00ab^\\nr^ v^WmU f^r\\n\u00e2\u0080\u00a2rr\\n-4?t^((sV#g|\\nyj\\n^5\\ni\\n4)\\n/Si\\ni))\u00c2\u00ab^#\\n\u00c2\u00a799-\\n^^rA gtl^Il(lf^ ^rl", "height": "2866", "width": "2206", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph09chic_0118.jp2"}, "119": {"fulltext": "", "height": "2866", "width": "2206", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph09chic_0119.jp2"}, "120": {"fulltext": "-t;^^;\\n%;l", "height": "2866", "width": "2206", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph09chic_0120.jp2"}, "121": {"fulltext": "5J\u00c2\u00abt^N cnr ^[lIJ^|iIlv r-6 \u00e2\u0096\u00a0:isf^^\\nGO VERNORS.\\nEP^PPODITUS PIJSOEQ.\\neS^\\nV^\\nHE HON. EPAPHRODI-\\nTUS RANSOM, the Seventh\\nGovernor of Michigan, was a\\nnative of Massachusetts. In\\nthat State he received a col-\\nlegiate education, studied law,\\nand was admitted to the bar.\\nRemoving to Michigan about\\nthe time of its admission to the\\nUnion, he took up his residence\\nat Kalamazoo.\\nMr. Ransom served with marked\\nability for a number of years in the\\nState Legislature, and in 1837 he was appointed As-\\nsociate Justice of the Supreme Court. In 1843 he\\nwas promoted to Chief Justice, which office he re-\\ntained until 1845, when he resigned.\\nShortly afterwards he became deeply interested in\\nthe building of plank roads in the western portion of\\nthe State, and in this business lost the greater portion\\nof the property which he had accumulated by years\\nof toil and industry.\\nMr. Ransom became Governor of the State of\\nMichigan in the fall of 1847, and served during one\\nterm, performing the duties of the office in a truly\\nstatesmanlike manner. He subsequently became\\nPresident of the Michigan Agricultural Society, in\\nwhich position he displayed the same ability that\\nshone forth so prominently in his acts as Governor.\\nHe held the office of Regent of the Michigan Univer-\\nsity several times, and ever advocated a liberal policy\\nin its management.\\nSubsequently he was appointed receiver of the\\nland office in one of the districts in Kansas, by Pres-\\nident Buchanan, to which State he had removed, and\\nwhere he died before the expiration of his term of\\noffice.\\nWe sum up the events and affairs of the State un-\\nder Gov. Ransom s administration as follows The\\nAsylum for the Insane was establised, as also the\\nAsylum for the Deaf, Dumb and Blind. Both of\\nthese institutes were liberally endowed with lands,\\nand each of them placed in charge of a board of five\\ntrustees. The appropriation in 1849 for the deaf and\\ndumb and blind amounted to $81,500. On the first\\nof March, 1848, the first telegraph line was com-\\npleted from New York to Detroit, and the first dis-\\npatch transmitted on that day. The following figures\\nshow the progress in agriculture The land reported\\nas under cultivation in 1S48 was 1,437,460 acres; of\\nwheat there were produced 4,749,300 bushels; other\\ngrains, 8,197,767 bushels; wool, 1,645,756 pounds;\\nmaple sugar, 1,774,369 pounds; horses, 52,305 cat-\\ntle, 210,268; swine, 152,541; sheep, 610,534; while\\nthe flour mills numbered 228, and the lumber mills\\namounted to 730. 1847, an act was passed removing\\nthe Legislature from Detroit to Lansing, and tempo-\\nrary buildings for the use of the Legislature were im-\\nmediately erected, at a cost of $12,450.", "height": "2866", "width": "2206", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph09chic_0121.jp2"}, "122": {"fulltext": "\u00e2\u0096\u00a0^^V ^Iin^DDi^\\nTT\\n\u00c2\u00a3*;*a^\\nI\\ni\\nr\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00ba^9\u00c2\u00bb-\\n.^^^jr: @;,^;tltirA:]lIi; i^9\\n^^^C", "height": "2866", "width": "2206", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph09chic_0122.jp2"}, "123": {"fulltext": "", "height": "2866", "width": "2206", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph09chic_0123.jp2"}, "124": {"fulltext": "JW\\n\u00e2\u0080\u00a2i^\\nJ*\\n^?=^*-*^^^r:::", "height": "2866", "width": "2206", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph09chic_0124.jp2"}, "125": {"fulltext": "\u00c2\u00bb)^tl^\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0^VC I1I1\u00c2\u00a7III1^\\nGOVERNORS OF MICHIGAN.\\n129\\n3i(^\\ni^^ S^^^\\nj.v r# w**^f\u00c2\u00a5 r*T\u00c2\u00a5 TW\\n^t ^^!^-.t,.t...t\u00e2\u0080\u009e.t..t.,.t..t^Vt..tv.t^A.A.t-AA^^\\nOBERT McClelland,\\nGovernor of Michigan from\\nJan. 1, 1852, to March 8,1853,\\nwas born at Greencastle, Frank-\\nHn 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 Pinladelphia, and\\npracticed his profession successfully\\nuntil six months before his death, at\\nthe age of 84 years. Although Mr.\\nMcClelland s family had been in good circum-\\nstances, when he was 17 years old he was thrown\\nupon his own resources. After taking the usual pre-\\nliminary studies, and teaching school to obtain the\\nmeans, he entered Dickinson College, at Carlisle,\\nPenn., from which he graduated among the first in\\nhis class, in 1829. He then resumed teaching, and\\nhaving completed the course of study for the legal\\nprofession, was admitted to the bar at Chambersburg,\\nPenn., in 1831. Soon aflenvard he removed to the\\ncity of Pittsburgh, where he practiced for almost a\\nyear.\\nthe Territory of Michigan, where, after a severe ex-\\namination, he became a member of the bar of Michi-\\ngan, and engaged in practice with bright prospect of\\nsuccess. In 1835, a convention was called to frame\\na constitution for the proposed State of Michigan, of\\nwhich Mr. McClelland was elected a member. He\\ntook a prominent part in its deliberations and ranked\\namong its ablest debaters. He was appointed the\\nfirst Bank Commissioner of the State, by Gov. Mason,\\nand received an offer of the Attorney Generalship, but\\ndeclined both of these offices in order to attend to his\\nprofessional duties.\\nIn 1838, Mr. McClelland was elected to the State\\nLegislature, in which he soon became distinguished\\nas the head of several important committees. Speaker\\npro tempore, and as an active, zealous and efficient\\nmember. In 1840, Gen. Harrison, as a candidate for\\nthe Presidency, swept the country with an overwhelm-\\ning majority, and at the same time the State of Michi-\\ngan was carried by the Whigs under the popular cry\\nof Woodbridge and reform against the Democratic\\nparty. At this time Mr. McClelland stood among the\\nacknowledged leaders of the latter organization was\\nelected a member of the State House of Representa-\\ntives, and with others adopted a plan to regain a lost\\nauthority and prestige.\\nThis party soon came again into power in the State,\\nand having been returned to the State Legislature Mr.\\nMcClelland s leadership was acknowledged by his\\nelection as Speaker of the House of Representatives\\nIn 1833, Mr. McClelland removed to Monroe, in\\nI\\nC\\n-4^^", "height": "2866", "width": "2206", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph09chic_0125.jp2"}, "126": {"fulltext": "p.\\n130\\nTSSiiCS^\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a07\\n4^nii:^iiD^\\nv\\nROBERT McClelland,\\nin 1843. Down to this time Michigan had consti-\\ntuted one congressional district. The late Hon. Jacob\\nM. Howard had been elected against Hon. Alpheus\\nFelch by a strong majority but, in 1 843, so thoroughly\\nhad the Democratic 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-\\ntion in Congress among the veterans of that body\\nDuring his first term he was placed on Committee on\\nCommerce, and organized and carried through what\\nwere known as the Harbor bills. The continued\\nconfidence of his constituency was manifested in his\\nelection to the 29th Congress. At the opening of this\\nsession he had acquired a National reputation, and so\\nfavorably was he known as a parlimentarian that his\\nname was mentioned for Speaker of the House of Rep-\\nresentatives. He declined the offer in favor of J. W.\\nDavis, of Indiana, who was elected. During this term\\nhe became Chairman of Committee on Commerce, in\\nwhich position his reports and advocacy of important\\nmeasures at once attracted public attention. The\\nmembers of this committee, as an evidence of the es-\\nteem in which they held his services and of their\\npersonal regard for him, presented him with a cane\\nwhich he retains as a souvenir of the donors, and of\\nhis labors in Congress.\\nIn 1847, Mr, McClelland was re-elected to Con-\\ngress, and at the opening of the 30th Congress be-\\ncame a member of the Committee on Foreign Rela-\\ntions. While acting in this capacity, what was known\\nas the French Spoliation Bill came under his spe-\\ncial charge, and his management of the same was such\\nas to command universal approbation. While in\\nCongress, Mn McClelland was an advocate of the\\nright of petition as maintained by John Q. Adams,\\nwhen the petition, was clothed in decorous language\\nand presented in the proper manner. This he re-\\ngarded as the citizens constitutional right which should\\nnot be impaired by any doctrines of temporary expe-\\ndiency. He also voted for the adoption of Mr. Gid-\\ndings s bill for the abolishing of slavery in the District\\nof Columbia. Mr. McClelland was one of the few\\nDemocrats associated with David Wilmot, of Penn-\\nsylvania, in bringing forward the celebrated Wilmot\\nProviso, with a view to prevent further extension of\\nslavery in new territorj which might be acquired by\\nthe United States. He and Mr. Wilmot were to-\\ngether at the time in Washington, and on intimate\\nand confidential terms. Mr. McClelland was in sev-\\neral National conventions and in the Baltimore con-\\nvention, which nominated Gen. Cass for President,\\nin 1848, doing valiant service that year for the elec-\\ntion of that distinguished statesman. On leaving\\nCongress, in 1848, Mr. McClelland returned to the\\npractice of his profession at Monroe. In 1850 a\\nconvention of the State of Michigan was called to\\nrevise the State constitution. He was elected a\\nmember and was regarded therein as among the ablest\\nand most experienced leaders. His clear judgment\\nand wise moderation were conspicuous, both in the\\ncommittee room and on the floor, in debate. In 1850,\\nhe was President of the Democratic State convention\\nwhich adopted resolutions in support of Henry Clay s\\nfamous compromise measures, of which Mr. AlcClel-\\nland was a strong advocate. He was a member of\\nthe Democratic National convention in 1852, and in\\nthat year; in company with Gen^ Cass and Governor\\nFelch) he made a thorough canvass of the State.\\nHe continued earnestly to advocate the Clay com-\\npromise measures, and took an active part in the\\ncanvass which resulted in the election of Gen. Pierce\\nto the Presidency.\\nIn 1851, 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\\nGovernor, and in the fall of 1852 was re-elected for\\na term of two years, from Jan. i, 1853. His admin-\\nistration was regarded as wise, prudent and concilia-\\ntory, and was as popular as could be expected at a\\ntime 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. McClelland become known as a statesman that on\\nthe organization of thecabinet by President Pierce, in\\nMarch, 1S53, he was made Secretary of the Interior, in\\nwhich capacity he served most creditably during four\\nyears of the Pierce administration. He thoroughly\\nre-organized his department and reduced the expend-\\nitures. He adopted a course with the Indians which\\nrelieved them from the impositions and annoyances\\nof the traders, and produced harmony and civilization\\namong them. During his administration there was\\nneither complaint from the tribes nor corruption among\\nagents, and he left the department in perfect order\\nand system. In 1867, Michigan again called a con-\\nvention to revise the State constitution. ]\\\\Ir. McClel-\\nland was a member and here again his long experi-\\nence made him conspicuous as a prudent adviser, a\\nsagacious parliamentary leader. As a lawyer he was\\nterse and pointed in argument, clear, candid and im-\\npressive in his addresses to the jury. His sincerity\\nand earnestness, with which was occasionally mingled\\na pleasant humor, made him an able and effective\\nadvocate. In speaking before the people on political\\nsubjects he was especially forcible and happy. In\\n1870 he made the tour of Europe, which, through his\\nextensive personal acquaintance with European dip-\\nlomates, he was enabled to enjoy much more than\\nmost travelers.\\nMr. McClelland married, in 1837, Miss Sarah\\nE. Sabin, of Williamstown, Mass. They have had\\nsix children, two of whom now survive.\\nvi\\nm^y^^\\n^mM\\\\ii\\n.isl^f^^", "height": "2866", "width": "2206", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph09chic_0126.jp2"}, "127": {"fulltext": "", "height": "2866", "width": "2206", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph09chic_0127.jp2"}, "128": {"fulltext": "/-^-2L-t^^.", "height": "2866", "width": "2206", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph09chic_0128.jp2"}, "129": {"fulltext": "i\\ni\\nGO VERNORS OF MICHIGAN.\\nNDREW PARSONS, Gover-\\nnor of Michigan from March\\n8, 1853 to Jan. 3, 1855, was\\nborn in the town of Hoosick,\\na 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,\\n|Mass., Oct. 2, 1782, and who was the\\nson of Andrew Parsons, a Revolutionary\\nsoldier, who was the son of Phineas\\nParsons, the son of Samuel Parsons,\\na descendant of Walter Parsons, born\\nin Ireland in 1290.\\nOf this name and family, some one hundred and\\nthirty years ago. Bishop Gilson remarked in his edi-\\ntion of Camden s Britannia: The honorable family\\nof Parsons have been advanced to the dignity of\\nViscounts and more lately Earls of Ross.\\nThe following are descendants of these families\\nSir John Parsons, born i48i,was Mayor of Hereford;\\nRobert Parsons, born in 1546, lived near Bridgewater,\\nEngland. He was educated at Ballial College, Ox-\\nford, and was a noted writer and defender of the\\nRomish faith. He established an English College at\\nRome and another at Valladolia. Frances Parsons,\\nborn in T556, was Vicar of Rothwell, in Notingham;\\nBartholomew Parsons, born in 1618, was another\\nnoted member of the family. In 1634, Thomas Parsons\\nwas knighted by Charles i. Joseph and Benjamin,\\nbrothers, were born in Great Torrington, England,\\nand accompanied their father and others to New\\nEngland about 1630. Samuel Parsons, born at Salis-\\nbury, Mass., in 1707, graduated at Harvard College in\\n1730, ordained at Rye, N. H.,Nov. 3, 1736, married\\nMary Jones, daughter of Samuel Jones, of Boston,\\nOct. 9, 1739, died Jan. 4, 1789, at the age of 82, in\\nthe 53rd year of his ministry. The grandfather of Mary\\nJones was Capt. John Adams, of Boston, grandson\\nof Henry, of Braintree, who was among the first set-\\ntlers of Massachusetts, and from whom a numerous\\nrace of the name are descended, including two Presi-\\ndents of the United States. The Parsons have be-\\ncome very numerous and are found throughout New\\nEngland, and many of the descedants are scattered\\nin all parts of the United States, and especially in\\nthe Middle and Western States. Governor Andrew\\nParsons came to Michigan in 1835, at the age of 17\\nyears, and spent the first summer at Lower Ann\\nArbor, where for a few months he taught school which\\nhe was compelled to abandon from ill health.\\nHe was one of the large number of men of sterling\\nwor*, who came from the East to Michigan when it\\nwas an infant State, or, even prior to its assuming\\nthe dignity of a State, and who, by their wisdom,\\nenterprise and energy, have developed its wonderful\\nnatural resources, until to-day it ranks with the proud-\\nest States of the Union. These brave men came to\\nMichigan with nothing to aid them in the conquest\\nof the wilderness save courageous hearts and strong\\nand willing hands. They gloriously 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.\\neA ^Ilfl^", "height": "2866", "width": "2206", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph09chic_0129.jp2"}, "130": {"fulltext": "^vciimsiiii^^T^\\n^i^^\\nANDREW PARSONS.\\n,0\\nIn the fall of 1835, he explored the Grand River\\nValley in a fraii 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-\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0wasseCounty,then with Qinton 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 185 1, and\\nLieutenant Governor, and became acting Governor,\\nin 1853, elected again to the Legislature in 1854, and,\\novercome by debilitated health, hard labor and the\\nresponsibilities of his office and cares of his business,\\nretired to his farm, where he died soon after.\\nHe was a fluent and persuasive speaker and well\\ncalculated to make friends of his acquantances. He\\nvi was 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 wferds.\\nIn other places the resolutions were of a demanding\\nnature, while in others they were threatening beyond\\nmeasure. Fearing that all these influences might\\n(g fail to induce him to call the e.xtra session, a large\\nsum of money was sent him, and liberal offers ten-\\ndered him if he would gratify the railroad interest of\\nthe State and call the extra 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\\nY,\\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 honesty of purpose. He at all times\\nsought to perform his duties in strict accordance,\\nwith the dictates of his conscience, and the behests\\nof his oath. The following eulogium from a politcal op-\\nponent is just in its conception and creditable to its\\nauthor: Gov. Parsons was a politician of the Dem-\\nocratic school, a man of pure moral character, fixed\\nand exemplary habits, and entirely blameless in every\\npublic and private relation of life. As a politician he\\nwas candid, frank and free from bitterness, as an ex-\\necutive officer firm, constant and reliable. The\\nhighest conrmendations we can pay the deceased is\\nto give his just record, that of being an honest man.\\nIn the spring of 1854, during the administration of\\nGovernor Parsons, the Republican party, at least\\nas a State organization, was first formed in the United\\nStates under the oaks at Jackson, by anti-slavery\\nmen of both the old parties. Great excitement pre-\\nvailed at this time, occasioned by the settling of\\nKansas, and the issue thereby brought up, whether\\nslavery should exist there. For the purpose of permit-\\nting slavery there, the Missouri compromise (which\\nlimited slavery to the south of 36\u00c2\u00b0 30 was re-\\nrepealed, under the leadership of Stephen A, Douglas.\\nThis was repealed by a bill admitting Kansas and\\nNebraska into the Union, as Territories, and those who\\nwere opposed to this repeal measure were in short\\ncalled anti-Nebraska men. The epithets, Ne-\\nbraska and anti-Nebraska, were temporally em-\\nployed to designate the slavery and anti-slavery\\nparties, pending the desolution of the old Democratic\\nand Whig parties and the organization of the new\\nDemocratic and Republican parties of the present.\\nd", "height": "2866", "width": "2206", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph09chic_0130.jp2"}, "131": {"fulltext": "", "height": "2866", "width": "2206", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph09chic_0131.jp2"}, "132": {"fulltext": "", "height": "2866", "width": "2206", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph09chic_0132.jp2"}, "133": {"fulltext": "i\\nS3C\\n6\\nGO VERNORS OF MICHIGAN.\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0:2\u00c2\u00ab\u00c2\u00aby%c-\\ns =s\u00c2\u00ab^\\na KiNBLKY BiNQHAM. M\\nINSLEY S. BINGHAM,\\nGovernor of Michigan from\\n1855 to 1859, and United\\nStates Senator, was born in\\nCamillus, Onondaga County,\\nN. Y., Dec. 16, 1808. His\\nfather was a farmer, and his own\\nearly life was consequently de-\\nvoted to agricultural pursuits, but\\nnotwithstanding the disadvan-\\ntages related to the acquisition\\ny of knowledge in the life of a farmer\\nhe managed to secure a good aca-\\ndemic education in his native State\\nand studied law in the office of\\nGen. James R. Lawrence, now of\\nSyracuse, N. Y. In the spring of\\n1833, he married an estimable lady\\nwho had recently arrived from Scot-\\nland, and obeying the impulse of a\\nnaturally enterprising disposition,\\nhe emigrated to Michigan and\\npurchased a new farm in company\\nwith his brother-in-law, Mr. Robert\\nWorden, in Green Oak, Livingston County. Here, on\\nthe border of civilization, buried in the primeval for-\\nest, our late student commenced the arduous task of\\npreparing a future home, clearing and fencing, put-\\nting up buildings, etc., at such a rate that the land\\nEH\\nV)\\n^^^^M. WiO C^\\nchosen was soon reduced to a high state of cultivation.\\nBecoming deservedly prominent, Mr. Bingham was\\nelected to the office of Justice of the Peace and Post-\\nmaster under the Territorial government, and was the\\nfirst Probate Judge in the county. In the year 1S36,\\nwhen Michiga:i 1 ecame a State, he was elected to the\\nfirst Legislature. He was four times re-elected, and\\nSpeaker of the House of Representatives three years.\\nIn 1846 he was elected on the Democratic ticket, Reii-\\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 ast Iron\\nPlow which he completely prevented. He was re-\\nelected to Congress in 1848, during which time he\\nstrongly opposed the extension of slavery in the\\nterritory of the United States and was committed to\\nand voted for the AVilmot 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\\nadministrition, 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 ^i\\nCongress and took an active part in the stormy cam-\\npaign in the election of Abraham Lincoln. He wit-", "height": "2866", "width": "2206", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph09chic_0133.jp2"}, "134": {"fulltext": "138\\nK ^:7V^?Iiai^DDv yi\\nrr\\nKINSLEY S. BINGHAM.\\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-\\nhe activity he was attacked with apijoplexy and died\\nsuddenly at his residence, in Green Oak, Oct. 5, 1861.\\nThe most noticable event in Governor Bingham s\\nfirst term was the completion of the ship canal, at the\\nFalls of St. Mary. In 1852, Angust 26, an act of\\nCongress was approved, granting to the State of Mich-\\nigan seven hundred and fifty thousand acres of land\\nfor the purpose of constructing a ship canal between\\nLakes Huron and Superior. In 1853, the 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-\\nprising men was formed, and a contract was entered\\ninto by which it was arranged that the canal should\\nbe finished m 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\\nI length of the canal is less than one mile, its width one\\nhundred feet, depth twelve feet and it has two locks\\nof solid masonary. In May, 1SS5, the work was com-\\npleted, accepted by the commissioners, and formally\\ndelivered to the State authorities.\\nThe disbursements on account of the construction\\nof the canal and selecting the lands amounted to one\\nmillion of dollars while the lands which were as-\\nsigned to the company, and selected through the\\nagency at the Sault, as well as certain lands in the\\nUpper and Lower Peninsulas, filled to an acre the\\nGovernment grant. The opening of the canal was\\nan important event in the history of the improvement\\nof the State. It was a valuable link in the chain of\\nlake commerce, and particularly important to the\\ninterests of the Upper Peninsula.\\nThere were several educational, charitable and re-\\nformatory institutions inaugurated and opened during\\nGov. Bingham s administrations. The Michigan Ag-\\nncultural College owes its establishment to a provision\\nof the State Constitution of 1850. Article 13 says,\\nThe Legislature shall, as soon as practicable, prol\\nvide for the establishment of an agricultural school.\\nFor the purpose of carying into practice this provision,\\nlegislation was commenced in 1855, and the act re-\\nquired that the school should be within ten miles of\\nLansing, and that not more than $15 an acre should\\nbe paid for the farm and college grounds. The col-\\nlege was opened to students in May, 1857, the first of\\nexisdng argricultural colleges in the United States\\nUntil the spring of i86i,it was under the control\\nof the State Board of Education; .since that time it\\nhas been under the management of the State Board\\n-^sts^^jjTi\u00e2\u0080\u0094 -a_A^^\\nof Agriculture, which was created for that purpose.\\nIn Its essential features, of combining study and\\nlabor, and of uniting general and professional studies\\nin Its course, the college has remained virtually un-\\nchanged from the first. It has a steady grow th in\\nnumber of students, in means of illustration and\\nefficiency of instruction.\\nThe Agricultural College is three miles east of\\nLansing, comprising several fine buildings and there\\nare also very beautiful, substantial residences for the\\nprofessors. There are also an extensive, well-filled\\ngreen-house, a very large and well-equipped chemical\\nlaboratory, one of the most scientific apiaries in the\\nUnited States, a general museum, a meseum of me-\\nchanical inventions, another of vegetable products,\\nextensive barns, piggeries, etc., etc., in fine trim for\\nthe purposes designed. The farm consists of 676\\nacres, of which about 300 are under cultivation in a\\nsystematic rotarion of crops.\\nAdrian College was established by the Wesleyan\\nMethodists in 1859, now under the control of the\\nMethodist Church. The grounds contain about 20\\nacres. There are four buildings, capable of accom-\\nmodating about 225 students. Attendance in 1875\\nwas 179; total number of graduates for previous year,\\n121 ten professors and teachers are employed. Ex-\\nclusive of the endowment fund ($80,000), the assets\\nof the institution, including grounds, buildings, furni-\\nture, apparatus, musical instruments, outlying lands,\\netc., amount to more than $137,000.\\nHillsdale College was established in 1855 t le\\nFree Baptists. The Michigan Central College, at\\nSpring Arbor, was incorporated in 1845 It was kept\\nin operation until it was merged into the present\\nHillsdale College. The site comprises 25 acres,\\nbeautifully situated on an eminence in the western\\npart of the city of Hillsdale. The large and impos-\\ning building first erected was nearly destroyed by fire\\n111 1874, and in its place five buildings of a more\\nmodern style have been erected. They are of brick,\\nthree stories with basement, arranged on three sides\\nof a quadrangle. The size is, respectively, 80 by 80.\\n48 by 72, 48 by 72, 80 by 60,52 by 72, and thev con-\\ntain one-half more room than the original building.\\nThe State Reform School. This was established\\nat Lansing in 1855, in the northeastern portion of the\\ncity, as the House of Correction for Juvenile Of-\\nfenders, having about it many of the features of a\\nprison. In 1859 the name was changed to the State\\nReform School. The government and dicipline, have\\nundergone many and radical changes, until all the\\nprison features have been removed except those that\\nremain in the walls of the original structure, and\\nwhich remain only as monuments of instructive his-\\ntory. No bolts, bars or guards are employed. The\\ninmates are necessarily kept under the surveillance of\\nofficers, but the attempts at escape are much fewer\\nthan under the more rigid regime of former days\\nv|)\\nX=I\\n^3i^", "height": "2866", "width": "2206", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph09chic_0134.jp2"}, "135": {"fulltext": "", "height": "2866", "width": "2206", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph09chic_0135.jp2"}, "136": {"fulltext": "\u00e2\u0096\u00a0m\\nm\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0h\\n(^c)-e^ ^^^^L^^,^.", "height": "2866", "width": "2206", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph09chic_0136.jp2"}, "137": {"fulltext": "l^ /^)^\u00c2\u00ab^ll^-\\n-^iiii.^;jilis\\nGO VERNORS OF MICHIGAN.\\n141\\ntg;\\n^7s\\nI\\n^l^^\\nB^ msis\\n*!iS\\n1\\nr -jg\\nr^\u00c2\u00ae\\nv/i\\nte\\ni\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0ttV\\ni\\nOSES WISNER, Governor of\\nMichigan from 1859 to 1861,\\nwas born in Springport, Cayu-\\nga Co., N Y., June 3, 1815.\\nHis early education was only\\nZ what could be obtained at a\\nDcommon school. Agricultural labor\\nand frugality of his parents gave\\nhim a physical constitution of unus-\\nual strength and endurance, which\\n(was ever preserved by temperate hab-\\nits. In 1837 he emigrated to Michi-\\nK^ gan and purchased a farm in Lapeer\\nCounty It was new land and he at\\nonce set to work to clear it and plant\\ncrops. He labored diligently at his\\ntask for two years, when he gave up\\nthe idea of being a farmer, and removed to Pontiac,\\nOakland Co. Here he commenced the study of law\\nin the office of his brother, George W. Wisner, and\\nRufus Hosmer. In 1841 he was admitted to the bar\\nand established himself in his new vocation at the\\nvillage of Lapeer. While there he was apppointed\\nby Gov. Woodbridge Prosecuting Attorney for that\\ncounty, in which capacity he acquitted himself well\\nand gave promise of that eminence he afterward at-\\ntained in the profession. He remained at Lapeer but\\na short time, removing to Pontiac, where he became\\na member of a firm and entered fully upon the\\npractice.\\nIn politics he was like his talented brother, a Whig\\nof the Henry Clay stamp, but with a decided anti-\\nslaverybias. His practice becoming extensive, he\\nr\\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 /N\\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 pointed 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 first formal Republican Conven-\\ntion held in the United States. At this meeting the\\nname Republican was adopted as a designation of\\nthe new party consisting of Anti-slavery, Whigs,\\nLiberty men. Free Soil Democrats and all others op- iy\\nposed to the extension of slavery and favorable to its\\nexpulsion from the Territories and the District of\\nColumbia. At this convention Mr. W. was urged to\\naccept the nomination for Attorney General of the\\niin-", "height": "2866", "width": "2206", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph09chic_0137.jp2"}, "138": {"fulltext": ":255|^^i^\\n142\\nMOSES WISNER.\\n^^^^m^\u00c2\u00ae\\\\m\\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 before quiet\\ncould be secured to the country. In the Presidential\\ncanvass of 1856 he supported the Fremont, or Re-\\npublican, ticket. At the session of the Legislature of\\n1857 he was a candidate for United States Senator,\\nand as such received a very handsome support.\\nIn 1858, he was nominated for Governor of the\\nState by the Republican convention that met at De-\\ntroit, and at the subsequent November election was\\nchosen by a very large majority. Before the day of\\nthe election he had addressed the people of almost\\nevery county and his majority was greater even than\\nthat of his popular predecessor, Hon. K. S. Bingham.\\nHe served as Governor two years, from Jan. i, 1859,\\nto Jan. I, 1861. His first message to the Legislature\\nwas an able and statesman-like production, and was\\nread with usual favor. It showed that he was awake\\nto all the interests of the State and set forth an en-\\nlightened State policy, that had its view of the rapid\\nsettlement of our uncultivated lands and the devel-\\nopment of our immense agricultural and mineral re-\\nsources. It was a document that reflected the highest\\ncredit upon the author.\\nHis term having expired Jan. i, 1861, he returned\\nto his home in Pontiac, and to the practice of his\\nprofession. There were those in the State who\\ncounselled the sending of delegates to the peace con-\\nference at Washington, but Mr. W. was opposed to all\\nsuch temporizing expedients. His counsel was to\\nsend no delegate, but to prepare to fight.\\nAfter Congress had met and passed the necessary\\nlegislation he resolv ed to take part in the war. In\\nthe spring and summer of 1862 he set to work to\\nraise a regiment of infantry, chiefly in Oakland\\nCounty, where he resided. His regiment, the 2 2d\\nMichigan, was armed and equipped and ready to\\nmarch in September, a regiment whose solid quali-\\nties were afterwards proven on many a bloody field.\\nCol. W s. commission bore the date of Sept. 8, 1862.\\nBefore parting with his family he made his will. His\\nregiment was sent to Kentucky and quartered at\\nCamp Wallace. He had at the breaking out of the\\nwar turned his attention to military studies and be-\\ncame proficient in the ordinary rules and discipline.\\nHis entire attention was now devoted to his duties.\\nHis treatment of his men was kind, though his disci-\\npline was rigid. He possessed in an eminent degree\\nthe spirit of command, and had he lived he would\\nno doubt have distinguished himself as a good\\nofficer. He was impatient of delay and chafed at\\nbeing kept in Kentucky where there was so little\\nprospect of getting at the enemy. But life in camp,\\nso different from the one he had been leading, and\\nhis incessant labors, coupled with that impatience\\nwhich was so natural and so general among the vol-\\nunteers in the early 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\\nliand of friendship could bestow was rendered him.\\nIn the delirious wanderings of his mind he was dis-\\nciplining his men and urging them to be prepared for\\nan encounter with the enemy, enlarging upon the jus-\\ntice of their cause and the necessity of their crush-\\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 the efiemy it would cover itself with glory, a\\ndistinction it afterward obtained, but not until Col. W.\\nwas no more. The malady baffled all medical treat-\\nment, and on the 5th day of Jan., 1863, he breathed\\nhis last. His remains were removed to Michigan and\\ninterred in the cemetery at Pontiac, where they rest\\nby the side of the brave Gen. Richardson, who re-\\nceived his mortal wound at the battle of Antietam.\\nCol. W. was no adventurer, although he was doubtless\\nambitious of military renown and would have striven\\nfor it with characteristic energy. He went to the war\\nto defend and uphold the principles he had so much\\nat heart. Few men were more familiar than he with\\nthe causes and the underlying principles that led to\\nthe contest. He left a wife, who was a daughter of\\nGen. C. C. Hascall, of Flint, and four children to\\nmourn his loss. Toward them he ever showed the\\ntenderest regard. Next to his duty their love and\\nwelfare engrossed his thoughts. He was kind, gen-\\nerous and brave, and like thousands of others he\\nsleeps the sleep of the martyr for his cotintry.\\nc\\nSi/\\nr", "height": "2866", "width": "2206", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph09chic_0138.jp2"}, "139": {"fulltext": "", "height": "2866", "width": "2206", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph09chic_0139.jp2"}, "140": {"fulltext": "", "height": "2866", "width": "2206", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph09chic_0140.jp2"}, "141": {"fulltext": "^^c-\\n^VC B tlS H Qy^^r^^^^ :2^\u00e2\u0082\u00ac\u00c2\u00bbs: -#^^\u00c2\u00aevS\\nGOVERNORS OF MICHIGAN.\\nUS\\n\\\\^J .yi-,^^\\n\u00c2\u00a35*-i_v^fisa:^^\\nt:-:-.\\n\u00e2\u0080\u00a2K-^\\n_.\u00e2\u0080\u00a2\\nmUSTIM BI*i\u00c2\u00a3IK.\\n;=St\u00e2\u0080\u0094 ir^^ P^\\nUSTIN BLAIR, Governor\\nof Michigan from Jan. 2,\\n1861, to Jan. 4, 1865, and\\nkown as the War Governor, is\\nand illustration of the benifi-\\ncent influence of republican in-\\nstitutions, having inherited neith-\\ner fortune nor fame. He was born\\nin a log 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 1809, and felled the trees and erected the\\nfirst cabin in the county. The last 60 of the four-\\nscore years of his life were spent on that spot. He\\nmarried Rhoda Beackman, who now sleeps with him\\nin the soil of the old homestead. The first 17 years\\nof Mr. Blair s life were spent there, rendering his\\nfather what aid he could upon the farm. He then\\nspent a year and a half in Cazenovia Seminary pre-\\nparing for college entered Hamilton College, in\\nClinton, prosecuted his studies until the middle of\\nthe junior year, when, attracted by the fame of Dr.\\nNott, he changed to Union College, from which he\\ngraduated in the class of 1839. Upon leaving col-\\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 1S42, 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\\nRepresentative to the Legislature in 1845, at which\\nsession, as a member of the Judiciary Committee, he\\nrendered valuable service in the revision of the gen-\\neral statutes also made an able support in favor of\\nabolishing the color distinction in relation to the elec-\\ntive franchise, and at the same session was active in\\nsecuring the abolition of capital punishment. In 1848\\nMr. Blair refused longer to affiliate with the Whig\\nparty, because of its refusial to endorse in convention\\nany anti-slavery sentiment. He joined the Free-soil\\nmovement, and was a delegate to their convention\\nwhich nominated Van Buren for President that year.\\nUpon the birth of the Republican party at Jackson,\\nin 1854, by the coalition of the Whig and Free-soil\\nelements, Mr. Blair was in full sympathy with the\\nmovement, and acted as a member of the Committee\\non Platform. He was elected Prosecuting Attorney\\nof Jackson 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-\\nm\\nA-o-\\n-Sn^^", "height": "2866", "width": "2206", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph09chic_0141.jp2"}, "142": {"fulltext": "^ifs\u00c2\u00ae\\n146\\n4\\n/?s\\nI\\nmentous and stormy period of the Nation s life. Gov.\\n(^J Blair possessed a clear comprehension of the perilous\\nsituation from the inception of the Rebellion, and his\\nJ inaugural address foreshadowed the prompt executive\\ny policy 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 struggle cast its\\nshadow over the Nation. Governor Blair, in his mes-\\nsage to the Legislature in January of that year, dwelt\\nvery forcibly upon the sad prospects of civil war; and\\nas forcibly pledged the State to support the principles\\nof the Republic. After a review of the conditions\\nv\u00c2\u00bb of 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\\nf her 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\\nj of the past, they will not renounce the equally glo-\\n.j rious hopes of the future. But they will rally around\\ni the standards of the Nation and defend its integrity\\nJ^ and its constitution, with fidelity. The final para-\\nVi graph being:\\nI recommend you at an early day to make mani-\\nT imy.wh\\nV\\nli-^^,.:--\\nAUSTIN BLAIR.\\nI^\\\\\u00c2\u00ae^^^ ^^^4^-\\nj=-^\\nfest to the gentlemen who represent this State in the\\ntwo Houses of Congress, and to the country, that\\nMichigan is loyal to the Union, the Constitution, and\\nthe laws and will defend them to the uttermost and\\nto proffer to the President of the United States, the\\nwhole military power of the State for that purpose.\\nOh, for the firm, steady hand of a Washington, or a\\nJackson, to guide the ship of State in this perilous\\nstorm Let us hope that we will find him on the 4th\\nof March. Meantime, let us abide in the faith of our\\nfathers Liberty and Union, one and inseparable,\\nnow and forever.\\nHow this stirring appeal was responded to by the\\npeople of Michigan will be seen by the statement\\nthat the State furnished 88,1 11 men during the war.\\nMoney, men, clothing and food were freely and abun-\\ndantly supplied by this State during all these years of\\ndarkness and blood shed. No State won a brighter\\nrecord for her devotion to our country than the Pen-\\ninsula State, and to Gov. Blair, more than to any\\nother individual is due the credit for its untiring zeal\\nand labors in the Nation s behalf, and for the heroism\\nmanifested in its defense.\\nGov. Blair was elected Representative to the\\nFortieth Congress, and twice re-elected, to the Forty-\\nfirst and Forty-second Congress, from the Third Dis-\\ntrict of Michigan. While a member of that body he\\nwas a strong supporter of reconstruction measures,\\nand sternly opposed every form of repudiation. His\\nspeech upon the national finances, delivered on the\\nfloor of the House March 21, 1868, was a clear and\\nconvincing argument. Since his retiretnent from Con-\\ngress, Mr. Blair has been busily occupied with his ex-\\ntensive law practice. Mr. Blair married Sarah L.\\nFord, of Seneca County N. Y., in February, T849.\\nTheir family consists of 4 sons George H., a law\\npartner of A. J. Gould Charles A., a law partner with\\nhir father, and Fred. J. and Austin T. Blair, at home.\\nGovernor Blair s religion is of the broad type, and\\ncenters in the Golden Rule. In 1883, Gov. Blair\\nwas nominated for Justice of the Supreme Court\\nof the State by the Republican party, but was defeated.\\nVL", "height": "2866", "width": "2206", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph09chic_0142.jp2"}, "143": {"fulltext": "", "height": "2866", "width": "2206", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph09chic_0143.jp2"}, "144": {"fulltext": "I\\n^-?#?i ^5:si^r\\nA,^^\\ns^^^\\ny C^^ M ^aJz", "height": "2866", "width": "2206", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph09chic_0144.jp2"}, "145": {"fulltext": "V ^I1I]^DI1^ T^\\nGO VERNORS OF MICHIGAN.\\nV^\\n.ir^\\n\u00c2\u00ael\\nr^\\n0\\nif\\n^1\\n1\\nf^\\nsr-\\nLviri^J\\n-x?\\nA\\nENRY HOWLAND CRAPO,\\nGovernor of Michigan from\\n1865 to 1869, was born May\\n24, 1804, at Dartmouth, Bris-\\ntol Co., Mass., and died at\\nFlint, Mich., July 22, 1869.\\nwas the eldest son of Jesse\\nand Phoebe (Howland) Crape.\\nHis father was of French descent\\nand was very poor, sustaining his\\nfamily by the cultivation of a farm in\\nDartmouth township, which yielded\\nnothing beyond a mere livelihood.\\nHis early life was consequently one\\nof toil and devoid of advantages for\\nintellectual culture, but his desire for\\nan education seemed to know no bounds. The in-\\ncessant toil for a mere subsistence upon a compara-\\ntively sterile farm, had no charm for him and, longing\\nfor greater usefulness and better things, he looked for\\nthem in an education. His struggles to secure this\\nend necessitated sacrifices and hardships that would\\nhave discouraged any but the most courageous aud\\npersevering. He became an ardent student and\\nworker from his boyhood, though the means of carry-\\ning on his studies were e.xceedingly limited. He\\nsorely felt the need of a dictionary; and, neither having\\nmoney wherewith to purchase it, nor being able to\\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 Ijooks, which came into his hands, 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 library\\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 quite 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 appointment. To do\\nthis was no small task. The law required a rigid\\nexamination in various subjects, which necessitated\\ndays and nights of study. One evening, after con-\\ncluding his day s labor of teaching, he traveled on foot\\nto New Bedford, some seven or eight miles, called\\nupon the preceptor of Friend s Academy and passed\\nVi^\\nr\\nJ\\n\u00c2\u00ae^^^t\\n-1.\\n-D!ir^:niii\\n^4s-.5^@", "height": "2866", "width": "2206", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph09chic_0145.jp2"}, "146": {"fulltext": "45X\\niiii\u00c2\u00a7iinf^\\nis\u00c2\u00ab\\nHENRY HOWLAND CRAPO.\\niJ^f\\na severe examination. Receiving a certificate that\\nhe was qualified, he walked back to his home the\\nsame night, highly elated in being possessed of the\\nacquirements and requirements of a master of the\\nhigh school.\\nIn 1832, at the age of 28 years, he left his native\\ntown and went to reside at New Bedford, where he\\nfollowed the occupation of land surveyor, and oc-\\ncasionally acted as an auctioneer. Soon after becom-\\ning a citizen of this place, he was elected Town Clerk,\\nTreasurer, and Collector of taxes, which office he held\\nuntil the municipal government was changed, about\\nfifteen years, when, upon the inauguration of the city\\ngovernment, he was elected Treasurer and Collector\\nof taxes, a position which he held two or three years.\\nHe was also Justice of the Peace for many years.\\nHe was elected Alderman of New Bedford; was\\nChairman of Council Committee on Education, and\\nas such prepared a report upon which was based the\\norder for the establishment of llie free Public Library\\nof New Bedford. On its organization, Mr. Crapo was\\nchosen a member of the Board of Trustees. This\\nwastlie first free public library in Massachusetts, if\\nnot in the worid. 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, wliich he filled with almost every\\ndescription of fruit and ornamental trees, shrubs,\\nflowers, etc. this he was very successful and took\\ngreat pride. He was a regular contributorto the New\\nEngland Horticultural Journal, a position he filled\\nas long as he lived in Massachusetts. As an indica-\\ntion of the wide reputation he acquired in that field\\nof labor, it may be mentioned that after his death an\\naffecting eulogy to liis 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 barque built at Dart-\\nmouth, of which he was part owner, was named tlie\\nH. H. Crapo in compliment to him.\\nMr. C. also took part in the State Militia, and for\\nseveral years held a commission as Colonel of one of\\nthe regiments. He was President of the Bristol\\nCounty Mutual Fire Insurance Co., and Secretary of\\nthe Bedford Commercial Insurance Company in New\\nBedford; and while an officer of the municipal gov-\\nernmenthecompiled and published, between the years\\n1836 and 1845, five numbers of the New Bedford\\nDirectory, the first work of the kind ever published\\nthere.\\nMr. C. removed to Michigan in r856, having been\\ninduced to do so by investments made principally m\\npine lands, first in 1837 and subsequently in 1856.\\nHe took up his residence in the city of Flint, and en-\\ngaged largely in the manufacture and sale of lumber\\nat Flint, Fentonville, Holly and Detroit, becoming\\none of the largest and most successful business men\\nof the State. He was mainly instrumental in the\\nconstruction of the Flint Holly R. R., and was\\nPresident of that corporation imlil its consolidation\\nwith the Flint Pere Marquette R. R. Company.\\nHe was elected Mayor of that city after he had been\\na resident of the place only five or six years. In\\n1862 he was elected State Senator. In the fall of\\n1864 he received the nomination on the Republican\\nticket for Governor of the State, and was elected by a\\nlarge majority. He was re-elected in 1866, holding\\nthe office two terms, and retiring in January, 1869,\\nhaving given tlie greatest satisfaction to all parties.\\nWhile serving his last term he was attacked with a\\ndisease which terminated his life within one year\\nafterwards. During much of this time he was an in-\\ntense sufferer, yet often while in great pain gave his\\nattention to public matters. A few weeks previous\\nto his death a successful surgical operation was per-\\nformed which seemed rapidly to restore him, but he\\noverestimated his strength, and by too much exertion\\nin business matters and State affairs suffered arelapse\\nfrom which there was no rebound, and he died July\\nli, 1869.\\nIn the early part of his life. Gov. Crapo affiliated\\nwith the Whig party in politics, but became an active\\nmember of the Republican party after its organization.\\nHe was a member of the Christian (sometimes called\\nthe Disciples Church, and took great interest in its\\nwelfare and prosperity.\\nMr. C. married, June 9, 1825, Mary A. Slocum,\\nof Dartmouth. His marriage took place soon after\\nhe had attained his majority, and before his struggles\\nwith fortune had been rewarded with any great meas-\\nure of success. But his wife was a woman of great\\nstrength of character and possessed of courage, hope-\\nfulness and devotion, qualities which sustained and\\nencouraged her husband in the various pursuits of\\nhis early years. For several years after his marriage\\nhe was engaged in teaching school, his wife living\\nwith her parents at the time, at whose home his two\\nolder children were born. While thus situated he\\nwas accustomed to walk home on Saturday to see\\nhis family, returning on Sunday in order to be ready\\nfor school Monday morning. As the walk for a good\\npart of the time was 20 miles each way, it is evident\\nthat at that period of his life no common obstacles\\ndeterred him from performing what he regarded\\nas a duty. His wife was none the less consci-\\nentious in her sphere, and with added responsibilities\\nand increasing requirements she labored faithfully\\nin the perfomiance of all her duties. They had\\nten children, one son and nine daughters. His son,\\nHon, Wm. W. Crapo, of New Bedford, is now an\\nhonored Representative to Congress from the First\\nCongressional District of Massachusetts.\\nVto)\\n^5\\nnn-\u00c2\u00bb", "height": "2866", "width": "2206", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph09chic_0146.jp2"}, "147": {"fulltext": "", "height": "2866", "width": "2206", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph09chic_0147.jp2"}, "148": {"fulltext": "4\\n^^tT-^^^ ty: o^iPci^/;^^", "height": "2866", "width": "2206", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph09chic_0148.jp2"}, "149": {"fulltext": "GO VKRNORS OF MICHIGAN.\\n(9^\\nI\\nl^\\n;j\\nENRY p. BALDWIN, Gov-\\nernor of Michigan from Jan.\\n4, 1869, to Jan. I, 1873, is a\\nlineal descendant of Nathan-\\n3* iel Baldwin, a Puritan, of Buck-\\nV: inghamshire, England, who set-\\ntled at Milford, Conn., in 1639.\\nHis father was John Baldwin,\\na graduate of Dartmouth Col-\\nlege. He died at North Provi-\\ndence, R. I., in 1826. His\\npaternal grandfather was Rev.\\nMoses Baldwin, a graduate of\\nPrinceton College, in 1757, and the\\nfirst who received collegiate hon-\\nors at that ancient and honored institution. He died\\nat Parma, Mass., in 1813, where for more than 50\\nyears he had been pastor of the Presbyterian Church.\\nOn his mother s side Governor B. is descended from\\nRobert Williams, also a Puritan, who settled in Rox-\\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 pastor of the Congregationalist\\nChurch. The subject of this sketch was born at\\nCoventry, R. I., Feb. 22, 1814. He received a New\\nEngland common-school education until the age of\\n12 years, when, both his parents having died, he be-\\ncame a clerk in a mercantile establishment. He re-\\nmained there, employing his 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 he established a mercantile\\nhouse which has been successfully conducted until\\nthe present time. Although he successfully conducted\\na large business, he has ever taken a deep interest in\\nall things affecting the prosperity of the city and\\nState of his adoprion. He was for several years a\\nDirector and President of the Detroit Young Men s\\nSociety, an institution with a large library designed\\nfor the benefit of young men and citizens generally.\\nAn Episcopalian in religious belief, he has been\\nprominent in home matters connected with that de-\\nnomination. The large and flourishing parish of St.\\nJohn, Detroit, originated with Governor Baldwin, who\\ngave the lot on which the parish edifice stands, and\\nalso contributed the larger share of the cost of their\\nerection. Governor B. was one of the foremost in\\nthe establishment of St. Luke s Hospital, and has\\nalways been a liberal contributor to moral and relig-\\nious enterprises whether connected with his own\\nChurch or not. There have been, in fact, but few-\\npublic and social improvements of Detroit during the\\npast 40 years with which Governor B. s name is not\\nin some way connected. He was a director in the\\nMichigan State Bank until the expiration of its char-\\nter, and has been President of the Second National\\nBank since its organization.\\nIn 1S60, Mr. Baldwin was elected to the State\\nSenate, of Michigan during the years of i86i- 2 he\\nwas made Chairman of the Finance Committee, a\\nmember of Committee on Banks and Incorporations,\\nChairman of the Select Joint Committee of the two\\nHouses for the investigation of the Treasury Depart-\\nment and the official acts of the Treasurer, and of\\nthe letting of the contract for the improvement of\\nSault St. Marie Ship Canal. He was first elected\\nGovernor in 1868 and was re-elected in 1870, serving\\nfrom 1S69 to 1872, inclusive. It is no undeserved\\neulogy to say that Governor B. s happy faculty of es-\\ntimating the necessary means to an end the knowing\\nof how much effort or attention to bestow upon the\\nthing in hand, has been the secret of the uniform\\ni\\nI\\n(p)\\nf^#.\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0%7\\n^\\\\imm", "height": "2866", "width": "2206", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph09chic_0149.jp2"}, "150": {"fulltext": "m\\n154\\nJIEJVJ? V p. BALD WIN.\\niS,\\nV\\n/7S\\nV\\n1\\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. The law of 1S69, and prior also, permitting\\nmunicipalities to vote aid toward the construc-\\ntion of railroads was, in 1870, declared imconstitu-\\ntional by the Supreme Court. Many of the munici-\\npalities having in the meantime issued and sold their\\nbonds in good faith. Governor B. felt that the honor\\nand credit of the State were in jeopardy. His sense\\nof justice impelled him to call an extra session of the\\nLegislature to propose the submission to the people a\\nconstitutional amendment, authorizing the payment\\nof such bonds as were already in the hands of io/ia-\\nfide holders. In his special message he says The\\ncredit of no State stands liigher than that of Michigan,\\nand the people can not afford, and I trust will not\\nconsent, to have her good name tarnished by the repu-\\ndiation of either legal or moral obligations. A spe-\\ncial session was called in March, 1872, principally for\\nthe division of the State into congressional districts.\\nA number of other important suggestions were made,\\nhowever, ard as an evidence of the Governor s la-\\nborious and thoughtful care for the financial condition\\nof the State, a series of tables was prepared and sub-\\nmitted by him showing, in detail, estimates of receipts,\\nexpenditures and appropriations for the years 1872 to\\n1878, inclusive. Memorable of Governor B. s admin-\\nistration were the devastating fires which swept over\\nmany portions of the Northwest in the fall of 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$700,000 having been received in money and supplies\\nfor the relief of Michigan alone. So ample were\\nthese contributions during the short period of about\\n3 months, that the Governor issued a proclamation\\nexpressing in behalf of the people of the State grate-\\nful acknowldgment, and announcing that further\\naid was unnecessary.\\nGovernor B. has traveled extensively in his own\\ncountry and has also made several visits to Europe\\nand other portions of the Old World. He was a pas-\\nsenger on the Steamer Arill, which was captured and\\nbonded in the Carribean Sea, in December, 1862, by\\nCapt. Semmes, and wrote a full and interesting ac-\\ncount of the transaction. The following estimate of\\nGovernor B. on his retirement from office, by a leading\\nnewspaper, is not overdrawn: The 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 e-xecutive chair of this State, but in\\npainstaking vigilance, in stern good sense, in genuine\\npublic spirit, in thorough integrity and in practical\\ncapacity, Henry P. Baldwin has shown himself to be\\nthe peer of any or all of them. The State has been un-\\nusually prosperous during his two terms, and the State\\nadministration has fully 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,\\nI", "height": "2866", "width": "2206", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph09chic_0150.jp2"}, "151": {"fulltext": "", "height": "2866", "width": "2206", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph09chic_0151.jp2"}, "152": {"fulltext": "m\\ni\u00c2\u00ab** Ju. i^\\n.i^^^^\\nI\\n-ri ..\u00c2\u00abit.^-*? ^.^r?, _\u00e2\u0096\u00a0,,", "height": "2866", "width": "2206", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph09chic_0152.jp2"}, "153": {"fulltext": "^?Iji]^IiD^^vr7 s4J^\\nGO VERNORS OF MICHIGAN.\\n157\\n1;\\n^^^^^^^^S^^^^^^\\nV\\n(.0\\nOHN JUDSON BAGLEY,\\nGovernor of Michigan from\\n1873 to 1877, was born in\\nMedina, Orleans Co., N. Y.,\\nJuly 24, 1832. His father, John\\nBagley, was a native of New\\nHampshire, his mother, Mary M.\\nBagley, of Connecticut. He at-\\ntended the district school of Lock-\\nport, N. Y., until he was eight years\\nold, at which time his father moved\\nto Constantine, Mich., and he at-\\ntended the common schools of that\\nvillage. His early experience was\\nlike that of many country boys whose\\nparents removed from Eastern States\\nto the newer portion of the West.\\nHis father being in very poor circum-\\nI 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-\\ntjjvj) moved toOwosso, Mich.,and he again\\n1 engaged as clerk in a store. From\\nearly youth Mr. B. was extravagantly fond of reading\\nand devoted every leisure moment to the perusal of\\nsuch books, papers and periodicals as came within\\nhis reach. In 1847, he removed to Detroit, where he\\nsecured employment in a tobacco manufactory and\\nremained in this position for about five years.\\nIn 1853, he began business for himself in theman-\\nufacturingof tobacco. His establishment has become\\nV\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0^T^^I\\nL^:\\none of the largest of the kind in the West. Mr. B.\\nhas also been greatly interested in other manufactur-\\ning enterprises, as well as in mining, banking and in-\\nsurance corporations. He was President of the\\nDetroit Safe Company for several years. He was one\\nof the organizers of the Michigan Mutual Life Insur-\\nance Company of Detroit, and was its President from\\n1867 to 1872. He was a director of the Amer-\\nican National Bank for many years, and a stock-\\nholder and director in various other corporations.\\nMr. B. was a member of the Board of Education two\\nyears, and of the Detroit Common Council the same jf\\nlength of time. In 1865 he was appointed by Gover-\\nnor Crapo one of the first commissioners of the\\nMetropolitian police force of the city of Detroit, serv-\\ning six years. In November, 1872, he was elected\\nGovernor of Michigan, and two years later was re-\\nelected to the same office, retiring in January, 1877.\\nHe was an active worker in the Republican party, and\\nfor many years was Chairman of the Republican\\nState Central committee.\\nGovernor Bagley was quite liberal in his religious\\nviews and was an attendant of the Unitarian Church.\\nHe aimed to be able to hear and consider any new\\nthought, from whatever source it may 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 ^aith or de-\\nnomination. He was married at Dubuque, Iowa, Jan.\\n16, 1855, to Frances E. Newberry, daughter of Rev.\\nSamuel Newberry, a pioneer missionary of Michigan,\\nwho took an active part in the early educational mat-\\nters of the State and in the establishment of its ex-\\ncellent system of education. It was principally\\ni^^f", "height": "2866", "width": "2206", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph09chic_0153.jp2"}, "154": {"fulltext": "r^^K ^^V^ntl li D^ ir\\nV\\n158\\nJOHN J. BAGLEY.\\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 upon the public good will\\nand making the general change which has manifested\\nitself in many scattered primary districts. Among\\nothers were an almost complete revolution in the\\nmanagement of the penal and charitable institutions\\nof the State; the passage of the liquor-tax law, taking\\nthe place of the dead letter of prohibition; the estab-\\nlishing of the system of dealing with juvenile oftend-\\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 histoiy of\\nMichigan a systematized organization upon a service-\\nable footing. It was upon the suggestion of Gov. B.\\nin the earlier part of his administration that the law\\ncreating the State Board of Health, and also the law\\ncreating a fish commission in the inland waters of the\\nState, were passed, both of which have proved of great\\nbenefit to the State. The successful representation\\nof Michigan at the Centennial Exhibition is also an\\nhonorable part of the record of Gov. B. s adminis-\\ntration.\\nAs Governor, he felt that he represented the State\\nnot in a narrow, egotistical way, but in the same\\nsense that a faithful, trusted, confidential agent rep-\\nresents his employer, and as the Executive of the\\nState he was her attorney in fact. And his intelli-\\ngent, thoughtful care will long continue the pride of\\nthe people he so much loved. He was ambitious\\nambitious for place and power, as every noble mind\\nis ambitious, because these give opportunity. How-\\never strong the mind and powerful the will, if there\\nbe no ambition, life is a failure. He was not blind to\\nthe fact that the more we have the more is required\\nof us. He accepted it in its fullest meaning. He\\nhad great hopes for his State and his country. He had\\nhis ideas of what they should be. With a heart as\\nbroad as humanity itself; with an intelligent, able and\\ncultured brain, the will and the power to do, he\\nasked his fellow citizen to give him the opportunity to\\nlabor for them. Self entered not into the calculation.\\ng9\u00c2\u00bb-\\n^tK^uh\\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 I have this. This expressed his idea\\nof charity, that the giving should at all times be free\\nand spontaneous.\\nDuring his leasure hours from early life, and espe-\\ncially during the last few years, he devoted much time\\nto becoming acquainted with the best authors. Biog-\\nraphy was his delight; the last he read was the Life\\nand Woik of John Adams, in ten volumes.\\nIn all questions of business or public affairs he\\nseemed to have the power of getting at the kernel of\\nthe nut in the least possible time. In reading he\\nwould spend scarcely more time with a volume than\\nmost persons would devote to a chapter. After what\\nseemed a cursory glance, he would have all of value\\nthe book contained. Rarely do we see a business\\nman so familiar with the best English authors. He\\nwas a generous and intelligent patron of the arts, and\\nhis elegant home was a study and a pleasure\\nto his many friends, who always found there a\\nhearty welcome. At Christmas time he would 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.\\ni\\no\\nV)", "height": "2866", "width": "2206", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph09chic_0154.jp2"}, "155": {"fulltext": "", "height": "2866", "width": "2206", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph09chic_0155.jp2"}, "156": {"fulltext": "waB tf%\\n(Fl\u00c2\u00abl W\u00c2\u00abj, cWfcy\\nM^uk, %i.\\nA^V^AA/ttCj", "height": "2866", "width": "2206", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph09chic_0156.jp2"}, "157": {"fulltext": "M CHARLES^\\n^y^\\nii 7.i\\nc^\\nf\\nHARLES M. CROSWELL,\\n^^^Governor of Michigan from\\nJan. 3, 1877 to Jan. i, i88r,\\nwas born at Newburg, Orange\\nCounty, N. Y., Oct. 31, 1825.\\nHe is the only son of John and\\nSalHe (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\\n1837, emigrated with him to Adrain, Michigan. At\\nsixteen years of age, he commenced to learn the car-\\npenter s trade, and worked at it very diligently for\\nfour years, maintaining himself, and devoting his spare\\ntime to reading and the acquirement of knowledge.\\nIn 1846, he began the study of law, and was ap-\\npointed Deputy Clerk of Lenawee County. The du-\\nties of this office he performed four years, when he\\nwas elected Register of Deeds, and was re-elected\\nin 1852. In 1854, he took part in the first movements\\nfor the formation of the Republican party, and was a\\nmember and Secretary of the convetion held at Jack-\\nson in that year, which put in the field the first Re-\\npublican State ticket in Michigan. In 1855, he\\nformed a law 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 represent Lenawee County in the State\\nSenate. He was re-elected to the Senate in 1864,\\nand again in 1866, during each term filling the posi-\\ntions above mentioned. Among various reports made\\nby him, one adverse to the re-establishment of the\\ndeath penalty, and another against a proposition to\\npay the salaries of State officers and judges in coin,\\nwhich then commanded a very large premium, may\\nbe mentioned. He also drafted the act ratifying the\\nThirteenth Amendment to the Federal Constitution,\\nfor the abolishment of slavery, it being the first\\namendment to the instrument ratified by Michigan.\\nIn 1863, from his seat in the State Senate, he de-\\nlivered an elaborate speech in favor of the Proclama-\\n9\\ni", "height": "2866", "width": "2206", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph09chic_0157.jp2"}, "158": {"fulltext": "162\\nT2l4^5Kr\\nTCtllIl ^litlr-\\nrr\\nCHARLES M. CRO SWELL.\\nt\\ni\\\\\\ntion of Emancipation issued by President Lincoln,\\nand of his general policy in the prosecution of the\\nwar. This, at the request of his Republican associ-\\nates, was afterwards published. In 1867, he was\\nelected a member of the Constitutional Convention,\\nand chosen its presiding officer. This convention\\nwas composed of an able body of men and though,\\nin the general distrust of constitutional changes\\nwhich for some years had been taking possession of\\nthe people, their labors were not accepted by the pop-\\nular vote, it was always conceded that the constitu-\\ntion 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,\\nand the fairness of his rulings were freely and form-\\nally acknowledged by his associates and he was pre-\\nsented with a superb collection of their portraits\\nhandsomely framed. He was, also, for several years,\\nSecretary of the State Board for the general supervis-\\nion of the charitable and penal institutions of Michi-\\ngan in which position, his propositions for the amel-\\nioration of the condition of the unfortunate, and the\\nreformation of the criminal classes, signalize the be-\\nnevolence of his nature, and the practical character\\nof his mind.\\nIn 1876, the general voice of the Republicans of\\nthe State indicted Mr. Croswell as their choice for\\nGovernor; and, at the State Convention of the party\\nin August of the same year, he was put in nomination\\nby acclamation, without the formality of a ballot. At\\nthe election in November following, he was chosen to\\nthe high position for which he had been nominated,\\nby a very large majority over all opposing candidates.\\nHis inaugural message was received with general\\nfavor; and his career as Governor was marked with\\nthe same qualities of head and heart that have ever\\ndistinguished him, both as a citizen and statesman.\\nGovernor Groswell has always prepared his ad-\\ndresses with care and, as his diction is terse, clear,\\nand strong, without e.xcess of ornament, and his de-\\nlivery impressive, he is a popular speaker; and many\\nof his speeches have attracted favorable comment in\\nthe public prints, and have a permanent value. He\\nhas always manifested a deep interest in educational\\nmatters, and was for years a member and Secretary of\\nthe Board of Education of Adrain. At the formal\\nopening of the Central School building in that city,\\non the 24th day of April, 1869, he gave, in a public\\naddress, an Historical Sketch of the Adrian Public\\nSchools.\\nIn his private life, Governor Croswell has been as\\nexemplary as in his public career he has been suc-\\ncessful and useful. In February, 1852, he was mar-\\nried to a daughter of Morton Eddy, Lucy M. Eddy,\\na lady of many amiable and sunny qualities. She\\nsuddenly died, March 19, 1868, leaving two daugh-\\nters and a son. Governor Croswell is not a member\\nof any religious body, but generally attends the Pres-\\nbyterian Church. He pursues the profession of law,\\nbut of late has been occupied mainly in the care of his\\nown interests, and the quiet duties of advice in\\nbusiness difficulties, for which his unfailing pru-\\ndence and sound judgment eminently fit him. Gov-\\nernor Croswell is truly popular, not only with those of\\nlike political faith with himself, but with those who\\ndiffer from him in this regard.\\nDuring Gov. Croswell s administration the public\\ndebt was greatly reduced a policy adopted requiring\\nthe State institutions to keep within the limit of ap-\\npropriations; laws enacted to provide more effectually\\nfor the punishment of corruption and bribrery in elec-\\ntions; the State House of Correction at Ionia and the\\nEastern Asylum for the Insane at Pontiac were opened,\\nand the new capital at Lansing was completed and\\noccupied. The first act of his second term was to pre-\\nside at the dedication of this building. The great riot\\nat Jackson occured during his administration, and it\\nwas only bv his promptness that great distraction of\\nboth life and property was prevented at that time.", "height": "2866", "width": "2206", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph09chic_0158.jp2"}, "159": {"fulltext": "", "height": "2866", "width": "2206", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph09chic_0159.jp2"}, "160": {"fulltext": "", "height": "2866", "width": "2206", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph09chic_0160.jp2"}, "161": {"fulltext": "DAVID H. JEROME, Gover-\\nrknor of from Jan. i, 1881, to\\nW Jan. I, 1883, was born at De-\\ntroit, Mich., Nov. 17, 1829.\\n^^J^^W ^ft\u00c2\u00a9;\u00c2\u00ae His 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 acquisition of the funda-\\nmental branches of learning he displayed a precocity\\nand an application which won for him the admiration\\nof his teachers, and always placed him at the head\\nfof his classes. In the meantime he did chores on\\nthe farm, and was always ready with a cheerful heart\\nand willing hand to assist his widowed mother. The\\nheavy labor of the farm was carried on by his two\\n(9^\\nolder brothers, Timothy and George, and when 13\\nyears of age David received his mother s permission to\\nattend school at the St. Clair Academy. While attend-\\ning there he lived with Marcus H. Miles, now de-\\nceased, doing chores for his board, and the following\\nwinter performed the same service for James Ogden,\\nalso deceased. The next summer Mrs. Jerome\\nmoved into the village of St. Clair, for the purpose of\\ncontinuing her son in school. While attending said\\nacademy one of his associate students was Sena-\\ntor Thomas W. Palmer, of Detroit, a rival candidate\\nbefore the gubernatorial convention in 1880. He\\ncompleted his education in the fall of his i6th year,\\nand the following winter assisted his brother Timothy\\nin hauling logs in the pine woods. The next summer\\nhe rafted logs down the St. Clair River to Algonac.\\nIn 1847, M. H. Miles being Clerk in St. Clair Coun-\\nty, and Volney A. Ripley Register of Deeds, David\\nH. Jerome was appointed Deputy to each, remaining\\nas such during 1848-49, and receiving much praise\\nfrom his employers and the people in general for the\\nability displayed in the discharge of his duties. He\\nspent his summer vacation at clerical work on board\\nthe lake vessels.\\nIn 1849-50, he abandoned office work, and for the\\nproper development of his physical system spent\\nseveral months hauling logs. In the spring of 1B50,\\nhis brother Tiff and himself chartered the steamer\\nChautauqua, and Young Dave became her mas-\\nter. A portion of the season the boat was engaged\\nin the passenger and freight traffic between Port\\nHuron and Detroit, but during the latter part was\\nused as a tow boat. At that time there was a serious\\nobstruction to navigation, known as the St. Clair\\nFlats, between Lakes Huron and Erie, over which\\n9\\n-^llllSIIII Va", "height": "2866", "width": "2206", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph09chic_0161.jp2"}, "162": {"fulltext": "o\\nZ*^ r/Z\u00c2\u00bb Zr. JEROME.\\nvessels could carry only about 10,000 bushels of grain.\\nMr. Jerome conceived the idea of towing vessels\\nfrom one lake to the other, and put his plan into\\noperation. Through the influence of practical men,\\namong them the subject of this sketch, Congress\\nremoved 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 propeller 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-\\n^E mained there during the summer, and located the\\n^X Live 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 County,\\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 1S55 the brothers bought Black-\\nmer Eaton s hardware and general supply stores,\\nat Saginaw, and David H. assumed the management\\nof the business. From 1855 to 1S73 he was also e.\\\\-\\ntensively engaged in lumbering operations.\\nSoon after locating at Saginaw he was nominated\\nfor Alderman against Stewart B. Williams, a rising\\nyoung man, of strong Democratic principles. The\\nward was largely Democratic, but Mr. Jerome was\\nelected by a handsome majority. When the Repub-\\nlican party was born at Jackson, Mich., David H.\\nJerome was, though not a delegate to the convention,\\none of its charter members. In 1862, he was com-\\nmissioned by Gov. Austin Blair to raise one of the\\nsix regiments apportioned to the State of Michigan.\\nMr. Jerome immediately went to work and held\\nmeetings at various points. The zeal and enthusiasm\\ndisplayed by this advocate of the Union awakened a\\nfeeling of patriotic interest in the breasts of many\\nbrave men, and in a short space of time the 23d\\nRegiment of Michigan Volunteer Infantry was placed\\nin the field, and subsequently gained for itself a bril-\\nliant record.\\nIn the fall of 1862, Mr. Jerome was nominated by\\nthe Republican party for State Senator from the 26th\\ndistrict, Appleton Stevens, of Bay City, being his op-\\nponent. The contest was very exciting, and resulted\\nin the triumphant election of Mr. Jerome. He was\\ntwice renominated and elected both times by in-\\ncreased majorities, defeating George Lord, of Bay\\nCity, and Dr. Cheseman, of Gratiot County. On tak-\\ning his seat in the Senate, he was appointed Chair-\\nman of the Committee on State Aff airs, 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 r865 was appointed a member of the State\\nMilitary Board, and served as its President for eight\\nconsecutive years. In 1873, he was appointed by\\nGov. Bagley a member of the convention to prepare\\na new State Constitution, and was Chairman of the\\nCommittee on Finance.\\nIn 1875, Mr. Jerome was appointed a member of\\nthe Board of Indian Commissioners. In I876 he was\\nChairman of a commission to visit Chief Joseph, the\\nNez Perce Indian, to arrange an amicable settlement\\nof all existing difficulties. The commission went to\\nPortland, Oregon, thence to the Blue Hills, in Idaho,\\na distance of 600 miles up the Columbia River.\\nAt the Republican .State Convention, convened at\\nJackson in August, 1880, Mr. Jerome was placed in\\nthe field for nomination, and on the 5th day of the\\nmonth received the highest honor the convention\\ncould confer on any one. His opponent was Freder-\\nick M. Holloway, of Hillsdale County, who was sup-\\nported by the Democratic and Greenback parties.\\nThe State was thoroughly canvassed by both parties,\\nand when the polls were closed on the evening of\\nelection day, it was found that David H. Jerome had\\nbeen selected by the voters of the Wolverine State to\\noccupy the highest position within their gift.\\n0)\\nr^j", "height": "2866", "width": "2206", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph09chic_0162.jp2"}, "163": {"fulltext": "", "height": "2866", "width": "2206", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph09chic_0163.jp2"}, "164": {"fulltext": "9r", "height": "2866", "width": "2206", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph09chic_0164.jp2"}, "165": {"fulltext": "r^^^^ ferv4 Il U imi- r\\n-:2\u00c2\u00ab%#!sr\\n-4^^f\\nGOVERNORS OF MICHIGAN\\nA^8$-^^aM^A^\\n.rosiAH w, aiiiiiii\\n^fTTI^.yr^\\n;:i rt:fM:.^.y\\ni\\ni\\nOSIAH W. BEGOLE, the\\npresent (1S83), Governor of\\nMichigan was born in Living-\\nston, County, N. Y., Jan. 20,\\n18 15. His ancestors were of\\n^.,1^ French descent, and settled at\\nF-|v an early period in the State of\\n1 Maryland. Hisgrandfather,Capt.\\nP-^i^^f Bolles, of that State, was an offi-\\nj cer in the American army during\\nH^^ the war of the 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\\na new country, taking with them a\\nnumber of their former slaves, who\\nvolunteered to accompany them.\\nHis father was an officer in the\\nAmerican array, and served during\\nthe war of 18 12.\\nMr. B. received his early education in a log school-\\nhouse, and subsequently attended the Temple Hill\\nAcademy, at Geneseo, N. Y. Beirfg 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 1 years of age,\\nbeing ambitious to better his condition in life, he re-\\nsolved to seek his fortune in the far West, as it was.\\nn\\ng\u00c2\u00ab9-\\nthen called. In August, 1S36, he left the parental\\nroof to seek a home in the Territory of Michigan\\nthen an almost unbroken wilderness. He settled in\\nGenesee County, and aided with his own hands in\\nbuilding some of the early residences in what is now\\nknown as the city of Flint. There were but four or\\nfive houses where this flourishing city now stands\\nwhen he selected it as his home.\\nIn the spring of 1S39 he married Miss Harriet A.\\nMiles. The marriage proved a most fortunate one\\nand to the faithful wife of his youth, who lives to en-\\njoy with him the comforts of an honestly earned com-\\npetence, Mr. Begole ascribes largely his success in\\nlife. Immediately after his marriage he commenced\\nwork on an unimproved farm, where, by his perse-\\nverance and energy, he soon established a good home,\\nand at the end of eighteen years was the owner of a\\nwell improved farm of five hundred acres.\\nMr. Begole being an anti-slaverj man, became a\\nmember of the Republican party at its organization.\\nHe served his townsmen in various offices, and was\\nin r856, elected County Treasurer, which office he\\nheld for eight years.\\nAt the breaking out of the Rebellion he did not\\ncarry a musket to the front, but his many friends will\\nbear witness that he took an active part in recruiting\\nand furnishing supplies for the army, and in looking\\nafter the interests of soldiers families at home. The\\ndeath of his eldest son near Atlanta, Ga., by a Confed-\\nrate bullet, in 1864, was the greatest sorrow of his life.\\nWhen a few years later he was a member in Congress\\n.x:^\\n^4^5f", "height": "2866", "width": "2206", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph09chic_0165.jp2"}, "166": {"fulltext": "e-^7 :IlD^IiDf v\\nJOSIAH W. BEGOLE.\\nGov. Begole voted and worked for the soldiers\\nbounty equalization bill, an act doing justice to the\\nsoldier who bore the burden and heat of the day, and\\nwho should fare equally with him who came in at the\\neleventh hour. That bill was defeated in the House\\non account of the large appropriation that would be\\nrequired to pay the same.\\nIn 1870, Gov. Begole was nominated by acclama-\\ntion for the office of State Senator, and elected by a\\nlarge majority. In that body he served on the Com-\\nmittees of Finance and Railroads, and was Chairman\\nof the Committee on the Institute for the Deaf and\\nDumb and Blind. He took a liberal and public-\\nspirited view of the importance of a new capitol\\nbuilding worthy of the State, and was an active mem-\\nber of the Committee that drafted the bill for the\\nsame. He was a delegate to the National Republi-\\ncan Convention held at Philadelphia in 1872, and\\nwas the chosen member of that delegation to go to\\nWashington and inform Gen. Grant and Senator\\nWilson of their nominations. It was while at that\\nconvention that, by the express wish of his many\\nfriends, he was induced to offer himself a can-\\ndidate for the nomination of member to the 43d Con-\\ngress, in which he was successful, after competing for\\nthe nomination with several of the most worthy, able\\nand experienced men in the Sixth Congressional Dis-\\ntrict, and was elected by a very large majority. In\\nCongress, he was a member of the Committee on\\nAgricultural and Public Expenditures. Being one of\\nthe 17 farmers in that Congress, he took an active\\npart in the Committee of Agriculture, and was ap-\\npointed by that committee to draft the most impor-\\ntant report made by that committee, and upon the\\nonly subject recommended by the President in his\\nmessage, which he did and the report was printed in\\nrecords of Congress he took an efficient though an\\nunobtrusive part in all its proceedings.\\nHe voted for the currency bill, remonetization of\\nsilver, and other financial measures, many of which,\\nthough defeated then, have since become the settled\\npolicy of the country. Owing to the position which\\nMr. Begole occupied on these questions, he became a\\nGreenbacker.\\nIn the Gubernatorial election of 1882, Mr. Begole\\nwas the candidate of both the Greenback and Dem-\\nocratic parties, and was elected by a vote of 154,269,\\nthe Republican candidate, Hon. David H. Jerome,\\nreceiving 149,697 votes. Mr. Begole, in entering\\nupon his duties as Governor, has manifested a spirit\\nthat has already won him many friends, and bids fair\\nto make his administration both successful and pop-\\nular.\\nThe very best indications of what a man is, is what\\nhis own townsmen think of him. We give the fol-\\nlowing extract from the Flint Globe, the leading Re-\\npublican paper Gov. Begole s own county, and it,\\ntoo, written during the heat of a political campaign,\\nwhich certainly is a flattering testimonial of his ster-\\nling worth\\nSo far, however, as Mr. Begole, the head of the\\nticket, is concerned, there is nothing detrimental to\\nhis character that can be alleged against him. He\\nhas sometimes changed his mind in politics, but for\\nsincerity of his beliefs and the earnestness of his pur-\\npose nobody who knows him entertains a doubt. He\\nis incapable of bearing malice, even against his bit-\\nterest political enemies. He has a warm, generous\\nnature, and a larger, kinder heart does not beat in\\nthe bosom of any man in Michigan. He is not much\\ngiven to making speeches, but deeds are more signif-\\nicant of a man s character than words. There are\\nmany scores of men in all parts of the State where\\nMr. Begole is acquainted, who have had practical\\ndemonstrations of these facts, and who are liable to\\nstep outside of party lines to show that they do not\\nforget his kindness, and who, no doubt, wish that he\\nwas a leader in what would not necessarily prove a\\nforlorn hope. But the Republican party in Michigan\\nis too strong to be beaten by a combination of Demo-\\ncrats and Greenbackers, even if it is marshaled by so\\ngood a man as Mr. Begole.\\nThis sketch would be imperfect without referring\\nto the action of Mr. B. at the time of the great calamity\\nthat in 1881 overtook the people of Northeastern\\nMichigan, in a few hours desolating whole counties\\nby fire and destroying the results and accumulations\\nof such hard work as only falls to the lot of pioneers.\\nWhile the Port Huron and Detroit committees were\\nquarreling over the distribution of funds, Mr. Begole\\nwrote to an agent in the ]bumt district a letter, from\\nwhich we make an extract of but a single sentence:\\nUntil the differences between the two committees\\nare adjusted and you receive your regular supplies\\nfrom them, draw on me. Let no man suffer while I\\nhave money. This displays his true character,\\nU=^^", "height": "2866", "width": "2206", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph09chic_0166.jp2"}, "167": {"fulltext": "^S/^\u00c2\u00ae )^tf--\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0rr^\\nv imm\\\\\\\\^^ r-\\n4^^((\u00c2\u00aeV\u00c2\u00a7^)\\n1\\nf\\nr^\\n--2)^\\ni:\\\\r\\nf\\\\i!\\nE^iCEIGlH\\nI\\nt\\n1\\n9y^mm^ ^^\u00e2\u0082\u00ac3^^\\n-\u00c2\u00abe\u00c2\u00a7", "height": "2866", "width": "2206", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph09chic_0167.jp2"}, "168": {"fulltext": "tfSS^\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0T7\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a07-4:lili^0i3\\n%m(^\\nC))\\n^7K li 3 iiD", "height": "2866", "width": "2206", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph09chic_0168.jp2"}, "169": {"fulltext": "^i^\\n5^\\n^t|^\\nr^^ ^V l]li;t:iiii -r^\\n#^c(\u00c2\u00aevii\\n(h\\nV\\nW:\\n^^^^^i\\n^i\\\\^\\n-i.rf-Stoi-\\nTnn\\n;?^i\\nifs\\n*p^ Cp\\nVS.\\nC\\n1=3\\n3^\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0^i.^\\n^i-^^j^^^-\\nC^* %7^.W !1 lll]r ^r^\\n-\u00c2\u00ab\u00c2\u00aeii^", "height": "2866", "width": "2206", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph09chic_0169.jp2"}, "170": {"fulltext": "fc\\n:I1II^I]I1\\ni^V\\n9\\n5^\\nc^:\\ni^\\n.\u00c2\u00ae^^r|-\\n-^ai^gjn.\\n-^^^Dfl^DDf^\\n-.4^^5^/w^", "height": "2866", "width": "2206", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph09chic_0170.jp2"}, "171": {"fulltext": "^rr^\\n^mm^\\nrrrr\\n-:2#y^\\n4^^5((sViS\\ne\\nSANILAC COUNTY.\\nVto;\\nx.5o~\\n^^HE value of history lies, in a\\ngreat degree, in the biogra-\\nphy of the personages con-\\ncerned therein. The annals\\nof the settlers delineate the\\npioneer period, while those\\nof the later residents exhibit\\nthe progress of the country and the\\nstatus of the present generation.\\nSanilac County gives a vivid illus-\\ntration of these statements but its\\nwonderful pioneer era laps upon\\nits present period in a manner so\\ngradual that there is really no dis-\\ntinctive line of demarcation. Many\\nof those whose efforts gave the\\ncountry its earliest impetus may\\nstill be seen upon its thoroughfares many of the\\ncharacters in the day of its first things are still on\\nthe stage, and watch with keen-eyed alertness the\\nmanipulations, successes and reverses of the present\\nday, still jealous for the reputation of the county and\\neagerly solicitous for her substantial and permanent\\nprogress.\\nThe compilers of these records strive to establish\\ntheir claim for biographical integrity, preparing the\\nmatter from the stand-point of no man s prejudice.\\nThe full scope of the personal record here is to\\ndemonstrate the exact relation of every individual\\nrepresented to the generations of the past and of the\\npresent.\\nSucceeding ages sweep away the debris of human\\nerrors and perpetuate the real greatness of a com-\\nmunity. Character stands out statuesque, and 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 tdiimatiim of local history, and portray\\nwith perfect justice the precise attitude and relation\\nof men to events and conditions.\\nSanilac County is justly proud of her pioneer record,\\nand, so far as possible, the publishers have endeav-\\nored to honor the representatives of that period as\\nwell as those of to-day. Labor and suffering, under-\\ngone in the light of hope and the earnestness of\\nhonest effort and toil, established this county in per-\\nmanent prosperity, and is rounding up a period oi\\nglorious completeness. Her villages are creditable,\\nher agricultural community is composed of the best\\nclasses, and her professional men are of marked in-\\ntegrity.\\nIn collecting the following sketches the purpose\\nhas been to collect the main points of personal\\nrecord, through which the enterprise of decades to\\nfollow may complete a perfect and continuous his-\\ntorical outline from the earliest settlement of the\\ncounty to the present time.\\n(i^\\nm\\nk\\nnm i", "height": "2866", "width": "2206", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph09chic_0171.jp2"}, "172": {"fulltext": "^S/^\u00c2\u00ae\u00c2\u00bb\u00c2\u00ab^#-\\n-^^^K \u00c2\u00a9v ^iin^nnf\\n\u00e2\u0080\u00a2^T^\\nrS^^\\n^^w\\n(h\\ns\\nI\\nc\\nC\\ng\u00c2\u00ab\\n5^jg^#!^ ^^^H ^-a^ ^s^^^\\n-4^^^^", "height": "2866", "width": "2206", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph09chic_0172.jp2"}, "173": {"fulltext": "", "height": "2866", "width": "2206", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph09chic_0173.jp2"}, "174": {"fulltext": "1", "height": "2866", "width": "2206", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph09chic_0174.jp2"}, "175": {"fulltext": "m\\nSANILAC COUNTY.\\n179\\nV\\nV\\nn\\n.*2^r^^ ^^t^n^(?^vs i\u00c2\u00aev (^5nJin^:^^\\nS^^^^^_jj^\\nlTli ^t^ g i?ja ^Vj ?a^^ 5^t;igit^i^i ;a :iiS^(i3r.n V.H\\n]jDMAN mills, of Cros-\\nwell, farmer and dealer\\n;j\u00c2\u00ab in real estate, was born\\nSept. 17, 1831,111 the town-\\nship of Portland, Erie Co.,\\nOhio. He has been a resi-\\ndent of Croswell since his re-\\nmovil hither in 1866, and has been and\\nstill i-, one of the most prominent factors in\\nthe development of Sanilac County. The\\ncharacteristic traits of Mr. Mills are of the\\ntype which have wrought out within the\\npast half century the most marvelous de-\\n1^^ velopment known to mankind in the\\nportion of the United States territory\\ndesignated The West.\\nHe was born on the Western Reserve in Ohio, a\\nfact which in itself almost establishes his character,\\nwhen considered jointly wilh his descent. His an-\\ncestral lineage was purely Yankee, and in its origin\\ncombined the sturdy traits of the English and Hol-\\nlanders. His immediate progenitors were trained\\nunder the uncompromising regime of New England\\nand were imbued with the calculating, practical\\nspirit of this inventive and enterprising age.\\nThe course of Mr. Mills business life may be\\nregarded as manifest destiny. He inherited his\\npredominating traits of acumen, far-sightedness and\\npersistency, but the calm, dispassionate judgment\\nwhich marks all his movements, together with the\\nrare quality which gives instant recognition to oppor-\\ntunity, and another, still rarer, which grasps and\\nmoulds it to his purpose, are the outgrowth of e.\\\\-\\nperience. Cool, practical, persistent, imperturbable\\nand alert, Mr. Mills is fearless to an extraordinary\\ndegree in the e.xercise of his power to overcome\\nobstacles and achieve his purpose. He possesses\\nin no sense or degree the interested selfishness\\nwhich rests in complacent satisfaction in its own\\nsmall achievements. To him opportunity is but the\\nclue to far-reaching and wide-spread promise. His\\npredominating traits have been and are of inestima-\\nble value to Sanilac County.\\nHe came here in the prime of his manhood. The\\nfavorable location of the county, its proximity to the\\nmain routes of travel, and its agricultural outlook\\nassured him that it held splendid possibilities, which\\nneeded but the intelligent application of effort and\\nenergy to develop results in every way equal to\\nthose of the remoter sections, whither the tide of\\nimmigration was flowing in frantic haste. At that\\ndate the lumber interest of the Huron peninsula was\\nentering its decadence, a condition which was pre-\\ncipitated by the fire five years later. The specula-\\ntive fraternity, the vitality of whose interest was\\nspent where the lumbering resources were practi-\\ncally exhausted, had no concern in the agricultural\\ndevelopment or future well-being of this portion of\\nd\\nmmm\\nA", "height": "2866", "width": "2206", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph09chic_0175.jp2"}, "176": {"fulltext": "t\\n\u00e2\u0080\u00a2ii\\n1 80\\nSANILAC COUNTY.\\n72*^^^^\\n-^4?t\u00c2\u00a7^\\nro\\nV^\\nq\\\\\\nthe State. They sought other worlds to conquer\\nthe farms, whose broad acres and fair fields speak\\nin such glowing language of the effects which have\\nbrought Ihem to their present fine condition and\\nbear a promise of further development in the imme-\\ndiate future, p3rpetuate neither their names nor their\\ndeeds.\\nThe achievements of Mr. Mills in Sanilac County\\nwill be a lasting monument to his citizenship and\\ncareer therein. On coming to Croswell (then Davis-\\nville), he engaged in lumbering. He had a repre-\\nsentative interest in the business of Moss Brothers,\\nthe senior member of the firm being his father-in-law.\\nIn 1868 the firm became Moss Mills, and con-\\ntinued its lumbering and mercantile operations.\\nProducts found their way to market by the water\\nthoroughfare of the lakes, and supplies came hither\\nby the same route. Lexington was the point of\\nshipment and the harbor of supply, merchandise and\\nprovisions of all varieties being brought in here\\nchiefly from Ohio. (One year the lumber product\\nof Moss Mills reached an aggregate of 6,000,000\\nfeet, and it was all drawn to Lexington for ship-\\nment.) Meanwhile, the interior of Sanilac County\\nremained undeveloped. The remote, inaccessible\\nlocation of the county seat was a great hindrance to\\nthe progress of the county, and retarded every va-\\nriety of improvement. Mr. Mills moved actively\\nand vigorously in securing the transfer to the geo-\\ngraphical center of the township. That point was\\nexceptionally unfavorable, as common opinion went,\\nas it lay in a region of swamps; but the fact was\\npatent that many of the swamps in the eastern part\\nof the county had been reclaimed and constituted\\nfarming land of the most valuable character. Noth-\\ning could be urged against the project on that score;\\nthe proof was before the people.\\nFinally the ultimatum was reached and the neces-\\nsary buildings constructed. That point settled\\nbeyond change, Mr. Mills gave his attention to se-\\ncuring through Croswell the main line of the Port\\nHuron Northwestern Railroad, then under consid-\\neration and as a result it threads its way from Port\\nHuron through Sanilac County, with the towns loca-\\nted along its line like beads on a thread, among\\nwhich Croswell stands [jrominent. The storm of\\nvilification and aspersion that assailed Mr. Mills\\nfrom the people of Sanilac County where local inter-\\nests were unavoidably affected by the changes in the\\ncounty through his instrumentality, was such as\\nmight perhaps have been expected under the cir-\\ncumstances; but the future will determine the wis-\\ndom and forethought which secured an immense\\nadvantage to the development of the county. The\\nbenefit secured by the location of the line of railroad\\nwas manifest after the fire of 1881, when the county\\nwould have been practically depopulated had there\\nbeen no ready means of transit for relief suppHes.\\nMr. Mills is the most extensive agriculturist in\\nSanilac County. He has improved about 2,000\\nacres, and the immense farms lying on the western\\nborders of Lexington Township which have been\\nbrought to a typical perfection under his manage-\\nment are leading attractions in Sanilac County.\\nThey contain hundreds of acres in single fields,\\nlevel as a house floor; and at this writing the mam-\\nmoth barns seem bursting with the wealth of the\\ngarnered harvests. It seems hardly creditable that\\nmany of these glowing acres were a few years ago\\nunsightly and noisome swamps.\\nSoon after Mr. Mills came to the county he deter-\\nmined to bring into |3ractical application an idea he\\nhad conceived while traveling in the State of New\\nYork. On a previous journey ten years earlier his\\nattention was arrested by a tamarack swamp within\\nthe line of vision from the cars. To his surprise it\\nhad been converted into a seeming Paradise, and it\\nwas an achievement which made a strong impression\\non his practical nature, with its predominating. New\\nEngland trait of discovering opportunity close at\\nhand and utilizing whatever of resource it held. He\\nbought 73 acres, which he drained and scratched\\nin a seeding. The hay crop he harvested sold for\\n$1,560, and the initial agricultural development of\\nSanilac County was an- established fact. He has\\nreclaimed an immense acreage of swamp land, and\\nhis barns cover nearly six acres.\\nThe work he lias accomplished for Sanihic County\\ncan hardly be portrayed in the scope of a sketch. It\\nmust suffice to say that lie has rendered the most\\neffective service as a citizen and a property owner,\\nand has never been unmindful of the public interests.\\nHe subscribed $20,000 to the railroad project, and he\\nraised by subscription a large sum for the same pur-\\npose. He gave the land on which the depot at Cros-\\nwell is located, including about 12 acres, built the\\nV\\n0)\\n._V.--.Sffl^,\\n^^tlll^IlIi;i A^", "height": "2866", "width": "2206", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph09chic_0176.jp2"}, "177": {"fulltext": "(h\\nro\\n1\\nf\\nSANILAC COUNTY.\\nr^i^^^^\\ndepot and furnished the material for the elevator,\\nwhich was the first in the county; also gave the right\\nof way wherever the survey for the track passed\\nthrough liis land. He has been largely instrumental\\nin building up Croswell,and several handsome build-\\nings testify to his public interest.\\nThe earliest recorded ancestor of Mr. Mills in the\\npaternal line is Sir Peter Vander Meulen, of Amster-\\ndam, Holland, who distinguished himself in the\\npublic works of that country and received his title\\nfrom his sovereign as a token of appreciation of his\\nservices. His son Peter came with the refugees from\\nLeyden to America, and in later life he adopted the\\nAnglicized form of his name, its significance in Eng-\\nlish being, of the mills. His adoption of the name\\nof Mills is registered in the Colonial Records of Con-\\nnecticut. The line of descent is recorded to Judge\\nIsaac Mills, grandfather of Wildman Mills, who was\\nborn March 7, 1767, in Huntington, Fairfield Co.,\\nConn. He attained distinction at Yale College,\\nwhere he was graduated in 1786, studied law at New\\nHaven, where he opened the practice of his profes-\\nsion and identified himself with the advancement and\\nprosperity of the City of Elms. His phenomenal\\nsuccess as an advocate and expounder of law made\\nhim prominent, and he passed through the grades of\\nadvancement to Chief Judge, to which he was\\nappointed in 1825. He married the daughter of\\nJudge Phelps, of Connecticut, Abigail Richardson\\nPhelps. In 1805 he went to Northern Ohio, in the\\ninterests of the Connecticut Fire Lands Company, of\\nwhich he was secretary, to secure a treaty with the\\nIndians for the extinguishment of their claim, which\\nhe accomplished. Among other memorable things\\nwhich he did was the laying out of the city of San-\\ndusky, in 1817, and he named its avenues and thor-\\noughfares. His son, Isaac Augustus Mills, was born\\nin 1802, in New Haven, Conn., and was educated at\\nYale College. He married Sophia Lyman, of San-\\ndusky, Ohio, about 1828, and they had 1 1 children.\\nThree died in infancy. Eight attained adult age and\\nare living at this writing (1884). The fatlier died\\nAug. 9, 1852, of cholera, at Sandusky. Tlie mother\\ndied June 24, 1881, at the same place.\\nMr. Mills grew to manhood in his native township.\\nHe received a substantial elementary education,\\nwhich was supplemented by a course of advanced\\nstudy at the High School at Sandusky. His father\\nintended that he should enter the regular army of the\\nUnited Slates and an appointment at West Point was\\nsecured for him. Every preparation had been made\\nto that purpose when his health failed, and on the\\ndeclaration of his physicians that the plan could\\nonly be consummated at the cost of his life, it was\\nabandoned, and lie was placed in charge of his\\nfather s farm. It was a large estate and he was but\\n18 years old, but he continued in personal control of\\nthe property until the death of his father, which\\noccurred about five weeks before he reached his legal\\nmanhood. On attaining his majority he was appoint-\\ned administrator of the estate, with his mother as\\nadministratrix, and he passed five years in the ad-\\njustment of its extensive and complicated relations.\\nMeanwhile, he studied law with Homer Goodwin, an\\neminent lawyer of Sandusky, who is still engaged in\\nthe prosecution of his profession in that city. He\\nread law about two years, but his business relations\\nand ideas expanded while he was engaged in the\\nlabors attendant upon the settlement of his father s\\nestate, and he adandoned his purpose, in order to\\ngive undivided attention to real-estate transactions\\nand other avenues of business which enlisted his\\ninterest.\\nThe shipments of the products of the West to the\\nEuropean markets attracted his notice, and he re-\\nsolved upon an experiment, which is one of the best\\npossible exponents of his peculiar traits, and exempli-\\nfy his strong predilection for experiment. In 1859,\\nassociated with William S. Pierson, a lawyer and\\ncapitalist of the Buckeye State, he built and equipped\\na three-masted barque, named in honor of Mr. Pier-\\nson. She was of 460 tons burthen, and carried a\\na cargo of oak staves and long oak ship planks. She\\nwas built at Sandusky, and laden at the mouth of\\nBlack River, Ohio. One name for the spirit which\\ninstigated and developed the project is Yankee enter-\\nprise the other is the blindness to exigencies which\\ngrows out of inexperience and the natural belief a\\nman of energy possesses in himself to do what others\\nhave done.\\nThe crew numbered 13 men, the captain was\\nskilled in the lake service, and the force of sailors\\nincluded but one old salt. The William S. Pier-\\nson left her moorings June 20, 1859, and made her\\nway to the sea. Mr. Mills accompanied as super-\\ncargo. It was expected to obtain a chronometer at\\n)k\\nVto,\\n9\\nfV\\ni\u00c2\u00bb^\u00c2\u00bb\\n^iDasiitif^\\nm", "height": "2866", "width": "2206", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph09chic_0177.jp2"}, "178": {"fulltext": "^^H^^^^^\\nW\\nT Mmh\\n182\\nTT-T\\nSANILAC COUNTY.\\nJ\\nQuebec, but the plan failed and the one experienced\\nocean sailor became the fac-totum as to pilotage. The\\nJ* voyage consumed 28 days, and was stormy and cal-\\nT culated to produce uneasiness and discomfort to the\\ninexperienced company aboard. The original des-\\ntination was Liverpool, but on learning of the prox-\\nimity of the English coast from unexpectedly entering\\na bank of fog, to their dismay they found themselves\\nstorm-tossed and in danger of stranding on the rocky\\ncoasts which seemed to environ them. At last\\nthey found themselves in what seemed to them\\nto be a fleet of vessels, and, inexpressibly relieved,\\nthey cast anchor, went ashore and found that they\\nwere in Bristol Channel. On attempting to dispwse\\nof the cargo, Mr. Mills found that the ship planks\\nwere not marketable for the purpose designed. The\\nAmerican oak lacked tenacity and the other qualities\\nwhich rendered the live oak of England peculiarly\\nvaluable, and Mr. Mills sold the plank to the col-\\nlieries for building purposes.\\nThe staves found ready market, and the barque was\\nloaded with merchandise for Detroit and Cleveland,\\nand started on her return voyage, plus a chronome-\\nter and minus the personal attendance of Mr. Mills,\\nwho was quite satisfied with his experience in Bristol\\nChannel. He proceeded to Liverpool by rail, where\\nhe lingered two weeks, going thence to London and\\ntwo weeks later to Paris. After a week in the gayest\\ncity in the world, he set out for America by steamer.\\nThe William S. Pierson made a safe passage,\\nbut in making the transit through the Lachine and\\nBeauharnois Canals, she experienced difficulties\\nfrom her lading, which necessitated a draught of 11\\nfeet of water. The unloading and reloading conse-\\nquent upon existing condition of things, and the\\nfinal catastrophe of becoming ice-locked in the Wel-\\nland Canal, wrought disaster to the expedition, and\\nthe owners found, on effecting a settlement of ac-\\ncounts, that the debits exceeded the credits by\\nabout $4,000. But to Mr. Mills, the unique expe-\\nrience and the subsequent realization of the risks\\nJ^ were events of some moment.\\nHe next interested himself in the well known\\ngrape scheme on the islands of Lake Erie adjacent\\nto Northern Ohio, and he planted 45 acres of the\\nvine at Sandusky. He was connected with the\\nenterprise three years, and in 1866 sold his entire\\ninterest therein and disposed of the bulk of his prop-\\nA^^nn\\nerty in Ohio, for the purpose of going South in\\ncharge of a plantation project of considerable extent,\\nthe paid-up capital being $100,000. But, instead,\\nhe came to Croswell, in accordance with the wishes\\nand plans of Truman Moss, his father-in-law.\\nThe unexpected nomination of Mr. Mills for Gov-\\nernor of Michigan by the Anti-Monopolists in 1884,\\nwould imply in him an active interest in politics\\nwhich is entirely remote from the facts in the case.\\nHe has never taken more than a passing interest in\\npolitics, as they have been in no sense auxiliary to\\nhis purposes in life. But he is a man of opinions\\nand has always possessed decided political bias.\\nHe was originally a Democrat of the Jackson type,\\nand during the progress of the civil war was a Doug-\\nlas Democrat. He voted with that party until the\\nnomination of Mr. Tilden, when he took a final\\nleave of the party. He voted for Mr. Hayes. On\\nthe organization of the National Greenback party he\\nadopted what he considered its sole issue, the right\\nof the United States to represent her possessions by\\nher promise to pay, and that such promises were\\nequivalent to any other representative of value.\\nThe action of the Supreme Court of the United\\nStates removed the obstacle in the way of the na-\\ntional greenback as money, and the necessity for\\nthe party, as he comprehended it, expired. The\\nreasons of his prompt declination of the nomination\\ntendered him by the Anti-Monopolists are set forth\\nin his letter, which is here given\\nCroswell, Mich., Sept. 6, r884.\\nHon. Horatio Pr.\\\\tt,\\nSecretary of the Anti- Monopoly organization of\\nMichigan:\\nDear Sir: Your letter informing me that the\\nlate Anti-Monopoly State Convention had named\\nme as their candidate for Governor was duly re-\\nceived. Permit me through tlie committee to assure\\nthe Anti-Monopolists of Michigan that I appreciate\\ntheir confidence and good-will. I have, on all fitting\\noccasions, and by every appropriate means, dis-\\ncouraged the use of my name in connection with\\nany nomination whatever, and supposed I had made\\nmy position so clear that it could not be misunder-\\nstood but learn from correspondents and otherwise\\nthat it is still in doubt. I am not and have never\\nbeen an aspirant for political honors. But even if\\nthe nomination had been desired, I ought not to\\naccept it, as the present is no time for a division of\\neffort. The Anti-Monopoly sentiment of Michigan,\\nin whatever organization it may be found, should\\n\u00c2\u00a7lllly ^^9\\nv^\\nC)\\n\u00e2\u0080\u00a2\u00e2\u0096\u00a0r\\nf^\\n\u00c2\u00aee\u00c2\u00bb ^j*TS", "height": "2866", "width": "2206", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph09chic_0178.jp2"}, "179": {"fulltext": "^^m^\\nfS^\\nf\\nSANILAC COUNTY.\\n^^m\\\\M\\n183\\n;s)\\npresent an unbroken front to the common enemy,\\nand by unity and harmony of action lay well the\\nfoundation for the coming People s Party, which\\nwill fuse into one homogeneous, irresistible na-\\ntional organization all opponents of monopoly rule.\\nEntertaining these views, I must respectfully decline\\nthe nomination so unanimously tendered me, believ-\\ning it my duty to do so for the promotion of the\\npresent and future success of the people s cause.\\nWith best wishes for the advancement of the\\nprinciples we advocate, believe me, as ever, an earn-\\nest worker in the cause of humanity and just gov-\\nernment.\\nW1LDM.4N Mills.\\nIn 1882 he was nominated by the convention at\\nPort Huron for Congress, but peremptorily declined.\\nThe political bias of Mr. Mills is based upon and\\nguided by the interests of the laboring class.\\nMrs. Julia H. (Moss) Mills was born Oct 2, 1836,\\nat West Burlington, Otsego Co., N. Y. She is the\\ndaughter and only surviving child of Truman Moss\\n(see sketch), and was married to Wildman Mills in\\nthe village where she was born, Dec. 27, 1858. Five\\nchildren constitute the issue of this union, three of\\nwhom are deceased. They were born in the follow-\\ning order: Elizabeth Moss was born Sept. 28, 1861\\nTruman Moss was born July 2, 1866, and died Nov.\\n7 of the same year; Isaac Augustus, born Oct. 4,\\n1867, died Feb. 10, 1869; Wildman Ambler was\\nborn July 2, 1872, and died on the first day of Sep-\\ntember following; Julia Harriet was born Nov. 7,\\n1866. The daughters survive. The same fatality\\nwhich deprived Truman Moss of his sons seems to\\nhave pursued the male children of his daughter, all\\nof them dying in infancy.\\nMrs. Mills is the lady Bountiful of Croswell. She\\nhas been a partaker and sharer in all tlie joys and\\ngriefs of its people. She has rejoiced in their well-\\nbeing and prosperity, and has sorrowed with them\\nwhen affliction has laid upon them its merciless rod.\\nShe has been ever ready with her resources of kind-\\nness, of sympathy, of counsel, to aid as occasion has\\nrequired. The sick and dying have been the grate-\\nful recipients of her sympathetic ministrations, and\\nshe has guided all her social relations with a solici-\\ntude and judgment which has created for her an\\ninfluence that cannot be portrayed with words. It is\\nbest understood in the regrets which her absence\\nfrom Croswell creates, and in the warmth of the wel-\\ncome which greets her return.\\n[n 1883 Mr. Mills purchased a residence at 507\\nWoodward Avenue, Detroit, where the family spend\\nthe winter seasons. Alternately, the old home at\\nCroswell, which is always open and in readiness for\\ntheir occupancy, receives them.\\nThe family attend the Episcopal Church. Mrs.\\nMills was one of the earliest to move effectively in\\nthe establishment of Christ s Church at Croswell,\\nand has continued to e.xercise a substantial and\\nsustaining interest in its welfare. The family from\\nwhich Mr. Mills is descended was prominent in its\\nconnection with Church affairs in the East and in\\nOhio.\\nThe portrait of Mr. Mills, presented on a preced-\\ning page, is the likeness of an eminent man which\\nmust give satisfaction to all readers of this volume.\\n-v4j2\u00c2\u00a3a;!S^\u00c2\u00bb\\ng4\u00e2\u0080\u0094 ^^^i^azOTv\\nlatter,\\names Anderson, farmer, section 10, Wash-\\nington Township, has been a resident of\\nSanilac County since 1864. He was born\\nin Halton Co., Ont., Sept. 21, 1830, and is the\\nfifth in order of birth of 12 children, of whom\\nhis father and mother were the parents. The\\nJohn and Elizabeth (Campbell) Anderson,\\nwere natives of Scotland. They reached mature\\nlife in their native country, were there married, and\\nat once set out to begin the world in America. They\\ncame to Canada, where they became land-holders,\\nreared their family, and there their worthy, useful\\nlives were terminated. All their children are living\\nsave one John died when he was eight years old.\\nThey were born in the following order Duncan,\\nJohn, Christy, Archibald, James, Jeannette, Eliza,\\nMary, Catherine, John, Alexander and Joseph. Each\\nreceived a fair common-school education, and the\\nsons were reared to the calling of their father.\\nIn the summer of 1864 Mr. Anderson disposed of\\nhis interests in the Dominion, and removed to Lex-\\nington, in Sanilac County, where he remained one\\nyear, engaged in teaming and farming. The next\\nsix years he passed in similar occupations in Cros-\\nwell, then Davisville. He settled on 40 acres of land\\nin Washington Township, in the spring of 187 t. He\\nhas since purchased 40 acres additional, and has\\nabout 75 acres cleared and otherwise improved.\\nJ", "height": "2866", "width": "2206", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph09chic_0179.jp2"}, "180": {"fulltext": "184\\nSANILAC COUNTY.\\nMr. Anderson is a man of inlelligence and ability.\\nHe is an adherent to the principles of the National\\nGreenback party. He has officiated two years as\\nSupervisor of his township, two years as Treasurer,\\nand in the spring of 1883 was elected Justice of the\\nPeace, a position to which he was re-elected in the\\nspring of 1884. He is a member of Charity Grange,\\nNo. 417, P. of H., and belongs to the Knights of\\nLabor and Knights of Maccabees.\\nMrs. Jane (Innis) Anderson, his wife, was born in\\nCanada, and is the daughter of Alexander Innis.\\nHer parents were born in Scotland. The marriage\\nof Mr. and Mrs. Anderson occurred July 7, 1858, in\\nHuron Co., Ont., and they have had five children\\nEupheniia C, Priscilla J., Elizabeth _C., Marcelien\\nand Herbert J. The latter died at the age of 14\\nyears. Mrs. Anderson s demise occurred Jan. 10,\\n1884, at her home in this township.\\n;ltve(t i brahara W. Willits, deceased, a former\\nfclJs iS resident of Worth Township, was born\\n4^ March 17, 1808, in Columbiana Co., Ohio. He\\n1!?^ was a son of George and Rebecca Willits, who\\n1 died in the county where the son was born.\\nThe latter attained his majority in his native place,\\nand before that period acquired the trade of cabinet-\\nmaking. He went to Akron, Ohio, where he re-\\nmained until 1832, and came thence to Sanilac\\nCounty. He purchased 80 acres of land in Worth\\nTownship, to which he added 40 acres by later pur-\\nchase. The entire estate is under cultivation.\\nHe was married June 19, 1832, in Detroit, Mich.,\\nto Samantha Champin, who was born Oct. 17, 1809,\\nin Genesee Co., N. Y. Of this marriage eight chil-\\ndren have been born Melissa, Seymour, Maria, Ada,\\nRebecca, Charles W., Stafford and Amanda. The\\nthree last named are deceased. Stafford enlisted in\\nthe 22d Reg. Mich. Vol. Inf. He was captured by\\nthe rebels at Chattanooga, Tenn., and sent to the\\nstockade prison at Andersonville, Ga., where he died\\na victim of horrors of the most contagious charac-\\nter, that have made the very name the synonym of\\nthe most ingenious cruelties of which human dia-\\nbolism is capable.\\nMr. Willits died March, 28, 1876. He was a mem-\\nber of the M. E. Church, to which liis widow now\\nbelongs.\\nk\\neorge W. Weston, farmer, located on sec-\\ntion -J I, Fremont Township, was born near\\nChamplain, in Vermont, May 7, 1853. He\\nis the son of Alexander and Ruth (New-\\nton) Weston. His mother died July 20, 1852,\\nin Sarnia, Ont., of cholera.\\nMr. Weston was brought up on a farm, in the de-\\ntails of which vocation he was instructed, as well as\\nin brick-making and lumbering. On reaching his\\nmajority, he engaged in carpentry, in which he passed\\nnearly two years. At the end of that time he inter-\\nested himself in the rearing of horses, which was his\\noccupation four years.\\nIn 1859 he came to St. Clair Co., Mich., where he\\nwent to work by the month as a lumberman. He\\ncame thence to Fremont Township, in 1861, when\\nhe bought the farm where he has since resided.\\nHe was married in the spring of 1862, to Mar-\\ngaret A., daughter of Roger and Jane A. (Taylor)\\nMiliken, who was born in Canada in 1844. Her pa-\\nrents are both deceased. Eight children have been\\nborn to Mr. and Mrs. Weston, as follows: Roger A.,\\nJuly 20,1863; May J., Dec. 23, 1866; Carrie A.,\\nJune 26, 1869; Kittie, May 7, 1872; Ada, Feb. 13,\\n1874; Gordon, June 20, 1877 Thomas, Feb. i, 1881,\\nand Ruth, April 19, 1884.\\nm\\nin Port Hope, Ont. His parents, WiUiani\\nwm\\n9m\\nwJ omHii^ Tcles Whitaker, farmer, section 29, Wash-\\nington Township, was born Feb. 28, 1837^\\nyfS and Ann (Weatman) Whitaker, were born in\\nn\\\\ England and emigrated to Canada, where\\ntheir death occurred. Mr. Whitaker received\\nas good an education as the location where he grew", "height": "2866", "width": "2206", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph09chic_0180.jp2"}, "181": {"fulltext": "\u00e2\u0096\u00a0ev iio^ni]fi -r\\n-:2\u00c2\u00ab\u00c2\u00ab^^^\\nSANILAC COUNTY.\\nup admitted, and at the age of 14 years he came to\\nMichigan, and has been a resident of the Peninsular\\nState since that time with the exception of 18 months,\\nwhich he passed in the Dominion. He came to San-\\nilac County in 1873, first settling in Buel Township.\\nA year later, he bought his present estate in Wash-\\nington Township, consisting of 80 acres of land. Of\\nthis tract, about 55 acres nre now under the plow and\\nin a creditable condition. Mr. Whitaker is a Demo-\\ncrat in his political views. Mrs. Emmeline (Good-\\ning) Whitaker was born April 18, 1839, in New York,\\nand was married in St. Clair Co., Mich., April 7,\\n1857. Ten children, which constitute the issue of\\nthis union, are all living but one, who died in infancy.\\nThey were born in the following order: Mary A.,\\nJesse W., Frederick J., Ellen A., Franklin C, Sarah\\nA., George N., Emma A. and Eva J.\\neorge Pack, deceased, a former resident of\\nWashington Township, Sanilac County,\\nwas born in 1800, in the State of New Jer-\\nsey. He was the son of George and Rebecca\\n(Greene) Pack, the former of direct English\\nlineage, the latter a niece of Gen. Natiianiel\\nGreene, of Revolutionary fame.\\nMr. Pack, the subject of this sketch, grew to man-\\nhood in New Jersey, and married Maria Lathrop,\\ndaughter of Abram and Sarah Lathrop, born April 6,\\n1810. They became the parents of 13 children, 10\\nof whom are yet living. Louisa M is the wife of J.\\nJ. Tlrornton (see sketcli), of Washington Township.\\nGeorge W. is a heavy dealer in lumber in Cleveland,\\nOhio. Lorinda and Angeline reside in Lexington.\\nHelen is the wife of Robert Wilson, a lumberman of\\nSeattle, Washington Territory. Albert is a lumber-\\nman at Alpena, Mich., is welt known in political cir-\\ncles and has been a member of the Legislature of\\nMichigan. Green is a lumberman and salt manu-\\nfacturer of Oscoda. Josephine resides at Lexington.\\nArthur is a lumberman at Oscoda. Herbert E.\\nresides at Durango, Col.\\nMr. Pack exchanged his property in the State of\\nNew York for pine land in Washington Township.\\nHe bought 80 acres of land situated on the edge of\\nthe village of Lexington, where his family resided\\nuntil 1861. Mr. Pack and his son George W. went\\nto Washington Township, where they personally\\nsuperintended their lumber and agricultural interests.\\nThey continued to buy tracts of land until they held\\nan enormous acreage. They cut and prepared for\\nmarket the first lumber shipped from Washington\\nTownship. A saw and a grist mill were erected on\\nthe Black River, and a large amount of land was\\nplaced under improvement, to which the family re-\\nmoved in 1861. Mr. Pack died there April 5, 1875;\\nthe mother died in Lexington, Jan. 28,1883. The\\nfather was an important factor in the history of San-\\nilac County, and was active in local politics. He\\nwas a man of more than ordinary ability and pos-\\nsessed inventive genius of no common order. He\\nwas the inventor of a valuable stave-cutting machine.\\nHe lived a life of usefulness, and is remembered as\\na trustworthy and enterprising citizen.\\n9\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0m\\nll^aniel Hay ward, farmer, section 36, Fre-\\nmont Township, has been a resident of\\nr^^ Michigan since 1856, his parents, Charles\\njlHsi and Margaret (Dougherty) Hayward, remov-\\ning from Collingwood, Ont., to St. Clair County\\nwhen he was but one year old. On the advent\\nof civil war his father enlisted in the Union service,\\nand died of fever in the hospital in 1862. He was a\\ncarpenter. His widow afterward married Joseph\\nNelson.\\nMr. Hayward lived in St. Clair County until he\\nwas ten years old. He was brought up on a farm\\nand has pursued the vocation of farmer all his life,\\nwith the exception of five years, which he spent in\\nthe lumber woods of Northern Michigan, with head-\\nquarters at Saginaw. He has followed lumbering\\nduring the winter seasons, and for many years has\\nengaged in threshing after the crops have been\\nharvested. In 1881 he became the owner of a\\nsteam thresher. In 1879 he purchased 60 acres of\\nland on section 36, on which he has since resided\\nand labored. He is a Republican in political views\\nand action.\\nMr. Hayward was married Feb. 2, 1878, to Jane\\n\u00e2\u0080\u00a2^niif^v^-", "height": "2866", "width": "2206", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph09chic_0181.jp2"}, "182": {"fulltext": "5^J!g\u00c2\u00ab|\u00c2\u00abS^\\n\u00e2\u0080\u00a2^v ^niisiiii^ r\\n-2if%^^\\ni86\\nSANILAC COUNTY.\\nSweetser. Of their union four children have been\\nborn, whose record is as follows: John, born June 8,\\n1879, in Fremont; Maggie, born June 8, 1880, died\\nDec. 18, 1882 Ella was born Dec. 31, 188 t Charles\\nEdwin was born March 24, 1884. Mrs. Hayward is\\nthe daughter of John and Phebe (Dixon) Sweetser.\\nHer father died March 22, 1884, aged 85 years. Her\\nmother resides with her.\\nsSi-\\nwjii^feavid Simmons, deceased, formerly a farmer\\n\\\\:^W V on section 26, Worth Township, was born\\nIt ^SV Sept. 15, 1815, in the Dominion of Can-\\n*)Ki ada, and was there reared to manhood. His\\nparents, John and Jane Simmons, were natives\\nof the State of New York. Mr. Simmons came\\nto Sanilac County in 1S54. He bought 160 acres of\\nland in tlie township of Worth, where he operated as\\na farmer until his death, which took place July 22,\\n1879. His marriage to Emily Hicks occurred in\\nCanada, Oct. 7, 1838. Her parents, Peter and Mar-\\ngaret Hicks, were of French origin. Mrs. Simmons\\nwas born Oct. 4, 1819, in Lower Canada. The chil-\\ndren born to her and her husband were eight in\\nnumber, viz.: Martha, Mary and William W. are\\nthe names of tlie survivors. Miles, Warner, Samuel,\\nWilliam (2d) and Jane deceased.\\nMrs. S. is a member of the Methodist Episcopal\\nChurch, as was also her husband.\\n^^^S| ^^s-vv H\\noseph Galbraith, farmer, section 30, Worth\\nTownship, is the son of Robert and Alice\\n(Denniston) Galbraith. The parents were\\nnatives of Ireland, and emigrated thence to\\nIt Canada, where they passed the remainder of\\ntheir lives.\\nM r. Galbraith, of this sketch, was born in Ireland,\\nOct. I, 1836. He was nearly 11 years old when he\\naccompanied his parents to Canada, where he lived\\nuntil the spring of 188 1. He was there engaged in\\nagriculture, and at the date named he came to Sani-\\nlac County. He bought 560 acres of land in Worth\\nTownship, and has placed 300 acres under cultiva-\\ntion. He is a member of the Republican party.\\nHe was married in Canada, Nov. 7, 1862, to\\nMaria, daughter of John and Eleanor (Johnson)\\nCanton. She was born Jan. 8, 1839, in Livingston\\nCo., N. Y. The ten children of which she has been\\nthe mother were named as follows Alice, Joseph,\\nJames I., Robert, Eleanor I., Wellington, David\\nW., Maria S., John W. and Franklin. The two last\\nnamed are deceased. The parents of Mrs. Galbraith\\nwere born in Ireland and emigrated to the United\\nStates. In October, 1854, they went from the State\\nof New York to Canada, where the father died, in\\nthe fall of 1865.\\n!?^.,.,-t.\\nrrin A. Munn, merchant at Anderson\\n(Washington Township), has been a resi-\\ndent of Sanilac County and township from\\ninfancy. He became master of his own for-\\ntunes at the age of 20 years, and passed the\\n10 years succeeding in various pursuits.\\nIn 1879 he located in the village of Anderson, and\\nin 1880 he formed an association with George Madi-\\nson in mercantile business. The building in which\\nthey operated was destroyed by fire in 1881, and in\\nthe fall of that year their relations were dissolved.\\nMr. Munn rebuilt the store and again established\\nhimself in trade. In the summer of 1883 he asso-\\nciated John S. Sherman with himself, and the busi-\\nness has since been carried on by their joint efforts.\\nIn July, 1880, Mr. Munn was appointed Postmaster,\\nand has since discharged the duties of the position.\\nHe has been active in the general affairs of his\\ntownship, and has officiated four years as Township\\nClerk, three years as Notary Public and a number of\\nterms in the different school offices. He belongs to\\nthe Masonic fraternity, and is a Republican in politi-\\ncal sentiment.\\nMr. Munn was born Nov. 19, 1852, in Cook Co.,\\n111., whence his parents, Otis and Cordelia (Sherman)\\nMunn, removed to Sanilac County within the same\\nyear. They are natives respectively of Massachu-\\nsetts and Pennsylvania. They resided some years", "height": "2866", "width": "2206", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph09chic_0182.jp2"}, "183": {"fulltext": "z^^K 6^vC D n i^ n Dr^T^\\nrr\\n;2i\u00c2\u00bb ^^i %r\\n(h\\nV\\nO\\nSANILAC COUNTY.\\n187\\nin Cook Co., 111., and since the date named have\\nbeen and still are living in Sanilac County. Their\\nfamily inchides five children, Mr. Munn of tliis\\nsketch being the eldest.\\nHis marriage to Rhoda J. Mattison occurred\\nMarch 25, 1877, at Port Sanilac. Her father, James\\nMattison, was born in the State of New York, and\\nmarried Emma Heritage, who was born in England.\\nMrs. Munn was born Dec. 23, 1853, in Sanilac\\nt ounty. Of this marriage three children have been\\nborn, ^Herbert M., Emma C. and Bessie. The sec-\\nond cliild died when she was about a year old.\\n~T^\\n=ei-\\nPlPfjjpiles Simmons, farmer, section 26, Worth\\nJi,, T^ ii /a^ _ Township, is the son of David and Emily\\nfM^te: (Hicks) Simmons, natives of Canada,\\ny^ where they were married and spent many\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a01^ years of their lives. In the fall of 1853 Ihey\\nsettled in Worth Township, where Mr. S. died,\\nin July, 1879. Their family included four sons and\\nthree daughters.\\nMr. Simmons is the eldest child of his parents,\\nand was born Aug. 28, 1839, in Hastings Co., Ont.\\nHe received a fair education in the schools of Can-\\nada and Michigan, whither he accompanied his par-\\nents. In December, 1861, he enlisted in the loth\\nReg. Mich. Vol. Inf, in which he served three\\nyears and two months. He received an honorable\\ndischarge at Detroit, and returned to his father s in\\nWorth Township. In 1867 he bought 40 acres of\\nwild land, to which he added 60 acres by later pur-\\nchase. On this he has expended his energies and\\nefforts, until he has placed the entire track under\\ncultivation. The place is supplied with good farm\\nbuildings and improvements generally, and is a val-\\nuable possession. He is a Republican of decided\\ntype, and has served his townsmen in several official\\ncapacities. He has been Justice of the Peace, and\\nis present Township Treasurer. He is a member\\nof Post H .H. Nims, G. A. R.\\nMr. Simmons, junior, was married June 16, 1866,\\nin St. Clair Co., Mich., to Mary A., daughter of John\\nand Eleanor (VVaite) Losie. The parents were natives\\nof Canada, where the daughter was born June 30\\n1838. David E., Sarah E. and Warner Blaine are\\nthe children now included in the family of Mr. Sim-\\nmons.\\nvfa:i2/\u00c2\u00a9-^-*\u00e2\u0080\u0094 S|-^^\\nW\u00c2\u00a7!\u00e2\u0080\u0094^ ^%eusvtv.\\neldon A. Englehart, farn\\\\er, section 27,\\nWashington Township, has been a resident\\njlKi*:^ Michigan since he was a lad. He be-\\nVi|f5^ came a citizen of Buel Township, in Sanilac\\nCounty, in 1863, where he lived about 10\\nyears, operating as a farmer. In 1873 he sold\\nhis place there and bought 80 acres of land, where\\nhe has since lived. Half of the farm is now cultiva-\\nted. He is independent in political views, and has\\nserved his generation in the capacities of Justice of\\nthe Peace, School Treasurer, and, while a resident of\\nBuel, was Township Treasurer one year.\\nMr. Englehart was born Dec. 13, 1835. His par-\\nents, Peter and Margaret Englehart, were born in\\nGermany. They emigrated to the United States and\\nsettled in the State of New York, where Mrs. E.\\ndied. The father came to Michigan, whence he en-\\nlisted, at Detroit, as a soldier in the Mexican War in\\n1847, and died at Cincinnati on his way home. The\\nsubject of this sketch was married at Croswell\\n(Davisville), Jan. 4, 1864, to Margaret A. Gaffney.\\nShe was born Feb. 14, 1S44, in Ontario. An only\\nchild died in infancy.\\n:f^|ieholas Wolfel, of the firm of Wolfel\\ni ^i Qif Saety, proprietors of the Lexington Flour-\\nlif^S?^ ing Mills, was born June 21, 1832, in Bo-\\nhemia. He is the son of John and Elizabeth\\n1^ (Wunderlig) Wolfel, and his parents were also\\nnatives of Boheinia. He learned the trade of mill-\\nwright in his native country, and in 1852 emigrated\\nthence to the United States. He first located in\\nSt. Clair Co., Mich., where he remained six years,\\nworking at his trade. At the expiration of that time\\nI\\n0)\\n\u00c2\u00aer^^t\\nA\\n.m^^ W ^rB\\n^^B", "height": "2866", "width": "2206", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph09chic_0183.jp2"}, "184": {"fulltext": "-5t?\u00e2\u0082\u00ac^*^\\nv4:DIi:^IiD^i v\\n1 88\\nCT\\nSANILAC COUNTY.\\nhe came to Lexington, and formed an association\\nwith Charles Decker, in company with whom he\\nerected a flouring mill of limited capacity. They\\nconducted its interests together about nine years,\\nwhen Mr. Wolfel became sole owner and managed\\nhis milling business singly four years. In 1873 he\\nformed his present connection witii Gustave Saety.\\nThe old mill was torn down and replaced by their\\npresent establishment, which has a capacity of 80\\nbarrels per day, and is chiefly devoted to custom\\nwork. The mill is located on three-fourths of an acre\\nof ground. Mr. Wolfel owns a considerable amount\\nof village real estate, and is a member of the Ma-\\nsonic Order. He has been a member of the Village\\nBoard several years, and has officiated as its Presi-\\ndent he has also served as Assessor of real estate.\\nHis marriage to Barbara Snapp occurred at Port\\nHuron, Oct. 16, 1859. She was born Jan. i, 1839,\\nin Bavaria. Eddy, born Sept. 29, i860, and Emily\\nLouisa, born Feb. 4, 1863, are the children that have\\nbeen born of this union. The parents are commu-\\nnicants of the Episcopal Church.\\n^^sfriHSH^-o\\n^sJt^jf^\\nulius A. Hosmer, merchant at Carsonville,\\nis the son of L. B. and Asenath L (Cum-\\nmings) Hosmer, natives respectively of\\nConnecticut and New York. After their mar-\\nriage they settled in the northern part of Ohio,\\nwhere Mrs. H. died: Mr. H. is still living.\\nThey had 12 children.\\nMr. Hosmer, of this sketch, is the i ith in order of\\nbirth, and was born Jan. 22, 1859, in Cuyahoga Co.,\\nOhio. He received a good education in the common\\nand high schools. His mother died when he was\\neight years old, and since that time the responsi-\\nbility of self-maintenance has been upon himself\\nIn the fall of 1878 he came from the Buckeye State\\nto Sanilac County, and passed the time until the\\nspring of 1883 in clerking and teaching. At the\\ntime named he built a store, where he established\\nhis hardware business, in which he has since been\\nsuccessfully engaged, having the only trade in that\\nline at Carsonville. He is a Republican in political\\nprinciples.\\nHe was married June 2, 1880, at Port Sanilac, to\\nEllen F., daughter of Henry and Mary (Ferguson)\\nOldfield. She was born in Sanilac County, June 2,\\n1861. Herbert O., born June 13, i88i,and Bessie\\nM., born April 16, 1884, are the only children of\\nMr. and Mrs. Hosmer.\\nfcarvey W. Smith, M. D., physician and\\nsurgeon, located at Carsonville, was born\\nOct. 24, 1855, in Went worth Co., Ont.\\nHis parents, George F. and Mary (Rathbone)\\nSmith, are natives of Canada, and are still\\nresidents of the Dominion. They had four\\nchildren.\\nDr. Smith is the youngest. He obtained a good\\npractical common-school education, and later stud-\\nied at the High School at Coburg. He determined\\non the profession of medicine as a vocation, and\\npassed the preliminary examination necessary to\\nenter upon the course of study prescribed in the\\nTrinity Medical College of Ontario. He matricu-\\nlated at the Kingston branch, entering Trinity Medi-\\ncal School of Toronto, where he studied three years,\\nleaving that institution with first-class credentials.\\nHe was admitted to a Fellowship in the Medical\\nDepartment of Trinity Medical School at Toronto,\\nand graduated with the degrees of M. B. at Toronto\\nUniversity, M. D. and C. M. at Trinity College.\\nHe passed successful examinations before the Col-\\nlege of Physicians and Surgeons of Ontario, and\\nopened his career as a medical practitioner at Cale-\\ndonia, Ont., in company with J. M. Forbes, M. D.,\\nwith whom he continued in business one year. In\\nthe spring of 1881 he came to Sanilac County,\\nand located at Carsonville, where he has since\\nresided and established his business as a medical\\npractitioner. Dr. Smith is neutral in [xilitical views.\\nHe is a member of the Masonic Order and belongs\\nto the Knights of Maccabees.\\nHe was married in Ontario, Feb. 22, 1879, to\\nPhebe A., daughter of David and Mary A. Smith.\\nThe parents are natives of Ontario, where the\\ndaughter was born, April 21, 1854. Mrs. Smith\\nis a graduate from the Wesleyan Female College\\nat Hamilton. She is the mother of two children\\nReginald G. and Alpha C. She and her husbanc\\nare members of the Methodist Church.\\nC\\n(V\\n^^iiii^nnfi\\n-4^^", "height": "2866", "width": "2206", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph09chic_0184.jp2"}, "185": {"fulltext": "SANILAC COUNTY.\\n\u00c2\u00ab1 ohn Beekton, farmer, located on section\\n^\u00c2\u00a7^:7 26, Flynn Township, was born Feb. 28,\\ncv-i- jgg j^ jj^ Dinnfrieshire, Scotland. When he\\nwas 18 years old his parents emigrated to\\nj^ America and became residents of Middlesex\\nI Co., Ont., where they have since resided.\\nThe first event in tlie life of Mr. Beekton, out of\\nthe common routine of his youth and early manhood,\\nwas his marriage to Anna E. Lodge, which occurred\\nMay 9, 1878, in Middlese-x Co., Ont. She was born\\nJan 17, 1S59, in England. She was 16 when her\\nparents removed from their native land to America,\\nand she remained with them in Ontario until her\\nmarriage. Mary E. and George H. are the names of\\nthe children which have been born to Mr. and Mrs.\\nBeekton. The year following their union in wedlock,\\nthey came to Michigan and located on a tract of 80\\nacres of land which Mr. Beekton had purchased the\\nprevious year. He has placed 25 acres in fine till-\\nable condition. In political sentiment he is in sympa-\\nthy with the Republican party, but is not yet a citizen\\nof his adopted country. He and his wife are mem-\\nbers of the Methodist Episcojjal Church.\\nohn W. Cook, farmer, located on section\\n16, Marlette Township, was born in Whit-\\nby, Ontario Co., Ont., May 2, 1S58. His\\nmother died a few days after his birth, and he\\n]L vvas under the care of his father until he was\\nII years of age, when he found himself under\\nthe necessity of making exertions, not only for him-\\nself, but for the maintenance of his father. He be-\\ngan to operate aj a farm laborer, receiving $10 per\\nmonth for six months. He was once more occupied\\nat home at the expiration of that period, and a short\\ntime afterward set about making his own way in the\\nworld in good earnest, and since that time has earned\\nhis living without assistance. In 1878 he came to\\nSanilac County and became a farm laborer for\\nAlvero Collins (see sketch), of Buel Township. Two\\nyears later, he returned to Ontario and was tliere\\nmarried Nov. 19, 1880, to Sarah, daughter of James\\nand Adaline (Drinkwater) Mills. Her mother is still\\nliving, in Ontario. Her father died when she was\\nnine years old, and a little before that event she was\\nadopted by Mr. and Mrs. Ensign, of Ontario Co.,\\nOnt., with whom she lived until her marriage. Jus-\\ntus, born Jan. 30, 1883, and Nora, born Jan. 30,\\n1884, are the children that have been born to Mr.\\nand Mrs. Cook.\\nSoon after their marriage they came to Michigan\\nand Mr. Cook returned to the service of his former\\nemployer, where he continued nearly a year. He\\nwent thence to Lexington and operated as a farm as-\\nsistant for Peter C-enette. In the month of Octo-\\nber, 1883, he came into possession of the property\\nwhich he now occupies, by bequest from his aunt,\\nMrs. Orilla Bennett. It consists of 100 acres of\\nland, mostly under advanced improvements, having\\n90 acres in a finely cultivated condition. Mr. Cook\\nis in sympathy with the principles and issues of the\\nRepublican party.\\nC^^i i amuel Moore, farmer and breeder of stock,\\ny\u00c2\u00bbl ,_ resident on section 32, Moore Township,\\n1 was born Oct. 22, 1842, in Brant Co., Bur-\\nford Tp,, Can., and is the son of James and\\nSarah (Kinsey) Moore. The father was born\\nin Canada, Oct. 24, 1800, and died Sept. 29,\\n1879. The mother was also born in the Dominion,\\nAug. 15, i8io, and yet resides there.\\nMr. Moore left home when he was 15 years of age\\nand engaged in lumbering, in whicli he was interested\\nabout 18 years, after which he bought a saw and\\ngrist mill, and contmued the business of a lumber-\\nman about the same length of time, when he sold\\nhis property in Canada and settled in Sanilac County.\\nHe became the proprietor of 70 acres of land, to\\nwhich he has added by later purchases until he\\nowns about 900 acres. The farm is in first-class\\ncondition, with large and well constructed barns and\\ndwellings.\\nMr. Moore was married Sept. 19, i86g, to Eliza-\\nbeth S., daughter of Peter and Jane (Chant) Fox.\\nHer mother was born in 1827, in England, and died\\nSept. II, 1881. The father was born in 1817, in Can-\\nada, and died in 1856. Tlie children of Mr. and\\nMrs. Moore are five in number and were born as\\nV\u00c2\u00a9\\nI\\nA\\nc^:\\n^^^ii!i^iiD; i^9 ^^ca^", "height": "2866", "width": "2206", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph09chic_0185.jp2"}, "186": {"fulltext": "follows: William J., Aug. 21, 1870; Sarah J., May\\n9, 1872, died Sept. 11, 1873; John P., Sept. 26, 1874;\\nWildman A., Oct. i, 1879; Andrew S., Sept. 1 1,\\n1883.\\nIn political connection Mr. Moore is a Republican.\\nHe lias been Supervisor of his township two terms\\nand School Superintendent five terms.\\nV\\ns\\nO\\nohn McGill, merchant and Postmaster at\\nMarlette, was born Aug. 18, 1825, in Scot-\\nland, of which country his parents, Qiientin\\nand Jeanette (Wilson) McGill, were also na-\\ntives. They passed the entire course of their\\nlives in their native land, where the mother\\ndied in 1848 and the father in 1872. Their children\\nwere six in number four sons and two daughters.\\nMr. McGill is the youngest son, and resided in\\nScotland until July, 1845. He received a common-\\nschool education, and at the date named came to\\nCanada. He spent two years in the Dominion, in\\n%jft various places and variously employed, coming thence\\nto Detroit, where he spent a winter workmg at his\\ntrade of shoemaking, which he had learned in his\\nnative land. He went next to Mt. Clemens in\\nMacomb County, and after a stay there of si.\\\\ months\\nproceeded to Romeo, a village in the same county,\\nwhere he resided nearly 18 years, devoting his time\\nto the prosecution of the shoe business. In the fall\\nof 1866 he located at Marlette, where he built the\\nfirst grist and saw mill in this section of the county,\\nin which enterprise he was associated with George\\nH. Fenner. The saw-mill was in running order in\\nthe summer of 1867, and the grist mill was ready for\\nbusiness at Christmas following. In the spring of\\n1868 he removed his family hither, and has since\\nbeen engaged in the active prosecution of his busi-\\nness interests. The mills first alluded to were both\\nburned the spring after being built; the grist-mill was\\nnever rebuilt, but the saw-mill was immediately re-\\nerected. In 1869 lie disposed of his mill property, and\\nestablished himself in trade. In 187 i he again be-\\ncame the proprietor of the mill interest he had\\nvfy previously sold and continued its management in\\nconnection with his other business until 1883, when\\nf\u00c2\u00ae he leased it to other parties to secure opportunity to\\nprosecute more effectively liis other business interests.\\nHe received his appointment as Postmaster of Mar-\\nlette in 1869, during the first administralion of Presi-\\ndent Grant. He is the owner of considerable real\\nestate in the township of Marlette, which comprises\\nabout 700 acres of land with 250 acres under good\\ncultivation. He is the senior member of the banking\\nfirm known as McGill Co., which was established\\nin 1882, with a capital of $10,000. Mr. McGill has\\nworked his way to competency by the sure route of\\nindustry and frugality, combined with correct judg-\\nment and the sort of perseverance which always wins\\nin a newly settled region possessing the resources of\\nthis section of the Peninsular Stale. He came to\\nCanada in company with his brother and had only\\nsufficient means to ensure a comfortable journey\\nthere, having only his manly strength and purpose\\nand a knowledge of shoe-making. He is a Repub-\\nlican in political connection, but lias never been an\\naspirant to official prominence. He belongs to the\\nMasonic fraternity. His residence, which he began to\\nerect in the fall of 1882 and completed in the spring\\nof 1884, is one of the finest and most substantial in\\nthis jiart of the county and is an ornament to the\\nplace where it is located.\\nMr. McGill was married March 8, 1849, in Al-\\nmont, Lapeer Co., Mich., to Caroline, daughter of\\nJoshua (Goldthorpe) Smith. The parents were na-\\ntives of England and the daughter was born in the\\nState of Connecticut Nov. 14, 1829. Flora E. and\\nWilliam B. are the children which have been born to\\nMr. and Mrs. McGill.\\nW^l eter Banks, farmer, section 26, Flynn Town-\\n|fc|^; ship, was born June 29, 1846, in Caithness-\\np7-I^ shire, in the north of Scotland, and is the\\nand remained in his native land two years after he\\nobtained his majority. He then emigrated to Amer-\\nica, and for a time was a resident of Middlesex Co.,\\nCan., coming thence to Lapeer Co., Mich., where he\\nremained but a brief period. He went next to To-\\nronto, Out., where he was married July 14, 1873, to\\nAnnie Nicholson, a native of Scotland and daughter\\nof William and Isabella (Nichols) Nicholson. She\\n9\\nS\\nca:\\n\u00c2\u00ab*j-\\nii^\u00c2\u00ae\\nA ^II!l^Iltlf", "height": "2866", "width": "2206", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph09chic_0186.jp2"}, "187": {"fulltext": "\u00c2\u00ae?l\\nw\\n:2#\u00e2\u0082\u00ac^ 6v4itl n^ B t\\ni\\n(i)\\nTT\\nSANILAC COUNTY.\\n191\\n1^\\nwas 22 years of age when she came with her two\\nsisters to Canada, where she was married soon after.\\nMr. and Mrs. Banks have seven cliildren, born in the\\norder named Georgiana, June 28, 1S74; James A.,\\nJuly 9, 1875; Margaret E., Sept. 16, 1876; Minnie\\nC, May 24, 1878 Jessie, Sept. 16, 1S79; Annie,\\nJune I, 1881 William John, Oct. 28, 1882.\\nSoon after marriage, Mr. Banks rented a farm in\\nthe township of Eckfiied, Middlesex Co., Ont., where\\nhe operated until his removal to Michigan, in October,\\n1879, when he located on 80 acres of land in Flynn\\nTownship, of which he became the proprietor by pur-\\nchase. This has since been the home of the family,\\nand there is now 35 acres of the place under credit-\\nable cvltivation. In political belief Mr. Banks favors\\nthe views of the Republican element. In religious\\nsentiment he and his wife are Presbyterians.\\nohn L. Fitch, lumberman and farmer on\\nsection 25, Marlette Township, was born\\nMarch 10, 18^3, in Canada. He is the\\nfourth child of Thomas and Margaret (Bea-\\n]C^ com) Fitch (see sketch), and accompanied his\\nparents to Sanilac County when he was about\\nfour years of age. He has grown to man s estate in the\\ncounty where he now resides, and has interested him-\\nself in the calling common to this section of Mich-\\nigan. He has spent 14 winters in the various\\ndetails of lumbering, and has devoted the remaining\\nseasons of the years to the improvement and culti-\\nvation of 160 acres of land which he owns in Mar-\\nlette Township. He has placed 75 acres in a\\nprofitable and creditable condition. In political\\naffiliation he is a Democrat.\\nff (i Mi i illiam W. Kerr, farmer, section 7, Flynn\\n.i\u00c2\u00bb^.^^\\\\|i Pownship, was born Oct. 7, 1843, m Old\\nxp Cambridge, Mass. His parents, Joseph and\\niff^ Ann (Campbell) Kerr, were born respectively\\nin Ireland and Scotland. The father was a\\nfarmer, and when the son was but a few\\nmonths old the family removed to Huron Co., Ont\\nwhere the senior Kerr was again engaged in that\\npursuit until his death, Dec. 7, 1883, at the age of 80\\nyears. The mother is 68 years of age and is a resi-\\ndent of Ontario.\\nMr. Kerr was reared to the vocation of farmer,\\nand obtained a good education in the district schools.\\nHe remained with his parents until he was 24 years\\nof age, when he was married to Tabitha E. Ervin.\\nShe was born June 21, 1851, in Oxford Co., Can.,\\nand remained with her parents until her mar-\\nriage. Her father and mother, Alfred and Anna E.\\n(Carroll) Ervin, were born in Ontario and Germany,\\nand descended from German and Irish parentage.\\nThe father died about 1873, in Marlette, Mich., when\\nhe was 47 years of age. The mother resides in Mar-\\nlette and is 53 years of age. Eight children have\\nbeen born to Mr. and Mrs. Kerr, in the following\\norder: Mary J., James D., Alfred A., Anna E., Joseph,\\nWilliam G. and Ogle V. C. At the expiration of\\nthe first year of their marriage the parents removed\\nto the village of Marlette, then in its incipiency, where\\nthey resided 12 years, the father being engaged in\\nfarming. In 1880 he exchanged his property for 160\\nacres of land, on which some improvements had been\\nmade, on sections 7,12 and 18, in Flynn Township,\\nof which he at once took possession and entered vig-\\norously into the work of putting the property in first-\\nclass condition. He now has 60 acres under the\\nplow. Mr. Kerr is a Republican in political connec-\\ntion and has held the minor offices in his township.\\nHe and his wife are members of the Baptist Church.\\n|^^^^\u00e2\u0080\u00a2\u00c2\u00bb\u00c2\u00aei^a ^JZT^rav.\\ni\\n||l!!;| raneis\\n1\\nlg\u00c2\u00a33 5;\\nA. Scribner, proprietor of the El-\\nu mer House, Elmer village, Moore Tovvn-\\nship, is the son of Solomon L. and Ursula\\n(Tibbetts) Scribner. The former was born June\\n6, 1820, in London, Can. He is a mechanic\\nI and worked as such while a resident of the\\nDominion. He removed to Elmer in 1882. The\\nmother was born Dec. i, 1826, in the city of Montreal.\\nMr. Scribner was born Dec. 9, 1849, Macomb\\nCo., Mich. He received a common-school education\\nand was an inmate of the paternal home until he was\\n26 years of age. He was then engaged in farmingin\\nSt. Clair Co., Mich., and in the year 1876 he was\\nmarried to Laura L., daughter of George. H. and\\nJelaina (Putnam) Dingman. She was born May 6,\\n1859, in Imlay City, Lapeer Co Mich. Her parents\\nv\u00c2\u00a7)\\nC", "height": "2866", "width": "2206", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph09chic_0187.jp2"}, "188": {"fulltext": "K\\n192\\nSANILAC COUNTY.\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0:sr\\nf\\nare natives of Delaware, Can., where her fatlier en-\\ngaged in farming and kimbering. They now reside\\nin St. Clair Co., Mich., whitl.er they removed in 187 i.\\nMr. Scribner remained in St. Clair County four\\nyears after his marriage, when he moved to Elmer\\nand embarked in tlie business which he has since\\nprosecuted. Three children are now included in the\\nfamily household, who were born as follows Adelia\\nJ., May 30, 1877 Townsend T., Dec. 19, 1879;\\nGeorge L., July 6, 1881. Mr. Scribner is a Repub-\\nlican in political sentiment and connection, and has\\nofficiated as Constable of his township since his re-\\nmoval hither.\\nnasisisifi^^r\\n\u00c2\u00ab^5!/Zl2OTv\\nellington Parker, Treasurer of Lamotte\\nTownship, was born May 22, 18 19, in\\njil^^rT^ the township of Yarmouth, Elgin Co.,\\nj|^ Can. He is the son of William and Nancy\\nParker, and is of mixed Irish and German\\ndescent. His paternal grandfather, John Parker,\\nwas born in Cork, and married Mary Watson, a native\\nof the city of Dublin. They emigrated to Nova Scotia,\\nand after a short residence there went to Pennsyl-\\nvania and settled on the banks of the Susquehanna\\nRiver, where they secured a proprietary claim of 200\\nacres of land, and also a title to an island in the\\nriver, where they had a residence. The occupancy\\nof the island was a source of much discomfort at the\\nseason of the year when the stream was swollen, and\\noften of danger, as the river rises sometimes with\\ngreat rapidity, and on more than one occasion the\\nfamily were in imminent peril, barely escaping with\\ntheir lives to the main land. John Parker was a\\nTory, and, disgusted with the result of the Revolution,\\nhe abandoned his property and went back to Nova\\nScotia. He removed thence to Canada, and settled\\nin Welland County, on the Chippewa River, thirty\\nmiles from its mouth, where he remained until 181 6,\\nwhen he removed his family to Elgin Co., Can., into\\na dense wilderness. The trials and privations they\\nencountered may be estimated from the fact that\\nthey were obliged to go 70 miles to mill. They car-\\nried their grain on their backs to the water s edge,\\nabout a mile from their home, and placed it in a small\\ncanoe, which they rowed to Port Ryerse in Simcoe. In\\n,9\\nm\\nextreme eases the journey consumed a month, and\\nalways required a number of days, as the weather\\nwas variable without exception. They were fre-\\nquently obliged to land and shelter themselves under\\ntheir inverted boat. Both grandparents resided in\\nYarmouth, until their deaths. William Parker was\\nborn in New Brunswick, in November, 1797. He\\naccompanied his parents to Canada, and was married\\nin Welland County. His wife was of German descent.\\nShe was born in Welland County in 1800, and died\\nin Yarmouth, in January, 1877. Her husband was\\na farmer, and died in the same place in May, 1875.\\nMr. Parker, of this sketch, remained at home with\\nhis parents some years after attaining his majority.\\nHe learned the trade of a blacksmith, which he pur-\\nsued in his native county, and he aided in the sup-\\nport of his parents while he remained at home. He\\nwas mairied Feb. 22, 1842, to Thyrza Fisher. She\\nwas born in Baden, Germany, and died Sept. 14,\\n1S50, in Yarmouth, leaving five children, all of whom\\nsurvive and are residents of the Dominion. Mary\\nCatherine married Edward Bailey. Nancy Ann is\\nthe wife of Samuel Edgecomb. Edward married\\nMelissa Ryckman. Frances is Mrs. William Mill-\\nman. Nelson married Sophia Miner. Mr. Parker\\nwas a second time married in October, 1852, to Mary\\nBloom. She was the daughter of Sebastian and\\nCecilia Bloom. Her parents were Germans and\\nemigrated to Canada. The daughter was born in\\n1831, her birth taking place on the Atlantic Ocean.\\nShe died in June, 1864, after becoming the mother of\\nfour children. Henry married Ida Ryckman, and re-\\nsides in Malahide, Ont. Thyrza is deceased. Well-\\nington, Jr., is next in order of birth. Franklin mar-\\nried .\\\\nna Doherty and resides in Lamotte with his\\nfather. Ida is the name of his little daughter. Mr.\\nParker was a third time married in June, 1866, to\\nHannah Merritt, a native of Canada. She died on\\nthe third anniversary of her wedding, and left one\\nchild Merritt. Mr. Parker married Phebe Ann\\nDennis, Feb. 13, 1870. She was born in Toronto,\\nCanada.\\nWhen Mr. Parker was 18 years old the Patriot\\nWar broke out in Canada, and he was conscripted\\nfour times, in each instance without being drawn into\\nactual military drill, and the rebellion was suppressed\\nwith no loss of life save that caused by the execution\\nof Bedford and others, who were officers and incited\\nothers to resist the authority of the government of\\n9\\no:", "height": "2866", "width": "2206", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph09chic_0188.jp2"}, "189": {"fulltext": "(hj\\n1\\nI\\n^V^tltl^:llDi r\\n\u00c2\u00aeV^\\nSANILAC COUNTY.\\nGreat Britain. (See sketch of Dr. S. W. Bedford.)\\nMr. Parker was wholly in sympathy with the reform\\nparty, but saw no possible chance for the success of\\nthe movement. He remained a resident of the Do-\\nminion until iS8i,when he came to Sanilac County,\\nand settled on i6o acres of land situated on sections\\n29 and 30, Lamotte Township. It is a valuable\\npiece of real estate, conveniently situated, and he\\nand his two sons, Wellington and Frank, have placed\\n80 acres under advanced cultivation. They took\\npossession of the place with courage, and during the\\nspring and summer of 1881 accomplished a wonder-\\nful change. They built a good house and had fair\\nprospects of speedy prosperity when the ill-fated fifth\\nof September arrived. The air was thick and dis-\\nmal with the smoke of the fires in adjacent townships,\\nand on that day it became a certainty in Lamotte.\\nThe cinder blew from a piece of woods about 30 rods\\nfrom the dwelling of Mr. Parker and the house was\\nsoon in flames. There was no help or relief, only to\\nsave life. Everything was parched from the long\\ncontinued dry weather. Mr. Parker and the children\\nfound safety from the flames at a point some rods\\nfrom their home protected by a piece of woods which\\ndid not take fire. Mr. parker stayed with his con-\\nsuming house and managed to make a slight saving.\\nHe obtained breath by throwing himself flat on the\\nground, face downward, his clothing frequently taking\\nfire. The details are told in full in another ])art of\\nthis book. Mr. Parker s loss was about $1,200.\\nHe and his sons again set to work to re-establish\\ntheir fortunes, and have put the farm in valuable and\\npromising condition. A suitable and convenient\\nhouse has been built, at an expense of $1,500, and\\nat this writing the fair fields are like gold with the\\nwaiting harvest. The first shock of the sharp and\\nsudden loss having passed, time and effort have\\nbrought reward that sheds a softer remembrance\\nover tlie sore affliction of Sept. 5, 1881.\\nWellington Parker, Jr., was born Feb. 8, 1S57, in\\nElgin Co., Can. He has always lived with his\\nfather, and is one of the substantial young men upon\\nwhom is placed the hope and reliance for the future\\ndevelopment and prosperity of Sanilac County. They\\nare well founded in this instance, Mr. Parker possess-\\ning the sturdy traits of perseverance and wholesome\\njudgment which characterize the nationalities from\\nwhich he is descended. He and his brother Frank\\nhave all the characteristics which develop men under\\nthe fostering influences of a republican form of\\ngovernment. Industrious, honest, intelligent and con-\\nsiderate, they have an assured future and their town\\nand county is fortunate in the promise of their citi-\\nzenship. Father and sons are Republicans of no un-\\ncertain type. Wellington is a member of the M. E.\\nChurch. He has an excellent education, and in the\\nspring of 1884 was elected School Inspector.\\nV3;\\n-^^4#\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0ASii\\np[-^r. James A. Watson, physician and sur-\\nk^^ll geon, resident at Brown City, was born\\n1\u00c2\u00a3\\nAug. 2, 1862, in Greenwood Township, St.\\njnA Clair Co., Mich. His parents, William and\\nEllen (Crocker) Watson, were natives of Ontario\\nS and were farmers all their lives. They became\\nresidents of Michigan about 1850, settling in St. Clair\\nCounty. The father became a soldier in the Union\\nArmy and died of disease at Murfreesboro, Tenn.,\\nafter a year s service. The mother is a resident of\\nthe township of Grant, St. Clair County.\\nJ. A. Watsoii was scarcely beyond infancy when\\nhis father died. His mother cared for and reared\\nhim to the age of 16 years. He became skilled in\\nagriculture and obtained a fair education in the com-\\nmon schools. When he was 17 years old, he became\\na district school teacher, and a year later he entered\\nthe Medical Department of the University at Ann\\nArbor. He was graduated there in 1883, and not\\nlong after receiving tlie authority of the institution\\nhe established himself as a practitioner at Brown\\nCity. His business is already satisfactory, and he is\\nsteadily advancing in the confidence and esteem of\\nhis patrons. He is an adherent and supporter of\\nthe principles of the Republican party.\\nCan., Jan\\nDominion.\\nMr. Pitcher was born March 2, 1S46, in O.xford\\nlilansing D. Pitcher, agriculturist, located\\n^y J (111 sec;tion -js, Moore Township, is the son\\nV of Archibald and Hannah (Rock) Pitcher.\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0Jiff The father was born Feb. 5, 1820, in Queens-\\niji bury, Warren Co., N. Y., and died Jan. 28,\\n1882; the mother was born in Wetland Co.,\\n18, 1823, and died March 8, 1856, in the\\nii", "height": "2866", "width": "2206", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph09chic_0189.jp2"}, "190": {"fulltext": "m\\nMi\\nf\\nA\\n194\\nSANILAC COUNTY.\\n-\u00e2\u0082\u00acS-\\nCo., Can. When he was 24 years of age he engaged\\nin threshing and saw-milling, alternating in their\\npursuits until 1879, when he came to Sanilac County\\nand settled on the farm he has since conducted,\\nwhich includes 40 acres of land, with 23 acres im-\\nproved, and supplied with good buildings. He is in\\nprosperous circumstances, notwithstanding the fact\\nthat he sustained a loss of $1,800 by the burning of\\nhis saw-mill, a quantity of logs, his barn, stables and\\ngrain in the fire of 1881.\\nIn 1878, he was married to Sarah J., daughter of\\nJames and Sarah (Chambers) Rounds. The father\\nwas born in Staffordshire, Eng., and died March 9,\\n1882. The mother resides in Sanilac County. Mrs.\\nPitcher was born Oct. 3, 1858, in Canada. Ada A.\\nand Clarence A., born respectively Oct. 18, 1879, and\\nSept. 22, 1883, are the children of Mr. and Mrs.\\nPitcher. The parents are members of the Inde-\\npendent Order of Good Templars, in which work\\nthey are ardently interested.\\norris Rockwell, farmer, section 19, Flynn\\nIj^S^ia^ Township, was born Nov. 13, 1830, in\\n^S Ridgefield, Fairfield Co., Conn. His par-\\nents, Charles and Sarah A. (Brotherton)\\nRockwell, were also natives of the same section\\nI of the land of steady habits, Yankees by birth\\nbut of a line of descent which originated in the\\nland of the shamrock. The father was a farmer in\\nhis native State, and in 1849 removed with his family\\nto Oakland Co., Mich., where the parents resided the\\nremaining portion of their lives the demise of the\\nfather occurred June 9, 185 i, that of the mother, Oct.\\nI, 1882. Their family comprised ten children, all of\\nwhom are still living, and eight of them are residents\\nof the Peninsular State.\\nMr. Rockwell is the eldest son and second child of\\nhis parents. He was reared to the vocation of farm-\\ning, and obtained a reasonably fair education in the\\ncommon school. He was 19 years of age when his par-\\nents became residents of Michigan, and he remained\\nunder their control until the period of his majority.\\nHe then entered upon the contest of life in his\\nown behalf, engaging at first as a common laborer on\\na farm. He continued to operate in that manner un-\\ntil his marriage, Dec. 10, 1862, in Washtenaw Co.,\\nMich., to Eunice Eaton. She was born in that county,\\nand was the daughter of Hosea Eaton. She died in\\nher native county May 29. 1865. Mr. Rockwell was\\nagain married Jan. i., 1868, in Oakland Co., Mich.,\\nto Mary E. Beaumont, daughter of Francis and\\nMaria (Rosebone) Beaumont. Her parents were\\nnatives respectively of England and New York, and\\nof English and Gemian descent. They are still liv-\\ning in Oakland County, and are actively engaged in\\nfarming. They are aged 74 and 70 years. Mrs.\\nRockwell is the eldest daughter of her parents, whose\\nfamily included nine children. She is the fourth in\\norder of birth and was born in Highland, Oakland\\nCounty, Aug. 26, 1845. She was reared and educated\\nin her native county. Five children are now included\\nin the household of Mr. Rockwell, who were born as\\nfollows: Charles G., April 7, 1870; Walter L., Sept.\\n16, 1872; Elsie, June 28, 1874; Elmer A., Jan. 24,\\n1880; Harry H., June 25, 1883.\\nAfter marriage Mr. and Mrs. R. remained two years\\non a farmin Oakland (bounty, and in December, 1875,\\nthey removed to Sanilac County and entered a claim\\nof 142 acres of land on section 19 of Flynn Town-\\nship. To this they have added 40 acres by later\\npurchase. The place is now in prosperous condition,\\nwith 40 acres under the plow and a fine young\\norchard. It is supplied with a good house and suit-\\nable farm buildings. In social standing the family\\nrank with the community of which they are members,\\nand they are an influential element in the local mat-\\nters of the township. Mr. Rockwell is a Republican\\nand has been Justice of the Peace eight years.\\n-J ^^^P-^^-i s\\nallace B. Brooks, merchant at Novesta\\nEvergreen Township, was born Dec. 14,\\n1848, in Canada, and is the son of Henr}\\nand Ann (Reynolds) Brooks, both of whom\\nwere born in Troy, N. Y., the former in 1813,\\nthe latter in 1821. The father is a farmer near\\nMemphis, Macomb Co., Mich. p)\\nAt the age of 14 years, Mr. Brooks became an as- 1\\nsistant in a bakery and confectionery establishment,\\nin wliich he was employed two years. He was 16\\nyears old when he became steward on a boat which\\nplied on the river St. Lawrence, called the Butcher\\nBoy, and he operated thereon five seasons. At the\\nA\\n(v\\nDDf^^^-", "height": "2866", "width": "2206", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph09chic_0190.jp2"}, "191": {"fulltext": "^r\u00c2\u00ae^\\nSANILAC COUNTY.\\n4^^( sVl|g\\n195\\nopening of the next he bought a half interest in the\\nschooner John F. Warner, and engaged in shipping\\ngrain and lumber between the ports of Milwaukee\\nand Buffalo, and from Saginaw to Cleveland. In\\n1872 the schooner was sunk in the lake off Kelly s\\ny Island, and Mr. Brooks lost his entire investment.\\nHe next engaged in teaming in the city of Cleveland,\\nuntil he could better himself, when he embarked in\\nreal-estate traffic, in which he was interested five\\nyears. He then became interested in agi culture\\nand engaged in farming on Mentor Avenue. A year\\nlater he sold the place and came to the section of\\nSanilac County where he is now operating, and es-\\ntablished his mercantile interests, which he hassir.ce\\nprosecuted with reasonably satisfactory results. He\\nis an adherent to the principles of the National\\nGreenback party, and has been School Officer of the\\ndistrict in which he lives. He belongs to the Knights\\n^f^ of Pythias and to the Order of Orangemen.\\ninard D. Mills, merchant at Elmer, Moore\\nTownship, was born March 5, 1855, in\\nJackson Co., Mich. His father, Hiram\\nMills, was born in 1809, and his mother,\\nEmmeline (Burden) Mills, was born in 1827,\\nboth natives of Delaware Co., N. Y. They re-\\nside in Lynn Township, St. Clair Co., Mich.\\nMr. Mills obtained a substantial and available ed-\\nucation, and when he was 20 years old began his\\nactive career as a teacher, in which capacity he was\\nengaged two years. Meanwhile his parents had re-\\nmoved to St. Clair County, and he proceeded thither\\nand interested himself in agriculture and bee-cul-\\nture, to which he devoted five years. In 1883 he\\nembarked in mercantile business atr EimCT: He be-\\nlongs to the Republican element in politicar connec-\\ntion.\\nHe was married in 1882 to Mary L. Lovejoy. She\\nwas born Aug. 20, 1859, in St. Clair Co., Mich., and\\nis the daughter of William P. and Emmeline (War-\\nren) Lovejoy. The parents of Mrs. Mills are natives\\nrespectively of the States of New York and Vermont.\\nIn the early days of their marriage they removed to\\nw\u00c2\u00bb\\nMacomb Co., Mich., and afterwards to their present\\nlocation in St. Clair County.\\nLeroy, only child of Mr. and Mrs. Mills, was born\\nMarch 22, 1884.\\nn.i!uwM^r\\nK4\u00e2\u0080\u0094 w S/Zrero^v.\\nhomas Welch, farmer, section 19, Flynn\\nTownship, was born Feb. 24, 1819, on the\\nJ^T^ Grand River, in Chatham, Province of\\nLower Canada, and is the son of William and\\nMary Welch. His parents moved to Upper\\nCanada when he was 12 years old, and at the\\nage of 17 he came to Chicago and Galena, 111., where\\nhe spent 12 years. He was employed about 14\\nyears in the lead mines at the latter place, afterwards\\nreturning to Canada. He was married at Malahide,\\nOnt., Oct. 20, 1850, to Mary Brooks, a native of that\\nplace, where she was born Jan. 6, 1829. Eleven\\nchildren have been born of her marriage, four of whom\\nare deceased. They were named Mary G., Charles,\\nDaniel, Walter, Alma, Catherine E., Levi, Junius,\\nAndrew, Ellen and Laura. The four last named are\\ndeceased. Mr. Welch was a resident of Elgin Co.,\\nCan., after his marriage about 20 years, and operated\\nas a fanner on 100 acres of land of which he was the\\nproprietor. He removed thence to Lambton County,\\nwhere he remained until 1882. He owned 70 acres\\nof land, and at the date named he disposed of his\\nproperty by sale and came to Flynn Township, where\\nhe purchased 80 acres of land situated on sections\\n18 and 19, and where he has since been vigorously\\nand successfully engaged in improving his farm. He\\nis a Republican in political sentiment.\\n-h ^VV^^*-g^S V H\\n^1\\nsji S^il enj amin Gamble, mine host of the\\n^iiLffiJF Brown City Hotel, was born Sept. 6, 185 1,\\nx-f0^ in Dundas Co., Ont. His father was a\\nl^* farmer, and died at the age of 47 years, when\\nthe son was but three years old, and lie con-\\ntinued to reside with his mother until he was\\n18 years old. At that age he began life on his own\\nresponsibility, and operated for a few years as a com-\\nmon laborer. He had a brother in Montreal, whom\\nc^\\nSi/", "height": "2866", "width": "2206", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph09chic_0191.jp2"}, "192": {"fulltext": "DI]^IiIl v\\nsW^\\nSANILAC COUNTY.\\nhe joined there aiid assisted in his business by driv-\\ning a team. He was employed five years. His mar-\\nriage to Mary A. Morris occurred in Huron Co.,Ont.,\\nJune 28, 1875. She was born June 3, 1854, in Ox-\\nford Co., Ont. Her parents are in advanced years\\nand reside in this township. After their marriage\\nMr. and Mrs. Gamble located at Grand Bend, Ont.,\\nwhere they resided until December, 1879, when they\\ncame to Michigan and engaged in agriculture two\\nyears in Lapeer County. In January, 1S83, they\\ncame to Brown City and purchased the hotel property\\nwhich they have since managed, belonging then to\\nIsaac Swan. They have been successfully engaged\\nand have more than doubled their hotel facilities.\\nTlie establishment is comfortably furnished and\\nequipped, with a capacity for accommodating 30\\nguests. Mr. Gamble also owns an improved lot\\nwithin the village limits.\\names S. Denton, farmer, section 10, Moore\\niGi l Townshii), is the son of Darius and Electa\\nj^5 (Lynch) Denton, both of whom were na-\\nW lives of the State of New York. The former\\nwas born in 1809, and died June 18, 1882 the\\nlatter was born in 1S15, and resides in Memphis,\\nMacomb Co., Mich.\\nMr. Denton was born Aug. 24, 1845, in Macomb\\nCo., Mich. He passed the years of his minority in\\nthe home of his parents, and on reaching the period\\nof his legal freedom he engaged in farming in his\\nown behalf and for his father also. His marriage\\noccurred in 1867, when Miss Celia Canfield became\\nhis wife. She was born Dec. 27, 1845, in the town-\\nship of Columbus, St. Clair Co., Mich., and is the\\ndaughter of C. R. and Mary A. (Palmer) Canfield,\\nnatives of Connecticut. The mother was born in\\n1817, the father in 1821. Mr. Canfield was a lawyer\\nby profession and was appointed Revenue officer by\\nPresident Johnson.\\nMr. Denton came to Sanilac County in 1880 and\\nsettled on 80 acres of land, on which he has since\\nresided and which is in a well-improved condition.\\nHe is a Republican in political faith and action. He\\nhas been School Inspector, and in 1884 was elected\\nto his present office of Highway Commissioner. He\\nis a member of Memphis Lodge, No. 142, F. A. M.\\nThe children of Mr. and Mrs. Denton were born\\nas follows Jennie E., Oct. 30, 1871 May, Aug. 18,\\n1874; Cecil C, Oct. II, 1883. The parents are\\nmembers of the Congregational Church.\\niehard Pearson, farmer, section 4, Moore\\nTownship, was born Oct. 6, 1853, in Whit-\\nby Township, Canada. He is the son of\\n;^Bartholomew and Emily J. (Hudson) Pearson.\\nThe parents were born respectively in York-\\nshire, England, and County Wexford, Ireland.\\nThey now belong to the agricultural class of Sanilac\\nCounty.\\nWhen he was 18 years old, Mr. Pearson left home\\nto make his own way in the world, and spent si.\\\\\\nyears as a lumberman and saw-mill assistant. In\\nthe fall of i860 he came to Sanilac County with his\\nparents, and in 1875 he was married to Addie M.\\nPope. She was born Oct. 17, 1S57, in Oceana Co.\\nMich., and is the daughter of Alfred and Nancy J.\\n(Brown) Pope. The former was born July i, 1830,\\nin London, Eng. He was a sailor in early life and is\\nnow a carpenter and joiner by trade. The mother\\nwas born June 16, 1837, in Enfield, N. Y. One child\\nhas been born to Mr. and Mrs. Pearson Lillian, June\\n6, 1879. Mr. P. is a Republican, and has been\\nJustice of the Peace and School Moderator. Mrs.\\nPearson is an artist in taste and practice and exhibits\\nfine results of her skill and genius.\\nj homas H. Mahaffy, farmer, section 9, Flynn\\nTownship, was born July 26, 185 1, in\\nCounty Armagh, Ireland. His parents,\\nWilliam and M. A. Mahaffy, were also natives\\nof the Green Isle, where tiiey passed their\\nentire lives. When he was 23 years of age he\\ncame to America and at first located in Ontario,\\nDominion of Canada. He went thence to Romeo,\\nMacomb Co., Mich., where he entered the employ\\nof E. W. Giddings, a banker of that place. He came\\nto Sanilac County in the fall of 1879, and purchased\\nthe property where he has since resided and operated\\nas a farmer, on 160 acres of land. He has cleared\\nand improved about 20 acres.\\nC\\n1 r\\nl \\\\\u00c2\u00ae))f^f|^\\nA\\n^nti:^:illi;t A^", "height": "2866", "width": "2206", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph09chic_0192.jp2"}, "193": {"fulltext": "", "height": "2866", "width": "2206", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph09chic_0193.jp2"}, "194": {"fulltext": "A\\nP^^^ft", "height": "2866", "width": "2206", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph09chic_0194.jp2"}, "195": {"fulltext": "ev nD^ua^^v\\n-:a?\u00e2\u0082\u00ac^%^\\n^\\\\m\\nSANILAC COUNTY.\\n199\\nI\\nh\\nm)\\nI\\nMr. Mahaffy was married May 17, 1882, in Mar-\\nliittc, to Rebecca Muri)hy. She was born in Ire-\\nland, March 12, 1864, and came to this country when\\nshe was 16 years old. Arthur is the name of the\\nonly child of Mr. and Mrs. Mahaffy. The parcuts\\nare members of the M. E. Church, and Mr. M. is a\\nDemocrat in political belief.\\njirthur Carson, proprietor of the Carson\\n^g House at Sandusky, and merchant and\\nlumberman at Carsonville (of which he is the\\nfounder), was Lorn Oct. 24, 1820, in County\\nDown, Ireland. He belongs to the active,\\nhardy race known as Scotch-Irish, his parents, Sam-\\nuel and Alice (Quinn) Carson, having both been\\nborn in Ireland of parentage belonging to that class\\nin the north of that island. His father died in the\\ncity of Belfast, in 1858, at the age of 62 years; and\\nhis mother went to England subsequently to her hus-\\nband s death, and in 1880, when 90 years of age, set\\nout for America. She is now a resident of the home\\nof her son, and is 94 years old. She is in compara-\\ntively firm health and remarkably active in her\\nhaliits.\\nMr. Carson is the only child of his parents. He\\nremained at home until he was 16 years of age, and\\nwas reared to the craft of a stone and brick mason.\\nIn 1S50, he came to the United States and located\\nin Ravenna, Portage Co., Ohio, where he first obtained\\nemployment in his calling, working on the railroad\\nbridges of the Cleveland Pittsburg Railroad in that\\nState. He next became an assistant in the glass\\nfactory at Franklin Mills (now Kent), in the same\\ncounty, and six months later he proceeded to Sum-\\nmit County, in the Buckeye State, where he worked\\nat his trade. Later he was similarly employed in the\\ncity of Cleveland.\\nHe made his first entry into Lexington Oct. 4,\\n1851. Sanilac County was then in its swaddling\\nclothes. Lexington was conspicuous for its un-\\nseliled condition and contained but three places of\\nbusiness, with its buildings all in the crudest condi-\\ntion. Port Sanilac rejoiced in the expressive cogno-\\nmen of Bark Shanty. (The place was organized by\\nWilliam Austin, who conferred its present name.)\\nMr. Carson pre-empted 40 acres of land in the\\nvicinity of Lexington, his first property in the Penin-\\nsular State, and in 1853 he located 120 acres of land\\nat the head of Black River, 20 miles northwest of\\nLexington, and nine miles from Bark Shanty, where\\nwere the nearest inhabitants. Those on the west\\nwere 40 miles distant. There were no highways,\\nand hardly a trail, save for short routes. Indians\\nand wild beasts were abundant and Mr. Carson car-\\nried on quite an extensive traffic in furs with his\\ncopper-colored neighbors. He also managed a place\\nof public entertainment, which he established soon\\nafter he located. In 1864, he built a hotel and\\nfounded a general mercantile establishment at the\\npoint now known as Carsonville, which name was\\nconferred in 1879, when the village was platted and\\nintersected by the Port Huron Northwestern Rail-\\nroad. Mr. Carson is still the proprietor of a large\\namount of property in the village, and owns 5 20 acres\\nof land, lying one mile from its limits. The present\\nMrs. Carson holds a tide to a^)nsiderable amount\\nof projjerty at Sandusky, which includes a large hotel\\nand several village lots. She owns also 240 acres of\\nwood land in the immediate vicinity.\\nThe first marriage of Mr. Carson occurred Dec. 5,\\n184S, to Martha Crorey, in County Down, Ireland.\\nShe was a daughter of John and Jane (Harrison)\\nCrorey. Her mother died in Ireland, in 1845, and\\nher father died in Ohio. The first wife of Mr. Car-\\nson was born Jan. i, 1832, in County Down, Ireland,\\nand died at Carsonville, Nov. 16, 1869. She was a\\nmember of the Presbyterian Church. Mr. Carson s\\nsecond marriage, to Jane Cowen, occurred in the\\ncity of Detroit. She was born in County Tipperary,\\nIreland, in June, 1840, and is the daughter of Edwin\\nand Triphenia (Clark) Cowen, both of Irish- birth.\\nThe father died in Ontario, Can., aged 66 years; the\\ndemise of her mother occurred in Sanilac County,\\nwhen she was 65 years old. The family came to\\nthis country in 1849, and settled in Ontario. In 1856\\nthey located in Michigan. Of seven children liorn\\nto Mr. and Mrs. arson, two are deceased. Marliia\\nJ. was born Jidy 24, 1871 Alice, Feb. 6, 1875 Ar-\\nthur, June 3, 1877; Mabel, March 16, 1881; Ezra\\nC, |une 3, 1 883. The deceased children were sons\\nand died in eady infancy. The parents are mem-\\nbers of the Established Church of England.\\nMr. Carson has been prominent in public life\\nsince he identified his fortunes with those of Sanilac\\nCounty. He has officiated 22 years as Justice of\\ni\\nI", "height": "2866", "width": "2206", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph09chic_0195.jp2"}, "196": {"fulltext": "^^t#5\\nT ^iiii^iia^^\\n1\\nSANILAC COUNTY.\\nthe Peace in Washington, Bridgehampton and Water-\\ntown Townships, and is the incumbent of that posi-\\ntion in the latter. He has been Supervisor in the\\ntwo first-named, and has discharged the duties of\\nnumerous minor offices. He is a Democrat in poHt-\\nical connection, and a member of the Masonic\\nOrder. He became connected with the fraternity in\\nhis native country, and now belongs to the blue\\nlodge, No. 231, at Port Sanilac. He is a member\\nof the Commandery at Lexington, and is connected\\nwith the Order of Knights Templars at that place.\\nThe record of Mr. Carson in Sanilac County\\nentitles him to a position in the collection of por-\\ntraits of prominent citizens in the County Album.\\nHe is widely known through his business interests,\\nand through the relations of his past active life will\\nbe remembered as a prominent factor in the history\\nof the county.\\ni obert Legear, farmer, section 9, Elmer\\nTownship, was born in Limerick, Ireland,\\nand came to America with his parents\\nwhen he was 13 years of age. The family\\nsettled at St. Mary s, Ontario. He was\\nbrought up on his father s farm, where he re-\\nmained until he was 25 years of age. He passed\\nthe succeeding two years in varied occupations, and\\nwas united in marriage, Aug. 29, 1854, to Jane\\nStephens, of Ontario. She is of mixed Scotch and\\nEnglish descent, and was under the care of her par-\\nents until her marriage.\\nMr. and Mrs. Legear came to Niles, Mich., soon\\nafter their marriage, where they lived three years,\\nafter which they went to Huron Co., Ont., and re-\\nmained there resident 15 years. At the end of that\\ntime they came to Elmer Township, in Sanilac\\nounty. Mr. Legear purchased his homestead of 80\\nacres, which was then in a wholly wild state. He\\nhas improved 35 acres, and is still continuing his\\nefforts on the place. He was the possessor of little\\nsave his manly vigor and determination to succeed\\nin establishing his family in a comfortable and cred-\\nitable home. In this he has achieved a success\\nwhich reflects a large degree of credit on his manage-\\nment and judgment. In political connection he is a\\nRepublican. He and his wife are members of the\\nMethodist Episcopal Church. He and Mr. Coon, a\\nneigiibor, were the first to hold a prayer-meeting at\\nElmer City.\\nMr. and Mrs. Legear have become the parents of\\nII children, ten of whom are yet living, namely:\\nMary J., Barbara, Jacob A., William N., John F.,\\nJeannette L., Walter R., Edwin, George E. and\\nBertie F. Margaret is deceased. Barbara is now\\nthe wife of Walter Hyslop, of Elmer (see sketch);\\nMary J. is the wife of the Rev. J. G. Falis, of the\\nLondon (Ontario) Conference.\\nilas J. Sloat, merchant at Marlette, was\\n?^r C born in Canada. He was in early youth\\n^\\\\C^ when his parents, Geo. W., and Sarah\\ni\\\\^ (Best) Sloat, removed from Canada and set-\\ntled in Sanilac Co., Mich. The father was a\\nnative of Canada, and died when his son was\\nabout nine years old. The mother was a native of\\nNew York.\\nSoon after the death of his father, Mr. Sloat began\\nthe warfare of life, working as he could for the first\\nfew years to obtain a livelihood. He was variously\\noccupied until he was 18 years of age. On the out-\\nbreak of the Southern Rebellion, he became deeply\\ninterested in the issues which involved the nation,\\nand he resolved to enter the war. He enlisted\\nOct. 8, 186 1, in the loth Mich. Vol. Inf, and re-\\nmained in active service until July 19, 1865. In the\\ncampaign of 1864, he was in the field and under fire\\nevery day save ten, for four months, he being on the\\nskirmish line. He passed the entire period without\\nharm from the chances of war, but was injured near\\nColumbia, Tenn., by a wagon passing over his foot,\\nthe casualty causing a disability which laid him up\\nfor four months. On receiving his discharge after\\nthe war closed he returned to the home of his mother\\nin St. Clair County, where he became interested in\\nlumbering, operating one year on the river and in the\\nwoods. At the end of that time he engaged in mer-\\ncantile affairs in Lapeer County, and continued to\\nmanage his business there two years.\\nSelling out his commercial interests, in the fall of\\n1870, he came to Marlette, where he established him-\\nself in similar pursuits, which he carried on until the\\nspring of 187 1. He proceeded to Bay City, where\\n9\\nA\\nc^:\\n^na^oof^", "height": "2866", "width": "2206", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph09chic_0196.jp2"}, "197": {"fulltext": ")^fl\u00c2\u00ab\u00c2\u00bb-\\nSANILAC COUNTY.\\n-^^f(\u00c2\u00aeV^\\nI\\nlie operated three years as a salesman in a store, re-\\nturiiing in 1S74 to Marlette. He leased the Rush\\nHouse, which he conducted one year, before selling\\nhis interest therein. His next employment was in\\nthe saw-mill of John McGill. For several years\\nhe was variously occupied, until February, 1S84,\\nwhen he opened a store wliich he has since continued\\nto manage.\\nMr. Sloat was married Aug. 13, 1868, at Almont,\\nLapeer Co., Mich to Harriet C. Hewitt. She is a\\nnative of Almont, and has become the mother of five\\nchildren, one of whom is deceased Amos Grant\\nwho died when he was eight months old. Minnie\\nL., Grace H., Edith M. and OUie are the names of\\nthe surviving children.\\nMr. Sloat is a man who has made his way in the\\nworld despite adverse circumstances. The question\\nof self-maintenance absorbed his time and abilities\\nto the exclusion of all chances of obtaining an edu-\\ncation in early life, but, being possessed of practical\\nhabits of observation and reflection, he made ample\\namends in the culture he was able to acquire at a\\nlater period. In iiolitical faitli he is a staunch Re-\\npublican.\\nP. Boughner, farmer, section 34,\\nMaple Valley Township, is of mixed En g-\\nMich..\\nlish and German ancestry, and was botn\\nApril 2g, 1846, in Norfolk Co., Ont. He was\\nan inmate of the paternal home until he was\\n20 years old, when he came to St. Clair Co.,\\nand engaged in the labors of a farm assistant\\nfor a time, after which he worked at his trade of car-\\npenter, to which he had been trained in his native\\ncounty.\\nHe was married in St. Clair County, Sept. 13,\\nJ 871, to Phebe Brooks. She was born Sept. ig,\\n1853, in the province of Ontario, and accompanied\\nher parents to Michigan when she was 13 years old.\\nSoon after marriage, Mr. and Mrs. Boughner settled\\nin Sanilac County, on a farm of 80 acres, which the\\nhusband purchased the previous year. The wife and\\nmother died April 28, 1S80, on the homestead, leav-\\ning four children Alberta L., Andrew A., William E.\\nand Floyd. The second marriage of Mr. Boughner\\noccurred Oct. 5, 1882, at Brockway Center, St. Clair\\nCo., Mich., to Eleanor Bullock. She was born July\\n19, 1855, in Elgin Co., Ont. Her parents became\\nresidents of Michigan when she was 1 1 years old,\\nand she was under their guidance until her marriage.\\nMr. Boughner is a Republican in political affilia-\\ntion has been Justice of the Peace four years and\\nofficiated in the minor local offices. He has dis-\\ncharged the duties pertaining to the school offices of\\nhis district. He is a progressive farmer and has\\ncleared and otherwise improved 50 acres of his farm.\\nf\\n^X Ssharles J. French, Postmaster at Sandusky,\\nJ a and Treasurer of VVatertown Township,\\njW was born Dec. 13, 1844, in the township of\\n^i^ Whitchurch, York Co., Ont., and is the son of\\nWilliam J. and Mary (Johnson) French. The\\nparents were born in the Province of Ontario.\\nThe father was a farmer, and in 1853 removed his\\nfamily and business interests to Worth Township,\\nSanilac Co., Mich., where he pursued the same voca-\\ntion about 17 years, then removed to Macomb Coun-\\nty he died in that county in 1879. The mother\\ndied there in 1876. Their family included 13 chil-\\ndren -seven sons and six daughters; four of the\\nformer and four of the latter are now living.\\nMr. French is the oldest child of his parents. He\\nfirst came to Michigan when he was eight years of\\nage, with his grandparents. A year later he joined\\nhis parents. He spent the years of his minority in\\nobtaining a substantial education, and on attaining\\nhis legal freedom he operated through two seasons\\nas a farm laborer in Macomb County. He resumed\\nhis attendance at school, becoming a pupil in the\\neducational institutions at Romeo. He next engaged\\nin teaching, and followed that vocation one year in\\nLapeer County. He passed the ensuing three years\\nin the same calling in Sanilac County, and in 1873\\nwent to the Business College of Bryant, Stratton\\nGoldsmiths, at Detroit, to fit himself for active busi-\\nness life. He completed a full course of study there,\\nand in 1874 obtained employ in the Register s office\\nat Lexington, then the county seat of Sanilac County.\\nHis next engagement was as book-keeper in the em-\\nploy of Moss, Mills Gaige, lumbermen and real-\\nestate dealers at Davisville, now Croswell. The\\nname was changed at the instigation of Mr. French.\\nC))\\nc^:", "height": "2866", "width": "2206", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph09chic_0197.jp2"}, "198": {"fulltext": "mM^m^\\nz^^^\\nw r\\nmmm r\\nI\\nI\\ni\\nNTS)\\ny\u00c2\u00a7\\ni\\nSANILAC COUNTY.\\nAfter operating in their employ four years, he entered\\nthat of C. \\\\V. Arnot, in the same capacity. A year\\nlater he came to Sandusky to manage the lumber in-\\nterests of his former employers, Messrs. Moss, Mills\\nGaige. When the question of the location of the\\ncounty seat becam3 prominent, Mr. French exerted\\nall his energies to secure its being fixed at the geo-\\ngraphical center of Sanilac County. Soon after, he\\nwas appointed Postmaster and has since retained the\\nposition. He conducts the affairs of the office in\\nconnection with a stationery store, and is also the\\nmanager of the Telephone Exchange. Mr. French\\nis a Republican in political connection, and has al-\\nways been active in public life in the different sec-\\ntions where he has resided. He was Superintendent\\nof Scliools at Lexington, has been Treasurer of\\nWatertown Township four terms and officiated in\\nnumerous minor offices. He belongs to the Knights\\nof Maccabees.\\nHe was married June i, 1875, at Lexington, to\\nArabella T. Miller. She was born Aug. 11, 1852, in\\nOntario, Canada, and when one year old accompa-\\nnied her parents, Bernhard and Sarah (Johnson)\\nMiller, to this county. Of this union, two children\\nhave been born, as follows: Homer B., March 27,\\n1876, and Marion E., June 2g, 1877. Mrs. French\\nbelongs to the Episcopal Church.\\n\u00e2\u0080\u00945-\\niClt eorge Notley, farmer, section 34, Marlette\\nj^ Township, is a native of Ireland, which\\n^i^s^ was also the birth-place of his parents,\\nPhinneas and Phebe (Wilson) Notley, and where\\nthey passed their entire lives. At the age of\\n25 he emigrated from the land of his nativity,\\nwhere he had been engaged in agriculture, to Amer-\\nica, which seemed to his hopeful imagination to be\\nthe land where the inherent ambitions common to\\nhumanity could be attained. He spent three years\\nin the State of New York. In the fall of 1859 he re-\\nsolved to test the reputed agricultural possibilities of\\nthe Lake State, and came to Sanilac County, where\\nhe entered a claim of 160 acres of unimproved land,\\nwhich had been placed in market subject to the con-\\nditions of the Graduation Act. He has since dis-\\nposed of a considerable portion of this claim, and is\\nnow the owner of 85 acres in Sanilac County, of\\nwhich ten acres are improved and under cultivation.\\nMr. Notley has been a useful and active member\\nof the community to which he belongs, and has re-\\nsponded to the call of his fellow townsmen in the\\nconscientious discharge of the duties pertaining to\\nthe offices of Township and School Treasurer, serv-\\ning in the first capacity five years and in the last\\nthree years. He is independent in political faith\\nand action.\\nHis marriage to Jane Walker occurred in Lapeer\\nCo., Mich., Sept. 19, 1856. Mrs. Notley is the\\ndaughter of William and Ann (Keyes) Walker, and\\nwas born in Canada, Feb. i, 1835. The family circle\\nincludes two adopted children I^avinia and Jere-\\nmiah.\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0t9s\u00c2\u00bb\u00e2\u0080\u0094\\nr^;;;\\nvj. .avid Mitchell, farmer, section 16, Maple 5^\\nalley Township, was born in August,\\n~;S-3ir 1S37, in the county of Wentworth, Out.\\nXf^ His parents, James and Elizabeth (Brown)\\nql Mitchell, were born and married in Scotland,\\nand emigrated to Canada in 1853. The\\nfather became a farmer in the county \u00c2\u00abhere the son\\nwas born, and died there in November, 1868, aged\\n68 years. The mother, at the age of 85 years, is still\\nliving on the family homestead. Eight of eleven\\nchildren, of which she has been the mother, are de-\\nceased.\\nMr. jNIitchell is the seventh in order of liivth of the\\nchildren born to his parents, and he was a member\\nof the paternal household until he was 26 years of\\nage, when he was married, in Fiamborough Township,\\nin his native county, to Janet Nicklin, eldest daugh-\\nter of Richard and Helen (Caldwell) Nicklin. The\\nevent took place Dec. 30, 1863. The parents of\\nMrs. Mitchell were natives, respectively, of England\\nand Scotland, and came to Canada in early youth.\\nThey were married in Wellington County in the\\nDominion, and removed to Wentworth County, where\\nthe father is still actively engaged in farming and\\nlumbering; he is 74 years old. The mother died in\\n1859, at the age of 38 years. Mrs. Mitcjiell was born\\nNov. 3, 1846, in Wentworth County. Siie was\\nreared to womanhood in her native place and se-\\ncured a fair education in the better class of schools,\\nto which she had access. She has become the\\nA\\nw\\n\\\\\u00c2\u00ae.^m^^\\nJL\\n^[ia^iini\\n^s^^", "height": "2866", "width": "2206", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph09chic_0198.jp2"}, "199": {"fulltext": "^m^\\n#s\u00c2\u00ae-\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0T^rC tlti:^:iil]^\\n\u00e2\u0080\u00a2r\\n(b\\n5\\nSANILAC COUNTY.\\n203\\nmother of four cliildren Richard N. was born Oct.\\n29, 1864; James E., Aug. 6, 1867; David R., Aug.\\n7, 1872; Lavinia O., Dec. 13, 1S75.\\nOn the occurrence of his marriage, Mr. Mitchell\\nlocated on 103 acres of land, willed to him by his\\nfather in tlie county where he was born. With the\\nexception of nine months, during which he was a\\nresident at Gait, Waterloo County, in the Dominion,\\nhe lived on and managed this farm, until his re-\\nmoval to Michigan, in February, 1879. He settled\\nui)on his present estate, which comprised 160 acres,\\nwith some improvements, of which he became the\\nproprietor by purchase. He is a thorough-going and\\npractical farmer, and has 75 acres of his farm in a\\nfinely improved and cultivated condition, and sup-\\nplied with a good stock and grain barn of recent con-\\nstruction. He is a Republican in political adherence.\\nMr. and Mrs. Mitchell are ardent members of the\\nChurch of Christ or God. Mr. Mitchell has given\\nup his farm to his sons and is now engaged in manu-\\nfacturing wooden pumps. He takes the greatest\\ncare to make a good pump, using only the best\\nmaterial.\\n-5\u00e2\u0080\u0094 o^$^({Bi..^.o g=\u00e2\u0080\u0094 j\\nhilip H. Learn, farmer, section 7, Marlette\\n|!^Sl^ Township (town 1 1), was born in Yarmouth,\\nElgin Co., Ont., May 8, 1836, and is the\\nson of John and Catherine (Collver) Learn.\\nij\\\\ His paternal grand-parents were natives of\\nGermany, and became residents of America a few\\nyears previous to 1800, as -nearly as can be ascer-\\ntained. His grandfather was an officer in the British\\narmy in the war of 18 12, and was killed at the battle\\nof Lundy s Lane, or Niagara, as it is more commonly\\ndesignated. Six officers were riding along and he\\nwas shot from behind by a spy: some thought it was\\nby one of his own men. John Learn, born Jan. 18,\\n1797, was in the same service as a private, and\\nfoLiglit for the king of Great Britain during the entire\\ncourse of the war. After its close he bougln a farm\\nin Malahide, Ontario, on which he resided four\\nyears. He removed thence to Yarmouth, where he\\nbecame the proprietor of 240 acres of land by pur-\\nchase. He remained a resident of Yarmouth until\\n1872, when his house and nearly all its contents were\\ndestroyed by fire. He had purchased 550 acres of\\nland besides his original claim, which he had dis-\\ntributed among his sons. They were all established\\nin comfort and independence, and, on the occurrence\\nof the misfortune referred to, he removed to St.\\nThomas. His death took place in that city in 1882,\\nwhen he had attained the ripe age of 85 years.\\nCatherine (Collver) Learn, his wife, was born Aug.\\n30, 1799, in Townsend, Norfolk Co., Ont. She was\\nand is a woman of sterling character, possessing the\\ntraits most valuable in pioneer life. She and her\\nhusband were among the first settlers of Yarmouth,\\nwhere they lived more than 50 years. That section\\nwas infested by the Lidians of the Si.x Nations.\\nand were at times troublesome to a degree ihat re-\\nquired the exercise of unusual bravery and deter-\\nmination. She became the mother of nine children\\nGeorge, Andrew McF., Jane, Lyman W., John,\\nEdwin v., Philip H., Charles O. and Catherine E.\\nLyman, Jane and Catherine are deceased. Mrs.\\nLearn is still living at Port Stanley, Ont. Her par-\\nents, Jabez and Anna Collver, were born in New-\\nYork, whence the families of each removed to Can-\\nada. They were married in Townsend, settled there\\non a farm, and after a residence there of some years\\nwent to Yarmouth, where they were members of the\\nagricultural community. Mr. Collver died there.\\nHis wife became a member of the family of his\\ndaughter, Mrs. Learn, and died in Yarmouth at the\\nage of 83 years\\nMr. Learn of this sketch is the seventh child of\\nhis parents, and the sixth son. In early life he ob-\\ntained a common-school education, and acquired a\\nthorough knowledge of practical farming, which has\\nbeen the business of his life. On attaining to the\\nperiod of his legal independence, he acceded to the\\npossession of 80 acres of land, by deed of gift from\\nhis father, and he afterwards increased his estate by\\nthe purchase of 30 acres additional. He applied\\nhimself to the improvement and cultivation of his\\nproperty in Yarmouth until April, 1878, when he\\nsold it and came to Michigan. He settled on his\\npresent homestead, located as stated, which includes\\n160 acres. At the date of its purchase it was under\\npartial improvements, and at this writing rr5 acres\\nare in a most creditable and valuable condition.\\nThe industry, skill and judgment exercised by Mr.\\nLearn in the improvement and management of his\\nfarm place him among the leading and prominent\\nagriculturists of Sanilac County. He is an earnest\\nzealous Republican.\\nVto;\\nmi\\n\\\\^^^^k^\\n./i^\\nMmm^", "height": "2866", "width": "2206", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph09chic_0199.jp2"}, "200": {"fulltext": "i\\n204\\nSAN/LAC COUNTY.\\n(h\\nHe was married Feb. 19, 1856, in Elgin Co., Can.,\\nto Sarah Smith, the eldest daughter of Rev. Abram\\nSmith, a preacher of the Baptist denomination. He\\nwas born in 1819, in CharlotteviUe, Norfolk Co., Ont.,\\nand was married in 1S36 to Jane, daughter of Hosea\\nand Racliel Ann (StuU) Baker. Mrs. Smith was\\nborn in Yarmouth in 1818 and died in 1875. Eljven\\nchildren were born to her, are all living and in pros-\\nperous circumstances, save one. They are named\\nHosea B., Joseph J., Sarah, Rachel A. (deceased),\\nAbram J., Julia, Salemma J., Naomi, Hannah E.,\\nArthur A. and Minnie P. Abram Smith, Sr., pater-\\nnal grandsire of Mrs. Learn, was of American origin,\\nand died in :866, aged 82 years. Her grandmother,\\nSarah (Baker) Smith, died in 1829. Mrs. Learn was\\nborn March 23, 1840, in Elgin Co., Ont. Following\\nis the record of the children born of her marriage\\nMynetta J. Mrs. Wm. G. Churchill was born\\nApril 8, 1857, and resides in Groton, Dakota. John\\nH. was born Aug. 31, 1858, married Mary Newman,\\nand resides in Maryland. Viletta A. was born\\nJuly 27, i860. She is the wife of A. J. Lynd,\\ngraduate of Ypsilanti Normal School and a school-\\nteacher by profession present Principal of the school\\nat Bad Axe, Huron County. William H. was born\\nFeb. 20, 1863; Kittie P., Oct. 14, 1865 Claude A.\\nR., May 27, 1876.\\nMr. Learn, in character and position, is one of the\\nclass of men who are fast redeeming Sanilac County\\nfrom the burden of disaster under which it has\\nstaggered since 187 i. Upright, straightforward, tire--\\nless in energy and purpose, he is justly ranked among\\nthe representative men and citizens of his county and\\ntownship. He possesses the culture and training be-\\nstowed by a life of earnest devotion to the worthy\\nplans lie formed in early years and which have\\nproved the merits of his character.\\nITohn H. Welch, farmer, section 25, Maple\\n11^ Valley Township, was born Dec. 25, 1832,\\nin Perth Co., Ont., and is of Irish extrac-\\ntion. He became responsible for his own main-\\ntenance when he was 15 years old, and was a\\nresident of his native county until May, i860,\\noperating as a common laborer. At that date he\\ncame to Michigan and settled in the eastern part of\\nSanilac County, where he began to operate as a lum-\\nberman. He went thence to Oakland. County, where\\nhe spent two years as a farm laborer. Meanwhile,\\nhe was married in Detroit, Jan. 8, 1S61, to Bridget\\nFoley. She was born about the year 1830 in County\\nKerry, Ireland, and was 20 years of age when she left\\nthe Green Isle. She landed at New Orleans. Later on\\nshe went to Cincinnati, where she spent a year, going\\nthence to Columbus, Ohio. Two years later she\\nwent to Detroit, where, after a residence of eight\\nyears, she was married. After that event, she went\\nwith her husband to Oakland County, where they\\npassed two years on a farm. In March, 1863, they\\ncame to- Sanilac County and purchased at first 40\\nacres of wild land on section 25, in Maple Valley\\nTownship. This has been the homestead ever since.\\nA later purchase has increased their acreage to 1 20\\nacres, and the estate now includes 80 acres of well\\nimproved and cultivated land. Mr. Welch is a\\nDemocrat in political connection and the family be-\\nlong to the Catholic Church.\\nThe four children of Mr. and Mrs. Welch were\\nborn as follows William T., Oct. 16, 1861; James\\nT., May 10, 1863; Mary A., Aug. 29, 1866; John\\nH., May 9, 1868.\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0bel B. Sumner is a merchant at Sandusky\\n-^zt:^\\nsMMm\\nm^Sp^ and a teacher by profession. He was born\\n^^M Feb. 27, 1834, in Delaware, Middlesex Co.,\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0^ijoT Ont. His parents, Thomas H. and Margaret\\nP (Springer) Sumner, were natives respectively\\nof Addison Co., Vt., and New York. (The\\nfather belongs to the same lineage as the late Senator\\nSumner of Massachusetts.) He was a farmer and\\nwent to Ontario when he was 28 years old. He be-\\nlonged to the British army and held the rank of\\nCorporal. His death occurred Oct. 4, 1880, when he\\nwas 90 years old. The mother died in Ontario, in\\n1867, at the age of 67 years. She was connected\\nwith the Springer family of Wilmington, Del., and\\nher father was a militia Captain in Canada. Their\\nfamily included ten children, all of whom reached\\nmature age.\\nMr. Sumner is the second son and seventh in order\\nof birth of liis parents children He remained with\\nthem until he was 32 years of age, passing his youth\\nvl\\n(V\\nt\\nfsSH.\\n^II!l\u00c2\u00a7Iltlf^", "height": "2866", "width": "2206", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph09chic_0200.jp2"}, "201": {"fulltext": "SANILAC COUNTY.\\n6\\nin obtaining his education in the common schools\\nand the hiter years in farming. In 1865 he came to\\nMichigan, locating in Macomb County, where he be-\\ngan his career as a teacher. He was married in\\nChesterfield, in that county, in December, 1867, to\\nMrs. Sarah Pratt, a native of Cotterville, St. Clair\\nCo., Mich. The second marriage of Mr. Sumner oc-\\ncurred Dec. 28, 1881, in London, Ont., to Mrs.\\nAmelia (Jenkins) Jackson. Her parents, Warren A.\\nand Margaret Jenkins, were natives of Ireland and\\nher father was a physician. He died in London,\\nOnt., where the mother is still living.\\nIn 1874 Mr. Sumner came to Sanilac County, in\\n1878 made the first permanent settlement on the site\\nof Sandusky, where he built the first residence within\\nthe limits of the present village. In 1879 he en-\\ngaged in keeping a boarding-house. In 1884 he es-\\ntablished his mercantile business at Sandusky. He\\nhas been a teacher since 1865, and taught the graded\\nschools in Fairhaven, St. Clair County, and Marys-\\nville four years. He owns two improved lots in the\\nvillage of Sandusky. He is a Republican in political\\nsentiment, has held the office of Justice of the Peace\\ntwo years, has been School Inspector three years and\\nis present Chairman of the Board of Inspectors. He\\nis a member of a temperance organization, and is a\\nzealous, outspoken advocate of the principles of the\\nOrder.\\nS)M1S) -$S\\names Keys, farmer, section 36, Marlette\\nTownship, is a native of the Dominion of\\nCanada, where he was born Aug. 25, 185 i.\\nHis parents, David and Jane (Beacon) Keys,\\nwere born in Ireland, and emigrated thence to\\nCanada, afterwards becoming residents of San-\\nilac Co., Mich., where the mother died March 7, 1869.\\nMr. Keys obtained a fair degree of elementary\\neducation, and removed with his father s family to\\nthis county when he was seven years old. An in-\\nheritance of 80 acres of land in Marlette Township\\ncame into his possession in 1872. It was wholly\\nunimproved, and although comparatively few years\\nhave elapsed he has already placed 55 acres under\\ncreditable cultivation. Mr. Keys is a Democrat in\\npolitical persuasion, and is a member of the Metho-\\ndist Episcopal Church.\\nHe was first married in Marlette Township, April\\n15, 1872, to Sarah A. McGinnis, who was born in\\nKentucky, and two cliildren, Nancy J. and David T.,\\nconstituted the issue of their union. The youngest\\nchild died when he was seven months old; the\\nmother s decease occurred March 19, 1874. The\\nsecond marriage of Mr. Keys took place Nov. 15,\\n1877, when he espoused Mary A. Curley, who was\\nborn March 12, 1859, in Michigan, and is the daugh-\\nter of Thomas and Susanna (Everson) Curley, na-\\ntives of Ireland. Thomas J., Maud M. and Susan\\nA. are the names of the children born of this mar-\\nobert Bryce, farmer, located on section 6,\\nMaple Valley Township, was born April\\n24, 1840, in Lambton Co., Ont., and is the\\nson of James and Elizabeth (Fenner) Bryce.\\n5? The former was a native of Scotland, the lat-\\nter of Ireland. They became residents of\\nOntario when they were young, and were married in\\nLambton County. They belonged to the agricultural\\nclass in the Dominion, and in 1858 came to Mich-\\nigan. They settled in Lynn Township, St. Clair\\nCounty, wliere the father engaged in farming until\\nhis death, which occurred in 1875, when he was 63\\nyears of age. The mother resides with two unmar-\\nried sons on the family homestead, and is 68 years\\nold. Of II children of whom she is the mother, two\\nare deceased.\\nMr. Bryce is the second son and fourth child in\\norder of birth. He was 18 years of age when his\\nparents removed to Michigan. He remained on the\\nhome farm until he was 27 years old, engaged in as-\\nsisting his father in the work of clearing and improv-\\ning his father s farm. On reaching that age he\\ndetermined to change his course of life and was mar-\\nried Aug. 18, 1867, in the township of Brockway, 8t.\\nClair County, to Elizabeth Stonehouse, a native of\\nOntario, of English parentage. Her father, Isaac\\nStonehouse, is a retired farmer residing at Toronto.\\nHer mother, Ann (Stonehouse) Stonehouse, died near\\nthe city of Toronto, when her daughter was a young\\ngirl. Mrs. Bryce was born Dec. 24, 1836, and re-\\nmained at home until she was 29 years old, at which\\nage she came to Michigan, She was married the\\nfollowing year and is now the mother of three chil-\\ndren, born as follows: James H., May 16, 1869\\n9\\nglIK", "height": "2866", "width": "2206", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph09chic_0201.jp2"}, "202": {"fulltext": ":2\u00c2\u00bbCb*^\\n206\\nSANILAC QOUJVTY.\\nI\\nI\\nAnnetta, March 16, 1876; Isaac N,, Dec. 20, 1871.\\nThe latter died Feb. 12, 1883.\\n.\\\\fter their marriage, Mr. and Mrs. Bryce came to\\nthis township and settled on 60 acres of land, winch\\nwas in a wholly wild condition and in the depths of\\nthe wilderness. The work of improvement has pro-\\nI ressed without intermission until 50 acres are under\\ncreditable cultivation. The energetic proprietor has\\nrecently completed a valuable and commodious\\nfamily residence and the place is supplied with other\\ncreditable farm buildings. He also owns 40 acres of\\nimproved land on section t, Burnside Township, La-\\npeer County. Mr. Bryce is a Republican in political\\nconnection and has held various township offices.\\nHe and his wife are prominent and influential mem-\\nbers of the Methodist Ciuirch, of which Mr. Bryce is\\na Trustee; he is also a Class-leader.\\n^\u00c2\u00bbH^\\nohn Isles, farmer, section 24, Flynn Town-\\nship, was born Feb. 7, 185 i, in the city of\\n\u00e2\u0082\u00acW^ Hamilton, Ontario. His parents, James\\nand Mary (Scott) Isles, were natives of Scot-\\n^r land, whence they came to Ontario in early\\nlife, afterwards settling in Hamilton. They re-\\nmoved at a later date to Luther, Wellington County,\\nwiiere they reside at present, and are respectively 70\\nand 69 years old.\\nMr. Isles is the second son and child of a family of\\n12 children, eight of whom (five sons and three\\ndaughters) are still living. He was but four years of\\na^e when his father removed to Luther, where he\\nwas brought up to the period of his majority under\\nthe charge of his parents. A year later he became a\\nfarmer on his own responsibility, and rented a place\\nwhich he continued to manage four years. During\\nthis lime he was married, March 31, 1875, in the\\ntownship of Liither, to Susan, daughter of George and\\nElizabeth (Carson) Coe. (See sketch of George Coe.)\\nShe was born May 24, 1857, near Paris, Oxford Co.,\\nCan. Mr. and Mrs. Isles have had four children, all\\nof whom are living save one. They were born as\\nfollows: Mary E., Feb. 19, 1876; John H., April 22,\\n1877; Frederick J., Dec. 25, 1879, died March 7,\\n1880; James Scott, May 16, 1884.\\nAfter his marriage Mr. Isles remained a resident\\non the farm he had rented nearly four years, and in\\nthe fall of 1877 ])Q came with his family to Michigan\\nand took possession of a farm he had purchased a\\nshort time previous. It comprised 80 acres of land\\nin an unbroken, unimproved state, and he has labored\\nand managed to such good pari)Ose that he has now\\n65 acres in most creditable agricultural condition,\\nwith first-class arrangements for the successful prose-\\ncution of his chosen calling. He is a Republican in\\npolitical views and action, and has discharged the\\nduties of the minor officiat positions of his township.\\nms\\n1^\\n^v\\n|Cohn H. Beckett, farmer, section 26, Maple\\n1 Valley Township, was born Feb. 2, 1830,\\nin Middlesex Co., Ont. His father, Ed-\\nward Beckett, was of English descent, and was\\nborn in New Jersey. His mother, Mary (Hill)\\nBeckett, was of mixed Irish and Welsh descent,\\nand was born in Ontario. They settled in early life\\nin the Dominion of Canada and belonged to the agri-\\ncultural class of Middlesex County until their deaths,\\nwhich occurred respectively in 1876 and 1S54. The\\nfather was 89 years of age when he died, the mother\\n65 years old. Their family included seven sons and\\ntwo daughters. One of the former is deceased.\\nMr. Beckett has passed his entire life as a practi-\\ncal farmer, obtaining in his boyhood a knowledge of\\nevery detail of that business. He remained with his\\nparents until he was 24 years of age. He was first\\nmarried Jan. i, 1854, in Middlesex County, to Sarah\\nJ. York. She was born Feb. 14, 1835, in Oxford Co.,\\nOnt. She was reared to pioneer life, and eminently\\nfitted for the life to which she was introduced in\\nMichigan by her removal to Sanilac County in 1854.\\nShe died March 14, 1868. Of four children of whom\\nshe became the mother, one Stephen is deceased.\\nPeter M., Edward William (see sketch), and Mary\\nL. still survive. The latter is a teacher in Speaker\\nTownship. Mr. Beckett purchased 120 acres of\\nland, when he became a settler in Maple Valley\\nTownship, on which lie has since resided. He was\\nthe tliird to make a permanent settlement within the\\nlimits of the township, and his farm was located three\\nmiles from any neighbor. They encountered all the\\nhardships incident to pioneer life, and enjoyed its\\nmany pleasures. The management and good judg-\\nment of Mr. Beckett is plainly manifest in the fine\\ng\u00c2\u00ab\u00c2\u00bb-\\nmmm^", "height": "2866", "width": "2206", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph09chic_0202.jp2"}, "203": {"fulltext": "", "height": "2866", "width": "2206", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph09chic_0203.jp2"}, "204": {"fulltext": "V", "height": "2866", "width": "2206", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph09chic_0204.jp2"}, "205": {"fulltext": "SANILAC COUNTY.\\n;5\u00c2\u00bb^^fe\\n4^^5^(svSi)\\n209\\nestate of which he is now the proprietor, and which\\naggregates 640 acres, with 120 acres in a state of ad-\\nvanced CLihivation. His property includes 160 acres\\nrespectively on sections 15, 27 and 13, with 80 acres\\non section 14 and 40 acres on section 26, all wlthui\\nMaple Valley Township. The place has a good\\nresidence, fine farm buildings and a well-assorted\\norchard of 200 trees.\\nMr. Beckett was a second time married Feb. 3,\\n1869, in this township, to Naomi L. McMahon, who\\nwas born Oct. 30, 1846, in Worth Township, and is\\nthe daughter of John and Barbara (W ixon) McMahon,\\nand sister of Hon. Joel W. McMahon, Senator from\\nSanilac County. Her parents were born respectively\\nin Irehmd and Ontario, and were both of Irish ex-\\ntraction. Mrs. Beckett lost her father when she was\\nseven years old, and she was reared by her mother.\\nAt the age of 19 years she began to teach, in Speaker\\nTownship, and followed that calling three years, when\\nshe was married. She has become the mother of\\nthree children, Charles W., Joel F. and Nora E.\\nThe latter died of diphtheria when she was four\\nyears old. The parents are members of the Meth-\\nodist Episcopal Church, of which Mr. Beckett is\\nSteward. He is a decided and ardent supporter of\\nthe principles of the Republican party, and was the\\nfirst Supervisor of the Township after its organization.\\nHe held the incumbency four years consecutively,\\nand has discharged the duties of the same position\\n14 years in the aggregate. He has been Treasurer\\nof the township three years, and Justice of the\\nPeace 14 years, besides having held the minor local\\noffices.\\n|Bwl^^emster Doane, deceased, whose portrait is\\nMil^^lL given on the preceding page, was formerly a\\nmerchant at Peck and a farmer on section\\n|Kfi 26, Elk Township. He was born Aug. 10,\\n1847, in Orleans Co., N. Y. His p;rents, R. L.\\nand Ann (Foote) Doane, were descended from\\nNew England ancestry. His mother died in June,\\n1883, in the village of Peck, where his father is still\\nliving.\\nMr. Doane was reared to manhood by his parents.\\nHe became a salesman in a mercantile establishment,\\nwhere he remained until the advent of the Civil\\nWar. He responded to the first call for three-years\\nvolunteers, and enlisted in Co. D, 35th N. Y. Vol.\\nInf. He enrolled as a private, but reached the posi-\\ntion of Second Lieutenain for bravery in action. He\\nescaped capture and injury from the usual chances of\\nwar, but never recovered from the effects of the hard-\\nships he endured. On receiving his honorable dis-\\ncharge, he was appointed sutler of the Soldiers Rest\\nat Washington, a position he retained until the close\\nof the war. During the time he was married to\\nMary E. Shear, who was born in Newfield Tp., Tomp-\\nkins Co., N. Y., April 20, 1840, and is the_ daughter\\nof John and Mirah (VanTown) Shear. The parents\\nwere natives of Tompkins County, in the Empire\\nState, where the father was a shoemaker by vocation.\\nThey were of German descent and had nine chil-\\ndren. The father died in PJC^ Township, Sept. 12,\\n1878; the mother died Sept. 14, 1880. Mrs. Doane\\nis the third child and third daughter.\\nAfter marriage Mr. and Mrs. Doane resided in the\\ncity of Washington until 1865, when they came to\\nMichigan. Mr. Doane located 160 acres of land on\\nsection 26, after which he went to Ontario, and dur-\\ning the oil excitement there established a store in\\nWyoming County. Three years later he returned to\\nPeck and established himself in mercantile business,\\nwliich he continued to manage in connection with\\nhis farm until his death, which took place Sept. 22,\\n1882, and was the result of disease consequent upon\\nthe injury he received in the army. He was a\\nshrewd business man, possessed of sound judgment,\\nand was regarded as a valuable citizen and a man of\\nworth in his social and domestic relations. He ac-\\ncumulated an estate of $30,000. He was a Repub-\\nlican, and for years was in active political life, hold-\\ning local offices and aiding in every way in the\\nadvancement of the township and community where\\nhe lived.\\nMrs. Doane is a member of the Adventist Church.\\nShe owns the farm, the store and two lots in the vil-\\nlage, and an undivided interest in 200 acres of land\\nbelonging to the estate. She has reared three adopted\\nchildren, two of whom reside with her. Guy B., who\\nwas born Sept. 23, 1875, died July 20, 1876; Ella is\\nmarried and resides at St. Ingnis; Mabel P. was\\nborn Jan. 20, i88r.\\nC^;\\nA\\nk\\\\\\n\u00c2\u00a7^^k\\n\u00c2\u00ab\u00c2\u00ab9-\\nA -^D!l^lltly A;9", "height": "2866", "width": "2206", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph09chic_0205.jp2"}, "206": {"fulltext": "^iiii^nii^^v\\nTT\\ni\\ni\\ni\\nSANILAC COUNTY.\\n5So~\\nI ^aniel A. Brooks, farmer, section i8, Flynn\\nTownship, was born June 2, 1850, in Elgin\\nVlS^^ Co., Ont., and is the son of Daniel and\\n\\\\x Mary (Chase) Brooks, both of whom are still\\nliving. He was an inmate of the paternal house-\\nhold until he was 22 years of age. On leaving\\nhome to make his first effort toward independent ex-\\nistence, he engaged as a farm assistant, in which em-\\nploy he remained until his marriage to Olive L. Bates,\\nMay 25, 1 87 2. She was born in Ontario, Aug. 10,\\n185 1, and is the daughter of George A. and Rose\\n(Muncill) Bates. Her parents were natives respect-\\nively of New York and Ontario, and of New England\\nancestry on both sides. They now reside in Elgin\\nCounty, and belong to the agricultural class. Their\\nrespective ages are 67 and 62 years. The family of\\nMr. and Mrs. Brooks includes three children Benj.\\nL., Charlotte E. and Earl William. Ettie, third child\\nin order of birth, is deceased.\\nThey remained in Ontario until November, 1880,\\nwhen they removed to Sanilac County and settled\\non the place on which they have since resided. Mr.\\nBrooks purchased 160 acres of land and has improved\\n70 acres, built a large barn, 40 .x 68 feet in dimen-\\nsions, and supplied the place with other good and\\nsuitable farm fixtures. He is a Republican in politi-\\ncal sentiment.\\n,i\\ntugh Dale, farmer, section t,t,, Marlette\\nTownship, was born March 16, 1822, in\\nScotland. His father, William Dale, was a\\nnative of Scotland and was there married to\\nAgnes Glover. She died in her native country,\\nand after that event, her father emigrated to\\nCanada, where he is now residing.\\nMr. Dale is the third son of ten children, four of\\nwhom are now living, two daughters in Canada and\\none son in Glasgow, Scotland. He was 20 years of\\nage when he came to Canada, and he resided there\\nII years. In 1853 he came to Lapeer Co., Mich.,\\nand bought a farm in the township of Dryden, on\\nwhich he operated three years. In 1855 he bought\\n320 acres of land in Marlette Township, under the\\nregulations of the Graduation Act, and in 1856 he\\ntook possession of the property. He has resided\\nthereon ever since, excepting six years during which\\ntime he resided in Lapeer County. His farm com-\\nprises 240 acres of land, which includes 130 acres\\nunder cultivation. He is a Republican in political\\nconnection, and has been active in the local matters\\nof his township, having officiated as Treasurer, Su-\\npervisor, Justice of the Peace and in the different\\nschool offices.\\nHe was married Feb. 27, 1850, in Oxford Co.,\\nOnt., to Emily Pierce, who was born Aug. i, 1828, in\\nNew Brunswick, and is the daughter of Henry and\\nSarah Pierce, who were natives of the same province.\\nEight children have been born to them, in the fol-\\nlowing order: William, Sarah, Hugh, Benjamin,\\nEmma J., Robert, Charles and David. The latter\\ndied when he was three years old. The parents are\\nmembers of the Methodist Episcopal Church.\\nV\u00c2\u00a9\\nI\\npilCanies Cook, fanner, section 24, Maple Val-\\n^^11? ley Township, was born Sept. 13, 1817, in\\n1^^^^ the vicinity of Napanee Mills, Province of\\nOntario. When he was 15 years old, his par-\\nents removed with their family to the head of\\nLake Ontario, where they passed the remain-\\ning years of tiieir lives in the care of, and supported\\nby, their son. He devoted many years of his life to\\nthe task of making them comfortable, and no better\\nmanifestation of his character can be made than a\\nstatement of the fact that he assumed the entire ex-\\npense and responsibility of supporting, clothing and\\neducating four orphan children, rearing them from\\ninfancy to a period when they could maintain them-\\nselves. At the age of 40 years, after the deatli of\\nhis father and mother, he was married to Mary Bond,\\nat Hamilton, Out. The event occurred Jan. 5, 1856.\\nMrs. Cook was born March 29, 1826, in Staffordshire,\\nEng., where she was reared and obtained a common-\\nschool education. Her parents passed their lives in\\nEngland. Her father died in 1S72, aged 84 years;\\nher molher died at the same period of life, in 1S83.\\nWhen she was 23 years old, she began to work at\\nmillinery and dress-making, and was thus employed\\nuntil the age of 29 years, when she came to America\\nand made her first stay at Hamilton, where she was\\nCm", "height": "2866", "width": "2206", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph09chic_0206.jp2"}, "207": {"fulltext": "\u00e2\u0096\u00a0^^v\\nSANILAC COUNTY.\\n211\\ni%\\nJ\\nV\\nmarried. Four children have been born to her and\\nher husband\u00e2\u0080\u0094 John, Ruth, Ella A. and Andrew J.\\nAbout five years after their marriage, Mr. and Mrs.\\nCook removed to Sanilac County and purchased 120\\nacres of wild land on section 23, in this township.\\nFive years later, after improving and putting in cred-\\nitable conditTon a considerable part of the property,\\nMr. Cook sold it and bought 80 acres where he has\\nsince lived. He has improved 35 acres. He has\\nbeen an adherent of the ]jrinciples and a supporter\\nof the issues of the Republican party since his re-\\nmoval to Michigan, and he has held several of the\\nlocal official positions in the township. He and his\\nwife are active and zealous members of the Method-\\nist Episcopal Church.\\n^^^f^S-vx/--^-\\nJT!fe-5r|^r ames Lynd, farmer, section 3, Marlette\\niJ Township, was born Aug. 10, 1S52, in\\nCanada. James Lynd, his father, was\\nborn in the State of New York, and emigrated\\nto Canada, where he married Margaret Lynd\\na native of Ireland.\\nMr. Lynd resided in the place of his nativity until\\nOctober, 1869, when he came with his parents to\\nSanilac County. His father died June 5, 1S75, and\\nhe purchased the family homestead, which included\\n167 acres of land, on which he has since resided.\\nHe has placed 65 acres under cultivation, and is en-\\ngaged in successful and prosperous farming. In\\npolitical connection, Mr. Lynd is a Repulilican. He\\nis a member of the Masonic Order.\\nHis marriage to Margaret Duff occurred in Can-\\nada, Dec. 25, 1882. She is a daughter of James and\\nNancy Duff, who were natives of Ontario. Edwin\\nL., only child, was bom March 5, T884. Mr. and\\nMrs. Lynd are members of the Presbyterian Church.\\nIbert Beals, farmer, section 25, Flynn Town-\\n;lp-Sr ship, was born Nov. 13, 1842, in Ontario,\\n^j^^ Can. His parents, Samuel and Sarah Beals,\\nwere natives of New Brunswick, of English\\ndescent. They were members of the agricul-\\ntural community all their lives. In May, 1859, they\\ncame to Michigan, and setded in this township\\nin the fall of i860, with their family. Both parents\\ndied in Flynn Township.\\nMr. Beals is the eldest son and fifth in order of\\nbirth of ten children. He was married Sept. 19, 1867,\\nin this township, to Sarah J., daughter of William\\nand Margaret (Pomeroy) Dimond. The former died\\nin 1853, in Pine River Mich. The latter is now a\\nresident of this township. (See sketch of Amos\\nBabcock.) The daughter was born July 8, 1850, in\\nOntario, and came with her parents to Michigan\\nwhen she was four years old. They were among the\\nearliest settlers in the township. Nine children have\\nbeen born of her marriage, as follows Warren F.,\\nJune 7, 1S69; Samuel H., Nov. 17, 1S70; Mercy J.,\\nAug. 30, 1872; Amos R., Sept. 10, 1874; George\\nE., Sept. 14, 1876; WilHam W., Feb. 22, 1878;\\nGrade, Feb. 2, 1880; Maggie, July 11, 1881;\\nRobert, June 10, 1S83.\\nAfter marriage they settled on 80 acres of land\\nwhich Mr. Beals had purchased some years previous.\\nIt was wholly unimproved, and he has placed about\\nthree-fourths of the tract in creditable cultivation,\\nbesides having erected farin buildings of first-class\\norder. He is a Republican of decided type and has\\nheld the offices of Treasurer and Road Commissioner\\nseveral years. Mrs. Beals is a member of the Meth-\\nodist Episcopal Church.\\n|||;i illiam McLeod, farmer, section 27, Maple\\nj!^ Valley Township, was born in 1827, near\\nill ii j~) Kingston, Out. He was reared to the\\nIf\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0ill\\ncalling of a farmer and continued to assist\\non the home place until he was 25 years of\\nage, when he set out on an independent career,\\nfollowing the same vocation. About 1853, he came\\nto Michigan, locating at Port Huron, where he was a\\nlaborer in a saw-mill two years. Later he came to\\nSanilac County, and purchased 80 acres of wild land,\\nwhere he has since expended his energies and labors\\nin making a home for his family. He has since\\nbought 40 acres more and has now 120 acres. He\\nwas married at Port Huron, Jan. i, 1865, to Jane\\nEarls, a native of that place and born about 1837.\\nSoon after the marriage, Mr. and Mrs. McLeod lo-\\ncated on the farm, which now comprises 80 acres,\\nC i", "height": "2866", "width": "2206", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph09chic_0207.jp2"}, "208": {"fulltext": "mk\u00c2\u00ae^^#-\\nA-~N\\ntlsS\\n7 ^I]D^I1I]\\nT\\n^f^^^\\\\%\\n212\\nSANILAC COUNTY.\\nwith 75 acres under first-class improvements, includ-\\n/w ing fine, large and commodious farm buildings. Mr.\\nMcLeod is independent in political views and actions\\nand has officiated in several local offices. The par-\\ni ents are Presbyterians. They have had six children\\nJohn, Alexander, Archibald, William, Jane and\\nEliza A.\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0^fMi^\\n=DI-\\nV\\nfo\\\\\\nohn Scott, farmer, section 8, Maple Valley\\n\u00c2\u00a3y Township, was born May i, 1847, in\\nQuebec, Ontario. His parents, Mark and\\nMargaret (Little) Scott, were natives of Ire-\\nland, of Scotch-Irish origin. They came to\\nOntario early in life. The father was a tailor\\nby profession and followed that calling in the city of\\nQuebec for some years, afterwards removing to\\nMegantic Co., Prov. of Quebec. There he became a\\nfarmer and followed agriculture in connection with\\nhis trade until his death in 1859, at the age of 69\\ni=i years. The mother died in 1872, near Lawrence,\\nKansas, aged 60 years. Five sons and four daugh-\\nters were born to them; one of the former and one of\\nthe latter are deceased.\\nMr. Scott is the eldest son and second child. He\\nwas an infant but one year old when his father re-\\nmoved to the farm, and he was reared to the calling\\nof an agriculturist under the peculiar circumstances\\nincident to pioneer experience. At the age of 17 he\\nbecame his own master and engaged in lumbering.\\nTwo years later he went to New England and passed\\ntwo summers as a farm laborer. In the spring of\\n1864 he set out for the mining district of Idaho, and\\nmade the route thither across the plains. He spent\\ntwo years in the mines, returning thence to Ontario.\\nHis marriage to Mary J. Morgan occurred Jan. 3,\\n1868, in Barry, Frontenac Co., in the Province of\\nOntario. She was born Jan. i, 1848, in Camden, in\\nthat county, and is the daughter of Daniel and Mary\\nJ. (Webb) Morgan. Her parents are natives of\\nOntario, and descjnded from English and Irish\\nancestors. They are yet living, in Frontenac County,\\nand are respectively 65 and 59 years of age. Mrs.\\nScott is the second daughter and second in order of\\nbirth of 14 children born to her parents, 11 of whom\\nare still living. Nine children have been born to Mr.\\nand Mrs. Scott, two of whom ai:e deceased. Mary\\nE. was born Nov. 6, 1868; Walter M.,Dec. 27, 1869;\\nMaggie J., May 17, 1871 John W., May 26, 1872;\\nAnna B., Sept. 26, 1875; Jessie E., May 6, 1877;\\nElla, Jan. 22, 1879. Robert and Ella died in\\ninfancy.\\nIn the year following their marriage Mr. and Mrs.\\nScott came to Michigan and purchased *o acres of\\nland on section 8, Maple Valley Township, on which\\nsome slight improvements had been made. On this\\nthey resided five years when, on account of failing\\nhealth, they went to Petoskey, Emmett Co., Mich.,\\nwhere they resided three years. At the end of that\\ntime they returned to their farm. They have added\\n80 acres by later purchase, and placed 75 acres\\nunder the plow. In political views and connections\\nMr. Scott is a Republican and is serving his second\\nterm as Treasurer of his township.\\ni)S!I?saae Cragg, farmer, section 18, Evergreen\\nTownship, was born Dec. 24, 1849, in the\\ni^ town of Reach, Canada. He is the son of\\n^ij David and Christiana (Phoeni.x) Cragg, the\\nformer of whom was born Sept. 16, 1822, in\\nLancashire, England, and now resides in Can-\\nada. The latter was born in Scarborough, Can.,\\nin 1824.\\nOn attaining his majority, Mr. Cragg went to work\\nas a stone mason, in which business and as a carpen-\\nter he was occupied five years. At the end of that\\ntime he bought a farm in Middlesex Co., Can., which\\nhe managed three years. In 1879 he came to Sani-\\nlac County and purchased 80 acres of land, which\\nhas since been his field of operation, and in the few\\nyears that have elapsed he has placed 24 acres\\nunder good improvements. Politically, he is a Re-\\npublican. His first official position was that of\\nSupervisor of his township, to which he was elected\\nin 1882. He has been twice re-elected, and is still\\nholding the same position.\\nMr. Cragg was married in 1873 to Beatrice A.\\nWells. She was born Sept. 5, 1853, in the town of\\nReach, Canada, and is the daughter of John and\\nSusannah (Thompson) Wells. Her father was born\\nin 1822 in England; the mother is a native of Can-\\nada and was born May 13, 1827. The family resided\\nin Canada until 1S81, when they removed to their\\ns^-.a\\nI^V\u00c2\u00ae)\\nmmi\\n9\\n1\\nT\\nf\\nI", "height": "2866", "width": "2206", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph09chic_0208.jp2"}, "209": {"fulltext": "-^agtggi w.-- 6 C^ll n n^^-r-e :2\u00c2\u00ab^^\\nSANILAC COUNTY.\\n213\\npresent location in Sanilac County. The children of\\nMr. and Mrs. Cragg were born as follows: Lottie M.,\\nDec. 20, 1873; Edith C, July 23, 1877; Flora S.,\\nNov. 25, 1882.\\n(b\\nA\\nV\\nrtiK prJIjUgh Mahaffy, farmer, section 9, Flynn Tp.\\nI iii^/iJj was born Aug. 29, 1852, in Ireland, and is\\ny^w the son of William and Mary Ann Mahafify.\\nM He emigrated to America when he was 23 years\\ni of age. He made his first location at Romeo,\\nI Macomb Co., Mich., where he lived some years.\\nHe was married there March 9, 1875, to Anna E.\\nMurphy. She was born May 31, 1S54, in Ireland,\\nand in 1869 she went to England, where she lived\\nuntil 1875. In that year she emigrated to the\\nUnited States and stopped in the city of Detroit,\\nwhere she was soon after married. Three years after\\nthat event, Mr. Mahaffy came to Sanilac County and\\npurchased 80 acres of land on sec. 18, this township.\\nIn 1880 he sold that place and purchased 160 acres,\\nwhere he has since operated with vigor and good\\nmanagement, until he has placed 40 acres under\\ncreditable cultivation. Mr. Mahaffy is a Democrat\\nand has held the minor local offices of the township.\\nHe and his wife are members of the M. E. Church.\\nThey have three children John A., Rebecca and\\nWilliam A. K., who at present is a Class-leader in his\\nChurch.\\nilliam B. MeGill, lumberman, resident at\\nMarlette, was born April r6, 1857, at\\nRomeo, Macomb Co., Mich., and is the son\\nof John McGill, of Marlette. He received a\\ncommon-school education, and in 1869 came\\nto Sanilac County, where he has passed the\\nsucceeding years of his life. In August, 1882, he\\nentered into an association with Daniel Bolton, em-\\nbarking in lumbering and also in the management of\\na grist-mill, in both which they successfully engaged.\\nMr. Bolton died May 19, 1884. The saw-mill has a\\nproducing capacity of 30,000 feet of lumber daily,\\nand 25,000 shingles. Mr. McGill, now sole proprie-\\ntor, has facilities for the daily manufacture of 40\\nbarrels of flour, for which he finds ready market. He\\nis also conducting a retail store for the sale of flour\\nand feed, in which he is doing a good business.\\nMr. McGill was married Dec. 23, 1880, to Katie\\nP., daughter of T. E. Hough. She was born at Al-\\nmont, Lapeer Co., Mich., and is the mother of one\\nchild, John Donald, born Aug. 6, 1883.\\nMr. McGill is a Republican in political belief.\\nHe has officiated two years as Village Treasurer, and\\nis a member of the Masonic Order. He also belongs\\nto the Lexington Commandery, Knights Templars,\\nLodge No. 27.\\ny\u00c2\u00abJum/\u00c2\u00ae^^ -rcp\\n(/^^J/TOTnn.\\nVS\\nohn Makelim, Supervisor of Maple Valley\\n7 Township and merchant, grain broker and\\nstation agent at Valley Center, was born in\\nNassagaweya, Holton Co., Ont., June 30, 1847.\\nJohn and Nancy (Anderson) Makelim, his par-\\nents, were natives of Ireland. They emigrated\\nto America in early life and settled in Ontario, resid-\\ning in Holton County both before and after their\\nmarriage. They became the parents often children\\nsix sons and four daughters. Two of the former\\nand one of the latter are deceased. The father died\\nin February, 1882, when he was 82 years old. The\\ndemise of the mother occurred in September, 1876, at\\nthe age of 68.\\nMr. Makelim obtained a fair education, and when\\nhe was 16 years old he began working as a common\\nlaborer on a farm. A year later he went to Illinois,\\nwhere he passed 13 months as a farm assistant and\\nalso in working on a railroad. His health failed and\\nhe returned home to Ontario and became a student\\nat the Rockwood Academy of Wellington County in\\nthe Dominion. In January, 1867, he came to Mich-\\nigan and located in Brockway Township, where he\\nengaged in teaching. He followed that vocation in\\nBrockway, Speaker and this township until i88r,\\nwhen he took a final leave of the business. In the\\nmeantime he purchased 160 acres of land on section\\n28 in the township where he now resides. Of this, 30\\nacres are improved and the premises have a good\\nhouse attached. He sold this property in i88i and\\nerected the first building at Valley Center, where he\\nestablished the first mercantile enterprise at that\\npoint. He is now the owner of the elevator formerly\\nowned by J. H. Beckett, and is doing considerable\\ni^i\\n^tir\\nz.\\n-^^C(\u00c2\u00ae", "height": "2866", "width": "2206", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph09chic_0209.jp2"}, "210": {"fulltext": "0m\\nm\\n214\\nSANILAC COUNTY.\\n8\u00c2\u00bbs,=iis:\\nt\\n(0\\nbusiness in buying grain. In October, 1883, he be-\\ncame the station agent at this point in the interests of\\nthe Port Huron Northwestern Railroad. He is also\\nPostmaster, and has been either principal or deputy\\nofficial in that position since the office was established.\\nHe also owns 40 acres on section 15 in this town-\\nship, and a house and lot where he resides.\\nHe was first married March 10, 1868, in Brockway\\nTownship, St. Clair Co., to Helen Manning. She\\nwas born Aug. 13, 1847, Yates Co., N. Y., and\\ncame to Michigan in the fall of 1867. She was a\\nperson of fine mental acquirements and liberal edu-\\ncation. She died Aug. 30, 1880. The only child\\nborn of this marriage is deceased. Mr. Makelim was\\nagain married April 7, 1S81, in Valley Center, to\\nEmma, daughter of Alpheus and Ann Keyes. She\\nis a native of Ontario, of English parentage, and came\\nto Michigan in 1879 with her parents, who are mem-\\nbers of the agricultural community. She was born\\nMarch 18, i860, in Leeds Co., Ont. Arthur, only\\nissue of the second marriage, was born Nov. 12,\\n1882. Mr. Markelim is an adherent of the Repub-\\nlican party. He is serving his second term as\\nSupervisor and has been Justice of the Peace, and\\nSuperintendent of the Public Schools three years.\\nW\\n--ff)fo\\\\in Donald, farmer, section 33, Marlette\\nIL ^/l Township, was born Aug. 9, 1840, in Scot-\\nland. His father, James Donald, was\\nborn in Scotland, and married Margaret Tun-\\njF nah, a native of England. She died in Scot-\\nland, in 1846. The father and his two sons\\ncame to America in 1856 and went to Wisconsin.\\nThe father lived there two years and then came to\\nMichigan.\\nMr. Donald was but 16 years of age when he\\ncame to the United States, and he lived in the\\nBadger State four years. In i860, in the month of\\nFebruary, he came to Sanilac County and settled in\\nthe township of Marlette. He owns a fine farm of\\n160 acres, with 100 acres in advanced cultivation.\\nHe has proven a valuable acquisition to the county\\nof which he has been a resident nearly a ([uarter of\\na century, and is an influential member of the local\\npolitical element. He is a Republican in sentiment.\\nand has been Supervisor one year; he is now School\\nTrustee.\\nHis marriage to Catherine Murray took place in\\nLapeer, Mich., June 22, 1865. Siie is a native of\\nScotland. The household includes four children\\nMargaret A., Belle, Nettie and Catherine C. The\\nparents are prominent members of the Presbyterian\\nChurch, of which Mr. Donald has been Trustee\\nsince the local body to which he belongs was organ-\\nized.\\nohn M. Brown, resident at Brown City\\n(which perpetuates his patronymic), is a rep-\\nresentative pioneer settler of Sanilac Coun-\\nty. He was born March 17, 1826, in Scotland.\\nIn his native land he was a shepherd by vo-\\ncation, which was also the calling of his father,\\nWilliam Brown. His parents came to America in\\n1850, removing hither with their entire family.\\nThey settled in Orleans Co., N. Y. where they be-\\ncame engaged in agriculture. Mr. Brown remained\\nwith his father, rendering him every possible assist-\\nance in getting comfortably settled in life, until he\\nwas 29 years of age, when, with three brothers, he\\ncame to Michigan. In the fall of 1854 each of the\\nfour entered a claim of 320 acres in this township\\nand in Burnsides Township in Lapeer County. That\\nbelonging to Mr. Mrown of this sketch was all sit-\\nuated on section 7, this township. It was located\\nin the depths of the forest, no permanent settlers\\nbeing within ten miles. Mr. Brown cut the road to\\nobtain access to his farm all that distance. A por-\\ntion of his land, designated by the title of the Indian\\nSugar Bush, was inhabited by the red-skins about\\nthree years after the tract became his property.\\nNative game was abundant and hunting was a com-\\nmon pastime, as well as employ, for many years. In\\nJanuary, 1881, the Pt. H. N. W. railroad (Saginaw\\nDivision), was run through his farm and Brown City\\nwas platted on the estate. Mr. Brown owns 175\\nvillage lots located on his landed estate. He owns\\nbesides, 260 acres of land, with 200 acres improved.\\nHe is a Republican in political connection and has\\nlieen in active local official positions since he became\\na resident of the township.\\nMr. Brown was married Oct. 11, 1859, in Speaker\\nTownship, to Mary Bryce. She was born Aug. 18,\\nc\\n0;\\n^s\u00c2\u00bb-\\n.^^lJL\\nIl!]^Illlf^A^-", "height": "2866", "width": "2206", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph09chic_0210.jp2"}, "211": {"fulltext": "z^^K 6V4:I]I]^IlIl i\\nrr-\\nSANILAC COUNTY.\\nJ\\n1\\n1829, in Warwick, Lambton Co., Ont., and when she\\nwas 19 years of age she came to Michigan with her\\nparents, who were among the pioneers of this town-\\nship. Eight children have been born to Mr. and\\nMrs. Brown, as follows William C, Tames B., Walter\\nM., Robert G., John H., Margaret E., George E. and\\nMary J- The mother is a member of the M. E.\\nChurch.\\n*^\\\\^\\\\/X,\\\\\\nV/X/VN. S I\\n||i amuel E, Herbert, wagon-maker, located\\nat Brown City, was born March 24, 1856,\\nW^ in Blenheim, Oxford County, Ont. His\\nparents, Joseph and Ann (Kerrison) Herbert,\\nare natives of England, who emigrated to\\nAmerica in early life and settled in Oxford\\nCo., Ont., where they are now resident, aged respect-\\nively 72 and 50 years.\\nMr. Herbert obtained his education in the common\\nschools of his native place, and assisted his father\\nuntil he was 16 years old. In 1872 he came to Old\\nBrockway, St. Clair County, and when he was 18\\nyears of age he became an apprentice in the wagon-\\nshop of W. J. Harris, of that place. After serv-\\ning about three years he was employed as regular\\nworkman. Four years later, he came to Brown City,\\npurchased two lots and erected his dwelling and\\nwagon-shop. He is a skillful and reliable workman\\nand is engaged in an extensive and profitable busi-\\nness.\\nHis marriage to Anna Mason occurred Dec. 25,\\n1879, at Old Brockway. She was born Dec. 25,\\ni860, in St. Clair County. Two children have been\\nborn to her and her husband, Mabel and Edwin.\\nMr. Herbert is a member of the Order of Maccabees.\\nif^Lartin W. Moore, druggist at Sandusky,\\nSt,/ w,\\nvas born in Burford Co., Ont., Feb. 23,\\n^el 1842. His parents, Martin and Mary A.\\nM\\\\ Moore, were natives of Ontario, and of\\nCanadian parentage. They had a family of\\nsix children. His father was a farmer, and in\\n1858 came to Michigan, locating in Sanilac County,\\nin a township which, upon its organization, was\\nnamed Moore, in his honor.\\nMr. Moore was the fourth child of his parents in\\nMS J2J2/IS-\u00c2\u00a7Q^ -il\\n4^^!;Zi2W4v\\n215\\norder of birth, and remained with them until he was\\n26 years old. When he arrived at that age he came\\nto Speaker Township, Sanilac County, where he in-\\nterested himself extensively in lumbering, and also\\nmercantile pursuits, in which he was occupied until\\nMay, 1 88 1, when he came to Sandusky and continued\\nhis commercial business here for some time, finally\\nconverting his establishment into a drug store. Mr.\\nMoore is a Republican in political connection. He\\nowns 137 acres of partly improved land on section\\n14, Speaker Township, and 80 acres, respectively, in\\nthe townships of Watertown, Custer, Elmer and\\nMoore, mostly unimproved land.\\nHe was married in Port Huron, Aug. 31, i88[, to\\nRebecca M. Long, born in Haldimand Co., Ont.,\\nDec. 7, 1856. She was brought up on a farm and\\neducated in the schools of her native province.\\nHer father died in Coburg, in i860. The mother\\ndied in Haldimand County, in 1880. Mrs. Moore\\nis a communicant in the Episcopal C hurch.\\nhomas Fitch is a prominent and prosper-\\n|j ous farmer of Sanilac County, and is resi-\\nkM^W dent on section 25, of Marlette Township.\\nfey^ He was born in Ireland, where he resided\\ntt) imtil he was 24 years old, when he accompa-\\nnied his parents to America. His father, Wil-\\nliam Fitch, died on the ocean. His mother settled\\nin Canada, where she spent the remainder of her\\nlife.\\nMr. Fitch left the Dominion of Canada in the fall\\nof 1857, when he settled in Sanilac County, locating\\non 160 acres of land in Marlette Township, which\\nhe had purchased the previous year. He is now the\\nproprietor of 240 acres, having made a subsequent\\npurchase of 80 acres additional. His tillable estate\\nnow includes 100 acres. In political connection he\\nis a Republican, and has been active in the local\\nofficial positions of his township, having served in\\nthe capacities of Justice of the Peace and School\\nDirector.\\nHe was married in February, 1846, in Ireland, to\\nMargaret Beacom, a native of that country. Seven\\nchildren of nine born of this marriage survive. They\\nm\\nI\\n;^i|s8-\\nu^n.\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0^.\\\\imB\\nx^\\n-seS\\n1?^^", "height": "2866", "width": "2206", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph09chic_0211.jp2"}, "212": {"fulltext": "^m\\n(L\\n216\\n5\\nSANILAC COUNTY.\\nare William M., Mary, Robert W., John L., Jennie\\nE., Thomas R. and Edward W. The deceased were\\nnamed Rosanna and George. The parents belong\\nto the Methodist Episcopal Church.\\nt l pr^ rrison J. Wethy, farmer, section 29, Ever-\\nreen Township, was born Feb. 2, i84i,in\\nfe)^ Dryden Township, Lapeer Co., Mich. His\\nfather, Rufus Wethy, married Sarah A. How-\\nard, who was born in 1822, in Vermont, and\\ndied in 1849. He was born April 7, 1799, in\\nthe State of New York, in the vicinity of the St.\\nLawrence River. He was a resident of Canada\\nmany years, where he followed farming until 1S36,\\nin which year he removed to Romeo, Macomb Co.,\\nMich. One year later he took his family to Lapeer\\nCounty, where his life terminated.\\nThe son grew to mature life under the supervision\\nof his parents. He acquired a good education in\\nthe common schools of his native place, to which he\\nadded materially by .a course of study in a select\\nschool under the direction of Professor John A.\\nTribe. He was married at the age of 22 years, to\\nLaura A. Tibbals, who was born in 1845, in Troy,\\nOaWand Co., Mich., and was the daughter of Brad-\\nford K. and Julia A. (Babcock) Tibbals, both of\\nwhom were natives of Cattaraugus Co., N. Y. The\\nfather was heavily interested in lumbering. The\\nyoung wife died Jan. 9, 1S64, a year after her mar-\\nriage, leaving one child, Elmer, whose life was the\\nprice of that of the mother. Mr. Weihy continued\\nto reside on his farm for six years, during which\\ntime he was married to Harriet A., daughter of Al-\\nbert W. and Harriet D. (Wilcox) Spencer. Her par-\\nents were natives respectively of Canada and\\nVermont. Her father was born in 1823 her mother\\nin 1826, and died in 1849. Mrs. Wethy was born in\\nAttica, Lapeer Co., Mich., in 1846. Nine children\\nhave been born of the second marriage: Edwin E.,\\nMay 23, i866; Nola J., Oct. 28, 1867; Harriet E.,\\nNov. 24, 1870; Laura A., Jan. 24, 1872 Albert R.,\\nMay 10, 1874; Freddie, June 7, 1877 (died soon\\nafter birth); Francis C, July 10, 1878; Sarah A.,\\nApril I, i88o; Alice V., March 28, 1882.\\nIn 1870 Mr. Wethy removed with his family to\\nSanilac County, and located on a tract of i6o acres\\nof land, on which he has since resided. It was in\\nits original, natural condition, and now includes 65\\nacres of first-class improvements after the best mod-\\nern plan. His history is parallel with that of the\\nmultitudes of citizens of the county, most of whom\\nencountered the fiery scourges which make the years\\nof 187 I and 188 r of historic interest. In the latter\\nyear Mr. Wethy lost about $1,500.\\nHe is a Republican in i)jlitical affinity and rela-\\ntions. He has discharged his pioportioij of the\\nofficial obligations of his township, having held the\\npositions of Supervisor in 1874, i88o and 1881,\\nHighway Coiumissioner and School Inspector several\\nyears each, and Justice of the Peace, which office\\nhe is still filling. He is a member of the Board of\\nReview, a body constituted for the purpose of re-\\nviewing the actions of the Board of Supervisors.\\n\u00e2\u0080\u00a2\u00e2\u0096\u00a0i^S v\u00c2\u00bb^\\njlj obert Herbert, blacksmith at Brown City,\\n^i: was born March 3r, 1853, in Blenheim,\\n*|^?J(^ O^ ord Co., Ont. He is the son of Joseph\\nt\\nY^ a.nd Ann (Kerrison) Herbert. (See sketch of\\np S. E. Herbert.) At the age of 14 years Mr,\\nHerbert was apprenticed to Christie Bord\\nhammer at VVolverton, Oxford Co., Can., to learn his\\ntrade. He engaged in the labors of that occupation\\n18 months, when he became a teamster and followed\\nthat pursuit a year. He again engaged as a black-\\nsmith for a man named John Watson, with whom he\\nremained two years. Shortly after the expiration of\\nthat period, he located at Old Brockway, Mich., and\\nobtained employment of V\\\\^ J. Harris. He oper-\\nated under their management six years, when he\\nestablished an independent business, which he con-\\nducted 18 months. At the end of that time he\\nre-entered the service of his former employers. A\\nyear later, he went to Emmett, St. Clair County, and\\nworked 18 months for James Cogley. In September,\\n1881, he came to Brown City. He purchased two\\nlots and erected thereon a house and shop for the\\nprosecution of his business, which combines his trade\\nwith the sale of agricultural implements.\\nHe was married Aug. 6, 1S74, at North Branch,\\nLapeer County, to Ann Middleton. She was born at\\nOld Brockway, St. Clair Co., Mich., of English par-\\ne c*\\nv^\\nC\\nA\\nC\\n@r\u00c2\u00a7\u00c2\u00abs-\\nc c^gg^iiiin\\n-\u00c2\u00abiii=\u00c2\u00bb;\\n|?f^^^((\u00c2\u00ae", "height": "2866", "width": "2206", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph09chic_0212.jp2"}, "213": {"fulltext": "f\\n1\\nSANILAC COUNTY.\\n^^i^%\\n(b\\nentage. Her father and mother are still living on a\\nfarm in Lapeer Co Mich. Sarah J., Robert L.,\\nDaisy D. and Lizzie May, are the names of the chil-\\nbren of Mr. and Mrs. Herbert. The father is a Re-\\npublican in political sentiment and is at present\\nHighway Commissioner.\\nC\u00c2\u00ae Siiugustus Davis, farmer, section 5, Elmer\\nTownship, was born Dec. 9, 1831, in Brant\\nSl^ Co., Ont. His parents, David and Delilah\\n(ieT (Sherwood) Davis, were natives of New Eng-\\np l_and, and descended from ancestors who were\\nresidents 01 the same section. After their\\nmarriage they removed to Canada, where they reared\\ntheir children and passed the remaining years of\\ntheir lives. The father was a farmer and brought up\\nhis sons to the same calling.\\nMr. Davis commenced working as a carpenter\\nwhen he was 24 years of age. He pursued that\\nbusiness, which he alternated with farming, in his\\nnative county, until 1878, when he joined the agri-\\ncultural community of Michigan. On arriving in\\nSanilac County he entered a claim of 160 acres of\\nland, where he has since resided and apijlied his\\nefforts and energies to the best purpose in the im-\\nprovement of his land, which, at the time he became\\nresident, was in a natural condition. He has placed\\n50 acres already under first-class cultivation.\\nMr. Davis was married in Elgin Co., Ont., to\\nMary Moore, a native of Canada. Six children have\\nbeen born of their union,^George A., Almira J.,\\nJoseph H., James D., Samuel W. and Phineas A.\\nMr. Davis, in political matters, acts with the Republi-\\ncan party.\\n^dward W. Beckett, miller and farmer, resi-\\nmmi} dent at Valley Center, was born in Maple\\nValley Township, May 31, 1858, and is the\\nson of John H. and Sarah (York) Beckett (see\\nsketch). Mr. Beckett entered upon his single-\\nhanded contest with life when he was 19 years\\nold. He purchased 80 acres of land on section 21 in\\nthis township, the entire tract being in an entirely\\nunimproved condition. After putting it into a some-\\n\\\\f\\nwhat more valuable state, he e.tchanged the property\\nfor 80 acres of land on section 16 having some im-\\nprovements. He has since purchased an additional\\n80 adjoining on section 15, and has greatly added to\\nto the improvements on the estate. In August, 1883,\\nhe entered into a partnership with his father in a\\nsteam grist and shingle mill. The joint capacity is\\nabout two tons of flour and 20,000 shingles daily.\\nHe also owns an improved lot in the village limits.\\nHe was married March 15, 1880, at Brockway\\nCenter, to Susan M. Makelim. She was born Feb. 9,\\ni860, in Wellington Co., Ont. When she was 17\\nyears old she accompanied her parents to Michigan.\\nWilliam I., only child of Mr. and Mrs. Beckett, was\\nborn Oct. 8, 1882. Mr. Beckett is a Republican in\\npolitical views and has been actively interested in\\nschool affairs in the township since his residence\\ntherein.\\nenry W. Wilson, farmer and dealer in grain\\nand produce at Marlette, was born Feb. 8,\\nii^ 1850, in Durham Co., Ont. He is the son ot\\nj^ Robert and Mary (Scott) Wilson, who were na-\\n1 tives of Ireland. They grew to mature years\\nin the Green Isle, and after their marriage in\\n1844 they came to Canada. In 1S60 they removed\\nto Michigan and settled in the township of Marlette.\\nThe father died in June, 1876.\\nMr. Wilson is the youngest of eight children born\\nto his parents, and he was ten years of age when his\\nparents came to this county. He obtained a good\\neducation in the common schools, and was a mem-\\nber of his father s household until he was 23 years of\\nage. The first important event in his life was his\\nmarriage to Mary E. Haskins, which took place Aug.\\n7, 1873. She was born in November, 1851, and is\\nthe daughter of John and Betsey (Wilson) Haskins.\\nTwo children, Wesley R. and Clarence H., have\\nbeen born to Mr. and Mrs. Wilson.\\nIn 1878-9 Mr. Wilson was engaged in the milling\\nbusiness at Chesaning, Saginaw County. He is the\\nowner of a fine farm of 295 acres of land in Sanilac\\nCounty, which includes 80 acres cleared and im-\\nDroved and under profitable cultivation. In 1880 he\\nbuilt a steam elevator near the depot at Marlette,\\n9\\nT f\\nT\\nI\\n^m^--\\nMmnmi", "height": "2866", "width": "2206", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph09chic_0213.jp2"}, "214": {"fulltext": "(\u00c2\u00bbv 4^tt=\u00c2\u00ae\\n7 ^liil^llilr\\nSANILAC COUNTY.\\nwhich has a capacity of 14,000 bushels. He was\\nalso interested in building the steam saw-mill near\\n;t:; the same locality, which is now owned by Messrs.\\nBolton McGill.\\nalter Hyslop, farmer, section ri, Elmer\\nTownship, was born March 29, 1832, in\\np Dumfrieshire, Scotland, of which country his\\nH^^ parents, John and Mary (Brownridge) Hys-\\nlop, were natives. The family of the senior\\nHyslop included eight children, six of whom\\nwere born of a prior marriage. Four yet survive.\\nTwo brothers of Mr. Hyslop, William and Adam, re-\\nside respectively in England and Scotland. The sole\\nsurviving sister, Mrs. Jane Moody, is living in Aus-\\ntralia, in the near vicinity of Melbourne.\\nMr. Hyslop is the seventh in order of birth of the\\nchildren born to his father and the first child of the\\n/S second marriage. His mother died when he was\\ni=i five years old; his father died some years later. At\\nV^ the age of 17 years he went to Croydon, England,\\nc=a where he remained three years, returning thence to\\n\\\\1\\\\- Scotland, where he resided a year before coming to\\nY the New World. He first located at Belleville, Can.,\\nwhere he learned the trade of a stone mason, and\\nthere prosecuted his business until the spring of\\n1864. At that date he came to Lexington, Sanilac\\nCo., Mich., where he worked a short time at his\\ntrade. In the fall of the same year he came to Elmer\\nTownship, having decided that a change of occupa-\\ntion was imperative to secure his restoration to\\nhealth. He sought a location where he could ob-\\ntain the full benefit of a life in the woods, and se-\\nlected the farm which is now his home. He entered\\na homestead claim of 160 acres, five miles from other\\nsettlers, in the dense forest so remote from civilization\\nas to afford secure retreat for wolves and deer, which\\nwere very abundant. Mr. Hyslop was the first per-\\nmanent settler in the township. On making his\\nlocation, he had but three months provisions and no\\nmoney, which was soon exhausted. He returned to\\nLexington, where he found employment, and it was\\nhis custom, after |laboring six days, to expend his\\nearnings in supplies for his family, and with a load\\nwhich usually averaged about 70 pounds in weight,\\ntraversed the intervening 27 miles on foot, much of\\nI\\nthe route lying through unbroken forest. This sort\\nof existence continued one year, when he hired a\\nteam to convey his provisions. His native spirit in-\\nured him to privation, and his thrift and industry\\nenabled him to retain proprietorship of his entire\\nacreage, which now constitutes the best farm in the\\ntownship, with 80 acres in an unusually fine state of\\ncultivation, and supplied with a good house and\\ncreditable farm buildings. The place has three acres\\nof orchard, of a wisely selected variety.\\nOn the organization of the township, Mr. Hyslop\\nbecame first Supervisor, and continued in the posi-\\ntion five years; he has held the office three years\\nsubsequently, and has also officiated as Treasurer,\\nClerk and Road Commissioner, besides having held\\nthe minor official trusts. In political faith he is a\\nRepublican, and holds the office of School Director.\\nThe first marriage of Mr. Hyslop occurred May\\n24, 185S, when he was joined in wedlock with Maria\\nSillers, a native of Ontario, Can., and of Scotch de-\\nscent and parentage. She was born in October,\\n1836, and died in Elmer Township, April 4, 1879,\\nleaving ten cliildren, who were born in the following\\norder: John, Susan, Mary, Elizabeth, Walter, Colin,\\nJoanna, Thomas, Ellen, and Maria. Mr. Hyslop\\nwas a second time married, July 3, 1880, at Lexing-\\nton, to Barbara Legear, who was born at St. Mary s,\\nOnt., March 11, 1856. Her parents were respect-\\nively of Scotch and Irish nativity. She came to Mich-\\nigan the year previous to her marriage. Robert, Isa-\\nbella and George are the names of the children born ot\\nthis union. The family attend the Methodist Epis-\\ncopal Church, of which Mrs. Hyslop is a member.\\nJohn, the eldest son, is present Clerk of Elmer Town-\\nship. The two eldest daughters, Susan and Mary,\\nare teachers in Sanilac County, and have been en-\\ngaged in that pursuit seven years.\\n^^shJh*^\\nI\\nm\\nCounty. He is the son of John and\\nBarbara (Wixson) McMahon, who were natives\\n]L respectively of Ireland and Ontario. Mr. Mc-\\nMahon was educated in the common schools\\nand passed the first years of his life in study and work\\non the farm, He passed the remaining years of his\\n^m\\nI\\n1\\n^Tohn A. McMahon, attorney at Marlette,\\ny^M J^ was born July 20, 1853, in Worth, Sanilac", "height": "2866", "width": "2206", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph09chic_0214.jp2"}, "215": {"fulltext": "n\\n.4.\\nV\\ns\\n(3\\n^1\\nI\\nSANILAC COUNTY.\\nminority in different occupations. On reaching the\\nperiod of his legal freedom, he entered the law office\\nof his brother, Hon. J. W. McMahon, where he spent\\n1 8 months in the study of law, after which he entered\\nthe Law Department of the University of Michigan\\nat Ann Arbor, where he was graduated two years\\nlater, at the spring term of 1877. He at once opened\\nhis business as an attorney at Marlette, which he\\nprosecuted there until the fall of 1880, when impaired\\nvision necessitated his temporary withdrawal from\\nactive practice. His retirement continued until the\\nsummer of 1883, when he resumed labor in the office\\nof George McKay, continuing there until May, 1884.\\nIn April, 1882, he was elected Justice of the Peace,\\nand in x\\\\pril, 18S3, he was elected Township Clerk.\\nIn the spring of 1884 he was re-elected to the posi-\\ntion. In Marcli, 1883, he was elected Village Clerk\\nand re-elected the year following. He is a member\\nof the Masonic fraternity.\\nMr. McMahon was married in Marlette, Aug. 4,\\n1878, to Ella F. Oakes. She was born in Memphis,\\nMich., and is the daughter of Charles H. and\\nBathsheba (House) Oakes, natives of the State of\\nNew York. Of three children born of this marriage,\\nbut one -Hattie B. survives. One child died in\\nearly infancy; Zoe died when she was one month\\nold.\\nS\\n219\\n-laizae;\u00c2\u00a9!\u00c2\u00ae\\n\u00e2\u0080\u00a2^k^ifinns^f^\\nrk Turner, merchant, located at Shab-\\n)ona Corners, Evergreen Township, is\\nthe son of Richard and Catherine (Bal-\\nlentine) Turner. The former is a native of\\nNew Brunswick, the latter of Ireland. They\\nresided in Canada after their marriage until\\n1864, when thej sought a residence in Michigan,\\nlocating first in Port Huron, and later at Brockway,\\nwhere they now reside.*\\nMr. Turner was born Jan. 18, 1852, in O.vford Co.,\\nCan. He remained there under the paternal super-\\nvision until he was 24 years of age, when he engaged\\nas a hand in a saw-mill and was thus occupied seven\\nyears. His next employ was on a farm in Brockway,\\nwhere he remained three years. In 1884 he came\\nto his present field of operation and established the\\nbusiness which he has since managed, and which\\naffords satisfactory returns for the capital and labor\\ninvested.\\nHe is a Republican in political tendencies, and is\\npresent Township Clerk of Evergreen. He is a\\nmember of the Order of Masonry, Lodge No. 316,\\nBrockway, St. Clair Co., Mich.\\nHe was married in 1878 to Catherine Pangborn,\\nwho was born Aug. 7, i860, in Canada, and is the\\ndaughter of John and Barbara (Shier) Pangborn.\\nHer father was born in Canada, her mother in Ire-\\nland. The children of Mr. and Mrs. Turner were\\nborn as follows Mary E., Feb.\\nT\\nApril 3, 1882 Alton M., Sept. 7,\\n883.\\n1879; Burt, fJ4^\\nens C. Jeuhl, farmer, section 28, Elmer\\nTownship, was born April 26, 1826, in\\nHadersleben, Denmark. His parents,\\nChristian and Ann E. (Erchpen) Jeuhl, were\\nof German descent and born in Denmark.\\nThey belonged to the farming community and\\nwere the parents of five children.\\nMr. Jeuhl was the third child of his parents in\\norder of birth, and received the excellent education\\nprescribed by law in his native land. He remained\\nwith his parents until he was 25 years old, and from\\nthat age until that of 32 years he passed his time as\\na common laborer; he was then married to Mary\\nJeuhl, the date of the event being June 19, 1858.\\nMrs. Jeuhl was born Jan. i, 1838, in Stendemp,\\nDenmark, and received a good education. Of eleven\\nchildren born of this union, three are deceased.\\nThey were born as here named Christian, Hans,\\nPeter, Anthony, Anna, John, Jens and Mary. Those\\ndeceased were named Lena, Jens and Joanna. The\\nchildren were all born before their parents left the\\nold country and are well educated. The two eldest\\nsons speak and write Danish, German, French and\\nEnglish, and have a thorough knowledge of Latin.\\nThe entire family are most accomplished linguists.\\nThey lived in Denmark until April, 1882, when they\\nemigrated to America. They remained six months\\nin the city of Detroit, and in the fall of that year\\ncame to Sanilac County. They purchased 360 acres\\nof land in this township, all of which was in its\\nprimeval condition. Their thrift and energy have\\nalready been npplied to such good advantage that\\nc\\n^^Ofl^Dtlv^\\nIM", "height": "2866", "width": "2206", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph09chic_0215.jp2"}, "216": {"fulltext": "^|S/^\u00c2\u00ae^^\u00e2\u0082\u00ac\\n%aj--v!\\nSANILAC COUNTY.\\nI\\n5\\nV\\n(5)\\ni\\nthey have placed 30 acres in fair tillable condition,\\nand the farm presents a creditable appearance, with\\ngood house and other farm buildings.\\nMr. Jeuhl is a Republican in political belief. His\\nwife died April 25, 1883, of consumption, about one\\nyear after her arrival in America. She had won\\nmany friends during the brief months she passed in\\nher new home, and in her death she was mourned\\nas if she had been a friend of many long years. She\\nand her husband belonged to the Lutheran Church.\\nff^ (i,\\\\ illiam P. Webb, farmer, section 22, Maple\\n(I\\nl^^aVj Valley Township, has been a resident of\\ni U^ Sanilac County since 1858. He settled in\\ni the township of Worth in March of that\\nyear, where he rented a farm of 200 acres,\\nwhich he continued to manage 14 years. In\\n1872 he came to Maple Valley Township, where he\\nrented a farm of 120 acres for a term of seven years.\\nAt the expiration of that period, he purchased the\\nproperty of which he is still the owner, consisting of\\n80 acres of land. It is now in fine condition, with a\\ngood house and farm buildings. In addition to his\\ngeneral farming, he is making a specialty of raising\\nblooded stock. He is a member of the Republican\\nparty. While in Worth Township, Mr. Webb offi-\\nciated as Justice of the Peace four years, and has\\nacted in the same capacity in Maple Valley Town-\\nship during the past 11 years. He has also dis-\\ncharged the duties of several school offices.\\nMr. Webb is a man of energetic and sterling\\ncharacter. In early life he designed to devote his\\nlife to the labors of a missionary in India, but was\\ndiverted from his purpose by the entreaties of his\\nfriends. At this writing (current year, 1884) he is\\n73 years of age, and looks back to the change of his\\nlife purpose with regret.\\nHe was born Dec. 15, 1811, in the city of London,\\nEngland, and is the son of Titus J. and Mary (Bau-\\nden) Webb. In 18 rS the family came to America,\\nlanding at Quebec June 5. They resided in that\\ncity seven years, the father working as a shoemaker\\na portion of the time. He removed thence to Odel-\\ntown, in close pro.ximity to the line of New York,\\nwhere he was occupied alternately at fanning and\\nshoemaking until 1844, when he went to Montreal.\\nHe resided there until his death in 1856.\\nMr. Webb remained with his parents until he was\\n16 years old, when he went to Charlotte, Vt., for the\\npurpose of learning the trade of tanner and currier.\\nHe was a resident there until he was 21 years old.\\nIn view of the plan he had marked out to go to In-\\ndia, he became a student at the academy of Kings-\\nbury, N. Y., and spent two years in study at that\\ninstitution. He returned to his father s house, where\\nhe passed a year, engaging six months in teaching at\\nOdeltown. He went thence to Mooers, N. Y., where\\nhe managed a saw-mill about one year, selling out to\\ngo to Champlain, where he interested himself in\\nfarming. He was there engaged until the spring of\\n1838, and was meanwhile married to Jane Spearman,\\nof Champlain, She was born March 2, 1812, in Ire-\\nland, and is the daughter of Simon and Margaret\\n(Napier) Spearman. Her father removed his family\\nto America in 1830. To Mr. and Mrs. Webb the\\nfollowing children have been born, whose record of\\nbirth is also given: Titus J., born Jan. 6, 1839;\\nMargaret L., May 22, 1840; Elizabeth M., Feb. 17,\\n1842; Charlotte A., Aug. 29, 1843 (died Dec. 2,\\n1870); Susannah L., July 13, 1845; Jane L., Oct.\\n25, 1846; Lavinia W., Sept. 6, 1S50; Mary M., June\\n30, 1852; Martha V., July 5, 1857 (died March 30,\\ni860). The parents belong to the Methodist Epis-\\ncopal Church.\\n--M\\n^Ifhomas Walker, farmer, resident on section\\n^s^ I 2, Marlette Township, is the son of William\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0^jppi^ and Ann (Keyes) Walker, natives of County\\nFermanagh, Ireland. They emigrated to Can-\\nada respectively in 182S and 1830. They were\\nmarried in the Dominion and continued to re-\\nside there until February, 1856, when they came to\\nMichigan. The father bought 320 acres of land on\\nsections 23, 24 and 26, Marlette Township, where the\\nfamily settled and where the parents resided during\\nthe remainder of their lives. Their family included\\nseven children, all of whom attained maturity. Their\\nbirths occurred in the following order Jane (see\\nsketch of Geo. Notley), Thomas, John and Rebecca\\n(twins), William, James and Samuel. Rebecca is\\nthe wife of William Nash.\\nT\\n^5\\nA\\nc^:\\n0)\\nI\\n/.rv^/S\u00e2\u0080\u009e\\n^Da^DDf^-^\\n.:^^:g^", "height": "2866", "width": "2206", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph09chic_0216.jp2"}, "217": {"fulltext": "^m^\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0T^\\nSAN/LAC COUNTY.\\n-4^^f\\n(h\\nMr. Walker of this sketch is the eldest son of his\\nparents, and was born Sept. 15, 1837, in Dundas Co.,\\nOnt. He obtained his education in the common\\nschools and was reared to the calling of the class to\\nwhich his parents belonged. He assisted in the\\nlabors of the farm in Canada until he was 19 years\\nold, when his parents settled in Sanilac County. He\\ncontinued to reside with them until he was 38 years\\nold, when he settled upon 280 acres of land in the\\nsame township, which he purchased in 1855. He has\\nsince sold 120 acres, and has placed 100 acres of the\\nremainder in a finely cultivated condition.\\nThree years previous to his removal to his estate,\\nhe was married to Elizabeth Nash. The event took\\nplace July 17, 187 i. Mrs. Walker is the daughter of\\nJames and Nora (Grenen) Nash, natives respectively\\nof England and New Brunswick. She was born\\nApril 23, 1834. Nora J. and William E. are the\\nnames of the children born to Mr. and Mrs. Walker.\\nMr. W. is an adherent to the tenets of the Demo-\\ncratic party in his political views. He has spent\\nmany consecutive years in the discharge of the duties\\nincumbent upon him as the official in positions of\\ntrust and responsibility in his township. He served\\ntwo years as Supervisor, one year as Clerk and 13\\nyears as Highway Commissioner. He officiated three\\nterms as Justice of the Peace and School Inspector,\\nand in 1880 was appointed Deputy County Surveyor,\\nwhich position he still holds. He is one of the oldest\\nmembers of the Masonic Order in the township.\\nBoth Mr. and Mrs. Walker are members of the\\nUnited Presbyterian Church.\\nif\\n^Ldward Hilborn, farmer, section 5, Elmer\\nWk Township, was born in March, 1850, in\\nElgin Co., Out., and is the son of Moide-\\n4fc cai Hilborn. He remained in the Dominion of\\nCanada with his parents until he was 16 years\\nof age, when he came to Sanilac County. He\\nfirst located in Speaker Township, where he pursued\\nagriculture until 1882, operating on 40 acres of land.\\nIn the year named, he removed to Elmer Township\\nand purchased the estate which now constitutes his\\nhomestead. It comprises 127 acres, and at the date\\nof purchase was in a wholly unimproved condition.\\nIn the brief period in which he has been resident, he\\nhas cleared and improved 20 acres and erected suit-\\nable and necessary farm buildings. Mr. Hilborn is a\\nRepublican in political sentiment and action.\\nHe was married Sept. 22, 1879, in Worth Town-\\nship, to Josephine Wixson. She was born in the\\ntownship where she was married, June 25, 1857.\\nHerbert, only child, was born July 13, 1882. The\\nparents are members of the Baptist Church.\\nalvin Davis, farmer, section 15, Elmer\\nTownship, was born March 14, 1837, in\\nKingston, Canada. His parents, James S.\\nand Nancy (Barrett) Davis, were of New\\nEngland extraction, born respectively in New\\nYork and Vermont. They belonged to the\\nagricultural class, and the father died in Chatham,\\nOntario, in i88r. The mother still resides there,\\naged 70 years.\\nMr. Davis became a sailor boy on the Great\\nLakes when he was 14 years of age. From this\\nposition, the most humble in his chosen calling, he\\ngradually advanced by promotion until he became\\ncaptain. Following are the names of the boats\\nwhich he managed during the last seven years of his\\nlife on the lakes The Free Trader, of Montreal\\nthe Elizabeth, of Kingston, and the Cambria, of\\nHamilton; also the Shannon, of Kingston, and\\nthe Wave Crest, of Montreal. In 1873 he aban-\\ndoned the career of a sailor and spent the ensuing\\ntwo years in the shipyard of Chatham. His next\\nremove was to this State, when he located at Brock-\\nway Center, St. Clair County, and managed a tan-\\nnery one year. In 1877 he settled in Sanilac\\nCounty. He purchased the farm which has since\\nbeen his homestead, and which comprises 120 acres\\nof excellent land. Of this he has improved and\\ncultivated 30 acres. Mr. Davis subscribes to the\\ntenets of the Democratic party, and has officiated\\nfour years as Superintendent of Schools.\\nHe was married March 24, 1874, at Chatham,\\nOnt., to Clarinda, daughter of William and Permelia\\n(Harris) Walker. The parents were born respect-\\nively in Scotland and Nova Scotia and were of\\nScotch descent. The father was a mason by trade,\\nand lost his life in the late Rebellion while in action,\\nfrom a bayonet wound. The mother resides with\\n:s!i^^\\nJL\\nD!] ^iid;^\\n_ T.^jS \u00c2\u00abl.jrr_", "height": "2866", "width": "2206", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph09chic_0217.jp2"}, "218": {"fulltext": "(^\u00e2\u0096\u00a0v/^ )^t|\\nSANILAC COUNTY.\\n-:2j\u00e2\u0082\u00ac^\\nvSr^\\n1^1\\nt\\n:a5\\ns\\nb\\nher daughter, and is 75 years of age. Mrs. Davis\\nwas born June 18, 1S49, in Ingersoll, Ont. The\\nfamily of Mr. Davis now includes four children\\nGeorge W., Charles L., James H. and Lloyd B.\\noren Cady, liveryman, established at Mar-\\nlette, was bora in the State of Pennsylva-\\nnia, June 2, i860. His parents were also\\nnatives of the Key-stone State, and came to\\nA Michigan in 1884, and now reside in the city of\\nSaginaw.\\nMr. Cady became a resident of Sanilac County in\\n1882, and engaged about one year in teaming, after\\nwhich he went to Saginaw and was variously em-\\nployed for a short time. In the spring of 1884 he\\ncame to Marlette and after a brief time purchased\\nthe livery business of F. E. Talmadge. His horses,\\ncarriages and other fixtures are of a quantity and\\nquality adapted to the extent and character of his\\npatronage, and he is engaged in a satisfactory busi-\\nness.\\nobert G. Brown, farmer on section i8,\\nMaple Valley Township, resident at Brown\\nCity, was born in Scotland near the Che-\\n}v^ viot Hills, April 28, 1834. His parents, Wil-\\nliam and Margaret (Murray) Brown, were born\\nrespectively in the Lowlands and Highlands\\nof Scotland, and represent long lines of ancestry who\\nwere shepherds from dates going back to remote\\nperiods. They were in the same avenue of business\\nuntil their removal to the United States in 1850,\\nwhither they came with their family of four sons and\\ntwo daughters. They first located in Yates Town-\\nship, Orleans Co., N. Y., where they remained four\\nyears. In 1854 they came to Michigan and pur-\\nchased large tracts of land in Lapeer and Sanilac\\nCounties, including in all 1,200 acres, situated on\\nsections 12 and 13 in Burnsidcs Township, that coun-\\nty, and on sections 7 and 18 in what is now Maple\\nValley Township. Comparative data will manifest\\nthe primitive condition of the estate, which was ac-\\ncessible only by means of Indian trails and entirely\\nwithout settlers save the nomadic red men, who roved\\nat their own will wherever wild game most abounded,\\nor their simple desires led them. Markets and sup-\\nplies were 30 miles distant, at Almont and Romeo, a\\ndistance rendered doubly tedious by the fact that\\nlocomotive facilities were confined to their ox teams.\\nOn first settling, they brought in a horse with them,\\nbut the following spring it wandered into the woods\\nand was never traced.\\nThe existing condition of things involved much\\nhardship for the first few years. Four grown sons\\nmade a respectable pioneer working force who accom-\\nplished much necessary improvement of the tract of\\nland within their supervision and under the judicious\\nguidance of their father, their labors proved of much\\nvalue to the location, their improvements and estab-\\nlishment of general interests rendering the surround-\\ning country attractive to other new comers. Their\\nparents resided on section 12, Burnsides Township,\\nduring the remainder of their lives. Their father\\ndied June 21, 1883, at the age of 97 years. He\\nadopted and supported the principles of the Re-\\npublican party, and was tlie first Treasurer of his\\ntownship after the establishment of its municipal\\nregulations. The mother died Nov. 18, 1865.\\nMr. Brown was a member of the paternal house-\\nhold until his marriage, Feb. 20, 1861, in Maple\\nValley Township, to Margaret M. Bryce. Her par-\\nents, James and Elizabeth (Fenner) Bryce, were\\nnatives of Scotland and the Province of Ontario,\\nrespectively, and were of Scotch and Irish descent.\\nThey vvere among the pioneer settlers of Sanilac\\nCounty and ideiitified with its early history and de-\\nvelopment. The father died Dec. 26, 187 1, in St.\\nClair County. The mother is a resident still on the\\nhomestead in Brockway Township in that county.\\nMrs. Brown was born in Warwick, Hampden Co.,\\nOnt., and is one of 11 children born to her parents.\\nThey removed to this township when she was 1 1\\nyears of age and she was a member of her father s\\nhousehold until her marriage. Three children, of\\nwhom she is the mother, are all living. They were\\nborn as follows: Martha E., July 20, 1862 (married\\nApril 18, 1881, Geo. W. Smith, a merchant at Clare,\\nin the county of the same name); Mary J., Sept. 15,\\n1864 (married April 19, 1883, Frank Snyder, Deputy\\nPostmaster at Brown City and dealer in musical in-\\nstruments, sewing-machines, and is an insurance\\nV^\\nC\\nf\\nrr\\n\u00e2\u0080\u00944^^", "height": "2866", "width": "2206", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph09chic_0218.jp2"}, "219": {"fulltext": "^^-r^^^^\\nT7^\\n^:HIl^:Iln^\\nT\\n\u00c2\u00bb^C@V^\\nSANILAC COUNTY.\\n223\\nh\\nm\\n-5\\nV\\nV\\nagent); Rebecca E., Nov. 29, 1868, who is still with\\nher parents.\\nMr. Brown removed his family to Inilay City, La-\\npeer County, where he located March 27, 1873. He\\nengaged in grain traffic, in which he was interested\\ntwo years, after which he embarked in business as a\\ndealer in general merchandise, which pursuit he fol-\\nlowed until July, 1879, at which date he returned to\\nthe life of an agriculturist and took possession of his\\nestate lying on sections 18 and 8 of this township,\\ncomprising 520 acres, with 150 acres under advanced\\nculture, with fine farm buildings, and including one\\nof the best assorted and producing orchards in the\\ncounty. The village which perpetuates the family\\nname and fitly represents its influence, was half\\nplatted by Mr. Brown, and he owns 100 lots within\\nits limits. He was the first Township Clerk and re-\\nmained the incumbent of the position some years; he\\nwas also Treasurer for a few terms. During the war\\nhe served three years as enrolling officer of three town-\\nships of Sanilac County. He has been Postmaster at\\nBrown City since its organization. He is a Repub-\\nlican of most decided principles.\\nathaniel S. Taneher, marketman at Mar-\\nsiS i ^ttc is the son of Richard and Betsey\\n(Smith) Fancher. They were natives of\\nthe State of New York, where they were mar-\\nried, and later removed to Michigan, settling in\\nMacomb ounty in the pioneer days of the\\nPeninsular State. They afterwards removed to La-\\npeer County, where tlie father died July 9, 1849.\\nTheir family included four sons and five daughters.\\nMr. Fancher is the youngest son of his parents,\\nand was born July 28, 1843, in Lapeer Co., Mich.\\nHe passed the first 1 8 years of his life in the pa-\\nrental household, in acquiring his education in the\\ncommon schools and as an assistant on his father s\\nfarm. He spent the next 12 years in the varied oc-\\ncupations of farmer and lumberman, and in 1869\\nevened a market at Attica in his native county.\\nAfter managing his interests in that line three years,\\nhe sold out and embarked in the livery business,\\nwhich he carried on two years. He passed a year at\\nAlmont, Lapeer County, and in February, 1879, he\\ncame to Marlette, where he opened a meat market,\\nwhich he has since continued to manage. Mr.\\nFancher is a Democrat in political faith, and is one\\nof the charter members of Marlette Lodge, No.\\n1,775, K. of H. He belongs also to the Masonic\\nOrder.\\nHis marriage to Mary Sanderson occurred Oct. 14,\\n1863, in Genesee Co., Mich. She was born in 1843,\\nin Canada, and is the daughter of Nelson and Fanny\\nSanderson. Two of the three children born of this\\nmarriage are deceased. Their names were Dora and\\nNelson. Clara M. was born Sept. 24, 1872.\\ni?%^|\\n5I#?W^\\nohn J. Robinson, farmer, section 3r, Ever-\\ngreen Township, was born Feb. 28, 1842,\\nin the Township of Bruce, Macomb Co.,\\nMich. His father, Robert Robinson, was born\\nin 1806, and when he was 18 years old came\\nto America, settling on Long Island. He mar-\\nried Betsey A. Dunn, who was born in 1822, in the\\nState of New York she died in 1856. The family\\nremoved to Macomb County in 1836 and settled in\\nBruce Township. A few years later they came to\\nLapeer County, where the father remained until 1875\\nwhen he came to Sanilac County to reside with his\\nson. He died May 24, 1S77.\\nMr. Robinson was 19 years of age when the civil\\nwar engulfed the land, and he enlisted in Co. G,\\nloth Mich. Vol. Lif. He received his discharge for\\ndisability before his regiment left the State, and re-\\nturned to Lapeer County, where he engaged in farm-\\ning. 1872 he came to Sanilac County and located\\nan estate of 240 acres of wild land, which he still\\nretains, with the e.xception of 80 acres which he sold.\\nThe place now includes 74 acres under good improve-\\nments.\\nLi political sentiment Mr. Robinson adheres to the\\nprinciples of the Republican party. He has been\\nTownship Treasurer two terms, and Highway Com-\\nmissioner one term. He has served three terms as\\nSchool Director, and as Assessor for the same length\\nof time.\\nMr. Robinson was married in 1863, to Betsey A.\\nWilcox. She was bom Oct. ri, r84i, in Lapeer\\nCo., Mich., and is the daughter of Harvey and Susan\\n(Burton) Wilcox. The former was born July 5, 1815,\\nc^,\\nA\\n^^ii!i\u00c2\u00a7niiv A^\\n^Cx^--\\n4\\nt", "height": "2866", "width": "2206", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph09chic_0219.jp2"}, "220": {"fulltext": "4 IlIl^IiD^j v\\n:25^w^\\n224\\nSANILAC COUNTY.\\nthe latter Nov. 6, 18 10, both natives of the State of\\nNew York. The family of Mr. Robinson includes\\none adopted son, Harvey Wilco.x, who was born May\\n9, 1875-\\nT. Dodge, M. D., physician at Mar-\\nwas born April 2, i860, in Barry\\n-\u00e2\u0096\u00a0IVVj^V J^ Co., Mich. He is the son of Winchester\\nJ^^r T. and Ann (Craig) Dodge, natives respect-\\nJlXn ivelv of Ontario and .Scotland. They lo-\\nively of Ontario and .Scotland.\\ncated in Michigan after their marriage, and are\\nat present residents of Lapeer County.\\nDr. Dodge is the eldest of five children born to his\\nparents, and passed the first 18 years of his life in ob-\\ntaining an education in the con.mon and high schools\\nof his native county. In the fall of 1878, he entered\\nthe Medical Department of the University of Mich-\\nigan at Ann Arbor, where he was graduated two\\nyears later, having fulfilled the prescribed course of\\nstudy at that institution. He received his creden-\\ntials in July, 1S80, and came soon afterward to Mar-\\nietta, where he practiced a year. In 1881 he went\\nto the city of New York, where he spent six months\\nin clinic practice. He resumed his business at Mar-\\nlette, where he has since pursued his calling with\\nsatisfactory results.\\nDr. Dodge is independent in political connections\\nand views, and in the spring of 1S84 was appointed\\nHealth Officer of Marlette. He is a member of\\nLodge No. 343, F. A. M.\\nrflD^^^^Jienry Smackart, farmer, section i, Elmer\\nTownsliip, was born in Prussia, June 16,\\n1823. His father died when he was a child\\nO of four years, and he was reared by his mother,\\ni with whom he remained until his departure from\\nI his native country in 1853. He was 30 years of\\nage when he set out to seek his fortune in the New\\nWorld. He first settled at Belmont, Waterloo Co.,\\nCan., where he passed nine years in farming. He\\nwent thence to Huron Co., Ont., and engaged in\\nagriculture. The next 17 years of liis life he passed\\nin the labors of the farm there, and then he came\\nto Michigan to enjoy the privilege of a republican\\nform of government, and to avail himself of the ad-\\nvantages offered by the resources of the Peninsular\\nState. In February, 1879, he purchased the estate\\nof 80 acres he now owns, and whereon he has estab-\\nlished his home. He has improved 22 acres and\\nplaced it under good cultivation.\\nHis marriage to Henrietta Riake occurred Sept. 21,\\n1845, in Prussia. She was born in Prussia, June 21,\\n1825. Ten children have been born to Mr. and Mrs.\\nSmackart, four of whom are deceased. They were\\nnamed Levi, Rebecca, August and Almateria. Those\\nwho survive are Christopher, William, Andrew, Min-\\nnie, Barbara and Elizabeth. The family are mem-\\nbers of the religious society known as Dunkards.\\nStuart MeClure, attorney at Marlette,\\nmm^V.. was born Sept. 27, 1857, in Madoc, Hast-\\n3m(j{y ings Co., Ont. His parents, Donald and\\nr)A Flora (Stuart) McClure, were natives of\\nthe Isle of Skye. They were born in Sleat,\\nand emigrated to Hastings Co., Can., where the\\nintimacy which began in their earliest years\\nculminated in marriage. Later on, they removed to\\nMiddlesex Co., Ont., where they were a number of\\nyears resident, going thence to Lambton Co., Ont.,\\nwhere they have since lived. Their family included\\nsix children, three sons and three daughters. One\\nof the latter is deceased. The father of Mr. Mc-\\nClure has been actively interested in business life,\\nhaving been successfully engaged in merchant tailor-\\ning, lumbering and in manufacture and traffic in oil.\\nMr. McClure is tlie second in order of birth of the\\nchildren of his father s family. Previous to the age\\nof 16 years he acquired a substantial education in\\nthe public schools of Middlesex County, accomplish-\\ning the entire curriculum of study therein. At the\\nage named he commenced teaching, which vocation\\nhe pursued two years. He then attended the\\nGeorgetown Academy, where he took one course of\\nstudy. He resumed teaching, and two years later\\nbecame a student at Gait Collegiate Institute, enter-\\ning the. last year of the four years course prescribed\\nby that institution, and devoting his attention partic-\\nularly to the classics. He again became a teacher,\\nand devoted the proceeds of his labors to the educa-\\ns^\\nJL\\nmm", "height": "2866", "width": "2206", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph09chic_0220.jp2"}, "221": {"fulltext": "", "height": "2866", "width": "2206", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph09chic_0221.jp2"}, "222": {"fulltext": "t^^^^^^^ /Wt^^^^", "height": "2866", "width": "2206", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph09chic_0222.jp2"}, "223": {"fulltext": "(h\\nV\\n(j\\nSANILAC COUNTY.\\n^4)^^\\nm\\\\Wi\\n227\\ntion of his brother, who studied medicine at Ann Ar-\\nbor, graduated, and is now engaged in the successful\\npractice of his profession at Sherman, Texas. The\\nprosecution and accomplishment of this purpose was\\nthe cause of the postponement of his own plans for\\nprofessional study. He had fixed upon the United\\nStates as a suitable and feasible field for the devel-\\nopment of his life purposes, and he accordingly de-\\ntermined upon pursuing the course of study prepar-\\natory to his entrance upon a i^rofessional life, at an\\nAmerican institution. In the fall of 1878 he left his\\nnative country, and entered the Law Department of\\nthe University of Michigan at Ann Arbor, where he\\nwas graduated in the spring of 1880. He was\\nelected Poet of his class.\\nIn the spring of 1881 he established himself in\\nbusiness at Marlette, in company with the Hon. J. W.\\nMcMahon, and has since been engaged in the pros-\\necution of his profession. He has already won his\\nway to a prominent position as an attorney, through\\nhis industry, integrity and application to his business\\nengagements. In political sentiment and connection\\nhe is independent. He was elected Circuit Court\\nCommissioner on the Republican ticket, in the fall\\nof 1882.\\nmj seterC. Phillips, farmer, section 27, Ever-\\niMIik green Township, was born Nov. 18, 1838,\\nj^; in Elgin Co Can., and is the son of Nich-\\nolas and Effie (Alward) Phillips. The former\\nwas born in 1776, in Schoharie Co., N. Y., was\\na farmer all his life, and died in 1862. The mother\\nwas born in 1793, in Canada. She is still living in\\nthe Dominion, at the advanced age of 91 years.\\nMr. Phillips attained his majority under the super-\\nvision of his father, after which he managed the\\nhome farm for five years. He remained in Canada\\nuntil 1864, when he came to Michigan. He located\\nin Brockway Tp., St. Clair County, where he inter-\\nested himself in farming and rearing stock. In the\\nfall of 188 1 he came to Sanilac County and settled\\non 160 acres located on sections 27, 28 and 33. He\\nalso owns 80 acres of land on section 35. Politic-\\nally, he is a Republican, and in the year 1883 was\\nelected Township Treasurer, to which office he was\\nre-elected in 1884.\\nMr. Phillips was married in i860, to Experience\\nA. McGregor. She was born May 24, 1843, and is\\nthe daughter of Philander and Phebe McGregor.\\nThe former was born June 9, 181 1, and died June\\n16, 1876; the latter was born Feb. 28, 1823, and\\ndied Sept. 17, 1863. Both were natives of Welling-\\nton Co., Can. Mr. and Mrs. Phiilii)s are the parents\\nof ten children, recorded as follows Albert N.,\\nborn Feb. 9, 1861 Francis H., May 22, 1863; Alma\\nA., March 8, 1867; Philander, March 29, 1869;\\nCyrus M., Dec. 23, 1872; Fidelia E., June 9, 1874;\\nCadton, May 17, 1876; Sheriff C, June 24, 1878;\\nCharley, July 31, 1880; Peter L., Aug. i, 1883.\\nveaae/\u00c2\u00a9^\\n^^\u00e2\u0096\u00a0^4\u00e2\u0080\u0094 \u00c2\u00bb-3|^)/ZWB* A\\names Minard, farmer, resident on section\\n32, Moore Township, is the son of Samuel\\nand Rebecca (Moore) Minard. The for-\\nmer was born in Ulster Co., N. Y., and re-\\nIt moved in 1813 to Canada, where he engaged\\nin the two-fold occupation of farmer and\\nblacksmith. The parents are both deceased.\\nMr. Minard was born July 31, 1830, in Elgin Co.,\\nCan. On reaching his majority he married Hannah\\nJohnson, who was born April i, 1836, in Canada,\\nand is the daughter of Job and Mary (Scott) John-\\nson. Her father was a farmer, and died in 1842.\\nHer mother is living in Sanilac County. In i860\\nMr. Minard became a resident of Moore Township.\\nHe located on 50 acres of land, where he has since\\nresided, and is one of the heaviest land-owners in\\nthe township, owning 680 acres additional to his first\\npurchase. He was the first perniaiienl white settler\\nin Moore Township, where he resided four years be-\\nfore another white man made a location. The near-\\nest neighbor was 12 miles distant in one direction,\\nand fifteen miles away in another. The farm now\\ncomprises 140 acres of improved and finely culti-\\nvated land. Mr. Minard is a member of the Masonic\\nLodge, No. 6. at Lexington. He has been a Re-\\npublican since the founding of the party, and was\\nSheriff of the county in 1874. He has been Super-\\nvisor 12 terms, Treasurer and Justice of the Peace\\n12 years, and has held the position of Notary Public\\nc^\\nO\\nm\\nA ^ii g K m ^\u00e2\u0082\u00ac3!^", "height": "2866", "width": "2206", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph09chic_0223.jp2"}, "224": {"fulltext": "228\\n(i)\\nf\\ntii^^\\nT- ^DB ^DD^ -r\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0sr\\n\u00e2\u0099\u00a6^C(\u00c2\u00ae^-f^\\nSANILAC COUNTY.\\n4\\nd\u00c2\u00bbfe\\nsix years, receiving his appointment from Gov. Bag-\\nley. Mr. Minard is now in the position of local\\nState Commissioner for the Port Sanilac Tuscola\\nState Road.\\nThe children of Mr. and Mrs. Minard are nine in\\nnumber, and were born as follows: Charles L.,\\nNov. 28, 185s; Phillip, May 5, 1858; Samuel C,\\nMarch 19, i860; James W., Aug. 21, 1862; Enos,\\nMarch 16. 1864 Mary, Nov. 30, 1867 Jacob D.,\\nFeb. 27, 1870; Hannah, Sept. 5, 1872; Job, April 3,\\n1878.\\nMr. Minard s portrait is presented with those of\\nother leading citizens of Sanilac County. This is\\neminently fitting from the position he occupies as a\\npioneer, a developer of the resources of his county\\nand township, and a public-spirited man, possessing\\na desire to aid in every possible way in the progress\\nof the generation to which he belongs, and to con-\\ntribute all effort needed to secure its permanent well-\\nbeing.\\nhomas Kirkbride, farmer, section 10, Elmer\\n^^1 Township, was born June 5, 1830, in Cum-\\nberland County, England. His parents,\\nThomas and Ann (Hall) Kirkbride, were also\\nnatives of England and are now deceased. In\\n1 83 1 they emigrated with their family to this\\ncountry and settled in Quebec, Canada.\\nMr. Kirkbride remained at home with his parents\\nin the Dominion until he was 28 years of age. He\\nacquired the trade of a carpenter, which calling he\\nhas pursued many years. He came to Michigan in\\nDecember, 1858, and located in the township of\\nFlynn, in this county, where he purchased 240 acres\\nof land on section 15, and in addition to his interests\\nas a pioneer farmer he engaged quite extensively in\\nlumbering. A variety of causes precipitated disaster\\nto his business in that direction, and in 1867 he sur-\\nrendered his property. He came to this township in\\n1867 and entered a claim of 80 acres under the\\nregulations of the Homestead Act. He has placed\\n20 acres under creditable cultivation, and is again\\nbecoming one of the solid citizens of Sanilac County.\\nHe is a Republican in political faith and action, and\\nhas served his generation ten years as Justice of the\\nPeace; he has also officiated in other positions of\\ntrust and responsibility. In 1873 he was appointed\\nCommissioner of the Elmer State Road by the Legis-\\nlature of Michigan, and he is also Township Drain\\nCommissioner. He is an Episcopalian in religious\\nconnection.\\nohn W. Councilor, hardware merchant at\\n|t^ Marlette, was born May 28. 1S52, in Dela-\\nV*^^ ware, of which State his parents, Elisha\\n=\u00c2\u00a7|,g and Rebecca (Dean) Councilor, were also na-\\ntives. They came to Michigan in 1854. His\\nfather dying when he was nine years of age,\\nhe was thrown upon his own exertions for self-main-\\ntenance, and he passed the years following, until he\\nwas 17 years old, as a farm laborer. He then went\\nto Pewamo, Ionia Co., Mich., and attended school\\nthree years. He was then on the threshold of man-\\nhood and became a traveling salesman in the inter-\\nests of Messrs. Wessell Wheeler, of St. Louis,\\nGratiot Co., Mich. After a year of effort in their ser-\\nvice he engaged in selling patent rights, in which he\\npassed a similar length of time, when he engaged\\nwith the National Copying Company of Kalamazoo,\\nand operated in their behalf two years.\\nMr. Councilor became a resident of Sanilac Coun-\\nty in December, [876, when he opened a tinshop at\\nMarlette. He entered into a partnership with\\nThomas Aldrich, and the relation existed until 1883,\\nwhen he bought the interest of his partner, and has\\nsince managed his business interests with success.\\nHe owris his place of business and other village\\nproperty.\\nHe was married May 29, 1883, in Saginaw Co.,\\nMich., to Ella Gates. She is a native of Michigan.\\nit yML^reeman A. Kyes, salesman for John Make-\\nytEjo Valley Center, was born July 13,\\n%hf^ 1862, in Leeds Co., Ont. His father and\\nmother, Alplieus and Minerva (Shiproan) Kyes\\nJ)K^ are residents of this townshij). (See sketch of\\nJohn Makelim.) Mr. Kyes became his own\\nmaster when he was 13 years of age and engaged as\\na general farm laborer until he was 17 years of age,\\nwhen he set out for Michigan by himself and located\\nn\\nv\u00c2\u00a7)\\n1\\nt\\nmW", "height": "2866", "width": "2206", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph09chic_0224.jp2"}, "225": {"fulltext": "a\\ntF^\\nSANILAC COUNTY\\n229\\nI\\nat Valley Center. He engaged in farming in this\\nvicinity, afterwards going to Port Huron, Michigan,\\nin 1883. He operated for a time as clerk in the\\nCommercial House at that place, and af .er the ex-\\npiration of his engagement there, he came to this\\nplace and entered the employ of his brother-in-law.\\nHe has attended school winters until he has obtained\\na good education. In politics he is a Re|)ublican.\\nIn disposition Mr. Kyes is liberal and enthusiastic, and\\nhis natural traits of character and habits give promise\\nof a successful and useful career in life.\\ni.FpWB^ illiam Craig, proprietor of the woolen-mill\\nmIiISL at Marlette, was born Oct. 16, 1837, in\\n^^jkC Scotland. His parents, John and Mary\\n5 (Stirret) Craig, were natives of .Scotland,\\nand emigrated from their native land to\\nCanada. The father died there, and the mother\\nis now a resident of Sanilac County.\\nMr. Craig was ten years of age when he came to\\nCanada, where he remained until the fall of 1872,\\nwhen he came to Sanilac County. He bought 80\\nacres of land in Marlette Township, of which he\\ntook possession, and on which he resided until 1879,\\nwhen he removed to the village of Marlette and\\nbuilt the woolen-mill which he has since operated.\\nHis working corps includes an average number of\\nsix men. In political faith and connection he is a\\nRepublican, and he also belongs to the Masonic\\nfraternity.\\neorge Etherington, blacksmith at Valley\\nCenter, Maple Valley Township, was born\\nS in Vaughan Township, York Co., Ont., May\\n10, 1856. His parents, William and Martha\\nf (Keyworth) Etherington, were both natives of\\nLincolnshire, England. Their parents emigrated\\nwith their families to Canada, where their children\\ngrew to mature years, married, settled and died in\\nthe Dominion. The mother of Mr. Etherington\\nwas the widow of John Clayton at the time of her\\nmarriage to his father. The latter was a farmer all\\nhis life and died about 1858. The mother died Dec.\\n17, 1881. Five children survive her. Eliza, only\\nchild of her first marriage, resides in Ontario and is\\nthe wife of Patrick Duffey. William and Stephen\\nare residents of Maple Valley Township. Elizabeth\\n(Mrs. John Cann) lives in Ontario.\\nMr. Etherington passed the first 16 years of his\\nlife under the care of his parents. He attended the\\npublic schools of the Dominion and assisted in the\\nlabors of the farm until the age named, when he was\\napprenticed to learn the trade which he has since\\npursued. He served three years at Elora, Welling-\\nton Co., Ont., and came thence to Lynn Township,\\nSt. Chiir Co., Mich., where he followed the business\\nfor which he had fitted himself until the fall of 1883.\\nAt that date he established his shoj) and business at\\nValley Center. He is a thorough and efficient crafts-\\nman and is doing a substantial and prosperous busi-\\nness.\\nHe is a Republican in political opinion and action,\\nand is a reliable and respected citizen of his town-\\nship. He is a Methodist in religious conviction and\\nconnection.\\n-ij.\\nifjilfc illiam Thomas, farmer, section 25, Elk\\n.1^\\n|l Township, was born Feb. 25, 1837, in the\\ncity of Toronto. Soon after his birth, he\\nwas sent to Northumberland Co., Ont., where\\nhe remained with his grandparents until he\\nattained to man s estate. He spent a number\\nof years as a common laborer and in 186 1 he came\\nto Michigan. In 1869 be bought 160 acres of land,\\nand in April, 1874, he settled on the place. It was\\nin a wholly wild condition when he took possession,\\nand he has now 100 acres in first-class farming con-\\ndition. His supplies at the time he moved into the\\ntownship were worth about $25. He has applied\\nhis time and efforts to the best possible advantage,\\nand is justly considered one of the substantial citizens\\nof this township. He has recently begun to deal in\\nDurham stock, and has a fine herd of graded cattle,\\nbesides a valuable flock of blooded sheep. He is a\\ndecided Democrat in his political views.\\nMr. Thomas was married April 10, 1878, in Elk\\nTownship, to Cordelia, daughter of William and\\nEsther (Stryker) Eastman. Her mother died in\\nOntario, in 1856, and her father resides in Port\\nA\\n5", "height": "2866", "width": "2206", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph09chic_0225.jp2"}, "226": {"fulltext": "Mh^^^^\\n-(^Mmh^r\\n230\\ni\\nV\\ns\\nSANILAC COUNTY.\\n-\u00c2\u00abt?^\\nHuron. She was born Oct. 12, 1851, in Ontario.\\nMary E., born Feb. 25, 1879, and William A., born\\nJune 18, 1880, are the children now included in the\\nfamily of Mr. and Mrs. Thomas. The parents are\\nmembers of the Baptist Church.\\natthew Umphrey, farmer on section 15,\\nElk Township, was born in York (now\\nToronto), Canada, Nov. i, 1822. His\\nparents, Samuel and Lucinda Umphrey,\\nf were natives of New York, of New England an-\\ncestry, who were of Scotch and German descent.\\nThey died in Ontario County, in the Dominion, and\\nwere both about 73 years of age.\\nMr. Umphrey was bred a farmer and remained\\nupon the home place until he was 23 years old. He\\nthen made a purchase of 100 acres of land on con-\\ncession ninth, in Ontario County, and became\\nactively interested in agriculture. He retained the\\nownership of this a few years, when he sold out and\\nsecured 200 acres on concession seventh, in the same\\ncounty. He lived on the latter until he had re-\\nclaimed 90 acres from its natural condition. In 1855\\nhe came to Michigan and purchased 320 acres of\\nwild land in Delaware Township, Sanilac County,\\nwhere he was one of the earliest settlers. The tract\\nwas situated in the vicinity of Forestville, in the\\ntownship of Delaware, where he remained about r5\\nyears. Meanwhile he was an actual resident of Lex-\\nington Township four years, where he improved\\nnearly 80 acres of land, and then returned to his\\nfarm in Delaware Township. He established a savv-\\nmill on his place and engaged extensively in the\\nmanufacture of lumber. In the fall of 187 i the fire\\nwhich devastated the county of Sanilac destroyed a\\nlarge amount of lumber which he had in stock, his\\nhorses, cattle, stock generally, farm buildings, includ-\\ning everything on the place in the shape of a struct\\nure, fences, fixtures and every vestige of property of\\nwhich he was the owner, save the ground it occu-\\npied, the loss aggregating $12,000. One of his\\nsons was burned nearly to death, and the lives of his\\nfamily were saved only by seeking refuge on the lake,\\nwhich was 80 rods distant. They were practically\\nunclothed, and stood waist deep in the water eight\\nhours, waiting for the heat to abate, before it was safe\\nto venture to the shore. The loss was severe, but\\nhis determination to re-establish once more his\\nfortunes was intact. He had a little property in\\nLexington Township, of which he took possession,\\nand there remained until the fall of 1877, when he\\nremoved to Elk Township. He settled on section\\n15 and now owns 240 acres located on sections 14,\\n15 and 22. He has 150 acres cleared and otherwise\\nimproved, and is fast resuming his former position as\\na leading agriculturist of Sanilac County. He is a\\nDemocrat in political connections and action.\\nMr. Umphrey was first married in October, 1845,\\nin Ontario Co., Can., to Mary Noble. She was born\\nin the same county, of American parentage, in 1828,\\nand became the mother of nine children, all of whom\\nsurvive her save one. They are named Samuel,\\nCatherine, Elizabeth, Mary, Ellen, Angeline, John\\nand Lucinda. Martha is deceased. The mother\\ndied in 1867, in Lexington Township, universally\\nlamented. The husband was a second time mar-\\nried in 1870, in Lexington, to Catherine Flynn, who\\nwas born in Ontario in 1853 and died in February,\\n1875, leaving two children, Emma and Margaret\\nMr. Umphrey was a third time married Aug. 8, 1875,\\nto Mrs. Mary Keefe, daughter of Fred and Elizabeth\\n(Post) Keller. Mrs. U. is a native of Ontario, where\\nshe was born, in Colburn County, Nov. 5, 1840. By\\nher first marriage she is the mother of eight chil-\\ndren, two of whom are deceased. Their names are\\nFred, John, Mary, Jennie, Ellen and James. Richard\\nand Catherine are deceased. Anna is the only cliild\\nof her second marriage.\\n-H=i\\nrM=f\u00e2\u0080\u0094\\n7\u00c2\u00ab^#^\\n-Awl.\\n^n\\nS^iiSenjamin Collins, farmer, resident on sec-\\ntion 30, Buel Township, was born in 18 19,\\nin Cattaraugus Co., N. Y. His parents,\\nIsrael and Lavinia Collins, were of American\\nbirth, and died in Durham, Oxford Co., Can.\\nMr. Collins is the fifth of ten children born\\nto his parents. His brothers and sisters were Mar-\\ngaret, Richard, Betsey, Abel, Josiah, Jerome, Lavinia,\\nArminia and Russell. The latter is deceased. His\\nparents removed to Canada when he was 12 years\\nof age, and on reaching his majority he bought a farm\\nin the Dominion, and entered vigorously upon the\\nwork of improving. The place included 100 acres,\\n\u00c2\u00ab5\\nc", "height": "2866", "width": "2206", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph09chic_0226.jp2"}, "227": {"fulltext": "7\\nA\\ni\\n1\\nSANILAC COUNTY.\\n-%gm\\ni^^((\u00c2\u00aevii\\n23\\n1^\\nand was in a wholly wild condition. He made an\\nexchange with a younger brother for a similar acre-\\nage, on which he resided until 1857. During the\\nlatter part of September in that year, he came to San-\\nilac County and bought 200 acres of land in Buel\\nTownship. In the year following he removed his\\nfamily hither. The entire tract of land was in an\\nunimproved condition, and is now all under cultiva-\\ntion. He has sold a part of it and the remainder is\\nin the possession of different members of the family.\\nMr. Collins was married July 16, 1841, in Dun-\\nham, Can., to Asenath, daughter of Peter and Eliza-\\nbeth (Woodward) Walker. Her parents were natives\\nof the State of New York, and died respectively in\\nClayton Co., Iowa, and Copetown, Can. Their fam-\\nily included two sons and six daughters. Mrs.\\nCollins was born July 7, 1818, in Chatham, N. Y.\\nShe was three years old when her father removed to\\nCanada. Of 12 children of whom she has become\\nthe mother, ten are living. They were born in the\\nfollowing order; Wesley, July 19, 1842; Alvaro (see\\nsketch), Sept. 26, 1843 Betsey, Feb. i, 1845 Israel,\\nMay 2, 1846; Frank, Sept. 5, 1847; Zenas, March\\n25, 1849; Peter, Sept. 10, 1850; George, May 10,\\n1853; Sarah, Nov. i, 1855; Jerome, Nov. i, 1857;\\nWilliam Henry, Nov. i, 1859; Jane, Nov. i, 1861.\\nMr. Collins is a Republican in political sentiment.\\nWarner (see sketch of S. H. Warner), and\\nwas born Dec. 5, 1847, at Coldwater, Branch\\n^allas J. Warner, merchant at Marlette, is\\nthe son of Zimri and Sarah A. (Walker)\\ni\\n^J- Co., Mich. He acquired his education chiefly in\\nthe common schools, and supplemented his ele\\nmentary studies by a course at the Commercial Col-\\nlege at Flint. In December, 1873, he came to Mar-\\nlette. He entered the mercantile house of Robert\\nHoag as general manager, where he operated about\\none year. In 1874 he bought a village lot, on which\\nhe erected the building where he established his\\nbusiness. His transactions amount yearly to about\\n$60,000. In political connections he affiliates with\\nthe Democrats. He held the position of President of\\nMarlette Village the second year after its organi-\\nzation.\\nMr. Warner was married Aug. 13, 1872, in Lapeer\\nCo., Mich., to Susie P., daughter of Micliael Doyle. ^!j\\nShe was born in New Brunswick, and her parents yl\\nwere natives of that province. Dora. A., Ray D., *4\\nLulu B. and Harry S. are the names of the surviv- I\\ning children. Mary died when she was two years V\u00c2\u00ae\\nold.\\nTJjji obert Acheson, farmer, section 32, Le.xing-\\nton Township, was born Sept. 11, 18 13,\\n/JP^ Enniskillen, County Armagh, Ire-\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0f VW land, and is the son of John and Sarah E.\\n(.Adams) Acheson. His father was born in\\n1758, of English parentage, was a farmer in\\nnortli of Ireland, and died in 183 1. Robert s mother\\nis also deceased. Their family of children, includ-\\ning six sons and seven daughters, all reached matu-\\nrity, but are all deceased except four. Mr. Acheson\\nlias one brother and two sisters living. The family\\ncame to New Brunswick in August, 1825. The\\nsenior Acheson purchased a farm of 200 acres in the\\nprovince, and at the time of liis death was the owner\\nof 450 acres.\\nMr. Acheson was married Oct. 22, 1838, to Mary\\nRodgers. She died soon after her marriage, leaving\\na daughter, Mary R., who is now the wife of George\\nCarson, of Humboldt Bay, Cal. The mother was\\nborn in i82i,in County Down, Ireland, and died\\nOct. 6, 1840. The daughter was born Sept. 18,\\n1840. The second marriage of Mr. Acheson, to\\nBarbara A. McFarland, occurred Oct. 2, 1843. She\\nwas born Sept. i, 18 15, in New Brunswick. The\\nchildren of this marriage were horn as follows:\\nWellesley, July 29, 1844 (died Feb. 22, 1873, of liver\\ndisease and dyspepsia) Lucy, Feb. 6, 1846; Eliza-\\nbeth, Nov. 24, 1847; Cephas, Oct. 27, 1850; John\\nM., July 29, 1852. Lucy was married Sept. 25,\\n1874, to William Allington, and resides six miles\\nwest of St. Clair. Elizabeth was married June 17,\\n1874, to William E. Walker, and lives in Haldimand\\nCo., Can. Cephas was married May i, 1883, to\\nHelen Woodcock, in San Francisco, and lives at\\nHumboldt Bay, Cal. John was married in 1867 to\\nEva Harman, and is a farmer in Buel Township.\\nMr. Acheson remained on his father s farm until\\n1857, when he removed his family to Haldimand\\nCo., Can. He purchased 100 acres of land of\\nwhich he was the proprietor and manager three\\nK", "height": "2866", "width": "2206", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph09chic_0227.jp2"}, "228": {"fulltext": ":,Oj\\ny^\\n1\\nSANILAC COUNTY.\\n-^smf^\\nyears, when he sold out and came to Sanilac Co.,\\nMich., reaching here in November. He Ijought 80\\nacres of land, from which the Uimber had been re-\\nmoved, and not long after bought 200 acres in its\\nprimitive state, with the exception of one acre, on\\nwhich had been erected a small log house. The\\nplace has since been his homestead. He has cleared\\nand brought into good farming condition 155 acres.\\nIn addition to his agricultural pursuits, he has\\nengaged e.xtensively in lumbering, in his own interests\\nand in behalf of others, among whom may be named\\nTruman Moss.\\nThe memorable fire of 1871 brought a severe ex-\\nperience to the family of Mr. Acheson. His build-\\nings were so located as to constitute the key to the\\nvillage, whose destruction was inevitable if they\\nburned. On the 9th of October he had been on tiie\\nlookout all the early part of the day, and had exer-\\ncised every possible precaution against disaster. All\\ncombustible matter had been carefully removed\\nfrom the premises, and water had been drawn from\\nthe river, that in case of emergency a supply might\\nbe accessible, as everything was dry as tinder. The\\ndifferent members of the family were variously dis-\\nposed, with pails and dippers, extinguishing stray\\nsparks, and Mr. Acheson and his son were in the\\nfields with spades burying the fire as it advanced.\\nFinally the flames burst through the woods, which\\nflanked three sides of the place, and Mr. Acheson,\\nhis wife and four children fought the fire until mid-\\nnight before it was sufficiently under control to leave\\nunguarded.\\nMr. Acheson is a Republican, and has been Justice\\nof the Peace 15 years, and Notary Public two years.\\nHe and his wife are members of the Methodist\\nEpiscopal Church.\\nWifiC^\u00c2\u00a9^^\u00e2\u0080\u0094 tip\\n^^^yzfaTra*-\\n1881,\\nsince\\nm\\neorge G. Hudd, merchant at Marlette, was\\nborn March 24, 1854, in Hamilton, Ont.,\\nand is the son of Gordon A. and Mary A-\\n(Jones) Rudd. The parents were natives re-\\nspectively of Ireland and Canada, and in 1864\\nbecame residents of Sanilac County. In April,\\nhe established the business in which he has\\nbeen engaged, with the exception of three\\nmonths. He is a Republican in political connections,\\nand is a member of the Knights of Maccabees.\\nMr. Rudd was married March 28, 1880, in Mar-\\nlette Township, to Mary J. White, a native of Can-\\nada. One daughter, Myra E., is the sole issue of\\nthis marriage.\\n!wS5 5 delfts t^s\\n^^kA\\nVj\\n^olomon M. Tice, farmer, section 27, Elk\\n^j^ Township, was born July 30, 1839, in\\nf._^ hemung Co., N. Y. When he was two\\nyears of age, his parents, Philip and Amanda\\n(Joslin) Tice, removed with their family to\\nTioga Co., Penn., where his father died, in\\nJanuary, 187 I. His mother still resides there, and\\nis 65 years of age. Both were of New England ori-\\ngin and descended from Scotch and German ances-\\ntors.\\nMr. Tice remained with his father and mother\\nuntil he was 24 years of age, and received a fair\\ncommon-school education. He was instructed in the\\nlabors of the farm and trained to manage all the\\nbranches of employment pertaining to a saw-mill.\\nWhen about 20 years of age he went to Ontario,\\nCan., where he remained four years, variously\\nengaged. He passed the succeeding five years in\\nthe States of Pennsylvania and New York, employed\\nin a tannery. At the expiration of that time he de-\\ncided on casting his fortunes with the tide that was\\npouring westward, and came to Michigan, locating\\nin Worth Tp., Sanilac County. He purchased 57\\nacres of partly improved land, but was its owner and\\noccupant only a brief period. He left his family\\nthere and came to Elk Township, where he operated\\nas a professional sawyer in the mills which were then\\nthe chief avenue of business. In July, 1877, he re-\\nmoved his family here and took possession of about\\nSo acres of land he had purchased shortly before,\\nand which he has continued to manage. He has\\nplaced 70 acres under first-class improvements, and\\nis considered in every respect a model farmer. His\\nsuccess is marked in all his undertakings. In polit-\\nical connection he is a Democrat.\\nHe was married Nov. 26, i86i,in Simcoe, Can., to\\nMary, daughter of James and Jean (Hood) Jack.\\nShe was born Jan. 9, 1838, in Ontario, Can., of Scotch\\nT\u00e2\u0080\u0094 I\\nc\\n|i^A^", "height": "2866", "width": "2206", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph09chic_0228.jp2"}, "229": {"fulltext": "(b\\nV\\n/v\\nSAN/LAC COUNTY.\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0^^V\\n-^S^jig\\n.iom\\nl^t^c\u00c2\u00a9^^i|l\\n233\\ndescent, and remained with lier parents until lier\\nmarriage. She is the mother of seven children, one\\nof whom is deceased. They are named Jane, Philip,\\nJohn, Jessie, Elizabstli and Fanny. Thomas is de-\\nceased. Mr. and Mrs. Tice belong to the Methodist\\nand Baptist Churches.\\nfe.pencer H. Warner, druggist at Marlette,\\nIe^PI^ was born .\\\\pril 12, 1831, in Canada. He\\n1^~^ is the son of Zimri and Sarah A. (Walker)\\nWarner, who were born respectively in the\\nStates of New York and Vermont. They re-\\nmoved to the former with their family, and in\\nthe summer of 1842 made another transfer to Cold-\\nwater, Mich.\\nMr. Warner remained with his parents most of the\\ntime until he was 29 years old, when he rented a\\nfarm of 400 acres in Genesee County, wliich he\\noperated five years. At the end of that time he re-\\nmoved to a farm of 160 acres he had previously .pur-\\nchased in Tuscola County, where he resided 15 years.\\nHe cleared and improved 120 acres and erected\\nnecessary and suitable farm buildings. He found its\\nprofitable management involved more labor than his\\nhealth would permit, and in March, 1880, he came\\nto Marietta and established himself in the mill busi-\\nness as a half partner. This investment proved suc-\\ncessful, and he continued milling operations about 18\\nmonths, when he sold out his interest. He pro-\\nceeded to Brown City in Sanilac County, where he\\nbuilt a grist-mill. He sold it soon after its comple-\\ntion, and in February, 1881, bought out the drug\\nstock of Dr. Weaver, at Marlette, and has since con-\\ntinued in that branch of business.\\nMr. Warner is independent in political faith and\\naction, but his opinions in some particulars accord\\nwith the principles of the Democratic party.\\nHe was married Nov. 10, 1859, at Lapeer, to Mary\\nE. Ovoitt. She was born Nov. 10, 1842, in Niagara\\nCo., N. Y. Eight children were born to them, named\\nas follows: Alice C, Ada (deceased), Glenn (de-\\nceased), Edward L., Mead J., Clarence B., Jennie E.\\nand Charles.\\nMr. Warner has officiated two years as a member\\nof the Village Council.\\nA pioneer experience of Mr. Warner we append\\nhere, as it could not without too great interruption be\\nincorporated above. On the first of February, 1857,\\nhe left Lapeer with his trusty rifle and knapsack of\\nprovisions. Arriving at North Branch at noon, he\\nfound two shanties, owned by Banker Beach,\\nand was served with the best of elk steak. At\\nsunset he arrived at Bostwick s in the north of\\nBurlington. At the head of the family was a\\nwidow aged 50 years, who had a son aged 22, and\\na daughter of 18. It was an interesting pioneer\\nfamily, especially the daughter, and acquaintance\\nwith tiiem was readily formed. Finding Mr. Bostwick\\nskilled in woodcraft, Mr. Warner engaged him as a\\nguide to White Creek. Starting about 9 o clock, they\\narrived at the creek at sunset, built a fire and camped\\nfor the night, but obtained very little rest on account\\nof the barking wolves. At daylight the men ate their\\nlast morsel of food on hand. After looking about for\\ntwo hours they started for home, arriving at Bost-\\nwick s about 5 p. m., where the mother and daughter,\\nexpecting their arrival, had in readiness a good warm\\nsupper, of which good use was made by the hungry\\nand e.xhausted men. Next day Mr. Warner located\\nhis land, including the well remembered camp-ground\\nabove referred to, which has since proved to be a\\ngood location.\\n^^^^p-i^S-vx/^-j-\\ni\\n;f;l Hfljl athan Vliet, dentist at Marlette, was born\\nril i?: Nov. 28, 1842. in Clarkston, Oakland Co.,\\nvjS^ Mich. His parents, William V. and\\nMartha (Axford) Vliet, were natives of New\\nJersey. Li 1832 they became residents of\\nMichigan and settled in the county of Oakland,\\nwhere they passed the remaining years of their lives.\\nThe death of the father took place in March, 1881.\\nThe mother died in January, 1882. They had seven\\nsons and seven daughters.\\nMr. Vliet was the si.xth son. He attended the\\ndistrict schools of his native county and assisted on\\nhis father s farm until he was 14 years of age, when\\nhe was sent to school at the academy at Clarkston.\\nAfter finishing his elementary education, he learned\\nthe carpenter s trade, at which he worked summers\\nuntil he was 19 years old, and spent the winters in\\nattendance at private or select schools. The first\\nshot at Fort Sumter awakened anew the spirit in him,\\n9M^", "height": "2866", "width": "2206", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph09chic_0229.jp2"}, "230": {"fulltext": "m\\nitf\u00c2\u00ab^\\n6^T ^M M Hf T\\n5\\n234\\nSANILAC COUNTY.\\n-m\\nwhich had been keenly alive to the momentous\\nevents of the decade previous to the Civil War. He\\nenlisted in April, 1861, in Battery A, First Mich.\\nLight Artillery, and was in the military service of\\nthe United States three years. He was in action\\nduring the course of 18 principal engagements. At\\nthe battle of Chickamauga he was taken prisoner\\nand confined six months in the prisons at Richmond\\nand Belle Isle. He was paroled and returned to his\\nregiment three days before his term of service expired.\\nOn receiving his discharge, he returned to his\\nhome in Oakland County. He returned soon after\\nto Nasliville, Tenn., where he operated eight months\\nas an employe of the Government. He went thence\\nto Pennsylvania, and after spending a year in the oil\\nregions he came back to Oakland County. He en-\\ntered a store as a salesman, where he remained three\\nyears. In t868 he began to fit himself for his pro-\\nfession, and became a student in the office of P. R.\\nHovey. He was under his instructions three years,\\ngoing thence to Midland City, where he established\\nhis business, which he continued there eight years.\\nIn 1879 lie came 10 Marlette, where he is the only\\nrepresentative of his branch of business. He is a\\nmember of Sedgwick Post, No. 16, G. A. R. In polit-\\nical views and action he is independent.\\nHe was married Dec. 3r, 1869, in Ortonville, Oak-\\nland Co., Mich., to \\\\delia M., daughter of F. P. and\\nMaria Drummond. She was born in the township\\nof Hartland, Livingston Co., Mich., March 23, 1852.\\n\u00e2\u0099\u00a6i^-\u00e2\u0082\u00ac\u00c2\u00bb\\ni;itephen H. West, deceased, was formerly a\\n^il farmer on section 34, Lexington Township.\\nHe was born in Canada, Nov. 13, 1834,\\nand was the son of Benjamin and Mary H.\\nWest. He spent his youth and early man-\\nhood in the Dominion, and owned a valuable\\nfarm of 150 acres in Simcoe County. He was first\\nmarried there, to Rachel Spooner, by whom he had\\nthree children Julian, a farmer in Potter Co., Dak.;\\nElma (deceased); Ida, the wife of Theodore Wixson,\\nof Worth Township. The mother died in May, 1864,\\nin Canada, and Mr. West was a second time mar-\\nried, in Simcoe Co., Ont., Feb. 18, 1865, to Jane,\\ndaughter of James and Rebecca McCoy. She was\\nborn in County Tyrone, Ireland, July 17, 1S47. Her\\nfamily removed to America when she was a year\\nold. Her father died soon after coming to this\\ncountry. Seven children were born to Mr. and Mrs.\\nWest, as follows: Benjamin, March 15, 1866; Mary\\nL., April 6, r868; Ella, Feb. 14, 1870; Elizabeth,\\nMarch 17, 1872; Alfred A., June 12, 1874; Rachel,\\nAug. 21, 1876; Isadore, Feb. 13, 1878. The cliild\\nlast named was born after the removal of the family\\nto Lexington. Mr. West died Jan. 11, 1882.\\nHis farm included 240 acres at the time of his\\ndeath; 160 acres are siill in the possession of the\\nfamily.\\n^^4\\nl*ts\\ndam English, farmer, section 22, Elk Town-\\nil^^^W ship, was born Aug. 11, 181 9, in County\\n1\\n\u00e2\u0080\u00a2jilg Armagh, Ireland. He was brought up in his\\niiX native country and reared to the pursuit of\\ni farming. He remained in his native country\\nuntil he was 25 years of age, when he accompanied\\nhis parents, Adam and Mary A. (Riggs) English, to\\nAmerica. They settled in York County, Ontario,\\nfour miles from the city of Toronto. He remained\\nwith his father until his death ten years later. His\\nmother died two years previously. Two years after\\nthe demise of his father he removed to Michigan and\\nrented a farm on section 27, Elk Township. He re-\\nmained thereon three years, and in the spring of\\n1863 he purchased 80 acres on section 21 of this\\ntownship. He took possession of his property and\\nproceeded with agricultural operations for five years,\\nwhen he purchased 160 acres additional, one-half of\\nwhich was located respectively on sections 21 and 22,\\nby which purchase his estate aggregated 240 acres\\nHe has since given 80 acres to his son. Of the re-\\nmainder he has cleared and cultivated 70 acres, and\\nplaced it in first-class agricultural condition. He has\\na commodious and convenient residence, and his\\nplace is supplied withother creditable farm buildings.\\nMr. English was married in December, 1847, in\\nVictoria Co., Ont., to Catherine, daughter of Alexan-\\nder and Mary Riggs. The parents were of English\\nand Irish birth. The father was a copijersmith by\\ntrade and died in England. The mother died in\\nIreland. Mrs. English was born in the city of Man-\\nchester, England, and when she was 16 years old\\ncame to Ontario. Mr. and Mrs. English have been\\niy\\\\*\\n^?ii!lgiiii; 4", "height": "2866", "width": "2206", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph09chic_0230.jp2"}, "231": {"fulltext": ")\u00c2\u00ab^t#\u00c2\u00ab ^^r-T^ U U U U -^T\\n^^\u00e2\u0096\u00a0^^jS\\nSANILAC COUNTY.\\nh\\nthe parents of n children, two of whom are deceased.\\nThey are named Alexander, Mary A., Ja-mes, John,\\nThomas, Hannah, Charlotte, George, Sarah, JNIartha\\nand Joseph. The two latter are deceased. Mr.\\nEnglish is a Republican in political faith and action\\nand has held the minor township offices. They are\\nmembers of the Prebbyterian Church.\\nilliam H. Shrier, farmer, section 35, Flynn\\nijs Township, was born Aug. ,6, 1848, in Mid-\\nW^C dlese.x Co., Ont. He is the son of lacob and\\nR^ Mary (Motter) Shrier, natives of Germany.\\nj-T Mr. Shrier remained at home until he was\\nI- 26 years old, during the last six years of which\\nhe was engaged as a grist-mill assistant with his\\nbrother-in-law. He was married Feb. 11, 1875, to\\nSarah Foster, a native of Middlesex County, where\\nshe was born Dec. 28, 1856. After his marriage he\\nwas employed for five years in a grist-mill in his\\nnative county. In 1879 he came to Michigan and\\npurchased 80 acres of land on section five, Flynn\\nTownship. The place was under partial improve-\\nment, and he has increased his estate by an addi-\\ntional purchase of 120 acres. Of this he has placed\\n70 acres under cultivation. In. political faith and\\naction he is a Republican. The children of Mr. and\\nMrs. Shrier are named Delman, Cephas and i\\\\Iary O.\\n\u00e2\u0080\u00a2V Hd)*.- eoree Coe, farmer, section x\\\\, Elk Town-\\nship, was born in Suffolkshire, England,\\n01^ Feb. 25, 1823. His father was a gardener by\\nvocation, and he was under his charge and\\ninstructions in that calling until he was 22\\nyears old. In 1849 he came to America and\\nmade a location at Brantford, Brant Co., Ont., where\\nhe passed two years as a laborer on the railroad.\\nHe went thence to Paris, Brant Co., Ont., where he\\nI remained two years and operated as section foreman\\non the railroad. Meanwhile he bought 30 acres of\\na), land, on which he afterwards settled and pursued\\nfarming and gardening. In 1873 he went to Well-\\nington County in the Dominion, where he was a\\nfarmer four years. In 1877 he sold out his Cana-\\ndian property and came to Michigan. He purchased\\n125 acres of land on section 31, in Elk Township,\\nwhich was partly improved. The place now includes\\n90 acres of cultivated land. He suffered the loss of\\n$2,000 worth of property m the fires of 1881, but is\\nagain in a fair way to retrieve his losses, having re-\\nbuilt his barns and restored other facilities to his\\npursuit of farming. He is a Republican in political\\nmatters.\\nMr. Coe was married at Paris, Brant Co., Ont.,\\nSept. 25, 1857, to Mrs. Elizabeth (Curson) Rum-\\nsill. She was born in Norfolkshirc, England, Nov.\\n16, 1824, and when she was ir years old came to\\nthis country with her parents. She became the\\nmotherof 1 1 children, eight of whom are living. They\\nare named Sarah, Maiy, Keturah, Rachel, John\\nSusan, Hannah and Alice. Those deceased were\\nFred, Elizabeth and two infants.\\nBl|)*^^ ki/eni y D. Franklin, proprietor and manager\\n-J: J of the Franklin House at Croswell, was\\nborn March 10, 1833, in Chenango Co., N.\\nth Y., when his parents. Smith and Louisa (Gra-\\n1 ham) Franklin, are still living, aged respectively\\nI 80 and 82 years. Their family included four\\nchildren, two sons and two daughters. The young-\\nest sister is deceased.\\nMr. Franklin was reared to the calling which his\\nfather made the business of his life, that of farming.\\nHe commenced to learn his trade that of carriage-\\nmaking when he was 15 years old, and continued to\\nfollow it in different portions of the States and in\\nCanada, until he was 45 years old. During the\\nearly part of his pursuit of his trade, he operated as\\na journeyman, and after passing 10 years in that\\nmethod, he went into business for himself, and spent\\n20 years in its successful prosecution. He came to\\nDavisville, now roswell, in November, 1865, where\\nhe established his business and. continued its man-\\nagement, at this point chiefly, for 14 years, with the\\nexception of nine months, when he was in Lexing-\\nton, whither he went with the intention of establish-\\ning his business permanently. But he found the\\nplace distasteful and returned to Croswell. He re-\\nlinquished carriage- making in 1878, and went to\\nPeck to manage tiie National Hotel, of which he had\\nt\\nmm", "height": "2866", "width": "2206", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph09chic_0231.jp2"}, "232": {"fulltext": "236\\n-23^\\nKST\\nSANILAC COUN7Y.\\n-es^\\nWa^.-v\\nV\\ni\\nbecome the owner. He fitted up the house and\\nconducted it successfully two years, also operating a\\nlivery. After renting it a year, he exchanged the\\nproperty for a farm. Meanwhile he leased the An-\\nderson House at Croswell, which he managed three\\nyears. While he was conducting the interests of the\\nAnderson House, he purchased the establishment\\nnow known as the Franklin House, and which he\\nhas since conducted for the benefit of the public.\\nHe has a livery in connection with his hotel.\\nMr. Franklin was married Dec. 29, i86r, in Tioga\\nCo., N. Y., to Emma D. Campbell, daughter of John\\nand Maria Campbell. The father is living in Penn-\\nsylvania; the mother died in Michigan when Mrs.\\nFranklin was but ten years old. The latter was\\nborn April 29, 1844, in Bradford Co., Pa. The chil-\\ndren of Mr. and Mrs. Franklin were born as follows:\\nCharles L., April 29, 1863; May, May 26, 1865;\\nHeniy D., Feb. 15, 1867 (who was drowned June 6,\\n1878, in the Black River); E. Pearl, March 14,\\n1869; George, Dec. 26, 1S72; Pidgie Irene, Feb. 27,\\n1874 (died Feb. 23, 188 1); Kittie E., March 23,\\n1877; Henry L., Jan. i, 1880.\\nMr. Franklin is a Democrat in political views, and\\nhas served one year as Deputy Sheriff. He helped\\nto organize the village of Croswell, and was elected\\nits first President.\\niM \u00c2\u00aeMj^ illiam Rudd, farmer, section 29, Marlette\\nkW.wiAw Township, was born Oct. 17, 1810, in Ire-\\nland, and is the son of Gordon and Alice\\n(Welhvood) Rudd, also natives of Ireland,\\nwhere they spent their entire lives. Mr.\\nt Rudd resided in his native country until the\\nwinter of 1850, when he emigrated to the United\\nStates. He took up his residence in the State of\\nNew York, where he remained until the September\\nensuing. At that date he went lo Canada, where he\\nlived about four years. In the spring of 1S56 he\\ncame to this county and bought 320 acres of land in\\nMarlette Township, on which he has been resident\\never since. He is the proprietor of 280 acres of his\\noriginal property, having sold 40 acres. The tillable\\nland on the place now comprises 130 acres under a\\nmost creditable state of cultivation. Mr. Rudd is a\\nRepublican in political belief. He is active in the\\nsubstantial interests of his township, and has held\\nthe office of Clerk nearly three years. He has served\\nfour years as Supervisor and two years as Justice of\\nthe Peace.\\nMr. Rudd was married in his native country\\nMarch 2, 1829, to Ann McLean. Fiv.- of nine chil-\\ndren born of this marriage survive, Mary A., Robert\\nSusan, Gordon W. and Eliza. Alice, Jane, William\\nand Catherine are deceased.\\nd^lB^fl!t ohn J. Binks, lumberman and real-estate\\nbroker at Croswell, was born April 21, 1830,\\nin the town of Malton, Yorkshire, Eng.\\nS His parents, William and Mary (Whitby) Binks,\\nlu were of English origin. His father was steward\\ni on the estates of a nobleman, and died when\\nhe was about 40 years old. His mother was born in\\nMay, 1805, and is now 79 years old. She lives in\\nher native country. They have eight children, six of\\nwhom reached mature life, and of these, three are\\nstill living.\\nMr. Binks of this sketch was in early childhood\\nwhen his father died. He became a cabin boy when\\nhe was about 14 years old, and was in the sailing\\nservice until he came to this country in 1852. The\\nBaltic and Mediterranean Seas are familiar in his\\nmemory, and the various ports on the bordering\\ncountries, as well as those of North and South Amer-\\nica. On landing on this continent, he made his way\\nto Toronto and resided some time in that city and at\\nBranlford, Ont. When the Russian war broke out,\\nhe volunteered in the British navy and went to the\\nCrimea. He was under fire through two engage-\\nments, the last two bombardments of Sebastopol.\\nMr. Binks was in the naval service three years and\\ntwo months. He was a volunteer, and on receiving\\nhis discharge he returned to Canada and settled\\nnear Brantford, where he became an assistant in a\\nsaw-mill, which occupation he followed until 1861.\\nIn the spring of that year he came to Croswell (Da-\\nvisville), and passed two years in the employment of\\nTruman Moss, operating as a sawyer in a mill. In\\nFebruary, 1864, he enlisted in Co. G, 22d Mich. Vol.\\nInf, and remained in the military service of the Uni-\\nted States until the spring of 1865. He was mus-\\nc^:\\nft)\\ni))^^?i-", "height": "2866", "width": "2206", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph09chic_0232.jp2"}, "233": {"fulltext": "rC^IlH ^:nils\\n(h\\ni\\nA\\no\\nk)\\nJ\\nT-rr\\nSANILAC COUNTY.\\n^^^^^^s\\\\^\\n237\\ntered out of the volunteer service May 23, 1865, at\\nDetroit, Mich., where he was mustered into the\\nregular army and sewed one year, doing duty chietly\\nin the quartermaster s office.\\nHe is at present acting as agent in the interests of\\nthe estate of Truman Moss and for Wildman Mills\\nand J. M. Gage. He has been a resident of Cros-\\nwell since 1861 save one year.\\names Hands, farmer and breeder of stock,\\nresident on section 31, Elk Township, of\\nfif= which he is the present Treasurer, was\\nborn May 18, 1837, in Euphemia Township,\\nLambton Co., Ont. His parents, James and\\nCharlotte (Wel^ster) Hands), were natives of\\nIreland and Ontario, and were respectively of Irish\\nand English descent. The father came to Ontario\\nfrom his native isle when he was 20 years of age.\\nHe settled in the county where his son was born, ac-\\ncumvdated a creditable property and resided there\\nuntil his death, wliich occurred Dec. 26, 1875, when\\nhe was 66 years old. He led an active life and won\\nfor himself and family a leading position among his\\ncompeers. The mother died in Lambton County, in\\nthe spring of 1S58. Their family included six sons\\nand four daughters, all of whom are living except\\none son.\\nMr. Hands is the oldest living child of his parents.\\nThe names of his brothers and sisters are as follows\\nJohn (deceased), Mary A., William, Emma, Joseph,\\nThomas, Richard, Catherine and Robert. Mr. Hands\\nworked on his father s farm until he was 21 years\\nold. The place was in its pioneer days and educa-\\ntional facilities were poor, but he obtained a fair de-\\ngree of schooling. On attaining his majority, he set-\\ntled in Michigan. He made his way from Detroit to\\nBrockway Center in St. Clair County, then a me-\\ntropolis containing one shanty, wherein Vince\\nFerguson sold whisky. He proceeded thence, accom-\\npanied by a man named John McLaren, to Peck,\\nwhich comprised one building, utilized as a hotel and\\nliquor saloon. He remained there but a brief period\\nand proceeded to Cass River in the north of Sanilac\\nCounty, tracing his route by the blazes on the\\ntrees. He made his way to the claim of Martin\\nMoore, one of the first of the pioneer settlers of San-\\n^^^^rf^\\nilac County, and went to work on the State Road,\\nthen in process of construction through the county.\\nAfter working there a year he retraced his steps to\\nElk Creek, in this township, now bearing the same\\nname. He engaged in the manufacture of staves a\\nshort time, when he went to Davisville (now Cros-\\nwell), where he spent a little more than a year as an\\nassistant in a mill. He had been industrious and\\nprovident, and saved quite a sum, but while at\\nDavisville was seized with typhoid fever, which en-\\ntirely consumed his little fortune. After recovering,\\nhe went to Worth Township, where he interested\\njiimself for the term of one year in the manufacture\\nof staves. He then returned to Croswell, where he\\nengaged in clearing land for William T. Jennie.\\nIn 1861, he entered into a partnership with Patrick\\nFox, and prosecuted lumbering interests in his own\\nbehalf on Elk River. He was thus engaged four\\nyears. In 1867 he purchased 20 acres of land on\\nsection 30 in Elk Township. In 1868 he purchased\\nanother 30 acres on section 31. The year following\\nhe bought a tract of 50 acres adjoining his estate on\\nsection 31, which connected his acreage on the two\\nsections. In 1879 he bought 20 acres on section\\n32, and in the same year be became the owner by\\npurchase of 60 acres additional on the same section.\\nIn 1882 he bought 40 acres on section 28, when his\\npossessions aggregated 220 acres. It ranks among\\nthe most valuable land in the township, and 160\\nacres have been improved and placed in a most\\ncreditable agricultural condition. Mr. Hands has\\naccomplished all his improvements on his property\\nthrough his own efforts. He makes a specialty of\\nraising Durham cattle.\\nAt the date of his settlement, the entire section\\nwas in a wholly wild state, and with roads and trails\\nin an impassable condition. In the fires of 1881 he\\nincurred the loss of his fences, and on the 17th of\\nMarch, 1882, his house and its contents were wholly\\ndestroyed by the same cause. The latter loss is es-\\ntimated at $1,000.\\nMr. Hands is a decided Republican. He has\\nfilled the position of Drain Commissioner and held\\nall the offices of his district he has been Township\\nTreasurer four years and is the present incumbent of\\nthe office.\\nHe was married Oct. 24, 1864, in Oxford Co.,\\nCan., to Frances J. Burgers. She was born in Ox-\\nford County, and is the daughter of Robert and Jane\\n9\\ni\\nV)", "height": "2866", "width": "2206", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph09chic_0233.jp2"}, "234": {"fulltext": "-r ^\\\\imm T\\n^t?@^\u00c2\u00ae\\nSANILAC COUNTY.\\n(Innis) Burgers, natives of New Brunswick. Her\\nfather died when Mrs. Hands was a child; the\\nmother resides in Toronto, and is 54 years of age.\\nThe family of Mr. Hands includes four children\\nWilliam P., James O., John H. and Leonard T. Two\\nare deceased Charlotte J. and an infant child. Mr.\\nHands was reared in the Episcopal belief. His wife\\nbelongs to the Baptist Church.\\nO^^ javid French,\\nl^^jl ington Township, has been a resident of\\nuSV Sanilac County since 1853.\\nJune 30, 1845, in Canada.\\nJ\\n5\u00c2\u00ab\\nfarmer on section 26, Lex-\\na resident of\\nHe was born\\nHis parents,\\nMatthew and Abigail (Patterson) French, re-\\nmoved to Lexington Township in 1853 and\\nsettled on what was known as the Lapeer Road.\\nThe father bought 80 acres of land there, on which\\nhe still resides.\\nThe latter gave, the son 40 acres of hnd when he\\nwas 20 years old, and Jan. 5, 1866, he was married\\nto Catherine Sprowl. She was born in Canada, and\\nwas the daughter of John Sprowl. She died in Lex-\\nington, leaving three children, who were born as fol-\\nlows Martha, June 5, 1867 Margaret R., Feb. 23,\\n187 I William J., Nov. 9, 1877. Mr. French took a\\nsecond wife Nov. 5, 1883, when he married Amanda,\\ndaughter of Henry and Aurissa Stoner. She was\\nborn March 11, i860, in Lexington.\\nMr. French bought the farm were he now resides\\nApril I, 1870. It contained 80 acres, with 12 acres\\ncultivated. He has improved and placed in first-\\nclass condition 60 acres, and the place is greatly in-\\ncreased in value by the character of its orchards and\\nbuildings.\\n^5 i^\\n-f\\\\\\nI\\n.ohn Sullivan, farmer, section 26, Maple\\nValley Township, was born in June, 1829,\\nin County Kerry, Ireland. He came to\\nAmerica when he was 20 years old, locating\\nfirst in the city of New Orleans. Two years\\nlater he went to Indianapolis, returning to the\\nCrescent City at the expiration of one year.\\nSoon after he proceeded to Columbus, Ohio, where\\nhe remained 14 months. In 1857 he came to Sanilac\\nCounty and purchased the property where he has\\nsince resided. He is now the proprietor of 280\\nacres of land, which includes 100 acres under good\\ncultivation, with suitable and creditable farm fixtures\\nMr. Sullivan was one of the earliest settlers of the\\ntownship and had the experiences and vicissitudes\\ncommon to that class of people. He is a Democrat\\nin political sentiment.\\nHe was married in March, 1853, in New Orleans\\nto Hannah Foley, born in County Kerry, Ireland,\\nabout 1824. She was 25 years of age when she came\\nto the United States, landing at New Orleans, where\\nshe was married. Timothy J., John M., Hannah and\\nMary B. are the names of the children now included\\nin the household. The family are Roman Catholics.\\nThe results of the energetic efforts of Mr. Sullivan\\nare plainly manifest in his surroundings and pros-\\nperous circumstances, and he is a fine illustration of\\nthe possibilities open to the nationalities of the Old\\nWorld under the ret;ulations of the New.\\n;^#(ijn, aitland D. Rass, farmer, section 6, Mar-\\n^L lette Township, was born in Bradford Co.,\\nu n_ AT-. _- _o._ His father, Chas. D.\\nv|)\\n*^^?C Pa., May 20, 1849.\\nv -S Rass, is still a farmer of that county and is\\n60 years old. The marriage of Mr. Rass,\\non attaining his majority, was the first event of\\nhis life out of the ordinary course common to farmers\\nsons of his class and condition Mrs. Emma (Mc-\\nRoy) Rass was born Oct. 31, 1848, in the State of\\nConnecticut. Her parents removed, when she was\\nthree years old, to the Keystone State, where she\\nwas married. In 1873 she accompanied her hus-\\nband to this county and township, where she died\\nFeb. 15, 1883. Bessie, only child of this marriage,\\nwas born Jan. 23, 1883. The departed wife and\\nmother is still remembered with loving warmth. Mr.\\nRass was again married June 19, 1883, at Imlay,\\nLapeer Co., Mich., to Mrs. Martha Hubbard, daughter\\nof Spencer and Diantha (Kimliall) Smith. The\\nmother died soon after the birth of her daughter; her\\nfather is still living, at Imlay. Mrs. Rass was born\\nSept. 20, 1853, in Imlay Township, and was married\\nSept. 20, 187 I, to Ebenezer Hubbard, who died May\\n29, 1879, leaving two children Claud, born Feb. 18,\\n1876, and Cassius, born Aug. 4, 1879.\\nMr. Rass came to Marietta Township in the spring\\nc\\nJ\\ni\\nr\\n1)\\nm\\nx^.\\n^^mM$^\\nM", "height": "2866", "width": "2206", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph09chic_0234.jp2"}, "235": {"fulltext": "", "height": "2866", "width": "2206", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph09chic_0235.jp2"}, "236": {"fulltext": "", "height": "2866", "width": "2206", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph09chic_0236.jp2"}, "237": {"fulltext": "^m^\\n-^^^mm^^r\\nm\\nV\\nSAN/LAC COUNTY.\\n241\\n873 and became the porprietor of his farm of 80\\nby purchase. It was wholly in a state of nature,\\nbut by persevering energy and industry he has\\nplaced 70 acres under the best order of improve-\\nments, with a superior stock and grain barn, and a\\nsuitable residence. Mr. Rass is a Republican in\\npolitical views and connections.\\nyisisSM^r^ -^t^^\\nt^ mm^\\njj .iram Udell, farmer, section 15, Moore Tp.,\\nis the son of George and Catherine (Ken-\\nnedy) Udell, natives of Canada and born\\nrespectively in 1826 and 1824. They are still\\nresidents of the Dominion. Mr. Udell was born\\nMay 24, 1847, in Canada. He has been an\\nagriculturist all his life, and in the year 1S77 located\\nin Worth Township, where he remained five years,\\nremoving thence to Moore Township. He located\\non a farm of 60 acres, of ^hich about 20 acres are\\nunder good improvements. He is a Republican and\\na member of the Masonic Order, No. 259, Springfield,\\nCanada.\\nThe marriage of Mr. Udell to Sarah Colk occurred\\nJan. 23, 1866. She is the daughter of Thomas and\\nCaroline (Blakeslee) Colk, who were born respective-\\nly in England and the United States. Mary A., born\\nApril 28, 1868 Merton T., Jan. 28, 1873 Frank R.,\\nDec. 9, 1880; Oral E., Jan. 10, 1884, are the children\\nthat have been born to Mr. and Mrs. Udell.\\ne$\u00c2\u00abhJh*^\\n^fe\\nbhristian Heberly, farmer, section 31, Elk\\ngjl fej^ Township, was born Sept. 19, 1S36, in\\nWurtemberg, Germany. At the age of 14 he\\nUl^ became an apprentice to learn the business\\n1^ of harness-making. Two years later, in 1855,\\nhe enlisted in the Prussian War and served\\none year as a ])rivate, when he was discharged and\\ncame to the United States. He made his first stop\\nin Buffalo, and later went to Ontario, where he set-\\ntled in Port Harwell, on Lake Erie. Two years after.\\nin 186 he came to Michigan and entered a claim of\\n40 acres on section i of Speaker Township. A year\\nlater he exchanged the property for 80 acres on sec-\\ntions 31 and 32 of Elk Township, where he has\\nsince made his home, and has improved 45 acres.\\nThe entire farm is in a very creditable condition, and\\nis supplied with fine farm buildings. In jiolitical\\nconnection Mr. H. is a Republican.\\nMr. Heberiy was married Sept. 27, 1861, in Elk\\nTownship, to Fanny Webber, who was born in\\nAugust, 1837, in Switzerland. She came to America\\nwhen she was about 15 years old, and located in\\nOntario, and was 24 years of age when she came to\\nSanilac County. Four children have been born of\\nthis marriage Louisa, Jacob, Samuel and Nettie. J.\\nThe eldest daughter is married. The family are\\nmembers of the Lutheran Church.\\n^^J^- -^y\\nI\\nfAS^^^\\n-^mmm\\nobert W. Fiteh, a prominent farmer of\\nMarlette Township, residing on section 36\\nwas born Jan. 6, 1S51, in Canada. His\\nparents, Thomas and Margaret (Beaconi)\\nV Fitch, are natives of Ireland. They, however,\\nsettled in Sanilac County, when their son was\\nfive years of age (see sketch of Thomas Fitch).\\nHere Robert grew up, helping his father on the farm\\nand forming those habits of thrift and industry which\\nhas made him a well-to-do farmer when still a young\\nman. Mr. Fitch received a good common-school\\neducation and thorough training in the calling to\\nwhich he has devoted his life. In 1870 he bought\\nhis present estate, including at the date of purchase,\\n160 acres of wild land. He went willingly and\\nenergetically to work to subdue the forests and make\\nin its stead fertile fields. He now owns 120 acres,\\n70 acres of which are under a creditable aud profit-\\nable state of cultivation. In political connections\\nand actions he is a Democrat.\\nThe marriage of Mr. Fitch to Mary Sullivan oc-\\ncurred at Almont, Lapeer Co., Mich., May 24, 1875.\\nShe was born March 28, 1855, in Canada, and is the\\ndaughter of Timothy and Catherine Sullivan. Of\\nsi.x children born of this marriage two are deceased\\nMaggie and John. Those surviving are Eva J.,\\n(o)", "height": "2866", "width": "2206", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph09chic_0237.jp2"}, "238": {"fulltext": "SANILAC COUNTY.\\nMabel M., Thomas F. and Mary Charlolte. The\\nmother is a member of the Roman Catholic Church.\\nj^ As a prominent and representative citizen of Sanilac\\nf County, and a gentleman fitly representing the large\\nA^ class of young and prosperous families living here,\\nwe take pleasure in giving Mr. Fitch s portrait in\\nconnection with this sketch.\\n1\\n(c\\\\\\nIl^^kiamuel J. West, blacksmith, resident at\\nPeck, was born June i8, 1855, in Middle-\\nsex Co., Out. At the age of 16 he was\\napprenticed to William Shoff, of Ailsa Craig,\\nin his native county, with whom he spent\\nthree years in the acquisition of his trade. On\\ncompletuig his term of indenture he came to Port\\nHuron, Mich., and worked in the shop of Charles\\nNelson, rS months. At the end of that time he be-\\ncame an employe in the carriage factory of A. H.\\nWright, of the same place, where he remained 14\\nmonths. In February, 1879, he came to Peck, and\\nthree months later established an independent busi-\\nness for himself. He continued its management\\nthree years, and at tlie expiration of that period he\\nleased his shop. Three years later he resumed his\\nbusiness, in which he has since been actively engaged.\\nHe is a skillful and successful artisan, and has an\\nextensive patronage. He passed the three years of\\nhis absence from Peck, in Northern Michigan, Color-\\nado and Utah. While in Utah he was in the Govern-\\nment employ as a blacksmith.\\nIn political connection he is a Republican.\\nohn Tobin, farmer, section 26, Maple Val-\\nley Township, was born Dec. 24, 1838, in\\nDundas Township, Halton Co., Ont. His\\nparents, Michael and Lucy (Murphy) Tobin,\\nwere born in Ireland, and shortly after their\\nmarriage they emigrated to America and set-\\ntled in Halton County, where the father followed his\\ntrade of stone mason. Later on they removed to\\nNiagara Falls, where the father died of cholera in\\n1854. The mother died at the same place in 1858.\\nThey were both 39 years of age and were the parents\\nof nine children, all of whom are deceased but three.\\nMr. Tobin was 16 years old at the time of his\\nfather s death, and has depended upon his own efforts\\nfor maintenance since that date. His first employ was\\nas a brakeman on the New York Central Railroad,\\nwhere he was employed until 1859. He was em-\\nployed the next two years as a sailor on the Lakes,\\nsucceeding which he became a minerat Youngstown,\\nOhio. In the autumn of 1861 he returned to his\\nhome and once more engaged in farming. In 1863,\\nhe transferred his residence to Michigan, and in the\\nyear following purchased 120 acres of unimproved\\nland, which has been his homestead since 1867, when\\nhe took permanent possession of the property.\\nThe marriage of Mr. Tobin to Celia Larabah oc-\\ncurred at Buffalo, N. Y., in August, 1865. She is ot\\nGerman extraction, and is the mother of ten children\\n\u00e2\u0080\u0094Mary E., John B., Homer S., Richard P., Ellen,\\nCelia, Ann, Jacob, Andrew and James. Mr. Tobin\\nis a Democrat in political sentiment, and has offici-\\nated in several of the local positions in the township.\\nHe is now Drain Commissioner and has held the\\nincumbency four years. He is a prosjserous and\\njudicious agriculturist.\\n^^MiiMaisS ^J^*\\nI\\nji] ohn N. Zavitz, farmer, resident on section\\n14, Speaker Township, was born Nov. 5,\\nI 84 1, in Malahide, Canada. He is the son\\nof Christian and Elizabeth (Bird) Zavitz, both\\nof whom were natives of Germany. They left\\ntheir native land to settle in the New World,\\nand made their residence at Niagara, N. Y., where\\nthey lived nearly 20 years. They removed thence to\\nMiddlesex, Ontario, and after a short period pro-\\nceeded to Michigan. The father died April 24, 1881,\\nthe mother March 18, 1882, in Speaker Township.\\nThe former was, born in 1800, the latter in 1806.\\nMr. Zavitz obtained a fair degree of education in\\nthe public schools oV the Dominion, and remained\\nunder the care of his parents until he was 21 years\\nold. The first important event of his life was his\\nmarriage to Lydia Bradley in 1843. Her parents,\\nLevi and Sarah (House) Bradley, were natives of\\nI\\nc\\nmm^", "height": "2866", "width": "2206", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph09chic_0238.jp2"}, "239": {"fulltext": "SANILAC COUNTY.\\n4^^((svS\\n243\\nI\\nf\\nNew York and Canada. Her father died when she\\nwas a child. Her mother remarried and died in St.\\nClair Co., Mich., in 1866.\\nIn the latter year Mr. Zavitz located on 40 acres of\\nland in Speaker Township. He now owns 52 acres,\\nall of which is in a state of advanced cultivation. He\\nis an able man, a judicious farmer, and a citizen of\\nreliable integrity, respected and trusted by his fellow\\ntownsmen, and passing a life of merit and credit to\\nthe community to which he belongs. He is an\\nearnest Republican, and is Justice of the Peace, an\\nincumbency he has held for the past nine years. He\\nand his wife are members of the Protestant Method-\\nist Church. He belongs to the Masonic Lodge, No.\\n353, at Peck.\\nFive children are now included in the family cir-\\ncle, Sarah, William W., Cora A Colburn J. and\\nEthel V.\\nB. Uren, real-estate broker at Croswell,\\nwas born March 23, 1832, in Middlesex\\nCo.. Can. He is of mixed national de-\\n^P^ scent, his mother having been of Scotch, and\\ntfd his father of English, origin. His parents,\\nThomas and Laura (Brown) Uren, are both\\ndeceased. His father was born in July, iSii,in\\nPenzance, Cornwall, Eng., and his mother was born\\nin Vermont.\\nAt the age of 13 years Mr. Uren entered upon\\nhis single-handed struggle with the world, and from\\nthat time until he was 21 years of age he was em-\\nployed as a farm and saw-mill assistant. He then\\nspent some years in renting and buying farms, in\\nwhich he continued until 1867, when he engaged ex-\\nclusively ill buying and selling real estate. He came\\nto Sanilac County in 1866, and has prosecuted his\\nbusiness successfully.\\nHe was married in April, 1852, to Christina Pat-\\nterson, of Oxford Co., Ont. She was born July 27,\\n1832, in Whitchurch, Can. Their children were\\nborn as follows: Richard W., Jan. 3, 1853, was\\nmarried in i88o to Elizabeth Wiieeler; Clarissa was\\nborn July 3, 1854, and died in August, 1855, in Can-\\nada; John was born Feb. 21, 1856, and died in\\nJune, 1859, in the village of Croswell, Mich.; an in-\\nfant, unnamed, was born April 3, 1858, and died in\\nJuly, 1859; Mattie, born May i, i860, was married\\nNov. 27, 1883, to Walter L. Rogers; AlJie was born\\nFeb. 9, 1862; John, June 25, 1865; Arthur C, Jan.\\n18,1873; and Mabel E., born Jan. 18, 1877, died\\nMay 9, 1881.\\n95\\nrv\u00c2\u00ae))\u00c2\u00ab^#\\n^aa-\\nA ^DI1\\n|lohn Cameron, farmer, section 34, Buel\\nTownship, was born Aug. ii, 1831, in the\\nnorthwestern part of the Scottish High-\\nlands. His parents, Donald and Anna (Mc-\\nDonald) Cameron, were natives of Scotland,\\nwhere they were born and married. Eight\\nchildren were born in their family, all of whom\\nreached mature years but one, who died in infancy.\\nTheir names are Christie, James, Catherine, Peggy,\\nAngus (deceased), Mary, John and Marion. The\\nparents died in their native land, aged respectively\\n73 and 80 years.\\nWhen Mr. Cameron was 20 years of age lie went\\nto Given on the Clyde, and entered the employ. nent\\nof Smythe Rodger, shipbuilders. He remained\\nin their service two years, when he went to England\\nand passed two years at Portsmouth and Plymouth.\\nIn 1854 he came to the United States and spent ten\\nmonths as a laborer on the Erie Railroad near the\\nSusquehanna River, in the southern part of the State\\nof New York. At the expiration of that time he went\\nto London, Can., where he worked on the gravel\\nroad. He went thence to Chatham and passed be-\\ntween five and six months working on the railroad.\\nHe decided upon seeking his fortune in Michigan,\\nand reached Sanilac County Jan. 22, 1856, He\\nsought immediate employment in the lumber woods\\nand engaged heartily in any occupation wliereby he\\ncould secure an honest livelihood. In October fol-\\nlowing, he bought 40 acres of land at 50 cents an\\nacre, under the regulations of the Graduation Act.\\nNot long afterward he pre-enijited 80 acres of land\\nadditional and has increased his landed estate by\\nlater purchase, until he owns 320 acres. He was\\nmarried Feb. 9, 1854, to Catherine McPherson. She\\nwas born in 1833, in the Highlands of Scotland, and\\ncame to this country with her father when she was\\n^5\\nca:", "height": "2866", "width": "2206", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph09chic_0239.jp2"}, "240": {"fulltext": "Wi^rm\\nV\\nQ\\nI\\n4^\\nI\\n244\\nSANILAC COUNTY.\\n18 years old. She is the daughter of Donald and\\nMargaret (McDonald) McPherson. Her mother\\ndied in Scotland when she was a small child. The\\nfamily comprised six sons and two daughters, as fol-\\nlows: Neil, John, Daniel, Lauchlin, .\\\\ngus (de-\\nceased). Flora, Catherine and a child who died in\\ninfancy.\\nMr. McPherson settled in Canada, where he re-\\nsided four years, removing then to Sanilac County.\\nOf nine children born to Mr. and Mrs. Cameron,\\ntwo are deceased. They vvere born as follows\\nMargaret, Dec. 30, 1855; James, Sept. 14, 1858;\\nDon, Sept. 9, i860; Anna, May 27, 1862 (died June\\n19, 1 881); Abraham, Isaac and Jacob (triplets) vvere\\nborn March 18, 1865. The last named died April\\n29, a month and 11 days after birth. John was born\\nApril 19, 1867; Sophronia, Sept. 3, 1869.\\nMr. Cameron is a zealous Republican, and has\\nbeen active in the local interests of the township,\\nwhere he has been a resident 30 years. He has\\nserved three years as Treasurer, three years as High-\\nway Commissioner, seven years as Supervisor and\\nwas re-elected to the same position in the spring of\\nthe currenfyear, 1884. He has been School Direc-\\ntor nine years. The family attend the Presbyterian\\nChurch.\\nOn leaving his native land for America Mr. Cam-\\neron engaged passage on a sailing vessel with about\\n900 passengers on board. Fourteen miles off the\\ncoast of Ireland, the ship struck a sand-bar, where she\\nlay all night. The passengers were in the greatest\\nconsternation and danger, but were all removed in\\nsafety the next morning by a fishing vessel. They\\nsuffered heavy losses, and nine persons died from\\nfright after reaching land. Mr. Cameron lost his\\nprovisions and money, except three pounds and nine-\\npence, English money, which he had in a pocket.\\n-H^I%-^\\ntames Nash, farmer, section 15, Marlette\\nTownship, was born April 19, 1831, in the\\ncounty of Leeds, Ont. His father, James\\nNash, was a native of England and was mar-\\nried after his removal to Canada, to Honora\\nGreenough, a native of Nova Scotia, of Irish\\nparentage. They removed to the State of New York\\nin 1833 and resided nine years in the city of Oswego.\\nIn 1842 the son returned to Canada, where he\\nremained until his permanent removal to Sanilac\\nCounty, Mich which took place in the spring of\\n1 85 6. In the fall of the same year he went to Le.x-\\nington, coming thence a year later to Marlette Town-\\nship. He became resident on 80 acres of land he\\nhad purchased two years before, and on this he lias\\nlabored to most effective purpose, having cleared and\\nplaced in creditable cultivation about 50 acres. He\\nis a member of the Democratic party and has been\\nHighway Commissioner six years and School Inspec-\\ntor one year.\\nMr. Nash was married in Halton Co., Ont., Jan. 24,\\n1864, to Anna Knight, a native of that province.\\nThree children have been born to them,\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Jeannette\\nR., Mary E. and James D. The mother is an earnest\\nmember of the Presbyterian Church.\\nrl pd Venry Devlin, farmer, section 29, Elk Town-\\nr^yJj^ ship, was born in County Fermanagh, Ire-\\n1^ land, Aug. 15, 1827. His parents came to\\n4^ America when he was seven years old, and set-\\ntled in Peterborough Co., Ont., where they passed\\nthe remainder of their lives.\\nMr. Devlin passed the first 23 years of his life un-\\nder the care of his parents, and at that period of his\\nlife went to Ohio, where he settled in Stark County.\\nAfter spending two years there in farming, he came\\nto Michigan and located for a time in Port Huron.\\nHe came to Sanilac County in 1855, and purchased\\n80 acres in what is now Elk Township. Later he\\nreturned to Huron County and engaged in the manu-\\nfacture of grindstones, which business he followed\\nuntil 1859. In that year he took possession of his\\nestate and made a permanent settlement upon it.\\nThe entire county was in a wild and unbroken state,\\nand Mr. Devlin was the first to enter upon the im-\\nprovement of the land in his possession. He has\\nsince increased his land to 120 acres, 70 acres of\\nwhich are now improved and under creditable culti-\\nvation.\\nHe was married July 10, 1864, in this township, to\\nWealthy Vannest, daughter of Nathaniel and Matilda\\nI\\nA\\nc\\n2^ f^\\n-S?. ^NJ^\\n^:l)tl^llllf\\n-^^jg", "height": "2866", "width": "2206", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph09chic_0240.jp2"}, "241": {"fulltext": "::TV UU;^\u00c2\u00bbUU^i?V\\n-^aii^^is;\\nSANILAC COUNTY.\\n245\\n(h\\n(Van Camp) Vannest. She is descended from Ger-\\nman ancestors, and her parents were natives of Can-\\nada. Mrs. Devlin was born in Ontario, Marcli 12,\\n1846. The family came to Michigan in 1847. Five\\nchildren have been born to Mr. and Mrs. Devlin, one\\nof whom died in infancy. Those yet surviving are\\nJames, Thomas H., John and .Stephen. The family\\nare Catholics, and Mr. Devlin is a member of tlie\\nDemocratic party.\\nCohn Dawson, liveryman at Marlette, was\\n|i- born Dec. 26, 1850, in Durham, Kng. His\\ni /iv-*^ parents, Joseph and Ann (James) Dawson,\\nwere natives of the same country, and later in\\n^r life removed to Canada with their family, and\\nare still residing in the Dominion.\\nMr. Dawson was about four years of age when iiis\\nparents left England, and he remained in Canada\\nuntil 1877, engaged in farming. In March of that\\nyear he came to Marlette, and during the first year\\nof his stay there was variously occupied. In May,\\n1878, he began the business which he has since\\nprosecuted and is now conducting. His first opera-\\ntions were on a small scale, but perseverance and\\nattention has increased his business to its present\\ndimensions. In political connections, Mr. Dawson\\nis a Republican, and in t88i he was appointed\\nDeputy Sheriff of Sanilac County. Previous to this\\nhe officiated two years as Constable. He is a mem-\\nber of the Order of Odd Fellows. His marriage to\\nBelle Craig occurred July 12, 1881, in Marlette.\\nThey have one child Ralph born Nov. 27, 1882.\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0FW^Ss A. McCree, station agent and telegraph\\ni lllii^\\\\^^? operator at Croswell, was born July 14,\\n(c\\nj^ i^ 1858. i\u00c2\u00bb Durham, Province of Quebec,\\nwhere his parents, James and Jessie (Brown-\\nlee) McCree, are still living, at Actinvale.\\nHis father was formerly a merchant, but is now\\nliving in retirement.\\nMr. McCree was reared at Windsor Mills in his\\nnative province, and remained at home until he be-\\ncame of age. He was carefully educated, and when\\nhe was 17 years old he was appointed Secretary and\\nTreasurer of the village and township of Windsor, in\\nwhich double position he operated six years. He\\nalso officiated as Clerk of the school municipality,\\nand as Clerk of the Commissioners Court. He came\\nto Port Huron, where he was engaged a short time as\\nbaggageman at the Port Huron station, after which\\nhe acted as freight agent at the same point. In\\n1881 he came to Croswell, and he entered upon the\\nduties of his present position, for which he was amply\\nqualified, having learned telegraphy in the village of\\nWindsor.\\nHe was married Jan. 10, 1880, in Windsor Mills,\\nto Catherine E. Henderson. She was born Nov. 29,\\n1863, and is the daughter of John and Catherine\\n(Manson) Henderson. Both the parents of Mrs.\\nMcCree are living at Windsor Mills. Two children\\nhave been born of this marriage: Edith Marion,\\nDec. 25, 1880, and Jessie Manson, May 7, 1884, at\\nCroswell. Mr. McCree adopts the creed of the anti-\\nmonopoly element in politics. He and his wife be-\\nlong to the Methodist Episcopal Church.\\neter McCarroIl, farmer, section rg, Elk\\nTownship, was born in Ireland, Sept. 8,\\n182 1. His father, Matthew McCarroll,\\nwas a sailor by profession and owned a small\\nJi\\\\ sail vessel, on which he was reared to the age\\nof 14 years. His father died, and Peter, in company\\nwith his mother, came to America. They settled in\\nPenobscot Co., Me., where Mr. McCarroll was mar-\\nried, July 4, 1847, to Bridget Davis. She was born\\nabout r827, in Ireland, and came to America in\\nearly life. Her parents located in Maine, where she\\ngrew to maturity. Six children constitute the issue\\nof her marriage. They are named John, Sarah,\\nMary, Elizabeth and Peter. Matthew is deceased.\\nSubsequent to marriage, Mr. and Mrs. McCarroll\\nwent to Leavenworth, Kan., where he operated 18\\nmonths as an employe of the U. S. Government. At\\nthe expiration of that service, in March, 1852, he\\ncame to Michigan and located in Speaker Township,\\nin Sanilac County. In company with John R.\\nDavis, a brother-in-law, he was the first permanent\\nsettler in the township. Tliat portion of the county\\nwas in its primeval condition the nearest point\\n^s^^tJK^ ^:A D!l:gtlti;t\\nM", "height": "2866", "width": "2206", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph09chic_0241.jp2"}, "242": {"fulltext": "1=3\\ni\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0*-TC;iia ?;iiPri T-T^\\nSANILAC COUNTY.\\na\u00c2\u00abs-\\ns\\nwhere supplies could be obtained was at Pori Huron,\\n30 miles distant. Indians were as common as forest\\ntrees, and wolves contested territory with the strug-\\ngling settlers. The history of the family during the\\nfirst few years of their residence in Sanilac County,\\nwas marked by all the incidents and events so fre-\\nquently related of pioneers, and which have in so\\nmany instances formed the basis of the development\\nof men and the county where they come face to face\\nwith toil and privation.\\nMr. McCarroll bought 160 acres of land on sec-\\ntions 27 and 28. He disposed of 40 acres after-\\nward, and improved 100 acres of the remainder. In\\nthe spring of 1878 he sold the property and pur-\\nchased 360 acres on sections 18 and 19. He\\nselected a site on the latter for his home, on which\\nhe now resides. His farm now comprises 200 acres\\nof land in first-class agricultural condition, the pro-\\nprietor being ranked as one of the most skillful and\\nprogressive farmers in the township. Tlie family be-\\nlong to the Catholic Church. Mr. Mc^arroU is an\\nindependent in political views.\\ni obert Attridge, teacher and farmer, sec-\\ntion 20, Flynn Township, was born Nov. 6,\\n/IP SV ^54 Perth Co., Can., and is the son of\\nix^ Michael and Catherine (Dunklin) Attridge.\\nHis parents were natives of Ireland. In 1844\\nthey emigrated to America and located in the\\nProvince of Ontario. They engaged in farming in\\nPerth County, where the mother is still living. The\\nfather died there in October, 1876.\\nMr. Attridge obtained a good common-school edu-\\ncation, and when he was 19 years of age he began\\nto teach, and pursued that vocation most of the time\\nuntil he reached the age of 21 years, when he set his\\nface westward. He arrived in California in 1874,\\nwhere he remained until 1877, chiefly engaged in\\nmining. He returned to Ontario in the fall of the\\nyear named, and established himself in the business\\nof hotel-keeper at Milford, Perth County, where he\\noperated two years. He carae to Sanilac County in\\nthe spring of 1880, and located 80 acres of land\\nhere he has since resided. He has placed 40 acres\\nof the tract in good cultivation, and has the repute\\nof being one of tlie most skillful and successful farmers\\nof the township. He devotes the agricultural season\\nto his farming interests and follows his profession of\\nteaching, in which he ranks among tlie leaders, dur-\\ning the winters.\\nHe was married Dec. 11, 1878, in Clinton, Huron\\nCo., Mich., to Anna Ramsey, a native of Perth Co.,\\nCan., and descended from Canadian parentage. Her\\nmother, Elizabeth A. (Clendenning) Ramsey, died\\nMarch 31, 1881, in Lapeer Co., Mich. Her father,\\nJames Ramsey, is living in Flynn Township, aged\\n54 years. Mr. Attridge is in sympathy with the\\nRepublican party in political sentiment.\\nyxasu^M^r \u00e2\u0080\u0094Wi\\nS^?|^4\u00e2\u0080\u0094 \u00c2\u00bb-^5!/3ZW\u00c2\u00bbv.\\nlexander Clapsaddle, farmer, section 4,\\nv^^ffjif Moore Township, is a son of George and\\nr.i^:;^ Elizabeth (Quaid) Clapsaddle. His parents\\njli( were natives of the State of New York, his\\nj father having been born in 1804, in Herkimer\\nCounty. They moved to Ontario, Can., in\\n1836 and now reside there. Mr. C. was born May\\n13, 1828, in Niagara Co., N. Y., and at 19 years of\\nage he decided to learn the business of a tanner and\\ncurrier, in which he was engaged three years. At the\\nexpiration of that time he became a farmer, and later\\non he became an assistant in a saw-mill, which pur-\\nsuit he followed some years. In 187 1 he came to\\nSanilac County and located on the farm on which he\\nnow resides. It comprised about 130 acres of land,\\nwith 60 acres under fine improvements. He passed\\nthrough the scourge of flame that devastated the\\ncounty in 1881, losing all his buildings and loose\\nfarm property, amounting in the aggregate to $3,300.\\nHe is an adherent to and supporter of the Republi-\\ncan party.\\nHis marriage to Celicia Snell occurred Dec. 12,\\n1859. She is a daughter of Jacob and Philonia\\n(Wares) Snell, and was born March 5, 1832. Her\\nparents were born in the State of New York. Seven\\nchildren have been born of this marriage, as follows\\nElizabeth P., June 5, 1861 (died in 1870 Francis\\nA., Oct. 15, 1862; Ida M., Sept. 11, 1864; William,\\n9\\nf\\nI\\nm-h-\\neAc^n a i]iir", "height": "2866", "width": "2206", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph09chic_0242.jp2"}, "243": {"fulltext": "\u00e2\u0096\u00a0:^K 6ve?llli:t:illl v^\\nSANILAC COUNTY.\\n247\\nV\\nMay 30, 1866; Harvey, July 7, 1868; Carrie B., April\\n14, 1870 (died in August following); Alexander B.,\\nMay 10, 1 87 5 (died the same year).\\n^i4#.^,.-\\nIs ndrew Jackson, farmer, resident on section\\nJl^^^ 22, Speaker Township, is the son of James\\nW. and Martha (Jones) Jackson. The parents\\nwere natives of Canada, where they belonged\\nto the agricultural community. In 1853 they\\nremoved to Michigan, and located in Sanilac County\\non the farm now owned by their son. The county\\nwas in its pioneer days, and they experienced the\\ntrials and privations common to the early settlers of\\nthis portion of Michigan.\\nMr. Jackson was born March 10, i860, in Speaker\\nTownship. His father became a soldier in the Un-\\nion army, and enlisted in Co. K, 22d Mich. Inf. The\\nregiment was assigned to the Army of the Cumber-\\nland, but Mr. Jackson, senior, was a participant in no\\nbattle. He fell ill from hardship and exposure, and\\ndied at Lexington, Ky., March 7, 1863. His widow\\nafterwards became the wife of Neil Hays, and resides\\nin Speaker Township.\\nAfter his father s death Mr. Jackson was brouglit\\nup by his mother, and is now tlie manager of the\\nestate. He is a Republican in political principle,\\nand cast his first Presidential vote for James G.\\nBlaine, an act of whicli lie will be pioud to his dy-\\ning day. His father was a member of the Metliodist\\nEpiscopal Church.\\n^\u00e2\u0096\u00baJ-^ \u00c2\u00bb-\u00c2\u00abHiB -^o S M-^-\\nr\\nenry O. Babeoek, attorney and Notary Pub-\\nf ^feil; P ^ck, was born in Richmond Town-\\nship, Macomb Co., Mich., Dec. 22, 1857.\\naV He is a son of Henry A. and Betsey (Stryker)\\nT Babcock (see sketch), and came to the county\\nI of Sanilac when lie was five years old, whither\\nhis parents removed. VVlien he was 13 years old he\\nwent to live with his brother in VVatertown Town-\\nship, and remained with him until lie attained his\\nmajority. In 1879 he came to Peck, where he en-\\ntered upon the study of law. In January, 1882, he\\nwas admitted to practice in the State courts of Mich-\\nigan, and since that date has devoted his whole time\\nto the prosecution of his profession. Mr. Babcock is\\nyet young, but he is active and influential in political\\ncircles. He is a republican and has recently been\\nappointed Census Enumerator. He is industrious\\nand reliable and is sure to rise in his profession.\\nHe was married Nov. 27, 1882, at Rockway Cen-\\nter, to Hannah English. She was born March 4,\\n1863, in Elk Township, and is the daughter of Adam\\nand Catherine (Riggs) English (see sketch). She\\nobtained a good education, and when she was 16\\nyears old became a teacher, which profession she fol-\\nlowed until her marriage. In September, 1883, she\\nestablished a milliner s shop at Peck, and is manag-\\ning an increasing and prosperous business.\\najfcsliufred StrafiFon, farmer, section 31, Lexing-\\n^^\u00e2\u0080\u00a2A ton Township, was born April 28, 1829,\\nnear London, Eng., and is the son of George\\nand Fannie E. (Simms) Straffon. His father\\nwas an auctioneer by vocation and died in\\nLondon. In 1839 his grandfather Simms came to\\nCanada with the family of his daughter, and settled\\nin Osborn Township, Huron District, Can., where his\\nmother died. Mr. Straffon was ten years old when\\nhe came to the American continent, and he remained\\non his grandfather s farm until he was 16, aiding, in\\ncommon with his brothers, in clearing and improving\\nthe place, wliich at the date of their settlement was\\nin an entirely wild state. In 1845 he went to Ham-\\nilton and engaged to work in a saw-mill. He pur-\\nsued that business 18 years, working six years in one\\ncalling. His employer failed in business and Mr.\\nStraffon lost nearly the entire amount of his earnings.\\nOn the termination of his career as a saw-mill as-\\nsistant, he came to Davisville (now Croswell) and\\ncommenced to drive a team for William Jenny. This\\nengagement continued seven months, when he en-\\ntered the employment of Mr. McCredy as agent in\\nthe purchase of hoops. He operated in that capacity\\nfour years, and removed to the farm on which he is\\n9\\nP\\nS", "height": "2866", "width": "2206", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph09chic_0243.jp2"}, "244": {"fulltext": "IM\\n3\\nr\\n248\\nir ^Iltl^Dll^ r\\n5\\nSANILAC COUNTY.\\nnow located, of which he became the proprietor in\\n1 86 1, buying the property of J. L. Woods, of Lexing-\\nton. He settled in Lexington Township Jan. 24,\\n1866. Mr. Straffon is a Republicnn.\\nHe was married May 8, 1858, to Melissa Misiner.\\nShe was born March 21, 1832, in Wentworth, Ancas-\\nter Co., Can., and is the daughter of VVilHam and\\nCatherine (Megelias) Misiner. Six children have\\nbeen born of this marriage, as follows William R.,\\nFeb. 4, 1859; George A., May 21, 1861: Fannie E.,\\nSept. 7, 1863 John A., March 27, 1868 Ruth, March\\n5, 1870; Henry M., June 4, 1872. The three first\\nnamed were born in Canada, the three last in Sani-\\nlac County^ Mr. and Mrs. Straffon have been mem-\\nbers of the Methodist Episcopal Church for 20 years.\\n^in^iR arren Winterstein, senior partner of the\\nlllllaitl^ mercantile firm of W. Winterstein Co.,\\njfe^^ Marlette, was born April 22, 1853, in\\nYork Co., Ont. He is the son of Henry and\\nMargaret (Johnson) Winterstein, both of\\nwhom were natives of Canada, where the\\nmother died Dec. 19, 1880.\\nThe son obtained a good common-school educa-\\ntion, and also attended the High School in his native\\nplace. Afterward he took a partial course of study\\nin the Commercial College of Bryant Stratton, in\\nDetroit. At the age of 19 he came to Sanilac\\nCounty, where he was engaged three years in teach-\\ning school in Croswell and vicinity, after which he\\nentered into an engagement as salesman in the vil-\\nlage of Peck, where he was employed five years. He\\ncame to Marlette in the fall of 1882, and spent a\\nyear as assistant in the store of J. McGill. In\\nAugust, 1883, he embarked in the mercantile busi-\\nness in his own interest, and with his associate, Mr.\\nA. A. Talmadge, he is engaged in a prosperous and\\nsatisfactory business. The aggregate sales represent\\nannually about $35,000.\\nMr. Winterstein was married Dec. 29, 1873, in\\nSanilac County, to Annie, daughter of Robert and\\nLaura Graham. She was born in Sanilac County,\\nApril 21, 1853. Her parents were natives respect-\\nively of England and Canada. They have had\\nthree children, only one of whom survives Urban\\nE. One child died in infancy. Rena L. died when\\nshe was seven months old. The parents are mem- C;!.-\\nbers of the Baptist Church. f\\nMr. Winterstein is a Republican, and has been\\nfour years Township Superintendent of Schools. He\\nis at present one of the Councilmen of the village\\nof Marlette. Mrs. W. was also a teacher in Sanilac\\nCounty three years previous to her marriage.\\n^^^X^^iK,\\nomer Hall, farmer, resident on section 15,\\n^i Buel Township, was born Jan. 3, 1843, in\\nGouverneur, St. Lawrence Co., N. Y. Hii\\nfather, George Clinton Hall, was born in Mas-\\nsachusetts, brought up in Hartland, Niagara\\nCo., N. Y., and married Jane E. Swan. He\\ndied in Gouverneur, Oct. 30, 1864, when he was 44\\nyears old. The mother died April 20, 1883, in Buel\\nTownship, aged 64 years.\\nWhen he attained his majority, Mr. Hall bought a\\nfarm of 75 acres in his native county, which he con-\\ntinued to manage three years. At the end of that\\ntime he took possession of a rented farm, which he\\nconducted two years and moved to his father s place,\\non which he resided two years, and ^t the end of\\nthat time, he came to Michigan. He bought a farm\\nwhich comprised 40 acres, all in an unimproved con-\\ndition; of this he took possession March 31, 1876.\\nHe has improved 25 acres, built a fine house, barn\\nand other creditable farm buildings, and is in pros-\\nperous circumstances. He has added 40 acres to\\nhis original acreage by a later purchase. Mr. Hall is\\na Republican in political sentiment, and has held\\nseveral local official positions. He has served two\\nterms as Supervisor and one year as Superintendent\\nof Schools.\\nHe was married March 5, 1867,10 Asenath, daugh-\\nter of John and Desire (Cross) McCombs. Five chil-\\ndren have been born to Mr. and Mrs. Hall, one of\\nwhom is deceased. Their births occurred in the fol-\\nlowing order: Irving W., April 7, 1868; Ada J., Jan.\\n29, 1870 (died May 7, 1875); Willie E., June 23,\\nn\\nin\\nmi\\n(i^i^\\n/^t^^^^^\\n^m%m", "height": "2866", "width": "2206", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph09chic_0244.jp2"}, "245": {"fulltext": "(h\\ns\\n\u00e2\u0080\u00a2m*\\nSANILAC COUNTY.\\n-se^\\n249\\n1873; Hubert Eugene, March 4, 1875 Nellie Agnes,\\nJan. 1883.\\nMr. Hall came of a line of descent on the mater-\\nnal side very remarkable for tenacity of life. His\\ngrandmother, Mrs. Betsey Bean, is still living, aged\\n9[ years. She was born March, 1793. in Heatli,\\nFranklin Co., Mass. Her first husband, Abel Swan,\\ndied in 1841, and about five years afterward she\\nmarried Dr. John Bean. Her married life with both\\nincluded about ten years. She resides witli lier grand-\\nsons in Buel Township, and is in good health, save\\nthat she is unable to walk from the results of a severe\\nattack of rheumatism wiiich deprived her of the use\\nof her limbs.\\nw\\n^^jl4,dward W. Ellsworth, manufacturer, resi-\\ngk dent at Marlette, was born May 17, 1837,\\nin London, Out. His father, William\\n^fi. Ellswortli, was a native of Middlebury, Addi-\\n!son Co Vt., and married Lydia Bentley, wlio\\nwas a native of the State of New York, and by\\nwhom lie had eight children. The family came to\\nSanilac County in 1837, where the mother died, Jan.\\n15, 185 I. The father died June 15, 1865.\\nMr. Ellsworth was the fourth son and next to the\\nyoungest of the children born to his parents. He\\nwas an infant but three months old when his parents\\ncame to Sanilac County. Here he obtained his edu-\\ncation and business habits and grew to maturity. He\\ncommenced life on his own account when he was 13\\nyears old, and passed two years on a farm. He\\nspent seven successive seasons as a sailor on the\\nlakes, after which he learned the trade of carpenter.\\nHe had worked during the winters succeeding the\\nseasons he had passed on the lakes, in cabinet-mak-\\ning. He pursued his trade until September, 1872,\\nwhen he started his present business enterprise, the\\nmanufacture of sash, doors, etc., and also does all\\nthe kinds of work common to planing-mills.\\nMr. Ellsworth is a Republican in political princi-\\nples and connections. He owns considerable village\\nproperty, besides some valuable property in the vicin-\\nity of Marlette.\\nHe wgis married Dec. 27, 1865, in Oakland Co.,\\nMich., to Loretta Beardslee. She was born in the\\ncounty where siie was married, April lo, 1838. Her\\nparents, Lewis and Mary Beardslee, were natives of\\nNew Jersey. Frank H. and Hattie M. are the\\nnames of the two cliildren who have been born to\\nMr. and Mrs. Ellsworth. The parents belong to the\\nPresbyterian Church.\\n1\\nVb\\ntmhearst Eastman, farmer, section 9, Elk\\nTownship, was born in Tapeen, Ont., Oct.\\nM 2, 1827. He is the son of Nadab and Sarah\\n(Gordon) Eastman. His father descended\\nfrom New England ancestry and was a farmer.\\nHe died in the province of Ontario July 12, 1868,\\naged about 60 years. His mother was born in Ire-\\nland and came to Ontario when very young, where\\nshe died, in 1867, aged 58 years.\\nHe was reared to manhood on his father s farm, ca\\nwhere he passed the years of his minority in farm\\nlabor and in acquiring a fair common-school educa- ca\\ntion. On reaching the period of his legal freedom, K^/\\nhe became a fanner in the full sense of the term.\\nHe purchased 100 acres of land in his native county,\\nin the township of Warwick. On this he resided\\nfour years and expended liis time and energies in its\\npartial improvement. In 1852 he sold the place and\\ncame to Michigan, where he bought 50 acres of land,\\nin Berlin Townsiiip, St. Clair County. It had been\\nimproved to some extent by its previous owner, and\\nhe remained in its possession one year, when he\\nagain sold out and bought 80 acres in the same\\ncounty, in the township of Brockway. In the spring\\nof 1876 he sold that property. He came to Sanilac\\nCounty and purchased the estate of which he has\\nsince been the proprietor, and which includes 160\\nacres. He has improved 100 acres, and the place is\\nranked as among the most valuable in the township.\\nMr. Eastman was first married in Elgin Co., Ont.,\\nNov. 21, 1848, to Mary Hagle. She was born May\\n19, 1829, in Ontario. She grew to womanhood in\\nher native county. Three of the children born of\\nher marriage are deceased. The births and deaths\\nwere as follows: John H., May 19, 185 i, died Oct.\\n23, 1856; Mary E., bom Feb. 2, 1862, died Jan. 22,\\ni V\u00c2\u00ae))\u00c2\u00ab^#\\n^ll!l^(lli;i", "height": "2866", "width": "2206", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph09chic_0245.jp2"}, "246": {"fulltext": "\u00e2\u0080\u00a2;^/^l))$^fi^\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0:2^\u00e2\u0082\u00ac (D\\\\ ^M D W i T\\n-^i^^^^^tsr\\n250\\nSANILAC COUNTY.\\n-I^^f^-i^\\n1882; John H., born April 9, 1864, died Oct. 23,\\n1856. The first and last named died on tiie same\\nday. The mother died Oct. 9, 1869, in Brockway\\nT Township. She was a member of the Methodist\\nEpiscopal Church. Mr. Eastman was a second time\\nmarried, Jan. g, 1870, in Brockway, to Mrs. Constance\\n(Bond) Bennetts, daughter of John and Mary (Bray)\\nBond. The parents were natives of England, and\\ncame after their marriage to Ontario, where the father\\ndied, March 20, 1882, aged 79 years. The mother\\nis still living, in Canada, and is in the 8ist year of\\nher age. Mrs. Eastman was born Sept. 6, 1843, near\\nLand s End, England. She was brought up by her\\nparents and was first married Aug. 7, 1858, to Thomas\\nBennetts. He was born in England, Aug. 14, 1832.\\nAt the age of 18 years he came to Ontario. He was\\na blacksmitli and followed that trade as a vocation.\\nAfter marriage he came to Brockway, where he died\\nJuly 10, 1868. The children of this marriage were\\nborn as follows: Mary A., April 3, i860; Robert,\\nFeb. 22, 1862; Thomas, Feb. i, 1864; James, Feb.\\n27, 1868. John was born July 27, 1866, and died\\n=1 Feb. 3, 1867. Mr. and Mrs. Eastman have five\\nchildren, born as follows: William A., Nov. 18, 1870;\\n1:3 Anna C, Dec. 18, 1873 Margaret J., Dec. 27, 1874;\\nO* Joseph P., Feb. 25, 1877 Katie M March 22, 1879.\\nThe parents attend the Baptist Church. Mr. East-\\nv^ man is a decided Republican in political belief and\\naction. He has held several minor offices in the\\ntownship.\\n-I\u00e2\u0080\u0094 w,^V^!\\neorge Boyne, farmer, section 28, Marlette\\n,fj Township, was born in Scotland, May 24,\\n1839. His parents, Robert and Jeannette\\n(Spencer) Boyne, were natives of the same\\ncountry and emigrated to the New World in\\n1843. They settled in Canada.\\nMr. Boyne grew to manhood in the Dominion, and\\nwas there educated and reared to the calling which\\nhas been the pursuit of his life. In December, 1868,\\nhe came to Sanilac County and bought 160 acres of\\nland. He afterwards sold one-half his original pur-\\nchase, and of the 80 acres of which he still retains\\npossession, 60 acres is in a fair state of cultivation.\\nMr. Boyne has been connected with the public affairs I are natives of England andcame to America- in 1847.\\nof his township since his removal hither; he has been\\nHiglnvay Commissioner eight years, School Inspector\\ntwo years and School Treasurer three yeais.\\nHe was married Dec. 25, 187 i, in tlie township of\\nMarlette, to Ida A. Jones, who was born in Michi-\\ngan. The eldest-born child, Robert J., died when he\\nwas 14 months old. Four children born subse-\\nquently still survive and are married, John A.,\\nDavid N., George W. and Joseph F. Mr. and Mrs.\\nBoyne are connected with the Presbyterian Church.\\n-ir^^Ji^\\n|^?W^\\nrehibald. Noble, farmer, section 9, Elk\\n1^ Township, is a native of the north of Ire-\\nland, having been born Feb. 15, 1845, in\\nCounty Tyrone. His parents came to Amer-\\nica with their family and settled in Darlington,\\nDurham Co Ont. Mr. Noble remained under the\\nguidance of his parents until he was 14 years old,\\nwhen he began life on his own responsibility. His\\nfirst independent action was as a farm assistant. He\\noperated in the Dominion about one year, and came\\nto Michigan in i86o. He settled on Sanilac County\\nas a desirable location and was successful in obtain-\\ning employment in Elk and Buel Townships with\\nthe farmers. He was thus engaged until his mar-\\nriage, and in the year succeeding that event he\\npurchased 40 acres of land on section t,t, in Elk\\nTownship. He passed ten years in securing the im-\\nprovement of one-half his property, and at the end\\nof that time he sold it and purchased the same\\nacreage on section 2r, in Elk Township. He re-\\ntained his ownership of the latter place two years,\\nand improved ten acres. In the fall of 1876 he\\nbought the farm where he is now located, comprising\\n80 acres of land in an entirely natural state, with no\\nimprovements and heavily timbered. He has placed\\n40 acres in creditable agricultural condition and\\nerected good farm buildings. He is a Democrat in\\npolitical principles and has officiated in the minor\\nlocal offices of his township.\\nHe was married Oct. 28, 1867, to Sarah, daughter\\nof Edwin and Hannah (Harris) Apsey. The par-\\nents were pioneer settlers of this township. They\\n(v\\nc\\nu:^\\nAC f D 3 DUf^A^", "height": "2866", "width": "2206", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph09chic_0246.jp2"}, "247": {"fulltext": "m\\nI\\nt\\ne\\n.-9\\nt\\nSANILAC COUNTY.\\nThey made their first location in the province of On-\\ntario, whicli was their home for II years. In 1858\\nthey came to St. Chiir Co., Mich. Eight years later\\nthey settled in Elk Township. Mrs. Noble was born\\nin England, April 16, 1846. She was brought up in\\nthe home of her parents, with whom she resided until\\nher marriage. Seven children have been born to\\nMr. and Mrs. Noble, one of whom is deceased.\\nThose surviving are Alice A., Alma J., Alfaretta,\\nJohn S., Archibald and Minnie E. Matilda died in\\ninfancy.\\n-4-~wv^^~g|^-i/v^-\\nyron W. Smith, merchant at Marlette,\\nwas born May 18, 1845, in Warren Co.,\\nan\\\\jgi_ Ind. He is a son of Asa and Mary\\n?p\\\\\\\\ (Bentley) Smith, who were born respectively\\nm New York and Canada. His father died\\nwhen he was but nine years of age, when he\\nwas thrown upon his own resources. Two years\\nlater he became a sailor on the lakes, and was thus\\noccupied six successive seasons.\\nIn 1862 he enlisted in the Stanton Guards, and\\nwas stationed at Fort Mackinaw. He was discharged\\nafter six months service, when, in September of the\\nsame year, he again enlisted, in the Eighth Mich.\\nInf, and served until the war closed. He received\\nan honorable discharge in July, 1865, and soon after\\ncame to Lexington, this county. After a brief stay\\nthere he again became a sailor, and at the close of\\nthe season he engaged in the shoe business with his\\nbrother at Lexington and learned the trade. Toward\\nthe close of the year 1S68 he removed to Ionia\\nCounty, where he was interested in the shoe business\\nabout seven years. At the expiration of that time\\nhe returned to Lexington and entered into a partner-\\nship with his brother. This connection was dis-\\nsolved a year later, and in the spring of 1876 he\\ncame to Marlette and established the business inter-\\nests in which he has since been engaged continu-\\nously, with the exception of two years, which he\\ndevoted to farming. In political connection Mr.\\nSmith is a Republican. He has officiated as Village\\nTreasurer, and is at present a member of the Council\\nof Marlette.\\nHis marriage to Anna Shenick occurred Aug. 21,\\n1864, at Lexington, this county. She was born at\\nLondon, Ont. Three children have been born of this\\nmarriage Lester M. and Esther A. (twins) and\\nKatie M. The first named died when he was 11\\nyears of age.\\n\u00c2\u00abv42a2r!s^^\u00e2\u0080\u0094\\n*^.swraw v\\ni^V\u00c2\u00ae))\u00e2\u0082\u00ac^#\\n@sa-\\n.^^i-^\\nm\\nKohn Sheldon, farmer on section 33, Lexing-\\nton Township, was born Nov. 2, 1817, in\\nCanada, and is the son of James and\\nrfJS Mary (Shenick) Sheldon. He was reared on a\\n^r farm, and in the spring of 1837 he came to\\nLexington Township with his father and brother\\nHenry. After a brief stay he went to Port Huron,\\nand two weeks later went to Detroit. In July fol-\\nlowing he returned to Canada, .vJliere he remained\\nuntil winter. He went the next summer to Detroit\\nand proceeded thence to Rock Island, 111., where he\\nwas engaged in ferrying two summers. In July,\\n1840, he came to Lexington and engaged in farming\\nand lumbering. In 1841 he bought 80 acres of land\\none mile south of his present farm, where he resided\\na few years. He was the owner successively of sev-\\neral farms in the township, and in 1880 settled on\\nthe place he now occupies, which consists of 120\\nacres under good cultivation. He has been in public\\nlife nearly all the time he has been a resident of the\\ntownship. In 1841 he was made an Assessor, has\\nbeen Treasurer three years. Clerk three years. Super-\\nvisor one year, and in 1862-3 ^^s Sheriff of the\\ncounty, being elected on the Union ticket. He is a\\nmember of the Order of Masonry, belonging to Da-\\nmascus Chapter.\\nMr. Sheldon was married in Lexington, Sept. 15,\\n1832, to Hannah Huckins, a cousin of Capt. Israel\\nHuckins. She survived her marriage but one year,\\nand Mr. Sheldon was a second time married in Lex-\\nington, Jan. 14, 1846, to Sophronia A., daughter of\\nJesse and Rebecca Wixson. Eleven children were\\nborn to Mr. and Mrs. Sheldon in Lexington, whose\\nrecord is as follows. Franklin J., born Dec. 17,\\n1846, died Aug. 18, 1869; Martin VV. was born Oct.\\n24, 1848, and is a farmer in Dakota; Watson H. was\\nborn Feb. 7, 1851, and resides in the village of Lex-\\nington; Elmer W., a farmer in this township, was\\nC^\\nCa:\\n-^s^:\u00c2\u00a73^JC_", "height": "2866", "width": "2206", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph09chic_0247.jp2"}, "248": {"fulltext": "-5Jj\u00e2\u0082\u00ac^4:r\\nrT? ?DD^(lDv\\nSANILAC COUNTY.\\n^I ^^^V^^\\nborn Feb. 20, 1853 Loella, born June 11, 1855, is a\\nteacher in Sanilac County; Jefferson was born Aug.\\nri, 1857, and is a farmer in Dakota; William, born\\nDec. 2.r, 1859, is a druggist in Altona, Dak.; Charles\\nJ A. is a farmerin Dakota, and was born April 6, 1862;\\nRichard H. was born May 20, 1864; Minnie M\\nJune 28, ,868; May, July 12, 1872, Nine children\\nare living and are in prosperous, promising circum-\\nstances.\\n-^^r^s^^^m^sr^\\nobert McClure, farmer, resident on section\\n29, Buel Township, was born March i,\\n181 6, in County Kerry, Ireland. He is the\\nson of Robert and Deborah (Hickson) Mc-\\nClure, both of whom died in their native land.\\nMr. McClure landed at Quebec, Can., in 1846,\\nwhere he remained two years in the family of his\\nsister. In 1848, he went to the State of New York,\\nwhere he was foreman of a corps of men engaged in\\nthe construction of the New York Erie Railroad.\\nV^; A year later he came back to Canada and entered\\nT the employment of the corporation engaged in build-\\ning the Great Western Railroad. He worked three\\nyears on tiiat route, and two years on the Fort\\nStanley Railroad, when he went to Sarnia Branch\\nand bought loo acres of wild land, on which he\\nworked a year. At the expiration of that time he\\nfound he had an insecure title, and he was obliged to\\nrelinquish all he had invested in the place. He went\\nto Sarnia and passed a winter with his son-in-law\\nHe had but little taste for a life of idleness or de-\\npendence, and availed himself of the first offer of\\nwork that presented, which was in a gravel pit He\\nmet Mr. Odell, the head engineer of the road, who\\nrecognized him and inijuired into the causes of his\\nchanged fortunes, and received the reply tliat men\\nare frequently overtaken by misfortune. On relating\\nC?^ the incident to his wife, she urged him to show his\\nI papers to Mr. Odell, which he did, and a few days\\nf le received an appointment to a position by\\nf which he was enabled to accumulate nearly $400 in\\nabout three months.\\nWith his small savings he came to Michigan in the\\nfall of 1859, and bought 40 acres of land, for which\\nhe paid at the rate of 50 cents an acre. The land\\nwas in tlie roughest portion of the county, and the\\n30 acres he has cleared has been leveled and graded\\nuntil It is as smooth as other land which was level\\nin Its original state. He met Mr. Odell some years\\nafter he settled in Buel Townsliip, and thanked him\\nas the author of his mended fortunes. Mr. McClure\\nIS a Republican and held himself in readiness to re-\\nspond to the draft during the late war.\\nIn the family of Mr. McClure s father there were\\n12 children, the issue of two marriages. He was the\\neldest child of the second wife and liad five brothers\\nand sisters. He was married Jan. 26, 1837, in Ire-\\nland, to Mary Ann, daughter of Edward and Fannie\\n(King) Archer. The parents are deceased. She was\\nborn in August, 1823, and died May 29, 1882. She\\nwas the mother of 1 1 children, five of whom are yet\\nliving. They were born in the order here named-\\nFannie, Robert, Edward, Deborah, Mary Ann, John,\\nTheresa, Thomas (deceased), William and James.\\nTwo children were born previous to the last named,\\nwho died in early infancy. Edward died in 1846^\\nduring the passage to America, and was buried in the\\nsea. Robert died on shipboard, just previous to ar-\\nrival at quarantine below Quebec, where he was\\nburied. Mr. McClure and his wife were botn mem-\\nbers of the established Church of England. His\\ngrandfather was a Scotchman and was born on the\\nIsleof Wiaht.\\nmr^.\\nyron Briggs, practicing physician and\\nsurgeon, located at Melvin village, was\\nborn April 8, 1824, in Randolph, Portage\\nCo., Ohio. His father, Andreas Briggs, was\\nborn Dec. 29, 1795, in Massachusetts. He was\\na soldier of the war of 1812, and is still living\\nnear Cleveland, Ohio. The mother, Betsey (Moore)\\nBriggs, was born in 1802, in Salisbury, Conn., and\\ndied April 13, 1878.\\nDr. Briggs passed his early years acquiring a good\\nprimary education, and at the age of 17 years began\\nteaching. He pursued his medical studies at Ackley\\nCollege, in the city of Cleveland. In 1847 he came\\ni\\nr^:", "height": "2866", "width": "2206", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph09chic_0248.jp2"}, "249": {"fulltext": "", "height": "2866", "width": "2206", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph09chic_0249.jp2"}, "250": {"fulltext": "h\\nCA^^^,", "height": "2866", "width": "2206", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph09chic_0250.jp2"}, "251": {"fulltext": "gs\u00c2\u00bb-\\n^^DD^l]ll v\\nI\\n^:^ry\\nSANILAC COUNTY.\\n^id^^f^T\\n-^4^^^\\nto Allegan County, Mich., where he practiced his\\nprofession until i860, when he went to Shelby Co.,\\nOhio. He operated there as a medical practitioner\\n21 years, pursuing his business with success and\\nprofit. In 1 88 1, he disposed of his property in the\\nBuckeye State, and removed to Sanilac County, lo-\\ncating where he now resides. Dr. Briggs is a Re-\\npublican in political affiliation.\\nHe was married July 7, 1861, to Sarah E. Pelton,\\ndaughter of John and Susannah (Oilman) Pelton.\\nThe former was born in Connecticut and died in\\nAllegan Co., Mich. He was a soldier in the second\\nwar with Great Britain. Her mother was born in\\n1800, in the State of New York, and resides at Ore-\\ngon City. Three children have been born to Dr. and\\nMrs. Briggs, as follows Ale.xis O., Nov. 3, 186-\\n(died July 13, 1865); Ida M. (Mrs. William Ross, of\\nSpeaker Township), Aug. 30, 1863; Marion E., May\\n6, 1867. Mrs. Briggs is a member of the Methodist\\nEpiscopal Church.\\nJl ugh McKenzie, Treasurer of Sanilac County,\\n?/|r was born in Scotland, in July, 1S39. His\\nparents, Robert and Catherine (Munson)\\nMcKenzie, belonged to the class known as\\nHighlanders, and were born in Scourie, Suther-\\nlandshire, where they were farmers until their\\nemigration to the New World. In the year 1847 t^ey\\nsailed from Loch Laxford, Sutherlandshire, en route\\nfor Quebec, whence they proceeded by water to\\nHamilton, Ont. The Dominion was then mostly in a\\nprimitive condition, untraversed by railroads, and the\\nfamily made their way to Missouri, O.xford Co., Ont.,\\nby the aid of teams. They putchased a tract of land\\nin the unbroken forest of Missouri, upon which they\\nbrought to bear the industrious energies and apply\\nthe persevering toil to which they had been bred\\nin their native land, and where they founded a home.\\nThe father died there when he was 85 years old. The\\nmother is now (1884) 90 years of age, and resides at\\nCass City, Mich.\\nMr. McKenzie assumed the responsibilities and\\nburdens of his own maintenance and career when he\\nwas 16 years old, and as he possessed a desire to ex-\\nplore and test for himself the mysterious West, he\\nset forth on a prospecting tour, visiting 13 Western\\nand Southern States, experiencing meanwhile the\\nvicissitudes and trials of a rolling stone.\\nHe returned to his home in 1859, and in i860 came\\nto Michigan. He at once located 160 acres of land\\nin Austin Township, Sanilac County, and spent a\\nyear thereon engaged in improving the place but the\\ninconvenience of a location 26 miles distant from\\ncivilization without other outlet than Indian trails\\nand the blazed routes of pioneer settlers, grew so dis-\\ntasteful that he abandoned his project and again\\nstarted westward. After traveling to some extent in\\nIllinois and Iowa, he returned in 1864 to Michigan,\\nand engaged in rafting lumber on the Grand River,\\nfrom Grand Rapids and vicinity to Grand Haven.\\nIn 1866 he returned to his former location in Austin\\nTownship, with a resolution to overcome all obstacles\\nand content himself with the career of a pioneer\\nsettler. His first abode was built from logs hewn by\\nhis own hands, and finished with lumber prepared by\\nhimself and neighbors by the aid of the process\\nknown as whip-sawing. The first wheat he raised\\nwas threshed by a flail, cleaned by the wind and\\nmilled at Wahjamega, Tuscola County, 35 miles\\ndistant. The grain was transported thither by ox\\nteams, the trip requiring five days. The first eight\\nmiles of the route was constructed by Mr. McKenzie,\\nwith the aid of his neighbors and associates, Joseph\\nBrown and William Jordan.\\nMr. McKenzie is a Republican, and his first\\nofficial service was as Commissioner of Highways, in\\nwhich he officiated three years. He was elected in\\n1870 to the position of Supervisor and discharged the\\nduties of the office seven consecutive years. He was\\nelected Sheriff in 1876, gaining a re-election in 1878.\\nAfter serving in the office to the limit prescribed by\\nlaw, he was, in the fall of 1880, nominated for Treas-\\nurer and elected by a triumphant majority. He was\\nre-elected in 1882, and is now serving his second\\nterm.\\nThe portrait of Mr. McKenzie appears on another\\npage. It represents a man whose traits of character\\nare such as to command the respect and confidence\\nof his generation, and whose official career has been\\nmarked by a faithful and wise administration of its\\nduties.\\nMr. McKenzie was married Oct. 5, 1S68, in Austin\\nvS\\n1=1\\n0)\\ni\\n^m\\n:2s\u00c2\u00bb-\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0eA D a n M ^m^", "height": "2866", "width": "2206", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph09chic_0251.jp2"}, "252": {"fulltext": "z -:i]li:t:ililr^-r\\n--^mm^\\\\ M\\n256\\nSANILAC COUNTY.\\nI\\nA\\nV\\n.:5^\\nTownship, to Ann Robinson. They are the parents\\nof the following children Kate, born July i, 1869;\\nGeorge, May 30, 187 1 Robert W., Jan. 13, 1873;\\nMargaret Ann, Jan. 23, 1875; Kennett H., Dec. 4,\\n1876. Mrs. McKenzie was born in Scotland and\\ncame to America in early childhood. She acquired\\na good education and was one of the pioneer teachers\\nof Sanilac County, beginning the exercise of her vo-\\ncation when she was 16 years old, and she continued\\nher labors until her marriage at the age of 20 years.\\neorge W. Hicks, farmer, section t6, Buel\\nTownship, was born March 3, 1838, in\\nBrownville, Jefferson Co., N. Y. His\\nfather, Daniel Hicks, was born May 18, 1794,\\nin Saratoga Co., N. Y., and was of mixed En-\\nglish and Scotch descent. He died in 1879,\\nin Charlevoix Co., Mich., where the mother, Eliza-\\nbeth Ann (Reynolds) Hicks, is still living. She is of\\nHolland Dutch and Danish descent.\\nMr. Hicks was bred to the occupation of a farmer,\\nand was under the direction of his father during his\\nminority. On becoming his own man he bought\\na farm of 260 acres, in company with his brother, in\\nSt. Lawrence Co., N. Y. Two years later the associ-\\nation was dissolved, and he came to Calhoun Co.,\\nMich., where he passed two years working a farm on\\nshares. In 1869 he went to Woodland, Barry Co.,\\nMich., and rented a farm on which he lived two\\nyears. He went thence to Nashville, where he re-\\nmained two years, engaged in blacksmithing. The\\nfollowing year he went upon a farm in Olivet. His\\nne.xt remove was to Sanilac County, and he settled\\nin Buel Township, March 28, 1S74, where he bouglit\\n40 acres of land. He has since purcjiased 40 acres\\nmore, and has cleared 25 acres. He enlisted Aug.\\n28, 1861, in Co. D, i6th N. Y. Inf and his regiment\\nwas assigned to Brooks Division of Bartlett s Brigade,\\nSixth Army Corps, under Gen. Sedgwick. Among\\nother engagements, he participated in the fight of\\nGaines Mill, the Seven Days Fight before Rich-\\nmond, at Antietam, Fredericksburg (first and second),\\nunder Burnside, and at Chancellorsville under Gen.\\nHooker. His regiment was mustered out just after\\nthe last named battle, in 1864. Here-enlisted in\\nthe First N. Y. Light Artillery, Battery C, and served\\nuntil the close of the war. He was mustered out\\nthe second time June 22, 1865.\\nThe first marriage of Mr. Hicks occurred Aug. 24,\\ni860, when Amanda M. Downing became his wife.\\nShe was born April 25, 1840, and died Jan. 5, 1866,\\nleaving two children,\u00e2\u0080\u0094 George A., born March 13,\\n1862, in Gouverneur, St. Lawrence Co., M. Y., and\\nAlfonso Lamartine, born March i, 1864, in the same\\nplace. Mr. Hicks was a second time married, Dec.\\n28, 1867, to Julia A., daughter of William and Laura\\n(Ellis) Kinne. The father was born Jan. 26, 1801,\\nand died March 25, 1875, in St. Lawrence County.\\nThe mother was born Sept. 25, 1805, and died Dec.\\n17, 187 I. One child, Charles Augustus, was born of\\nthe marriage of Mr. and Mrs. Hicks, Aug. 31, 1873,\\nin Woodland, Barry Co., Mich. The parents are\\nmembers of the Christian Church at Nashville. Mr.\\nHicks is a member of the National Greenback party,\\nand has been School Inspector. He has served four\\nyears as Justice of the Peace.\\n^i!l!l\\n.\u00e2\u0096\u00a0^Vjl ohn G. Hamilton, farmer, section 5, Mar-\\n^Mj^ lette Township, is the son of William and\\nA^** Wilhelmina (Gibb) Hamilton. His parents\\n^b were born, lived and died in Scotland, where\\nhe was born, Oct. 24, 1824. He was reared\\nto maturity in his native country and emigrated\\nthence to America when he was 22 years of age.\\nHe settled in Canada and worked as a tailor until\\nthe spring of 1856, when he determined on joining\\nthe throng who found in Michigan a desirable point\\nfor the furtherance of their ambitions and purposes\\nin life. He bought 320 acres in Marlette Township,\\nwhich was all in a state of nature, and on which he\\nlocated and operated about 18 months, when he re-\\nturned to the Dominion. He passed 12 years in the\\nProvince of Ontario, and in 1870 re-occupied his\\nfarm in Sanilac County. He has since resided\\nthereon and has redeemed 100 acres from its original\\nState and placed it in fair tillable condition, thus\\nyC^\\n9\\ni\\nv", "height": "2866", "width": "2206", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph09chic_0252.jp2"}, "253": {"fulltext": "^M\\nV :mi^lili\\nf\\n(h\\n*^J\\nV\\nt\\nt7\\nSANILAC COUNTY.\\n-sSv;-\u00c2\u00ab~\\nadding substantially to the material benefit and pros-\\nperity of Sanilac County.\\nHe was married Njv. 2, 1849, in Canada, to Mar-\\ngaret Ramsey, who was born Aug. 12, 1826, in the\\ncity of Dublin, Ireland, and is the daughter of Wil-\\nliam and Agnes (Wallace) Ramsey, natives of Scot-\\nland. Of seven children born of their marriage five\\nsurvive. They are Jessie, Maggie, William, Jennie\\nand Gavin. Those deceased are Agnes and Maggie.\\nMr. HarRilton is a Republican in political faith. He\\nand his wife were both brought up in the Presbyterian\\nChurch.\\n257\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0n\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0^jLohn S. Bagley, farmer, section 28, Buel\\njH^ L Township, was born Aug. 3, 1820, in\\n%v^ County Kildare, Ireland. His parents,\\nIsaac and Hannah (Sale) Bagley, were natives\\n]C of the Emerald Isle, and had nine children,\\nwho were born in the following order: Sarah\\n(deceased), Richard, John S., Maria, Hannah, Wil-\\nliam and three others who died in infancy.\\nMr. Bagley passed his boyhood and youth in his\\nnative land, where he obtained such education as\\nthat country affords, though he had no advantages of\\nfree schools. At the age of i8 years he came to\\nAmerica, landing at Quebec, Can. He proceeded to\\na place 45 miles from that city, where an uncle re-\\nsided, and passed the first winter there. He decided\\nto become a landholder and became the proprietor of\\n200 acres of land, entering a claim under the regu-\\nlations of the laws of the Dominion relating to early\\nsettlers. He built a log house, in which he lived\\nalone one winter and devoted his attention to clear-\\ning away the heavy timber on the place. The sever-\\nity of the climate caused him to change his opinion\\nof the feasibility of farming in that bleak section, and\\nin the spring he abandoned his claim and went to\\nMontreal, where he entered upon an apprenticeship\\nto learn the trade of a bricklayer and plasterer.\\nAfter serving the stipulated time of three years, he\\nproceeded to East Minden, New York, where he re-\\nmained one year working at his trade. He returned\\nto Canada at the expiration of that time, where he\\nremained two years, and about at the expiration of\\nK^\\nthat time he changed his condition of single blessed-\\nness.\\nHe was married Oct. 19, 1849, to Emma Ann\\nHumphries. She was born July 15, 1833, in Percy,\\nNorthumberland Co., Can., was the daughter of\\nIsrael and Amanda (Stone) Humphries, and died\\nJune 30, 1884, in Buel Township, aged 51 years.\\nBoth her parents died in Percy Township, Canada,\\nthe demise of the father occurring Dec. 19, 1855,\\nthat of the mother, March 2, 1844. The former was\\nborn in England, and the latter in Canada, of parents\\nwho were of New York State origin. Mr. and Mrs.\\nBagley have had 13 children, 10 of whom survive.\\nFollowing is the record of their birth John S., born\\nMay 10, 1854 William Henry, July 24, 1857 Israel,\\nJune 3, 1859; George W., Aug. 23, 1S62; Emma A.,\\nOct. 8, 1867; Elena, Oct. 19, 1869; Isaac, Oct. 22,\\n1871; Richard, Dec. 16, 1874; Harvey, Aug. 18,\\n1876. Three children died in early infancy un-\\nnamed.\\nMr. Bagley came to Sanilac County, April 15,\\n1879, and bought 80 acres of wild land. He has re-\\nclaimed 35 acres, and built a substantial and good x=i\\nframe house and a barn. In political sentiment he 9^!\\nis a Democrat, and holds the views of anti-monopoly.\\nHe has served his township as Supervisor three\\nyears, and at the spring election of the current year\\nhe was elected Justice of the Peace. He is a mem-\\nber of the Church of England, as was also his wife.\\n-^-44l#\\nC\\nC:\\ni^\\nKSiaplexander Donaldson, druggist and dealer\\n3|\\nm agricultural implements in the village of\\nMelvin, was born July 7, 1836, in Lower Can-\\nada. His parents, William and Ellen (Premo)\\nDonaldson, were of Scotch and French origin.\\nWhen Mr. Donaldson reached the period of his\\nmajority, he engaged in the manufacture of brick, in\\nwhich he operated to a considerable extent for a\\nperiod of ten years, in his native province. In the\\nautumn of 1869 he came to the township of Speaker\\nand located on section 7, on 140 acres of land, on\\nwhich he resided some years. He finally sold the\\n:sijg^^\\nplace and proceeded to Kansas with the intention of\\nsettling there permanently, but he remained there", "height": "2866", "width": "2206", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph09chic_0253.jp2"}, "254": {"fulltext": "Mkr^^m^\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0m\\n258\\nf\\n^IIIl^tlIl^ T^\\nSANILAC COUNTY.\\nonly one year, when he returned to Speaker Town-\\nship. He became proprietor by purchase of 120\\nacres of land on sections 5 and 8. The place now\\nincludes 80 acres of improved and cultivated land.\\nHe is a progressive and prosperous farmer, and is\\nconsidered able authority on agricultural matters.\\nHe has been President and is now Director of the\\nBrockway District Agricultural Society, in which he\\nhas taken much interest and advanced its welfare.\\nIn the year 1856 he was married to Catherine,\\ndaughter of Henry and Margaret Cable, natives of\\nEngland. Mrs. Donaldson was born in 1836, and is\\nthe mother of six promising sons, Henry M., Wil-\\nliam G., Charles A., James B., John and Fred-\\nerick F.\\ntssuiJ^^r-\\nK^^-^-SWrow*\\ni=S!f -f^f t oseph Neumann, farmer, section 20, Mar-\\nW^ V\\n.\u00e2\u0096\u00a0tte Township, was born April 17, 1837,\\nin. Austria. His parents, Francis and\\nCatherine (Huffnier) Neumann, were also na-\\n]C^ tives of Austria. He was about 17 years old\\nwhen he emigrated to America. He came\\ndirect to Marlette Township, where he entered a\\nclaim of 320 acres of land. On this he has since\\nexpended his strength and energies, and now has\\n130 acres of his original tract, with 70 acres under\\ncultivation.\\nThe first marriage of Mr. Neumann occurred in\\nDetroit, in December, i860, to Augusta Shrine, a\\nnative of Germany. From this union the issue was\\neight children, named Adaline, Rosa, Caroline, Mary\\nL., Frank J., Edmund, Frona and Anna J. The\\nmother died May 16, 1875. Mr. Neumann was a\\nsecond time married, April 25, 1883, in the township\\nof Marlette, to Euphemia (McKenzie) Ronald,\\nwidow of William Ronald, who lost his life in the\\ngreat fire which devastated Sanilac County on the\\n5th of September, i88r. His body was recovered\\nfour days after he met his death. His clothing was\\nnearly all destroyed in the flames. Mrs. Neumann is\\na native of Canada, where she was born Dec. 7,\\n1844. She is the mother of ten children by her first\\nmarriage, whose names are Jane, Daniel (deceased),\\nJohn J., Mary A. (deceased), Euphemia, William,\\nMaggie, Elijah A., Etta E. (deceased), and Roland\\n(deceased). By the last marriage she has one child\\nWensel A., born March 22, 1884.\\nMr. Neumann is a Democrat in his political beliet\\nand connections. He has officiated in the local and\\nschool offices. In addition to the farm he owns in\\nMarlette, he owns 170 acres of land in Talbot\\nCo., Md.\\nohn Ersk.ine,farmer, section 21, Buel Town-\\nship, was born in Bawny Parisli, Lancaster-\\nshire, Scotland, June 7, 1806. His par-\\n^.Lg ents, John and Jeannette (Young) Erskine,\\nir were also natives of Scotland. They were\\nmarried in their native land and came with\\ntheir family to America in June, 1831. There were\\nfour persons, and their entire financial resources\\ncomprised three half-crowns, English money, and the\\nfather lent one of these to a man who was a neigh-\\nbor in the old country, who accompanied them to\\nAmerica. The elder^ Erskine and his son John ob-\\ntained employment as farm laborers at $6 per month,\\nboard included. The son continued in that avenue\\nof labor a twelvemonth, when he became a fireman\\non a St. Lawrence River steamer, plying between\\nMontreal and Quebec. The next year his father\\nrented a farm in the State of New York, where he\\nworked through the season. The father and second\\nson remained on the place a second year, and John\\nagain fired on a river steamer. They bought 100\\nacres of land 70 miles south of Montreal, where the\\nfather died. May 11, 1845. He was born in 1770.\\nTlie mother was born in the same year and died\\nthree months after her husband, her demise occur-\\nring Aug. 12, 1845.\\nJohn and Alexander retained the farm while their\\nparents lived, but sold out and severed their business\\nconnection soon after their decease. John bought a\\nfarm which comprised 50 acres, and his sister became\\nhis housekeeper. He lived on this place eight years,\\nsold out, and in September, 1853, he again became a\\nsailor. He operated from that time until December,\\n1855, in the lake service between Buffalo and Chi-\\ncago. During this period he pre-empted 340 acres\\nA\\nmm^\\nmM^^\\nz\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0r^\\n-^S^^^", "height": "2866", "width": "2206", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph09chic_0254.jp2"}, "255": {"fulltext": "ml\\n))s^#-\\n^v^nni^niii^\\nT\\n4^^5C(\u00c2\u00aevS\\nf\\no\\nSAN/LAC COUNTY.\\n259\\nof land in tlie Dominion, and his sister resided on\\nthe property until he paid for it. He then sold out,\\nand in October, 1S56, he removed to Sanilac County,\\nwhere he has since resided He is a Democrat in\\npolitical sentiment, and was Ijrought up under the\\nregime of the Presbyterian Church. Two sisters of\\nMr. Erskine died in Scotland, one at the age of 11\\nyears, the other in September, 1845. Alexander and\\nJeannette came with John and the parents to Amer-\\nica. The remaining sister died Dec. 9, 1857, in\\nBuel Township.\\nIf|) *^|,iram C. Wooley farmer, section i, Mar-\\nT-M^^ lette Township, was born Feb. 28, 1845, in\\n;f^ Elgin Co., Can., and is a son of Henry and\\nA Eliza (Brooks) Wooley, both of whom were\\nf born in the Dominion. He was educated and\\nI grew to manhood in his native province, and on\\nreaching the period of his independent life he\\nengaged in farming. In February, 1882. he came to\\nSanilac County, where he identified himself with the\\nagricultural community, settling on 200 acres of land\\nwhich had been entered as a claim by his father in\\n1859. Of this he has already cleared 28 acres and\\nplaced it in creditable condition. In his political\\nviews he is independent.\\nHis marriage to iVIarilla Dean occurred in Canada,\\nNov. 25, 1869. She is a native of Elgin County,\\nand has four children born of her union with Mr.\\nWooley. They are Lovilla E., William E., Ernest\\nA. and Nina M.\\nI illiam Murray, one of the leading agri-\\ni^^i^ culturists of Sanilac County, resident on\\nJj^^O section 20, Speaker Township, was born\\nK in 1834, in Scotland, and is the son of\\nThomas and Margaret Murray. The par-\\nents were natives of the land of cakes, and\\ncame to America in 1849. They landed at the port\\nof New Nork and made their way to the Grand\\nRiver country of Canada, settling in Haldimand\\nCounty, where they passed the remainder of their\\nlives, engaged in farming.\\nMr. Murray engaged in active labor in his native\\ncountry when he was 16 years old, and after coming\\nto Canada he engaged in farming. He became a\\nland-holder of Michigan in i86i, when he came to\\nSanilac County and purchased 160 acres of wild land.\\nHe returned to Canada and remained two years\\nand in 1863 removed his family and interests to the\\ntownship of Speaker and settled himself for life on\\nthe tract of land he had purchased, and which has\\nsince been his field of labor, and where he has made\\nsuccessful application of his abilities and efforts.\\nHis farm is one of the most valuable in the township,\\nand includes 120 acres of land under first-class im-\\nprovement, with two excellent barns and an elegant\\nfarm residence.\\nMrs. Elizabeth (Clark) Murray, his wife, was born\\nAug. 8, 1838, in Paisley, Scotland. She is the\\ndaughter of William and Margaret (Easton) Clark,\\nalso of Scottish birth. They emigrated with their\\nfamily to Canada, where the mother died in 1874.\\nThe father is 80 years of age. Thomas, Margaret,\\nWilliam, Agnes, Mary E. and Jennie are the chil-\\ndren that have been born to Mr. and Mrs. Murray.\\nIn their family is an adopted son, Frederick. They\\nare members of the Methodist Episcopal Church.\\nMr. Murray accepts the principles and issues of the\\nRepublican party.\\n-5\u00e2\u0080\u0094\\ny^\\nC^\\nc^:\\n(I\\n^FplJt eorge H. Banks, farmer, section 21, Elmer\\nJi btMJii Township, was born Aug. 7, 1819, in York-\\njjli^r^ shire, England. His parents, George and\\nVk Ann (Henderson) Banks, were born, lived and\\ndied in England. They had eight children.\\n1 The father was a farmer and miller and died\\nin 1829. Mr. Banks is the youngest child of his par- 1\\nents, and before the death of his father, was appren- f\\nticed to learn the trade of a tailor, which he followed\\nin his native country until he was 26 years of age. i^\\nIn 1845 he left England and came to Ontario, Can.,\\nwhere he engaged in agricultural pursuits until 1868,\\n^C^D 3 IiniD-V^ ^^^^f^", "height": "2866", "width": "2206", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph09chic_0255.jp2"}, "256": {"fulltext": "260\\n(b\\nV\\ns\\nSANILAC COUNTY.\\n^:sr\\nwhen he came to Michigan, hoping to find better\\nadvantages in the calling to which he desired to de-\\nvote the remaining years of his life. His was one of\\nthe earliest permanent settlers in the township of\\nElmer, where he entered a claim of 160 acres under\\nthe provisions of the Homestead Act. The country\\nwas in an almost unsettled condition; there were no\\ngeneral thoroughfares of travel and the point of sup-\\nplies was 16 miles away, necessitating the carryingof\\nof the necessities of life all that distance on men s\\nbacks. He has succeeded in his farm and business\\nmanagement, notwithstanding severe losses from the\\nrecent fires which have devastated Sanilac County.\\nIn thatof 1881 he lost heavily in fencing material\\nand other property, and later his house and its con-\\ntents were destroyed. He has improved and culti-\\nvated 100 acres of his farm, and put it in the best\\npossible agricultural condition. He belongs to the\\nDemocratic element in politics, and has held the\\nlocal offices of Justice of the Peace, Highway Com-\\nmissioner and Township Clerk, and is now School\\nInspector. He was married Aug. 2, 185 2, in Victoria\\nCo., Can., to Lordy Marks, who was born June 17,\\n1826, in Cornwall, Eng., and came with her parents\\nto Canada when she was 20 years of age. Mr. and\\nMrs. Banks have had ten children, two of whom are\\ndeceased, Henry and Betsey. Those who survive\\nare Ann, Frederick, John, Caroline, William, Alice,\\nGeorge and Charles. The parents are members of\\nthe Free Methodist Chnrch.\\nfSUvaro Collins, farmer, section 31, Buel\\n4 Township, was born Sept. 19, 184S, in Dur-\\nham, O.xford Co., Can., and is the son of\\nBenjamin and Asenath (Walker) Collins. (See\\nsketch of Benjamin Collins.) Mr. Collins was\\nmarried Jan. 28, 1876, to MaTgaret Todd, who\\nwas born Jan. 7, 1849, near Bear Creek, Canada,\\nand was one of ten children born to her parents, nine\\nof whom were sons. (She is the fourth in order of\\nbirth.) They were named Samuel, James, John,\\nWiUiam, Thomas, Reuben, Joseph, Alexander and\\nRobert. The latter lost his life by an accident in the\\nlumber woods. John Todd, the father, died in the\\nUnited States Army in 1862. The mother died in\\nFremont about 15 years ago. The following children\\nhave been born to Mr. and Mrs. Collins: Samuel,\\nOct. 6, 1878, died in August, 1879 Esther Maud,\\nSept. 7, 1881; John Wellington, October, 1883.\\nMr. Collins is an adherent of the Republican\\nparty, and has served his township six years as\\nJustice of the Peace, and two years as Drain Com-\\nmissioner.\\n^^^^^\u00e2\u0096\u00a0^^m-^ b-\\nSsharles rietcher is one of the substantial\\nand enterprising farmers of Speaker Town-\\nship, and is operating in the business of\\npl(^ farming and stock-breeding. He is the son\\n1\\\\ of Edward and Mary (Hurd) Fletcher, of\\nEnglish nativity, and was born June 12, 1826,\\nin Langton, England. His mother died when he\\nwas three years old, and he was in the care of his\\nfather until he reached the age of 12 years. On the\\n15th of May, the customary day in England for the\\nhiring of servants, he engaged to serve one year for\\nthe sum of 30 shillings, English money. For his\\nsecond year of service he received double the wages,\\nand in the year following he engaged with a brother\\nof his first employer, for four and one-half pounds\\nper year. He remained in this last employ two\\nyears, obtaining increased pay. In 185 i he came to\\nthe United States, landing at the port of New York.\\nHe proceeded to the city of Rochester, and obtained\\nfarm work in that vicinity. He spent two years there\\nand went thence to Wisconsin, where he was en-\\ngaged four years in farming. During three and a\\nhalf years succeeding, he was engaged in the same\\nvocation in Indiana, going thence to Canada. He\\nwas there engaged as a farm laborer between five\\nand six years, when he removed to Iowa. Ten\\nmonths later he made a permanent settlement on 80\\nacres of land in Speaker Township. He added 240\\nacres by later purchase, and is now in possession ot\\nthat amount of real estate, having deeded 80 acres\\nto his son. In 1878 he erected one of the finest res-\\nidences in Speaker Township, and his farm is also\\nsupplied witii large and convenient barns and other\\nfixtures necessary to successful agriculture. Mr.\\nc\\nr?\\nsM\\\\^^^^\\nmm^ i", "height": "2866", "width": "2206", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph09chic_0256.jp2"}, "257": {"fulltext": "SANILAC COUNTY.\\n261\\ns\\n(i)\\nV\\nFletcher is a Republican in political sentiment, and\\nhas served his township as Justice of the Peace six\\nyears.\\nHe was married in 1851 to Dinah P. Goy. She is\\nthe daughter of William and Margaret Goy, who\\nwere natives of England. Mrs. Fletcher was born\\nSept. 7, 1829. Her ten sons and daughters were\\nborn as follows Margaret E., April 4, 1852; Wil-\\nliam H., Oct. 23, 1854 (died Feb. 13, 1862); Ann\\nE., July 10, r856; George E, Aug. 29, 1858; Fred-\\nerick C, Jan. 13, i860; Fanny E., Dec. 6,1862;\\nWilliam H., June 6, 1865 Robert S., Nov. 24, 1867\\nWebster F., March 14, 1S70; Mary P., Feb. 24,\\n1874 (died Sept. i, 1876). Mr. and Mrs. Fletcher\\nbelong to the Baptist Church.\\nI^Sl dward M. Denton, farmer, section 9, Moore\\n^i, Township, was born May 14, 1850, in\\nSJtsti Memphis, Macomb Co., Mich., and is the\\nson of Darius and Aletia (Lynch) Denton, both\\nJ of whom were natives of the State of New York.\\nThe father was born in 1809, and died June 18,\\n18S2. The mother was born in 1815, and resides in\\nMemphis.\\nMr. Denton obtained a substantial education in a\\ngraded school at Memphis, and afterwards skidied\\nmedicine two years in the Medical College at Detroit.\\nIn 1881 he came to Sanilac County and located\\n160 acres of land on sections 3, 4 and 9 of Moore\\nTownship. He was married Nov. 21, 1S83, to Ida\\nNunn. She was born Nov. 14, 1864, in Elmer, El-\\ngin Co., Can., and is a daughter of Rev. Isaac B. and\\nMary A. (Hanstead) Nunn. Her father was born in\\nCanada, in 1837; her mother in England, in 1840.\\nThey reside in Argyle Township, Sanilac County. Mr.\\nDenton is a Republican, and in the spring of 1884\\nwas elected Drain Commissioner. Mrs. Denton is a\\nlady of exceptional intellectual attainments and has\\nbeen a teacher since she was 15 years of age. She\\nis now engaged in the same occupation, in the dis-\\ntrict where she resides. She is a Baptist in religious\\nbelief.\\nMr. and Mrs. Denton are regarded as leading\\nmembers of their generation in the community to\\nwhich they belong. They possess literary abilities\\nbeyond the common order and are both connected\\nwith the local press in the capacity of correspondents.\\ni-^-\\np^C ohn Nicolson, farmer, resident on section\\n\u00c2\u00a3i#J 1 6, Marlette Township, was born Dec. 22,\\n18491 Scotland, of which country his\\nparents, William and Catherine (Davison)\\nNicolson, were natives. He emigrated from\\nthe land of his birth to Canada when he was\\n15 years of age, and remained a resident of the Do-\\nminion until 1879. In the spring of that year he\\ncame to Sanilac County, and bought 80 acres of land\\nin the township of which he has since been a citi-\\nzen. To his original acreage he has added 50 acres,\\nand has placed 70 acres under cultivation. He is an\\nadherent to the tenets of no political organization,\\nbeing entirely independent in his views and connec-\\ntions. He has held the offices of School Moderator\\nand Drain Commissioner.\\nHe was married March 5, 1879, in Halton Co.,\\nOut., to Nancy Whitley. She is a native of the Do-\\nminion, and a daughter of Thomas and Ellen (Mc-\\nMillin) Whitley. Ellen J., Catherine H. and Thomas\\nW. are the names of the children born to Mr. and\\nMrs. Nicolson.\\nlexander Arnot, farmer, section 28, Lex-\\nn ington Township, was born April 8, 1843,\\nin Darlington, Can. His father, John B.\\nArnot, removed with his family to Texas in\\n1852, where they remained one year. In\\n1S54 they located in the township of Lexing-\\nton, where the father bought 120 acres of land. On\\nthis he lived and labored, and at the date\\nof his death had cleared more than 80 acres.\\nHe died June 16, 1865. The subject s mother, Janet\\nMcDougal Arnot, died in Canada, Nov. 1, 1847.\\nHer parents were natives of the Highlands of Scot-\\n9\\nci\\nI", "height": "2866", "width": "2206", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph09chic_0257.jp2"}, "258": {"fulltext": "262\\nSANILAC COUNTY.\\n-4?^C\\njj\\nt\\nland, and had five children, two of whom died in in-\\nfancy. James, the eldest, is a farmer of Croswell\\nTownsh .p.\\nMr. Arnot of this sketch is the second in order of\\nbirth. Mr. Arnot is the proprietor of the homestead\\nof his parents, which he obtained by paying the\\nclaims of the other heirs. He owns 100 acres of\\nland.\\nMr. Arnot was married in Bournanville, Can.,\\nMarch 26, 1868, to Agnes, daughter of James and\\nEllen (Montgomery) Heal. She was born in the\\nsame place, May 8, 1849. The children in Mr. A. s\\nfamily are: Ellen, who was born Aug. 19, 1869;\\nJohn B., June ii, 1873; and Edgar J., April 4, 1880.\\n/7S\\n/avid M. Langan. M. D., physician and sur-\\nk^^il geon, resident at Peck, was born in I.ena-\\nIr^ wee Co., Mich., Jan. 5, 1847. His parents,\\nYjfx John and Catherine (Camburn) Langan, were\\nnatives of New Jersey, and descended from\\ni Scotch ancestors, who were Quakers. His father\\nwas a boot and shoe maker by trade, and after his\\nmarriage removed to Michigan. He settled in Ma-\\ncon, Lenawee County, in 1831, where he was one of\\nthe earliest of the permanent pioneer settlers. He\\nthere pursued his vocation until his death, which oc-\\ncurred March 4, 1874, when he was 74 years of age.\\nThe mother is 69 years old and resides on the old\\nhomestead. Their family comprised eight children,\\nall of whom are living. Lavinia is a resident of\\nLenawee County; George is a citizen of Ludington;\\nSarah J. resides with the mother, as does William,\\nthe second son; Hebron lives in Allegan; Susan\\nlives at home.\\nMr. Langan is the seventh child and fourth son.\\nHe remained at liome until he was 17 years old, and\\nup to that time attended the common schools. In\\n1864 he went to Adrian, where he entered upon a\\ncourse of preparatory study. He went thence to\\nMilwaukee, Wis., where he studied practical dentistry\\nunder the supervision of Drs. D. W. Perkins and G.\\nB. Cady. He remained there two years, and, owing\\nto impaired health, spent the next two years in out-\\ndoor vocations. At the expiration of that time he\\nbegan the study of medicine in the oftice and under\\nthe direction of Dr. S. Catlin, of Tecumseh, Lenawee\\nCo., Mich. He read diligently two years, and in\\n1873 entered the Medical Department of the Uni-\\nversity of Michigan at Ann Arbor. He finished a\\ncomplete course of study at that institution, and in\\nJune, 1875, ca.ne to Peck, where he entered at once\\nupon the practice of his profession, which he has\\nsince prosecuted with satisfactory results. In the\\nwinter of 1883-4 he attended a course of lectnres at\\nthe Medical College of Detroit. The business of Dr.\\nLangan has steadily increased in success and popu-\\nlarity until he has risen to competence. He has\\nac(]uired a well-deserved repute for skill and atten-\\ntion to the duties of his practice, and is warmly\\nesteemed for his genial nature and fine social qual-\\nities.\\nHe was married Dec. 19, 187S, in Shannonville,\\nHastings Co Ont., to Myra Howell, who was born in\\nTyendinaga Township, Hastings County, May 6, 1852,\\nand is the daughter of Richard and Janet (Bedford)\\nHowell. They were of Welch descent, and their\\nancestors were of New England origin. In early\\nyouth they went to Prince Edward Co., Ont., when\\nthat county was new. There the father was a farmer\\nby calling, and later in life removed his family to\\nHastings Co., Ont., where he resided until Iris death\\nin 187 I, at the age of 60 years. The mother is 65\\nyears old, and resides on the homestead in Ontario.\\nTheir family consisted of nine children, all of whom\\nare living. Mrs. Langan is the seventh child and\\nfourth daughter. She was carefully educated under\\nthe care of her parents in her native county. One\\nchild has been born to Dr. and Mrs. Langan, who\\ndied in early infancy. Dr. Langan is a Democrat in\\npolitical views and actions. He and his wife are\\nmembers of the Methodist Episcopal Church.\\n^j ^#j \u00c2\u00bb^\u00c2\u00bbV;oot E^?%r\\n1 IHf Sawtell, farmer, section 32, Lamotte\\nI kS^ Township, is the son of Gains and Phila\\n4^^T (Kellogg) Sawtell. His father was born in\\n6l(j 1794, in thti State of New York; his mother\\nwas a native of Pennsylvania. Both are de-\\nceased. Mr. Sawtell was born Aug. 10, 1828, in\\nErie Co., N. Y. He was but six years old when his\\ni\\nc^:\\n(V\\n-*#ts^^", "height": "2866", "width": "2206", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph09chic_0258.jp2"}, "259": {"fulltext": "SANILAC COUNTY.\\nfe r\u00e2\u0080\u0094\\n263\\n(a\\nr\\nf^\\ns^^\\n(l\\nfather died, and he remained with his mother but one\\nyear after that event. ^Vhen he was 27 years of age\\nhe came to Lapeer Co., Mich., where he became in-\\nterested in the pursuit of agriculture, and continued\\nto operate there until the spring of 1870, when he\\nbecame a resident of Sanilac County. He located\\nin Lamotte Township, where he bought 80 acres of\\nland. The place is now in fine condition, with good\\nfarm buildings. Mr. Sawtell is an adherent of the\\nRepublican party, and has been identified with the\\nlocal official interests of the township since be be-\\ncame a resident. He has held the oftice of Super-\\nvisor four terms, Justice of the Peace and Treasurer\\nthree terms and Highway Commissioner. He is\\npresent Postmaster, and has received two aijpoint-\\nuients to the position, in 187 i and 1881. He is a\\nBaptist in religious belief\\nHe was married in 1848, to Mary UnderhiU, who\\nwas born in New York, and is the daughter of Fred-\\nerick and Sarah UnderhiU, both of whom were na-\\ntives of New York. The wife died in September of\\nthe same year of her marriage The second marriage\\nof Mr. Sawtell was to Lydia A., daughter of David\\nand Mary (Waterman) Fisher, natives of New York.\\nFour children have been born of the second marriage,\\nDavid E., Nov. 14, 1S54; Mary E., Oct. i, 1856;\\nCassius L., Oct. 3, 1863; Nettie, May 4, 1868.\\nilliam MeLeod, general niercliant at Mel-\\nvin and Town Clerk of Speaker Township,\\nwas born April i, iS59,in Canada. He is\\n^^M^ the son of Kenneth and Isabella (McPhee)\\nMcLeod, who were also natives of Canada.\\nIn 1863, they became residents of Michigan\\nand now live on 80 acres of land on section 20,\\nSpeaker Township.\\nMr. McLeod became a clerk in the employment of\\nCharles Dewey, of Melvin, when he was but 14 years\\nof age, and operated in that capacity eight years. He\\nobtained a good practical education, and has taught\\nthree terms of school. He has no particular ]jolitical\\nbias. His first election to the incumbency of Town-\\nship Clerk occurred in 18S1, and he has been sue-\\n^tK^dh\\ncessively re-elected since to the same position. He\\nis a member of the Masonic Order.\\nHis marriage to Mary J. Goheen occurred in De-\\ncember, 1878. She was born in 1859, in Canada,\\nand is the daughter of Robert and Ann Goheen, who\\nwere born in Canada. Ella A., born June 13, 1880,\\nand Hugh, born April 2, 1882, are the children of the\\nhousehold of Mr. and Mrs. McLeod.\\n\\\\!iS\u00c2\u00a3SiM^r\\nW^-.- ^mmm\\nliver B. Jacobs, druggist at Peck, was born\\n_,, Nov. 17, 1847, in Whitby, Ont. His father,\\n^y Charles Jacobs, was born in the State of\\nf Pennsylvania, of English parentage. He was\\na blacksmith by trade and married Elizabeth\\nWarner, a native of Ontario and descended\\nfrom American ancestors. I he family came to Mich-\\nigan in 1863, and the father resided in Sanilac\\nCounty until his death, in November, 1881. The\\nmother died in Ontario, when her son was 18 months\\nold. He was placed in charge of his grandmother,\\nMrs. [ane Warner, who cared for him with all the\\nkindness and interest of a mother. In July, 1866, he\\ncame to Michigan and located at Le.xington, where\\nhe engaged as a salesman in the mercantile estab-\\nlishment of J. N. Clark. He began to teach when\\nhe was 2 1 years old in the district schools, which oc-\\ncupation he followed for some time. He then entered\\na drug store in Lexington, where he was employed a\\nshort time, and later, in company with Charles Part-\\nridge, embarked in the stave business. The enter-\\nprise continued two years, and on its termination he\\nwent to Brockway Center, where he became foreman\\nin the saw-mill of John Stillson. He passed six\\nyears in that position. His ne,\\\\t business was as\\nagent for a nursery firm in New York, in which he re-\\nmained one year. In December, 1881, he came to\\nPeck and established himself in his present business,\\nwhich he has since continued with prosperous results.\\nHe owns his stock, a desirable village lot and 40\\nacres of land on section 35, Elk Township, all of\\nwhich is improved.\\nMr. Jacobs is a subscriber to the tenets of the Re-\\npublican party. He has served two terms as Town-\\nship Clerk, and is now discharging the duties of his\\nsy\\nJ\\n^m^\\ngnD^", "height": "2866", "width": "2206", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph09chic_0259.jp2"}, "260": {"fulltext": "^nr^\\nmmMy\\nT\\nSAN/LAC COUNTY.\\nZ^^s^^^T\\nthird term in that incumbency. He has been for\\nfour years the Under- Sheriff of Sanilac County. He\\n.1^ was married May 5, 1874, at Lexington, to Mary\\nT Ryan. She is of Irish descent, and her father is liv-\\ning in Ontario. Her mother died in that jirovince.\\nMrs. Jacobs was born in the city of Buffalo. She\\nwas reared by her relatives and on reaching mature\\nage came to Michigan. Mr. and Mrs. Jacobs have\\nthree children, namely, Charles W., Lillie O. and\\nElizabeth M.\\nS\\nt\\nl^amuel J. Welch, proprietor of the Elk Saw\\nand Grist Mills, in Elk Township, was\\nborn Sept. 22, 1S43, Washington Co.,\\nN. Y. He is a son of S. O. and Betsey Ann\\n(Barrett) Welch, both of whom were born in\\nthe State of New York, of New England line-\\nage. His father is a farmer, miller and lumberman,\\nand is now a resident of Brockway Center, where he\\nis a prominent agriculturist and is 65 years of age.\\nThe mother of Samuel J. died at Brockway Center\\nin 185 I. Their family included six children.\\nWhen Mr. Welch was 12 years old, he came with\\nhis parents to Sanilac Co., Mich. Two years later\\nthey transferred their family and interests to Brock-\\nway, St. Clair Co., Mich., where they engaged in\\nfarming. There the son remained until he was 19\\nyears old, when he set out alone in his struggle with\\nthe world. He had no difficulty in obtaining em-\\nployment in the lumber woods and on the river, and\\nin alternate seasons on farms. At the age of 24 he\\nwas married, at Brockway Center, to Rachel A.\\nWedge. She was born in Dereham, Ont., Nov. 9,\\n1847, and is the daughter of John and Mary (Moore)\\n\\\\Vedge, natives of Canada and born respectively of\\nIrish-German and English parentage. Her father\\nis a farmer by occupation and resides at Brockway\\nCenter, aged about 76 years, and her mother died\\nthere Sept. 10, 1882, aged 73 years. They came to\\nSt. Clair County in 1855, and the daughter was a\\nresident with her parents until her marriage. The\\nfour children of Mr. and Mrs. Welch were born as\\nfollows: Betty A., Jan. 28, 1867; Mary L., Dec. 29,\\n1868; Jennie E., June 5, 1876; Lillian L., July 2,\\n1878.\\n.After marriage .Mr. Welch settled in the townsliip\\nwhere he was married. He followed farming and\\nimproved 80 acres of land on which he lived until\\nApril, 1S81. His father deeded him 40 acres, includ-\\ning 20 acres of improved land, which made him\\nowner of a choice, well improved farm of 120 acres.\\nIn the month and year named he came to Elk Cor-\\nners, where he established, in company with. S. C).\\nWelch, the milling interests in which he has since\\nbeen engaged. The products of his saw and grist\\nmills are already extensive and increasing. His\\nproperty includes a residence and lot in the village\\nand a half interest in the old Ayers Mill.\\nMr. Welch is a Democrat of a radical kind.\\n(3 (7.\\nt\\nobei t Boyne, farmer, section 20, Marlette\\nTownsliip, is the son of Robert and Jean-\\ni^; nette (Spencer) Boyne, and was born \\\\[ivil 5,\\n^!p 1841, in Scotland, wiiich was also the native\\ni country of his parents, who became residents\\nof Canada before their son Robert was two\\nyears old.\\nHe was sent to the common schools of the Do-\\nminion, where he obtained a fair education. He was\\nreared to the calling of farmer, and in the fall of\\n1868 he came to Michigan, where he believed he\\nshould be able to find a wider scope for his energies\\nand secure better advantages for his children. He\\nbought 80 acres of land in Marlette Townshi|), on\\nwhich he settled and devoted his time and strength\\nto its improvement. Later, he exchanged the property\\nfor the farm, which now constitutes his homestead.\\nIt then included 80 acres. By subsequent purchase,\\nhe increased his estate to 120 acres, 70 of which is\\nnow under cultivation, and present a fine evidence of\\nthe quality of his agricultural skill and the wisdom\\nof his management. In [wlitical faith he is a Repub-\\nlican.\\nHe was united in wedlock to Frances E. While\\nMcLeod, in Canada, Ajiril 15, 1867, and the band of\\nolive branches that now brighten and bless the\\nhousehold number seven, and are named as follows\\nc^:\\nr^t\\n^^^iiii^iir", "height": "2866", "width": "2206", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph09chic_0260.jp2"}, "261": {"fulltext": "S ^f\\nK 6V^Ili]^DIl^\\nT-^^^r\\nSANTLAC COUN7Y.\\nC\\nV\\n265 S.\\nGeorge A., Robert J., Mary E., Francis J., William\\nS., Nellie M. and Walter A. The family attend the\\nPresbyterian Church, of which the parents are de-\\nvoted members.\\natthew French is a farmer of 30 years\\nstanding in Lexington Township, located\\ni i sw\u00e2\u0080\u0094 section 28 was born Nov. 24, iSi2,in\\nj/^ (^.j,.,_^(jjj j^g is t],e son of Charles and\\n\u00e2\u0080\u00a2j^ Ja-ne French, and was reared to the vocation\\nto which he has devoted his life in the Domin-\\nion. He came to Lexington Township in 1854, and\\nbought 80 acres of land. The property comprised\\n70 acres of improved land, and is now all under cul-\\ntivation except about 10 acres. The farm residence\\nis a substantial brick building, and the orchards are\\nvaluable.\\nMrs. Abigail (Patterson) French, deceased, was a\\nnative of Canada, and was married to Matthew\\nFrench in Whitchurch, Oct. ii, 1838. Six children\\nwere born of this union, William, now a farmer of\\nLexington Township; Tliyrza J., David, Mahala,\\nMary A. and Margaret. The mother died in Lex-\\nington, Oct. 13, 1862. Mr. French was a second\\ntime married, June 13, 18C6, to Janet Arnot, a native\\nof Scotland. I he family attend the Christian\\nChurch.\\n4-Ht4^f#^v,.-\\n?enry Planz, one of the substantial farmers\\nof .Marlette Township, located on section\\nI is a native of Cermany, wliere he was born\\nJuly 12, 1835. His entire ancestral lineage\\n1 was native to the Faderland, including his\\nI i)arents, Peter and Catherine Planz.\\nThe son received the solid education which is the\\nlegal heritage of the children of German parents,\\nand at the age of 2 1 years he came to America. He\\nwas a resident of the Dominion of Canada until the\\nspring of 1866, when he became interested in the\\nglowing accounts of the Peninsular State and deter-\\nmined to avail himself of its prospective agricultural\\nadvantages. He came to Sanilac County and ]nir-\\nchased the farm which has since been his field of\\nactive operation. His original purchase included 80\\nacres of land in Marlette Township. To this he\\nadded 40 acres by later purciiase, and his tillable\\nland now includes 60 acres, which he has jjlaced in\\ncredital.)le condition. In political faith he is a Re-\\npublican, and has served his generation in various\\ncapacities, among whicli arc the offices of School\\nDirector and Highway Connnissioner. \\\\n 1879 he\\nwas appointed Postmaster at Germania and held the\\nposition five years.\\nHis marriage to Barbara Schnell took place A[jril\\n5, 1864, in Canada. Of this marriage three children\\nhave been born Henry J., Selinda S. and John W.\\nMrs. Planz is a native of Germany. She and her\\nhusband are members of the Reformed Lutheran\\nChurch.\\ny^\\n^^m\\nO)\\nGardner, gram dealer at Croswell, was\\nlorn Feb. 17, 1847, in Westminster, Mid- A\\n;,p dlesex Co., Can. A. K. and Hannah E.\\n1,^2, (Sloat) Gardner, his parents, removed from the\\nDominion to Sanilac County in 1851, and pur-,\\nchased a farm in Worth Township, where they\\nhave since resided. The son was four years old at\\nthat time, and was reared to manhood on his father s\\nfarm, living at home two years after attaining his\\nmajority. He acquired a good common-school edu-\\ncation, and afterward attended one term of school\\nrespectively at Vpsilanti and Ann Arbor. His pater-\\nnal grandfather was a good mechanic, and of him\\nhe learned the trade of a carpenter. He worked at\\njoiner work as a business until the stringencies of the\\ntimes affected building so much that he decided to\\ndevote himself to some other employment. He\\nentered upon that in which he is at present engaged\\nin 1879, as an employe of P. B. Sanborn, of Port\\nHuron. He assisted in the construction of the ele-\\nvator at Croswell, and on its completion took entire\\ncharge of it.\\nHe was married Jan. 21, 1875, to Francis M\\nr^ mi^M:", "height": "2866", "width": "2206", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph09chic_0261.jp2"}, "262": {"fulltext": "t\\nStreeter. She was born Jan. 22, 185 i, in St. Law-\\nrence Co., N. Y., and is the daughter of Alonzo and\\nMaria (Johnson) Streeter. Her mother died when\\nshe was a child; lier father is a cheese manufacturer\\nin Aultsville, Can. Three children are now included\\nin the family of Mr. and Mr Gardner, born as fol-\\nlows: Winthrop A., Jan. g, 1S76; Bruce B., Aug.\\n31, 1880, and Harold, Aug. 8, 1882. The parents\\nare members of the Methodist Church. Mr. Gard-\\nner belongs to the National Greenback party.\\n-^^^*HJH5lf^^^\\nI?; ansford Scholz, farmer, section 10, Marlette\\nTownship (Town 10), was born April 5,\\n1859, in Canada, and is the son of August\\nand Christiana Scholz. The parents were\\nnatives of Germany, and emigrated thence to\\nCanada. In 1861 they came to Sanilac\\nCounty, where the father died, Dec. 25, 1880.\\nMr. Scholz was but two years of age when his\\nparents became residents of Michigan. He received\\na common-school education and was reared to man-\\nhood on the home farm, which was the property of\\nhis father, and to which he succeeded on the death\\nof the latter. Nearly the entire acreage is under\\nfine cultivation. Mr. Scholz is a Republican in\\npolitical connection.\\nHe was married in the township of Marlette, May\\n22, 1882, to Ella Gifford, who was born July 9, t863,\\nat Burnside, Lapeer Co., Mich.\\nVV^^f-\\n^-Wv^\u00e2\u0080\u0094\\nEJ^quire C. Taylor, merchant at Peck, was\\nborn April 25, 1832, in Franklin Co., Vt.\\nMr. Taylor was the second son and third\\nchild of 12 born to his parents. He was\\nreared on the farm in his native county, and\\nI when he was 20 years old he came to Michi-\\ngan. He engaged in farming in Macomb County,\\nwhere he remained eight years. In April, i860, he\\ncame to Elk Township and operated three years in\\ntraffic in staves. After that period he was occupied\\nin teaming, in farming and as a carpenter and joiner,\\nwhich trade he had learned at home in his youth.\\nHe was thus variously engaged until 1881, when he\\ncame to this place and embarked in the business\\nwhich he has since prosecuted, with satisfactory re-\\nsults. Mr. Taylor owns his place of business and\\nhis residence and 40 acres of well-improved land or.\\nsection 34, Elk Township.\\nHe was married Dec. 31, 1 86 1, to Jane Collier, a\\nnative of Ontario. She came to this county with her\\nparents, who were among its earliest settlers, and\\nwho are both deceased. She died Jan. 13, 1866, in\\nElk Township, leaving one surviving child,\u00e2\u0080\u0094 George\\nM,\u00e2\u0080\u0094 born May 2, 1863. Mary E. died in infancy.\\nMr. Taylor was married to Harriet C. Gould, in Elk\\nTownship, May 18, 1866. She was born March 12,\\n1847, in Wateriown, St. Lawrence Co., N. Y. She\\nis the mother of nine children, four of whom are\\ndeceased. Those yet living are named Louisa, John.\\nMinnie, Mary and Maud. The deceased are John\\nC, William, Claude and William W.\\nMr. Taylor is a Republican in political principle,\\nand has held the offices of Justice of the Peace and\\nHighway Commissioner.\\nC5\\nA\\nS\\nS\\n(I\\nIf oseph Kerr, farmer, section 16, Speaker\\nTownship, was born in .A.pril, 1843, in Can-\\n1^^^ ada, and is the son of Robert and Mary\\nKerr, both of whom were natives of Ireland.\\nIlf Tliey died in 1847, when their son was but\\ni four years of age, and he has lost all but the\\nfaintest remembrance of them. He was reared to the\\nage of 14 years by an uncle, and since that time has\\nrelied on his own exertions for his maintenance. He\\nleft the Dominion in 187 i and came to St. Clair Co.,\\nMich., where he was a farmer 12 years. In 1883 he\\nsold his property prior to his removal to Sanilac\\nCounty. On coming here he located on 160 acres\\nof fine fanning land, which included no acres with\\ngood improvements and suitable farm fixtures. In\\npolitical persuasion Mr. Keir is a Republican.\\nHe was married March 20, 1867. to ?*Iai-y J. Wool-\\nner. She was born in Canada in 1846, and is the\\ndaughter of Isaac and Ann Woolner, who were\\ng^\\n-L\\n^i!!l:^:t!i|i^-=^-", "height": "2866", "width": "2206", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph09chic_0262.jp2"}, "263": {"fulltext": "", "height": "2866", "width": "2206", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph09chic_0263.jp2"}, "264": {"fulltext": "i ^x^", "height": "2866", "width": "2206", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph09chic_0264.jp2"}, "265": {"fulltext": "-:2\u00c2\u00ab\u00e2\u0082\u00ac\u00c2\u00bbk: r^V 4ll H^ I Ilf -^T\\nSANILAC COUNTY.\\n(b\\ns\\nrespectively of English and Irish, descent. Follow-\\ning is the record of the children of Mr. and Mrs.\\nKerr: James, born Dec. 31, 1867; George, Oct. 26,\\n1869; Sarah A., Dec. 5, 1871; Melvin, March 25,\\n1874; Joseiih 1.., Nov. 12, 1S77. The parents are\\nmembers of the Baptist Churcli.\\n\u00c2\u00a5^i pliysician and surgeon,\\nufeJ practicing at Sandusky, was born Oct. 20,\\n^A iJ^S^ 1844, at KingsviUe, Ashtabula Co., Ohio.\\nyjlj He is the eldest surviving son of O. B. and\\nSusan (Allen) Read. His father is the son of\\nLotan Read, and was born in Vermont. The\\nfamily removed to Canada when O. B. Read was\\nabout four years of age, where his father became a\\nland-holder and accumulated a fair estate. He was\\nreijuired to take the oath of allegiance to the British\\ngovernment, which he refused to do, and he was de-\\nprived of everything he possessed, the law providing\\nin cases like his for the entire |confiscation of the\\nproperty belonging to rebellious subjects. Lotan\\nRead removed his family to Crawford Co., Pa., where\\nhe secured a claim of 160 acres of wild land and\\ncarved out another success under the protection of\\nthe Republic of the United States. His sons were\\nmade of similar material, and the father and Dr.\\nRead engaged to cut 400 cords of cypress timber at\\n25 cents a cord. He next engaged in rafting cypress\\ntimber down the Ohio and Mississippi Rivers, and\\nafterwards boated wood on Lake Erie, in company\\nwith a man named John Allen. On one occasion\\nthey were wi-ecked in a gale in Conneaut Harbor.\\nRead and Allen tied their clothes about their bodies\\nand swam ashore. The father of Allen climbed to the\\nmast-head and spent the night, whence he was re-\\nmoved by rescuers in the morning.\\nO. B. Read next turned his attention to farming,\\nwhich he pursued a short time in Ashtabula Co,\\nOhio, going thence to Crawford Co., Pa. In 1870 he\\nbecame a resident of Benzie Co., Mich. Tiie mother\\nof Dr. Read was born in the Province of Quebec,\\nnear Montreal. Her father, Elijah Allen, was a na-\\ntive of Vermont and a great-nephew of Ethan .Allen,\\nthe hero of Ticonderoga. Her mother was blind for\\na long term of years before her death. Her parents\\nremoved to Canada, and thence to Crawford Co., Pa.,\\nwhere they passed the closing years of their lives.\\nShe is living in San Francisco, Cal. She became the\\nmother of five sons and a daughter. Her oldest son,\\nWinfield S. Read, was drowned in 1S73, while bath-\\ning ill San Francisco Bay. Eva, the daugliter, is the\\nwife of Alfred Parsjiall, nnd resides in Texas. Clyde,\\nyoungest child, lives in Texas.\\nDr. Read was lirouglu up on a farm, obtaining a\\nfair common-school education. At the age of 16 lie\\ndetermined upon the career of a physican and began\\nliis reading, wliich he pursued as he could, reciting\\nonce a fortnight to Dr. Wilbuni Whitley, Examining\\nSurgeon of tiie State of Pennsylvania, during the\\nwar. Dr. Read pursued his studies in this manner\\ntwo years, when he entered the military service of\\nthe United States as a private soldier. He enlisted\\nin Conneautsville, Crawford Co., Pa., March 23, 1S63,\\nin the logth Pa. Vol. Inf, Co. C, Capt. Walter\\nDunn, senior Captain and in command of the regi-\\nment, wliich had suffered serious decimation in ac-\\ntion, and was below the numerical standard for\\norganization. It was attached to the Second Brig-\\nade, Second Division and 20th Army Cor[)s. Dr.\\nRead was detailed immediately after his enrollment\\nfor field hospital service, in which he remained until\\nhis discharge, which oc uirred in June, 1865, under\\nGeneral Order No. 77 On being mustered out he\\nreturned to Pierpont, Ohio, where he read medicine\\nsix months, with Dr. O. S. Trimmer. He then at-\\ntended the Medical College at Cleveland, Ohio, six\\nmonths, when he began his career as a practitioner at\\nCrossingville, Crawford Co., Pa.\\nTwo years later he went to Venango County, in\\nthe oil regions, where he became interested in the\\nleading business there and also practiced medicine\\nat Shambiirg. He operated there seven years, going\\nthence to Bradford, McKean County, in the same\\nState, where he continued his business four years.\\nAt the expiration of that time he went to St. Cather-\\nine s, Ont., for the purpose of studying dentistry with\\nDr. James Jones, President of the Dental Associa-\\ntion of Lincoln Co., Ont. He remained there a year,\\ncoming thence to Sandusky. He is the only regular\\nmedical practioner at the county seat of Sanilac, and\\nhas established a permanent and popular business.\\nIn 1883 he matriculated at the Medical College at\\nCincinnati, Ohio, where he was graduated Feb. 26,\\nQ\\n\u00c2\u00abif\u00c2\u00ab\\nm^\\\\m^^\\n.i^-i.\\nmm^i^\\n^.j^^jt:.\\n^i?^", "height": "2866", "width": "2206", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph09chic_0265.jp2"}, "266": {"fulltext": "ga*-\\n270\\nSANILAC COUNTY.\\ns^\\nh\\nO\\nrQ^\\n1884. Dr. Read s qualifications for his profession\\nare of a superior order. His army practice gave him\\npeculiar advantages, and his later courses of study\\nhave been of universally advantageous character.\\nHe received from John Bolander, A. M., IVI. D.,\\nProf, of Chemistry in the College at Cincinnati, a\\ndiploma in Pharmacy and Chemistry, certifying to\\nhis i|ualifications as an expert in analysis of poisons,\\nand in other avenues belonging to that branch of\\nprofessional duty.\\nHe was married March 21, 1880, to Jennie\\nBradish, daughter of Richard P.radish, of Crawford\\nCo., Pa. Lotan C, only child, was born Feb. 4,\\n1881, at Sandusky.\\ni lie portrait of Dr. Read is presented on a pre-\\nceding page. His qualifications for his profession\\nare such as to give the value of the likeness a wider\\nscope than usual, and it affords the publishers satis-\\nfaction 10 be the means of calling attention to the\\nclaims of Dr. Read as a medical practitioner of tested\\nreliability and broad experience.\\n-^tJiaz/S^-^\u00e2\u0080\u0094 l\u00c2\u00a7^\\n|?4\u00e2\u0080\u0094 ./^~SWWinv.\\nohn Tenniswood, farmer, sections 8 and 17,\\nSpeaker Township, was born March i,\\n1835, in England. His parents emigrated\\nto America in 1854, landing at the [lort of New\\niL York. They went thence to London, Out.,\\nwhere they remained but a short time, remov-\\ning to Middlesex County. In 1864 they located in\\nMichigan, on 80 acres of land on section 15, of\\nSpeaker Township, where they have since resided.\\nOn coming to this township, Mr. T. purchased 40\\nacres of land, but in three years returned to Canada.\\nIn 1876 he took possession of 80 acres of land\\nin said township, to which he had entered a claim\\nprevious to his return to the Dominion. He has\\njjushed his interests with energy and judgment, and\\nis now the proprietor of 200 acres of land, with 150\\nacres under improvement. Politically, Mr. T. is a\\nRepublican.\\nHe was married in 1866 to Elizabeth, daughter of\\nCharles and Mary Ann (Ransom) Weston. She was\\nborn June 10, 1849, in .Simcoe, Norfolk Co., Can.\\nMary A., born May 25, 1871, and Eleanor A., born\\nAug. 5, 1873, are the names of the children which\\nconstitute the issue of this marriage. Neil McKeith,\\nadopted son, was born Feb. 26, 187 i. The family\\nare attendants on the worship at the Baptist Church.\\nsection\\nMar-\\n^F^Slfli illiiini Walker, firmer,\\nijg^^Mj lette Township, was born July 19, 1842,\\nJ^^r) Dominion of Canada. His parents,\\nY William and Ann (Keyes) Walker, were na-\\nI1 n tives of Ireland, who came to the New World\\nsoon after their marriage. They removed to\\nSanilac County when William was 13 years of age,\\nand settled in Marlette Township, where they reared\\ntheir sons to manhood.\\nMr. Walker is now the owner of 1 10 acres of land.\\nOf this he has placed 90 acres in improved and cul-\\ntivated condition. He is a member of the Democratic\\nparty in political connection, and has served his town-\\nship three years in the capacity of Highway Over-\\nseer. He was married June 17, 1877, in Marlette,\\nto Maria, daughter of John and Margaret Armstrong.\\nShe was born in the State of New York. The family\\nnow includes two children, Ceorge N. and Maggie\\nK.\\n19 a)\\n^|S3? in the township of (iwillimburx June 8, 1838.\\nll^r In 186 1 he began to read for his profession.\\nIjlfred A. West, M. D., physician and sur-\\nIjlg^^gi geon at Peck, was born in Simcoe Co., Ont.,\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0j\\\\r-^ in the townshii;\\nfir In 186 1 he beg\\nI with Dr. Schofield, of the village of Bond\\nHead, in Simcoe County, remaining under his direc-\\ntion until 1864, when he entered Victoria Medical\\nCollege at Toronto. He completed the severe curric-\\nulum of the medical course prescribed by that in-\\nstitution, where he was graduated in 1868. On\\nreceiving his degree, he began his practice at Bond\\nHead, where he remained ten years. While residing\\nthere his first marriage took place. The event oc-\\n\\\\\u00c2\u00a7^m^\\n-^m9Mi ^5^^\\nK^\\nc\\n(v", "height": "2866", "width": "2206", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph09chic_0266.jp2"}, "267": {"fulltext": "\u00e2\u0096\u00a0:J M h T^ s-\\nS A. VI LAC COUNTY.\\n271\\ncurred in March, 1873, when Miss Elizabeth Fries!\\nbecame his wife. She was born near Milwaukee,\\nWis., in 1847, and died at Bond Head, \\\\iiril 5, 1874,\\nof puerperal fever following the birth of her first\\n::hild. The infant was named Edna and survived\\nits mother but six months.\\nIn 187S Dr. West came to Lexington, Sanilac\\nCounty, where he entered upon the career of a med-\\nical practitioner. He was a sei;ond time married while\\nhere, to C ynthia Farwell. The marriage took place\\nNov. 5, 18S3, near Ixxington. Mis. West was born\\nin 1854, in Worth Township. Farwell A. is the only\\nchild of this marriage. Soon after that event they\\nremoved to this village, where Dr. West is engaged\\nin a thriving and popular business. He is a Re|)ub-\\nlican in political views and action.\\njl ohn J. Wixson, a farmer on section 33,\\n^M: Lexington Township, was born Feb. 5\\n^ip 1846, in Schuyler Co., N. Y. His parents,\\nJoseph and Cornelia (Salisbury) Wixson, re-\\nmoved to Sanilac County in 1850, and settled\\non the same section where the son now resides.\\nHis father bought 160 acres on the southeast quarter\\nof the section, all in its original, natural condition.\\nHe lived to clear and otherwise improve about 80\\nacres, and at the time of his death, Aug. 8, 1857, the\\nfarm was in a very prosperous condition.\\nMr. Wixson was married when he was 26 years of\\nage, previous to which time he was an inmate of the\\npaternal home. Mrs. Lucy Wixson is the daughter\\nof Kenyon and Jane (Reynolds) Stevens, anil was\\nborn Feb. 1 1, 1841, in the township of Worth, where\\nshe was married to L J. Wixson, Oct. 6, 1S61. Her\\nparents were among the first permanent settlers of\\nWorth Township, where they are still living. One\\nson Otis M. was born Jan. 16, 1869.\\nMr. Wixson became the owner by purchase of the\\nfarm on which he has since o|)erated, in 1861, when\\nhe bought 80 acres of land. The clearing and im-\\nproving are the work of his own hands, and he has\\nplaced 60 acies in a highly creditable condition, with\\nbiiildings of a satisfactory character, fine orchards and\\nother farm belongings, calculated to increase th;\\nvalue of the property. He is a prohibitionist in\\nprincip e.\\n^(|t,, red E. Tallmadge, speculator, resident at\\niMarlctte, is the son of Jerome and Ellen\\nI\\nA\\nC. (Spencer) Tallmadge. They were na-\\nil^ tives of New York, and after their marriage\\nh\\\\ settled in Otsego County, where they have\\n])assed the successive years of their lives, save\\ntwo, which they spent in WiUiamsport, Pa. They\\nhad three children besides Mr. Tallmadge of this\\nsketch, named respectively Frank W., Charles H.\\nand Minnie L.\\nMr. Tallmadge is the third child and youngest\\nson. He was born Nov. 17, r857, in the city of t- W\\nsego. He was a pupil in the common school until r=\\nhe was 12 years of age, after which he attended tlie vV;\\nHigh School of his native |)lace three years. He na\\nthen engaged about two years in the sale of milk in\\nthe city of New York, associated with his oldest\\nbrother. Through ihe years 1876-7 he assumed\\nmanagement of the agricultural interests of his\\nfather, after which he spent a year at the academy\\nat .\\\\msterdam, N. Y. The _\\\\ear following, he acted\\nas his father s assistant in the dairy business at\\nWiUiamsport, Pa. In January, i8Si, he came to\\nMichigan, where his second brother is a minister of\\nthe Methodist Episcopal Church, and where he re-\\nmained for a brief period. He came later to .St.\\nCharles, Saginaw County, where he obtained a situa-\\ntion as salesman in a store. .A.fter a service of eight\\nmonths he returned to Amsterdam, where he was\\nmarried, Nov. 10, 1881, to Alice A. Hutton. She\\nwas born at Carlisle, N. Y. J. Floyd is the only\\nissue of this marrirge, who was born .\\\\ug. ig, 1S82.\\nAfter his marriage, Mr. i allmadge returned to\\nMichigan, and after spending some time in prospect-\\ning, in lanuary, 1882, he settled at Marlette. He\\nestablished himself in the hardware business, and\\ncor-.ducted his interests in that avenue until 1883,\\nwhen he sold out and bought out a stock of dry\\nI goods, in company with his eldest brother, under the", "height": "2866", "width": "2206", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph09chic_0267.jp2"}, "268": {"fulltext": "I X^\\nZ^:^ Qf^\\nT DD^DDr T\\nSANILAC COUNTY.\\nfirm style of Tallmadge Bros. In September, 1883,\\nhe\u00e2\u0080\u009e formed a partnership with Warren Winterstein,\\nestablishing the firm of W. Winterstein Co. They\\nT are engaged in the prosecution of an e.xtensive and\\nincreasing business. Associated with A. E. Vail,\\nMr. Tallmadge is largely interested in blooded stock.\\nAmong their herds is one of the celebrated Holstein\\ncattle, and he owns some valuable horses, justly\\nrated as among the finest in tlie county. Mr. Tall-\\nmadge is one of the most active business men in\\nMarlelte, and besides the lines of traffic named he\\nhas extensive interests in other directions. He be-\\nlongs to the Masonic fraternity, and himself and\\nwife, in religious belief, accept tlie tenets of the\\nMethodist Episcoi)al Church. He is a Republican\\nof decided type, and a staunch supporter of good\\nmorals and a high social standard. He has never\\ntasted strong drink of any kind, and has never used\\nyt^ tobacco in any of its forms.\\n-.JY r i-p?]; ugh J. McPhec, farmer and dealer in grain,\\nJN f^M^is operating on section 30, Speaker Townslii]!,\\nV^^* was born Nov. 25, 1844, in Canada, and he\\nm is the son of Dugald and Margaret (McMullen)\\ni\\\\IcPhee. The parents were natives of Scotland\\nI and emigrated to Canada, afterward removing\\nto Sanilac County. I hey located in Speaker Town-\\nship, where they passed the remainder of their lives.\\nThe father died March 7, 1865, the mother Feb. 14,\\n1868.\\nMr. McPhee commenced his contest wilii the\\nwurld when he was only 14 years of age. He\\no|)erated as a laborer and farm assistant until 1863,\\nwhen he came to Sanilac County with his parents.\\nThey settled on 80 acres in tlie midst of the dense\\nwoods, with no access to civilization save by Indian\\ntrails, and supplies 18 miles distant. The place is\\nnow all under improvement, and in the s[)ring of\\n1S84 he erected a fine dwelling-house at a cost of\\n$2,000. He has been handling grain to a considera-\\nble extent since i88i,and is managing his operations\\nin that avenue at Melvin village. He is a member\\nof the Republican party and belongs to Lodge No.\\n316, F. A. M., Brockway Center.\\n^^-Mm\\nHis marriage to Sarah A. Hall occurred May\\n10, 1837, in Canada. She is the daughter of Wil-\\nliam and Elizabeth (Norton) Hall, natives of Eng-\\nland. William J., only surviving child of Mr. and\\nMrs. McPhee, was born March 19, 1868. Duncan,\\nborn Dec. 25, 1878, died in 1881. The ]jarents are\\nn)embers of the Methodist Episcopal Church.\\nmif\\\\\u00c2\u00ae?^^k^\\n^ra[|: uther D. Mills, Surveyor of Sanilac County,\\nIE and farmer on section 34, Le.^dngton Town-\\nship, is tlie son of Clark and Lucy (Olds)\\nS Mills. He was born in Vermont, about 24\\nfk miles tVoni the city of Burlington. His parents\\nremoved, when he was six years old, to St.\\nLawrence Co., N. Y. He was 17 years of age when\\nthey made a second removal to Ohio. In tlie sum-\\nmer of 1841 they came to Le.xington and settled on\\nthe present site of the Cadillac House.\\nMr. Mills was married Aug. 22, 1842, in Erie Co.,\\nO., to Emily, daugliter of Joseph and Philena Clark.\\nShe was born in Vermont, June 16, 1823. Follow-\\ning is the record of the children of Mr. and Mrs.\\nMills; Enimeline, born June ,24, 1843; Fernando,\\nJune 29, 1845; Delia, July 10, 1847; Laura, Oct.\\n15, 1849; Solon, Oct. 26, 1852; Clark, June 10,\\n1854 (died Oct. 6, 1856); Walter, June 12, 1855\\n(died Oct. 16, 1856, ten days later than his brother)\\nMartin, Sept. 4, 1857 Daniel July 24, t 860; Ida L.,\\nDec. 19, 1863; Carrie M., March 4, 1865.\\nMr. Mills ac(iuired the details of the carpenters\\nand millwrights trades, and also learned surveying,\\nin Ohio. In 1847 came to Lexington and settled\\non the farm on which he now resides. It comprises\\n36 acres, and at the date of purchase was coveted\\nwitli timber. It is all cleared and improved, and is\\nsui)i)lied with line buildings and all the accessories\\nof a judiciously managed place. Mr. Mills is one of\\nthe earliest permanent settlers in Lexington Town-\\nship, and has held the position to which he is justly\\nentitled by his character and abilities. He cast the\\nfirst Republican vote in the county for State officers\\nin 1856; tlie second was deposited by his brother,\\nWilliam .Mills. He has been Deputy Sheriff of the\\ncounty six years. In 1856 he was appointed County\\n(S)^\\nI\\nA\\nV", "height": "2866", "width": "2206", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph09chic_0268.jp2"}, "269": {"fulltext": "^^s\\n^^r^^m^\\n(h\\nI\\nSANILAC COUNTY.\\n,_^-^r\\nSurveyor, and has discharged the duties of the posi-\\ntion 14 years.\\nThe first wife died March 16, 1872, and Mr.\\nMills married Julia Clark, her sister, Feb. 14, 1877.\\nShe was born Sept. 10, r834, in Ohio. Edna, only\\nissue of the second marriage, was born Nov. 28,\\n1877.\\n\u00e2\u0084\u00a2^i illiam Duff, farmer, section 27, Marlette\\nTownship, was born April 20, 1826, in\\n\u00c2\u00bb\u00e2\u0096\u00a0/_ Scotland. His parents, James and Chris-\\n3 tina Duff, were also born in Scotland, and\\nemigrated late in life to Canada, where they\\npassed their remaining years.\\nMr. Duff was in early youth when his parents em-\\nigrated to the New World, and he resided in Canada\\nuntil 1859. In the autumn of that year he bought\\nthe property he now owns, consisting of 160 acres of\\nland in its primeval condition. He has a fine farm,\\nwith 130 acres under tillage. The political views\\nand opinions of Mr. Duff coincide with those of the\\nRepublican party. He was married in Halton Co.,\\nOnt., April 14, 1854, to Jeannette Campbell, a na-\\ntive of Canada and born of Scotch parents. Chris-\\ntian, John, Jeannette and William ai e the names of\\nfour children that have been born to Mr. and Mrs.\\nDuff. The two latter are deceased. Mr. Duff and\\nhis wife are members of the Presbyterian Church.\\nrifflfflj? illiam Smafleld, retired farmer, and Jus-\\n!~S tice of the Peace at Peck, was born Nov.\\n(P 23, 1820, at Sheffield, England. He was ed-\\nucated in the common schools and was in-\\nstructed in the details of the cooper s trade.\\nWhen he was 20 years old he came to America and\\nsettled at first in Quebec. Later, he went to To-\\nronto, whence he proceeded to the city of Buffalo.\\nAt all these places he spent some time working\\nat his trade, and in 1843 went from the last named\\n^tH^DB^\\nto St Catherine s, Ontario. He established a cooper\\nshop seven miles from St. Catherine s, which he\\noperated two years. Meanwhile he was married,\\nJune 23, 1845, in Niagara Co., N. Y., near the city\\nof Lockport, to i\\\\l arietta Kinney. She was born\\nMarch 28, 1838, in Newstead Township in that\\ncounty. The family of Mr. and Mrs. Smafield\\nincludes five children, all of whom are living. They\\nwere born as follows: Annie M., Oct. 16, 1847;\\nWaller B., Nov. 2, 1849; John E., Feb. 3, 1851;\\nFranklin, Feb. r4, 1853, and Alfred, Sept. 27, 1857.\\nTwo years after marriage they went to Elgin Co.,\\nOnt., where they resided until i86r, and were en-\\ngaged in agriculture. In that year they came to\\nMichigan. Mr. Smafield purchased 56 acres of land\\non section 31, of Elk Township. He now owns 210\\nacres, which includes 140 acres of improved land.\\nHe also owns four village lots, with residences. In\\n18S2 he rented his farm and took up his residence\\nwhere he now lives. He is a Republican in political\\nprinciple, and since 1870 has been Treasurer and\\nJustice of the Peace.\\n^nvhia\\n9\\npharles H. Moore, farmer in Lexington\\nvillage, has been a resident of Sanilac\\n.1^ County since 1854. He was born Dec. 30,\\n1824, in Bath, N. H., and is the son of Isaac\\nand Mary (Brown) Moore. His father was a\\nnative of the same place and was a cabinet-maker\\nand millwright. In 1830 the family removed to\\nLancaster, N. H., where they resided four years.\\nThey spent about the same period in Barnet, Vi.\\nIn 1S38 Mr. Moore went to Richmond, Chittenden\\nCo., Vt., to reside with an uncle. He was there en-\\ngaged as a farm assistant and also worked as a car-\\npenter.\\nHe was married March 2r, 1848, to Sojihia,\\ndaughter of George and Mary Hodges. She was\\nborn in Williston, Chittendon County, in 1824.\\nThree children were born of this marriage: Ella E.\\nis the wife of Denuison Hicks, of Lexington (and is\\nthe mother of one child, Lala M.); Emily W. is\\nmi ^m^\\nI^^^K/^M", "height": "2866", "width": "2206", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph09chic_0269.jp2"}, "270": {"fulltext": "(g))4^tf^\\n6^r :I]I]:^fl(l^ v\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0^hW\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0\u00e2\u0080\u00a2;s-\\n274\\nSANILAC COUNTY.\\nv\\nV\\nP\\nH\\nI\\nthe wife of Henry Meyers, and Mary C. is living\\nwith her parents.\\nIn 1852 Mr. Moore came West and settled in\\nHarrison Township, Licking Co., Ohio, where he\\ncontinued two years, engaged in the management\\nof an extensive dairy. At the end of that time he\\ncame to this township and engaged in farming.\\nHe found his ability as a carpenter in demand,\\nand he aided in the construction of the first pier on\\nthe lake. He was in the employ of J. S. Woods\\nfor a long term of years, and has been engaged in\\nhis interests 30 years. In 1855 he bought lots 12\\nand 13, and has since sold them. Later, he pur-\\nchased lots 9, 10 and 11, and has erected a hand-\\nsome residence. He also owns 26 acres of farming\\nland in Le.xington village, and a lot in Sandusky.\\nHe is a member of the Royal Arcanum, and has\\nserved several years on the Town Board of Trustees.\\nHe has been a member of the Fire Department at\\nLexington since he became resident there, and has\\nbeen Steward of the Company several years. He has\\nbeen, and still is, deeply interested in this direction.\\nacob Grimes, farmer, section 15, Speaker\\nTownshiij, was born March iS, iS-jo, in\\n5 the county of Norfolk, Ei.g. His parents,\\n_ Thomas and .Ann (Sexton) Grimes, were also\\nIt natives of England, where they passed their\\nentire lives.\\nMr. Grimes became a resident of America in 1852,\\nin which year he landed at New York, proceeding\\nthence to Canada. Eight years afterward he came to\\nSanilac County, and in i860 located on 40 acres,\\nwhere he now lives and at present owns 120 acres.\\nHe has followed agricultural pursuits all his life; has\\nbeen prosperous, and has placed his farm in fine\\ncondition, having recently erected thereon three fine\\nbarns, one of which is 50 by 36 feet, one 30 by 70\\nfeet, and the third 52 by 48 feet. The place has also\\na fine house.\\nMr. Grimes is a Republican in political preference,\\nand has held the office of School Director.\\n.He was married in 1855, to Johanna Smith, the\\ndaughter of Alexander and Nancy Sheldon (Vincent)\\nSmith. She died in October, 1S78, having become\\nthe mother of seven children. Mr. Grimes was mar-\\nried a second time Nov. 8, 1879, to Emily Cork\\ndaughter of Robert and Fannie Cork, all of whom\\nare natives of England. Herbert, Arthur and Fannie\\nare the names of the children born of the second\\nmarriage.\\nWf\\nO\\n^1 -lj^4i4-\\nt evi B. Robinson, farmer, section 34, Fre-\\nmont Township, has been a resident of\\nSanilac County since June, 1865, when he\\nhP^ became connected with the agricultural ele-\\nrp ment therein, by the purchase of 80 acres\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0L of land, where he established his homestead.\\nHe has sold 40 acres of his original purchase.\\nMr. Robinson has been active and efficient in\\nthe local affairs of his township since he became\\na resident. He has served four years as Justice\\nof the Peace, and has officiated during the last\\neight years as Notary Public. He has also dis-\\ncharged the duties of the several school offices.\\nHe was born April 19, 18 12, in Albany Co., N. Y.,\\nand is the son of James B. and Anna (James) Rob-\\ninson. The father was a farmer and died at the\\nhome of his son in Fremont at the age of 95\\nyears, three months and 24 days. The mother\\ndied in Livingston Co., Mich., aged 77 years.\\nThe first 18 years of Mr. Robinson s life were\\npassed upon a farm, and at that age he began an\\napprenticeship for the tailor s trade, which was his\\nbusiness from 1835 to 1863, the year in which he\\nentered the military service of the United States.\\nHe learned his trade at West Bloomfield, Ontario\\nCo., N. Y., and worked as a journeyman in various\\nplaces in the States of New York, Minnesota and\\nMichigan.\\nHe enlisted in Macomb County, in the Eighth\\nMich. Cav., Co. G. His regiment was brigaded\\nat Stanford, Ky., under General Burnside. He\\nreceived an honorable discharge, and was mustered\\nout May 23, 1865, at the United States Hospital at\\nCamp Nelson, Ky., on account of disability con-\\nsequent upon camp exposure, privation and hard-\\nship. On returning to Michigan he visited his\\ni\\nc\\n4?", "height": "2866", "width": "2206", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph09chic_0270.jp2"}, "271": {"fulltext": "f\\no\\n/N\\nV\\n;-:i\\na\\nSANILAC COUNTY.\\nY^^\\n-^m^:-. ^4^@\u00c2\u00a7^(^-f|\\n27s\\nbrother in Sanilac County, and, yielding to his solici-\\ntation, he decided on making Fremont Township\\nhis home.\\nHe was married Jan. 12, 1S3S, to Catherine\\nHunt. Two children were born of this union\\nMary J. and John G. both of whom are married.\\nThe son resides in Westfield, Pa.; the daughter\\nin Steuben Co., N. Y. Mrs. Robinson is the daugh-\\nter of Aaron J. and Lucy (Garfield) Hunt. They\\ndied in Livingston Co., N. Y.\\n\u00e2\u0080\u00a2^ilF^Sjlfhoiuas Norman, farmer, section 28, Lex-\\n|_ r\\\\j ington Township, was born June 13, 185 i,\\nXjJTt^-i in Canada. He is the son of John and\\n\u00e2\u0080\u00a2^P^ Ann Norman, and was bred to the vocation of\\ntw a farmer. His parents located in Lexington\\nI Township, in 1864. His father at first bought\\n40 acres of land, and later he increased his estate to\\n80 acres. It is all under cultivation. The father\\ndied Sept. 29, 1876, and the son succeeded to the\\nownership of the property.\\nHe was married Oct. 6, 1877, to Charlotte E. Mc-\\nGarvey, who was born Nov. 19, 1851, and is the\\ndaughter of Israel and Luretta McGarvey. Mary\\nBlanche, only child of Mr. and Mis. Norman, was\\nborn Sept. 17, 1879.\\n=E\\nCames Ronald, farmer, section iS, Marlette\\nTownship, is the son of Hugh and Jane\\n(McKie) Ronald, who were born in Scot-\\nland, but who emigrated in early life to Can-\\n]r ada, where they married, settled and passed\\ntheir remaining years. Their fanrily included\\nfive sons and four daughters.\\nMr. Ronald was born in Brant Co., Ont., Oct. 16,\\n1842. Until the age of 17 years he was engaged in\\nthe acquisition of a common-school education. On\\nlearning his studies he became a farmer under his\\nfather s guidance and remained an assistant on the\\n^^^1- ^T^^^^n a\\nhomestead until he reached the age of 28 years. He\\nthen settled on a farm in the county where he was\\nborn, which had been bequeathed to him, where he\\nremained until the spring of 1874, when he came to\\nSanilac County and bought the property of which he\\nis present proprietor, comprising 160 acres of land.\\nIt was in its original state of wildness, and by the\\ntlirift and industry of the owner go acres have been\\nconverted into a finely cultivated tract, constituting\\na valuable farm with fine buildings. Mr. Ronald is\\nan adherent to the principles of the Republican party,\\nand has held the local and school offices.\\nHe was married Dec. 3T, 1873, in Waterloo Co.,\\nOnt., to Margaret, daughter of John and Jane\\n(Adams) Gillespie, natives of Scotland. She was\\nborn in the county where she was married, June 76,\\n1845, and has become the mother of two children\\nHugh N. and James C. S. The parents are promi-\\nnent members of the Presbyterian Church, and Mr.\\nRonald has officiated as Elder and Trustee of the\\nlocal organization to which he belongs.\\n*^^gwra7ra\u00c2\u00bb\\nfarshal Woodard, resident on section 27,\\nElk Township, was born June 12, 1850,\\nP in the province of Ontario. He was reared\\nin the village of Tilsonbury, and after reach-\\nT ing man s estated he engaged in farm labor.\\nHe located in Speaker Township, in 1876,\\nwhere he married Zeruah Locke, a native of Worth\\nTownship. She died in this township in the sum-\\nmer of 1880. One daughter, Julia, born of this mar-\\nriage, died when she was a year old. Mr. Woodard\\nwas again married, in Speaker Township, Oct. 22,\\n1 88 1, to Mrs. Amanda (Simcho) Woodard. She was\\nborn in the township of Durham, Oxford Co., Ont.,\\nJan. 9, 1840. Her fatlier died when she was eight\\nyears old and she was reared to womanhood by her\\nmother and maternal relatives, among whom she re-\\nsided until her first marriage. That event took place\\nMarch ir, 1856, when she became the wife of Wil-\\nliam Woodard, who was born Feb. 22, 1828, in the\\nState of New York. He was brought up on a farm,\\nand after reaching manhood became a carpenter.\\nmmf^j^", "height": "2866", "width": "2206", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph09chic_0271.jp2"}, "272": {"fulltext": "S\\n276\\nSANILAC COUNTY.\\n-HSS\\nT\\nHe came to this township, where he became the\\nproprietor of 160 acres of land near the village of\\nPeck, on which he made extensive improvements\\nand where he died, March 2, 1881. He left seven\\nchildren. They were born as follows: Andy L.,\\nOct. 19, 1S61; Myron T., Feb. 23, 1853; Florence\\nA., Oct. 30, i866; William A., Oct. 6, 1870; Presi-\\ndent G., Sept. 6, 1872; Daisy A., Oct. 25, 1874;\\nMinnie T., June 27, 1877. One child, Warren, was\\nborn of a former marriage, Oct. 29, 1859. The last\\nnamed child is cousin and step-brother to the six\\nfirst named, his mother having been the sister of the\\nsecond wife. She was married March 7, 1848, and\\ndied Dec. 31, 1854.\\nMr. Woodard was universally esteemed as a neigh-\\nbor and citizen, and was pre-eminent in his domestic\\nrelations. He was a Republican in political connec-\\ntion. Mrs. Woodard is a member of the religious\\nbody known as Second Adventists.\\nT T\\n=HH^\\nsection 9,\\nMar-\\nIf fftxl illiam Camei on, farmer,\\nf(f\\\\ c^^^ja lette (Town 10), was born March 7, 1844,\\nJs^p in Scotland, of which country his parents,\\n4w^ John and Ellen (McDonald) Cameron, were\\ntW also natives. They emigrated to Canada in\\n1853, and soon after, in 1859, removed to San-\\nilac Co., Mich., where they settled, in Marlette Town-\\nship.\\nMr. Cameron was but nine years of age when his\\nfeet last pressed the bonnie heather bells on his\\nnative soil, and he grew to man s estate in Michigan.\\nThe family were among the permanent pioneer set-\\ntlers of the township, and the father and son were\\namong the most active and prominent in the develop-\\ning interests of the new country. In addition to the\\nfarm labors, they were interested in lumbering for\\nlocal necessities, and turned their abilities to use and\\nprofit for the benefit of themselves and neighbors.\\nThe son learned the trade of carpenter and joiner,\\nand shingled the first house in the village of Marlette\\nwith shaved shingles, which were manufactured by\\nhis father and himself. He also aided in the finish-\\ning of the first saw-mill erected in the village of\\nMarlette, by John McGill. Mr. Cameron is a Repub-\\nlican in political principle, and has held the position\\nof Highway Commissioner 11 years. He is a mem-\\nber of Marlette Lodge, No. 1,775, K.. of H., and has\\nbeen Dictator three years.\\nHe was married March 26, 1864, in Marlette, to\\nAlice Hagar, a native of Canada, where she was born\\nJune 17, 1844. William J., Anna E., Phebe and\\nGeorge are the names of the children born to Mr.\\nand Mrs. Cameron. They are members of the\\nProtestant Methodist Church.\\nVlW^ASsla\\n!^r. Seth W. Bedford, physician and surgeon,\\ndruggist and dealer in sundries, resides at\\nPeck, where he is Postmaster. He was\\nborn June 19, 1831, in Oxford Co.,Ont. He\\nis a son of Captain David and Lydia (Weston)\\nBedford, who were natives of New England.\\nHis father was a man of radical views, and when the\\ncivil conflict of 1837 known to history as the Patriot\\nor McKenzie s War broke out, he enlisted and be-\\ncame a leader in the rebellion against British rule.\\nThe fate of the insurgents is well-known, and its\\nworst results overtook Captain Bedford, who was\\ntaken prisoner and executed at London, Ont., for\\nthe crime of taking up arms against the government.\\nNo ignominy is attached to his memory he died for\\nfreedom, as John Brown died. Had victory crowned\\nthe effort, his name would have ranked with that of\\nWashington and Lincoln. In the place where he\\nlived he is remembered as a martyr to liberty and\\nthe time is not far distant when the cause for which\\nhe died will again be tested, with a result that will\\nreflect glory on the few names who strove so vainly\\nto secure it for the period to which they belonged.\\nThe mother is still living and resides in Dakota\\nTerritory. At the date of her husband s death she\\nhad four young children.\\nDr. Bedford is the oldest of the four children two\\nsons and two daughters^born to his parents. He\\nwas seven years old when his father was executed,\\nand he remained with his mother two years after that\\nterrible event. He developed rapidly in understand-\\ning, through the circumstances that surrounded his\\n9\\nV)\\n(7\\n\\\\j\\\\\u00c2\u00ae^^\\n-^m^a^\\nJL\\nmnm", "height": "2866", "width": "2206", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph09chic_0272.jp2"}, "273": {"fulltext": "ev ii n^ n ni -7^^\\nvm^\\nSANILAC COUNTY.\\n277\\nyouth, and was early impressed with the necessity of\\nself-maintenance. He was only nine years old when\\nj^^ he went into the world to seek a liveliliood. He was\\nT taken charge of by a neighboring farmer, and worked\\nthree years for his clothes and board. After that, he\\nspent the summers in farm labor and the winters in\\nstudy until he was 20 years old. At that age he\\nturned his attention to the acquisition of a substan-\\ntial education, which he succeeded in securing. In\\n1853 he went to California. He passed 13 years in\\ntraversing the States and Territories of the Pacific\\nslope, and extended his travels through British Co-\\nlumbia and the peninsula of Alaska. Eight years of\\nthis period he devoted to mining. During the gold\\nexcitement of Frazer River in 1858-9, he was at\\nPuget Sound and in Washington Territory, where\\nhe had many adventures incident to those remote\\nregions, then inhabited by Indians and abounding\\nj^ in game.\\nIn 1866 he returned to the Dominion of Canada,\\nbut the same blood flowed in his veins that impelled\\nhis father to struggle for manly independence, and\\nhe found it impossible to abide long under the\\nBritish flag. Even in his boyhood, he had rebelled\\nagainst the royal standard of England, and it was\\nhis custom on each succeeding Fourth of July to\\nhoist the Stars and Stripes and hurrah for the\\nbanner of equal rights and human liberty. For this\\nhe was once arrested, but was soon released on\\naccount of his youth. But he ever afterwards per-\\nsisted in observing the day we celebrate. He\\nwas proprietor of a hotel at Otterville until 1870,\\nand while there incurred a loss of about $2,000\\nby fire. On coming to Michigan in the year named,\\nhe located at Nortli Branch, Lapeer County, wliere\\nhe engaged in the study of medicine. He remained\\nthere three years and entered upon the practice of\\nhis profession. At the expiration of that period, lie\\nremoved to Marlette, where he passed a year in the\\nsame vocation. In the spring of 1874 he came to\\nPeck and established himself in a substantial and\\nprosperous practice. He is independent in political\\nviews and connections. In 1876 he received his\\nappointment as Postmaster. He has also occupied\\nthe position of Township Clerk, and is a member of\\nthe Masonic Order, belonging to Elk Lodge, No.\\no\\n35-\\nDr. Bedford has been married tliree times. His\\n^\u00e2\u0096\u00a0)f^#-\\npresent wife was Hannah Allen, a daughter of\\nChauncey and Lavinia (Fo.x) Allen. She was born\\nand reared in Elk Township, wliere her parents were\\npioneer settlers. Her father died in 1881. Her\\nmother is living in this township. James C, only\\nchild of Dr. and Mrs. Bedford, was born Dec. 15,\\n1877. The first wife of Dr. Bedford, who died in\\nOntario in 1869, became the mother of one child,\\nLydia E., born Aug. 14, 1868, and died in January,\\n1882. The second wife died at North Branch,\\nMich., in 187 1, leaving one child, John C, born\\nAug. 17, 1871.\\n-J t^-\\nCarles E. Stevens, farmer, section 34,\\nP3^ Fremont Township, was born in Con-\\n\u00c2\u00a3j\u00c2\u00ab^ necticut, Feb. 2, 1842. He is the son of\\nW Thomas A. and Maria L. (Crane) Stevens.\\nThe former died in Port Huron, Mich., in\\n1857, when he was about 43 years of age. The\\nmother is still living in Gratiot Township, St. Clair\\nCounty. She was born about 1818.\\nThe father of Mr. Stevens was a wheelwright,\\nand worked at that business a number of years,\\nalso operating to some extent as a farmer. The\\nfamily lived in town until the son was 12 years\\nof age, when they removed to a farm. He was\\n15 years old when his father died, and he and a\\nbrother supported the family by their labors as\\nfarmers, lumbermen and sportsmen, game and fish\\nbeing plenty at that early date. This was the duty\\nand occupation of his life until 1869, when he came\\nto Sanilac County, reaching the place which was to\\nbe his future home April 5. He had purchased\\n80 acres the fall previous, and to this he added 80\\nacres later on. The place had a clearing of about\\neight acres and a small frame house. The farm\\nof Mr. Stevens is in a condition that stamps him as\\na man of industry, thrift and good judgment, 100\\nacres being inii)roved and under excellent cultiva-\\ntion.\\nMr. Stevens has discharged the duties of his\\ncitizenship in the offices of Township Clerk, two\\nyears. Justice of the Peace, four years, and as\\n|l|]f A^\\n1\\nVto:", "height": "2866", "width": "2206", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph09chic_0273.jp2"}, "274": {"fulltext": "IP\\nJ^^\\nmmwi\\n2 ji\\n2\\n(Q^\\nv^%.\\nSANILAC COUNTY.\\nia^\\nSchool Director, 12 years. He is a Democrat in\\npolitical conviction.\\nHis marriage to Mary S. Swan occurred June\\n15, 1865. She was the widow of Horatio Swan,\\nwho died in the year 1863, leaving four children\\nKirk H., John E., William S. and Josephine M.\\nOf her second marriage five children have been\\nborn, as follows: Jennie M. was born May 5, 1866,\\nin Oakland Co., Mich., and was married Aug. 10,\\n1884, to Sarah C. Scott. George E. was born in\\nPort Huron, June 13, 1868; Charles F., Aug. 22,\\n1872; Annie. E., Feb. 21, 1874; Esther M., Jan. 29,\\n1877. Mrs. Stevens is the daughter of Harley\\nand Diantha Olmsted. Her father was the first\\nwhite settler in Oakland County, and her brother\\nwas the first white child born there.\\nvv^SP-i^S-w-\u00e2\u0080\u0094\\nJ;i fe=\u00c2\u00abTil!f olin Fitzgerald, farmer, section 2, Speak-\\ner Township, is the son of John and Mary\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0f^ (Berningham) Fitzgerald. The parents are\\nnatives of Ireland, and the father died in 1835,\\nin the city of New York. The mother is a resi-\\ndent of Canada.\\nMr. Fitzgerald was born May 7, 1830, in Limerick,\\nIreland. His parents came to America when he was\\nin early youth; his father dying soon after, his\\nmother returned to Ireland with her children to place\\nthem in the care of their grandparents, with whom\\nthey remained until the death of the grandfather.\\nThey then returned to America, and the son, who is\\nthe subject of this sketch, acquired the details of the\\npainter s trade, which was his occupation until 1862.\\nIn that year he enlisted in Co. C, Sixth Mich. Cav.,\\nCapt. Wesley Armstrong, of Lapeer, Mich. The\\nregiment joined the Army of the Potomac and was\\nassigned to the command of Kilpatrick. It was in\\naction at Gettysburg, Falling Water and througii the\\nengagements of the Richmond raid. Mr. Fitzgerald\\nwas made prisoner of war June 11, 1864, at Trevilian s\\nStation, Va., and confined at tiie notorious Libby\\nprison at Richmond until his removal to that climax\\nof horror the stockade pen at Andersonville, Ga.,\\nwhere he arrived June 28, 1864. He was sent later\\nto Camp Lawton, Ga., and a month after he went to\\nSavannah. He was one of the hapless Unionists\\nwho were sent to Blackshire to secure them from relief\\nfrom Sherman, then on his march to the sea, and\\ntraversing that portion of Georgia for the express\\npurpose of relieving them. That period of suffering\\neclipsed all others they had passed. Henry M.\\nMartin, of the 72d Ohio Volunteers, also a prisoner\\nin the hands of the Confederates, relates of this\\nperiod, that only those survived who had determined\\nto outlast the whole Southern Confederacy, as the\\nsufferings were so much increased by the exposure in\\naddition to other privations. They were driven thence\\nto Thomasville, and afterwards on foot to Albany, a\\ndistance of 66 miles, at the mercy of drivers who\\nimpelled them forward like a herd of animals. They\\nwere sent from the last named place back to Ander-\\nsonville, where they arrived Dec. 24, 1864. Mr.\\nFitzgerald was paroled April 28 following, after a\\nperiod of suffering protracted through 1 1 months.\\nIn June following he was discharged and returned to\\nLexington, where he remained until 187 r. In that\\nyear he removed to his present location. Mr. Fitz-\\ngerald is a Democrat in political connection, and a\\nmember of Lodge No. 61, F. A. M., at Lexington.\\nHe was married, in 1854, to Catherine Cornwell.\\nShe was born in 1832, and died in 1S61. In 1865\\nhe was again married, to the widow of Alexander\\nStacy, n Union soldier who was killed in action July\\n20, 1864, at Peach-Tree Creek, Ga. Three children,\\nCatherine A., John F. and Mary, were born of the\\nthe first marriage. Of the second, two have been\\nborn Paul and James.\\nc^:\\n(I\\nJ^ra Bullock, farmer, sec. 6, Marlette Town-\\n[r ship, was born July 24, 1835, in Canada.\\nHe is a son of William and Nancy (Heaton)\\nBullock, who were born respectively in the\\nStates of New York and New Jersey. Mr. Bul-\\nlock received his education and training in the\\nDominion, where he lived until November, 1861.\\nAt that date he came to St. Clair Co., Mich., where\\nhe purchased 40 acres of land, on which he resided\\nten years. At the end of that time he sold the place\\nand removed to Almont. He was a resident there\\nmm", "height": "2866", "width": "2206", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph09chic_0274.jp2"}, "275": {"fulltext": "SANILAC COUNTY.\\n-^^i^s^\\n279\\nr^\\nr\\nnearly two years, and in the spring of 1874 came to\\nSanilac County. He bought 240 acres of land in\\nMarietta Township, on which he settled and where\\nhe has since rigorously prosecuted his agricultural\\ninterests. He has placed nearly 100 acres in good\\nfarming condition. He is a Republican in political\\nfaith and action and has been Justice of the Peace\\none year.\\nHis first marriage occurred in Elgin Co., Can., Feb.\\n25, 1857, to Marion A. Moore, a native of the Do-\\nminion. His wife died Oct. i, 1861, in Canada, leaving\\ntwo children George H. and Minor. Mr. Bullock\\nwas a second time married June 11, 1863, in Elgin\\nCounty, to Maria J. Ensign, who was born in Canada.\\nFour cliildren have been born of this marriage Nina,\\nJames W., Ira R. and Henry S. The parents are\\nmembers of the Baptist Church.\\ni n^\\n--i^^^^\u00c2\u00a3\u00c2\u00ab^|:-^?^?5-.\\nIfonzo Gray, an early settler and prominent\\nfarmer of Sanilac County, resides on sec-\\ntion 10, Speaker Township, and is the son of\\nNathan and Eunice Gray, natives of the State\\nof New York. After marriage, they removed to\\nCanada, where the mother died in 1S50, and\\nthe father in 1857.\\nMr. Gray was born .\\\\pril 6, 1825, in the State of\\nNew York. On becoming his own master, he engaged\\nas a farm laborer in Canada until 1859. In that year\\nhe removed to Speaker Township. The county was\\nin its earliest pioneer days, roads being only Indian\\ntrails or otherwise of a poor order, and the place of\\nsupplies being 18 miles distant, at Lexington. They\\nlocated on 40 acres of wild land, and the farm now\\nincludes an additional 40, with two comfortable\\ndwellings.\\nThe marriage of Mr. Gray to Sarah L. Watson oc-\\ncurred in 1852. She was born Oct. 2, 1836, in\\nKingston, Can., and is the daughter of William \\\\V.\\nand Ruth Ellen Watson. Her father was born on\\nthe Mississippi River. Her mother was born in\\nCanada in 1814, and died in 1S83. Of this marriage\\none child, Charles A., was born April 3, 1853, in\\nthe portion of Canada known as Eden.\\nMr. Gray is a Republican in politics. He became\\na soldier for the Union during the course of the civil\\nwar, enlisting in Co. K, i6th Mich. Inf. The com-\\nmand was assigned to the Army of the Potomac, in\\nthe corps of Gen. Meade. On receiving honorable\\ndischarge at Alexandria, Mr. Gray returned to his\\nhome in Speaker Township. He and his wife are\\nmembers of the Protestant Methodist Church.\\nK!\u00c2\u00a3J\\nIbert E. Vail, merchant at Marlette, is the\\nTT^^siii son of George W. and Hannah C. (Gunn)\\nVail. After their marriage, the parents set-\\ntied in Middlesex Co., Out., where they resided\\nuntil their removal to Sanilac (bounty, which\\nlook place in 1877. Their family consisted of five\\nsons and one daughter.\\nMr. Vail is the second son, and was born March\\n10, 1853, in Middlesex Co., Ont. He obtained a\\ncommon-school education, and when he was 14 years\\nof age he found himself his own master, with the\\nworld before him. He learned the trade of carpenter\\nand builder in his native province, at which he worked\\nchiefly until he was 22 years of age. He was for a\\nshort time engaged in clerking, and later accepted a\\nposition as foreman in a machine shop in Ontario,\\noperating in that capacity between two and three\\nyears. The engagement terminated with the burn-\\ning of the shop. In the spring of 1877 he came to\\nMarlette, and in company with two brothers bought\\nout the grist-mill of R. Wilson Son. After pros-\\necuting the business about ten months, he sold his\\ninterest to his brothers and continued to manage the\\naffairs of the mill as foreman, a relation which ex-\\nisted three and a half years. In the fall of 1880 he\\nwent to Minnesota, where he remained six months\\nand afterwards made an extended trip through the\\nStates of Kansas and Iowa. He returned to Mar-\\nlette, where he established a drug trade, which he\\nconducted until February, 1882, when he sold out\\nand bought the hardware stock of F. E. Tallmadge.\\nHe has sines continued to transact a satisfactory and\\nprosperous business in that line of traffic. Mr. Vail\\nhas no political bias, and is considered as neutral in\\nhis oi)inions.\\nHis marriage to Mary E. Donaldson occurred in\\n1 Marlette, April 14, 1880. She was born in Iowa,", "height": "2866", "width": "2206", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph09chic_0275.jp2"}, "276": {"fulltext": "v ^.\\\\imm 7\\n280\\nSANILAC COUNTY.\\n(4\\n(5^\\nFeb. 21, 1 86 1, and is the daughter of David and\\nAnna Donaldson, the former a native of -Scothmd,\\nand the latter of Michigan. George D., only child,\\nwas born March 11, 1882.\\names Rutherford, farmer, section 7, Mar-\\nlette Township, is the son of George and\\nAgnes (Meichel) Rutherford, natives of\\nScotland, of which country he is also a native.\\nHe was born Oct. 6, 1820, and came to the\\nNew World in 1848. He located in Canada,\\nwhere he lived until i85 5. In that year lie decided\\nto test the promise and reputed resources of the Pe-\\nninsular State. He came to Sanilac County and be-\\ncame the proprietor, by purchase, of 160 acres of\\nland in the township of Marlette. He took posses-\\nsion of the place the )ear following and has contin-\\nued to reside there. He has pushed his agricultural\\ninterests until he owns 360 acres of land in Sanilac\\nCounty, and has placed nearly one-half of his acre-\\nage in tillable condition. He is a man of strong\\ngood sense and native ability; is a Republican in\\npolitical connection, and has been Township Treas-\\nurer four years.\\nHe was married before he left his native country,\\nto x\\\\nn Donald, who was also born in Auld Scotia.\\nThey have had eight children, named as follows\\nIsabella, George, Margaret, James, John, Agnes,\\nAnna, Robert. The parents are members of the\\nPresbyterian Church.\\nS^-i-D.\\names Knight, farmer, section 22, Marlette\\nTownship, is a substantial member of the\\nsJ^ agricultural community to which he be-\\nlongs. He is the son of David and Catherine\\n^r (Moore) Knight. His father was a native of\\nI Scotland and his mother was born in Barnard,\\nVermont. They emigrated to Canada, where their\\nson was born Aug. 14, 1820, in the county of Halton.\\nHis education was necessarily meager, owing to the\\nremoteness of his home from schools, as he passed\\nthe first 18 years of his life in assisting on his father s\\nfarm. In 1838 he went to the State of New York,\\nreturning thence 12 years later to Canada, where he\\nremained three years. In the fall of 1S61 he came\\nto Michigan. He was satisfied that the county of\\nSanilac presented facilities for the application of his\\nefforts and was a fit field for his ambitious iilans-\\nand he located on a tract of 220 acres of land in\\nMarlette Township, which he had entered in the\\nland office two years previous. He has retained 160\\nacres of his purchase, and has cleared, improved and\\ncultivated 80 acres. He is a Republican in political\\nsentiment and connection.\\nHe was married in Canada, Nov. 6, 1861, to Isa-\\nbella Dougherty, who was born in Canada. Three of\\nfive children born of this union survive, David,\\nCatherine and Elizabeth A. The deceased children\\ndied in infancy. The parents belong to the United\\nPresbyterian Church.\\n^*H^fe\\nt( -y|; lamuel Van Camp, deceased, former pro-\\n1 prietor 01 the Globe Hotel at Peck, was\\nborn in the Province of Ontario, in 1826.\\n(V, His parents, Jacob and Mary (Buike) Van\\n1\\nl\\\\\u00c2\u00ae) e^#^\\nu:^\\nCam]), were both natives of Canada and be-\\nlonged to the agricultural class. The father\\ndied in Ontario, the mother in 1883, in Grand Trav-\\nerse, Mich.\\nMr. Van Camp was brought up to the vocation of\\nhis father. He was married in Darlington, Durham\\nCo., Ont. (where he was born and reared), Dec. 15,\\n185 1, to Jane, daughter of Charles and Mary (Miles)\\nNobles. She is a native of Ontario, of Irish descent.\\nHer father was a farmer and resides with his son\\nAndrew in Elk Township. Her mother died about\\n1864, in Canada, aged 43 years. He came to this\\ntownship in 1880, and retains to a remarkable degree\\nthe activity of his prime. His family includes three\\nsons and two daughters, all of whom are living and\\nsettled in life. John, Archibald and Mary are resi-\\ndents of Canada. Mrs. Van Camp was born May\\nI, 1843, in Darlington, Durham Co., Ont. She be", "height": "2866", "width": "2206", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph09chic_0276.jp2"}, "277": {"fulltext": "", "height": "2866", "width": "2206", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph09chic_0277.jp2"}, "278": {"fulltext": "c 4i", "height": "2866", "width": "2206", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph09chic_0278.jp2"}, "279": {"fulltext": "", "height": "2866", "width": "2206", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph09chic_0279.jp2"}, "280": {"fulltext": "", "height": "2866", "width": "2206", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph09chic_0280.jp2"}, "281": {"fulltext": "I))^?#^\\n^^nr^^lJU^UU^^ v yy^-\\nSANILAC COUNTY.\\n6)\\n1=1\\nb\\ncame the mother of ten children, seven of whom are\\ndeceased. Maggie, Sarah and Minnie reside with\\ntheir mother and afford effective assistance in the\\nlabors and duties pertaining to the hotel, which Mrs.\\nVan Camp is still managing. Samuel died at the\\nage of 13 years; the others died in infancy.\\nTwo years after the marriage of Mr. and Mrs.\\nVan Camp, they were engaged in farming, in On-\\ntario. In 1853 they came to this county and located\\nat first in Lexington, then inhabited by a few pioneer\\nsettlers. Mr. Van Camp built a hotel, which he\\ncalled the Franklin House. He conducted it as a\\nhouse of public entertainment two years, when ne re-\\nmoved to Buel and there engaged in the same ca-\\npacity for some time. About 1864 he came to Peck\\nand took possession of the Globe Hotel, whose man-\\nagement he continued until his death, which occur-\\nred Feb. 3, 1881. He owned the hotel and consid-\\nerable real estate besides. He was a Democrat and\\nheld a prominent place in the j^arty he represented\\nin the township.\\n6\u00c2\u00ab\\n-5-^i o \u00c2\u00aeMi)) -?s o -5\\noseph Moss Gaige. banker and dealer in\\nreal estate, resident at Croswell, was born\\nJune 13, 1848, at West Burlington, Otsego\\nCo., N. Y. His father, Henry \\\\V. Gaige, was\\nTc born Dec. 7, 1821, and is the son of Sherbiirn\\nI and Christine Gaige. He was reared to man-\\nhood in the Empire State, and married Harriet N.\\nCornell, daughter of Daniel and Martha (Russell)\\nCornell, at West Burlington. The mother of Mr.\\nGaige, of this sketch, was a member of the Cornell\\nfamily of University fame, though belonging to a\\ndifferent branch from that of Ezra Cornell, whose\\ninterest in the cause of education in the Empire\\nState has created permanent recognition of the\\nname. She was born July 10, 1821, and died Nov.\\nI, 1856, at the age of 34 years, leaving two children\\nMary Christine, wife of J. H. Richardson, mer-\\nchant at Croswell, and Mr. Gaige, of this sketch.\\nThe father contracted a second matrimonial alliance,\\nwith Mrs. Sarah (Davis) Waldo. The senior Gaige\\nis still living, at West Burlington.\\nMr. Gaige obtained his elementary education at\\nthe common schools of his native county, and at the\\nK2)\\nage of 14 years became thsp-o^ege of Truman Moss,\\nthe founder of Croswell, to whom he was allied by\\nbirth. He had received the name of a deceased son\\nof Mr. Moss, who hoped to realize in him so far as\\nmight be the hopes that had set in the grave of\\nhis son. Mr. Gaige as a boy possessed the active,\\nrestless temperament which has characterized his\\nlife. His predominating trait, even in childhood,\\nwas a persistent energy, which, being free from\\nmischievous tendency, promised a manhood of use-\\nfulness and achievement outlining a future of far\\nmore value to the work of the world than the un-\\nwholesome cravings of natures wholly surrendered\\nto the ambitions which thwart the career of a large\\nproportion of the rising young men of the period.\\nIn study, and as an assistant in the mercantile\\nestablishment of Mr. Moss, young Gaige passed the\\nyears of his life previous to the age of 15 years. In\\n1863 he was placed at the Oneida Conference Semi-\\nnary at Cazenovia, where he entered upon a prepar-\\natory collegiate course of study, which he supple-\\nmented by a year at Cooperstown Institute. He was\\na diligent, persistent student and accomplished a\\nlarge amount of study to the close of his preparatory\\ncourse, but he chafed under the confinement and 1=\\napplication necessary to the accomplishment of the S\\npurpose of Mr. Moss, who had charge of his educa-\\ntion and training, and it was decided to compromise\\nthe matter by giving the young gentleman a thorough\\neducation in law. He was accordingly placed under\\nthe instructions of Messrs. E. C. Walker C. A. Kent,\\nan eminent legal firm of Detroit, under whose guid-\\nance he prosecuted his legal studies one year (1866).\\nE. C. Walker is still an attorney of prominence in the\\nCity of the Straits, and is a brother of Judge Walker.\\nC. A. Kent is a member of the faculty of the Law\\nDepartment of the University of Michigan at Ann\\nArbor, where Mr. Gaige entered in 1867. He was\\ngraduated at the latter place in the spring of 1869\\nreceiving the authority of the institution to practice\\nin the State Courts of Michigan. He was admitted\\nto the Bar in Detroit, and gave some attention to the\\ndetails of professional life, but his natural predilection\\nfor an active business career came to the surface\\nwith such force of frequency thai; the scheme of a\\nprofessional course was abandoned. He prepared to\\nenter vigorously into the lake service, and on the\\nopening of the business season of 1870 he was thor-\\noughly equipped to participate in its opportunities.\\nS\\nt\\n^JIiaSDr^ a\u00c2\u00ab8^", "height": "2866", "width": "2206", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph09chic_0281.jp2"}, "282": {"fulltext": ")^v^^\\nt!7\\nV^:l]Il^liny v\\nSANILAC COUNTY.\\nHe held the proprietary ownership of the Truman\\nMoss, and of the J. O. Moss, two schooners which\\nphed among the several lake ports, and he also estab-\\nlished himself in a branch of business known to the\\ncraft as ship brokerage.\\nAfter the close of the navigation season on the\\nlake he sold the two vessels and his entire interest as\\na ship broker in order to enter the business firm of\\nMoss Mills, merchants and lumbermen at Cros-\\nwell (then Davisville), becoming junior member with\\nthem in the spring of 187 1. The style became Moss,\\nMills Gaige, the firm having an invested capital\\nof $165,000, and being heavily interested in the\\navenues of business named. They owned immense\\ntracts of pine land in .Sanilac County, and their office\\nfor the transaction of local business was established\\nin a building connected with the residence of Mr.\\nMoss near the right bank of the Black River, which\\nflows between the old and new portions of Croswell.\\nThe business relations of Messrs. Moss, Mills\\nGaige ended with the termination, by natural limita-\\ntion, of their lumbering interests.\\nThe next business enterprise of Mr. Gaige was the\\nestablishment of his private banking house known as\\nthe Sanilac County Bank, in September, 1882,\\nwhere he has since conducted a general banking\\nbusiness, embracing all the operations common to\\nsuch institutions. He owns a considerable acreage\\nof land in Sanilac County, and is engaged in the sale\\nof real estate to a considerable extent.\\nMr. Gaige has been a resident at Croswell since\\n1871, and has taken an unmistakable and disinterest-\\ned interest in all projects referring to the advance-\\nment and progress of the place and people. In all\\nhis movements he never fails to consider the welfare\\nof Croswell, and he makes it a point to operate with\\ndirect advantage, not only to the location of his home\\nbut to the advantage of this portion of the Peninsular\\nState. The act for the incorporation of Croswell was\\npassed by the Legislature of 1882-3, and he was\\nelected President of the village in the spring of\\n1883, to which position he was re-elected in the\\nspring of 1S84 (current year).\\nHe identified himself with the Republican party on\\nthe attainment of his majority, and continued to act\\nin accordance with its principles until the organiza-\\ntion of the National Greenback element, when he\\nbecame an adherent of its fundamental creed. He\\nbased his position on his unqualified trust in the\\nUnited States as a nation, and that the Government\\npossessed the power to create representative issue of\\nits resources whenever the condition of the country\\ndemanded such action, as well as in case of emerg-\\nency, the relative force of each being inherently a\\nmatter of opinion. The issue being met by the Re-\\npublicans, he resumed his former relation with that\\nelement, the action convincing him that a party\\nwhich had accomplished so much held within itself\\nthe elements to achieve other needed reforms. In\\n1878 he was nominated for Representative to the\\nLegislature of Michigan from the district which then\\nincluded Sanilac, Huron and Tuscola Counties, his\\nname being placed before the people by the local\\nFusionists of the district. His defeat was a virtual\\ntriumph, as the opposition candidate, who had car-\\nried a previous election by an overwhelming n.ajority\\nof 1,500 votes, secured the position this time by a\\nmajority reduced to 58 votes. At the Republican\\nSenatorial Convention held at Minden, Friday, Sept.\\n6, 1884, Mr. Gaige was nominated for the position of\\nSenator. The honor came to him unsolicited during\\nhis temporary absence in the East. The result is\\ntvell-nigh foregone, owing to the political status of\\nthe district and the general estimate of the character\\nof the nominee, and his well-known devotion to local\\ninterests, as well as his widely understood and popu-\\nlar traits, presenting a strong claim of fitness and\\ne.xpediency.\\nOne of the most noted acts of Mr. Gaige was the\\nnaming, in 1S79, of the county seat of Sanilac Coun-\\nty, which he called Sandusky, with eminent good\\njudgment, as it does not repeat the designation of\\nany other place in Michigan; it serves as a reminder\\nthat the city of that name in Ohio was founded by\\nthe families to which he belongs by consanguinity.\\n\\\\Vitliin the first year of his residence at Croswell,\\ncame the first general ordeal of devastation and ruin\\nin Sanilac County by the fire fiend. Messengers\\nbrought tidings of the havoc at different points\\nduring the closing days of September and the open-\\ning ones of October, 187 i and as tales of losses of\\nlife swelled the dread recitals of destruction of\\nproperty, the people at Croswell, who were almost\\nwholly without means of extricating themselves, be-\\ncame seasonably alarmcl ar.d organized to arrange\\nmeans of safety. Creeping tongues of flame ap-\\n9\\n\u00c2\u00bb4\\n4;", "height": "2866", "width": "2206", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph09chic_0282.jp2"}, "283": {"fulltext": "m\\nS^X\\n-^^^K 6v tiii^DH^ T^\\nSAN/LAC COUNTY.\\n287\\nJ\\nV\\nT\\nI\\nproached the lumber yards of Moss, Mills Gaige,\\nand on two occasions the fire department of Lexing-\\nton was summoned to subdue the fires. The losses\\nof the firm in standing timber at points where it was\\nimpossible to check the course of the destroying ele-\\nment were already heavy, and the several members\\nwere of the opinion that prompt organized action\\ncould save (^roswell, as the event proved. Tiie\\npeople of the village made common cause of the\\nwork of averting the catastrophe which had been so\\nterrible in other portions of the county. Men,\\nwomen and children were stationed at various\\npoints, and a working force went to meet the ap-\\nproaching monster whose lurid glare environed the\\ntown and whose smoke filled the atmosphere and\\npressed into the dwellings to an extent that made\\nvision of little avail. Mr. Gaige was in the saddle\\nfive days, directing the operations of 60 men, who\\nwere fighting the progress of the fire in every con-\\nceivable manner, with plows, spades and other de-\\nvices which could be of any possible use. Business\\nwas suspended, domestic routine was wholly aban-\\ndoned, and only the unremitting superhuman exer-\\ntions of the people saved the place. The fires\\ncrawled close to tlie residences, and the wind hurled\\nburning chunks and cinders upon the roofs of the\\nbuildings, necessitating constant watchfulness and\\na large proportion of the women stood on the roofs\\nof their houses with water to extinguish the embers\\nwhich fell in showers all around. Every household\\nhad its effects packed, and the horses were kept\\nharnessed and the wagons in readiness for instant\\nflight when effort to fight the fire should be no longer\\neffective.\\nBut hope and labor prevailed and the end came.\\nThe sun set on the evening of Oct. 9, and when it rose\\nthe following day only the sullen gray of the smoke\\nfrom smouldering fires in the surrounding district\\ncould be seen in the atmosphere, which gradually\\nbroke away, the people experiencing a sensation as if\\ntheir aggregate possessions had been suddenly and\\nmysteriously transplanted to a new realm, wholly\\nstrange and desolate with the marks of a mighty\\nstruggle. One feature of the fire was that numbers\\nof bears and deer came from the woods into the\\nstreets of the village, so dazed by terror of fire that\\ntheir shyness of human contact was entirely over-\\ncome, bears in several instances pressing in a coax-\\ning, cat-like manner against the persons of men, as if\\nsoliciting protection.\\nThe approach and progress of the second visitation\\nof the scarlet demon in 1881 was an event of much\\nless moment to Croswell. Improvements had made\\nsuch strides that open fields protected the village,\\nand although the fire came near enough to create\\nsome uneasiness and unusual effort, it was altogether\\nshorn of its terrors in a comparative sense.\\nMr. Gaige is prominent in Masonic affairs, and has\\nadvanced in the order to the extreme limit afforded\\nin America, having passed to the 33d degree. He\\nmade his first connection with Blue Lodge No. 61\\nat Lexington, in 1871, and subsequently took the\\ndegreeof Damascus Chapter, No. 41, and of Lexing-\\nton Commandery, No. 27, of which body he holds the\\nposition of Past Eminent. Dec. 10, 1878, he became\\na member of Michigan Sovereign Consistory at De-\\ntroit. He and Mrs. Gaige are communicants in\\nChrist s Church (Episcopal) at Croswell, in whose\\ninterests they are active and efficient.\\nMrs. Mary Ella (Jones) Gaige was born in Fish-\\nkill, Dutchess Co., N. Y., Sept. 12, 18^3. She is the\\ndaughter of M. V. K. Jones, Postmaster at Croswell\\n(see sketch). Her mother, Elizabeth A. (White)\\nJones, is the daughter of Nicholas White, who was\\nfor 30 years an itinerant minister of the Methodist\\nEpiscopal Church. He was Presiding Elder in\\nBrooklyn and vicinity nine years. Mr. and Mrs.\\nGaige were married Sept. 20, 1869, at Ann Arbor.\\nMrs. Gaige occupies a social position, in which she\\ndoes credit to her womanhood, and by her genial\\naffability and unaffected manners throws a grace\\nabout her influence which renders her an acquisition\\nto society of no ordinary stamp. The home and\\nsurroundings of the family are characterized by quiet\\nelegance with no attempt at ostentation.\\nMr. Gaige is a representative of the men of this\\ngeneration, upon whom rest the hopes of the Repub-\\nlic. Reared in affluence, trained under social in-\\nfluences of an elevated character, one of the heirs of\\nhis patron and relative, Truman Moss, he preserves\\nhis character of independent, spotless manhood, and\\nholds the unwavering esteem of all who know him.\\nThe addition of the portraits of Mr. and Mrs.\\nGaige give an attraction to the Album of Sanilac\\nCounty of no common type. They may be found on\\npages just preceding the beginning of this sketch.\\ni\\nw^\\nT^\\n4 ^5f^P", "height": "2866", "width": "2206", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph09chic_0283.jp2"}, "284": {"fulltext": "288\\nT mm\\\\im^\\nT\\n4^^c^-il\\nSANILAC COUNTY.\\nm-\\nrs\\n2\\nft\\nobert Tenniswood, farmer, section 15,\\nSpeaker Township, was born May 24,\\n1837, in England, and is tlie son of Robert\\n\u00e2\u0080\u00a2J{^ and Mary (Gaul) Tenniswood. Both parents\\nm\\nwere born in Cumberland, England, the\\nmother Nov. 23, 1809, the father May 27,\\n1803. In 1842 they left the Old World for Amer-\\nica, and landed at New York. They proceeded\\nthence to Canada, where they resided 16 years, en-\\ngaged in agricultural pursuits. In i860 they located\\non 80 acres of unimproved land in Speaker Town-\\nship, where they were among the earliest settlers.\\nTheir estate now includes 160 acres, with 100 acres\\nunder creditable improvements.\\nIn 1863, Mr. Tenniswood was married to Edith A.\\nBillings. She was born Aug. 18, 1S45, in the Prov-\\nince of Quebec, and is the daughter of Chester and\\nEunice (Smith) Billings. The parents are natives of\\nSalem, Mass., where the mother was born Aug. 27,\\n1808; the father, Sept. 11, 1809. They are de-\\nscendants of the original Puritan settlers of the Bay\\nState, and reside in the township of Speaker. Five\\nchildren have been born to Mr. and Mrs. T., in the\\nfollowing order: J. Frank, Sept. 21, 1864; Arthur R.,\\nJune 10, 1868; Mary E., Dec. 11, 1S71; Lyman R.,\\nOct. 27, 1876; Everett W., Sept. 10, 1879. The\\nparents are zealous and influential members of the\\nBaptist Church. Mr. T. is a Republican in political\\nfaith and action.\\n-vtazfi/\u00c2\u00ae^^\\n^^--SJ^ZTZTJOv.\\nlohn Walker, farmer, sections 24 and 25,\\nMarlelte Township, was born May 17, 1840,\\nin the county of Dundas, Ont., and is the\\nson of William and Ann (Keyes) Walker. The\\nparents were natives of Ireland, and after the\\nevent of their marriage came to Ontario, Can.,\\nwhere they reared their children.\\nMr. Walker remained in his native place until he\\nwas 15 years old. In January, 1855, he came to\\nSanilac County, and is now the proprietor of 120\\nacres of valuable farming land, of which he has\\nplaced 65 acres under first-class cultivation. He is\\na Democrat in political sentiment and action, and\\nhas been Highway Commissioner about three years.\\nHe was married Nov. 12, 1867, in Lapeer Co.,\\nMich., to Catherine A. Rawson. She was born Nov.\\n12, 185 I, in the State of Illinois, and is the daughter\\nof Rev. W. T. Rawson. Three of four children born\\nto Mr. and Mrs. AValker survive. They are: Wil-\\nliam R., Anna L. and Herbert R. One child died in\\ninfancy.\\n^^Mit eorge A. Willard, farmer, section 16, Buel\\nL Township, was born March 26, 1850, in\\nGouverneur, St. Lawrence Co., N. Y. His\\nX pa-rents, George and Lucy D. (Woodward)\\nI Willard, are both living with an unmarried\\nson in this township. They are both natives\\nof the State of New York, and the father is of Eng-\\nlish descent. Their family includes three children,\\nFrank E., Laura E. and the son who is the subject of\\nthis sketch. The sister is the wife of A. B. Hall, of\\nBuel Township.\\nMr. Willard grew to the age of manhood under\\nthe supervision of his parents, and in the spring of\\n1874 made his first visit to Michigan. He returned\\nto Sanilac County in the fall of 1875, and in the\\nspring of 1876 bought 40 acres of land in Buel Town-\\nship. His acreage was increased later by a gift of a\\nsimilar amount from his father. The entire tract was\\nin a wild state, without buildings or improvements of\\nany character. He has placed 50 acres under first-\\nclass tillage, erected a good house and a barn of\\nmore than ordinary pretentions. Mr. Willard has\\nbeen active in school matters ever since he became a\\ncitizen of the county.\\nHis marriage to Mary Wilson took place May 6,\\n1878. She was born Feb. 14, 1858, in Mitchell,\\nPerth Co., Can., and is the daughter of John and\\nMargaret (Findley) Wilson. His parents were na-\\ntives of Ireland, but came to America in early child-\\nhood. The father died in Mitchell, April 7, 187 1,\\n(f)\\n/r)", "height": "2866", "width": "2206", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph09chic_0284.jp2"}, "285": {"fulltext": "6VC I1 n n I]s\\nV u\\nSANILAC COUNTY.\\n289\\nj^,;\\n(b\\nand was 57 years of age at the time of his decease.\\nThe mother is still living in the same place. Their\\nchildren were born in the order named Edward,\\nJohn, Richard, William, Sarah, Mary, Margaret J.,\\nElizabeth L., Susannah P. E. and James Wesley.\\nMr. and Mrs. Willard have had four children, the\\noldest of whom died at birth. Harold A. was born\\nMarch 16, 1882; Ethel M. and Percy C. (twins) were\\nborn May 19, 1884. Politically, Mr. Willard affiliates\\nwith the Anti-Monopolist party, and was a delegate\\nin 1884 to the Anti-Monopolist State Convention.\\nX\\nI\\njan Barnes, farmer, section 25, Fremont\\nri^i- Township, was born Jan. 29, 1S28, in\\nV., Theresa Township, Jefferson Co., N. Y.\\nrjfi. He is the son of Benjamin and Mary (Sheley)\\n/R- Barnes, both of whom are deceased. His father\\nwas born in Vermont, was a mason by trade, and\\none of the most active and energetic men in Jeffer-\\nson County, where he was a local Methodist preacher.\\nHe probably preached more funeral sermons than\\nany other clergyinan in that county. He was also a\\npractical farmer, and burned brick and lime. He\\nalso operated as a jobber and builder, and superin-\\ntended the construction of numerous houses in his\\nnative township, supplying the material from his own\\nproducts. He was a soldier in the war of 181 2, and\\nfought m the action at Sackelt s Harbor. He died\\nat the age of 72 years. The mother of the subject of\\nthis sketch was born at Danul)e, in the State of New\\nYork, and died when she was 70 years old.\\nOn the failure of his father s health, Mr. Barnes\\nassumed the management of his business. He was\\nonly 16 years^ld, but he continued to conduct its\\nvarious branches after the death of his father for a\\nperiod of six years. He then sold out and removed\\nto Port Huron, Mich., where he was interested in\\nlumbering seven years, in company with Messrs.\\nSkinner Ames. He went thence to the township\\nof Worth, where he managed a farm of 850 acres of\\nland, in connection with the same gentlemen. It\\nwas under his personal superintendence about nine\\nyears. In 1880 he took possession of the place,\\nwhere he has since pursued agriculture with rapidly\\nincreasing resources. It comprises 357 acres. At\\nthe date of his purchase the good lumber trees had\\nbeen cut out and a small clearing made. The place\\nnow includes 160 acres of well improved and credit-\\nably cultivated land, and supplied with a good frame\\nhouse and a barn second to none in the county.\\nMr. Barnes lias been twice married. His present\\nwife, Mary H. (Gates) Barnes, is the daughter of\\nAsia and Dolly (Kingsbury) Gates. Her father was\\nborn in Antwerp, Jefferson Co., N. Y., and died sud-\\ndenly of heart disease when he was 56 years old.\\nHer mother was a native of New Hampshire and was\\n72 years old when she died. The marriage of Mr.\\nand Mrs. Barnes occurred April 25, 1848, in Ant-\\nwerp, Jefferson Co., N. Y. Mr. Barnes has been the\\nfather of 13 children, nine of whom are living -Mary\\nA Sarah A., Gates (deceased), Florence E., Ada\\nA. (died when she was 1 1 years old), Benjamin (de-\\nceased), Charles A., Arthur, Lewis (died in infancy),\\nLewis F. and Jessie (twins; Jessie died when three\\nmonths old), Perlie H., John K., Frank L. and Dolly\\nA. O. Their father and mother are members of the\\nMethodist Episcopal Church. Mr. Barnes is a Re-\\npublican in his political views.\\n^^\u00c2\u00ab1!))\\nr;^d;^lmore Putney, one of the substantial and\\nsi.r influential farmers of Sanilac County, re-\\nT sides on section 10, Speaker Township.\\nTHe was born Jan. 12, 1839, in Lisbon, St. Law-\\nrence Co., N. Y. His father, Obadiah Putney,\\nwas born June 11, 1804, in St. I^awrence Co.,\\nN. Y., and died Nov. 18, 1870, in Hillsborough, N.\\nH. The mother was born in Johnson, Franklin Co.,\\nVt., Aug. 22, 1798, and died April i, 1883, in Speaker\\nTownship.\\nMr. Putney left the parental roof when he was 15\\nyears of age, and was engaged in farming and lum-\\nbering until the civil war awakened him to the emer-\\ngency of actual fighting. Accordingly he enlisted,\\nin July, 1862, in Co. B, io6th N. Y. Vol. Inf The\\nregiment was assigned to the Army of the Potomac,\\nand Mr. Putney was a participant in 16 general\\nengagements, among which were P airmont, Va., the\\nWilderness, Gettysburg and others, until the collapse\\nof the rebellion. He was wounded at Cold Harbor,\\n\\\\P)\\nC^\\ns\\n%\\\\(i^m^\\nu^ii.\\n^o II mi", "height": "2866", "width": "2206", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph09chic_0285.jp2"}, "286": {"fulltext": "ttf^*\\nSANILAC COUNTY.\\nf\\nJ\\nf^\\nand at Winchester in 1864. The latter was a severe\\ninjury, the bullet passing between the trachea and\\njugular vein, quite through his throat. He receives\\na pension in consequence. He was honorably dis-\\ncharged June 22, 1865, at Washington, D. C, re-\\nturning to the State of New York. Two years later,\\nin 1867, he came tp Sanilac County, where he located\\na claim of 80 acres in Speaker Township. He now\\nowns 120 acres of land, with 100 acres under first-\\nclass improvements, with immense barns, a large\\nand excellent house, and all other farm appurte-\\nnances of a fine type. Mr. Putney is a member of\\nthe Republican party in political preference, and be-\\nlongs to the Order of Masonry, Elk Lodge, No. 353.\\nHe was married in 1866 to Harriet D. Portus.\\nShe was born Jan. 2, 1846, in St. Lawrence Co., N.\\nY., and is the daughter of M. L. and Eliza (Davft)\\nPortus. Her father was born in 1783, in Ireland,\\nand resides in Waddington, St. Lawrence Co., N. Y.\\nHer mother was born in 1805, in Pennsylvania, of\\nGerman ancestors, and died April i, 1870. Charles\\nG., Wallace L., Franklin O., RoUin E., Herbert S.\\nand Mabel A. are the names of the six children of\\nMr. and Mrs. Putney. The latter are communicants\\nin the Methodist Episcopal Church.\\nL Babcoek, farmer, section 29, Elk Town-\\nIji^a ^^j sliip, was born July 4, 1818, in Monroe Co.,\\nSiSsM N. Y. His parents transferred their family\\njff and interests to Ashtabula Co., Ohio, when\\nIF he was eight years old. His father was a\\nfarmer and reared his sons to the same calling.\\nMr. Babcoek was 22 years of age when he left\\nhome. He became agent for a stave manufacturing\\ncompany in Ohio, and some time later came to Mt.\\nClemens, Macomb Co., Mich., where he remained\\nthree years, going thence to Bay City. There he en-\\ngaged in a mill, in which capacity he operated 18\\nmonths. His next remove was to Sanilac County,\\nwhen he settled in this township and was one of its\\nearliest pioneers. During the first year he engaged\\nin lumbering for Myron Williams. In the fall of\\n1854 he purchased the farm on which he has since\\nresided, and has placed 70 acres under cultivation.\\nMr. Babcoek was the first voter in the township, and\\nthe first man who took unto himself a wife within the\\ntown limits he acted as pilot for the first United\\nStates mail-carrier who ever crossed the county. He\\nwas married in Elk Township, in January, 1854, to\\nMrs. Margaret (Pomeroy) Dinion, a native of Can-\\nada, where she was born Feb. 26, 1828. She was\\nthe mother of two children by her first marriage,\\nGeorge F. and Sarah J., both of whom are married.\\nMr. Babcoek is a Democrat in political connection,\\nand has held the office of Highway Commissioner.\\neorge Henry, proprietor of the Henry\\nHouse, at Lexington, was born Aug. 19,\\n1842, near the village of Ancaster, Ont.,\\nand is the son of Joseph and Anna (Aikens)\\nHenry. His father was a farmer, to which\\n1 vocation he was reared. In 1856 he came to\\nSanilac County, and became an inmate of the family\\nof his uncle, who owned a farm in the northwestern\\npart of Lexington township. He worked on the farm\\nalternate summers and attended school winters for\\ntwo years for his uncle, and passed three years suc-\\nceeding, with ^Villiam Lawrence. He was then ig\\nyears old, and became a soldier in the Union service.\\nHe enlisted Nov. 7, 1861, in Co. D, Tenth Mich.\\nVol. Inf under Captain Huckins, of Lexington. The\\ncompany was assigned to the Army of the West,\\nunder Gen, Sherman. It was one of the first com-\\npanies filled under the call for three-years men. Mr.\\nHenry was discharged from service at Roseville, Ga.,\\nApril I, 1863, and veteranized, re-enlisting in the\\nsame company in which he served, until the close of\\nthe war. He was finally discharged at Jackson,\\nMich., Aug. 19, 1865. Following are the names of\\nsome of the battles in which he was a participant\\nFarmington, Corinth, Nashville, Stone River, Chatta-\\nnooga, Ringgold, Buzzard s Roost, etc. His regiment\\nwas involved in all the heavy engagements through-\\nout the campaign from Chattanooga to Atlanta. It\\nwas the first command detailed to special service at\\nJonesboro, and captured 500 prisoners, the regiment\\nlosing about 65 men. It was also in a part of the\\nactive campaign to Savannah, Black River and Ben-\\n)^^tf-", "height": "2866", "width": "2206", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph09chic_0286.jp2"}, "287": {"fulltext": "V^:I1H^I1I1 J\\nSANILAC COUNTY.\\n2gi\\n(b)\\n5.\\ntonville, N. C, where its members were present at\\nthe surrender of the rebel general, Johnston. It was\\nmustered out of the service of the United States July\\n19, 1865, at Louisville, Ky.\\niMr. Henry returned to Lexington and was vari-\\nously employed until the fall of 1866, when he bought\\n80 acres of land situated about three miles west and\\nfour miles north of the village of Lexington. He\\nplaced 62 acres under cultivation, and the place be-\\ncame, under improvement, most valuable and desir-\\nable. In December, 187 r, he e.xchanged the property\\nfor the hotel which he now owns, and which was\\nbuilt by E. B. Parsons. He has continued its man-\\nagement since he became proprietor. The establish-\\nment has accommodations for 25 guests, and has a\\nlivery attached. Besides his business as landlord,\\nMr. Henry is dealing extensively in lath and shingles,\\noperating from a yard on the beach of Lake Huron,\\nnear the pier. He owns two village lots attached to\\nthe hotel, and five acres on Main Street in the south\\npart of the village of Lexington. He is also the pro-\\nprietor of two farms of 200 acres each, situated re-\\nspectively in Elk and Watertown Townships. Mr.\\nHenry is a member of the Order of Masonry and\\nbelongs to Post H. H. Nims, No. 118, G. A. R., of\\nLexington. He is also a foreman of Fire Company,\\nHuron No. i, and has served on the Board of Village\\nTrustees. He was Township Treasurer in 1882-3.\\nHe was married in Lexington, May 5, 1867, to\\nMartha, daughter of John and Eliza (Reynolds)\\nRiley. She was born July 18, 1849, in Canada. The\\nchildren of Mr. and Mrs. Henry were born as follows\\nAnnie E., April 9, 1869; Rose E, May 21, 1871;\\nMargarets., Dec. 7, 1872; George W,, July t3, t875;\\nMartha C, June 22, 1880; John R Au^. 6, 18S3,\\nrames Walker, (n.iier, section 23, Marlttte\\n|f Towns iip, is the son of William and Ann\\n(Keyes) Walker, who were natives of Ire-\\nland. He was born in the Dominion of Can-\\n^y It whither his parents emigrated, Aug. lo,\\n1844. He passed the earlier years of his life\\nin attending the common schools of his native county,\\nand when ten years of age (in Jantiary, 1855) came\\nto Sanilac County, where he grew to man s estate.\\nHe has become the prosperous proprietor of a fine\\nfarm of 120 acres of land in the townshi)) of Mar-\\nlette, and has placed the greater portion of his acre-\\nage under cultivation. He is identified in political\\nprinciple and action with the Democratic party.\\nHe was married Jan. 5, t867, at Marlette, to Mary\\nA. Fitch. She was born in Canada, and is the\\ndaughter of Tliomas and Margaret (Beacom) Fitch.\\n(See sketch). Margaret, Mary E., Emma J. and\\nAda M. are the names of the four children born of\\nthis marriacre.\\nilliam P. Wallace, farmer, section 13\\npliii^iailg Fremont Township, was born Aug. 11,\\n%i^ i~^ 1846, in Racine Co., Wis. John Wallace,\\nJ, his father, was a native of Amsterdam, New\\nK^^ York, and was of Scotch descent. In early\\nJ life he was a farmer, and later became a hotel-\\nkeeper at Milton, Halton Co., Can., wjiere he died,\\nMarch 27, 1882, aged 74 years. He married Susan\\nBeckwith, who survives him and is still resident at\\nMilton.\\nMr. Wallace is the oldest child of his parents and\\nacco.npanied them from Wisconsin to Canada when\\nhe was but five years old. He passed the time until\\nhe was 22 years old in the Dominion, with tlie ex-\\nception of two years, during which he was employed\\nin and about Elgin, 111. He re .urned to Canada, and\\nwas there connected with a Government surveying\\nparty about six months. After passing about 18\\nmonths at home, he came to Sanilac County, and\\nNov. r2, 1867, he took possession of the farm on\\nwliich he has since resided. It was conveyed to him\\nby a deed of gift from Iris father, and comprised 160\\nacres of land, heavily timbered with maple, beech,\\noak, hemlock and basswood. He has reduced nearly\\nthe entire tract to cultivation, leaving only the portion\\nhe desires to reserve unimproved. He has erected\\ngood and comfortable farm buildings. Mr. Wallace\\nis a Republican in political principles and connection.\\nHe is present Supervisor and has held the various\\nschool offices.\\nHe was married Sept. 13, 1871, to Maggie Ander-\\nI\\ni", "height": "2866", "width": "2206", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph09chic_0287.jp2"}, "288": {"fulltext": "^(^J^#^\\nl4^11!Sr\\nSAN/LAC COUNTY.\\nson. She was born Aug. 27, 1849, in Kalamazoo,\\nMich., and is the daughter of Hiram and Ann (Cum-\\nI mings) Anderson. The former was born in Canada,\\nof Scotch parentage, and came thence to I,exington,\\nwhere he was a farmer for a number of years. He is\\nnow resident at Port Huron. The mother died at\\nLexington, in 1864, from the effects of an accident.\\nMrs. Wallace is one of six children, four daughters\\nand two sons. One of the latter is deceased. Three\\nchildren have been born to Mr. and Mrs. Wallace, as\\nfollows: Edith M., Oct. 22, 1872; Maud A., Dec. 6,\\n1874; Elizabeth A., March 28, 1876.\\nljl--^:~fS5\\njarvin V. K. Jones, Postmaster at Cros-\\nwell, and Justice of the Peace, was born\\nf IS^ Dutchess Co.,\\njf)^ N. Y., the son of Stephen and Mary (Weeks)\\nJones. His father was a carpenter by trade and\\nI died in Ulster Co., N. Y., in October, 1853, aged\\nabout 83 years. His mother died Feb. 11, 1846, in\\nDutchess County, and was about 66 years of age.\\nMr. Jones came to this State in 1835, and spent\\n14 months working at the cooper s trade in Ann\\nArbor, returning at the end of that time to Dutchess\\nCounty. He at once gave his attention to acquiring\\na knowledge of the mason s trade, which he did in\\nthe most thorough manner, becoming fully proficient\\nin tlie art of laying brick and stone. He passed five\\nyears in his apprenticeship, and a year later worked\\nas a journeyman. He went then to Poughkeepsie,\\nN. Y., and formed a brief partnership with John\\nLongfield. On its termination he resumed journey\\nwork in that city and in New York. Two years later\\nhe returned to his instructors, with whom lie was en-\\ngaged six years. He owned a residence and other\\nproperty in that place (Fishkill), which he sold and\\nwent to Brooklyn. He operated in the Ciiy of\\nChurches two years and returned to Fishkill, where\\nhe entered into partnership with one of his former\\nmasters, and followed his trade two summers. In\\nOctober, 1854, he removed with his family to Ann\\nArbor, Mich., where he worked one year as a journey-\\nman in the construction of the Union School build-\\ning. He then established hia business inde endently\\nand erected some of the most prominent of the build-\\nings (at that time), comprising residences, stores and\\nchurches. In 1867 he managed the construction of\\nthe Methodist Episcopal Church at Jackson and in\\nParma in 1868. In 1869 he superintended the\\nbuilding of the dormitory and dining hall on the\\nState Agricultural farm at Lansing. In the spring of\\n1870 he went to the city of Lawrence, Kan., where\\nhe passed four months working at his trade. He re-\\nturned to Ann Arbor and again engaged as a journey-\\nman, and afterwards operated as a builder. In 1872\\nhe built the Methodist Episcopal Church at Water-\\nloo, in Jackson County, and in 1873 aided in the\\nconstruction of the shops of the Michigan Central\\nRailroad Company at the Junction, three miles\\nfrom Detroit.\\nHe lived in Ann Arbor in 1S74 and 1875, engaged\\nin journey work, and in the fall of the latter year he\\ncame to Sanilac County, where he was employed by\\nMoss, Mills Gaige in their dock and lumber yard\\nat Lexington. In 1876 they sold out, and he agaiii\\nreturned to his trade. In the spring of 1877 he\\nvisited his birth-place. In 1881 he removed to Cros-\\nwell, where he has since resided. He received his\\nappointment as Postmaster Sept. 8,. 1881, and took\\npossession of his charge on the 20th of the same\\nmonth.\\nMr. James was married Aug. 17, 1S42, to Eliza-\\nbeth A. White. She was born June 15, 1827, at the\\nparsonage of the Duane Street Methodist Episcopal\\nChurch in the city of New York. She is the daugh-\\nter of Nicholas and Artemisia (Cooley) White. Her\\nparents died in the city of Brooklyn, the demise of\\nher mother occurring in April, 1853, when she was\\nabout 60 years of age. Following is the record of the\\nchildren of whom Mr. and Mrs. Jones have become\\nthe parents Mary Ella was born in Fishkill, Sept.\\n12, 1843, and was married in 1869, to J. M. Gaige.\\n(See sketch.) Julia \\\\iida was born in Brooklyn,\\nNov. I, 1845. She was married to Eben S. Saunders,\\nof Ann Arbor, who died, and she was a second time\\nmarried, to Henry Janes, a nephew of Bishop E. S.\\nJanes of the Methodist Episcopal Church. Cora A.\\nwas born in Fishkill March 16, 1848, and was mar-\\nried in Kansas City in 1873, to Joseph A. Perkins.\\nShe is now a widow. Junius Lyndon was born March\\n4, 1850, at Fishkill, and died in Brooklyn, Nov. 10,\\n185 I. Viola R. was born April 3, 1853, in Fishkill,\\nand is now the wife of W. B. Smithett, of I\\nV\\n:^l\\nK\\n5", "height": "2866", "width": "2206", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph09chic_0288.jp2"}, "289": {"fulltext": "^N^ -:^^^f K o c-^UU-^ U Us r-r5 a^\u00c2\u00absj\\nr-;;L\\n-s\u00c2\u00abg\\n(h\\n/s\\nt\\n.4.\\n1\u00c2\u00ae\\nSA.V7LAC COUNTY.\\n293\\nOntario. Their marriage occurred in 1875, at Water-\\nloo, Iowa. Jessie B., born Nov. 3, 1856, at Ann\\nArbor, was married in 1S74 to George H. Bascey.\\nMarion C, born in Ann Arbor, Jan. 5, 1859, enlisted\\nill the regular service of the United States in 1878.\\nHis fate is unknown, as all trace of him has been lost\\nsince December, 1880. Le Jeune, born at Ann Arl;or,\\nJan. 21, 1 861, is an undergraduate at ihe University\\nof Michigan in his native city. Winthrop Custer,\\nborn Jan. 23, 1863, in Ann Arbor, is a student at\\nGoldsmith s Commercial College, Detroit. Julius\\nArnot, born Jan. 5, 1867, in Ann Arbor, is in the\\nregular army. He enlisted in the loth United States\\nInfantry, and his company is stationed at Fort Lyon.\\nHis parents procured his discharge on account of\\nnon-age.\\nIn 1868 Mr. Jones was elected Tax Collector for\\nthe Third Supervisor s District, comprising the fifth\\nand sixth wards of Ann Arbor. He was elected Su-\\npervisor of the same district in the following year.\\nHis election to the position of Justice of the Peace\\noccurred in the spring of 1884. He is a Republican\\nand was a delegate to the first Representative Con-\\nvention of Washtenaw Co., Mich.,.after the formation\\nof the party to which he belongs.\\nw-\\nilliam Shier, farmer, section 5, Marlette\\n1^ Township, is the son of Philip and Mary\\nISi- /i., (Dawson) Shier, natives of Ireland. They\\nf!^^ emigrated to Canada, where the father died\\n3/ and the mother is still living. Mr. Shier was\\nborn April 8, 1840, in the Province of Onta-\\nrio. He received a common-school education, and\\nbeing the eldest of a family of 13 children, seven\\nsons and six daughters, all of whom are living but\\none, his services were early in requisition for the\\nsupport of the family, in which he assisted until he\\nwas 25 years of age. The deatli of his father left\\nhim in possession of a farm of 50 acres, on which he\\nexpended his efforts for about nine years. At the\\nend of that time he removed to Huron Co., Out.,\\nwhere he was a resident six years. In the spring of\\n1880 he came to Sanilac County and bought 320 acres\\nof land in Marlette Township. He still retains 240\\nacres of his original purchase, having disposed of 80\\nacres in 1882. He has cleared and creditably im-\\nproved 60 acres. Mr. Shier is in affiliation with the\\nRepublican party.\\nHis marriage to Nancy Till occurred Dec. 29,\\n1864, in the county and Province of Ontario. She\\nwas born July 8, 1840, in Ireland, and is the daugh-\\nter of John and Jane (Ritchie) Till, also natives of\\nthe Green Isle. Mary J., Margaret A. D., Carroll\\nI. and Richard O. are the names of the children\\nborn to Mr. and Mrs. Shier. Tiie parents belong to\\nthe Methodist Church.\\njrTnrames T. Waterman, general merchant and\\nr^vy farmer, resident at Peck, was born Dec.\\nI\\nC-f^\\n7, 1840, at Port Sarnia, Ontario. His father,\\nJames D. Waterman, is a native of the State of\\nNew York, of Scotch extraction. His parents\\nlocated in New England. He is a shoemaker\\nby vocation and married Eliza Talbot, a native of\\nOntario, of Irish descent. She died in Worth Town-\\nship, Sanilac County, in 1881, aged 74 years. The\\nfather is a resident of Peck and is 79 years old.\\nFour of their seven children are now living.\\nMr. Waterman is the eldest son and fourth in order\\nof birth, of the children born to his parents. Soon\\nafter his birth they removed to Middlesex Co., Ont.\\nIn 1865, they removed their family toSanilac County,\\nlocating in Speaker Township. Two years later they\\nsettled in the Township of Worth, where he resided\\nwith them until of age. He had been employed\\nduring the years of his minority in farm labor and in\\nthe lumber woods. During the last three years of\\nthat time he was engaged in job lumbering, which\\nmethod of business he pursued until he was 25 years\\nold. In 1865, he established himself in the grocery\\nbusiness at a point then known as Switzer s Mill in\\nWorth Township, and entered into a partnership with\\nhis brother-in-law. This enterprise continued ayear,\\nwhen they removed their business to Speaker Town-\\nship, where they prosecuted their joint interests three\\nyears, when they dissolved their partnership. On\\nthat event transpiring, Mr. Waterman went into bus-\\niness singly in the township of Worth, where he\\n1=1\\nI\\ny^m MM s\u00e2\u0082\u00ac\u00c2\u00bb^\\nu:^", "height": "2866", "width": "2206", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph09chic_0289.jp2"}, "290": {"fulltext": "^-rmm^\\nT ^I1I1^I1I1^^V\\n-^t7^^((^\\n294\\nSAN/LAC COUNTY.\\npursued his mercantile interests six years. In Ocfo-\\nber, 1874, he established himself where he has since\\noperated. His interests are extensive and prosper-\\nT ous, and he carries a stock representing !j8,ooo and\\ntransacts an annual business of $28,000. He is also\\nthe practical manager of a farm of 160 acres in the\\ntownship of Elk, and 212 acres of land in Worth\\nTownship. He owns two lots, on which his store and\\nresidence are located. He is a Republican in polit-\\nical faith and action and has filled the positions of\\nClerk and Treasurer of his township.\\nHe was married Sept. 29, 1875, in Worth Town-\\nship, 10 Jeannette .Smith. Three children have been\\nborn of this marriage, Helen E., Harry and Mabel.\\nMrs. Waterman is a lady of cultivation and intellect-\\nual acquirements. She began teaching when yourig\\nand continued that vocation until her marriage. She\\nis generally esteemed for her geniality and fine\\nj^ social qualities.\\nO\\nV\\n-^^^c\\nh.-,..^\\ni\\nudolph Papst of the firm of Tewksbury,\\nPapst Co., one of the most prominent\\nv[ business houses of Sanilac County, has been\\nconnected with the history of Le.\\\\ington since\\n1858, when he came there, just previous to\\nattaining his majority, and began his conflict with\\nfortune. He first obtained employment as a team-\\nster and passed his fiist winter on the Huron\\npeninsula, in the manufacture of shingles.\\nIn the s])ringof 1859 he entered upon the initiatory\\nto his future business career by becommg a clerk in\\nthe mercantile establishment of Jolm L. Woods\\nCo. at Lexington, in which capacity he operated\\nuntil the climax of Southern frenzy had involved the\\nnation in civil conflict. He enlisted Oct. 25, 1861,\\nfrom Sand Beach, Huron Co., Mich., in Co. D. loth\\nRegt. Mich. Vol. Inf, Capt. Israel Huckins, and\\nwas mustered unto service as a private. In January,\\n1862, he was made Second Sergeant of his Company,\\nyp and at a later date was promoted to the position of\\njj^ Sergeant Major. He was made Second Lieutenant\\n/g) March 31, 1863, and Aug. 26, 1864, acceded to the\\nposition of First Lieutenant; Feb. 24, 1865, he be-\\ncame Adjutant of the regiment. He received his\\ncommission as Captain May 8, 1865, and was dis-\\ncharged from the military service of the United\\nStates July 37, 1865. During the months of his\\nmilitary career he was in action in most of the im-\\nIjortant engagements in which his regiment partici-\\npated, among which were the siege of Corinth,\\nNashville, Stone River, Cliattanooga, Ringgold, Buz-\\nzard s Roost, through the Atlanta campaign, at\\nSavannah, and at the surrender of Gen. Johnston,\\nwhen the loth Michigan was attached to Sherman s\\ncommand.\\nAfter Mr. Papst reiurned to Sanilac County he\\nentered Coldsmith s Business College at Detroit,\\nwhere he compleled a full course of commercial\\nstudy and was graduated in December, 1865. Re-\\nturning thence he again became a salesman in the\\nsame employment, and also officiated in the capacity\\nof book-keeper, until April i, 1873.\\nAt that date he succeeded to the position of Reg-\\nister of Deeds and County Clerk, to which he had\\nbeen elected in the fall previous, on the Republican\\nticket, defeating the nominee of the opposition ele-\\nment by a majority of 600 votes. He served four\\nsuccessive terms as Register of Deeds, and dis-\\ncharged the duties of County Clerk two terms.\\nOn the expiration of his last official term, March\\n31, 1880, he returned to the commercial house with\\nwhich he had formeily been connected as assistant,\\nand was made a partner in its business relations.\\nIn April, 1884, Mr. Woods withdrew, and the suc-\\nceeding firm of Tewksbury, Papst Co. has since\\nprosecuted its interests. Their connections are ex-\\ntensive, and include three branches of mercantile\\ntransactions, in which they carry full lines of the\\nvarious sorts of merchandise in which they deal,\\nrepresenting an annual aggregate of about $200,000.\\nTheir establishment is the leading one of its kind in\\nSanilac County. Their dock on the lake was built\\nin 1866, by the former firm, and rebuilt in 1883, by\\nthe present association.\\nThe firm of Pajist Wixson is engaged in real-\\nestate brokerage and in the abstract business, having\\nthe only set of abstracts in the County. They buy\\nand sell real estate, do a considerable business in\\nlending money, and traffic to some extent in paper\\nMr. Papst owns 240 acres of land in Worth Town-\\nship, situated on sections 17 and 18, the tract em-\\nbracing moie than 200 acres under cultivation. I he\\n^niiv^\\nt\\nI\\n^j", "height": "2866", "width": "2206", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph09chic_0290.jp2"}, "291": {"fulltext": "^C^11I]^I1I1^\\n\u00c2\u00a5mai,\\n(h\\nSAN/LAC COUNTY.\\n4^^^f^-S\\n295\\nfarm is beautifully situated on the lake side and is\\nproportionately valuable.\\nMr. Papst is a member of the Masonic fraternity,\\nand belongs to the several bodies of that order at\\nLexington, the Blue Lodge and Damascus Chapter,\\nNo. 41, and has officiated 18 years as Secretary of\\nthe last named. He also belongs to Lexington Com-\\nmandery, No. 27. He is a member of Post No. 1 18,\\nG. A. R., at Lexington, and of Huron Fire Co., No.\\nI, at that place.\\nHis marriage to Emily Banghart occurred April 3,\\n1864, at Berlin, St. Clair Co., Mich. Their two\\nchildren were born as follows: Edwin Tecumseh, at\\nBerlin, St. Clair Co., June 9, 1865, and Rudolph,\\nApril 17, 1878, at Lexington. Mrs. Papst was born\\nApril 17, 1842, at Lexington, and is the daughter of\\nJames and Lucy (Burch) Banghart. Her parents\\nwere among the early settlers of Sanilac County.\\nabilities, and ranks fairly among the agriculturists of\\nSanilac County. He is a Democrat in political views.\\nHe and his wife are members of the Disciples\\nChurch. His parents were natives of Scotland.\\n~^^^^yyy\\\\S\\nI Vv/v^ y\\nohn McKellar, farmer, section 25, Flynn\\nTownshiiJ, was born April 13, 1823, in\\n5Jv^ Elgin Co., Ont. When he was four years\\nof age, his parents removed to Middlesex Co., in\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0ji the Dominion, where he was reared to the pro-\\nfession of farming. He remained with them\\nuntil their deaths that of the father occurring in\\nJuly, 1854, when he was 77 years old. The mother\\ndied in May, 1854, aged 73 years. After they died\\nthe son became the owner of the homestead, and he\\ncontinued its management until April, 1879, when\\nhe came to Michigan and purchased 280 acres of\\nland on sections 24 and 25, which was under partial\\nimprovement. He has purchased 160 acres addi-\\ntional since and has 60 acres improved. A consid-\\nerable portion of his estate is divided among his\\nsons. He has erected a good faim house and other\\nfarm buildings.\\nHe was married April 5, 1855, in Middlesex Co.,\\nOnt., to Catherine McNiel, who was born in 1833, in\\nthat county. The children of Mr. and Mrs. McKellar\\nare named Dugald, Christie, Henrietta, Peter, Alex-\\nander, Anna, Kate, John, Maggie, Mary, Flora and\\nDonald.\\nMr. Kellar is a farmer of more than ordinary\\nilliam E. Scribner, resident at Elmer vil-\\n|L lage, Moore Township, is the son of Sol-\\n]W^Y^ omon and Ursula (Tibbetts) Scribner. The\\n^j^ former was born June 12, 1822; the latter\\nDec. I, 1826, in Canada, and both are now\\nliving in the village of Elmer.\\nMr. Scribner was bnrn Nov. 30, 1845, in Macomb\\nCo., Mich. He obtained a common-school educa-\\ntion, and when he was 15 years of age he went to\\nlearn the business of a carpenter, which pursuit he\\nfollowed in Macomb and St. Clair Counties until\\n1880, when he came to Sanilac County and estab-\\nlished himself as a wagon-maker at Elmer. He was\\nmarried in 1881, to Mary Johnson. She was born\\nJuly 17, 1864, in Elgin Co., Can., and is the eldest\\ndaughter of John and Elizabeth (Groh) Johnson, who\\nare now residents of Sanilac County. One child, John\\nW., was born to Mr. and Mrs. Scribner, May 19, 1882.\\nThe former is a Republican, and in the spring of\\n1 88 1 was elected Justice of the Peace and Town\\nClerk. He is now the incumbent of the latter posi-\\ntion, and in 1884 was appointed Enumerator to take\\nthe cen-ius of 1884 in his township.\\n-H- ^f-^-^-\\nji^avid Markham, jjrick manufacturer at\\nj^yjl l, Croswell, has been engaged in that busi-\\nness here since 1872. He is the original\\nfounder of the enterprise, and his products\\nrank among the best, on account of the superior\\nquality of the clay. This is substantiated by\\nthe fact of his securing the contract to manufacture\\n1,000,000 brick for the Upton Manufacturing Com-\\npany at Port Huron. He bid against 22 competitors\\nand obtained the contract at an advance of 50 cents\\nper thousand, on account of the quality of the mate-\\nd)\\nf^t^C(\u00c2\u00aeX^\\n-\u00c2\u00abs", "height": "2866", "width": "2206", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph09chic_0291.jp2"}, "292": {"fulltext": "S^\\nT ^IIIl^|]|] i -r\\nfisr\\n-^f^^(\u00c2\u00aeV|\\nSANILAC COUNTY.\\nf\\nrial. His clay bed is estimated as practically inex-\\nhaustible, and is 12 feet in depth. A force of about\\n20 men are employed at present, who turn out an\\naverage of 1,500 brick each daily. The capacity of\\nthe works is about double the present production.\\nThe mi.xiiig and pressing is accomplished by a\\n25-horse-power steam engine.\\nMr. Markham was born in Waterioo Township,\\nWaterloo Co., Can., Nov. 22, 1846, and is the son of\\nJames and Sarah (Pipe) Markham. His mother\\ndied on the family homestead in Canada. His\\nfather is living in Traverse Co., Mich., where he is\\nstill engaged in fanning, the pursuit of his life.\\nMr. Markham came to Sanilac Co. in 1S70. His\\nmarriage to Jane Smurfit occurred Sept. 5, 1875. She\\nis the daughter of Thomas and Lavinia (McClellan)\\nSmurfit, and is a native of Canada. William Her-\\nbert, only child of Mr. and Mrs. Markham, was born\\nMay 3, 1877. Mr. M. has been Clerk of Croswell\\none term.\\nAbraham Markham, brother of Mr. M. of this\\nsketch, resides with him. His wife s maiden name\\nwas Emma Davis.\\nS s\u00c2\u00bb\u00c2\u00ab118 -js -o-\\nharles P. Mavis, wagon-maker and foun-\\nPj^ dryman, was born May 29, 1846, in Ger-\\nmany, and is the son of Charles and Carlotta\\nJlj (Karvitz) Mavis. The parents were natives\\nof Germany, where the mother died Jan. 5,\\n1865. In 1869, the father came to the\\nUnited States, and settled in Macomb Co., Mich.\\nHe afterwards went to Lapeer County, where he\\ndied Sept. 24. 1S73.\\nMr. Mavis is tlie fifth of si.\\\\ children born to his\\nparents. He received a good common school edu-\\ncation, according to the custom of his native country,\\nbefore he was 14 years of age, and in the year fol-\\nlowing he was apprenticed to a blacksmith. He\\ncompleted his term of service and acquired a thor-\\nough knowledge of the business, at which he worked\\nuntil he was 22 years of age in the Fatherland.\\nHe came to this country with his father in 1869. In\\nSeptember, 1876, he came to Sanilac County and\\nformed a partnership with R. A. Kilgore, under tlie\\nstyle of Kilgore Mavis, for the purpose of man-\\nufacturing wagons. In June, 1879, they added the\\nfoundry business, and till 1884 have been engaged in\\nthe prosecution of their two-fold interest. June 15,\\n1S84, Mr. Mavis dissolved his connection with Mr.\\nKilgore and formed a new partnership with Ferdin-\\nand Z. Luedke in the manufacture of wagons and sell-\\ning agricultural implements, under the firm name of\\nMavis Luedke.\\nMr. Mavis was married Nov. 21, 1S69, to Minnie\\nLadebuhr, at Almont, Lapeer Co Mich. She was\\nborn April 4, 1844, in Germany. Si.x children have\\nbeen born of this marriage August H., Frank C,\\nIda M., Martha, Charley L., and Lao C. The second\\nchild died at the age of 18 months. The father is a\\nRepublican of most decided type. Both parents are\\nmembers of the religious organization known as the\\nEvangelical Association.\\nS-vMMs\\nI\\nlexander Mc Alpine, farmer, section 27,\\nj^:^ tS Flynn I owiiship, was born April 15, 1857,\\nin Ekford, Middlesex Co., Ont. His parents,\\nr Donald and Mary (McLoughlin) McAlpine,\\nwere natives of Scotland. The father sought\\na home in the New World about 1842. The parents\\nof the mother came to Ontario in 1833. Mr. McAl-\\npine, senior, was a farmer by profession. He married\\nin the Dominion and there resided until the spring of\\niSSo, when he disposed of his interests there and lo-\\ncated on 300 acres of land on section 27 of this town-\\nship, a part of vvliich was iin|)roved. He died Dec.\\n2, 1880, when he was 65 years of age. The mother\\nis a member of the Jiousehold of her son. The fam-\\nily included eight children, two of whom are\\ndeceased.\\nMr. Ml- Alpine is the oldest child of his parents.\\nHe was reared to manhood under his father s care\\nand remained at home until the death of the latter.\\nHe owns 200 acres of land, with 60 acres improved.\\nThe place gives the best evidence of the character\\nand quality of his skill and judgment in his agricul-\\ntural management, being in first-class condition. Mr.\\nMcAlpine is a Democrat in political connection and\\nviews. In 1883 he was elected Treasurer of his\\nV^\\nf\\nT\\nI\\n^D!l^lllli V^", "height": "2866", "width": "2206", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph09chic_0292.jp2"}, "293": {"fulltext": "", "height": "2866", "width": "2206", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph09chic_0293.jp2"}, "294": {"fulltext": "", "height": "2866", "width": "2206", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph09chic_0294.jp2"}, "295": {"fulltext": "SANILAC COUNTY.\\ntownship. In 1884, he was re-elected. His mother\\nis a member of the Presbyterian Church, to which\\nhis father also belonged. Following is the record of\\nf the brothers and sisters of Mr. McAlpine Eliza\\nwas born Aug. 18, 1859, in Middlesex Co., Out. She\\nis engaged in the business of dress-making in Detroit.\\nArchibald was born Dec. 27, 1863, and is a farmer.\\nMargaret was born Dec.17, 1865 Mary B., Jan. 4,\\n1867 Flora J., March 4, i86g; Catherine was born\\nAug. 7, 1855, and died Oct. 9, 1879 Flora was born\\nDec. 21, T 866, and died Dec. 23, following.\\n(i)\\ni\\nS ^X c\\nok:^^s?k\\nruman Moss, deceased, was a resident of\\nCroswell for more than a score of years pre-\\nceding his demise. His name is an in-\\nIsS^ separable part of the history of this portion of\\nSanilac County, with whose relations he iden-\\nI tified himself in a manner which incorporated\\ntherewith the bulk of his own private interests, and\\nleft his memory a personal legacy to the inhabitants\\nof the place where he established a permanent busi-\\nness and where he came to the ultimatuni of a long\\nand useful life.\\nHe was born July 28, iSoi, in New Berlin, Che-\\nnango Co., N. Y. His fatlier, Joseph Moss, was\\nl)orn Sept. 8, 1775, and was a descendant from a\\nprominent family of C^onnecticut, of English lineage.\\nHe married Rhoda (iriftith, who was born July 28,\\n1783. Their family included several children, and\\nall the sons pursued active and successful business\\ncareers. Joseph Moss died Oct. 28, 1856, at Mar-\\nshall, Mich., where he was spending a short time.\\nHis wife died at Sandusky, Ohio, some years before,\\nunder similar circumstances, the demise of both\\noccurring while temporarily absent from home.\\nMr. Moss received from Iris father a thorough busi-\\nness training, and was brought up under the influence\\nof the commercial and financial interests in which\\nthe senior Moss was engaged. At the very early age\\nof 15 years or, at most, within ayearortwo afterward,\\nhe was qualified for the management and supervision\\ni^^^^\\nj=i.j^\\nof extensive business relations, and he went to West\\nBurlington, Otsego Co N. Y., to take charge of mer-\\ncantile affair s which his father had established there.\\nHe conducted the relations of the enterprise with\\nsagacity and the success which characterized the\\noperations of his whole life, and subseiprently became\\nconnected with a hanking enterprise with his brothers\\nat Sandusky, Ohio, which is still in existence, and in\\nits style perpetuates the patronymic, being now known\\nas the Moss National Bank. The house at San-\\ndusky lent money for the purchase of lands in Mich-\\nigan, taking security on the property purchased. The\\nmanagement proved inefficient, and in i860 Mr.\\nMoss came hither to protect the property and to\\nsecure Moss Brothers against loss by giving his per-\\nsonal attention to affairs. He assumed control of the\\nbusiness, and succeeded in a short time in placing\\neverything on a substantial and permanent basis.\\nHis interests became so extensive and involved so\\nmany complications that he continued the personal\\nnranagemeiit of his affairs at Croswell until the close\\nof his life.\\nHe engaged heavily in lumbering, and in a mer-\\ncantile enterprise which had its outcome and growth\\nin his other business connections. The store of Moss\\nBrothers was the headquarters of the lumber camps\\nof this section. He owned vessels which were de-\\nvoted to the transportation of lumber products to the\\nEastern markets, and which brought back all needed\\nsupplies. The saw-mill at Croswell (then known by\\nthe name of Davisville) had a producing capacity\\nof about 40,000 feet of lumber daily. The time-worn\\nstructure is still standing, adjacent to the premises\\nnow owned by Mrs. Mills, the only surviving child of\\nMr. Moss. In connection with the saw-mill was a\\nlath and shingle mill. Mr. Moss continued in the lum-\\nber business about 20 years. The estate owned and\\ncontrolled by the Moss Brothers included about\\n40,000 acres, half of the acreage lying within Sanilac\\nCounty. Mr. Moss continued the management in the\\ninterest of Moss Brothers until 1868, when that firm\\nand style terminated and he continued the prosecu-\\ntion of his individual interests a short time, when he\\nformed an association with his son-in-law, Wildman\\nMills (see sketch of Wildman Mills), their business\\nbeing conducted under the style of Moss Mills.\\nThe relation existed two years, when it was recon-\\ni\\nV3\\n0\\\\\\nC J\\nt\\n5\\n-IIKIl\u00c2\u00bb A", "height": "2866", "width": "2206", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph09chic_0295.jp2"}, "296": {"fulltext": "m\\nt\\n)^t#*-\\n300\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0^V ^I]ll^Illly 7^\\nSANILAC COUNTY.\\n-#^C(\u00c2\u00ae^\u00c2\u00ab\\n:^o\\nV\\nstructed and extended by the admission of Joseph\\nM. Gaige, the nephew of Mr. Moss, after which the\\ntransactions of the lirm were carried on under the\\nname of Moss, Mills Gaige. The latter relation\\ncontinued until Jan. 16, 1882, wlien it was dissolved\\nliy mutual consent.\\nMr. Moss died at Croswell, March 28, 18S3. He\\nleft an estate variously estimated at from one-half to\\ntwo millions, and which includes a large amount of\\nproperty of various kinds, among which are 30,000\\nacres of land in Michigan, 20,000 acres lying in San-\\nilac County.\\nDuring 35 years of active business life, in which\\nMr. Moss was engaged previous to his coming to\\nCroswell, his home was in West Burlington, Otsego\\nCo., N. Y., where he established himself in business\\nwhile yet a boy.\\nHe married Elizabeth Gaige, of West Burlington,\\nwho was born in 1802, and died in the same place,\\nMarch 29, 1846. She was the mother of five chil-\\ndren: Joseph, eldest child, died from accident when\\nhe was n years old. Ambler T., born Sept. 25,\\n1S29, died Dec. 11, r849, of typhoid fever, just at the\\nthreshold of a promising manhood. Truman died in\\nearly infancy. Mary Elizabeth died at the age of\\nfour years. Julia H. (Mrs. Wildman Mills), was\\nborn Oct. 2, 1836, at West Burlington.\\nMr. Moss was a man of marked traits of char-\\nacter. His domestic tastes and home instincts\\nruled his life. He was a resident of West Bur-\\nlington from 1816 to i860, and his loyalty to the\\nplace where the hopes of his life sprung unto being,\\nand where they went out in the hopeless gloom of\\ntlic grave, never wavered or knew shadow of turn-\\ning. In the l)usiness relations of Jiis later life, which\\nalmost seemed a second existence, so shorn was it of\\nthe associations of that earlier jieriod, he belonged\\nessentially to Croswell. But to that first home and\\nthe graves of his wife and cliildren his heart clung\\nwith a tenacity that manifested the fine nature he\\npossessed. Every year, until his life ended, his\\nfeet pressed the accustomed streets and ways, and he\\ncontinually renewed and strengthened tlie vt-onted as-\\nsociations. In the house his family occupied, the room\\nof his deceased wife was preserved as slie left it as\\nlong as he lived, and he felt in recalling the memory\\nof her gracious presence that was so precious to him,\\nas a royal husband of France said of his dead con-\\nsort, She never caused me a sorrow, but in dy-\\ning. Wiien the end came to him, he was borne\\nback to the home he had cherished, and after a brief\\nrest within its walls was laid beside his loved ones.\\nHe was buried at West Burlington, N. Y., April i,\\n1883.\\nIn his intercourse with the world at large the\\nruling trait of the character of Mr. Moss was sympa-\\nthetic kindness. He turned with coldness or apa-\\nthetic indifference from no case of need which came\\nto his knowledge. He felt himself his brother s\\nkeeper, and he res]\u00c2\u00bbnded substantially to all ap-\\npeals of the distressed without distinction, save that\\nof merit. The bulk of his business transactions in\\nMichigan were witii the laboring people, and they\\nfelt that in him they had a sympathetic, considerate\\nfriend, a reliable adviser, and a firm coadjutor in\\ntheir business plans. On his death they mourned\\nhis loss as a personal affliction. In all his busy,\\nhurried life, he had time and opportunity to con-\\nsider the happiness and well-being of others, and his\\ncharity and hospitality were unlimited.\\nHe was a communicant in the Protestant Episco-\\npal Church from early life, and was Senior Warden of\\nChrist Church at West Burlington, N. Y., more than\\n20 years. He held the same position in Christ\\nChurch at Croswell 12 years previous to his decease.\\nThe society reinains a monument to his religious\\ncharacter, its establishment and the church at Cros-\\nwell being largely the result of his efforts.\\nIn his early manhood he was deeply interested in\\nthe State miliiia, and was Major in the organization\\nat West Burlington, a position which gave him a\\npeculiar satisfaction in the fact that it afforded him\\nanother opportunity to serve his fellow men. While\\na constant resident of West Burlington he was also\\nactive in local affairs and gave his attention to\\nwhatever promised the advancement of the general\\ninterests. He was Supervisor of that township,\\nholding the position about 1857.\\nNo reproduction of features in the Album of\\nSanilac Counj v will be more heartily welcomed\\nthan that of Mr. Moss, which appears on another\\npage. The good he did lives after him. It is\\nwell that the lineaments of the well remembered face\\nbe made imperishable as his memory will be trans-\\nmitted to the future generations of Sanilac County\\nand vicinity.\\nI\\nc\\nca:\\n(V\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0^C^D !1^DI1^ ^;9 S5^3ri", "height": "2866", "width": "2206", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph09chic_0296.jp2"}, "297": {"fulltext": "I\\n^9.\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0^^K ^v^inn^nn^^ r\\nrr-\\n-\u00c2\u00bb^C(sV|^\\nSANILAC COUNTY\\n301\\nOOP\\nb oshua Bettis, a leading agricaltaiist of Sani-\\nlac County, resident in Bridgehampton\\nTownship, has lived in this county since\\n1846. He was born April 12, US34, in Ontario\\nCo., Can., and is the son of Moses and Rachel\\n(Wixson) Bettis, who are now residents of Lex-\\nington Township. They are natives of Canada,\\nwhere they were married and lived until 1846, when\\nthey removed their family and interests to Sanilac\\nCounty. Their family included nine children.\\nMr. Bettis was 12 years old when he accompanied\\nhis parents to Sanilac County. He has led a life of\\nactivity and industry, and is now the owner of 200\\nacres of land, upwards of half of which is under cul-\\ntivation. He is a member of the Republican party,\\nand has been Clerk of his township one year and\\nSchool Treasurer four years.\\nHe was married in Grant, St. Clair County, July\\n13, 1856, to Sarah, daughter of Joseph and Ann\\n(Graves) Ellerthorpe. She was born May 21, 1836,\\nin Ontario Co., Can. Her parents were natives of\\nEngland, where they lived for 30 years, emigrating\\nthence to Canada. In 1856 they settled in St. Clair\\nCounty, where the mother died. Five children have\\nbeen born to Mr. and Mrs Bettis, three of whom\\nsurvive: Joiin, William E. and Levi M. Joseph and\\nCyrus C. are deceased. The parents are members of\\nthe Baptist Church.\\nH\u00c2\u00bb\u00e2\u0080\u0094 vS!\u00c2\u00b0\\nS Ki^il \u00c2\u00a71 illiam V. Mclntvre, farmer, section 28,\\niJlii Ji^W Fremont Township, was born Nov. 14,\\np, 1816, in Lanark, Scotland, and is the son\\nA of Hugh and Henrietta (Burns) McLityrc.\\nHis father was an educated man, and spent\\nmany years as a teacher. He was also a\\npreacher of the denomination known as the Lide-\\npendent Methodists. He emigrated with his family\\nto America in 1834, landing at Quebec, and buying a\\nfarm in the vicinity of that city. The parents died\\nin Darling Township, near Prescott, Ont.\\nMr. Mclntyre resided with his parents until he was\\nof age, and fitted himself for the business of a cooper\\nbut he became satisfied tliat he should win neither\\nwealth nor glory in that pursuit, and bought a farm.\\nThis was his field of labor seven years, when he sold\\nthe place and removed to Worth Township, Sanilac\\nCounty. He became the proprietor there of 80 acres\\nof land, on which he labored 30 years. At the end\\nof that time, he sold the place and bought the farm\\non which he has since resided, in the Townshiii of\\nFremont.\\nHis marriage lo Margaret Donahue occurred Dec.\\n24, 1841. She is the daughter of Patrick and Ann\\nDonahue, both of whom are deceased. Her father\\nwas 30 years old at the time of his death, and she\\nhad been in America but six weeks when it occurred.\\nHer mother died in Canada, aged 62 years.\\nMr. and Mrs. McLityre have been the parents of\\n1 1 children, six of them now living. Hugh was born\\nNov. 23, 1842; .\\\\nn, born Dec. 15, 1844, died Sept.\\n13, 1849; George was born April 15, 1846, and died\\nJuly 4, 1859; Patrick was born Sept. 8, 1847, and\\ndied in the service of the United States July 6,1864\\nHenrietta was born Oct. 3, 1849; William, Oct. 13,\\n1851; Margaret, Aug. 7, 1853; Norman, April 20,\\n1856; David, born Oct. 16, 1859, died Jan. 27,1865;\\nMary J., NLarch 8, 1865. The family are Adventists\\nin religious opinion.\\nH-4^\\nobert J. Arnot, farmer on section 32, ad-\\njoining the village of Lexington, was born\\nin Florida, N. Y., Feb. 14, 181 1, and is the\\nson of James and Sarah (McMichael) .A.rnot.\\nHis father owned a farm near the city of\\nToronto, Can., of which the family took possession\\nin 1825. When he was 23 years old his father gave\\nhim 50 acres of unimproved land. He cleared a\\nsmall portion, built a house suited to his circum-\\nstances, and, preparatory to settling in life, was mar-\\nried to Sarah Hall, the event occurring March 30,\\n1836. The fruits of this marriage were n children,\\nborn in the following order James (deceased), Eliza\\nca:\\nci\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0j^mnm", "height": "2866", "width": "2206", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph09chic_0297.jp2"}, "298": {"fulltext": "m\\n302\\n:t#^-\\n.MHr^j i^\\n7 M(lD:t;iiD r\\nV\\nSANILAC COUNTY.\\nbeth (wife of Barney Vanest, a farmer of Lexington\\nTownship), Ira (a farmer in this township), WiUiam\\n(deceased), Cephas (a farmer and merchant at Cros-\\nwell), Silas (a farmer in Grant Township, St. Clair\\nCo.), George (living on the homstead), Phebe J.\\n(wife of N. O. Randall, of Marysville, St. Chiir Co.),\\nand three children who died in infancy.\\nMr. Arnot remained on his small farm in the Do-\\nminion until 1851, when he came to tliis township\\nand bought 80 acres where he now lives. He added\\nto his real estate by subsequent purchase, until he\\nowned 700 acres of land. He has distributed the\\nbulk of his acreage among his children, and holds\\n120 acres as a homestead. His fine home was built\\nin 1881. His first wife died March 15, 1862, and\\nhe was again married to Mrs. Elizabeth Livingston,\\nwidow of Andrew Livingston. She was born in\\nCanada, Feb. 13, 1817. Arnot and his wife are\\nAdventists in religious belief He has been Super-\\nintendent of the Poor about 25 years, and still dis-\\ncharges the duties of the position.\\n^5 |iT.r ohn H. Fox, Treasurer of Moore Township,\\nfyii resident at Elmer, was born Dec. 22, i8cq,\\n7^ Brant Co., Burford Tp Can., and is the\\n^g son of Peter and Jane Fox. The motiier was\\n^r born in England the father was born in Can-\\nada and died there in 1858. The mother died\\nin Elmer in 1880.\\nMr. Fox was employed in a cheese-factory when\\nhe was 13 years old. He spent two seasons in that\\nbusiness, when he came to Sanilac County and set-\\ntled in Lamotle Township. Three years later he\\ncame to the township of Moore, where he lived two\\nyears, coming thence to Elmer, where he spent three\\nyears operating as a general merchant. He then be-\\ncame interested in a saw-mill and also in selhng\\nfarming implements.\\nHe was married in 1879 to Carrie Banks, daughter\\nof George H. and Looday Banks, both of whom\\nare natives of England. Joseph H., only child of Mr.\\nand Mrs. Fox, was born April 17, 1880. Mr. Fox\\nacts with the Republican party in political matters.\\nIn 1879, he was elected Township Treasurer, and\\n-I\\nafter serving one year vacated the office. He was\\nre-elected to the next term and has held the position\\nsince. He has also served as Justice of the Peace,\\nConstable and School Inspector, and is a member of\\nof the Order of Maccabees, at Sandusky, Sanilac\\nCountv.\\n^.*^X-^\\nI\\nV^\\niJff oshua Wixson, a leading and influential\\n5vj agriculturist of Sanilac County, located on\\nsection 10, Worth Township, was born\\nJan. 9, 1827, in York Co., Can. He is the\\nthird son of Amos and Elizabeth (Long) Wix-\\nson. The former was a native of Steuben Co.,\\nand was of mixed English and German de-\\nscent. He settled in Canada after his marriage, and\\nin 1841 transferred his interests to Sanilac County.\\nHe settled in what was then the township of Lexing-\\nton, which was afterwards divided and the township\\nof Worth constructed. They afterwards removed to\\nSt. Clair County, where the wife and mother died\\nabout Aug. I, 1868. Two years afterward the father\\nremoved to Lexington Township and died there, in\\nJanuary, 1882. His family included six children.\\nMr. Wixpon obtained a fair education, considering\\nthe adverse circumstances which surrounded him.\\nIn 1841 he came to Sanilac County, since which time\\nhe has been continuously a resident of Michigan,\\nhaving never been out of the State. When he\\nreached his majority he became the owner of 160\\nacres of land, which has been his field of labor. To\\nthis he has added by purchase 40 acres additional,\\nand has now a valuable farm of 200 acres, with 120\\nacres in highly creditable cultivation, supplied with\\nfine farm buildings. He has been identified with the\\nRepublican party since its organization, has been\\nprominent in local public affairs, and has held the\\nvarious township offices, having served as Supervisor\\nsix years, Justice of the Peace 16 years. Clerk two\\nyears, and School Inspector t8 years. In the fall of\\n1882 he was elected to the Legislature of Michigan\\nand discharged the duties of the position in a man-\\nner every way creditable and satisfactory.\\nHis marriage to Nancy Macklem occurred Nov. 16,\\n1853, in Worth Township. Her parents, James and\\nf\\nA\\nSi/\\n_:r: B\u00c2\u00abMiz:.\\nu:::.\\nA^^tm^tin;^\\nr^\\n-#l\\nm^i", "height": "2866", "width": "2206", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph09chic_0298.jp2"}, "299": {"fulltext": "o\\nv s:^DUi$UU^i?v\\nI\\ni;\\nSANILAC COUNTY.\\n303-\\nAnn (Lundy) Macklem, were natives respectively of\\nPennsylvania and anada. Her father was born of\\nIrish parents. The name of her mother before mar-\\nriage was the same as that of the celebrated battle of\\nLundy s Lane, or Niagara, which was fought on her\\ngrandfather s farm. Three children of eight that\\nhave been born to Mr. and Mrs. Wixson died in in-\\nfancy. Melissa J. was born Jnne 9, 1856, and died\\nOct. II, 1859; Mary M. was born April 27, 185S;\\nPhilip T., April 6, i860, and died July 2, 1884;\\nWaldo E., Oct. 23, 1863, and Ada Z., Nov. 16, 1869.\\nT\\n-iL_A_,\\n~r~T\\names Sharp, Sr., farmer, section 21, Fre-\\nmont Township, was born in 18 19, in\\nPerthshire, Scotland. His parents, James\\nand Ann (Thompson) Sharp, were both na-\\ntives of that country, where they married and\\npassed the entire period of their lives. Their\\nfamily included six children, John, \\\\Villiam, James\\nRobert, Ann and Ellen.\\nMr. Sharp was married in the parish of Comroy,\\nScotland, in 1848, to Anna, daughter of Alexander\\nand Anna (McEwen) Drummond. Both her parents\\nare deceased. Her mother died in February, 1S55,\\nand her father in 1868. Mrs. Sharp is the fifth of a\\nfamily of nine children, born in the following order:\\nJeannette, Catherine, Peter (deceased), Elizabeth\\n(deceased), Anna, Elizabeth (2d), Mary, Bell and\\n.\\\\lexander.\\nMr. Sharp came to America in 1854, witli his wife\\nand three children. They reached Qtiebec, Canada,\\nMay 21, and the father obtained employment on the\\nGrand Trunk Railroad and afterwards on the Coburg\\nPetersburg road, operating in that capacity two\\nyears. In May, 1856, he came to Sanilac County.\\nHe bought 120 acres of Government land under the\\nregulations of the Graduation Act, paying 50 cents\\nan acre threfor. He belonged to the pioneers of the\\ncounty and experienced all the vicissitudes and\\nnovelty of the existence of the early settler. Bread-\\nstuff was attainable only by going to Wortli Town-\\nship. On one occasion Mr. Sharp, in company with\\nthree neighbors, proceeded thither for flour and\\nstarted on their return home, esch with .a sack of the\\nnecessaries of life on his back. They arrived at\\nBlack Creek at dark, the rain pouring down and the\\nprospect of achieving a transit across the jam of logs,\\nin the stream rather dismal. An uncertain step on\\nan unsteady log sent Mr. Sharp into the water up to\\nhis neck. As he fell he adroitly deposited his sack\\nof flour on a log and his companions assisted him in\\nonce more obtaining foothold. There were no roads\\nin the township when Mr. Sharp became a resident,\\nonly a slight clearing of underbrush constituting any-\\nthing like a thoroughfare. He brought with him a steer\\ncalf, for which he bought a mate in Worth Township.\\nHe and the calf made a (jrocession across Black\\nCreek, which entirely outrivaled his former exploits\\nwith the flour sack. The calf refused to experiment\\nin traveling across the revolving logs, and his owner\\nshouldered the refractory beast and marched across\\nthe jam, the four legs of the calf flying in the air\\nat all points of the compass during the transit.\\nThe children of Mr. and Mr. Sharp were born as\\nfollows: James, July 11, 1849; Anna, Jan. 14, 1851;\\nElizabeth, Nov. 14, 1853; Mary E., April 12, 1858;\\nBell, Sept. 14, i860. The two last named were born\\nin Fremont Township. Mr. Sharp is an adherent of\\nthe Republican party, and he and his wife are mem-\\nliers of the Presbyterian Church.\\nndrew Macklem, farmer, section i6, Worth\\n^i^ Township, is the son of Thomas and Cath-\\nw\\nm\u00c2\u00a5-\\nM\\nJj|pP erine (Wideraan) Macklem. The parents\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0|lai were born and reared in Pennsylvania, where\\nthey were married. They settled in the Do-\\nminion of Canada and resided there until their\\ndeaths. Their family included five sons and six\\ndaughters.\\nMr. Macklem is tlie second son of his parents, and\\nwas born Oct. 27, 1821. On attaining his majority,\\nhe spent a year in the capacity of farm laborer, and\\nat the expiration of that time he took possession of a\\nfarm which was transferred to him by his father. In\\nFebruary, 1852, he came to Sanilac County and pur-\\nchased 80 acres of land, in Worth Township, most of\\nwhich was in an unimproved condition. His home-\\nSI1D?.\\nA\\nC\\nm\\n\u00c2\u00a7m", "height": "2866", "width": "2206", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph09chic_0299.jp2"}, "300": {"fulltext": "i5%^ i\\n\u00e2\u0080\u00a2\u00c2\u00abr\\niIID^IlIly- r\\n3\u00c2\u00b04\\nSANILAC COUNTY.\\nf\\nI\\nf\\nA-\\n1\\nstead now includes 220 acres of fine farming land,\\nand nearly the entire acreage is in a finely cultivated\\ncondition. In political connection, Mr. Macklem is\\na Republican. He has been active and prominent\\nin town matters since he became a citizen, and has\\nbeen Supervisor one year. Treasurer ten years (seven\\nsuccessively). Clerk two years. Road Commissioner\\nthree years and has held the different school offices.\\nHe was married Nov. 10, 1846, in York Co., Can.,\\nto Jane, daughter of Dan P. and Elizabeth (Robin-\\nson) Hunter. Her father was born in Ireland, her\\nmother in Scotland. After their marriage they set-\\ntled in Canada, where the former died, in April 1879.\\nMrs. Macklem was born Feb. 21, 1828, in Canada.\\nOf ten children born of her marriage, eight survive,\\nnamely: Joseph H., Elizabeth A.. Margaret K.,\\nWilfred J., Hamilton A., Cynthia E., Ida J. and\\nBertha M. Paden and Thomas A. are deceased.\\n-i\\n^ndi-ew W. Mouro, grocer at Lexington,\\nwas born Aug.\\n1837, in Canada. His\\nparents, S. W. and Nellie (Banghart) Monro,\\nremoved to Michigan in 1838. They settled\\nin Lexington Township, and not long after the\\nfather bought 26 acres of land on the present site of\\nthe village, including a portion of the most important\\npart of the same. He was a tanner and currier, and\\nerected a building for the prosecution of his business,\\nwhich he continued to manage up to the time of his\\ndeath in 1881. The demise of the wife and mother\\noccurred three days previous.\\nOn attaining a suitable age, Mr. Monro went to\\nLondon, Can to learn the tanner s trade. He re-\\nturned to Lexington in 1859 and spent two years at\\nhis trade. He then opened a saloon, and at times\\nmanaged a bakery and engaged in the sale of gro-\\nceries. He is still operating his saloon and grocery\\nbusiness. He is also extensively interested in fish-\\ning, which enterprise he instituted as a business in\\n1874. He owns a fine boat and 1 10 gill-nets. His\\nfishing-ground is at Grindstone City, and he em-\\nploys three men. He finds market for the product\\nof this industry chiefly at Port Huion. His heaviest\\ncatch was taken opposite Lexington, with one gang\\nof 25 nets, and comprised 3,500 pounds of fish. Mr.\\nMonro is a member of the Masonic Order, Lexing-\\nton Lodge, No 61.\\nHe was married at Lexington, in October, 1864, to\\nAnna M., daughter of Benoni and Mary A. Hayes.\\nShe was born in Canada. Of this marriage two\\nchildren have been born, Nellie, wife of Albion\\nWixson, a salesman in a wholesale and retail hard-\\nware establishment in Detroit, and William, who is\\ndeceased.\\nf...\\nIin ^9!i.T^ik^\\nnniel Lawson, farmer, resident on section\\nJ, Fremont Township, was born May 23,\\n1821, in Perthshire, Scotland. His par-\\nrjft ents, Graham and Ann (Wright) Lawson,\\nwere of Scotch origin and were married in\\ntheir native land. In 1831 they emigrated\\nto America with their family of ten children, who\\nwere born in the order which they are here named\\nMargaret, William, .Ann, Amelia, Lilly, Mary, John,\\nDaniel, Louisa and Ellen. They settled in Halton\\nCo., Can., where the parents passed the remainder\\nof their lives. Each was nearly four score years of\\nage at the date of death.\\nMr. Lawson grew to man s estate under his\\nfather s supervision, and, after attaining his majority,\\nremained at home until he was 35 years of age,\\nworking on the home place as he had previously\\ndone. In October, 1855, he came to Fremont, with\\nMark Gray (see sketch), and located 280 acres of\\nGovernment land, for which he paid $1.25 per acre.\\nTo this he has added 160 acres by later purchase,\\nand now owns the entire tract of 440 acres. It was\\nall in a wild state, entirely without improvements.\\nAbout one-fourth has been placed in first-class till-\\nable condition. His family removed to the place\\nwhich has since constituted their hoinestead, Sept.\\ns. 1857-\\nHe was married Jan. 12, 1846, to Janet, daughter\\nof Andrew and Elizabeth (Douglass) Aiken. She\\nwas born in Selkirk, Scotland, and accompanied her\\nparents to Halton Co., Can., about the year 1825.\\nThe family settled on a farm where the parents died.\\nAndrew, Elizabeth, Matilda, William, Margaret,\\n9\\nc^:\\nf\\nS", "height": "2866", "width": "2206", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph09chic_0300.jp2"}, "301": {"fulltext": ".isi\\nt^ -T\\n4^lln^:DIl^\\nIP\\nM\\nSANILAC COUNTY.\\n305\\n(h\\n:^J\\nO\\nAgnes, Jeamiette, Thomas and John are the names\\nof their cliildren. The mother died in 1861, and\\nwas 85 years of age. The father was 84 years of\\nage, and died in 1864. Mrs. Lawson was born April\\n15, 1819. The four children born to himself and\\nher husband are all living. Following is their rec-\\nord: Daniel, born March 10, 1847; Elizabeth D.,\\nborn Dec. 29, 1848, was married April 19, 1871,10\\nThomas Aiken; Graham, born Feb. 26, 185 1, was\\nmarried Dec. 11, 1877, to Fannie Teed; Ann W.,\\nborn March 17, 1856, was married to Thomas Todd,\\nof Fremont.\\nSanilac County was in its infancy when Mr. Law-\\nson removed his family hither. He paid a man %\\\\Z\\nto bring his household effects from Croswell (then\\nDavisville). They made but two small jags, and\\naccomplished their removal with the aid of a two-\\nhorse wagon, Mrs. Lawson walked all the distance\\nfrom Croswell, carrying her youngest child in arms\\nover a route which she selected for herself, making\\nthe way over logs and through brush, there being no\\nregular road.\\nMr. Lawson is a Repulilican in political senti-\\nment. He has been active in local official positions,\\nhaving served 16 years as Justice of the Peace, nine\\nyears as School Director, and six years as Supervisor.\\nThe family attend the Presbyterian Church.\\n^assiQfS^^\\n/^^5!/^(^r^w^\u00c2\u00bb\\nlyi||J K illiam D. James, proprietor of the Cadillac\\n^KK^^ House, Lexington, was born April 11,\\nj|\\\\^ 1843, at Fort Huron, Mich., and is the son\\n1^ of Amos and Angeline (Spaulding) James.\\n5^ His father was an owner and captain of vessels\\non the lakes, and at the age of 15 years Mr. James\\nbecame a look-out in his father s employment\\nHe operated as a sailor until he was 22 years of age,\\nand in 1865 he came to Lexington, where his father\\nowned the Cadillac House. He became a clerk in\\nthe establishment, and has been in the hotel busi-\\nness ever since. In i868 he bought the livery stable\\nof Peter Janette, which he still manages. He keeps\\nsix horses, and equipments suited to the demands of\\n^r2 iii fi nm\\nhis business. He manages a sale, board and feed\\nstable. The hotel is the largest at Lexington, and\\nhas accommodations for about 100 guests, with bill-\\niard and pool rooms, bar and fixtures. Mr. James is\\na member of the Order of Masonry and of the Royal\\nArcanum, in which fraternity he is Regent.\\nHe was married July 9, 1866, at Port Huron, to\\nEmma H., daughter of David and Mary A. Bryce,\\na native of St. Clair County. Their eldest child died\\nin infancy. Dollie B. was born June 14, 1868; Frank\\nA., Sept. 30, 1870; Irene E., March 24, 1883.\\nMr. Bryce is a prominent business man of Port\\nHuron, and has been an essential factor in the prog-\\nress and development of that city. He is the\\nbuilder of the Bryce Block.\\nijit^ljjudrew Moore, merchant, Postmaster, No-\\nliM^^ tary Public and Conveyancer, pioprietor of\\nS|p? the Speaker Creamery, etc., located at the\\niJaT village of Speaker, Mich., was born Sept. 22,\\nI 1843, Canada, and is the son of Martin and\\nMary A. (Fluellen) Moore. His father was born in\\nCanada, his mother in the State of New York. They\\nremoved to Michigan and settled in St. Clair County,\\nwhere they resided over three years returned to the\\nold homestead in Canada, where his mother died, in\\n185 I. The father returned to Michigan and died in\\nJune, 1868.\\nMr. Moore was seven years old when his mother\\ndied. He remained under the management of his\\nfather until he was 21 years of age, when shortly he\\nbecame a soldier in the services of the Union, en-\\nlisting in Co. F, 24th Mich. Inf Vols., under Capt.\\nGeorge A. Ross, of Detroit. The command was as-\\nsigned to the Army of the West, and was discharged\\nJuly 8, 1865, at Detroit. He is now receiving $8\\nper month pension for disabilities contracted while in\\nthe service. He attended the Medical College at\\nAnn Arbor during the winters of 1868-9 d 1869-\\n70. In the fall of 1S71 he fixed his residence in\\nSpeaker village, where he has since resided, with the\\nexception of five months at Port Sanilac.\\nHe has been a citizen of Sanilac County since\\n%j\\n9\\nz.", "height": "2866", "width": "2206", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph09chic_0301.jp2"}, "302": {"fulltext": "^llll^nil^ r\\n306\\nSANILAC COUNTY.\\nJ\\nMarch, 1858, and is one of the oldest permanent\\nsettlers. He has been Drain Commissioner, Health\\nPhysician, School Inspector, etc. In the year 1883 he\\nwas elected Supervisor, and in 1884 was re-elected\\nto the same position.\\nHis marriage to Augusta Hart occurred in 1872.\\nShe was born in 1847, in the State of New York, and\\nis the daughter of John H. and Sarah (Hogg) Hart,\\nboth of whom were natives of England.\\nFive children have been born to Mr. and Mrs.\\nMoore, as follows Darwin, March 14, r 87 3 (died\\nNov. 6, r877); Wilfred E., Nov. 27, 1874; Allan K.,\\nApril 23, 1878; Martin A., Oct. 8, 1880, and John\\nH., Sept. I, 1882. Mr. Moore is an earnest be-\\nliever in the truths of modern spiritualism, as he\\nbelieves they are taught by the gentle Nazarene,\\nand is a member of the order of Odd Fellows .ind\\nof the Masonic fraternitv.\\n^S c i\\nohn S. Bobb, farmer, section 30, Lexington\\nJl te^ l l ownshi|), was born June 26, 1830, in\\nvS Lanarkshire, Scotland, and is the son of\\nJohn and Marion (Stuart) Robb. John Robb\\nwas born Jan 9, 1804, at Stonebyers, in the\\nparish of Leshmahagon, Lanarkshire, Scotland,\\nand is the son of John Robb, who was born in the\\nsame place in 1761, and died in the parish of Car-\\nluke, Lanarkshire. The father of the first John\\nRobb was named Thomas, and died in 1810, aged 95\\nyears. The grandmother of J. S. Robb, Mary\\n(Thompson) Robb, was born at Killbank, Lanark-\\nshire, in 1759, and died in 1846. (This account\\ntraces the lineage of J. S. Robb through three gener-\\nations to the records in Scotland.) Marion (Stuart)\\nRobb was born at Borland, Lanarkshire, May 5,\\n1802, and died July 9, 1879, at Croswell, aged 77\\nyears. She was the daughter of John Stuart, a na-\\ntive of Lanarkshire. Her mother was born in the\\nsame place.\\nThe subject of this sketch was reared on a fami in\\nhis native land and learned the trade of a builder.\\nIn October, 1855, he came to America, landing at\\nNew York. The ocean passage was very stormy\\nand lasted si.x weeks. He paid his passage in\\nmoney before sailing, but the ship sprang a leak and\\nhe found it expedient to assist in bringing the vessel\\nsafely to ix)rt by working at the pumps. He came\\ndirect from New York to Hamilton, Can., where he\\nworked six months as a farm assistant and in a saw-\\nmill, spending some time also in freighting, hi the\\nspring of 1856 he started for the copper mines of the\\nUpper Peninsula, but stopped at Black River, where\\nCroswell is now located, then comprising less than\\nhalf a dozen houses. An ice-drive from the nortli\\ndetained the steamer, on which he expected to jour-\\nney to liis destination, and he went to work as a car-\\npenter, engaging with Messrs. Davis Stevenson to\\nassist in the construction of a steam saw-mill. In\\nNovember following he went to Potts, to engage in\\nlumbering. He passed two winters in the woods.\\nHis parents came to America several years after he\\nhad found a home here. His mother died in Lex-\\nington, in 1878, aged 79 years; the father resides\\nnear his son and is 80 years old. Mr. Robb owns\\n120 acres located on the northeast quarter of the\\nsection above named.\\nHe was married June 13, 1857, to Mary Hart.\\ndaughter of John and Sarah (Hogg) Hart. Her\\nfather died m rS8i, aged 68 years. Her mother is\\nliving in Croswell, and is 78 years old. Mrs. Robb\\nwas born April 26, 1837, at Stratford-on-Avon, Eng-\\nland, the birthplace of Sliakspeare. The children\\nof Mr. and Mrs. Robl) were born as follows: Mari-\\non H., April 6, 1858; Genevieve, Jan. 26, i860,\\nMartha, July 19, 1862; William J., March 27, 1865\\nElizabeth, Jan. 29, 1868, died July 17, 1873; Nellie\\nC, July 22, 1871; Jessie, A\\\\n\\\\] 14. 1873; Lena,\\nNov. 2, 1875; Mabel, -\u00e2\u0096\u00a0Vpril 18, 1S77: Winnifred,\\nOct. 15, 1881.\\nMr. Robb is a Republican, has been Justice of the\\nPeace, and served in the various school offices.\\n-I\u00e2\u0080\u0094 -wv^^S-^^-vw^-\\noses Foster, farmer, section 16, Flynn\\nTownihip, was born Jan. 8, 1824, in\\nTompkins Co., N. Y., and is the son of\\nJohn and Lucinda (Treadwell) Foster. His\\nparents removed, when he was nine years of\\nage, to Ontario, Can., where they engaged in\\nfarming. The mother died there at the age of 64\\nI]; ^-i_^ :^M ^i^\\nv^\\n9\\nt^,", "height": "2866", "width": "2206", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph09chic_0302.jp2"}, "303": {"fulltext": "$s^#^\\nT3^r^tlll^tllli1\\nt-^,\\nb\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0v%\\nt\\nSANILAC COUNTY.\\nyears, and the father removed later to Lapeer Co.,\\nMich., wliere he died, in May, 1856.\\nMr. Foster remained in Elgin Co., Can., until he\\nwas 18 years old, when he went to his native State\\nand engaged in farm labor. Four years later he re-\\nturned to Canada, and jnirchased 125 acres of land\\nin Elgin County, wliere he pursued agriculture for\\n27 years. At the ehd cTf that time he sold his prop-\\nerty in the Dominion and came to Michigan. He\\npurchased 80 acres of land in Attica Tp., Lapeer\\nCounty. He afterwards sold this and removed to a\\nfarm in Burnsides Tp., Lapeer County, which he\\nowned and managed three years, when he again sold\\nout and bought 160 acres of unbroken land situated\\non sections 16 and 21 in Flynn Township. He has\\nplaced 40 acres under cultivation and is making\\nrapid progress in the work of improving and placing\\nthe property in good arable condition.\\nHe was married Jan. i, 1845, in Tompkins Co.,\\nN. Y., to Susan Strong. She was born Nov. i, 1826,\\nin that county, of parents who were natives of\\nPennsylvania, of German extraction. She died in\\nElgin C o., Ont., May 4, 1875. Five of 12 children\\nof whom she became the mother are deceased. They\\nwere named Lydia, Eunice A., Adaline, Anna, David,\\nLorinda, Mary E., Lovica, Benjamin F., James V.,\\nJohn S. and Moses E. Mr. Foster was a second\\ntime married, in Elgin Co., Ont., in September, 1876,\\nto Alice Abel. She was born in St. Catherine s, Ont.,\\nand died in October, 1877. One child, of whom she\\nwas the mother, died at the same time. The third mar-\\nriage of Mr. Foster occurred in Attica, Lapeer County,\\nin February, 1878, to Marcia Dunham, a native of\\nthe Empire State. Mr. Foster is a Republican in\\npolitical sentiment.\\nreside there. Mr. Graham learned his trade in his\\nnative land, sj^ending five years in his apprentice-\\nship. In 1873, when he was 20 years of age, he\\ncame to the New Worid and settled at first in Can-\\nada. In the spring of 1876 he came to his present\\nlocation. Mr. Graham belongs to the Order of Ma-\\nsonry and the Knights of Maccabees.\\nHe was married May i, 1877, in Croswell, to\\nOlivia Kimball, a native of the province of Quebec.\\nThey have three children, Walter W., Roy and\\nMyrtle.\\n\u00e2\u0080\u00a2-~s*\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0fjndrew Graham, blacksmith at Carsonville,\\nestablished his business there in 1876. He\\nbought the shop and interest of James Ross,\\n\u00e2\u0080\u00a2]ior and has since been engaged in a prosperous\\n1 and increasing business. He was born in\\nScotland, Feb. g, 1853, and is the eldest son\\nof his parents, William and Mary A. (Dalrymple)\\nGraham. They were natives of Scotland, and still\\ni:\\nvS\\narcus Fields, farmer, section 25, Maple\\nValley Township, was born July 30, 1832,\\nin Erie Co., N. Y. His parents, Paul and\\nNancy (Price) Fields, were natives of Wind-\\nsor, Vt., and descended from New England\\nancestors, wlio traced their origin to the earliest\\nsettlers of that section of the United States. Mr.\\nPaul Fields was a farmer in the Empire State, where\\nMrs. F. died, in December, 1833, leaving three\\nchildren. The former went, later in life, to Wis-\\nconsin, where he died a few years after. \\\\X the\\ndeath of the mother, the children Hiram, Melinda\\nand Marcus were taken in charge by several kindly\\ndisposed families, who reared them as their own,\\nMarcus being cared for in the family of a Quaker\\nnamed Hosea Eddy. The separation of the chil-\\ndren proved a lasting one. Tiiey were too young to\\nknow the necessity of perpetuating the clues 10 each\\nother s whereabouts and circumstances, and 14 years\\nelapsed before the brothers met. The sister was\\nadopted by a family who removed to Ontario, where\\nshe grew to womanhood and married a man named\\nFranklin Lacass, who in all probability was the first\\npermanent settler in the township of Maple X alley.\\nMr. Lacass became a soldier, enlisting in Co. K,\\nThird Mich. Vol. Inf., and was killed near Atlanta,\\nGa., in 1864. His widow is an inmate of the home\\nof her brother. On her removal to Canada, all traces\\nof her were lost for 32 years, when through persistent\\nadvertising she was discovered and was reunited to\\nher brothers.\\nThe death of Mr. Eddy, the protector of Marcus\\nc^:\\nI", "height": "2866", "width": "2206", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph09chic_0303.jp2"}, "304": {"fulltext": "6v 3^iitignijf T\\ni^\\\\m\\nSANILAC COUNTY.\\nt\\n1\\nFields, occurred when the latter was nine years old.\\nHe remained with the widow of his foster father,\\ncaring for her and supplying the place of a son, until\\nthe advent of civil war. He was among the first to\\nenlist, and enrolled as a soldier, June 4, i86i,in Co.\\nK, 2ist Reg. N. Y. Vol. Inf., under Capt. Layton.\\nThe regiment was assigned to the Army of the\\nPotomac. Mr. Fields re-enlisted after the expiration\\nof his first period of enrollment (which continued two\\nyears), in the i4Sth N. Y. Reg. Vol., Co. A. He was\\nin the service a year longer, and during the entire\\nperiod participated in 22 battles and skirmishes. He\\npossessed singular caution and other qualities, which\\nmade him valuable as a scout, and he performed\\nmuch effective service in that capacity, for which he\\nwas specially detailed many times. He was honor-\\nably discharged in the fall of 1864, and, on succeed-\\ning in obtaining knowledge of his sister, he made her\\ninterests and those of her four children his own, and\\nhas since devoted his time and energies to their well\\nbeing.\\nMr. Field is a believer in the essential claims of\\nSpiritualism and is independent in political views.\\ni-rw^\\nmssaaaajsiii\\n\u00c2\u00a3a\u00c2\u00a3S\u00c2\u00a3\\ngl^rt^\\nrthur Avery, farmer, located on section 29,\\n\u00c2\u00abjTea \u00c2\u00abB!ai|j Fieniont Townsliip, is a pioneer settler in\\nStOy the town where he lives and wliere he located\\nin 1862. He arrived in April and bought his\\nfarm, and soon afterward sent for his family.\\nThe place had 50 acres cleared and a good log house.\\nThere were fevi settlers, and at first it was difficult to\\nobtain supplies, which involved hardship and priva-\\ntion of no common character, and necessitated ardu-\\nous effort and the exercise of all the endurance of\\nwhich mankind is capable.\\nMr. Avery was born Feb. 3, 18 ig, in Mere, Wilt-\\nshire, Eng. His parents, John and Amelia (Mills)\\nAvery, have been dead many years. The demise of\\nthe former occurred when he was 86 years old the\\nmother died at the age of 65 years. His father was\\na stcuie-mason and brick-layer, and he instructed his\\nson in the same business. The latter was under the\\nguidance of his father until he was 25 years of age.\\nHe went then to Bristol, Eng., where he operated\\neight years. At the end of that time, in 1852, he\\nemigrated to America, landing at the port of New\\nYork, where he found employment at once and\\nworked at his trade several weeks. He went thence\\nto Jo Daviess Co., 111., and erected the first stone\\nbuilding in that county. It was the residence of a\\nman named Dimick, who had returned from Califor-\\nnia. On completing the job, Mr. Avery proceeded\\nto St. Louis, and, after a delay there of a few days, to\\nNew Orleans.\\nThis was in the fall of 1852, and he passed the\\nwinter months in the Crescent City, working as a\\nmason. In the spring he returned to St. Louis,\\nwhere he lingered two weeks, working at his trade.\\nHe then proceeded to La Salle Co., 111., where he\\naided in the construction of the railroad bridge that\\ncrosses the Illinois River at that place. He worked\\nthere three months, acting as foreman of the build-\\ning corps on one side of the bridge. He started for\\nNiagara City, now Niagara Falls, going thence by the\\nway of Chicago, stopping in the (then) embryo city\\nbut a few days. He worked at Niagara about a year,\\nand obtained the job of putting up the first house at\\nElgin, now Clifton. The work of progress at the\\nlatter place made rapid strides, and in a few years\\nthe town was incorporated. A man named Samuel\\nZimmerman was the founder of the place, and\\npushed all projects for its advancement with energy.\\nHe obtained the charter of the Canada Southerji\\nRailroad, and it was in his possession when he was\\nsuddenly snatched from life in the disaster on the\\nDes Jardines Canal at Hamilton. Mr. Avery re-\\nmained at Clifton eight years, coming from there to\\nFremont Township. The family made their way\\nhither by Port Huron, which they reached by rail-\\nroad, and drove through from there with a horse\\nteam. Mr. Avery pushed his agricultural opera-\\ntions as rapidly as possible, but in the third year of\\nhis residence provisions were scarce and want seemed\\nclose at hand.\\nThe husband and father resolved on greater effort,\\nand he walked 25 miles to Port Huron, and from\\nthere to Fort Wayne, near Detroit, where he obtained\\nwork to provide for his family, .-^fter a few weeks he\\nfound that a strike among the employees was immi-\\nnent, and by collusion with the foreman he obtained\\nhis pay. A strike would preclude the laborers\\nfrom obtaining their wages, and the foreman de-\\ny^\\nC\\no\\n(V\\nw\\neS\\nK", "height": "2866", "width": "2206", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph09chic_0304.jp2"}, "305": {"fulltext": "M\\n6V4:I111^I111\\n(h\\nSANILAC COUNTY.\\n^^^^\u00c2\u00ae\\\\Wi\\n309\\nvised a pretext for discharging liim before the crisis\\ncame. The foreman, who was a former actiuaintance,\\ntold him to go to Detioit and apply for the building\\nof a brick house that was projected there, whicli he\\ndid with success. He remained in the city about\\nfive weeks, and returned to his farm.\\nMr. Avery was married May 12, 1845, in St. Mi-\\nchael s Church, in Bristol, Eng., to Jane Moger. Her\\nparents, Thomas and Ann (Matthews) Moger, were\\nboth natives of England and both died tliere, aged\\nabout 65 years.\\nMr. Avery sailed for the United States in the\\nspring of 1852 and in the fall of 1853 he sent for his\\nwife and four children, whom he met in the city of\\nNew York. They first began domestic life at Niag-\\nara City. Of ten children born to Mr. and Mrs.\\nAvery, eight are living: Arthur M. was born Feb. 3,\\n1846; Alfred, born Feb. 19, 1848, died Aug. 12,\\n1864; Agnes was born Nov. 12, 1850; James O.\\nwas born Aug. 19, 1852. These four were born in\\nthe city of Bristol. Charles R. was born June 10,\\n1854; Catherine, May 28, 1856; Jane, Feb. 27,\\n1858: William, Nov. 17, i860; John, Jan. 3, 1862,\\ndied Aug, 8, 1879; Emily, Vug. 23, 1864. The last\\nnamed child was born in Fremont Township. Five\\nchildren were born in Clifton, Ont.\\nMr. Avery is a Democrat in political connections,\\nand has officiated two terms as Township Clerk at\\nFremont.\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0^\u00e2\u0096\u00a0isJiS2f\u00c2\u00ae^r\\n^4\u00e2\u0080\u0094 \u00c2\u00ab-^.gl/ZIZRr\u00c2\u00bbv.\\ntoseph W. French, farmer, Lexington Town-\\nship, located on section 28, was born near\\nToronto, Can., April 16, 1829. His i3ar-\\nents, Charles and Jane (Macklem) French, be-\\n^r longed to the agricultural class in the Dominion,\\nand the son was reared to that calling. In 185 i\\nhe came to Sanilac County, and not long afterward\\npurchased 50 acres of land on section 9, Worth Town-\\nship, on which he resided ten years. He cleared 40\\nacres and put the farm in a very valuable condition.\\nHe sold it in 1869 and purchased his present home-\\nstead property. He labored on this alone until he\\ncleared 24 acres, and now has the entire tract of 80\\nacres in finely improved and cultivated condition,\\nwith orchards, fine buildings and valuable stock, in-\\ncluding six cows.\\nHe was married the first time Feb. 28, 1852, in\\nLexington Township, to Emmeline, daughter of Mar-\\ntin and .Sophia Law. She was a native of Canada\\nand died Oct. 9, 1857, leaving one child, (Miarles\\nR., now a farmer in Isabella Co., Mich. Mrs.\\nRachel J. French was born Nov. 22, 1827, in Lon-\\ndon, Can., and is the daughter of Levi and Anna\\nLewis. She was married March 28, 1S58, to Mr.\\nFrench, and of this union five children have been\\nborn, as follows: Jennie, Emma, Katie, William J.\\nand Sarah. The two oldest and the youngest daugh-\\nters are now popular teachers in Sanilac County.\\nOnt.\\nR\u00c2\u00ae))^#-\\n:^II!1\\nliver ]jane, farmer, section 17, Flynn Town-\\nship, was born May 6, 1834, in York Co.\\nOnt., and is the son of Cyrus and Sarah\\n(Todd) Lane. The father was born in New-\\nbury, Vt., in the year 1796. He died June 20,\\n1876, and is buried in Tobo, Middlesex Co.,\\nThe mother was born in County Tyrone, Ire-\\nland, in 1 809, and died Dec. 20, 1853, and was buried\\non lot seven in the sixth concession in Markhani\\nTownship, York Co., Ont.\\nThe subject of this sketch attained his age under\\nthe supervision and instructions of his father and re-\\nceived a good education. When he arrived at man s\\nestate, he became a teacher in the public schools of\\nthe section where he was reared, and passed three\\nyears in that employ. He then became interested\\nin farming, to which he devoted two years previous\\nto his marriage. That event occurred Jan. 3, i860,\\nin Middlesex Co., Ont., where he was married to\\nAmanda Brooks. She was born Dec. 23, 1846, in\\nElgin Co., Ont. Of eleven children born to Mr. and\\nMrs. Lane four are deceased Mary E., Alonzo,\\nMinnie and Polly M. Those who survive are named\\nAlberta A., Eliza J., John M., Sarah E., Ernest C,\\nOliver A. and Levi. After the event of his marriage,\\nMr. Lane located on 100 acres of land in Oxford\\nCo., Onr. In the spring of 1865 he started on a\\nwestern trip for the benefit of his health and to ob-\\n9", "height": "2866", "width": "2206", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph09chic_0305.jp2"}, "306": {"fulltext": "m\\nI\\n-:sj ^5p^\u00c2\u00abiis:\\n^7 m}^m\\nV\\n-:24^^\\n-^^^Cd\\n310\\nSANILAC COUNTY.\\ntain an idea of the West, then becoming famous for\\nits resources of scenery and profit, and traveled\\nthrough Michigan, Illinois, Iowa, Indiana and Ohio,\\nreturning to his farm in the fall of the same year. He\\nthence removed to Kent Co., Ont and purchased\\n280 acres of land, where he labored ten years. In\\n1876 he traveled in the East, visiting the Centen-\\nnial Ex[)osition and the cities of Baltimore, Washing-\\nton and New York. In the spring of 1881, he came\\nto Sanilac County and purchased 280 acres of land\\non sections 17 and 20 in Flynn Township. He has\\nimproved 70 acres, and has erected a comfortable\\nhouse and good farm buildings. He is a Republican\\nin political connection, and is now serving a term as\\nJustice of the Peace.\\nbharles Scott, farmer, section 34, Fremont\\n\u00c2\u00bbi \u00c2\u00bb^P a Townshii), was born Nov. 21, r8i8, in\\n^^y Niagara District, Canada. His father, Amos\\n^U Scott, was of English descent, and died in\\nOxford Co., Can., in .Xpril, 1864, aged 84\\nyears. His mother, Rachel (Ward) Scott, was\\na native of the State of New York, born of Holland\\nDutch parentage. She died March 14, 1854, in\\nNorwich, Can., aged 64 years.\\nMr. Scott was reared a farmer, and when he was\\n20 years old he was married to Marion Smith. Their\\nwedding took place Nov. 21, 1838. She was the\\ndaughter of Isaac and Mary (McCleisk) Smith, both\\nof whom are deceased. She died March 14, r85o,\\nand left six children living of seven of whom she\\nbecame the mother. They were born as follows\\nIsaac A., Dec. 4, 1839; George W., Nov. 18, 1840\\n(died March i, 1884); Charles January, 1842;\\nMary J., March 20, T844 (died Oct. 24, 1882); Amos\\nL., Sept. 15. 1846 (died in September, 1850); Min-\\nerva A., Jan. 18, 1848; Marvin, March 14, 1850\\n(died March 14, 1854).\\nMr. Scott was again married March 29, 1855, to\\nAmy Johnson, eldest daughter of Ezra and Rath\\nJohnson. She was born of German parentage, in Can-\\nada, in 1802, and died in Norfolk, March 22, 185 i.\\nMrs. Scott has three sisters, Mary J., Hannah and\\nMaloya. She has been the mother of ten children,\\nseven of whom are living. They were born as follows:\\nEmma R., March 16, 1856 (died Dec. 3, 1856);\\n\\\\mos E.,Sept. 12, 1857; Edward Feb. 10, 1859;\\nFrancis C, March 26, 186 1; Joseph T., May 30,\\n1863; Agnes G., July 20, 1865; Charlie A., March\\n29, 1867 (died July 20, 1869); Amy R., July 30,\\n1870; Hannah M., Feb. 25, 1873.\\nWhile a resident of Canada Mr. Scott was engaged\\nin lumbering, and prosecuting all the business per-\\ntaining to his saw-mill there. He has pursued the\\nsame calling to a considerable extent since coming\\nto Michigan. He took possession of his farm in Fre-\\nmont Township Sept. 15, i860. It was in a primi-\\ntive condition, with no improvements, and in a\\nsituation so entirely unknown to the presence of\\nhumanity that wild game was most abundant,\\nespecially deer, which could be seen in every direc-\\ntion from the door of the house, and were so tame\\nthat they would remain wnere the cattle were herded.\\nThe subject of game was one of peculiar interest to\\nMr. Scott, his father and grandfather having been\\nhunters of considerable celebrity in the Dominion of\\nCanada. The house which he built for his family\\nwas the first frame house erected in the township,\\nand was constructed in six days. It has served as a\\nresidence for his family ever since.\\nMr. Scott is a Republican in political principles,\\nand has held several local official positions in the\\ntownship. Mrs. Scott is a member of the Baptist\\nChurch.\\nm^m^^^^--\\n(^S-in^Kf\\nathan McClux e, taruier, resident on section\\n16, Fremont Township, was born Sept. 8,\\n1841, in Worth Township, Sanilac Co,\\nMich. He is the son of Robert and Margaret\\nJ vi Ann (Taylor) McClure, and both his parents are\\ndeceased. His mother died when he was a\\nbabe; his father s death occurred when he was a lad\\nof ten years. After the latter event, he lived with his\\nbrother John several years, after which he maintained\\nhimself He became a farm assistant and continued\\nin that capacity until he was old enough to learn the\\ntrade of a carpenter, at which he worked until he\\nyielded to the increasing influence of the war spirit\\nV^\\n5,\\n5\\n\u00e2\u0080\u00a2f s\\nl\\\\\u00c2\u00a7^^^-\\n\u00c2\u00a789-\\nA\\nc timtitin A^\\n#^K", "height": "2866", "width": "2206", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph09chic_0306.jp2"}, "307": {"fulltext": "", "height": "2866", "width": "2206", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph09chic_0307.jp2"}, "308": {"fulltext": "\u00e2\u0080\u00a2m^\\n.^t*-\\nlAj ^Z^-t^ ^^yiy", "height": "2866", "width": "2206", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph09chic_0308.jp2"}, "309": {"fulltext": ":#te: crTr^- UU^UU^^^\\nS-ltesr-\\n-o-^\\ns\\n(b\\nI\\nSANILAC COUNTY\\nwhich inflamed the North during the progress of the\\nRebellion. In September, 1862, he enlisted in Co.\\nC, Sixth Mich. Cav., under Capt. Armstrong and\\nCol. Gray. The regiment was assigned to the Mich-\\nigan Brigade, and was under both Kilpatrick and\\nCuster. It was mustered out of the United States\\nservice at Jackson, Mich., in the fall of 1865. It was\\nactively engaged at Gettysburg, Falling Waters, and\\nthrough the campaign in the Shenandoah Valley,\\nwith Custer and Sheridan. Mr. McClure was con-\\ntinuously with his regiment after his enrollment, save\\ntwo weeks, when he was ill with measles, during the\\ntime when the regiment was at Washington, before\\nproceeding to the field. On receiving his discharge\\nhe returned to his native township and again became\\na farm assistant, working by the month, and also ob-\\ntaining employment a part of the time at his trade.\\nHe bought his farm of 40 acres Dec. 15, 1880. On\\nthis he has operated successfully and has improved\\nand placed 20 acres under cultivation. He is a\\nDemocrat and has served as School Officer and\\nHighway Commissioner.\\nHe was married Oct. 6, 1874, to Lucena C, daugh-\\nter of Aaron K. and Hannah A. (Sloat) Gardner.\\nHer parents are both living in Worth Township and\\nhave always been on a farm. They are natives of\\nCanada, and are aged respectively 57 and 59 years.\\nMrs. McClure was born July i, 1847, in Westminster\\nCan. Three children have been born of her mar-\\nriage Aaron A., Oct. 10, 18715 (died Jan. 29, 1877);\\nAlbert M., Sept. 4, 1879, and an unnamed cliild,\\nMarch 29, 1S84.\\n-5\u00e2\u0080\u0094\\ninley House, farmer, section 25, Buel\\nI ownship, was born Aug. i, 1839, in O.k-\\nford Co., Can., and is the son of James J.\\nrM^ and Triphena (Malcolm) House. The former\\nwas born in the State of New York, of Penn-\\nsylvania Dutch descent, and is now a resident\\nof Buel Townsliip. He is 83 years of age. The\\nmother died Jan. 28, 1884, and at the time of her\\ndeath was 73 years old. She was born in Canada, of\\nScotch parentage. Their family included eight sons\\nand four daughters, as follows: Daniel, Joseph\\n(died from the results of hardship in the army); Peter\\n(died while in the army); Lemuel Jeremiah (died in\\nthe army); Chauncey, John (died at the age of six\\nyears); Maria (deceased); Nancy, Rebecca, and Al-\\nmira (deceased). The family came to Sanilac Coun-\\nty, Feb. T, 1862, where Mr. House located 160 acres\\nof land in Buel Township. He sold this to his\\nbrother Lemuel and bought 80 acres, where he has\\nsince resided. He is a Republican in political prin-\\nciple and a member of the Methodist Episcopal\\nChurch. He is unmarried.\\nsr\\nczUO^\\nI\\nA illiam Dawson, Register of Deeds of San-\\n^ji^^gu ilac County, whose portrait appears on the\\nj|;v;i i^ preceding page of this volume, was born\\n;V^ Dec. 21, 1845, in Markham Township, On-\\ntario. Thomas Dawson, his father, was a\\nnative of England and passed his life in the\\ntwo-fold occupation of farmer and teacher. He came\\nto Ontario when he was 2 1 years of age, and married\\nMary Brooks, a native of Canada, whose parents\\nwere born respectively in Pennsylvania and New\\nYork. Seven children were born to them. In 1857\\nthe family removed to Michigan and settled in St.\\nClair County. Later they went to Memphis, Ma-\\ncomb County, where the father is yet living and oc-\\ncupies a prominent position in social and political\\ncircles. The mother died in 1878, while on a visit\\nto Ontario.\\nMr. Dawson is the oldest child of his parents. He\\nwas 1 2 years of age when they located in St. Clair\\nCounty, and he spent the following seven years with\\nthem, obtaining his education under the supervision\\nof his father. He came to Sanilac County in his 19th\\nyear, and found employment in the town of Elk, where\\nhe engaged as a salesman for Alexander Farwell, and\\ncontinued to operate in that capacity two years. He\\nwas married meanwhile, in i866, to Lorania, daugh- i\\nter of Chauncey and Lavinia (Fox) Allen, pioneer ^l\\nsettlers of Sanilac County. Mrs. Dawson was born fe^\\nin Indiana, in 1847. Three of nine children born of\\nhev marriage are deceased. They were named (4)\\nEmma I., .\\\\rthur F. and William H. Thomas E\\n\u00c2\u00ae59-\\n^^^MM^^^y^", "height": "2866", "width": "2206", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph09chic_0309.jp2"}, "310": {"fulltext": "^^rmm^^ :j^^\\n314\\nSANILAC\\nCOUNTY.\\n^^Ti^^^^iST\\n1=3\\n1=3:\\nI\\nMaryL., Delmer H., Eva M., Lela B. and Lilith are\\nthe children still living.\\nMr. Dawson passed the decade subsequent to his\\nmarriage in mercantile pursuits, agriculture and the\\nmanufacture of hoops. In addition to his business\\noperations, he was prominent in public life, holding\\nsuccessively the local offices of his township. He was\\nthe Postmaster at Peck/rom 1865 to 187 i. In 1876\\nhe was elected County Clerk, which position he\\nfilled two terms. He was next elected Register of\\nDeeds, and was for a time acting Probate Judge.\\nHe has since held his present position continuously,\\nand is now serving his second term. He is a Repub-\\nlican of a decided stamp, and wields a strong influ-\\nence within his sphere, which he has won by the\\nfearless mode of his political activity and holds by his\\nconsistent integrity. He owns 65 acres of land in the\\nvillage and vicinity of Peck, and 1 15 acres of land\\nadjacent to the village of Sandusky. In 1869 he\\ndrafted the first resolution to fi.\\\\ the location of the\\ncounty seat at Sandusky, which, though it was not the\\nimmediate cause of the ultimate action which se-\\ncured that end, was one of the earliest preliminary\\nmovements to effect the final result. Mr. Dawson is\\nprominent in his Masonic connections is a member\\nof Elk (Blue) Lodge, No. 353, at Peck, of Damascus\\nRoyal Arch Chapter, No. 41, and of the Lexington\\nCommandery, No. 27.\\nI illiam J. Crorey, proprietor of the Ex-\\nchange Hotel at Carsonville, Washington\\n^^1) Township, has been a resident of Sanilac\\nCounty from infancy. He was boru June i,\\n1854, in Ohio, and soon after that event his\\nparents, John and Mary (Stewart) Crorey, settled in\\nSanilac County. They were natives of Ireland,\\nwhence they emigrated to the Buckeye State. On\\nremoval to this county they settled in Washington\\nTownship, where the father died, in 1880. Their\\nfamily included three children.\\nMr. Crorey is the oldest of the children born to\\nhis parents, and received a common-school educa-\\ntion. In 1S76 he bought So acres of land in its nat-\\ni^i\\nm\\\\^^m^\\n\u00c2\u00a3xA^ ;r\\nural state, on which he lived and labored until 1884,\\nwhen he exchanged the farm for the hotel property,\\nwhich he still owns at Carsonville. His establish-\\nment is the leading hotel in town, and he is engaged\\nin a good business. Mr. Crorey is a Democrat in\\npolitical faith and belongs to the Order of Mac-\\ncabees.\\nHe was married June 8, 1875, in Bridgehanipton,\\nto Huldah, daughter of James and Harriet (Bennett)\\nLee. Her parents were natives of Canada. Henry,\\nWilliam J., Matilda A. and May M. are the children\\nof Mr. and Mrs. Crorey.\\n.sG\\namuel Tuschingham, farmer, located on\\nsection 14, Fremont Township, was born\\nMarch 17, 1826, in Lancashire, England. His\\nparents, Samuel and Lucy (Woods) Tusching-\\nham, were both natives of the same country,\\nwhere they died, at nearly 70 years of age. In his\\nlater youtli and early manhood Mr. T. was employed\\nin a foundry in his native country.\\nIn 1862 he came to America, landing at New\\nYork. He did not remain in the States, but went to\\nHalton Co., Can., where he worked a short period as\\na quarryman. Sept. i, 1865, he landed at Lexington,\\nin this county. He proceeded to Fremont Township\\nand bought 160 acres of land, to which he has added\\n80 acres more by later purchase of John Lawson.\\nThis entire acreage was in its original condition. He\\nhas about 150 acres improved, and it ranks as one of\\nthe finest farms in the township, with excellent brick\\nhouse and other good farm buildings. The place is\\nwell stocked with cattle, sheep and horses, and the\\nproprietor is justly considered one of the leading\\nagriculturists in the county of Sanilac. He is a de-\\ncided Republican in his political views.\\nMr. T. was married June 20, 1S50, in Lancaster-\\nshire, Eng., to Elizabeth, daughter of Peter and\\nSybil (Daniels) Dutton. Her parents died in Eng-\\nland, her father being about 70 years old at date of\\ndeath, and her mother was about 85 years of age at\\nthe time of her demise. Their family included ten\\nchildren, five sons and five daughters. Mrs. T. is the\\ni\\ny^", "height": "2866", "width": "2206", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph09chic_0310.jp2"}, "311": {"fulltext": "W^P\\nis^\\nV\\n(\u00e2\u0080\u00a2J\\ni\\nSANILAC COUNTY.\\n4)t\u00c2\u00a7^f@A^ii\\n31s\\nthird in order of birth. She was born Dec. 8, 1817,\\nin the same phice where she lived until her mar-\\nriage. Following is the record of the children bovn to\\nMr. and Mrs. T.: Mary Ann, Aug. 29, 185 1; Wil-\\nliam H., April 7, 1853; Samuel, Aug. 6, 1857 Peter,\\nApril 9, 1855, died of scarlet fever in March, 1863,\\nin Canada. The children were all born in Lanca-\\nshire, Eng.\\ng=$ -Ni)\\n^Ij^jtoratio J. Emery, physician and surgeon at\\n^.j^^^l C roswell, was born Dec. 27, 1857, in the\\n^h^ tnwn-iclili-i nf PnrtlnnH T.plinOX Co., Ont. He is\\nC^ township of Portland, Leni\\nN the son of James and M\\nMary (Empey) Emery,\\nI both of whom are Canadians by birth. His\\nfather is of Irish descent, was born March 18, 1827,\\nin Lennox Co., Ont., and is the son of Andrew Em-\\nery, who was a Captain in the British service in the\\nsecond struggle of Great Britain with the American\\ncolonies. He was married in September, 1858, in\\nNappanee, to Mary Empey, and they are the parents\\nof five sons, Frank, Horatio, John, Fred and Rufus.\\nTheir mother was born Sejjt. 15, 1837, in Addington\\nCo., Ont., of New England parentage. The family\\nresided in Nappanee until 1868, when they removed\\nto Decorah, Winneshiek Co., Iowa, where they re-\\nmained 18 months, returning to Kent Co., Ont., the\\nclimate of the Hawkeye State proving too severe for\\nthe health of the mother. They located at Dresden,\\nwhere the father is engaged in traffic in stock, his sons\\nmanaging the farm.\\nDr. Emer) obtained a fair elementary education\\nat the public schools of Kent County, studying there\\nuntil he was 15 years of age, when he went to To-\\nronto, where he entered the Normal School and took\\nthe prescribed course of study. After six months he\\nwent to Sydenham, Frontenac Co., Ont., and spent\\n18 months in the grammar school, receiving a certif-\\nicate in the second grade A, authorizing him to\\nteach in the public schools of the Dominion, an oc-\\ncupation he pursued two years, with growing dis-\\ntaste.\\nIn 1879 he went to the Collegiate Institute at\\nKingston, to prepare for college, and in the fall of\\n1880 he matriculated at Queen s University, in the\\nArt Department, entering the Royal College of Physi-\\ncians and Surgeons, where he fulfilled the prescribed\\ncurriculum, covering a period of four sessions of six\\nmonths each. April 27, [884, he took the degrees of\\nM. I), and C. M., and in the first week of May fol-\\nlowing he passed successfully the Medical Council\\nof Ontario. In the intervals of the college terms of\\n1882-3, he walked the Kingston iiospitals and read\\none summer with a preceptor, C. B. Lake, M. D., at\\nRidgetown.\\nHe came to Croswell May 14, 1884, where he at\\nonce established his office and began ;i permanent\\ncareer as a medical practitioner.\\nHis thorough qualification for his professional du-\\nties, his earnest, conscientious character, and his de-\\nvotion to his business, have given him a substantial\\nposition as a physician, and won for him the respect-\\nful consideration of the community where he has\\nentered upon his chosen occupation.\\nrederiek L. Walther, of Lexington, was\\nborn Jan. 5, 1836, in the Province of Sax-\\nony, Prussia. His parents, Conrad and\\nElizabeth (Wise) Walther, came to America\\n9\\nwith their family in 1852. The remained for a\\nshort time in the city of Detroit and proceeded\\nthence to Sandusky, Ohio. They returned to Detroit,\\nand a year later made their way to Lexington Town-\\nship, where the father became the owner of 40 acres\\nof land situated one and a half miles northwest of\\nthe village. He died in 1868, and his wife May 6,\\n1870.\\nMr. Walther accompanied his parents in their\\nvarious removals, and in i860 he built a brewery at\\nLexington, in company with John L. Feed. In 1865\\nhe purchased the interest of his partner and con-\\ntinued the successful prosecution of the enterprise\\nalone until the spring of 1884. At that date he sold\\nthe business to Purkiss Brothers. Mr. Walther owns\\na fine residence on Boynton Street, which is occupied\\nby his family. He also owns five lots with houses,\\nall of which he built but one. He has served several \u00c2\u00aej\\nterms as Village Trustee and Assessor of real estate.", "height": "2866", "width": "2206", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph09chic_0311.jp2"}, "312": {"fulltext": "\u00e2\u0096\u00a0316\\ni^S^\\n^rmmm^^r\\n^(svife\\nSANILAC COUNTY.\\nHe was married in the city of Detroit, July 2, 1863,\\nto Mary Faltz, a native of Mecklenburg, Germany.\\n1 She died in Lexington, Sept. 2, 1868, and left three\\nyoung children, who were born as follows: Minnie,\\nI June 22, 1864; Emma L., March 28, 1866; Francis\\nW., Oct. 28, 1867. Mr. Walther was a second time\\nmarried, Nov. 13, 1869, to Louisa Grounstedt. She\\nwas born Sept. 12, 1850, in Hungary. Of this union\\nsix children have been born, in tlie following order:\\nFrederick, Herbert, Augusta, William, Florence and\\nHenry. William is deceased.\\nI ohn Griee, farmer, section 24, Fremont\\nTownship, was born June 6, 1823, in the\\nvillage of Carlby, Lincolnshire, Eng., and\\nis the son of James and Charlotte (Sesson)\\nGrice. His father was born Nov. 5, 1787, in\\nSuffolkshire, Eng., and died in Rutlandshire.\\nHe was buried in the celebrated Ryhall church-\\nyard. The mother was born in April, 1796, and\\ndied July 3, 1884, in Cowthorpe, Lincolnshire, and\\nS was buried in Rutland beside her husband. The\\nfather of Mr. Grice was a man of honorable and dig-\\nnified character, and was much respected in his gen-\\neration.\\nMr. John Grice was in the service of a farmer\\nuntil he was 17 years old. He became incapacitated\\nfor active manual labor by the kick of a horse, sus-\\ntaining a serious injury to his left leg, and in conse-\\nquence he was apprenticed to learn the trade of a\\nmiller. As he received no money while serving the\\nterm of his indenture, he went into debt for clothes,\\nand in order to pay it he went to work for a mason,\\nwith whom he remained three years, thoroughly\\nlearning the business. He spent the next three\\nyears on a farm, in the employment of a man named\\nClement Bland, who abandoned agriculture to be-\\ncome a miller, Mr. Grice continued in his service\\nsubsequent to the transfer about a year, when he\\nengaged as a farm laborer for Thomas Finder, with\\nJi whom he continued ten years. He left his employ-\\nment to come to the United States, and landed at\\nthe port of New York in 1856, accompanied by a\\nbrother. He proceeded to Hamilton, Can., where\\nhe worked for a man named Dodd, running an en-\\ngine in a saw-mill. His employer failed and he lost\\n$too.\\nHis next enterprise was the purchase of a piece of\\nland in company with his brother, whicli they were\\nobliged to surrender on account of a defective title.\\nHe then engaged in the management of a farm,\\nowned by John Morden, and he operated in this\\ncapacity four years. While in this employaient his\\nabilities as a mechanic were in requisition, as he was\\nable to perform the duties of a first-class mason.\\nThe year after leaving Mr. Morden he worked for\\nWilliam Campbell as a farm laborer. He then en-\\ngaged as a miller and continued in that pursuit seven\\nyears.\\nIn 1873 he came to Michigan and bought the farm\\non which he has since lived and labored. It com-\\nprised 80 acres, with but slight improvement. Mr.\\nGrice has now 45 acres in fair tillable condition.\\nMr. Grice was married the first time May 13,\\n1846, to Mary .A.nn Shortliff. She was born in Rut-\\nlandshire, Eng., in 1828, and died May 5, 1853.\\nShe is buried in Ryhall churchyard. She became\\nthe mother of four children, three sons and a daugh-\\nter, James, John T. (deceased), Elizabeth Ann nnd\\nJohn. The present wife of Mr. Grice, Elizabeth\\n(Monney) Grice, was born April 12, 1822, in Bar-\\nrovvby, Lincolnshire, Eng.\\nThe record of the children of Mr. Grice is as fol-\\nlows: James, born Feb. 23, 1847; Elizabeth Ann,\\nMarch 23, 1849; John Thomas, born Sept. 17, 1851,\\ndied when six months old. John was born Sept.\\n16, 1852. William G. Monney, adopted son, was born\\nMarch 26, 1870.\\nIn his political creed, Mr. G. is independent. He\\nand his wife are members of the Free-Will Baptist\\nChurch,\\n-o- a\u00c2\u00bb\u00c2\u00ab S\u00c2\u00bb-^x^\\nPfV^^\u00c2\u00ab^\u00e2\u0082\u00ac\\nA.\\n^D9\\nJjamuel Todd, farmer, section 2, Fremont\\nTownship, is a native of South Gore,\\nGreenville Co., Can., and is the son of John\\nand Esther M. (Main) Todd. His father was\\nborn in County Tyrone, Iielanc\\\\ about the\\nyear 1805. He came to the .\u00e2\u0080\u00a2\\\\merican con-\\ntinent in 1S25, landing at Quebec. He passed a\\n9\\nT", "height": "2866", "width": "2206", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph09chic_0312.jp2"}, "313": {"fulltext": ":j^K ^v ^^ii n mw\\nSANILAC COUNTY.\\nh\\nfew years as a day laborer and finally bought a farm,\\nmarried and settled. Ten years later he sold out his\\nproperty in Greenville County and removed to Hal-\\ndimand County, where he bought 200 acres of land,\\nbut the title proved insecure, and he was obliged to\\nsurrender his claim. He came to this county April\\nI, 1855, accompanied by his family, which included\\nnine sons and one daughter. He bought 160 acres\\nof land for 50 cents per acre, under the provision of\\nthe Graduation Act. Two years later he purchased\\n140 acres for the same price, and he operated upon\\nhis place until the outbreak of the civil war, when he\\nenlisted in the 15th Mich. Vol. Inf Ho died of\\ndisease at Corinth, Miss., before the expiration of his\\nperiod of enlistment, aged 60 years.\\nMr. Todd learned the trade of carpenter, at which\\nhe worked summers, and engaged winters in hewing\\ntimber. At the date of his father s death he was in\\nCanada, where he had charge of a lumber camp. On\\nthe occurrence of that event, he came to Sanilac\\nCounty, where he has since resided, with the excep-\\ntion of a short time, which he spent in Alpena. He\\nowns 80 acres of land, in his own right, which is\\nmostly improved. He is a Republican in political\\nsentiment, has been Supervisor of his township two\\nyears and three years Commissioner of Highways.\\nFollowing are the names of the brothers and sisters\\nof Mr. Todd\u00e2\u0080\u0094 James M., William H., John, Thomas\\nH., Robert (deceased), Margaret, Reuben, Josiah\\nand Alexander. All reside in Sanilac County save\\ntwo, namely, James, who is a resident of .Alpena, and\\nReuljen, who lives in Wvman, Mich.\\nacob Cline, farmer, section 15, Worth Town-\\nsliip, is the son of John and Delilah (Shell)\\nCline, both of whom were natives of Penn-\\nHis father was married and settled\\n120 acres of land in Worth Township, on which he\\nhas since resided and labored until he has im-\\nproved 100 acres of his land. After settling on\\nhis land he made rapid strides towards a com-\\npetency, and in 1864 he built a frame house,\\nwhich cost $1,800. In .April, 1878, the building was\\nentirely destroyed by fire, and he at once erected a\\nfarm house near the same site, in which his family\\nreside. Mr. Cline is a Democrat in political faith,\\nand belongs to the Order of Masonry.\\nHe was married Sept. 15, 1845, to Jane Finney,\\nwho is a native of Scotland, and was about three\\nyears old when her parents emigrated to Canada.\\nThe family of Mr. and Mrs. Cline includes six chil-\\ndren, five of whom survive. Their names are John,\\nWilliam M., Tena, Lillie and Sewall. One child\\ndied in infancy.\\n\u00c2\u00bb^~a/zraw^\\nMau -^g.q\\ni\\n^p^llis B. Clarke, of the well-lmown mer-\\nISlfe cantile firm at Lexington designated as\\nClarkes, is a native of Peachara, Vt.,\\n\\\\f\\nIt\\nm^ sylvama\\nin Canada, where he resided until about the\\nyear 1861, when he came to Sanilac County\\nand spent the remaining days. His mother died in\\nW. Canada.\\nj^ Mr Cline was born .April 30, 1817, in Canada. He\\nfi,i) was there engaged in farming, and in 1861 accom-\\npanied his parents to Sanilac County. He bought\\nClarkes,\\nwhere he was born June 16, 1841. He is the\\nson of Dr. Ira M. Clarke (see sketch), and was\\nreared to manhood in the old Granite State, of\\nwhich his more immediate progenitors were natives.\\nHe received a goad common-school education, and\\non reaching his majority he became a salesman in\\nthe mercantile establishment of Tillotson cS; Castle-\\nman, of Orford, N. H., where he operated two years\\nbefore embarking in business in his own behalf at\\nOrforville, N. H., establishing commercial relations\\nunder the style of E. B. Clarke Co., which existed\\ntwo years.\\nIn 1869, Mr. Clarke came to Lexington, and in\\nOctober of that year he formed an association with\\nhis uncle, A. M. Clarke (see sketch) for the prosecu-\\ntion of mercantile affairs. This relation continued\\nuntil purchase of the interest of the latter by the\\nsenior Clarke in 187 1. The commercial house of\\nClarkes has been in continuous operation since its\\nestablishment at Lexington. A. W. Merrill was an\\nassociate partner nearly four years, when the busi-\\nness was conducted under the firm name of Clarkes\\nMerrill. On the death of I. M. Clarke, his younger\\nyp)\\n1", "height": "2866", "width": "2206", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph09chic_0313.jp2"}, "314": {"fulltext": "^))^r^-\\nz^- iis^-^sr\\n^^^T ^]\\\\mMi :25\u00e2\u0082\u00ac^\\n-*^t?\\n318\\nSANILAC COUNTY.\\n(h\\ne\\n\u00c2\u00a3=3:\\nson succeeded to his fatlier s interest. Their stock\\nrepresents about $7,000, and comprises all lines of\\ngoods common to general merchandise, including\\ndry goods, groceries, crockery, glassware, hardware,\\nhoots, shoes, hats, caps, flower, feed and all other\\narticles suited to the local demand. Mr. Clarke is\\nthe proprietor of consideral)le property at Lexington,\\nand farms 40 acres of land located one and a half\\nmiles south of the village, where he makes a specialty\\nof breeding fine grades of poultn, and is somewhat\\ninterested in raising fine horses.\\nMr. Clarke was married, Jan. 2, 1865, at. Bath, N.\\nH., to Mary E. Johnson. She was born in White-\\nfield, N. H., where her parents, Samuel R. and Eliza\\nA. Johnson, resided for many years. Her father was\\na prominent farmer and lumberman, being engaged\\nin the latter business 40 winters in succession. Mrs.\\nClarke was born Nov. 12, 1S43. Three children\\nhave been born to Mr. and Mrs. Clarke, as follows:\\nIra M., Jr., Nov. 12, 1865; George Driggs, Aug. 5,\\n1867; Helen M., Oct. 26, 1877. The two eldest\\nwere born in Orford, N. H., the last in Lexington.\\n..*^.4 4^^\\nohn Galbraith, farmer, dealer in grain, and\\none of the leading business men in Sanilac\\nCounty, residing on section 21, Worth\\nTownship, is the son of John and Nancy\\n]L (Humphrey) Galbraith, natives respectively of\\nthe State of New York and Canada. They set-\\ntled in the Dominion and resided there until 1838.\\nIn that year they came to Sanilac Co., Mich. Mrs.\\nG. died Ai)ril 17, 1878; the demise of Mr. G. took\\nplace Feb. 6, 1883.\\nMr. Galbraith is the eldest of eight children, and\\nwas born Jan. 4, 1826. When he was 12 years old\\nhe came to Sanilac County, where he has grown to\\nmanhood. He is the owner of 320 acres of land in\\nthe townships of Worth and Fremont, and has 300\\nacres under good cultivation. In addition to his ex-\\ntensive agricultural interests, Mr. Galbraith is in\\ncharge of the depot at Amadore, to which position he\\nwas ap{X)inted Dec. 25, 1883. He is one of the\\noldest settlers in the county. In political connection\\nhe is a Republican, and he has held the offices of\\nTreasurer, Clerk, Road Commissioner, and for many\\nyears was County Surveyor.\\nHe was married Aug. 17, 1855, in orth Town-\\nship, to Amanda Willets, daughter of Abraham W.\\nand Samantha Willets. Her parents were early set-\\ntlers in Sanilac County, and her father is deceased.\\nThree children survive, of four that have been born\\nto Mr. and Mrs. Galbraith. William is deceased.\\nThose yet living are Ulysses S.,Angeline and Emma.\\nThe mother died in May, 1865. Mr. Galbraith was\\nagain married Aug. 28, 1865, to Margaret ondry, a\\na native of the Isle of Man. Two children born of\\nthis marriage died in infancy. Olive and Alexander\\n.still s\\\\irvive.\\nT ^^^p-^^S-w^-^-\\nImond Hyde, dealer in agricultural imple-\\njii^^^ ments, machinery, wagons and carriages,\\nS^ portable saw-mills, etc., located at Lexington,\\nliaT was born in this township, March 5, 1843, on\\np the farm where his parents located a few years\\nbefore. He is the son of John D. and Cath-\\nerine (Robinson) Hyde, both of whom were born in\\nEngland, where they were married. After that event\\nthey came to America and settled for a time in Can-\\nada, afterwards removing to Port Huron, Mich., and\\nthence to Lexington Township, where the father\\ndied the mother is yet living, nearly 90 years old.\\nMr. Hyde received a common-school education\\nand was reared in the pursuit of farming. In 1864\\nhe purchased 80 acres of land on section 10, Lexing-\\nton Township, which was in a wholly unimproved\\ncondition. He is still the owner of the place, which\\nhas been reclaimed from its primitive condition, and\\nis a fine and valuable farm. He also owns consider-\\nable real estate, located in various parts of the county.\\nIn 1875 Mr. Hyde began to operate as agent for\\nmowers and reapers his business relations enlarged\\nand extended in a satisfactory manner, and in 1879\\nhe opened his present establishment in the village of\\nLexington, on Main Street. In the following year he\\nlocated his residence in that village. In 1881 he\\ntransferred his business to the quarters he has since\\noccupied, and where he has continued to operate\\nsuccessfully. His establishment is the largest of the\\nV^\\nc^:\\nmmm^^^", "height": "2866", "width": "2206", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph09chic_0314.jp2"}, "315": {"fulltext": "^mi^niir^\\nv^^\\nSANILAC COUNTY.\\nl^^((sVf|\\n)i9\\n(h\\nkind in the county, and his annual transactions reach\\nan aggregate of about $75,000. He owns his resi-\\ndence at Lexinsj-ton, and is intimately connected with\\nf public local interests. He is a member of the Village\\nBoard of Trustees, and belongs to the Knights of\\nPythias, the Knights Templars, the Knights of Mac-\\ncabees, and is connected with the Northwestern In-\\nsurance Company. The brother-in-law of Mr. Hyde,\\nJohn A. Wright, built the first frame residence in the\\nvillage of Lexington. (He died in Saginaw, in Sep-\\ntember, 1882.)\\nMrs. Mary E. (Lakim) Hyde is a native of Lex-\\nington; she was married to Mr. Hyde in August, 1865,\\nat Port Sanilac. Their seven children were born in\\nthe following order, on the farm in Lexington Town-\\nship: Otho, F., Frank D., Charles L., Bertram, El-\\nmer, Anna and Norman.\\nS-i-i\\nV\\n^mt^\\n^mi^dward C. Babcoek, lawyer, practicing at\\nSandusky, was born Feb. 17, 1845, in\\nWarwick, Lambton Co., 0;it.. and is the\\n5s. eldest son of Henry A. and Betsey (Stryker)\\ni Babcoek, of Elk Township. (See sketch of H.\\nA. Babcoek.) He is the second in order of\\nbirth of 15 children born to liis parents, all of whom\\nare yet living.\\nHe has been a resident of Michigan since the age\\nof seven years, his parents having removed from the\\nDominion to Macomb County in 1852. The family\\nremained at Romeo about one year, going thence to\\nRichmond, where the father took up land on the\\nschool section of Macomb County, under the pro-\\nvisions of the Quarter-Pay Act, then in o|)eration,\\nwhose regulations reiiuired the payment of one-fourth\\nof the market value on taking possession, and af-\\nforded optional limit as to tlie remainder in case tlie\\ninterest (legal rate) did not fall into arrears.\\nNearly the whole of the life of Mr. Babcoek from\\nthe age of eight years until 1879, was passed in tiie\\nchangeful, eventful, practical career of a pioneer.\\nReijresenting, as he did, tlie best element to be\\nfound in Northern Michigan, he is, per st-, insepara-\\nble from its history, and is an important factor in the\\nprogress and development of .Sanilac County. Early\\naccustomed to the weight of responsibility, with all\\nthe ambition of a keen intellect and a laudable\\ndesire to get on in the world, he realized in its\\nfullest and truest sense the fact, that there is no\\nroyal road to any achievement which is worthy the\\ndevotion of the course of a human life. He formed\\nhabits of reflection in his youth, and he set himself*\\ndeliberately to the accomplishment of plans and\\npurposes that reflect the utmost credit upon the\\nmaturity of his judgment even in his boyhood, and\\nthe traits of character which have distinguished his\\nwhole business career. The circumstances which\\nsurrounded him, precluded his attaining a great de-\\ngree of elementary education, and he worked cheer-\\nfully and manfully on his father s farm until he was\\n19 years old. Two years previous his parents made\\na transfer of their interests to Elk Township, Sanilac\\nCounty, and in 1864 he went to Strykersville, Wyo-\\nming Co., N. Y. (This place was named from the pat-\\nronymic of his mother.) He obtained excellent educa-\\ntional advantages at Somerville .Academy and at\\nArcade Academy, his aggregate of attendance at\\nboth institutions being 19 months. He was gradu-\\nated in the commercial course of study in the last\\nnamed, and engaged for a short time thereafter as a\\nsalesman in Strykersville. The failure of his em-\\nployer shortly after released iiim, and he returned to\\nElk Township. He interested himself in the hoop\\nbusiness in the interests of parties at the East, and\\noperated with satisfactory results in that and other\\nbranches of business until 1871.\\nOn the event of his marriage he secured a claim\\nof 1 60 acres of land on section 1 8, Watertown Town-\\nship, under the regulations of the Homestead Law.\\nThe tract was in its natural state, and Mr. Babcoek,\\nin taking possession of his property in 187 i, moved\\nten miles into the wilderness, whence the only guides\\nto the routes of travel and to neighbors were blazed\\ntrees. This was in the fall of 187 i and he applied\\nhis physical powers vigorously to the work of clear-\\ning his land, availing himself of tlie resources afforded\\nby the abundance of game, and turning his mental\\nability into i)ractical channels toward the develop-\\nment of the ulterior [uirpose of his life, by devoting\\nevery available moment to tlie study of law. His\\nisolation furthered all his projects, his circumstances\\nfurnishing the opportunity for the reflection neces-\\nsary to his full preparation for the business of his\\nlater life. He supported his family for five years\\nV)\\ne^:f5\\ns\\ng^\\n.Ci.\\nA ^Il!l^Iltlf\\nc.\\nl", "height": "2866", "width": "2206", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph09chic_0315.jp2"}, "316": {"fulltext": "320\\nSANILAC COUNTY.\\nJJ\\nchiefly with his rifle. Deer were plentiful and mar-\\nketable, and his expertness proved an available\\naccessory.\\nIn the fall of 187 i fires and rumors of fires dis-\\nquieted the people of Sanilac County. Reports of\\nserious disaster to property and even human life flew\\nwith the velocity of the wind current, that followed\\nthe sweep of the flames which made tiiat year his-\\ntoric in the annals of the world. In the deliberate\\nand successful preparation of Mr. Babcock to with-\\nstand the encroachments of the fiend which he felt\\nto be approaching, stands prominent one of his lead-\\ning characteristics. He built what he called a cave,\\nfor want of a better name, the structure consisting of\\ntimbers inclined in a V-shape, closing at tlie top, and\\nbanked with earth to a depth which perfectly pro-\\ntected the tumule and its contents from tlie fire\\nand smoke, and to it Mr. Babcock attributes the\\npreservation of his children s lives. The space in-\\ncluded was 8 by 24 feet. Into this he moved his\\nfamily and all his household effects, and lived therein\\nduring the terrible 14th, 15th and i6th of October,\\n1871. The fire raged on every side, but the little\\nhousehold passed intact through its terrors.\\nWords fail to convey any adequate idea of the\\nhorrors of the night which followed the last day of\\nconflagration. A wind of incalculable velocity and\\npower raged throughout the entire night, hurling to\\nthe ground the blackened, smoking trees whose roots\\nhad been loosened by the burning of the turf and dried\\nmatter in which they were buried. The swift suc-\\ncession of crashes from the falling timber caused an\\nuproar which, to the tense and overstrained senses of\\nthe inhabitants, was indiscribably horrible. The\\nrevelations of day-dawn defied comprehension. Every\\nlandmark was destroyed where the fire had been\\nthe ground was covered witji a net-work of fallen\\ntimbers, and the people experienced a sensation as\\nof homesickness, akin to that of having been sud-\\ndenly transported to new and strange lands. Mr.\\nBabcock relates that it was unsafe for a man to leave\\nhis locality. He made the experiment himself, with\\nthe result of losing his way within 40 rods of his own\\nhouse. But sad and heavy as was the loss of life\\nand |3roi)erty in Sanilac County, tire fire was of ines-\\nlimalile value to tlie general territory, and advanced\\nits improvement as years of toil could not have done.\\nMr. Babcock remained upon his farni until 1879.\\nHe had cleared about 30 acres, and was fitted to\\nenter his profession as he had designed. He sold\\nhis estate, and having been admitted to practice in\\nthe State Courts of Michigan he removed to San-\\ndusky, the geographical center of Sanilac County and\\nwhither the county seat had been in the same year\\nremoved from Lexington. He entered at once upon\\nthe practice of his profession, which he has pursued\\nwith satisfactory results. He is a Democrat in polit-\\nical connections and sentiment, and while a resident\\nof Watertown Township served seven consecutive\\nyears as Supervisor. He is interested to some extent\\nin local insurance.\\nMr. Babcock was married Oct. 26, 1867, to Cyn-\\nthia A. Woodward, in Elk Township. She was born\\nDec. 29, 1852, in Dereham, Oxford Co., Ont., and is\\nthe daughter of Emory and Charlotte (Foote) Wood-\\nward. Mr. and Mrs. Babcock have had six children,\\nborn as follows: Henry A., May 2, 1869, in Burnside,\\nLapeer County William D., June i, 1871 Noel A.,\\nApril 13, 1873; Amy E., Aug. 15, 1878; Nettie B.,\\nNov. 15, r88i Cecile A., March 26, 1884. The five\\nlast named were born in Sanilac County.\\n:?:\u00c2\u00abhJh5S^\\ncame to Worth Township, Sanilac County^\\nand purchased 80 acres of land, which he\\ncleared and otherwise improved until the entire\\ntract was in a valuable agricultural condition.\\nOn this he resided for 26 years, when he sold it and\\ncame to Speaker Township. He bought a farm con-\\ntaining 120 acres, which he occupied three years, at\\nthe end of that lime again selling, after which he\\nbought 120 acres in Fremont Township. The place\\ncomprised 115 acres of improved land, and he has\\ncontinued its occupancy since he first bought it.\\nMr. Bradley is a native of the Newcastle District,\\nProvince of Quebec, where he was born Jan. 28,\\n1 819. His parents, Oliver and Dorcas (Abbey)\\nBradley, were natives of Connecticut and are both\\ndeceased. His mother died in Hope Township,\\nProvince of Quebec. His father died in Canada,\\nwhere the family settled, his demise occurring when\\nV^\\nV\\nO\\n;v|:, athan N. Bradley has resided in Michigan\\nl^iif since 1850. In January of that year, he\\n^\\\\m^^\\nQ^^ C I1 D ^l tlf! A;9", "height": "2866", "width": "2206", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph09chic_0316.jp2"}, "317": {"fulltext": "h\\ns\\n(n^\\n(l\\nSANILAC COUNTY.\\ntf g^!!fe:-\\n321\\nhis son was in early yontli. The latter was reared to\\nmanhood in the Dominion and was bred to the call-\\ning which he has pursued all his life.\\nHe was married Oct. 11, 1842, to Melinda Briggs.\\nOf this union nine children have been born, who are\\nyet living. Two others are deceased. Philinda was\\nborn Dec. 23, 1844, and was married July 4, 1861,\\nto Charles W. Locke; Diana, born June 10, 1849,\\nwas married June 25, 1870, to Joseph Sischo David\\nwas born Nov. 30, 1851 Louisa, born Aug. 13, 1854,\\nwas married Feb. 19, 1874, to Andrew AlKvard;\\nMelvina was born Jan. 25, 1857, and was married\\nJune 16, 1875, to Francis Hill; Reuben was born\\nJune 20, 1859, and was married June 5, 1883, to\\nPolly Locke; Delina was born Oct. 4, 1863, and was\\nmarried Sept. 9, 1880, to William Spencer; Francis\\nEdwin was born April 13, 1866; Henry, April 7,\\n1868; Susannah, born June 30, 1847, died Sept. 16,\\n1848; William, born July 7, 1843, died June 19,\\n1870. The mother is the daughter of William and\\nSusan (Hinkson) Briggs. Her father was born June\\n5, 1800, and died in August, 1881. Her mother was\\nborn Sept. 12, 1799, and died July 9, 1845. They\\nboth died in Whitby Townshi|i, Province of Quebec.\\n-s -^^^^^^B-^\\nf^^^\\nilliam Smith, farmer, section 22, Worth\\n__^i. Township, is the son of George and Isa-\\niif^fe-, bella (Peat) Smith, who were natives of\\nJl\\\\i^ Scotland. (See sketch of George Smith.)\\nMr. Smith is the only son of his parents, and\\nwas born July 9, 1848, in Worth Township. He\\nhas obtained his education and training for his busi-\\nness in his native township, and on the occasion of\\nhis marriage, when he was 25 years of age, he settled\\non the farm on which he has since operated, and\\nplaced himself in independent comfort. He was\\nmarried Oct. 16, 1873, in St. Clair Co., Mich., to\\nPhilanda Leonhard. Her parents, Ferdinand and\\nAugusta Leonhard, were natives of Germany and\\nbelonged to the pioneer element of Sanilac County,\\nwhere they were among the earliest permanent set-\\ntlers. iVIrs. Smith was born Oct. 16, 1854, in Worth\\nTownship. One child, Jennie A., lias been born of\\nher marriage.\\nMr. Smith is a Democrat in political faith and\\naction. He has been Township lerk two years, and\\nhas also officiated as Overseer of Highways. He is\\na member of the Masonic fraternity.\\n11 eorge McKay, attorney at Marlette, was\\nfe\u00e2\u0084\u00a2 born Oct. 20, 1856, in West Zorra, Oxford\\nCo., Out. His father, John McKay, is a\\nnative of Rosshire, Scotland. His mother,\\nMary (Matheson) McKay, was born in Dar-\\nnach, Sutherlandshire, in the land o cakes.\\nMr. McKay is of unmixed Celtic origin, his grand-\\nparents being of Old country- stock, pure and simple,\\nand using all their lives the Gaelic speech. His\\nparents emigrated to Canada in early life, grew to\\nadult age in Ontario, and were married in West Zorra,\\nby Rev. Alexander McKenzie, pastor of the Presby-\\nterian Church and well-known in ecclesiastical circles.\\nIn i860 Mr. McKay accompanied his parents to\\nthe vicinity of Mayville, Tuscola Co., Mich. He\\nwas a pupil in the public schools until he was 15\\nyears of age, and he then passed one winter in lum-\\nbering in the woods. He attended the High School\\nat Caro one year and subsequently taught school two\\nyears. He had formed a plan to pursue a literary\\ncourse of study and prepared to take the Latin scien-\\ntific course in the University at Ann Arbor; but he\\nchanged his purposes and entered the Law Depart-\\nment of the University of Michigan, where he studied\\none term. He returned to Caro and entered the\\noffice of Black, Edson Quinn, attorneys of that\\nplace, and read for the profession of law under their\\ninstructions one year. He passed his examination at\\nCaro, Hon. Josiah Turner presiding, and was admit-\\nted to paactice in the State Courts in October, 1878.\\nIn the spring of the following year he formed a\\npartnership with E. H. Taylor, at Vassar, Tuscola\\nCounty, under the style of Taylor McKay. This\\nrelation continued to exist about 13 months.\\nIn the spring of 1880, Mr. McKay came to Mar-\\nlette and established his business, in which he has\\noperated with satisfactory results. He was nominated\\nin the fall of the same year of his removal hither on\\nthe Democratic ticket for Prosecuting Attorney, en-\\nCm\\n1=\\n1", "height": "2866", "width": "2206", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph09chic_0317.jp2"}, "318": {"fulltext": "322\\nSANILAC COUN7Y.\\n-4^^^c(\u00c2\u00ae ii\\n(hf\\ncountering defeat from the fact that the county of\\nSanilac was strongly Republican.\\nWhile Mr. McKay resided in Tuscola County he\\nwas elected Township Superintendent of Schools,\\ndespite the fact that he was still a minor.\\nHe was married Jan. 25, 1S82, in Almont, Lapeer\\nCo., Mich., to Ida, daugliter of Matthew Warner, and\\nwas born in the county where she was married.\\nJean A., only child of Mr. and Mrs. McKay, was\\nborn Dec. i, 1882.\\naktenry McCrea, M. D., physician and sur-\\nII geon, resident at Madette, was born Oct.\\n12, 1844, in Lansdowne, Leeds Co., Ont.\\n5\\nHis father, John McCrea, was of Scotch par-\\nentage and married Eliza Acton, who was of\\nEnglish descent. After their marriage they\\nsettled in Leeds County, on the banks of the river\\nSt. Lawrence, locating opposite that part of the\\nstream now made famous by tourists in search of\\nsummer recreation among the Thousand Isles.\\nThe father died in Lansdowne, June 20, 1846. The\\ndemise of the mother occurred Sept. 19, 1880.\\nDr. McCrea is the youngest of eight children born\\nto his parents, and he remained under their care\\nuntil lie was about 20 years of age. He obtained a\\nsubstantial elementary education in the district\\nschools of his native town, and later attended a few\\nterms at the High School in the village of Gana-\\nnogue. On completing his studies there he returned\\nhome and passed several years as an assistant on his\\nfather s farm, after which he taught school two years\\nin liis native county. In 1870 he went to Middlesex,\\nOntario, where he entered the seminary and was\\ngraduated in the English and mathematical depart-\\nment. He was advanced in his course of study at\\nthe time he began it in the seminary at Middlesex,\\nand alternated his attendance there by teaching\\nseveral terms in the village school. Besides dis-\\ncharging his duties in these he prepared the matric-\\nulation work preliminary to entering the College of\\nPhysicians and Surgeons of Ontario. He succeeded\\nin passing the severe examination required by the\\nauthorities of that institution, and in the fall of 1872\\nhe began the study of medicine in the office of A.\\nMcLaren, of Komoka, Ont., where he continued\\nto read at intervals for the period of one year, during\\nwhich he taught the village school. The average\\nnumber of pupils under his instructions was 80, and\\nhe had no assistants. Oct. r, 1873, he entered the\\nMedical Department of the University of Michigan\\nat Ann Arbor, where he was graduated June 30,\\n1S75. He passed the ensuing vacation in the office\\nof his former preceptor, and in the fall went to New\\nYork and entered Bellevue Medical College, where\\nhe completed a full course and received his cre-\\ndentials as a graduate at that institution, March i,\\n1876.\\nHe spent a short time in prospecting for a satisfac-\\ntory location, and in July following settled at Mar-\\nlette. He at once entered upon the career of a\\nmedical practitioner, in which he has attained success\\nbeyond his expectations. He is a leading member of\\nhis profession and has a wide and enviable repute as\\nan able, skillful and reliable physician and surgeon.\\nDr. McCrea is a Republican in political views, but\\npursues an independent course in his actions. Dur-\\ning the years 1878-9 he acted as Coroner of Sanilac\\nCounty, and he has been Health Officer of Marlette\\nfor several years. He has also officiated as School\\nSuperintendent one year. He is a member of the\\nMasonic fraternity, and belongs to the Presbyterian\\nChurch. At the meeting of the Presbytery in 1884,\\nin Flint, he was elected to represent that body at the\\nmeeting of the General Assembly at Saratoga.\\nThe marriage of Dr. McCrea to Eudora McLean\\noccurred May 16, 1877, in the village of Mount\\nBridges, Ont. She was born Nov. 25, 1853, in Can-\\nada, and was the daughter of the Rev. John and\\nEvalina (Mitchell) McLean. Her father was form-\\nerly Presiding Elder of St. Clair District, Ontario.\\nMr. McCrea died Dec. 10, 1879, leaviiig one child,\\nEdna L., born Dec. 5, 1879, five days preceding the\\ndeath of the mother.\\nryant Stewart, farmer, section 5, Wash-\\nington Township, has resided in Sanilac\\nCounty since the spring of 1872. He is a\\nprosperous agriculturist and owns a fine farm\\nof 115 acres, all of which is in first-class cul-\\ntivation except 15 acres, which is still in tim-\\nHe belongs to the Democratic element in\\nI\\n9\\nc-^:\\nber", "height": "2866", "width": "2206", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph09chic_0318.jp2"}, "319": {"fulltext": "Sanilac county.\\nV\\n(5)\\n-s\\nii\\nm.\\nPi\\npolitics, and is one of the Justices of his township, in\\nwhich position he has served six years. In July,\\n1883, he was appointed Supervisor to fill the vacancy,\\nand in the spring of 1884 he was elected to the same\\noffice. He has also been active in school affairs. He\\nis a member of the Order of Maccabees, and, with\\nhis wife, belongs to Charity Grange, No. 417, P. of H-\\nMr. Stewart s parents, Spencer and Elizabeth (Hur-\\nley) Stewart, were natives of North Carolina, where\\nthey married and settled. They removed to Hardin\\nCo., Pa., where they passed the last ten years of their\\nlives. Mr. Stewart is the oldest of their five children,\\nand was born Dec. 30, 1828, in Montgomery Co.,\\nNorth Carolina. He was ten years old when his\\nparents removed to Pennsylvania, whither he also\\nwent and passed the remainder of his minority. On\\nattaining to manhood s estate, he went to Arkansas,\\nwhere he remained until the close of the Civil War.\\nHe went thence to the State of Mississippi and re-\\nsided there until his removal to Sanilac County. His\\nchief employment in the South was in the wood busi-\\nness. The farm he purchased in Washington Town-\\nship was partly improved, and he has expended upon\\nit the best energies and efforts of which he is capable,\\nand has a homestead which is an honor to iiis effi-\\nciency and judgment, and will be a comfort all his\\nlife.\\nHe vvas married April 4, 1861, in Arkansas, to\\nHarriet, daughter of Elias and Phebe Ceas, and\\nwidow of James H. Vaughn. Her first husband died\\nin Illinois, Oct. 9, 1859. Two children, Benjamin F.\\nand Theresa M., were born to them. The first died\\nwhen he was five months old. Mrs. Stewart was\\nborn June 2, 1838, in Venango Co., Pa. By her sec-\\nond marriage, she is the mother of seven children,\\nEllen, Emily E., Susan A., Mary A., Harriet I.,\\nClarence S. and Clement B. She is a member of the\\nMethodist Church.\\names Dorward, farmer, section 22, Worth\\nTownship, is the son of James and Mar-\\ngaret (Livingston) Dorward. They were\\nborn in Scotland, and in 1849 emigrated to\\nCanada. The father died in 1873, in the Do-\\nminion.\\nMr. Dorward was born in Scotland, Aug. 17, 1844,\\nand was five years old when he accompanied his\\nparents to Canada. He spent his youthful years in\\nstudy, and afterwards assisted his father, who was a\\nbrick-layer and stone mason by vocation, until he was\\n20 years old. He then engaged in the buying and\\nselling of real estate and was successively the owner\\nof many tracts of land. In January, 1S76, he came\\nto Sanilac County and bought 280 acres of land in\\nWorth Township. Of this he now owns 120 acres,\\nhaving sold the remainder. His farm is all improved\\nand cultivated. Mr. Dorward is a Republican in\\npolitical affiliation, and has been active in official\\nlife both in Canada and Michigan.\\nHe was married Nov. 27, 1878, in Worth Town-\\nship, to Alice M., daughter of Gordon A. Rudd. She\\nwas born March 3, 1859, in Canada. Margaret A.,\\nLydia and Mabel are the children of Mr. and Mrs.\\nDorward.\\n^m^.\\nT/fS i^ akefield West, proprietor of the Anderson\\niVfAlllJ House at Croswell, was born Oct. 21,\\nm\\n1 i akeni\\nI* Hou\\nP=^ 1843, in Simcoe Co., Can., and is the son\\na,((3^\\\\ of Benjanim F. and Mary (Howard) West.\\nJXp His mother was born and died in Canada.\\nI His father was a native of Ohio, and died in\\nWorth Township, Oct. 8, 1S74, when he was\\n63 years of age.\\nMr. West was reared on a farm in Canada, and\\nwas trained to the business of agriculture, the calling\\nof his father and grandfather before him. On reach-\\ning his majority, he commenced his life independent-\\nly, leasing a farm for personal management, as a\\nplace which he owned was remote from where he\\nlived. In 1878 he sold his farm and came to Sani-\\nlac County. In October of that year he bought 126\\nacres of land in Worth Township. It was in good\\narable condition, and he continued its management\\nfive years, when he again sold his agricultural inter-\\nests and purchased the Anderson House. The hotel\\nis the largest in Croswell and enjoys a good reputa-\\ntion, which secures for it a fair share of the public\\npatronage. The proprietor is as genial, affable and\\npopular as his calling demands.\\nMr. West was married Feb. 22, 187 1, to Matilda\\nI Vance. She was born March 27, 1853, in Middlesex\\nI", "height": "2866", "width": "2206", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph09chic_0319.jp2"}, "320": {"fulltext": "l^-r\u00c2\u00ae)\\n^i]tignii^\\n324\\nSANILAC COUNTY.\\nr(\u00c2\u00aeVffll\\n(now Simcoe) County, and is the daughter of William\\nand Mary (Coburn) Vance. Her mother died Jan.\\n10, 1884, in Canada, at about the age of 63 years.\\nHer father was born in Ireland, and is also deceased\\nThe children of Mr. and Mrs. West, four in number^\\nwere born in Simcoe Co., Can., in ihe following\\norder: William, Aug. 28, 1872; Benjamin F.. Jan. 11\\n1S75; Alfred Edgar, Oct. 29, 1876; Mary Ada, Sept.\\n13, 1878.\\nMr. West is a Republican in his views of national\\npolicy.\\n-^%^k\\nw-\\nichard Olmstead, farmer, section 22, Fre-\\nmont Township, has been a resident in\\nthis part of Sanilac County since i860,\\nwhen he purchased his farm of a man named\\nSchell, in Canada, and came from the Do-\\nminion to test the possibilities of the Penin-\\nsular state. The country was still new and settlers\\nwere few.\\nThe civil war broke out soon after Mr. Olmstead\\nfi.xed his residence in Fremont, and he partook of\\nthe general interest in the progress of the struggle.\\nHe finally determined on enlistment, and enrolled\\nFeb. 22, 1864, in Co. K, 22d Mich. Vol. Inf. His\\nregiment was assigned to the 15th Army Corps,\\nunder Gens. Sherman and Thomas. He was in 1:0\\nregular battles, but participated in several minor\\nengagements. He became disabled from illness and\\nwent to Hospital No. i, at Chattanooga. He was\\nafterwards transferred from his regiment to the 29th\\nMichigan, and was soon afterward detailed for duty\\nat the headquarters of General Thomas, where he\\nwas occupied until he was mustered out in August,\\n1865, at Murfreesboro, Tenn. His health was hope-\\nlessly impaired, and five years of the time since his\\nreturn to his home he has been unable to labor.\\nMr. Olmstead was born March 2,0, i83i,in Oxford\\nTownship, Ont., and is the son of Hiram and Orilla\\n(Olmstead) Olmstead. The former died in Fullon,\\nN. v.; the latter in Oxford, Ont. Their family\\nincluded 13 children, ten of whom are now living.\\nMr. Olmstead is the fourth in order of birth. At\\nthe age of 16 years he found himself at liberty to\\nmake his own way in the world, and he has since\\nbeen independent of assistance.\\nHe was married June 13, 1854, in Canada, to\\nElizabeth Wilson. She was born June 23, 1S38, and\\ndied Sept. 5, 1874, having become the mother of ten\\nchildren, five of whom were deceased at the time of\\nher death. Hiram was born Sept. 18, 1857; Mary\\nJ., July 28, 1862; Richard, Oct. 27, 1S64; George,\\nMay 16, 1867; Almira, April 13, 1873. These are\\nstill living. The two eldest born died in infancy.\\nTiiose deceased were named Abraham, John and\\nHorace.\\nMr. Olmstead was married the second time June\\n4, 1S75, to Mrs. Sarah (Merrick) Fifer. She was\\nborn May 5, 1845, and is the daughter of Robert\\nand Esther (Crawford) Merrick. Her parents are\\nliving in Dakota, whither they removed in Septem-\\nber, 1883. Their family comprised 12 children, of\\nwhom Mrs. Olmstead is the eldest. She was born\\nnear Londonderry, Ireland, and was brought by her\\nparents to the United States when she was 15 months\\nold. They settled in Kingston, Ont., removing thence\\nto Oxford, in the Dominion. Her father removed\\nhis family to Sanilac County in 1855. She married\\nJohn Fifer, and by this marriage had three children,\\nna.nely: Robert, born Feb. 23, 1862; Anna J. .April\\n21, 1864, and George H., Aug. 30, 1866. She is a\\nmember of the Advent Church. Mr. Olmstead is a\\nRepublican, and has been an official in the various\\nschool offices of his township.\\n^rTj^l C. L. Sly, furniture dealer and manufac-\\n^j.^Hl turer at Lexington, was born Nov. 6, 1841,\\nC JlJn?^ in Livingston Co., Mich. He is the son\\n\u00c2\u00a7\u00c2\u00ab#S3\\np of Solomon C. and Huldah (Wilson) Sly. His\\nfather was a farmer by proxy, as he owned a\\nfarm, and hired laborers to do the necessary\\nwork thereon, while he applied himself to his trade\\nof carpenter and joiner, and also to some extent to\\nthe busines of cabinet-making, in which he instructed\\nhis son. In 1857 his father removed to Worth Town-\\nship, Sanilac County, where the subject of this sketch\\nattended school for a time. He returned to Living-\\nston County, where he was attacked by a disease of", "height": "2866", "width": "2206", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph09chic_0320.jp2"}, "321": {"fulltext": "", "height": "2866", "width": "2206", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph09chic_0321.jp2"}, "322": {"fulltext": "", "height": "2866", "width": "2206", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph09chic_0322.jp2"}, "323": {"fulltext": "m^m r\\nSANILAC COUNTY.\\n4)^\\n(h\\nV\\nthe eyes. He spent a few months at Fowlerville in\\nthe same county, undergoing treatment, but, as it\\ndid not prove effective, he went to Detroit and spent\\n15 months in the care of Dr. J. C. Gorton. He re-\\nturned to Worth Township, where he engaged for a\\ntime in weaving. Since that time he has followed\\nhis trade. He came to Lexington in 1864, and\\nentered upon the same business. He opened his\\npresent establishment in 1878, and, with the assist-\\nance of his sons, is managing a prosperous business.\\nHe carries a stock suited to the local demand,\\nmanufactures all varieties of furniture and combines\\ntherewith repairing and upholstering. He also has\\nconsiderable patronage in undertaking.\\nMr. Sly was married March 16, 1S65, in Lexing-\\nton, to Clara M., daughter of Jerauld and Ruth\\nMiller. Five children have been born to Mr. and\\nMrs. Sly, two of whom are deceased. The record is\\nJerauld M. was born Oct. 13, 1866; Carlton L., Feb.\\n24, 1868; Florence L. was born Dec. 22, 1869, and\\ndied March 16, 1872; Walter T. was born May 9,\\n1874, and died May 30, 1874; Edward S. was born\\nJan. 25, 1876.\\nThe parents are communicants in the Episcopal\\nChurch.\\n4-\\n||homas Elliott, Jr., farmer, section 24,\\nWashington Township, was born April 4,\\n1857, in England. His parents, Thomas\\nand Margaret (Mooney) Elliott, were also born\\nin that country, where they were married and\\nsettled. They emigrated to Canada in 1864,\\nwhere they were residents until 1867, in which year\\nthey came to this county, and located in Sanilac\\nTownship. Later, they removed to a farm in Wash-\\nington Township. Their children were four in\\nnumber.\\nMr. Elliott is the youngest child of his parents,\\nand was but seven years old when they came to the\\nNew World. He has lived in Sanilac County since\\nhe was a lad of 10 years. He is now the proprietor\\nof 80 acres of land, 55 acres of which are under cul-\\ntivation. Li political views he holds to the princi-\\nples of the Anti-Monopolist party. He has held the\\noffice of Justice of the Peace three years and School\\nModerater three years.\\nMrs. Jane (Robinson) Elliott was born in Canada,\\nJuly 4, 1857, and was married in the Dominion to\\nThomas Elliott, May 4, 1881. Jessie and Maud are\\nthe names of the children born of this union.\\n-5-4^ o^af^aUHe^o 1\u00c2\u00bb-5\\nS^^fi^yc\\n||Lrank T. Smith, merchant at Forester,\\n_|!| P senior member of the mercantile Hrm of\\n^W^- F. T. Smith Co., has been connected\\ni^ with the business history of Sanilac County\\nJyis^ since 1867, when he came to Forester and be-\\ncame a salesman in the mercantile establish-\\nment of Smith, Kelly Co. He has made steady\\nand sure strides of progress until he is now at the\\nhead of one of the oldest and most influential busi-\\nness houses of the Huron peninsula, and is one of\\nmost prominent leaders in the later development of\\nthe resources of Sanilac County.\\nThe original senior member of the firm was his\\nuncle. He remained in liis capacity of salesman\\nuntil 1S72, the firm having become Geo. H. Tanner\\nCo. At the date named he became a member of\\nthe firm which, in addition to its mercantile relations,\\nowned a grist-mill and saw-mill, and trafficked largely\\nin mill and lumber products. In 1876 he succeeded\\nto his present position and the house is managing a\\ntrade of $50,000 annually, with an invested capital of\\n$10,000. Their annual transactions when their lum-\\nber traffic was at its height amounted to $150,000.\\nMr. Smith is the owner of the extensive business\\nblock where he operates, besides other property at\\nthis point. He is an active and zealous supporter of\\nthe current issues and tenets of the Republican party,\\nand has served his township six years as Treasurer.\\nHe was born in New London Co., Conn., March\\n21, 1850, and is the son of Nathan G. and Lucy A.\\n(Pendleton) Smith. The father was a native of\\nConnecticut, and passed the greater portion of his\\nactive life in speculating. His wife is a native of\\nNew Jersey, and they are living in retirement at\\nSlonington, Conn., in ease and comfort.\\nMr. Smith received a good business education and\\nentered upon his career of activity in Sanilac County,\\nas has l)een stated.\\n0)\\n(q)\\n^m\\n%m\\n-CS!!^^", "height": "2866", "width": "2206", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph09chic_0323.jp2"}, "324": {"fulltext": "6v^nii^nnf\\nry-\\n-^^^^\\\\4^\\nsaat/zac countv.\\n/5s\\nV\\nHe was married Oct. 17, 1882, at Detroit, to Mary\\nDement. They liave one child, Edward T., born\\nMarch 29, 1884. Mrs. Smith was born Nov. 26,\\ni860, in the city of Detroit. Her father, Capt. Gilbert\\nDemont, was an experienced and practical navigator,\\nhaving passed a series of years successively in the\\nlake service. In 1872 he assumed command of the\\npropeller, R. G. Coburn, a large and comparatively\\nnew steamer. In the fall of the same year, while en\\nroute from DuUith, the vessel, with all on board, was\\nlost in .Saginaw Bay. A heavy sea was running, and\\nthe wind was blowing with great velocity, when the\\npropeller was discovered by other lake craft in the\\nbay, and was evidently in distress, as she was flying\\na red flag. While the observers were endeavoring to\\ndetermine her identity and condition, with the pur-\\npose of rendering aid, she suddenly went down. Two\\nof her boats were picked up, with several persons,\\nbut Captain Demont and his eldest son Charles were\\nlost. The mother of Mrs. Smith died in Detroit, in\\nthe spring of 1872. The daughter was educated in\\nher native city, and at the age of 16 years became a\\nteacher. She followed teaching as a vocation until\\nher marriage. She is a communicant of the Episco-\\npal Church.\\nThe portrait of Mr. Smith accompanies this sketch,\\nand may be found on a preceding page.\\n(c\\\\\\ns^-Ka\\nenjamin E. Bond, foundry man and ma-\\n^iRM^Ii- chinist, at Anderson, Washington Town\\nship, was born Nov. 28, 1853, in Canada.\\nHis parents, Benjamin and Eliza (Eden)\\nBond, were natives of England, where they\\nwere married. They emigrated to Canada,\\nwhere they died. Mr. Bond passed his early years\\nin farm duties and in obtaining a fair degree of\\neducation, and at the age of 19 years he entered\\ninto an apprenticeship to learn the business wliich\\nhe has since pursued. He served three years. In\\nFebruary, 1878, he came to Macomb Co., Mich., and\\nafter remaining there more than three years, he\\ncame to his present locatiom, in the spring of 1881.\\nHe put up a building suitable for the prosecution\\nof his business, which was destroyed by fire in the\\nautumn following. He rebuilt the structure in the\\nsummer of the following year, since which time\\nhe has operated continuously and with satisfactory\\nresults.\\nHe was married in Richmond, Macomb County,\\nJan. I, 1879, to Jane Dennison, who was born in\\nCanada. Lillian M., first-born child, died at the\\nage of nine months. Benjamin H. is still living.\\nThe parents are members of the Methodist Episco-\\npal Church.\\n\u00c2\u00abWi2j2fi !s-fiS^\u00e2\u0080\u0094\\n\u00e2\u0080\u00a2^^fmss\\names McClure, farmer and stockman, re-\\n^Ifc siding on section 29, Watertown Township,\\nwas born in July, 1832, in Oxford Co., Ont.\\nHis parents, Samuel and Nancy (Hunter) Mc-\\njt Clure, were natives of Ireland and of Scotch-\\nIrish lineage. He was a mechanic by occupa-\\ntion, and after marriage came to Canada, where he\\ndied, in 1835. James mother is still living, in O.y-\\nford County, aged 75 years.\\nThe loss of his father in early life necessitated an\\nearly struggle with the world, and when but a boy\\nMr. McClure came to Michigan, first obtaining em-\\nployment in the city of Port Huron, and subse-\\nquently in the woods as a lumberman in the county\\nof St. Clair. He went thence to Huron County and\\nspent some time in lumbering on the rivers there. In\\n1849 he came to Sanilac County, making his way\\ninto the township in which he has since resided,\\nby the way of Elk River, then the only means of\\ningress into the unbroken forest and the most direct\\nroute from Lexington. The entire township lay in\\nits primitive condition, its forests intact, and trav-\\nersed by the wild animals common to this section.\\nIn December, 1851, he entered a homestead claim of\\n:6o acres, one of the earliest in the township. He\\nwas the first permanent settler in that part and\\nprobably the third in the township. He was instru-\\nmental in the organization and naming of Watertown\\nTownship, \u00e2\u0080\u00a2and obtained its separation from Wash-\\nington. k.\\\\. its first election he became Supervisor,\\na position he held three years. He is a Democrat\\nin political connection, and has been one of the\\nmost imixirtant actors in the progress of Sanilac\\nV^\\n\u00c2\u00abfe", "height": "2866", "width": "2206", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph09chic_0324.jp2"}, "325": {"fulltext": "rTrCrDH^nil^ 7\\ni\\n1\\nV\\nSANILAC COUNTY.\\n329\\nCounty. He is suffering from a pulmonary disease,\\nthe result of hard labor and exposure.\\nThe marriage of Mr. McClure to Elizabeth Collins\\noccurred May 24, 1862, at Lexington. She was\\nborn Feb. 16, 1844, in Dereham, Oxford Co., Out.,\\nand is the daughter of Benjamin and Celia\\n(Weaver) Collins, natives of Ontario, and now resi-\\ndents of Buel Township, whither they removed in\\n1S54. James W., Susan, Melinda and Benjamin\\nare the names of the children born to Mr. and Mrs.\\nMcClure. The original acreage of the farm has\\nbeen decreased by the sale of 40 acres, and of the\\nremainder there are 75 acres in first-class farming\\ncondition, with commodious barns and a comfortable,\\nconvenient residence.\\nvv^ei \u00e2\u0082\u00ac^s-^\\nVf?:\\noter H. Benedict, farmer, section 21, Worth\\nTownship, is the son of Michael and Clar-\\nii;:*. issa (Hurlburt) Benedict. The parents\\nt- tj ce natives of Connecticut, but removed\\njj^- later to the State of New York, and afterwards\\nto Pennsylania, where they died.\\nMr. Benedict was born in the Empire State, Nov.\\n25, 181 1. He received a common-school education,\\nand at the age of 18 years was apprenticed to learn\\nthe trade of carpenter and joiner, which he has since\\nthat time combined with the calling of agriculture.\\nIn 1842 he came to Sanilac County and bought 80\\nacres of land, on which he settled two years later,\\nand where he has since resided. He has placed the\\nentire acreage under cultivation.\\nMr. Benedict is a Democrat in political faith and\\naction. He has been prominent in the local interests\\nof Sanilac County and Worth Township, and is re-\\ngarded as a solid and substantial citizen. He has\\nbeen Supervisor several terms and held other posi-\\ntions. In the fall of 1852 lie was elected to repre-\\nsent his district in the Legislature of Michigan, and\\nserved one term.\\nHe was married Jan. 26, 1844, in Worth Touui-\\nship, to Jeannette, daughter of William and Jean-\\nnette (Luke) Smith. Her parents were natives of\\nScotland, where her mother died. Her father after\\nthat event came to America and resided seven years\\nin Canada. In the fall of 1839 he removed to\\nWorth Township, where he died. Mrs. Benedict\\nwas born Jan. 26, 1S21, in Scotland. She has\\nbecome the mother of six children, William. H., 1\\nGeorge F., Nina, John A., Frederick J. and James \\\\fc)\\nL. Nina died when she was about 30 years of age.\\nR r/-;- i George Wever, formerly of Marlette,\\ni T^jii^ was born Oct. 3, 1838, in Elgin County,\\nir Ont. His father, Daniel Wever, went to\\n^j^) v Lapeer Co., Mich., in the fall of 1854, with\\nthis family, which included eight children. Dr.\\nWever had made the best use of the advantages\\nof the common schools he had attended, and in the\\nwinter of 1854-5 he began teaching in Mayfield Town-\\nship, then connected with Lapeer Township. He\\ntaught successive terms of winter school in Lapeer\\nand Oakland Counties, operating through the alter-\\nnate summer seasons as an assistant on his father s\\nfarm, studying opportunely with reference to the\\never recurring autumn examinations. In the fall of\\n1858 and the spring of 1859 he attended the Academy\\nat Oxford, Mich. In the spring of i860 he went to\\nMissouri and taught a term of school in Jackson\\nCounty, in that State. The winter following he was\\nengaged in teaching in Lapeer Co., Mich. He at-\\ntended school in 1861 and 1S62 at Utica, Macomb\\nCo Mich.\\nHe enlisted in August, 1862, in the 22d Mich.\\nVol. Inf for three years or daring the war, and was\\ndischarged with his regiment in July, 1865. During\\na part of the period of his military service he was\\ndetailed as Brigade Hospital Steward, and while act-\\ning in that capacity he began the study of medicine.\\nHe attended medical lectures at the University of\\nMichigan during the winter of 1865-6, and after that\\nread for 18 months for his profession with Dr. J. S.\\nCaulkins, of Thornville, Lapeer Co.y Mich., and,\\nacting in accordance with the advice of his instructor,\\nhe opened his career as a practitioner at Attica, La-\\npeer County. In the early part of 1869 he settled in\\nthe village of Marlette, then in its incipiency, where\\nhe prosecuted the duties of his practice with vigor\\nand conscientiousness, and reaped the reward of a x^^^^\\n^5\\nca:\\nt\\nSUtlr^-^-\\n^^m^^m", "height": "2866", "width": "2206", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph09chic_0325.jp2"}, "326": {"fulltext": "^DD^(iD^^v\\n-zn^ sr\\n\u00c2\u00aevii\\n33\u00c2\u00b0\\nSANILAC COUNTY.\\nfair success aad a general popularity. In the winter\\nof 1877-8 he altendcd lectures at the Medical Col-\\nlege of Detroit, where he was graduated and received\\nthe credentials of tliat insiiluiion. He resumed his\\npractice at Marlette, which he continued until his\\nremoval to Olivet, Eaton Co., Mich., whither he went\\nto secure educational advantages for his children.\\nDr. Wever married Cynthia Dewolfe, of Dryden,\\nMich. They are the parents of six cliildren. Dr.\\nWever united with the Methodist Church when he\\nwas 19 years old; Mrs. Wever joined the same con-\\nnection when she was 14 years of age, and they con-\\ntinued that relation until their removal to Olivet, and\\nare now identified with the Congregational body of\\nthat place.\\nIn political connection Dr. \\\\Vever is an inflexible\\nRepublican, and is also tolerant of those who enter-\\ntain diverse opinions.\\nAt the date of this writing (iSS4),he is still largely\\ninterested in Marlette, where he owns his former\\nhome and where his worldly accumulations still\\nremain.\\natson Beach, editor and proprietor of the\\nSanilac Jcffcrsonian, and member of the\\nli^^^ legal firm of Beach Macklem, has been\\n-/|B S( a resident of Lexington since 1850 He\\nwas born Jan.\\nigton since 1859\\n3, 1840, in Litchfield Co.,\\nConn. His parents, Eben and Lucy (Walling)\\nBeach, removed while he was an infant with their\\nthree children to Port Huron, where the father en-\\ngaged in the business of manufacturing harness and\\nsaddles. He attended school there until he was 18\\nyears old, when he began to read for his profession\\nin the law office of Messrs. Conger Harris, of Port\\nHuron. In 1859 he came to Lexington and con-\\ntinued to read under the directions of A. E. Chad-\\nwick. In April, 1861, he was admitted to practice\\nin the State Courts of Michigan, and entered into a\\nbusiness relation with his tutor, which existed until\\nDecember of the same year, when he yielded to the\\ninfluences that pervaded the entire North, and be-\\ncame a soldier for the Union. He enlisted at Lex-\\nington, in Co. D, loth Mich. Vol. Inf, and on the\\norganization of the company was made fifth Sergeant.\\nHe served until March, 1865, the command being\\nattached to the Army of the Cumberland. Mr.\\nBeach was an active participant in all the engage-\\nments in which his regiment was involved, went\\nthrough the campaign from Chattanooga to tlie siege\\nof Atlanta and to Savannah. He was in the culmi-\\nnating battle at Jonesboro, where the regiment suf-\\nfered severely. He was discharged March 5, 1865,\\nat Savannah, as First Lieutenant, and returned to\\nLexington, where he resumed his professional career\\nin company with Chas. S. Nims.\\nIn May, 1865, they bought the Jeffersoniaii, which\\nthey put in fine condition and rendered attractive and\\npopular, its circulation steadily increasing and its\\ninfluence widening under their management. It is\\nand has since been the leading and largest publica-\\ntion in Sanilac County. The business relations of\\nMessrs. Beacli Nims was dissolved in 1882, after\\n17 years of successful and harmonious co-operation.\\nSince the date of their dissolution, Mr. Beach has\\nmanaged his journalistic enterprise without assist-\\nance. In January, 1883, he entered into a partner-\\nship with Wilford Macklem, a prominent and efficient\\nattorney, and the firm has since been engaged in the\\ntransaction of a prosperous and popular business.\\nThey are authorized agents for several insurance\\ncompanies, among which are the .-Etna, the London,\\nLiverpool and Globe, the North American, and\\nothers of equal reliability.\\nMr. Beach has been prominent in political circles,\\nas in business and journalism. He has served the\\ncounty one term as Prosecuting Attorney, and is\\nfilling his second term as Judge of Probate. He is a\\nRepublican of decided ty]je, and was elected to his\\npresent position in 1876 and 1880, by triumphant\\nmajorities, that left the cpiestion of his fitness and\\nthe confidence of his constituency beyond cavil. He\\nhas acted as President of the village. Trustee, Vil-\\nlage Attorney and in other positions of trust. In\\n1880 he was elected Presidential Elector, and satis-\\nfied the best ambition of his political career in help-\\ning to place James A. Garfield at the head as the\\nNational Executive.\\nMr. Beach was married in Le.Kington, March 17,\\n1864, to Frances S. Waterbury. She was born in St.\\nClair, and is the daughter of John C. and Lory P.\\nWaterbury. The children of Mr. and Mrs. Beach\\nwere born inthe following order: Wilbur J., John W.,\\nGeorge E. and Frederick P.\\nkS)\\n9\\ni\\nAe D n ^:n Df^A-^\\n-^^f", "height": "2866", "width": "2206", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph09chic_0326.jp2"}, "327": {"fulltext": "I\\ni!\\nI\\nSANILAC COUNTY.\\nooo\\nqCx\\noel Hurley, of VVasliington Township, one\\n^1^- of the prominent agriculturists of Sanilac\\nCounty, has been a resident therein nearly\\n30 years, the beginning of liis life within its\\nlimits dating from the winter of 1856. He was\\nthen 23 years of age, and on coming hither he\\nbought 160 acres of land in Marion Township, of\\nwhich he was the owner and manager eight years.\\nAt the end of that period he removed to Washington\\nTownship, where he is now the owner of 240 acres of\\nland, on section 24. Nearly the entire acreage is\\nunder cultivation, and the property is considered to\\nbe among the best farms in Sanilac County.\\nMr. Hurley is a Democrat in political sentiment,\\nbut takes no aggressive part in public affairs. He\\nrefuses office with persistency, preferring the i[uiet\\nand freedom from turmoil of the life of a private\\ncitizen.\\nHe was born March 17, 1833, in Steuben Co., N.\\nY., and is the son of John and Dorcas (Wixson)\\nHurley. The former was born in the State of New\\nYork, the latter in Canada. After their marriage they\\nsettled in the Empire State, afterwards removing to\\nSanilac County. They settled in the township of\\nWorth, which is still their home.\\nMrs. Sarah (Avery) Hurley was born Nov. 18, 1836,\\nin Canada. She married Joel Hurley July 11, 1857,\\nin Lexington Township. Jennie and Dorcas A. are\\nthe names of her two children.\\nahlon Bigger, farmer, section 12, Fre-\\nmont Townsliip, was born July 2, 1856,\\nin Elgin Co., Can., and is the son of John\\njW- and Alice (Hall) Bigger. Her father was\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0\u00e2\u0096\u00a0(J born in Canada and died Feb. 17, 1879, in\\nSanilac County. He was 64 years old. The\\nmother was a native of Ireland, and was about 46\\nyears old at the time of her death, which occurred\\nSept. 13, 1874. Their family included seven chil-\\ndren.\\nMr. Bigger was reared to the calling of a farmer\\nand remained at home until he was of age. In the\\nspring of 1876 he came to Sanilac County in com-\\n15any with his father. He bought the farm of r6o\\nacres on which he has since resided, and of which\\nhe took possession May 20th of the same year. He\\nhas improved about 50 acres. Mr. Bigger is inde-\\npendent in political views.\\nHe was married Oct. 10, 1883, to Esther, daughter\\nof William and Matilda (Plunket) Willis. Her\\nparents are natives of Ireland and are on a farm in\\nMarion Township, Sanilac County. Their family\\ncomprises ten children, and Mrs. Bigger is the\\nyoungest child. She was born May 2, 1862, in Sani-\\nlac County.\\nC\\nV\\nj[ndrew J. McCardle, farmer, section 20, f^T\\niC Worth Township, is the son of John and L--\\nCatherine (Luckey) McCardle. Parents\\nare natives of Ireland, and came to .America y\\nand resided nearly two years in the State of\\nNew York, removing thence to Canada. In the\\nspring of 1854 they came to Sanilac County and\\nlocated in Worth Township. The mother died Feb.\\n28, 1871; the death of the father occurred June 21,\\n1880. Their family included 10 children.\\nMr. McCardle was born Oct. 13, 1840, in Ontario\\nCo.,_Can. He was 13 years old when he came with\\nhis parents to Sanilac County, and he lias since re-\\nsided in Worth Township. In 1870 he succeeded to\\nthe ownership of the homestead, consisting of 210\\nacres of land, to which he has added 40 acres by later\\npurchase. About 140 acres are now under good cul-\\ntivation, and the remainder is still in heavy timber as\\nit was when in its original condition. Mr. McCardle\\nis a Republican of decided views, and has held the 1\\noffice of Township Treasurer five years. Highway\\nCommissioner one year and School Director two\\nyears.\\nHe was married Jan. 22, 1870, in Worth Town-\\nship, to Mary J., daughter of Ira and Elizabeth\\n(Mathews) Lount. Her parents were natives of Can-\\n^m^^^\\nD!l^llti;i", "height": "2866", "width": "2206", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph09chic_0327.jp2"}, "328": {"fulltext": "lir^:llllr r\\n\\\\!5\\nt\\nV\\n,.--5\\n1\\n332\\nT\\nSANILAC COUNTY.\\n\u00e2\u0080\u00a2Z^W^\\nada, and in the fall of 1850 settled in Worth Town-\\nship, where they have since resided. Mrs. McCardle\\nwas born Jan. 29, 1850, in the county of Ontario,\\nCan. Five children have lieen born in this family,\\ntwo of whom are deceased. The names of the living\\nare: Lottie C, John O. D. and Olive E. Those de-\\nceased are Jennie L. and Edith M. Mr. McCardle\\nis a member of the Presbyterian Church, and his wife\\nbelongs to the Methodist Church.\\na^\\nev. Christian Denissen, Pastor of St.\\nDenis Church, Lexington, was born April\\n24, 1847, in Rozendaal, Holland. His\\nf parents, Cornelius Denissen and Mary Cor-\\nnelia (Konings) Denissen, sent young Chris-\\ntian to school at the age of six years. The\\nboy went through his different lessons and readers\\nwith the usual ups and downs of school-boys, having\\nhis mind on play and mischief as much as on the\\naustere discipline of the old-fashioned school-master.\\nAt the age of 12 his parents sent him to college in\\nthe city of Oudenbosch. He studied in the prepara-\\ntory classes of languages for two years, passing satis-\\nfactory examinations, then began his classical course,\\nwhich at that college is a six-years course, it includ-\\ning poetry and rhetoric. In October, 1867, he com-\\nmenced his philosophical studies at the Seminary in\\nHoeven, Holland, and afterwards the theological\\ncourse, under Profs. Gabriels and Loos.\\nOn June 10, 1870, he was ordained to the four\\nminor orders, and on the following day to Sub-dea-\\nconship. He received his ordination as Deacon\\nJune 3, 1871, and May 25, 1872, was ordained\\nPriest, by Rt. Rev. John Van Genk, Bishop of\\nBreda.\\nFather Denissen, with that heroic courage so typi-\\ncal of his character, decided to spend the remainder\\nof his life in America. The Diocese of Detroit was\\nhis choice. He received his dimissorial letters from\\nhis bishop, and, sacrificing home, friends and all that\\nwere near and dear to him, left his native land June\\nI, 1872. He presented himself to the authorities of\\nhis adopted diocese on June 17. On the 2gth of\\nthat month he was sent to Anchorville, St. Clair\\nCounty, as assistant to Rev. Jolin Elsen. On July\\n12 he was recalled to Detroit to do service in Trinity\\nChurch as assistant. His further career has been as\\nPastor of the Catholic Church of Lexington, Sanilac\\nCounty, where he arrived Dec. 19, 1872. He entered\\nwith intrepid zeal upon the work assigned him. Of\\nall the struggles whicli he was called upon to under-\\ngo, little is known, save what is self-evident, owing\\nto his uncomplaining endurance and perseverance.\\nIn the performance of his ministerial duties, he\\nproved himself a true priest of his Church. Exact\\nand punctual for himself, he makes great allowances\\nfor the shortcomings of others; not interfering with\\nthe religious views of his fellow-citizens, he is un-\\ncompromising in his own belief and in the doctrine\\nof his Church. That he has worked with indefatig-\\nable patience for the welfare of his congregation,\\ncan readily be seen by comparing the condition of\\nhis parish r i years ago with its present flourishing\\nstate.\\nAs a citizen he has a reputation of high standing\\nin this vicinity, by his cautious enterprise having\\ncontributed in no small degree to the develoiiment\\nof this village. In his business transactions, he is\\nknown for his clear judgment and his unswerving\\nintegrity. Father Denissen is possessed of the attri-\\nbutes tending to make the character of a gentleman.\\nCombining with charity a kind and unostentatious\\nmanner, he has won in a marked degree llie affec-\\ntion and esteem of his own flock, as well as of all\\nwith whom he has come in contact. His peculiar\\ntraits of character are national to the Dutch! Free-\\ndom and independence they have maintained against\\nall odds. Their industry and econouiy are pro-\\nverbial. We might add, that the true Dutchman\\nis self-possessed and liberal. During the best part\\nof his public career, it is evident that lie is shaped\\ntruthfully after the pattern of his gallant forefathers.\\n\u00e2\u0080\u00a2rv\\n_\\n|lc eorge E. McNinch, merchant at Ander-\\n|L son, Washington Township, was born Aug.\\n^2, 1848, in Livingston Co., N. Y. The\\n/f^ Empire State was also the birth-place of his\\nparents, Samuel and Harriet (Taylor) McNinch.\\nHe received a common-school education in his\\nnative State, and in 1865 he became a resident of\\nJv,\\n^in!i:^:iii]", "height": "2866", "width": "2206", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph09chic_0328.jp2"}, "329": {"fulltext": "SANILAC COUNTY.\\n^m^\\\\m^\\n333\\nt\\nV\\nMichigan, settling in Tuscola County, where he re-\\nmained until the spring of 1882, when he removed to\\nSanilac County. He bought 80 acres of land in the\\ntownship of Sanilac, and has now a fine farm, with\\nabout 72 acres in tillage. In the winter of 1882 he\\nrented his farm and came to Anderson, where he\\nerected a building for the purpose of establishing the\\nbusiness in which he is now engaged and to which\\nhe has since given his entire attention. Mr. McNinch\\nis a Republican in political connection, and belongs\\nto the ISIasonic Order.\\nHe was married the first time in Tuscola County, to\\nVictoria Young, a native of Canada, who is deceased.\\nThree children were born of this union, Asa, Jennie\\nand Joseph. Mr. McNinch was a second time mar-\\nried June 5, 1S79, to Annie Eyoy, who was born in\\nCanada, Nov. 6, 1849. Two children, born of this\\nsecond marriage, died in infancy.\\nvtujefi/\u00c2\u00ae-^^-\\n-^^J^iaznfv\\nf\\n\u00c2\u00a7^harles Corbishley, merchant at Sandusky,\\nwas born Aug. i, 1848, in London, Ont_\\nHe was a resident of St. Clair, Mich., from the\\nage of six months to 16 years, and there re-\\nceived a common-school education. He fol-\\nlowed the lakes as a sailor from the age\\nmentioned until the fall of 187 1, when he relin-\\nquished sailing and went to Smithville, St. Clair\\nCounty, where he embarked in a general mercantile\\nenterprise as a clerk, remaining in the position about\\nfive years. In 1S76, he opened the same line of\\nbusiness in his own behalf. He continued its man-\\nagement until the spring of 1879, when he transfer-\\nred his interests to Sandusky, Sanilac County. He\\nmet with a satisfactory degree of success, and in the\\nspring of 1882 erected and took possession of the\\nbuilding where he has since prosecuted his business.\\nHis location, opposite the recently constructed court-\\nhouse, is regarded as one of the most desirable, from\\na business point of view, in the village. His stock is\\nestimated at $4,000, and his annual transactions\\naverage $17,000. His possessions include three im-\\nproved village lots and 120 acres of choice land,\\nfinely located on the north side of Sandusky village.\\nMr. C. is a Republican in political faith and con-\\nnection, is a member of the Order of Masonry, be-\\nlonging to Blue Lodge, No. 142, and to St. Clair\\nCommandery, No. 12.\\nHe was married July 2, 1876, to Mary E. Vin-\\ncent, who was born at Burchville, St. Clair Co., Mich.,\\nin January, 1859, and is the daughter of John and\\nCatherine Vincent. Of this union three children\\nhave been born, as follows: Fred A., Nov. 9, 1878;\\nLee J,. Nov. 15, 1880; and May, Dec. 15, 1883.\\n^=H=# =H=E^\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0rF\u00c2\u00ae iniliam Grant, farmer, section -lo, Fremont\\npi^^ sl,. Township, was born July 8, 1835, m Aber-\\nj|^*i deen, Scotland. He is the son of Alex-\\nia ander and Isabella Grant. The former died\\nin Granton, Can. The mother is living with\\none of her sons at Point Edward. The family\\nemigrated to the American continent in 1843, landing\\nat Quebec. The father bought a farm in the town-\\nship of Riddulph, where he passed the remainder of\\nhis life. Mr. Grant was reared to the age of 18 years\\non his father s farm, coming in 1853 to Michigan,\\nwhere he was engaged during the winter season in\\nthe lumber woods, and returned for the labors of the\\nsummers to Canada until the fall of 1856, when he\\nbought 1 60 acres of land. The entire tract was in a\\nwholly wild state, it having probably never been\\ncrossed by a white man previous to his ownership,\\nand not a stick of timber had been removed from it.\\nHe spent two years on the place in solitude and\\nisolation, lumbering winters and chopping and clear-\\ning summers.\\nHis marriage to Miranda Beal occurred March i 7\\n1 86 1. She was the daughter of Ezekiel and Tabitha\\n(Fitzgerald) Beal. Her father died when he was\\nabout 53 years old, in Speaker Township. Her\\nmother is living. The wife was born Nov. 22, 1840,\\nnear York, Maine, and died July 4, 1873, leaving five\\nchildren. They were born as follows Leslie C,\\nDec. 8, 1861; William A., Nov. 5, 1863; Lowell E.,\\nApril 7, 1866; Mary J., May 23, 1868; and Clara A.,\\nSept. 30, 1870. Mr. Grant was a second time mar-\\nried April 19, 1875, to Margaret A. Schram. She\\ni\\nf\\n\u00e2\u0080\u00a2^m\\n4^^^^(^m", "height": "2866", "width": "2206", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph09chic_0329.jp2"}, "330": {"fulltext": "z^^^sir\\nm^m r-\\nSANILAC COUNTY.\\nJm\\nwas born and bred a farmer s daughter, and her par-\\nents, Peter G. and Catherine Ann (Flake) Schram,\\nare living on a farm in Greenwood Township, St.\\nClair Co., Mich. Mrs. Grant was born Feb. 7, 1852,\\nin Nisouri, Canada. Of four children l)orn of the\\nsecond marriage three are living. Alice was born\\nApril 5, 1876; John H. was born Aug. 8, 1878, and\\ndied Jan. 24, 1882; Catherine was born June 20,\\n1880; Isabella, March 16, 1884.\\nMr. Grant has served several terms as Township\\nClerk, and has officiated as School Inspector since\\nthe organization of the township.\\nS^ ^^^l\\n^?wr-\\nohn Ireland, proprietor of the Everett\\nHouse at Marlette, was born July 5, 1848\\nand is the son of John and Mary (Craig)\\nflS Ireland. His father was born in the capital\\nIt city of the Green Isle, and was educated there\\nhe was the eldest of four sons and two daughters\\nborn to his parents John and Esther Hawthorn\\nIreland. He began his career as a teacher in Dublin,\\nand in 1844 emigrated to Canada and engaged in his\\nchosen vocation in the Niagara District, going thence\\nto Bertie, where he met and married Mary Craig, an\\nestimable young lady, and daughter of David and\\nAnn Craig. The marriage occurred Sept. r2, T846.\\nOf their union three children were born, in the fol-\\nlowing order John, as stated Lavinia, March 10,\\n1850, who married David Adair and resides at Ade-\\nlaide, Ont. Newton, Aug. 2, 1851, since deceased;\\nand Hugh, March 29, 1854, who married Elizabeth\\nAdair and resides at Marlette. Their mother died\\nJune 13, 1855. Mr. Ireland, senior, pursued his pro-\\nfession 30 years and won a wide reputation as a\\nmathematician. He is now retired on a pension.\\nThe first recorded ancestors of the Ireland family\\nemigrated from Scotland to Ireland in the reign of\\nJames II. Some of them were farmers and others\\nengaged in the white-lime trade. There was a tra-\\ndition current that the Hawthorns and Aikens\\nowned and controlled the town of Cluntaug, parish of\\nKillileagh, County Down, Ireland. The ancestors\\nin the maternal line (Hawthorn) .were very wealthy,\\npossessing estates yielding an income so large that\\nv\\nthe loss of 30,000 pounds sterling, by the collapse of\\na bank in which tttat amount was dsposited, made no\\nperceptible difference in their affairs.\\nMr. Ireland of this sketch was born in Bertie,\\nVVelland Co., Ont. He passed some years as a farmer,\\nand was also a hotel proprietor at Strathroy three\\nyears. He obtained a fair education in the common\\nschools in his youth. In the spring of 1878, became\\nto Sanilac County and bought 160 acres of land in\\nMarlette Township. Of this he took possession and\\nremained upon it four months, when he rented the\\nplace and removed to Attica, Lapeer County. He\\nrented the Williams House there, which he managed\\nabout two years, returning at the end of that time\\nto his farm. After a few months he went to North\\nBranch, Lapeer County, and rented the Exchange\\nHotel for two years. In September, 1883, he came\\nto Marlette and bought the hotel which he now owns\\nand manages. It is the leading place of public\\nentertainment in Marlette, and is known as the\\nEverett House. Mr. Ireland is a Republican in po-\\nlitical principles and views.\\nHe was married in 1874, in Strathroy, Ont., to\\nHannah, daughter of Paul and Elizabeth (Graham)\\nKingston, and the following children have been born\\nto them Isaac Newton, June ro, 1875, at Strathroy\\nJohn Walter, June 27, 1878, at Attica, Lapeer Co.,\\nMich.; Edith May, May 7, 1881. Mrs. Ireland was\\nborn Oct. 14, 185 1, at Enniskillen, Kent Co., Ont. Her\\nparents removed when she was an infant to Adelaide,\\nMiddlesex Co., Ont., where her father died, Feb. 14,\\n1864. Her mother still lives in Adelaide.\\nThe family are communicants in the English\\nChurch. Mr. Ireland s father was baptized into that\\ncommunion in Ontario, by the Rev. Edward Hinks,\\nbrother of Sir Francis Hinks, the celebrated financier\\nof the Dominion.\\nvT.^^i-\\n-yi ^f\\\\ acob Gumming, merchant at Carsonville,\\nJilSMlii Washington Township, came to Sanilac\\nffi\\nm^ym^\\n^M\\nCounty in 1882. He is one of the sub-\\nVllT stantial citizens of the county and is the pro-\\nT prietor of a fine farm ol 268 acres in Washing-\\nI ton Township, which he bought soon after he\\nbecame a resident here. He also bought real estate\\n:^:tjtj;?\\nf\\nv^\\n^5\\n0)\\nfc\\n1", "height": "2866", "width": "2206", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph09chic_0330.jp2"}, "331": {"fulltext": "^^V -ill USD Df^^r^e^\\n(b\\n1\\nI\\nSANILAC COUNTY.\\nin Carsonville, where he built his home. In May,\\n1883, in company with Thomas \\\\V. Preston, he en-\\ngaged in lumbering and mercantile business, which\\nthey have since prosecuted with success. Mr. Gum-\\nming is a Republican in political connection, and a\\nmember of Charity Grange, No. 417, P. of H. He\\nalso belongs to the I. O. of G. T.\\nMr. Gumming was born May 9, 1837, in Ganada,\\nand is the third son of his parents, William and Mar-\\ngaret (Bell) Gumming. The former was born in\\nScotland, the latter in Ireland. Both came to the\\nDominion in early life, where they m.irried, settled\\nand spent the remainder of their lives. Their family\\nincluded 11 children. Mr. Gumming received a\\ncommon-school education and remained at home\\nuntil he was 24 years of age, when he became posses-\\nsor of a farm and pursued agriculture in the Domin-\\nion until 1880, when he went to Pennsylvania. In\\nthe fall of 1880 he came to Michigan and resided at\\nvarious points until he settled at Carsonville.\\nHe was married in Ganada, June 25, 1869, to\\nEleanor M. Jarvis, who was born in Halton Co., Ont.,\\nAug. 17, 1847. William T- is their only child. Mr.\\nand Mrs. Camming are members of the Presbyterian\\nChurch. Mrs. Gumming is a niece of John White,\\nex-member of the Canadian Parliament.\\n.^wmTi^\\np^^ orton HoUister, farmer, section 31 (frac-\\n!Mm^ tional), Worth Township, is the son of\\n5/ k Samuel L. and Sybil (Norton) HoUister.\\nThey were natives respectively of the State of\\nNew York and Canada, and after marriage set-\\ntled in Cattaraugus Co., N. Y. The father died\\nthere, in the summer of 1849. Their family included\\nnine sons and a daughter.\\nMr. HoUister was born July 8, 1S15, in Cattaraugus\\nCo., N. Y., and is the second in order of birth of his\\nparents childien. In the fall of 1837 became to St.\\nClair County, and until 1841 was engaged in lumber-\\ning. In the winter of that year he came to Sanilac\\nCounty and settled on 120 acres of land in the town-\\nship of Worth, which he purchased from the Govern-\\nment. The entire county was then in a state of\\nwildness and the first house built in the county was\\nerected by him on his farm. He now owns no\\nacres, and has 60 acres under good cultivation. In\\nthe summer of 1874, the jirimiiive log house gave\\nplace to a fine frame dwelling of modern style. In\\npolitical connection, Mr. HoUister is a Democrat, and\\nhas officiated in several local official positions, among\\nthem Supervisor and Justice of the Peace.\\nHe was married July 8, 1841, in St. Clair Co.,\\nMich., to Matilda, daughter of Jonathan and Maria\\n(Gale) Burtch. She was born in Guilford, Chenango\\nCo., N. Y., March i, 1823. Mr. and Mrs. HoUister\\nhave two surviving children, namely Ella M., now\\nMrs. William Dunning, and Arthur W. Chaancey\\nA. and Allison E. are deceased. The parents are\\nmembers of the Methodist Episcopal Church.\\n^^Dgr^niif^\\n7^1 lexander Weston, farmer, section 35, Fre-\\nij||; mont Township, has been a resident of\\nrrll Sf:^! Sanilac County since 1855, and of Mich-\\nigan since 1840, in which year he came to Port\\n\\\\d^ Huron. In the year named he located on his\\nj farm containing 80 acres, which was then in a\\nperfectly wild and unimproved condition, and the\\nhome of deer, bears and wolves, the animals abund-\\nant in the woods. The township was unorganized,\\nand Mr. Watson has been a participant in all its prog-\\nress and advancement. At its first election there\\nwere 12 voters. Mr. Weston has officiated one term\\nas Justice of the Peace, and has served four years as\\nConstable.\\nHe was born in the town of Barrack on the river\\nTweed, England, April 24, 1806, and is the son of\\nWilliam and Jane (Badgeley) Weston. Both parents\\ndied in England. His father was a brick and tile\\nmaker, and reared his son lo the same calling, ac-\\ncording to the English custom. He left his native\\nland in 1832, and on reaching the United States he\\nwent to Mooretown, Clinton Co., N. Y., where he\\npassed eight years engaged chiefly in brick-making.\\nHe has made very little tile since coming to this\\ncountry. He came to Port Huron in 1840 and worked\\nat his trade there about four years, making the brick\\nfor the court-house and jaU in that city. He then\\nCil", "height": "2866", "width": "2206", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph09chic_0331.jp2"}, "332": {"fulltext": "9MN mm^^ ^^K ^v^^^n n ^iDf-^-r^\\nSAN-JLAC COUNTY.\\nengaged in lumbering in St. Clair County, getting out\\nstaves and round and square timber. He lived some\\nsliyears at Gray s Corners, St. Clair County, and Rose-\\n1 burg, Sanilac County.\\nMr. Weston was first married in 1825 in England,\\nto Ruth Newton. She died of cholera, in Sarnia, Ont.,\\nin 1835, leaving six children, all of whom but one\\nstill survive her. Eliza is the wife of Edward Morris,\\nof Lexington Mary is Mrs. Conrad Gordon Alex-\\nander died in the spring of 1884, in Ohio, leaving a\\nwidow, //^-c Margaret Baker; Alice married Edward\\nJones, of Port Huron, and removed to Minnesota,\\nwhere her husband died Thomas and George are\\nresidents of Fremont Township. Mr. Weston was a\\nsecond time married in i860, to Eliza Huntley, and\\nby this union there have been five children, viz.:\\nWilliam W. Ida May, who married Allen Stevens;\\nEffie Jane, the wife of Joseph Duffy, and living with\\nher parents; Caphtoly and Ira Ambrose. The last\\ntwo mentioned are aged respectively 15 and 12\\n^rv years.\\nC=lXS3\\n^oses Burns, farmer, resident on section 1 1,\\nFremont Township, was born in Septem-\\nber, 1834, in Chapel, County Wexford,\\nIreland. He emigrated to America when\\nhe was 18 years of age, landing at Quebec. He\\nmade his way to Toronto, where he obtained\\nemployment on a farm. He labored on a farm six\\nmonths, after whicli he was occupied as a teamster.\\nHe remained about three years in the Dominion. At\\nthe end of that time he came to Detroit and went to\\nthe land office in that city, where he effected a pur-\\nchase of 160 acres of land, at 50 cents per acre, under\\nthe Graduation Act. He made another purchase,\\nwhich increased his claim to 240 acres. He and a\\nbrother took possession of the tract, built a shanty\\nand chopped a small slashing. He has engaged\\nin lumbering, and has lived on his farm since he first\\ncommenced the work of clearing and improving.\\nMr. Burns was married in St. Clair, in 1856, to\\nBridget O Conner. She was born about 1839, in the\\ncity of Tamond, County Wexford, Ireland. Her father\\ndied in Canada when she was young; her mother\\nn\\ndied in Worth Township. Seven children have been\\nl)orn to Mr. and Mrs. Burns, six sons and a daugh-\\nter, viz.: William E., born Nov. 3, 1857; John B.,\\nApril I, i860; Anna S., Aug. 25, 1862 Moses, April\\n6, 1864; Thomas, July 21, 1868; Lawrence, Jan. 15,\\n1872; James, May 16, 1874. All were born in Fre-\\nmont Township but the eldest.\\nMr. Burns is a Republican in his principles of\\nnational Government.\\n^\u00c2\u00abH^\u00c2\u00bb\\neorge Ervin, blacksmith, resident at Mar-\\nlette, is tlve son of James and Rebecca\\n(Walker) Ervin. The parents were born\\nrespectively in Canada and New York. After\\ntheir marriage they settled in the Dominion,\\nwhere they resided until June, 1881, when\\nthey came to Marlette to enjoy the care and com-\\npanionship of their son. The father died in Mar-\\nlette Oct. 15, 1881. Three sons and tliree daughters\\nconstitiited their family.\\nMr. Ervin is the eldest son and second in order of\\nbirth. He was born March 31, 1836, in Canada\\nWest, and was a member of his father s household\\nuntil he was 19 years of age, when he entered upon\\nhis struggle in the world. In 1855, he came to\\nMichigan and entered a claim of 160 acres in Lapeer\\nCounty. He held his proprietary right therein 14\\nyears, but occupied the property but a short time.\\nHe had learned the business of a blacksmith in Can-\\nada of his father, and on coming to Marlette he\\nopened a shop in the village, which was the third\\nbuilding erected on its present site, the other two be-\\ning dwellings. He operated as a blacksmith there\\nfour years, when he bought 80 acres of land in Mar-\\nlette Township, on which he resided about seven\\nyears. At the end of that period he sold out and\\nembarked in a mercantile enterprise in Marlette, in\\ncompany with Warren Manning, the firm style be-\\ncoming Manning Co. Two years later he sold,\\nout his interest and bought in the same township an-\\nother tract of 80 acres, of which he is still the owner,\\nbut has continued a resident of the village of Mar-\\nlette. He has 50 acres of his farm in a finely culti-\\nvated condition. He is also the owner of considerable\\nI\\n^ll!IKDD-- Ag-", "height": "2866", "width": "2206", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph09chic_0332.jp2"}, "333": {"fulltext": "m\\nf\\n\u00c2\u00bb)f^t|^\\n2\\n1\\nJ)\\nJ\\n^i\\\\\\nSANILAC COUNTY.\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0^V\\ns\u00c2\u00ab\\n^^^((^Vlg\\nvillage property, and is altogether in circumstances\\nwhich reflect credit on his management and mode\\nof life.\\nMr. Ervin was married in Feburary, 1861, in Ox-\\nford Co., Canada, to Amanda Vosburg, a native of\\nthe State of New York. The family circle now in-\\ncludes si.x children, Emma R., Rebecca, Libby,\\nIda and Lilly (twins), and George W.\\nMr. Ervin is a Republican of no uncertain type.\\nHe has made the interests of his township and vil-\\nlage his own, and he has aided in the furtherance of\\nevery enterprise that has promised aught of substan-\\ntial benefit or advantage to the generation to which\\nhe belongs. He has served Sanilac County four\\nyears as Deputy Sheriff; has been constable si.x years,\\nand Highway C onimissioner four years. He has\\nacted m the capacity of Township Treasurer one year,\\nand three years as Village Marshal. He is a mem-\\nber of the Order of Masonry. Mr. Ervin has been a\\npersonal witness of the growth and prosperity of Mar-\\nlette from its infancy.\\nIn addition to his discharge of his duties as a citi-\\nzen of his town and county, he responded affirma-\\ntively to the call of the United States Government\\nin its hour of peril at the hands of the misguided\\nand rebellious South. He enlisted in February,\\n1863, in Battery A, First Mich. Light Artillery, and\\nserved until the close of the war. (This battery was\\nthat known as the famous Loomis Battery, and was\\nequipped by the late H. C. Lewis, of Coldwater,\\nMich:) Among the engagements in which Mr. Ervin\\ntook part were the battles of Chickamauga, Missionary\\nRidge and Lookout Mountain, besides having been\\na participant in numerous skirmishes. He received\\nan honorable discharge, at Jackson, Mich., and re-\\nturned to his home in Sanilac County.\\n^^Sf\\n^-w^^-f-\\nfe efferson W. Galbraith, merchant and\\nMM Postmaster at Amadore, Worth Township,\\nis the son of John and Nancy Galbraith.\\n(See sketch of John Galbraith.) He was born\\ny^ April 25, 1843, in Worth Township, obtained a\\nfair education in common schools and attended\\nthe High School at Port Huron one summer. At the\\nmm\\nage of 21 years, he went to Lexington and there\\nestablished himself in the mercantile business, re-\\nmaining five years. His business was destroyed by\\nthe burning of his building in 1869, and he returned\\nto Worth Township, where he disposed of the residue\\nof his stock. He bought 50 acres of land on Black\\nRiver, spent two years in clearing it, after which\\nhe began the study of surveying, and in 1876 he was\\nelected County Surveyor. He held the position six\\nyears. In the spring of i88i he exchanged his land\\non Black River for property at Amadore, and once\\nmore embarked in mercantile pursuits, in which he is\\nsuccessfully engaged. In the spring of 1880 he took\\ncharge of the postoffice at Amadore. He is a Re-\\npublican in political matters.\\n^p-\u00c2\u00ab\u00c2\u00a5\\nf ohn J. Thornton, farmer, section 14, Wash-\\nington Township, was born June 17, 1820,\\nin Yorkshire, England. His parents, John\\nand Frances (Bowler) Thornton, were also\\nnatives of Yorkshire, and in 1829 emigrated\\nthence to Canada, where they passed the re-\\nmaining years of their lives. They had 13 children,\\neight sons and five daughters.\\nMr. Thornton of this sketch is the third son. He\\nwas a lad of nine years when he came with the fam-\\nily to Canada, and there received such education as\\nthe facilities of the place afforded. In i860 he left\\nthe Dominion to come to Sanilac County. He set-\\ntled in the township of the same name, removing\\nthence four years later to Washington Township,\\nwhere he has since resided.\\nThe first marriage of Mr. Thornton took place in\\nCanada, Feb. 22, 1843, to Eliza Powers, who was a\\nnative of the Dominion. She died Dec. 27, 1843,\\nafter the birth of a son, Richard B., who still sur-\\nvives. Mr. Thornton was a second time married, in\\nCan ida, Nov. 7, 1844, to Nancy Coulter. She was\\na native of County Down, Ireland. The issue of this\\nmarriage were seven children, namely: Ann E.,\\nWilliam B., John W\u00e2\u0080\u009e Charles P., Sarah E., Almeda\\nand Nancy. The second wife died April 7, 1863,\\nand Mr. Thornton contracted a third marriage, in\\nSanilac County, May 8, 1864, with Mary J. (Miller),", "height": "2866", "width": "2206", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph09chic_0333.jp2"}, "334": {"fulltext": "7^:DQ^DD ^-r\\nSANILAC COUNTY.\\nXOJ\\n/7S\\nV\\nwidow of Frederick Carter. Her death occurred in\\nthe year 1872, and Mr. Thornton married his pres-\\nent wife, Louisa M. Pack, May 7, 1874. She was\\nborn in Madison Co., N. Y., April 18, 1830.\\nMr. Thornton is a Repubhcan in political views.\\nHe has held the office of Township Treasurer two\\nyears and Clerk several years; also has officiated\\nfour years as Justice of the Peace. The family at-\\ntend the Methodist Episcopal hurch.\\n-\u00c2\u00abaec/\u00c2\u00a9^-\\nOTTO\\nIfF]^,! illi^ni Nims, retired farmer and mer-\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0^JAg chant, resident at Lexington, was born\\nJK i^ June 7, 1829, at Richmond, Vt. His\\nK^ father, Reuben Nims, M. D., was born Nov.\\n10, 1794. in the State of Massachusetts. He\\ncame in 1854 to Lexington, Sanilac County and\\nremained a year. In 1855 he went to Romeo, Ma-\\ncomb Co., Mich., where he retired upon a farm of\\n120 acres, which he purchased in the vicinity of that\\nvillage. He died there in February, 1869. The\\nmother, Sophia (Whiten) Nims, was born in Lee,\\nMass., March 15, 1799, and is yet living, at Romeo,\\nin comparative health and vigor.\\nMr. Nims received a good education in the Green\\nMountain State, and after leaving school he entered\\na store, where he operated some time as a salesman.\\nHe was acquainted with John Wood, a merchant and\\nlumberman of Lexington, and he came hither in\\n1853 and entered his employment as a clerk in his\\nstore. After a service of three years he was admitted\\nas a partner in the business, under the firm style of\\nJ. L. Wood Co., which afterward became Wood,\\nNims Co. He withdrew from the connection in\\n1S80, after a business career of 24 years. He owns\\na very fine farm of 170 acres, situated north of Lex-\\nington, and since his withdrawal from commercial\\ntransactions he has been engaged in the manage-\\nment of his agricultural interests. He is making a\\nspecialty of thoroughbred Guernsey cattle, and pur-\\nchased two head of a Massachusetts importer. His\\nherd at present includes a dozen fine samples of\\nstock. His residence in the village was built in 1874\\nof brick, and has six acres of land attached, besides\\nsome vacant lots. Mr. Nims has discharged a\\ncitizen s obligations several times in the offices of\\n.\\\\lderman and President of the Board of Trustees of\\nLexington. In the fall of 1864 he was elected to\\nrepresent his district in the Senate of Michigan on\\nthe Republican ticket, securing a victory over the\\nopposition candidate by a large majority. He served\\non Committees of Finance and other subjects, with\\nfidelity.\\nHe was first married June 10, 1S56, in Richmond,\\nVt., to Miss S. B. Greene. She was the -daughter of\\nEzra B. and Jane P. (Bucklin) Greene, and was born\\nMay 8, 1833, in Richmond, Vt. -She died in Detroit\\nJune 10, 1862. Mr. Nims was again married in Lex-\\nington, Jan. 15, 1872, to Catherine H., daughter of\\nRobert A. and Catherine (Fitzgerald) Schell. She\\nwas born Sept. 8, 1848, in Canada. The children\\nwho constitute the issue of this marriage were born\\nas follows William R., Dec. 15, 1874; Mary A.,\\nMay 24, 1880; Robert J., Sept. 23, 1883.\\nvi:\\nZ\\nSf^^r raham J. Lawson, farmer, section 13, Fre-\\nii^Ssi L mont Township, was born Nov. 26, 1847,\\nEsquessing, Halton Co., Can. His\\nr*J^ father, John Lawson, was born Sept. 29, 1818,\\nin Perthshire, Scotland, and married Mary A.\\n1 Clark, who was born May 12, 182 1, in the\\ncounty of Inverness, Scotland. They emigrated to\\nAmerica previous to their marriage -and settled in\\nCanada, where they reared their family.\\nMr. Lawson remained at home until he was 29\\nyears old, working for his father as he had done\\nduring his minority. In the spring of 1876 he\\ncame to Sanilac County and bought 40 acres, in the\\nvicinity of a tract of 160 acres purchased by his\\nfather in 1855, and which the son now owns by deed\\nof gift. About 40 acres are now under improve-\\nments. Mr. L. is an adherent of the Republican\\nparty.\\nHe was married Oct. 17, 1880, to iMargaret Ken-\\nnedy, who is the daughter of John and Isabella (Mc-\\nDonald) Kennedy. Her father is now living in\\nEsquessing, Can. Her mother died there July 29,\\nV\\n-^^\u00e2\u0082\u00ac^r^ ^-K-^nD:-^t1Ilr", "height": "2866", "width": "2206", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph09chic_0334.jp2"}, "335": {"fulltext": "", "height": "2866", "width": "2206", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph09chic_0335.jp2"}, "336": {"fulltext": "f/yT-", "height": "2866", "width": "2206", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph09chic_0336.jp2"}, "337": {"fulltext": "(g))^t#^\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0ry\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a07 i um]i^^\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0^^iisaf^\\nSANILAC COUNTY.\\nh\\ns^\\ns\\no\\n1 86 1, and was 45 years old at the time of her death.\\nMrs. Lawson is one of five daughters born to her\\nparents. She had four brothers, all of whom are de-\\nceased. .She is the mother of two children Mary\\nA., born Oct. 21, 1881 and Isabella, born Aug. 26,\\n1883. The parents are members of the Presbyterian\\nChurch.\\n^^^t\\nirthur M. Clark, a prominent citizen of San-\\nilac County, and a former merchant and\\nbusiness man in the village of Lexington, re-\\nsides on a farm of 20 acres three-fourths\\nof a mile north of that place, on section 24.\\nThe location overlooks the lake and is one of the\\nfinest and most desirable in the county. It was pur-\\nchased by Mr. Clark in 1868, on his retirement from\\nconnnercial life. The property is finely improved,\\nand is increased in value by an elegant residence.\\nMr. lark is a native of Landaff, Grafton Co., N.\\nH., where he was born Aug. 4, T833. His father,\\n\u00e2\u0080\u00a2T7 Daniel Clark, was born March 1 g, 1789, in I,andaff,\\nN. H. He was a prominent citizen in his county\\nand State and was influential in the place where he\\nspent most of his life. He possessed extensive farm-\\ning interests, and was a merchant and Postmaster at\\nLandaff for a period of 30 years. He was active in\\nlocal and public political life, and represented his\\ndistrict several terms in the Legislature of the Old\\nGranite State. He died Sept. 18, 1852, on the Isle\\nof Shoals, near Portsmouth, whither he had gone for\\nthe benefit of his health. Mr. Clark s mother, Mary\\n(Merrill) Clark, was born March 28, 1792, in Warren,\\nN. H., and died Feb. 4, 1874, in Landaff, aged 82\\nyears. Following is the record of the children of\\nDaniel Clark and his wife: Ira M. (deceased) was a\\nmerchant at Lexington (see sketch of Dr. I. M.\\nClark); Ebenezer W. (deceased) was a clerk in the\\nRevere House in Boston at the time of his death.\\nEllen N. became the wife of Clark Haywood, a lum-\\nberman of Cleveland, Ohio; Benjamin M. is a farmer\\nin Monroe, N. H.; Mary M., wife of Rev. O. D. East-\\nman, for some years a clergyman in the Congrega-\\ntional Church, is the owner of the homestead at\\nLandaff, N. H.; Tamar M. (deceased) married Hon.\\nJohn G. Sinclair, who served six terms in the Legis-\\nlature of New Hampshire, four as Representative and\\ntwo as Senator, and was twice nominated on the\\nDemocratic ticket as candidate for Governor. Mr.\\nClark of this sketch was next in order of birth Sam-\\nuel P. died when he was 15 years of age.\\nMr. Clark attended the common schools of his na-\\ntive State until he was 16 years of age, when he was\\nsent to the Seminary and Collegiate Institute at New-\\nbury, Vt., an institution under the management of\\nthe Methodist Church, where he was graduated four\\nyears later. On attaining his majority and the com-\\npletion of his education, he came to Lexington, and\\nin September of the same year (1854) he became\\nPrincipal of the High School at that place, which\\nposition he retained four years. He then built a\\nstore on the corner of Main Street and Huron .\\\\ve-\\nnue, where he prosecuted mercantile affairs singly for\\n12 years. the end of that time he admitted his\\nbrother. Dr. Ira M. Clark, to whom he sold his busi-\\nness in 1873.\\nMr. Clark is one of the most prominent Masons in\\nMichigan, and the occasion of his surrender of his\\nbusiness was his election as Grand Visitor and\\nLecturer of Michigan, a position he filled eight yenrs.\\nHe has been a member of the order since 1855,\\nwhen he was made such at Lexington Lodge, No. 61.\\nIn 1884 he was elected Grand Master of Michigan.\\nHe is one of the Regents of the University of\\nMichigan, and received his nomination for the posi-\\ntion on the Democratic ticket at Lansing, in the\\nspring of 1883. He was elected by 8,000 majority,\\nthe most decided victory of the entire ticket. He led\\nhis own county by a majority of 1,500 votes. C. J.\\nWillett, his colleague, was elected by a majority of\\n3,000 votes. The opposition candidates were Harry\\nB. Hutchins, of Mt. Clemens, and R. L. Jones, ot\\nEast Saginaw.\\nMr. Clark owns 1 20 acres of land on section 26,\\nLexington Township, 40 acres in .\\\\ustin and a faini\\nof 120 acres in Page Co Iowa.\\nHe was married ^ug. 16, 1S55, in Stowe, t.. to\\nMary E. Robinson. She was born June 14, 1835, in\\nStowe, and is the daughter of Nathan and Rulh\\n(Thompson) Robinson. Of four children born of tins\\nmarriage, two are living: Ellen H., born June 12,\\n1856, is the wife of George A. Merrill, who is super-\\nintending the farm of Mr. Clark on section 26. (Mr.\\nand Mrs. Merrill have three ciiildrcn Arthur, Grace\\nI\\nu\\nf\\\\\\nmwi^\\nr^\\niki^", "height": "2866", "width": "2206", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph09chic_0337.jp2"}, "338": {"fulltext": "5Tf\u00c2\u00ab\u00c2\u00bb-\\nSANILAC COUNTY.\\n-ee^TiS\\n(h\\n2\\nV\\nc^\\nand Timothy.) Arthur N., born May 28, 1858, died\\nOct. 26, following. Charles S. was born June 29,\\ni860, and is managing a stock ranch in Wyoming\\nTerritory, in the interests of Mr. Patrick, of Omaha.\\nHoward R., born May t6, 1862, died Aug. 8 of the\\nsame year. The mother died July 27, 1862. Mr.\\nClark was a second time married in Littleton, N. H.,\\nSept. 8, 1863, to Martha H. Hale. .She is the daugh-\\nter of Joseph W. and Isabella M. Hale, and was born\\nin Haverhill, Mass., Sept. 27, 1833. Of this marriage\\ntwo children have been born, Winthrop W., Jan. 28,\\n1865, and Arthur H., April 26, 1873. The latter\\ndied Nov. 29 following his birth.\\nThe subjoined extract is taken from the report of\\nthe transactions of the Grand Lodge, F. A. M., of\\nthe State of Michigan for 1S82. It is reproduced as\\nbeing the best possible manifest of the private char-\\nacter of Mr. Clark, and also as a memorial to the\\ncitizens of Sanilac County of the work he accom-\\nplished in the capacity of representative of his order\\nfor the relief of the fire sufferers belonging to the fra-\\nternity. It is also a defined statement of the loss\\nand sufferings of the members of the order, and is a\\nfitting supplement to the biographical sketch of Mr.\\nClark, and a valuable historical addition to the\\nannals of the Huron peninsula. The Communi-\\ncation states that the report of Mr. Clark was ac-\\ncepted and adopted amidst the cheers of the\\nbrethren.\\nTo the Most Worshipful Grand Lodge Free and\\nAccepted Masons of the State of Michigan:\\nHaving been directed by our Most Worshipful\\nGrand Master to distribute the Masonic relief to our\\ndistressed brethren of the burnt district, I submit\\nthe following report: On the 5th day of September,\\n1881, a terrible fire swept over that portion of our\\nState embracing the counties of Sanilac, Huron and\\nTuscola, and in a few short hours at least 15,000\\npeople were left without a home or a shelter, and\\nsome 300 human beings perished by the all-devour-\\ning element. By order of the Most Worthy Grand\\nMaster, I visited the Burnt District, in order to\\nlearn to what extent the fraternity had suffered, and\\nI there found distress and suffering among our\\nbrethren that I hope and pray I may never witness\\nagain. I found more than one hundred of our\\nbrethren and their families homeless and houseless,\\nand all their work ly goods consumed, and where, but\\na few hours previously they were opulent and in\\ncomfortable circumstances, ar.d were now reduced to\\nbeggary and want.\\nTwo Lodges, viz.: Cato No. 219, and Verona, U.\\nD., with all their furniture, jewels, charter, etc., were\\nswept out of existence. I have obtained, mostly by\\nsworn statements, the losses of the several Lodges\\nin the Burnt District, and they are as follows:\\nLexington No. 6, 15 members and $27,600; Port\\nHope No. 138, 27 members and $61,000; Cato No.\\n215, 28 members and $54,000; Cass No. 219, five\\nmembers and $9,000; Sanilac No. 237, six members\\nand $11,170; Tyler No. 315, nine members and\\n$11,500; Marlette No. 343, four members and\\n$3,000; Elk No. 351, three members and $6,000;\\nVerona U. D., 16 members and $86,500. In addi-\\ntion to the above are 15 members and $28,100, be-\\nlonging to various Lodges throughout the State and\\nin the Province of Ontario, making a total of 128\\nMasons in the Burnt District who lost nearly\\n$300,000, and on whom relief has been bestowed.\\nAs soon as this terrible calamity became known,\\nrelief began to be sent, and before any appeal was\\nmade in their behalf. I want to mention two in-\\nstances of charity to those sufferers that will never be\\nforgotten. The Masons of Detroit sent more than\\n$400 worth of provision and supplies to Cato Lodge\\nat once on hearing of their calamity, and the other\\nis that of Washington Lodge No. 7, of Tekonsha,\\nwho forwarded to me for distribution among the suf-\\nferers 39 bags of wheat, two bags of corn, one bag of\\nflour and nine boxes of merchandise, containing\\nclothing, bedding, etc. I have received from Most\\nWorthy Brother O. L. Spaulding, Grand Master, for\\ndislriDution, the following cash contributions gener-\\nously donated Michigan $4,919.77, Maine $804.5 i\\nConnecticut $1,229,16, Delaware $55, Illinois $1,180,\\nCalifornia $i,io8.5g, W. Virginia $100, Mississippi\\n$840.65, Iowa $500, Indiana $137, Pennsylvania\\n$4,086.47, Wisconsin $500, Louisiana $1,860. Ten-\\nnessee $1,090.06, South Carolina $349-15. Texas\\n$1,356.56, Kansas $300, Kentucky $100, .\u00e2\u0096\u00a0\\\\rkansas\\n$869.50, Ohio $65, New Jersey $50, New York $125,\\nMissouri $250, Maryland $636, Georgia $295.50.\\nI have distributed this relief among the distressed\\nbrethren as follows: Lexington No. 61, 19 members,\\n$2,639.42; Port Hope No. 138, 31 members, $3,-\\n267.50; Cato No. 215, 34 members, $4,785.86 Cass\\nNo. 219, seven members, $925; Tylei No. 317, 10\\nmembers, $2,300: Sanilac No. 237, nine members,\\n$1,144.04; Marlette No. 343, four members, $225\\nElk No. 353, four members, $545 Memphis No. 142,\\ntwo members, $125 Flint No. 21, one member, $25\\nLapeer No. 54, one member, $300; Morenci No. 95,\\none member, $200; Ortonville, No. 339, one member,\\n$25: Ely No. 424 (Ohio), one member, $150; vari-\\nous Lodges, Ontario, nine members, $1,320 Brethren\\ndimitted. seven, $800; Verona L^. D., 15 members,\\n$4,161 Davage Lodge No. 374 (Penn.),one member,\\n$50; sundries, $651.\\nUnion Lodge, No. 3, Ashlar No. 91, and Oriental\\nNo. 240, all of Detroit, have donated and sent to the\\ntwo Lodges burned out the following goods Nine\\nV^\\n\u00c2\u00ae^m^^\\nA\\n^D!l^", "height": "2866", "width": "2206", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph09chic_0338.jp2"}, "339": {"fulltext": "h\\nSANILAC COUNTY.\\n343\\nsofas, one secretary s large desk, one small desk, one\\ncircular table, one oblong table, two dozen chairs,\\ntwo master s columns with globes and small table,\\nsix station columns with marble tops, one wardrobe,\\none set lesser lights, one set steps, etc., for M. C.\\nwork, one altar with cushions, and one set officers\\ncollars; and Zion No. r, of Detroit, contributed one\\nset lesser lights.\\nI can assure you, my dear brethren, that their\\nnoble contributions have sent joy and gladness to\\ntheir stricken families, and their kind and generous\\ndonors will ever be remembered with truly thankful\\nhearts, and the prayer of every one is that God will\\nbless all who have contributed to this fund that has\\ntruly sent relief to them in this their time of great\\ndistress and suffering.\\nReading Lodge, No. 1 17, claims to have forwarded\\n$25 in currency througli the mails, but the same has\\nnever been received.\\nDonations forwarded through Grand Lodge officers\\nhave been credited to the several Grand Lodges, as\\nthe donors were not individually mentioned. It has\\nbeen our aim in all cases to give credit to individual\\nLodges where we could do so.\\nFraternally submitted,\\nArthur M. Clark,\\nGrand Visitor and Lecturer.\\nThe portrait of Mr. Clark, which appears on an-\\nother page, is a three-fold acquisition to this volume\\nfrom his character as a citizen, his position as Regent\\nof the University of Michigan and as the sympa-\\nthetic and judicious dispenser of the noble charity of\\nthe Older of which he is the chief official, and in\\nwhich he has officiated in the most responsible posi-\\ntions.\\n-i\u00e2\u0080\u0094 H-r\\neorge Mclntyre, retired farmer, resi-\\ndent on section t,t\u00e2\u0080\u009e Worth Township, is\\nM^ ^K |.]^g gg^ ^j- jjyg]^ j^,.|(j Henrietta (Burns)\\nMclntyre, and was born Nov. 22, 1806, in\\nI Scotland. His parents were also natives of\\nT Scotland, married and lived there until their\\nremoval from the land of cakes to Canada in 1834.\\nMr. Mclntyre is the eldest of a family of nine chil-\\ndren. In 1829 he left his native country and emi-\\ngrated to Canada. In 1845 he made another removal\\nand settled in Sanilac County, then attached for\\nmunicipal purposes to St. Clair County. He ob-\\ntained a claim of r55 acres, a part of which was\\nsituated in both counties. He afterwards disposed\\nof 80 acres ini St. Clair County, and holds a life lease\\nof the farm in the township of Worth. He followed\\nthe calling of cotton spinning in Scotland, and after\\ncoming to the Dominion, engaged some time in\\nteaching; after that he devoted his time exclusively\\nto agriculture, in which he has since been engaged.\\nIn political matters Mr. Mclntyre is a Republican,\\nand has been Township Supervisor three years,\\nTreasurer three years. Justice of the Peace 19 years,\\nand has held the position of Notary Public two years.\\nHe was married in Scotland Nov. 11, 1825, to\\nHelen Condon, a native of that country, born May\\n10, 1806. She came to Canada with her two chil-\\ndren in 1832, her husband having preceded her and\\nestablished a home for his family. Ten children\\nhave been born since her removal to America, and of\\nthe 12, six only survive. They are named James,\\nHugh, Mrs. Helen Foster, Mrs. Grace Noble, George\\nand Mrs. Barbara A. Welton. The deceased were\\nHenrietta, John, Norman, William and William Scott.\\nOne child died in infancy. The parents are mem-\\nbers of the Methodist Episcopal Church.\\nH^H- ^~t5{\u00c2\u00bb-\\n\u00e2\u0080\u0094se\\nCm\\nI\\n0)\\n^\u00c2\u00abS\u00c2\u00bbft\u00c2\u00bb\\nirHjlJIlJ illiam B. Laidlaw, farmer, section 30,\\n^^3l Speaker Township, was born March 2,\\ni S38, in Delaware Co., N. Y., and is the\\nson of William and Isabella (Liddell) Laid-\\nlaw. They were natives of the Lowlands of\\nScotland, where they belonged to the agricul-\\ntural class. They emigrated thence to the State of\\nNew York, where they were residents nearly half a\\ncentury, and where their lives terminated.\\nMr. Laidlaw acquired a substantial and available\\neducation in the cominon schools of his native\\ncounty, and at Delaware Institute, which he attended\\nsome time. He turned his acquisitions to a good\\nand worthy purpose, and passed some time in teach-\\ning. He next fitted for a blacksmith, which voca-\\ntion he pursued three years. The issues and\\nprogress of the civil war exerted a jiowerful influence\\nover him as the many years rolled on, and he aban-\\ndoned his business to aid in relieving the country in\\nits hour of distress. In 1864 he enlisted in Co. H;", "height": "2866", "width": "2206", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph09chic_0339.jp2"}, "340": {"fulltext": "SANILAC COUNTY.\\n-4^^e(\u00c2\u00aevfi\u00c2\u00a7:\\nI\\nQ^\\n3d N. Y. Cav., and, being a musician, he was as-\\nsigned to band duty, and operated in that capacity\\nduring the entire period of his service. He received\\nhonorable discharge May 18, 1865, at Hart Island,\\nwhen he returned to Middletown, Delaware Co., N.\\nY. In September following he came to Sanilac Co.,\\nMich., and located a claim of roo acres of land.\\nHis aggregate average is now about 340 acres, which\\nhe has acquired by later purchase. He is independ-\\nent in political views and action, and has officiated\\nin the local offices of his township. He has been\\nSupervisor one term, and School Director nine years.\\nHe was married in 1867 to Sarah Dewey. She\\nwas born July 4, 1847, in Ohio, and is the daughter\\nof Amos and Martha (Spencer) Dewey. The par-\\nents of Mrs. Laidlaw were both born in the State of\\nNew York. Her father died in Ohio, and her mother\\nresides in Speaker Township, this county. Seven\\nchildren have been born to Mr. and Mrs. Laidlaw,\\nnamely William J., Charles E., David E., Andrew\\nG., Lillian, Belle, .Ale.xander and Augusta. The two\\nlast named are deceased.\\nfarmer, section 2^\\nSpeaker Townsliip, is one of the prominent\\n^^r-l agriculturists of the township where he re-\\n\u00c2\u00ab*S sides. He was born Sept. 13, 1854, in St.\\nLawrence Co., N. Y., and is the son of \\\\V. M\\nand Elizabeth (Portus) Tomlinson. The par-\\nents were natives of the State of New York, wliere\\nthe father was born June 5, 1833, and the mother\\nSept. 23, 1832. The former died June 11, 1854.\\nThe latter resides in Lisbon, St. Lawrence Co., N. Y.,\\nand is now Mrs. Robert Gray.\\nMr. Tomlinson obtained his education at the com-\\nmon schools, and was an inmate of his mother s\\nhouse until he was 18 years of age. In 1872 he en-\\ngaged as a farm laborer and followed that employ\\nuntil 1879. In that year he came to Michigan and\\nlocated on 80 acres of land in Speaker Township,\\non which he has since lived and prosecuted agri-\\ncultural operations. He has placed 60 acres of his\\nfarm under good improvements. In political con-\\nbelongs to the Elk Lodge, No. 353, Masonic Order.\\nHe was married in 1881, to Elvira E. McKeith.\\nShe was born Feb. 22, 1863, in Lobo.Ont., and is the\\ndaughter of John D. and Susan (Carmichael) Mc-\\nKeith. Her parents are natives of Can.ida. Her\\nfather was born June 6, 1837, her mother, Oct. 2,\\n1839. In 1873 they came to Michigan and became\\nresidents of Speaker Township. Leo N., liorn .Aug.\\n15, 1882, and Loretta Elvira, born June i. 1884, are\\nthe children of Mr. and Mrs. Tomlinson.\\nmos James, proprietor of the Cadillac\\nS^ House at Lexington, was born in Ludlow,\\n^AV^ Mass., July 9, 1818, and is the son of Horatio\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0jleA ind Dolly B. (Bissell) James, who removed in\\nnection he is a member of the Republican party. He\\nhis infancy to East Windsor, Conn., going\\nthence in 1823 to Buffalo, N. Y. Five years later\\nthey removed to the village of St. Clair, St. Clair Co.,\\nMich., then having five families as a nucleus. The\\nsenior James bought an undivided one-half of a sec-\\ntion of land now included in St. Clair. He paid\\ntherefor $5 per acre, buying the tract from Thomas\\nPalmer, of Detroit, father of Thomas Palmer, present\\nU. S. Senator. It was platted by Mr. James, and a\\nlarge proportion sold in lots. He removed his family\\nand interests to Port Huron, where he died, in 1841.\\nHis wife died the very next day after his death took\\nplace.\\nMr. lames of this sketch became a cabin boy on\\nthe steamer Oliver Newberry, when he was 14\\nyears old, and hi followed the life of a sailor on the\\nlakes chiefly until he was 40 years of age.\\nDuring the period of his service as cabin boy, the\\nboat caught fire, and he saved his life by climbuig to\\na cabin window and dropping thence into the water.\\nOn reaching his majority he bought the Mariner,\\na schooner in the lake transportation service, and\\nfour years later the vessel was wrecked at St. Joe, on\\nLake Michigan, involving a total loss. His next\\nengagement was on the steamboat Oregon, and\\nafter its termination he was Marshal and Constable\\nat Port Huron, and also Deputy U. S. Marshal. He\\nwas frugal and cautious in his management, and\\nk|)\\n(5\\nsy\\ni^\\ny-\\nfT-", "height": "2866", "width": "2206", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph09chic_0340.jp2"}, "341": {"fulltext": "illll^BDf^-r\\ns^\\nV\\n(k\\\\\\n7\\nSANILAC COUNTY.\\n^\u00e2\u0080\u00a2^Qif^sr\\n-\u00c2\u00ab\u00c2\u00bbg\\nWl\\nsoon saved sufficient to establish himself again in his\\nfavorite calling. He bought a half interest in the\\nschooner Traveller, but retained his proprietorship\\nonly a short time. After making a profitable sale of\\nthat interest, he became half owner of the schooner\\nSacramento, selling again soon after and buying\\nthe propeller Mohawk Chief, in v/hich he continued\\nhis ownevshii) two years, and bought the propeller\\nStockman. He again sold out and bought the\\nschooner L. D. Cornan. The boat was wrecked on\\nLake Huron, and Mr. James was once more stranded\\nin a business sense, and returned to a career on tlie\\nland in order to re-establish himself He was aj)-\\npointed Deputy Sheriff of St. Clair County, and dis-\\ncharged the duties of the position four years, after\\nwhich he was appointed Deputy United States Mar-\\nshal and also City Marshal. He was elected .Sheriff\\nof St. Clair County in 1857 and served in that\\ncapacity from 1858 to i860.\\nIn 1864 became to Lexington and rented the hotel\\nwhere he is now operating, and continued its man-\\nagement two years, when he disposed of his interest\\nand returned to Port Huron. A few montlis later\\nhe returned to Lexington and became proprietor of\\nthe Cadillac House, and has since continued its\\nmanagement. The hotel is admirably constructed\\nand fitted for its purpose, and is faithfully and cred-\\nitably conducted. The accommodations are ample\\nfor the comfort of 95 guests, and it is the largest\\nhotel in Lexington. A good livery is attached.\\nSince establishing himself permanently at Lexing-\\nton, Mr. James has lost five barns with their contents\\nby incendiary fire. On one of these occasions he\\nlost five horses, one of them a stallion worth $2,000.\\nThe loss also included carriages, harnesses, cutters,\\nand other valuable livery property, and Mr. James\\nnearly perished while striving to save his stock.\\nHe was married Dec. 31, 1841, to Angeline\\nSpaulding, and two children were born of their\\nunion William D. (see sketch) and Irene E. (See\\nalso sketch of Henry Adams.) Mrs. James is the\\ndaughter of Jedediah and Sallie (Tolman) Spaulding,\\nand was born in illiamstown, N. Y., on an island\\nin the St. Lawrence River, June 29, 1824. Her\\nfather died June 18, 1865 her mother died in August,\\n1 831;, at Tonawanda, N. Y.\\nWhile Mr. James was a resident at Port Huron, he\\nconducted the Albion House one year, and also the\\n^Si22^-^ J^^^ ^^^^^-^ll\\nHuron House of that city, winch he managed two\\nyears.\\nHe is a member of the Masonic Order, and be-\\nlongs to the Lexington Coniniandery, No. 21, and\\nDamascus Chapter, No. 41.\\n\u00c2\u00abv\u00c2\u00abacfl;\u00c2\u00ae|@^-H\u00c2\u00a7^\\ni^^wraaav\\n\\\\^s^ii| athan Shell, farmer, sec. 22, Worth Tp., is a\\nV son of Geo. A. and Jane (Cox) Shell. (See\\n-*3^\\nY T\\nI h\\nIT\\n^SS-\\nr\\n1\\nsketch of G. A. Shell.) He is the second\\nson, and was born March 20, 1856, in Worth\\nTownship. He is well educated and a compe-\\ntent, practical agriculturist. He has taught\\nnine terms of district school. In 1880 he bought\\nthe farm of which he is now the proprietor, and\\nwhich consists of 80 acres of land, placed in a\\nhighly creditable condition entirely by his-own efforts.\\nHe belongs to the Republican party.\\nHe was married Aug. 3, 188 1, in Canada, to Jessie\\nMitchell, who was born March 10, 1862, in the Do-\\nminion. She is a member of the Congregational\\nChurcli.\\n^amuel Umphrey, tarnier, section 23, Fre-\\nmont Township, was born Dec. 14, 1822, in\\nthe township of Brock, Ontario. His par-\\nents, Samuel and Lucinda (Woolery) Umphrey,\\nboth died in that township. His father was\\nborn Jan. 31, 1788, at Prescott, of Scotch-Irish\\nparentage, and died at the age of 75 years. His\\nmother descended from Dutch ancestors, and was\\nborn March 16, 17 88, in Canada.\\nMr. Umphrey was reared on a farm in the Domin-\\nion and obtained his education in a select school,\\nthere being no public schools at that period where\\nhe lived. On setting out to become responsible for\\nhis own fortunes, he bought a small farm, on which\\nhe lived alone one summer, and in the ensuing fall\\ndetermined on securing companionship. He was\\nA\\nc^:\\n(o^-", "height": "2866", "width": "2206", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph09chic_0341.jp2"}, "342": {"fulltext": "^^r^\\nr^s^^K \u00c2\u00a9V ^ll n (1 Ilfthr\\nrr\\nSANILAC COUNTY.\\nmarried Nov. 5, 1844, to Rachel Kester. She was\\nDec. 24, 1824, in the township of Markham, Can.\\n^iJ\u00c2\u00bb Her father, Philip Kester, died in that township June\\n22, 1 88 1, aged about 90 years. Her mother, Mary\\n(hi (Brown) Kester, died about .1867. They belonged to\\nthe agricultural class.\\nMr. Uniphrey lived two years on the farm referred\\nto, when he sold it and purchased another, which\\ncomprised 170 acres. A year later he again sold out\\nand embarked in a commercial enterprise, in the\\ntownship of Reach. Soon afterward he transferred\\nhis stock of goods to a small village named Bprilla,\\nwhere he operated one year. He exchanged his\\nmercantile interests and possessions for a farm soon\\nafterward, of which he retained the ownership but a\\nshort time. On selling the place, he built a saw-mill,\\nwhich he managed three years, and exchanged for a\\nhotel situated 16 miles northeast of Toronto, at a\\npoint called Milliken s Corners.\\nHe ran the hotel three years, and made another\\nf\\\\ exchange for a farm, which he operated three years,\\nand then he made anotlier trade for a farm in Worth\\nI I\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0^jy* Township, in Sanilac County. It contained 80 acres,\\nand the next year he cleared 46 acres, which he\\nthinks the heaviest clearing up to that date ever done\\nin one year in Sanilac County. After a residence on\\nN it of two years he made an exchange for a farm of\\n160 acres in another part of the same township, lying\\non the Wild-Cat Road. He lived and labored thereon\\nthree years, when he rented it for a year and went to\\nIowa with his family, $1,800 in cash, two span of\\nhorses and a wagon. Mrs. Umphrey carried 35\\npounds of feathers. One year later they retraced\\ntheir steps to Sanilac County, bringing back $600 in\\nmoney, but minus horses, harness, wagon and feathers.\\nThis loss was all entailed by the financial panic which\\ncaused the low price of all farm produce.\\nThey returned in the fall and rented a hotel at\\nAmadore, where they remained until spring, when\\nthey once more re-possessed their farm. Three years\\nlater the place was sold, and the family removed to\\nChillicothe, Mo., and bought a liotel, paying therefor\\n$8,000. Si.\\\\ months afterward, Mr. Umphrey ex-\\nchanged the house for 476 acres of land in Carroll\\nCo., Mo., which was the home of the family for two\\nyears. At the end of that time, the proprietor ex-\\nchanged the property for another hotel at Chillicothe,\\nV\\nvalued at $13,000, which included livery with stables\\ne^e^D !1 gDDf^-^\\nand all other fixtures. Six months later, Mr. Umph-\\nrey exchanged the hotel for a farm, and not long\\nafterward the former was burned, entailing upon him\\na loss of $5,000. He collected his remaining means\\nand went to Jackson Co., Minn., where he pre-empted\\n1 60 acres of land, on which he remained until the\\ngrasshoppers jumped his claim and destroyed his\\ncrops. This occurred the second year after his\\narrival. They placed a family in charge of the house\\non the place, and returned to Worth Township, to\\ncare for a sick daughter.\\nMr. Umi hrey went to work as a carpenter. He\\nbought 40 acres of State lands in the township of\\nFremont near Roseburg, and began improvements,\\nerecting needed farm buildings, etc. After a stay\\nthereon of three years, he sold out and bought a\\nstore. He continued his mercantile enterprise one\\nyear, meanwhile exchanging his farm in Minnesota\\nfor the one he now owns and occupies in Fremont.\\nHe soon exchanged his store and trade for another\\nfarm, and moved where he now resides. The title\\nto the place he had traded for proving defective, he\\nwas obliged to take the store back into his possession,\\nwhich he did, leaving one of his sons to manage his\\nagricultural interests. In six months he sold the\\nbuilding and removed his stock of goods to Port\\nHuron, where he transacted commercial business\\nabout ten months. He sold his stock, and, being in\\npoor health, he suffered serious financial loss from\\nbeing unable to give proper attention to his accounts.\\nHe theu settled on the farm where he has since re-\\nsided. It comprises 80 acres, and he has improved\\n50 acres and built a good house and barn.\\nMr. Umphrey has had a life full of eventful\\nchange. In addition to his hand-to-hand struggle\\nwith the chances of fortune, he has discharged the\\nduties of his citizenship and borne the vicissitudes of\\nhis changeful career with equanimity. He has been\\nJustice of the Peace, Overseei of the Poor and while\\nin Minnesota was Postmaster of Hersey, a position\\nhe also filled at Roseburg. This county was in its\\npioneer days when he first made it his home, and\\nhe has a fair record as a sportsman in the days when\\ncivilization was far enough in the rear to admit of\\nthe delights of the hunter s life. He has killed deer\\nand bear within three miles of Lexington village, and\\nalso along the Wild-Cat road. He is a Republican\\nin political connection and views; both he and his\\nI\\nV^\\nft\\n-s\u00c2\u00ab#7a", "height": "2866", "width": "2206", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph09chic_0342.jp2"}, "343": {"fulltext": "\u00e2\u0096\u00a0r:r\\nV^^I1I1^I1I]^\\nV\\n-:2ij%^^\\nSANILAC COUNTY.\\n4^^5C@V^\\n347\\nwife are members of the Methodist Episcopal\\nChurch.\\nNine children have been born to them, whose\\nrecords are given as follows Adam was born Aug.\\n27, 1845, and was married Sept. 23, 1870, to Vina\\nWixson Henry was born Sept. 3, 1847; George was\\nborn Sept. 4, 1849, and was married Dec. 10, 1870, to\\nElizabeth Scott; Amarillis was born Aug. 11, 1851,\\nand died June 11, 1879. Nelson was born Sept. 28,\\n1855, and was married in May, 1880, to Anna Cook;\\nWellington, born Nov. 6, 1857, was married June 30,\\n1878, to Elinor Soule; Sarah Alice was born Sept. 8,\\ni860, and died April 22, 1869. John Franklin was\\nborn Nov. 15, 1861, and James Wesley, Nov. 8, 1863.\\nSa/vn^-^\\n2\\nPwlervin B. C\\niltM ident on\\nCody, farmer and stockman, res-\\nsection 6, Marlette Township, is\\nthe son of Charles G. and Abigail E.\\n^^\\\\V\\\\^ (Bodvvell) Cody. The former was born Feb.\\n14, 181 1, in the State of New York. The\\nmother was born in i8i5,in Canada, where the\\nfamily resided until her deatii in 1879. The father\\nstill lives in the Dominion, and is engaged in the\\nemployment of the well-known Mutual Fire Insur-\\nance Company of Canada.\\nMr. Cody was born June 9, 1843, in Oxford Co.,\\nCan., and remained on the family homestead until he\\nwas 38 years of age. He was married meanwhile,\\nto Mary F., daughter of Gilbert and Eliza (Burnett)\\nHarris. She was born April 13, 1842, in Oxford Co.,\\nCan., and died Oct. 29, 1879, leaving two children,\\nAnnette C, born July 29, 1866, and Arthur B., born\\nJan. 30, 1869. Two years after the death of his\\nfirst wife, Mr. Cody was married to Helen B. Smart.\\nShe was born April i, 1852, in Dover, Kent Co.,\\nEngland, and is the daughter of James B. and Sarah\\nE. (Chatte) Smart. The latter was a native of the\\nsame shire, and the father was born in the ca|)ital\\ncity of Scotland, Edinburgh, Feb. 6, 1S04. They\\ncame to Canada in 1858 or 1589, and the mother\\ndied in Whitley Township, Can., in 1865. The father\\nresides in Dixon Co., Kan. Following is the record\\nof four children born of the second marriage of Mr.\\nCjdy: Roy, born Nov. 12, 1873; Jennie L., April\\n16, 1877; Mabel E., Jan. 6, 1880; Abbie W., July\\n19, i88i.\\nMr. Cody removed to Michigan in 1881, and\\nlocated on 120 acres of land in Marlette Town-\\nship. It comprises 40 acres of cleared and\\nimproved land with good farm buildings. He is a\\nRepublican in political views, and he and his wife\\nare members of the Baptist Church.\\nicholas E. Rector, farmer, section 31, Fre-\\nmont Township, claims priority of settle-\\nment in the part of Sanilac County of\\nwhich he became a resident in 1852. He\\n(G settled in Fremont Township, wiiich he readied\\nDec. 3, and was the first permanent settler within\\nwhat is now the limits of the township. It was then\\na part of Worth Township, to which it was attached\\nfor municipal purposes. The settlers of the east\\nhalf of Woith Township became dissatisfied with the\\napportionment of funds, and although they were few\\nin number they petitioned for, and were successful\\nin obtaining, their ciiarter. Mr. Rector aided in the\\norganization of Fremont, and every citizen was made\\nan office-holder at its first town meeting. The first\\nresidents who settled after he located were Abraham\\nSpring, Silas Harris and John Spring, who secured\\nthe farms on which they lived and died, in the spring\\nof 1883.\\nThe first visit of Mr. Rector to Sanilac County\\nwas made in the spring of 1838. He was in the lake\\nservice and came to Birchville, St. Clair County,\\nwhere he procured a loid of tan-bark for Kirby s\\ntannery at Detroit. He continued to operate along\\nthe Michigan shore five years, bringing provisions\\nand other supplies to the lumbermen and carrying\\naway shingles, lumber, tan-bark and cordwood, which\\nhe delivered in Detroit. He was in Lexington for\\nthe first time in the fall of 1839, and that metropolis\\nthen consisted of one log shanty, inhabited by a man\\nnamed Simons. He shipped shingles throughout\\nthe summer of 1840 from that point to Detroit in his\\nfather s vessel. Iir the fall of the same year he\\nl\\\\\u00c2\u00ae^^^--\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0^MnB^", "height": "2866", "width": "2206", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph09chic_0343.jp2"}, "344": {"fulltext": "i^^IlI]^IiD^\u00e2\u0080\u00a2\\n,d,\\nV\\n.0\\nSAN/LAC COUNTY.\\n-4^\u00e2\u0082\u00ac^((^vii\\nbrought to Lexington the first frame house erected\\nthere. It was framed at Port Huron. On taking\\npossession of his farm, he erected a log house, the\\nfirst built in Fremont Township, and the frame house\\nhe built was the second of the kind in the county of\\nSanilac. He has been active in the local affairs of\\nthe township, and has officiated 21 years as Justice\\nof the Peace. He has been School Director 13 years,\\nand in the spring of 1862 was the only legal official\\nin the township, the several individuals who held the\\nposition at various other points being aliens. Mr.\\nRector is a Democrat.\\nHe was born July 17, 1824, in Onondaga Co., N.\\nY. His parents, John and Sally (Howard) Rector,\\nwere natives of the Empire State, his father being\\nborn in Albany, Jan. i, 1800. His mother was born\\nJan. 27, 1800, and died at Red Run Corners, Ma-\\ncomb Co., Mich., in 1872. The father died in 1879.\\nFive of their children grew to maturity.\\nMr. Rector is the eldest of the children born to\\nhis parents, and when he was 15 years old he left\\nhome to connect himself with the canal service in\\nhis native State, his parents receiving his pay until\\nhe was 22 years of age. He sailed on the lakes for\\nsome years after quitting the canal. During that\\ntime he had a fall, from the top-gallant yard of a\\nvessel, a distance of 76 feet, striking on his back on\\na plank in a yawl-boat lying alongside. He was dis-\\nabled a year, and for months his recovery was thought\\nimpossible.\\nHis marriage to Mary A. Thompson occurred\\nDec. 6, 1844. Their children have been born as\\nfollows: Lorenzo M., Nov. 3, 1848, in Algonac, St.\\nClair County; Nicholas A., born Feb. 16, 1851, at\\nClyde Mills, St. Clair County, died .-Xug. 13, 1874;\\nHomer A., March 31, 1853, at Port Huron; Sally S.,\\nAug. 13, 1855; Eliza J., Jan. 23, 1857; Louisa C,\\nJuly 23, 1859; Henry, Oct. 23, 1861; Nathaniel H.,\\nSept. 15, 1864 (died Aug. 10, 1865); Marion J., Sept.\\n5, 1866; an unnamed infant died when three days\\nold; Willis Eli, June 3, 1874. All but the three first\\nnamed was born in Fremont Townsliiji.\\nMrs. Rector was born Dec. 22, 1829, in London,\\nEng. Her father, James S. Thompson, a Scotch-\\nman, died in May, 1845, aged about 40 years. Her\\nmother, Mary (Stanton) Thompson, a native of Eng-\\nland, died in Detroit Jan. 17, 1843, at the age of 35\\nyears. Mrs. Rector was the eldest of the children\\nof her father s family, of whom five grew to maturity.\\nShe was a child when they came to Canada, and re-\\nmained there until she was 13 years old, when she\\ncame to Detroit, Mich.\\nf%WA\\\\\\\\ia,ra C. Sherman, editor of the Mar-\\nit Ifi) m\\nll^^i, lette Litti/t r, was born May 22, 1862, in\\n%^p. Caro, Tuscola Co., Mich. His parents,\\ni|i!^ William E. and Sarah E. (McGlone) Sher-\\nman, were born respectively in New York and\\nOhio. .\\\\fter their marriage they settled in\\nTuscola County, where Mr. Sherman, senior, enga ed\\nin lumbering, in which pursuit he secured a compe-\\ntency. Later,heengagedin mercantile business, which\\nhe pursued with moderate success, and, after some\\nyears, retired from active life. Orra F., William C.\\nand Maud M. are the names of the three children\\nbelonging to the family.\\nMr. Sherman is the second son. He was educated\\nin the common schools of his native place, which he\\nattended up to the age of 15 years. On arriving at\\nthat period he found himself the custodian of his\\nown fortunes. He was variously engaged for three\\nyears, and when 18 years old he apprenticed himself\\nto acquire the details of the Black Art. He found\\nit congenial and made such rapid progress in the\\ncraft that at the end of three years he was foreman of\\nthe establishment where he served his term of in-\\ndenture, with a corps of six men under his supervi-\\nsion. On quitting that position, he was for a time\\ninclined to embark in mercantile interests, but by\\nsome chance failed to pursue that business. He was\\nemployed about a year in a printing house at Cass\\nCity, Mich., and in October, 1883, he came to Mar-\\nlette, where, a few months later, he assumed his\\npresent position as editor of the Leader. The paper\\nis Republican in its purposes and is a popular and\\nwell-sustained journal under the present manage-\\nment. Mr. Sherman is a member of Marlette Lodge\\nNo. 1775, K. of H.\\nHis marriage to Mattie E. Scott occurred at East\\nSaginaw, July 6, 1883. She was born Oct. 6, 1862,\\nin Washington Co., N. Y., and is the daughter of\\nDarius O. and Mary A. (Ward) Scott.\\nf^/x^\\nV\\nV\\nT r\\nV\\nI^V\u00c2\u00ae))\u00c2\u00ab^#-\\n-^^iiti^finf\\nJSi^^^\\n-^4\u00c2\u00a9v^f?)", "height": "2866", "width": "2206", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph09chic_0344.jp2"}, "345": {"fulltext": "^^^if^ cr-7^ D p u Us r\\n^ai ^ii^^\\nSANILAC COUNTY.\\nOOP\\nooo\\nilliam H. Ennest, teacher and farmer\\nresident on section 36, Washington Tovvn-\\nl^Z ship, was born Jan. 28, 185 1, in Oxford\\nCo., Ont. He is the eldest child in his\\nfather s family, and has been a resident of\\n!__ Sanilac County since he was 15 years of age.\\nHe attended the common schools until the age of 13\\nyears, when he was sent to the academy at Wood-\\nstock, Can., and was a student there two years. He\\nadoi)ted the profession of teaching, which he has fol-\\nlowed since iS6g. He is the proijrietor of 44 acres\\nof cleared and cultivated land, which is his home-\\nstead.\\nHis parents, George and Amanda (Mitchelson)\\nKnnesl, were natives of the State of New York. After\\ntheir marriage they settled in Canada, where the wife\\nand mother died, .\\\\fter that loss, the father removed\\n10 Sanilac County (in 1866), and settled where he\\nstill resides, in \\\\Vashington Township. He married\\nagain, and the issue of his second union included\\nlive children. William H. and Minnie J. are the\\nchildren of his first wife.\\nMr. Ennest of this sketch was married in Sarnia,\\nOut., March 17, 1874, to Laura C. Potts. She was\\nborn in Lexington Township, Dec. 19, 1851. Their\\nchildren were born as follows: Ralph H., July 7,\\n1876; Carrie, Oct. 30, 1S78; Mary, Sept. 8, 1883.\\nMr. Ennest s political opinions are in accord with\\ntiiose of the Republican party. He has been active\\nin official school positions. His wife belongs to the\\nMethodist Episcopal Church.\\nM^ ranklin P. Philo, farmer and meclianic,\\n;lC resident on section 20, Watertown Town-\\n1. ship, was born in Lapeer Township, in the\\n^^[j^ county of the same name, Sept. 18, 1854, and\\n^fe^ is the son of Jared L. and Catherine R. {(iraves)\\ni Philo. They were natives of the State of New\\nYork, and the father is yet living, in Lapeer County.\\nThe mother died about 1875.\\n349\\nMr. Philo was reared on his father s farm, and ob-\\ntained his education in the common schools. At the\\nage of 20, he abandoned the farm and devoted his\\nattention to the acquisition of the details of the trade\\nof carpenter and joiner. He completed his knowl-\\nedge of the business and spent some years in its\\nprosecution at various points in Michigan. Li 1S78,\\nhe came to Sanilac County, and purchased the farm\\nwhich is now his homestead. It comprised 40 acres,\\nand at the date of purchase was wholly wild and un-\\nimproved. Ai present nearly the entire tract is under\\ncultivation, and in addition to his labors as an agri-\\ncultural pioneer, he has devoted much time to his\\ntrade. He is a Democrat in political faith and\\naction, and has held the positions of Highway Com-\\nmissioner and the various school oflices. He belongs\\nto the K. O. T. M. O. T. VV., Lodge No. 272, located\\nat Sandusky, and holds its official trusts. In 1883\\nhe was delegate to the annual meeting of the Mac-\\ncabees at Detroit; was Census Enumerator of his\\ntownship for 1S84.\\nHis marriage occurred Oct. 9, 1876, in Elba, La-\\npeer County, to Alice Brookins, who wa% born in that\\ntownship Feb. 21, 1857. Two children have been\\nborn of this union, as follows: Herbert, Aug. 12,\\n1879, and Archie, July 7, i88r.\\ny^\\ns\\neorge Hinkson, Jr., farmer, section 28,\\nWorth Township, is the son of George and\\n^jKS=^ Margaret (McGill) Hinkson. His father\\nwas born in Vermont, the mother in Scotland,\\nt After their marriage they settled in Canada,\\nI where they engaged in farming, and there re-\\nmained until December, 1845. At that date they\\ncame to Sanilac County, and purchased 1 60 acres of\\nland in Worth Township. In the spring of 1867\\nthey sold the property and removed to Oakland Co.,\\nMich. After a residence there of 1 1 years they went\\nto Detroit, removing two years later to Le.xington,\\ntheir present residence. Their family included four\\nsons and two daughters. Two of the former survive.\\nMr. Hinkson was born July 22, 1830, in Canada.\\nHe obtained a fair common-school education, and\\nattained his majority in Sanilac County, whither he v\u00c2\u00a3\\naccompanied his parents when he was 15 years of", "height": "2866", "width": "2206", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph09chic_0345.jp2"}, "346": {"fulltext": "t\\n/7S\\nSANILAC COUNTY.\\nSas^^^ST\\nage. He was bred to the vocation of farmer, and in\\n1866 bought the farm on which his father located on\\ncoming to Sanilac County. It comprised 160 acres,\\nand he has since added 80 acres. He retains the\\nentire tract except two acres, which he sold to the\\nrailroad company. The remainder is all under culti-\\nvation except 38 acres. The proprietor is one of the\\npioneer settlers of Worth Townsliip, and has been\\nidentified with its best interests since he has lived\\nhere. He has been Supervisor five years, .School\\nInspector a long period, and Townsliip Clerk a num-\\nber of years. He is a Republican in politics.\\nHis first marriage occurred in May, 1852, when\\nPhebe Strevel became his wife. She died in March,\\n1853, leaving one child, George H. Mr. Hinkson\\nwas again married in Worth Township, May 8, 1856,\\nto Jane McCardle. Six children have been born of\\nthis union, namely Maria L., Maggie, William,\\nJohn, Bertha and Irving C. The last named child\\ndied when he was three years old. Mr. Hinkson\\nhas been a teacher for 1 2 years, three of which were\\npassed in that occupation in his own district.\\n2\\n-4 ^^^^-i^-W^~-\\nl f (I t osiah Reynolds, merchant at Amadore\\n^MLj find fanner on section 27, Worth Town-\\nship, is the son of .Arnold and Mary\\n(Thomas) Reynolds. The parents were natives\\nof the State of New York, where they married\\nand passed a number of years of their lives\\nafter that event. They removed to Canada, and in\\n1848 came to Sanilac County, where they terminated\\ntheir earthly career. Their family comprised eight\\nchildren.\\nMr. Reynolds is the youngest child of his |)arents,\\nand was born Dec. 15, 1833, in Canada. He was\\n14 years of age when he came to Michigan, and\\nattained to man s estate in the Peninsular State.\\nHe enlisted Sept. 9, 1862, in the Sixth Michigan\\nCavalry, and served as a soldier a little more than a\\nyear. In the engagement at Falling Waters, Md.,\\nJuly 14, 1863, his right leg was shot off below the\\nknee, and consequently received his discharge from\\nthe service of the United States, and returned to his\\nhome in Sanilac County. In 1866 he came to\\nAmadore and established Reynolds Hotel, which\\nhe continued to conduct seven years. In 1874 he\\nembarked in trade, and has since been engaged in\\nsuccessful business in that line. He is also exten-\\nsively interested in agriculture, owning 427 acres of\\nland situated in the townships of Worth and Fre-\\nmont, and of this 300 acres are under cultivation.\\nHe is a Democrat in political connection, and has\\nheld the office of School Director. He belongs to\\nPost H. H. Nims, No. 118, G. A. R., Dept. of Mich.\\nHe was married April i, 1858, in St. Clair Co.,\\nMich., to Eliza Foe. She was oorn Aug. 28, 1839,\\nin Canada. Mr. and Mrs. Reynolds have had nine\\nchildren, five of whom yet survive. They are named\\nCaroline, Charles J., Nellie, Wallace and Clifford.\\nMary and Wallace are deceased; also two unnamed\\ninfants.\\n-It?!\\n^(iiji illiam Thompson, retired merchant, and\\nI^A^ farmer on section 35, Bridgehampton\\nit;^!^, Township, has been a citizen of Sanilac\\ni s^ County since 1865, and has been closely\\n.fsT^ connected with the business interests and\\nI, prosperity of this part of the county for nearly\\n20 years. On removal to Michigan, he was variously\\noccupied for a short time. His first business venture\\nof much importance was his embarkation in trade\\nwith W. Raymond Co., iii 1870, at Farmer s.\\nThe relation existed about six years, when Mr.\\nThompson became owner of the entire commercial\\ninterests of the firm. He continued its management\\nuntil September, 1882, when he sold out and took\\npossession of his fine and valuable farm, which con-\\ntains 370 acres, with 150 acres in a state of good\\ncultivation. Mr. Thompson was Postmaster at\\nFarmer s about 12 years, receiving his appoint-\\nment to the position in 1870. In 1880 he built an\\nelavator at the depot, which has a capacity of 24 car-\\nloads of grain. In political connection he is a Re-\\npublican, and is a member of the Masonic Order.\\nHe was born Jan. 10, 1827, in Manchester, Eng-\\nland, and IS the eldest son of Archibald and Jane\\n(Collins) Thompson. The former was a native of\\nScotland, the latter of England. They married and\\ny^\\nJ-\\ne^:\\nI\\nI\\nI\\n|i)A,\u00c2\u00ae))^^#^ ^^^f^ ^M^um)^^", "height": "2866", "width": "2206", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph09chic_0346.jp2"}, "347": {"fulltext": "\u00e2\u0096\u00a0-J\\nSAN/LAC COUNTY.\\n^^^m\\\\A\\n35\\nsettled in the city of Manchester, removing subse-\\nquently to Scotland, whence they again transferred\\ntheir residence to the Isle of Man. Mrs. T. died in\\nEngland, and Mr. T. came to tlie United States and\\nsettled in Te.xas. He died in Indianapolis, Ind.,\\naliout the year 1854.\\nMr. Thompson is the eldest of five sons born to\\nhis parents. At ten years of age be became an\\nassistant in a diy-goods store, where he remained five\\nyears. He came to the United States when he was\\n16 years old, and went to Cincinnati, Ohio, where he\\nserved an apprenticeship of eight years, learning the\\nbusiness of a ship carpenter. He passed 21 years in\\nCincinnati and Madison, Ind., pursuing his trade of\\nship-builder and engaged in steam-boating. During\\nthe war, he was foreman of the Dry Dock Company\\nat Madison. His marriage to Elizabeth, daughter of\\nAnthony and Ellen Oldfield, took place Sept. 15,\\nI S49, at Cincinnati, Ohio. She was born June 16,\\n1826. in England, which was the native country of\\nher parents. Mr. and Mrs. Tliompson have an\\nadopted daughter, Fanny G. They are members of\\nthe Methodist Episcopal Church.\\n||Rjhiiiip I\\nEm agent a\\nB\\nL. Wixson, real-estate and loan\\nat Lexington, was born in Pickering,\\nI, York Co., Can., Dec. 10, 1824. His iiarents,\\njilj; Amos and Elizabeth (Long) Wixson, were\\nJ^ among the earliest permanent settlers of the\\ntownship of Worth, where they settled in 1841. The\\nfather bought 320 acres of land of the U. S. Gov-\\nernment, which was his home and field of effort for\\nmany years. He died Jan. 30, 1882, in Lexington\\nTownship, aged 82 years and six months. The\\nmother died in Giant Township, St. Clair County, in\\n187 I, aged 69 years. Of their six children five are\\nstill living.\\nOn attaining his majority, Mr. Wixson became an\\nindependent agriculturist, settling on 160 acres of\\nland which his father had purchased of the general\\nGovernment at $1.25 per acre. He cleared 100\\nacres and put the place in valuable condition, with\\nimprovements and modern farm fixtures. He resided\\non the place until 1862, when he sold it and removed\\nV^\\nCi^i\\nO.\\nto Lexington. In the fall of 1S62 he was elected\\nCounty Treasurer on the Republican ticket, and was\\nre-elected to the same position five times, holding\\nthe oflice six terms, or 12 years. From 1875 to 1880\\nhe acted as Deputy Register of Deeds and dis-\\ncharged the duties of the office five years. In 1880\\nhe established the business relations in wliich he has\\nsince been engaged. He has also been one of the\\nvillage officials since his present residence therein,\\nand is the President of the Board, in which capacity\\nhe has served a number of terms.\\nWhile living in Worth Township he held the office\\nof Township Treasurer seven years in succession,\\nthat of Supervisor three years.\\nThe first marriage of Mr. Wixson occurred June 2,\\n1847, in Worth Township, to EUinor, daughter of\\nJohn and Ann Castor. She was born June 10, 1826,\\nin Canada, and died in Worth Township, April i,\\n1859, leaving two children. Elizabeth A., wife of J.\\nW. Selden, editor of the Huron Times; and Elmer\\nA., a resident of La Plata Co., Col. Mr. Wixson\\nwas married a second time in Worth Township, Oct.\\n26, 1862, to Helen, daughter of George and Isabella\\nSmith. She was born in the same township where\\nshe was married, Jan. 27, 1844. Walter S., Isabella,\\nGeorge B. and Roscoe are the names of the four l^\\nchildren born of the second union. The eldest son\\nis an attorney, having graduated in the Law Depart- r\\nnient of the University of Michigan in 1883. Only\\nthe eldest and youngest children are living.\\nThe father and grandfatiier of Mr. Wixson were\\nboth clergymen of the Baptist denomination. The\\nformer sometimes officiated in that capacity after his\\nremoval to Worth Township, and continued to do so\\noccasionally up to the time of his deatli. Joshua\\nWixson, the grandfather, was a farmer and minister,\\nand was a man of honorable and just character, with\\nwhich was combined generosity and sympathy for\\nothers troujjles to an uncommon degree. He once\\naided a man to leave the State of New York, where\\nhe was a resident, only knowing that he was in diffi-\\nculties of some kind, without understanding their\\ncharacter, or the penally of the law in the case. It\\nwas afterwards proven that the man wa^ a delin-\\nquent debtor, escar.ing from the legitimate conse- ^J\\nquences of his acts, and his aider and abettor thereby U^\\nincurred the burden of his liabilities. He devoted i^\\nwhat property he possessed to the discharge of tlie (4 j\\nindebtedness to whicli his good nature had made\\n^W^M: ^rS 4^^5( I P=\\ni", "height": "2866", "width": "2206", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph09chic_0347.jp2"}, "348": {"fulltext": "\u00e2\u0096\u00a0\u00e2\u0096\u00a0^r C^Dil ^tlii^ v\\nSANILAC COUNTY.\\nhim liable, and afterwards went to Canada, where he\\nI cleared a farm and became wealthy, when he paid\\nt?:^ the balance, principal and interest. The maternal\\nI grandmother of Mr. Wi.xson, Rachel Eggleston, was\\nborn July 4, 1776, on the identical day the American\\ncolonies declared their Independence.\\n\\\\%Xi ette Township, is the son of William and\\nS 5-\\n-o B\u00c2\u00bb -SS o\u00e2\u0080\u0094 #^-J\\n(|Killiam T. Wilson, farmer, section 8, Mar-\\nm\\n2\\nJ\\nj/~ Mary (Thistleton) Wilson. The parents\\ni were born in Lincolnshire, England, where\\nthey passed their entire lives. Tiieir eldest\\nchild, Mary, died in infancy.\\nMr. Wilson was born in the same shire as his par-\\nents, Dec. I, 1828. He was reared to mature years\\nin his native country, and was brought up a farmer.\\nWhen he was 23 years of age he came to America\\nand settled in Canada, where he lived between five\\nand six years, working as a farm assistant. In the\\nfall of 1856, he came to Michigan, where he bought\\n160 acres of land belonging to the Government, on\\nwhich he settled the following year and commenced\\nhis active life as an independent land-holder. His\\nreal estate now includes 240 acres and 150 of this\\nare in finely cultivated condition. In political senti-\\nment, Mr. Wilson adopts the principles of the Repub-\\nlican party, and has officiated as Highway Commis-\\nsioner.\\nHis marriage to Mary E. Burnett took place at\\nAlton, Canada, Nov. 23, 1857. .She is a native of\\nScotland and has become the mother of two children\\nWilliam and Mary.\\n^\u00e2\u0080\u00a2\u00c2\u00aefK\u00c2\u00abW\u00c2\u00ae\\ni^iaptain William H. Beal, farmer, section\\n1 28, Watertown Township, was born Sept.\\n1;^ 18, 1836, in Canandaigua, Seneca Co., N. Y.\\n3^ He is a son of Israel and Temperance\\n(Howell) Beal, natives of Connecticut and\\ndescendants of English parentage. His\\ngrandfather was a General of the War of the Revo-\\nlution. Israel Beal was a soldier in the Mexican\\nWar, and in 1S42 came to Medina Co., Ohio, where\\nhe died, at the age of 47 years. The mother died\\nin July, 1876, in Sandusky, Ohio, aged 67 years.\\nTheir family included seven children, as follows;\\nChristopher, William H., Israel A., Elizabeth, Zelmer\\n(deceased), Constantine (deceased), and Edla. All\\nthe sons were soldiers in the War of the Rebellion.\\nThe youngest reached the rank of First Lieutenant,\\nand died after he returned home, from tlie effects of\\na wound received while in action.\\nMr. Beal was six years old when his parents came\\nto Medina Co., Ohio. His father died when he was\\n13 years old, since which date he has been engaged\\nin his single-handed contest with the world. He\\nbegan earning his livelihood as a farm laijorer and\\nwas thus occupied in Medina County until he was\\n19 years old. He went then to White House ni\\nLucas County, where he engaged as a salesman in\\nthe general store of Alexander Walt, and remained\\nin that employment until he was 21 years old.\\nHe was married in December, 1857, at Hull Prai-\\nrie, in Wood Co., Ohio, to Maria E., daughter of\\nAbraham and Maria E. (Rennard) Yount. Her\\nparents were natives of Pennsylvania, of German\\ndescent, who removed from the Keystone State to\\nWood County, where they passed the remaining\\nyears of their lives. The father died May 14, 1857\\nthe demise of the mother occurred April 11, 1S82.\\nMr. Beal is the eighth of nine children born to her\\nparents^ She was born Oct. 30, 1839, in Wood Co.,\\nOhio. She is the mother of seven children, born as\\nfollows: Inez, Aug. 26, 1858; Zelma, Dec. 20, i860;\\nGeorge, Sept. 23, 1862; Maria G., July 1, 1866:\\nAmber J., Oct. 20, 1869; Sophronia, Feb. 3, 1872;\\nConstantine, Feb. 23, 1876.\\nAfter marriage Mr. and Mrs. Beal located on a\\nfarm in Wood County, where he operated until he\\nfelt it his duty to respond to the call of liis imperiled\\ncountry, as, witliin the first days after the rebel guns\\nfired on Fort Sumter and awoke the latent patriotism\\nin the breast of every loyal son of the United States,\\nhe enlisted April 22, 1861, as a private in the 14th\\nOhio Militia, Co. I. He enrolled as a three-months\\nman and received an honorable discharge July 25,\\nfollowing. On his return home he aided in tiie\\norganization of Co. B, iiith Ohio Vol. Inf, and\\nsecured the enlistment of 56 men. He was com-\\nmissioned First Lieutenant of the company. The\\nn\\n^5\\nA\\ni\\nmr\\\\mm%\\n^m-^m^y^", "height": "2866", "width": "2206", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph09chic_0348.jp2"}, "349": {"fulltext": "f t^ nD ^niif^T-\\nSANILAC COUNTY.\\n(h,\\n:aj\\nV\\nf\\nregiment was assigned to the Western Division of the\\nArmy, and its first encounter with the enemy took\\nplace at Perryville, Ky., where the rebels were\\nunder the command of Gen. Bragg. They pi o-\\nceeded to Bowling Green in Kentucky, where Mr.\\nBeal was commissioned Captain for bravery at Gal-\\nlatin, Ky., ill conflict with the guerrilla hordes of\\nMorgan. He was placed at the head of Co. A,\\nof the same regiment, and continued its chief officer\\nuntil the close of the war. He received an honor-\\nable discharge at Salisbury, N. C, July 23, 1S65.\\nHe was in action during 23 prominent engagements\\nand nmnerous skirmishes. Save tlie wear and tear\\nof active military service and consequent hardships,\\nhe escaped uninjured.\\nOn his return to Ohio, he resumed his business as\\na carpenter, at whicli he worked until Septemlier,\\n1875, when he came to Michigan. He purchased 80\\nacres of land on which his family have since resided.\\nAt the date of their settlement, the whole section\\nwas in its primitive stale, its forests unbroken and\\npractically no thoroughfares of travel. The woods\\nhave given way before the hand of improvement,\\nand the farm now includes 40 acres of land in cred-\\nitable agricultural condition, with fine farm buildings.\\nIn [lolitical views and connections he is an adherent\\nof the National Greenback party, and has held the\\noffice of Township Clerk. He is now Justice of the\\nPeace. Mrs. Beal is a member of the Methodist\\nEpiscopal Church.\\nilliam M. Griee, machinist, dealer in saw-\\nmill supplies, steam and gas fittings, guns\\nSN^vr and revolvers, cartridges, pocket cutlery\\nsewing-machines, needles, oils and attach-\\nments, at Lexington, was born Dec. 11, 1840,\\nin Lancashire, England. He is the son of\\nJames and Jane (Mason) (irice. His father was a\\nmachinist and blacksmith, and in 185 r came to this\\ncountry with his family, settling in Windsor, Conn.,\\nwhere they resided until 1854, the date of their re-\\nA moval to Forester, Sanilac County, where the father\\n._:) was an engineer in the mill of Smith, Kelley Co.\\n(He is now proprietor of the Verona Mills in Huron\\n1 County.)\\nMr. Grice was employed by the same company in\\nForester, and was engaged in operating a small engine\\nfor grinding feed. He was occupied summers in\\nfiling saws, and alternated these two occupations\\nuntil he was 20 years of age, when he returned to\\nWindsor, Conn., where he learned the trade of a\\nmachinist, in which he has since been occupied. He\\nremained in Connecticut nearly three years and re-\\nturned to Lexington. Soon afterward he was em-\\nployed a short time in a jeweler s store at Port Huron.\\nHe next yielded to an inclination to investigate the\\nWest, and traveled until his money was spent, when\\nhe again returned to Lexington. He has since been\\nengaged in his trade, and in selling and repairing\\nsewing-machines. He handles tlie Domestic and\\nDavis machines, and also deals in fire-arms, ammu-\\nnition, steam fitting, etc. In 1877 he bouglit tlie\\nproperty known as tlie Jason Wilde s place, and re-\\nconstructed the barn to serve as a planing mill. He\\nis a member of the Order of Masonry.\\nThe marriage of Mr. Grice to Jane Stevens\\noccurred in Worth Township. She was born in\\nCanada, and is the daughter of Webster and Sarah\\nStevens. Three children are now included in the\\nhousehold of Mr. and Mrs. Grice, who were born as\\nfollows: Flora, Clara and Mary.\\n:a c=\u00c2\u00bb\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0Salvin Fenton, farmer, section 33, Lexing-\\ni\\ntoi Township, was born Nov. 14, 1829.\\n\u00e2\u0080\u00a2jip His father, Lukins Fenton, was a blacksmith\\nby vocation and married Margaret Hender-\\n1^ son. The son learned the trade of his father,\\nand in early manhood determined on seeking\\na broader field of labor, and one which piomised\\nmore satisfactory results. In accordance with his\\nresolution he came to Sanilac Co., Mich., in con.pany\\nwith Joseph French, who is yet a resident of Lexing-\\nton Township. Mr. Fenton began his labors in the\\nPeninsular State by working a short time at his trade\\nin Lexington. He removed thence to Amadore, in\\nWorth Township, and followed the same pursuit there\\nfor a lime, when he opened a blacksmith shop at a\\npoint on the Wildcat road, three miies west of\\nLexington and known as Huckins Corners. He\\nbought an acre of ground and built a sliop, where he\\noperated several years. In 1862 he went back to\\nV^\\nsv\\n0)\\n-^Sijg^^\\nv\\n^!ia^Illlr\\n-i^ f^Kd", "height": "2866", "width": "2206", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph09chic_0349.jp2"}, "350": {"fulltext": "tf^\\nSANILAC COUNTY.\\n-I^^C(s\\nCi\u00c2\u00ae\\nAraadore, where he bought a hotel. Three years later\\nhe sold out and went to Pennsylvania, where he\\nspent a year in the oil regions. He returned at the\\nexpiration of that time to the township of Lexington,\\nand bought So acres of land one mile east of Amadore.\\nHe continued its management but a short time, when\\nhe returned to the village of Lexington and bought a\\nhouse of public entertainment opposite the Henry\\nHouse. He conducted its affairs about two years,\\nwhen he sold out and embarked in the livery busi-\\nness at Lexington. Three years later he again as\\nsunied proprietorship of the hotel, selling out once\\nmore at the end of a year. He bought a- residence\\nand was variously engaged until tlie spring of 1882,\\nwhen he purchased the farm on which he has estab-\\nlished his homestead, including 90 acres of valuable\\nland.\\nMrs. Mary A. Fenton is the daughter of Joseph\\nand Cornelia (Salsbury) Wixson, and is a native of\\nthe State of New York. She was married to Calvin\\nFenton in Lexington Township, March 13, 1853.\\nOf this marriage six children have been born, as fol-\\nlows Almeda, Effie, Ella, Minnie and Emma.\\nEveline is deceased.\\nI\\nV\\neorge A. Shell, a prominent agriculturist\\nand citizen of Worth Township, resides on\\nci!\u00c2\u00a9^ section 23. His parents, Peter and Mary\\n(Heebner) Sliell, were natives of Canada and\\nremained residents of the Dominion until 1842.\\nIn that year they removed with their family to\\nSt. Clair Co, Mich., settling in the northern part,\\nwhich five years afterward was detached from Sanilac\\nCounty. After ten years residence here tliey moved\\nto Grant Townsliip, St. Clair County, where they re-\\nsided another ten years, nnd llicn removed to Lai:)eer\\nCounty, where the father now lives, eng ;ged in farm-\\ning. The mother died tliere in August, 1S74. Their\\nfamily included 11 cliildren, eight of whom grew to\\nmature age.\\nMr. Shell of this sketch is the eldest of the children\\nof his father s family and was born Jan. 31, 1827,\\nabout 24 miles from the city of Toronto, Can. His\\neducation was acquired in the common schools, and,\\non reaching the peiiod of his legal freedom, he en-\\ntered courageously upon the prosecution of his own\\ninterests. In 1842 he came to that portion of Mich-\\nigan which is now Sanilac County, and was then\\nattached to the county of St. Clair. In 184S he\\nbought 80 acres of land on what is now section 1 6,\\nWorth Township, and entered at once upon its im-\\nprovement and built a barn. He sold the place in\\n1851 and invested his means in a farm on section 22,\\nwhich was his field of operation until the fall of 1870,\\nat which date he became proprietor, by purchase, of\\nthe property which he now owns and holds as a\\nhomestead. It comprises 70 acres of improved land,\\nand 10 acres which are yet in their primitive state,\\nfor manifest reasons.\\nMr. Shell is a Republican in political views and\\naction. He has served as Constable two years.\\nJustice of the Peace eight years. Commissioner of\\nHighways eight years and he has also officiated as\\nSchool Assessor.\\nHis marriage to Jane Cox occurred Dec. 30, 1850,\\nat Port Huron, Mich. She is the daughter of Fhomas\\nand Elizabeth Cox, natives of Ireland, where she was\\nalso born, Jan. 15, 1S33. Of nine children born to\\nMr. and Mrs. Shell, five are now living. Caroline\\nand Anabel are deceased, and two unnamed infants.\\nLafayette, Nathan, John R., Elizabeth A. and Mary\\nH. are the names of the survivors. Biographical\\nsketches of Lafayette and Nathan are given. The\\nparents are members of the Christian Church.\\n^*J\\n*^l\u00c2\u00ae3 ichard D. Sherriok, manufacturer, has\\ni)i^\u00c2\u00a3M\u00e2\u0096\u00a0^ been a resident of Lexineton since 18^8.\\nt\\ni^(5\\\\ He left home at the age of 12 years and\\ny\\\\V^ came to tiie village of Lexington, whicli tiien\\nincluded but three buildings. One was owned\\nby John Smith, a second by .Samuel Munroe,\\nand one by a trader on the lake shore named Z.\\nWriglit. (The latter was known as Big Z, and\\nowned a large vessel which was named after him-\\nself.) Another Iniilding was in process of erection\\nby C. M. Mills. At the time of his arrival Mr. Sher-\\n(J\\nca:\\nV\\ni^^^tf^\\n^s^^ ^^-^DO^\\njua.", "height": "2866", "width": "2206", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph09chic_0350.jp2"}, "351": {"fulltext": "i^\\n\u00e2\u0080\u00a2ry\\nv^DIl^IlP^^\\n-#^^{\u00c2\u00ae^4^\\nJ\\n,-5\\n2\\nf\\n\u00c2\u00abffi(i\\nV\\nSANILAC COUNTY.\\n355\\nrick had a capital of six cents He was chiefly in\\nneed of employ, which he obtained with little delay,\\nand he was varioasly occupied until he was 20 years\\nold, in the avenues open to laborers in this section\\nin its early days. In 1S46 lie established the foun-\\ndation of his present business, beginning to manu-\\nfacture wooden articles by the aid of a foot lathe,\\nwhich he built himself. He had been a practical\\ncarpenter from necessity, and he gradually extended\\nhis operations until he was largely engaged in the\\nmanufacture of furniture, sash, doors, blinds, and\\nmany other articles in wood. He is also a contractor\\nand builder, and commonly employs a working force\\nof tvom 5 to 20 men. His establishment was de-\\nstroyed by file in 1879, involving a loss of between\\nten and fifteen thousand dollars. He immediately\\nrebuilt on Washington Street, on the site of tlie\\nformer building and where he originally commenced\\noperations. He has a fine brick residence on the\\ncorner of Washington and Simons Streets, and a\\nfurniture store on Main Street. He also owns !he\\nvillage properly located both sides of and adjoining\\nthat where he resides, and 80 acres of land in the\\ntownship of Worth, 40 acres of which is under\\nculture. Mr. Shetrick has served in the official\\npositions of the village, and discharged the duties\\npertaining to the school offices. He is a prominent\\nmember of the Order of Masonry, and belongs to\\nLexington Commandery and Chapter. He is a\\ncharter member of the former body.\\nMr. Sherrick was born July 16, 1S26, in London,\\nCan., and is the son of Solomon and Phebe (Sails)\\nSherrick. He was married in the township of Lex-\\nington, in 1846, to Harriet Ellsworth. She was born\\nin Canada, and is a daughter of William and Lydia\\nEllsworth. Adaline, wife of George Mason, a mer-\\nchant at Lexington, is the only child of Mr. and\\nMrs. Sherrick.\\ngljI^S: afayette Shell, son of George A. and J; e\\nA L^kM (Cox) Shell, is a farmer on section 14, Worth\\nwW^ Township. (See sketch of George A. Shell.)\\n6(y He was born July 28, 1854, in the township of\\n/tj which he has been all his life a resident. He\\nreceived the advantages of education and train-\\ning common to the sons of farmers, and became a\\nteacher in addition to rendering assistance on the\\nhome farm.\\nHe was married Dec. 24, 1883, in Fremont, Sanilac\\nCounty, to Fanny A Fletcher. She was born in\\nWisconsin, and belongs to the Baptist Church. Mr.\\nShell is a Republican in political faith.\\n-vtecfi\\n.^^^ifUimiy\\ny -4^\\ny^f|)ark Gray, deceased, formerly a farmer on\\n1^,\\naiSMt, section 2, Fremont Township, was born\\nn\\n,^fc- Nov. 5, r8o8, in Northumberlandshire,\\nX -X England. He was there married to Mar-\\nA-\\nV garet Davidson, a native of the same county,\\nand came to Canada within the same year and\\nbought 100 acres of land in Halton County. A few\\nyears later he sold the place and rented a farm near\\na school, in order to secure as good educational ad-\\nvantages as possible for his growing sons and daugii-\\nters. He resided there between five and six years,\\nand in 186 1 he removed to Fremont Township, with\\nsix children, four sons and two daughters. They re-\\nmoved from Canada in the year 1861, making their\\nway to Lexington by boat from Port Huron. They\\nbrought with them an ox team, which the father\\ndrove to Croswell (then Davisville) and transported\\ntheir household goods on a jumper. ^L\u00e2\u0080\u00a2. Gray\\nhad owned his farm several years previous to his re-\\nmoval with his family, and they took possession of\\nplace on the 21st of November. The tract of land\\ncomprised 240 acres, which he bought for $1.25 per\\nacre. On this he lived and labored until about 70\\nacres were reduced to a state of creditable cultiva-\\ntion. His death from paralysis occurred Jan. 2,\\n1875. His sons have continued the work of reclam-\\nation on the place and have improved 20 acres ad-\\nditional.\\nMr. Gray lived an honorable and useful life. He\\nbrought to the New World the habits of industry and\\nthrift which characterize the class to which he be-\\nlonged in England, which was coupled with his ambi-\\ntion to secure comfort for his family and the inde-\\npendence to which he had all the right conferred Ijy\\nnature on any man, and which could never be his\\nor his children s in his native country. He lived to\\naccomplish all he desired and left to his family a\\n^5\\n^My\\n-SSS:", "height": "2866", "width": "2206", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph09chic_0351.jp2"}, "352": {"fulltext": "^^i^tsaf^\\n-rC^DO^Iillf^\\nT\\nX,\\no)\\nSANILAC COUNTY.\\nlarge estate and an honored name. He is held in\\nloving remembrance by his children and a large cir-\\ncle of friends. He was a Republican in political\\nconnection.\\nThe surviving wife was born Aug. 6, 1812. The\\nchildren of Mr. and Mrs. Gray were born as fol-\\nlows Andrew, Oct. 25, 1840; George, Feb. 7, 1843,\\ndied April 21, 1873; Robert, March 6, 1845 Mark,\\nMay 23, 1847 an infant, who died at seven months\\nold; Mary, Jan. 27, 1852; Margaret, Jan. 28, 1856.\\nThe parents were both members of the Presbyterian.\\nChurch.\\n^i$;i\\nohn M. Mason, dealer in stock and farmer,\\nI? resident at Le.\\\\ington, was born Jan. 26,\\n1834, in the immediate vicinity of the vil-\\nlage of Castleton, Rutland Co., Vt. He is the\\n^r son of Geo. W. and Adaline (Eaton) Mason.\\nHis father was born in the same place and his\\nmother in the vicinity. Both are deceased. Mr.\\nMason accompanied his uncle, Lorenzo M. Mason,\\nto Port Huron when he was ten years old. He re-\\nmained there three years attending school, after\\nwhich he returned to his home in Vermont. When\\nhe was 20 years old, he went to Troy, N. Y., and\\nserved two years in acquiring a knowledge of the\\nsilver-finishing trade, and after that proceeded\\nto Hartford, Conn., to perfect his understanding of\\nthe business in the establishment of the celebrated\\nRogers Bros, of that city. His health failed while\\nthere and he abandoned his purix)se. He came to\\nNew River, Huron Co., Mich., and engaged as fore-\\nman in the store of Thomas S. Donahue. He then\\nengaged, in company with William Moore and others,\\nas a scaler on Black River. In the spring of 1864,\\nhe came to Lexington and rented 120 acres of land,\\nbelonging to the uncle above mentioned, and man-\\naged the property four years. In 1868, he bought\\n40 acres in Sanilac Township, chiefly covered with\\nheavy tinilier, and took possession. It is located on\\nsection 33, and the farm now includes 160 acres with\\n140 acres improved, constituting one of the most\\nvaluable places in the county, with excellent build-\\nings and three good orchards. He found himself un-\\nequal to the demands of active agricultural life, and,\\nin 1882, removed to Lexington, where lie has since\\ngiven his personal attention exclusively to his buy-\\ning and shipping interests, which he had formerly\\ncombined with his farming operations. He occupies\\nthe residence owned by J. L. Wood, and owns a fine\\nhouse with one-fourth of an acre attached in another\\npart of the village.\\nMr. Mason was married Feb. 24, 1S62, in Avon,\\nRochester Tp., Oakland Co., Mich., to Albina E.\\nParker. She was born March 29, 1844, in Pontiac\\nTp., Oakland Co., Mich. Her father, Abner C.\\nParker, was born in the State of New York, Jan. 29,\\n1814. He married Elinor C. Paine, of Palmyra, N.\\nY., Aug. 29, 1836. She was born in the Emiiire\\nState Dec. 21, 18 18, and died in Avon Sept. 19,\\n1864. The father resides in Avon. The children\\nof Mr. and Mrs. Mason, five in number, were born as\\nfollows; Frederick L., Feb. 4, i863(; Julia F., Dec.\\n27, 1864; Lucy A., March 4, 1865 Mary D., Aug.\\n6, 1868; Georgie, Feb. 15, 1872. Miss Julia, eldest\\ndaugiiter, is a graduate from the celebrated Ft. Ed-\\nward Institute, on the Hudson River, in Washington\\nCo., N. Y., under the management of Rev. J. E.\\nKing.\\nMr. Mason is a member of the Order of Masonry,\\nBlue Lodge, Chapter and Commandery. He has\\nbeen Treasurer of Sanilac County three years, and\\nheld the minor local offices.\\nvt\\nf\\nc^:\\nC\\n-t 5\\neorge Smith, farmer, section 22, Worth\\nTownship, is the son of William and Jean-\\nnette (Luke) Smith. The parents were\\nnatives of Scotland, where the mother died, in\\nOctober, 1828. The father came to America\\nin 1832, settling in Canada, where he resided\\nseven years. In 1S39 he came to Sanilac County,\\nthen connected with St. Clair County for municipal\\npurposes. He located in a section now included in\\nthe township of Worth, where he died .^pril 4, 1861.\\nHis family included four daughters and four sons.\\nGeorge, the third son, was born Sept. 7, 1814, in\\nScotland. In 1829 he went to London, where he\\nremained two years\\nIn 1831 he became a sailor\\nH^\\n-#t^", "height": "2866", "width": "2206", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph09chic_0352.jp2"}, "353": {"fulltext": "", "height": "2866", "width": "2206", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph09chic_0353.jp2"}, "354": {"fulltext": "/\\\\/KA^^^\\nJP^^tJUa^A", "height": "2866", "width": "2206", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph09chic_0354.jp2"}, "355": {"fulltext": "SANILAC COUNTY.\\n(h\\n1\\nf\\nI\\nbefore the mast, and operated in that capacity\\nthree years. In 1834 he came to Canada and con.\\ntinned his life as a sailor in the lake service, devot-\\ning two seasons to that occupation. He passed the\\nnext year on his father s farm in Canada. In Octo-\\nber, 1838, he came to Michigan and bought 80 acres\\nof land, located in what is now Worth Township,\\nwhere he has since resided. His real-estate property\\nnow comprises 240 acres, all of which is improved\\nand under first class cultivation. His farm buildings\\nare a credit to his taste and judgment, and orna-\\nmental to the township. He is now the oldest living\\nsettler in Sanilac County.\\nMr. Smith was married in Canada, May 16, 1842,\\nto Isabella Peat. She was born Oct. 18, 1818, in\\nScotland, and emigrated from her native country to\\nCanada with her parents, Thomas and Helen\\n(Mitchell) Peat, when she was 16 years of age. The\\nformer died May 31, 1858; the latter s demise oc-\\ncurred in March, 1866. Helen, Jeannette, William,\\nMary and Maggie are the names of the children of\\nMr. and Mrs. Smith.\\nMr. Smith is connected with the Democratic party\\nin political views. He has been Supervisor, Clerk,\\nHighway-Commissioner and Overseer, and has held\\nthe position of School Director many years, besides\\ndischarging the obligations of the minor school and\\nlocal offices. He is a member of the Masonic fra-\\nternity.\\n-5-- ^^v^^^-^^B W^^-?-\\n^^^9\\niram Hayward, practicing physician, resi-\\ndent on section 14, Worth Township, is the\\niKJ son of Joshua and Lydia (Barker) Hay-\\nward. The former was a native of Massachu-\\nsetts, the latter of the State of New Yoik.\\nAfter their marriage they settled in Saratoga,\\nN. Y., and in 1808 they removed to Canada, where\\nthey lived four years. Joshua Hayward was i)ressed\\ninto the British service during the contest of Great\\nBritain with the United States, but he deserted at the\\nend of a month and returned to his native State. He\\nat once enlisted in the army of the United States\\nand remained in the Federal service until the close\\nof the war. He afterwards became a preacher and\\npursued that vocation 20 years. He died May 17,\\n1840, near Richfield Springs, N. Y., aged 58 years.\\nHis widow died Dec. 5, i88r, in Ontario, at the ad-\\nvanced age of 93 years.\\nDr. Hayward is the eldest son of his parents, and\\nwas born in Jefferson Co., N. Y., Dec. 25, 18 15. At\\nthe early age of nine years he became master of his\\nown maintenance, which he secured entirely without\\nassistance. He obtained a good education in the\\ncommon schools, and by study at home under the\\ndirections of his mother.\\nHe began to read medicine when he was 17 years\\nold, under the care of his uncle, Isaac Hayward,\\ncontinuing with him three years, when he lost his in-\\nstructor by death. He spent a year in teaching,\\nwhen he associated himself with another physician,\\nand after three years practice he made an attempt\\nto enter the Medical College at Albany, N. Y.; but,\\nhavmg adopted eclectic principles in the practice\\nand theory of medicine, his application was rejected.\\nHe continued his professional career in the State of\\nNew York until 1849, when he removed to Canada.\\nHe there combined the practice of medicine with the\\nministry until 1866.\\nIn the summer of that year he went to Wisconsin,\\nwith the purpose of making a permanent settlement,\\nbut found the selected locality distasteful, and in\\nSeptember following he came to Michigan. He pur-\\nchased 80 acres of land in Worth Township, which\\nwas under practical improvements, where he located\\nand erected good farm buildings. He added 150\\nacres to his original purchase, but afterward sold no\\nacres of this. Seventy acres are now under cultiva-\\ntion.\\nDr. Hayward has had a large and successful\\npractice, but declining health has compelled the\\nabandonment of the larger part of it to others. He\\nhas declined all official promotion, though he has\\nbeen an ardent Republican since the organization of\\nthat party. In 185 i became to Sanilac County and\\norganized the Christian Church at Amadore. In\\n1S67 he organized the Worth Christian Church, and\\nwas its Pastor i r years. (See historical portion of\\nthis volume.)\\nHis first marriage, to Marlha Druse, occurred\\nSept. 20, 1837, in Otsego Co., N. Y., of which she\\nwas a native. Amanda M., eldest child of this\\nunion, became the wife of Benjamin Stone, and died\\ne^na^nnf^-^r^\\n\u00e2\u0080\u00a2-4^^^", "height": "2866", "width": "2206", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph09chic_0355.jp2"}, "356": {"fulltext": "^))(^tf^*-\\nt\\nSANILAC COUNTY.\\nin 1878, at the age of 37 years. Eliza J. and Hiram\\nS. are the names of two children, also born of this\\nmarriage. Their mother died Oct. 20, i860. Dr.\\nHayward was again married in 1861, to Frances\\nVernon. She was born in Canada, and has been the\\nmother of two children Lillia and Lettie. The\\nlatter died Oct. 5, 1879.\\nDr. Hayward s portrait appears on a preceding\\npage, and is es))ecially valuable to this work from\\nthe relations he has long sustained to the people of\\nthe southern part of Sanilac County, in the capacities\\nof physician and Pastor.\\n5^J9 mont Township, was born March 15,\\nilliam F. Green, farmer, section 19, Fre-\\n*0 1833, in County Cork, Ireland. His par-\\nents, John and Eliza (Barron) Green, were\\nnatives of Ireland, and emigrated to the New\\nWorld in 1841. They landed at Quebec, and\\nproceeded successively to the cities of Montreal,\\nKingston and Toronto, stopping two weeks at each\\nto perfect and thoroughly test their inclinations for\\nlife in America. The meeting with a brother Mason\\nin Hamilton gave them a feeling as of home, and\\nthere they pitched their tent. The father became a\\nhardware merchant and dealt in the merchandise\\ncommon to that business, including cutlery and fish-\\ning tackle. They remained in Hamilton si.x years,\\nwhen the senior Green secured a position under the\\nGovernment in the custom-house at Toronto. Both\\nhis parents died there and are buried in that city.\\nMr. Green learned the business of gunsmith and\\nalso of machinist, working at each several years. He\\ncame to Detroit in 1859, where he remained twenty\\nmonths, and at the end of that time came to Port\\nHuron and spent five years there employed as a gun-\\nsmith. In 1866 he bought his farm of Fish Co.,\\nwho had removed the lumber from the place. Since\\nbecoming interested in agriculture Mr. Green has\\nabandoned his trades.\\nHe was married Jan. 4, 1854, to Nanno Falvey.\\nShe is the daughter of Dennis and Mary Falvey,\\nboth of whom died in Ireland. Mrs. Green was born\\nMay 20, 1831, in Bandon, County Cork, Ireland.\\nFour children have been born to Mr. and Mrs.\\nGreen, as follows Lizzie A., in Brunswick, N. J.,\\nOct. 26, 1854, and married June 9, 1880, William\\nMcNeill; John F., at Hamilton, Ont., July 13, 1856,\\nand died March 27, 1874; Mary L., born in Hamil-\\nton, Aug. 6, 1858, died Jan. 5, 1880; Harriet S.,born\\nat Detroit, Feb. 3, 1861, has been engaged in teach-\\ning several years.\\n-H=l^^\\ni4\u00e2\u0080\u0094\\nt|3[^ ewis W. Brown, farmer, section 34, Worth\\nsj^ EH t Township, is the son of Clark M. and\\n^i^r Catherine (White) Brown. The parents\\nfiW were natives and life-long residents of the State\\nA of New York. The former died Sept. 5, 1839,\\nthe latter Oct. 17, 188 r.\\nMr. Brown is the third in order of birth of five\\nchildren of his father s family, and is the eldest son.\\nHe was born July 23, 1833, in Jefferson Co., N. Y.\\nHe obtained a fair common-school education, and at\\nthe age of 16 years was apprenticed to acquire the\\nart of carriage-making. He served three years, and\\nhas since combined that business with his agricul-\\ntural pursuits.\\nThe progress and issues of the Civil War awakened\\nhis sense of duty as a citizen of the Republic, and\\nhe became a soldier. He enlisted Aug. 7, 1862, in\\nthe i42d N. Y. Vol. Inf., and continued in the service\\nuntil the close of the conflict, receiving his discharge\\nJune 17, 1865. He sustained a severe gunshot\\nwound in the siege of Petersburg, which resulted in\\na serious injury to his right arm, in consequence of\\nwhich he receives a pension. He enlisted as a pri-\\nvate, and passed through several grades of promo-\\ntion to that of Second Lieutenant, in which capacity\\nhe was serving at the time he received his wound.\\nHe came to Sanilac County in the fall of 1865,\\nand bought 40 acres of land in Worth Township,\\nwhere he has since resided. He is now owner of 160\\nacres, and has 90 acres cleared, improved and culti-\\nvated in accordance with the best principles of farm-\\ning. He is a Democrat in political views. He was\\nmarried Oct. 24, 1855, in Jefferson Co., N. Y., to\\nCandace, daughter of Amos and Anna (Foster)\\n(?1\\nc^:\\nt\\ni)^m^h-\\n%^mM^^^^", "height": "2866", "width": "2206", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph09chic_0356.jp2"}, "357": {"fulltext": "m\\nTSf^c\\ni(S VsS7\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0^^^lin =illllr r^\\n(h\\n/Sf\\nA\\nV\\nSANILAC COUNTY.\\n361\\nStreeter. The former was born in Vermont, the lat-\\nter in New Hampshire. Mrs. Brown was born April\\n12, 1836, in Jefferson Co., N. Y. Arthur C. and\\nWood A. are the names of the two children that have\\nbeen born to Mr. and Mrs. Brown.\\nf litlJl ichard Maher, farmer, section 7, Sanilac\\nTownship, was born June i, 1853, in On-\\ntario, Can. He is one of the few who have\\nl\\\\A grown from earliest youth to manhood in San-\\nilac Township, whither his parents, Michael\\nand Margaret (Keith) Maher, removed in\\n1854, about the time the son had attained to the age\\nof one year. They were among the first permanent\\npioneer settlers and located on section 6, where they\\nnow reside.\\nMr. Maher was married June 23, 1879, in .Sanilac\\nTownship, to Catherine O Meara, by whom he has\\nthree children Maggie, Martin and Mary. Mrs. M.\\nwas born in Ireland and emigrated to America when\\nshe was 16 years of age.\\nAfter marriage Mr. Maher located on 80 acres,\\nwhich is his homestead property, and which his\\nfather procured for him several years previous. He\\nhas improved 50 acres and erected excellent and\\nsuitable farm buildings.\\nMr. Maher is a Democrat in political connection.\\nThe family are Roman Catholics.\\n^f ^i.^-jlark M. Mills, deceased, a pioneer of San-\\nejl p^^ i^ ilac County, was a native of Vermont.\\nrfl^ He married Lucy Olds, and later in life\\npjp removed to Erie Co., Ohio, whence, in 1840,\\nm he came to what is now Lexington Township,\\nand bought a tract of land, a part of which is\\nnow included in the site of Lexington. His resi-\\ndence was located where the Cadillac House stands.\\nHis family joined him in 1841. Three years later lie\\nexchanged his property for 40 acres two miles west\\nof Lexington. It was covered with heavy timber,\\nand he reclaimed the entire tract and increased his\\nestate by the purchase of 40 acres additional. The\\nplace was in creditable condition, and remained the\\nhomestead until the death of Mrs. Mills July 10,\\n1872. Mr. Mills died June 6, 1864. Of seven\\nchildren born to them five survive, Luther D. (see\\nsketch); William, resident in Nevada; Mrs. Nancy\\n(Mills) Buel; Mary (Mrs. Henry Hopkins, of Caro,\\nTuscola County) Almeda, wife of Stiles Nettleton,\\nan editor at Northfield, Minn.; Solon and Orromel,\\nsecond and fifth respectively in order of birth, are\\ndeceased.\\nJacob Buel, resident in the village of Lexington,\\nwas born April 21, 182 1, in the State of New York.\\nHe was married May 22, 1842, to Nancy Mills.\\nSeven children have been born of this union, as fol-\\nlows Caroline, Aug. i, 1845; Francis, March 17,\\n1847; Leonora, Feb. 3, 1849; Ruth, June 12, 1851\\n(died July 2, i88i); Mary, Sept. 9, 1853 (died Aug.\\n13- 1854); Clark, Jan. 21, 1856; Lucy, May 3, 1859;\\nMinnie, Jan. 25, 1862, and David, March 15, 1865,\\nand died July 22, 18S4.\\nThe site of the residence of the Buel family at\\nLexington came into their possession in 1847. The\\nhouse which was then erected has been removed and\\nthe present abode constructed. It is a fine type of\\ncountry residence, and the grounds accessory in-\\nclude two acres. Mr. Buel also owns three acres in\\nthe northwest part of the village.\\n^\u00e2\u0080\u00a2s\u00c2\u00a7- iiiH\u00c2\u00ae\\nohn Utley, farmer, section 10, Worth Town-\\n_ ;hip, is the son of Samuel and Betsey\\n(Finch) Utley. They were born respect-\\nively in Connecticut and Vermont, and after\\ntheir marriage they settled in Canada, where\\nr they passed the remainder of their lives. Mr.\\nUtley of this sketch is the youngest of eight children\\nborn to his parents. His birth occurred Aug. 19,\\n1822, in Canada, where he remained until i860. In\\nthat year he came to Sanilac County and bought 160\\nacres of land in Worth Township, where he settled\\nand at once entered upon the work of improvement.\\nHe has since sold 80 acres of his original purchase\\nand has 70 acres of the remainder cleared and im-\\nproved. In political persuasion he is a Republican,\\nI\\nK:^\\nV\\nt-\\nc\\n1\\n^ntif\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0^^^k^%%", "height": "2866", "width": "2206", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph09chic_0357.jp2"}, "358": {"fulltext": "362\\nv ^Dt|}^llIl^\\niSr\\n-\u00c2\u00a7^^^C^4\\nSANILAC COUNTY.\\nf\\nand he has discharged the duties of the various school\\noffices.\\nHis first marriage occurred in Canada, in March,\\n1843, to Saniantha Bray. She was born in Canada\\nand died four years after her marriage. Two chil-\\ndren, of which she was the mother, have since died.\\nMr. Utley was a second time married March 10,\\n1847, to Hannah Reese. She was born in Canada,\\nJuly 26, 1827. A fine family of 13 children have\\nbeen born to Mr. and Mrs. Utley, named Hiram,\\nEliza A., Henry, Hamilton, Saniantha, Annis, Mary,\\nElizabeth, Emily, Miranda, James and John. One\\nchild died in infancy. The parents are members of\\nthe Christian Church.\\nliver Yates, farmer, section i. Worth Town-\\nship, is the son of Daniel and Eleanor C.\\n(Hall) Yates. The parents are natives of\\nCanada and New York, and when they were\\nmarried they became residents of Canada. In\\n1854 they transferred their interests to Sanilac\\nCounty and located in Worth Township. The mother\\ndied Nov. 7, 1878.\\nMr. Yates is the eldest son of nine children in-\\ncluded in the family of his parents, and was born\\nNov. 17, 1843. He was 11 years old when he came\\nto Michigan, and has since been a citizen of Worth\\nTownship. He enlisted Aug. g, 1862, in the 22d\\nMich. Vol. Inf. The regiment was assigned to the\\nArmy of the West, and was discharged July 13, 1865,\\nat Detroit. During his period of military service he\\nlost his left eye, and the sense of vision of the remain-\\ning organ is seriously impaired. On his return to\\nWorth Township, Mr. Yates engaged in farming, and\\nin the fall of 1866 he bought 40 acres of partly im-\\nproved land on section 12, which he afterwards sold\\nand bought 80 acres of wholly unimproved land on\\nsection 14. This he exchanged for 43 acres, which\\nis now his home and of which he has improved 34\\nacres, and has them under culture. He is a Demo-\\ncrat in political connection, and has been Township\\nClerk two years. Highway Commissioner the same\\nlength of time and School Assessor many years. In\\nMay, 1884, he was appointed Census Enumerator of\\nWorth Township.\\nHe was married in Lexington, Mich., Aug. 6, 1865,\\nto Mary M. Mathews. She was born May 3r, 1845,\\nin Canada. Albee W. is the only surviving child of\\nthree that have been born of this union. Herbert M.\\nand Albert L. are deceased.\\n^-t4#=^-^\\nhomas T, Purkis, of the firm of Purkis\\nBrothers, proprietors of the Lexington\\nBrewery, was born Oct. i, 1846, in Eng-\\nland. He is the son of James and Harriet\\n(Bloumfield) Purkis; the mother died in Eng-\\nland, and father and sons removed from their\\nnative country to the United States in 1854. They\\ncame to Lexington, where the father established\\nhimself in the brewing business. A short time\\nafterward the family went to Worth Township,\\nwhere, in company with his sons, Thomas, Samuel,\\nAlfred and Arthur, he bought 720 acres of land.\\nThe association established a trade in merchandise\\nand managed a wood-yard and dock on the lake\\nshore. The senior Purkis died in December, 1870,\\nabout eight years after the establishment of their\\nbusiness. Two years after his death the partner-\\nship was dissolved. In 1876 Mr. Purkis came to\\nthe village of Lexington, and, associated with his\\nbrother Samuel, opened a meat market. They con-\\ntinued its management seven years. In March,\\n1884, Mr. Purkis and his brother Alfred became\\nproprietors of the Lexington Brewery, by purchase.\\nThe property includes five and one-half village lots.\\nSince their purchase the Messrs. Purkis have been\\nengaged in a good business, manufacturing about 12\\nbarrels of beer daily. They have a saloon for their\\nretail trade in the village of Lexington. Mr. Purkis\\nbelongs to the Masonic fraternity.\\nHe was married Sept. 16, 1867, in Worth Town-\\nship, to Sarah Sheldon. She was born in the same\\ntownship, and is the daughter of Ebenezer and\\nAlmira Sheldon. Carrie, Arthur, Thomas Frederick\\nand Walter are the names of the children of Mr.\\nand Mrs. Purkis.\\nMr. Purkis became a soldier in the service of the\\nv|)\\nSL/\\nSi\\n4?", "height": "2866", "width": "2206", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph09chic_0358.jp2"}, "359": {"fulltext": "h\\nV\\nA\\nV\\ns\\n^^V\\nnii ^tinii\\nrrr\\n--|^^5C(\u00c2\u00aeVS\\nSANILAC COUNTY.\\nUnited States when he was but 15 years old. He\\nenlisted Oct. 25, 1861, in Co. D, loth Mich. Vol.\\nInf., under Capt. I. Iluckins, and was in active\\nparticipation in most of the engagements in which\\nhis regiment was involved. He received an honor-\\nable discharge at the end of three years and three\\nmonths.\\n-i v^^^P-i^S vt 5-\\nilliam T. Chipman, farmer, section 2,\\n^I j- Washington Township, has been a resi-\\nl^J:/ dent of Sanilac County since the fall of\\nJ)||oJ 1867, when he bought a large tract of land,\\n*^d/ containing 1,520 acres, in Custer Township.\\n2 In 1879 he purchased 20 acres of land in Wash-\\nington Township, for a homestead, which is now the\\nsite of a considerable portion of the village of Carson-\\nville. He has disposed of most of his land in Sanilac\\nCounty, and now owns but 215 acres, of which 175\\nacres are cleared and cultivated.\\nSince his first settlement in Sanilac County, Mr.\\nChipman has been prominent and active in general\\naffairs. While a resident of Marine City, St. Clair\\nCounty, he officiated as Deputy United States Col-\\nlector four years he was also Supervisor several\\nterms and served as Township Treasurer. The\\nquota of men to be secured by draft, or otherwise,\\nfrom his tovifuship was 47, and he aided materially in\\naccomplishing the work. He has acted in the\\ncapacity of Supervisor of Washington Township four\\nyears. Justice of the Peace three terms, and has been\\na member of the Board of Trustees most of the time\\nsince the organization of Carsonville. He is a Re-\\npublican in political views.\\nMr. Chipman is the son of Lemuel and Laura\\n(Mead) Chipman, who were natives of New York.\\nAfter their marriage they settled in the State of New\\nYork, where the father died April 28, 1844. The\\nmother came to Michigan in 1851, and died at the\\nhome of her son, Feb. 11, 1864.\\nMr. Chipman was born in what is now Wyoming\\nCo., N. Y., and is the oldest son of his parents. He\\nis the third in order of birth in a family of ten chil-\\ndren. His birth occurred Dec. 27, 1816, and he re-\\nmained an inmate of his parents home until a year\\nR^v^)\u00c2\u00ab^#\\nafter he reached his majority. In 1851 he went to\\nIowa, where he continued six months. He became\\na land-holder there, but becoming restless he sold\\nout and within the same year came to St. Clair Co.,\\nMich where he bought a farm on which he resided\\nuntil the autumn of 1867, when he established his\\ninterests permanently in Sanilac County, as stated.\\nHe was first married in Wyoming Co., N. Y., Jan.\\nI, 1 84 1, to Mary Tripp, a native of Rhode Island.\\nTwo only of nine children born to them survive,\\nAlice and Lucius. William F., Julius C, Lina F.,\\nLemuel, Ada M., William H., and William S. are\\ndeceased. The mother joined her children in the\\nland of the hereafter Sept. 24, 1862. Mr. Chipman\\nwas a second time married May 14, 1863, at Marine\\nCity, St. Clair County, to Martha M. Hatch. She was\\nborn Nov. 16, 1834, in Veimont. Mattie J., Frank\\nL. and Marshall N. are the names of the three chil-\\ndren who have been born to them.\\nftn /s?s!^\\np. Bridgehampton Township, has been a resi-\\ndent of Sanilac County since the fall of\\n1855. His first employ in the county was at\\nfx his trade of carpenter, at which he worked about\\nseven years. In 1862 he bought 80 acres of\\nland in the township where he now resides, to which\\nhe added 120 acres by later purchase. He still holds\\nthe latter amount of real estate, having sold 80 acres\\nof land. About 60 acres of his farm is under ad-\\nvanced cultivation. In 1882 he built the store he\\nnow occupies at Carsonville, and where he has since\\nmanaged his commercial interests. He is doing a\\nsuccessful business, and has an e.xcellent stock of\\ngoods, adapted to the demands of the local trade.\\nMr. Crorey is a believer in the principles of the Na-\\ntional Greenback party. He has been prominent and\\nactive in local affairs, having served seven years as\\nSupervisor, two years as County Treasurer, to which\\noffice he was elected in 1875, and has filled the offices\\nof School Inspector and Superintendent, Justice of\\nthe Peace and Notary Public, which position he has\\nheld many years. He belongs to the Order of Knights\\nof Maccabees.\\n^avid Crorey, merchant at Carsonville, \\\\y\\ni)\\n*i^\\n^P^", "height": "2866", "width": "2206", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph09chic_0359.jp2"}, "360": {"fulltext": "\u00c2\u00a7^N^^^^m^\\n^^T m\\\\imm\\n-4^^$(\u00c2\u00aeVg\\n364\\nSAJSIILAC COUNTY.\\ni Mr. Crorey was born Feb. 7, 1834, in Ireland. His\\n:i; parents, John and Jane (Harrison) Crorey, were also\\nnatives of the Green Isle, where they married and\\nT where their 1 2 children were born. The mother died\\n(2^ in 1847. The father married again and emigrated to\\nOhio, where he died in 1850. Mr. Crorey is the third\\nson of his parents; he was about 16 years of age\\nwhen he came with his father to Ohio, and he re-\\nmained in the Buckeye State until the end of his\\nminority. He was married at Sand Beach, Huron\\nCo., Mich., Oct. 8, 1865, to Jane Israel, a native of\\nPennsylvania. Eight children have been born to\\nthem, as follows: David, July 15, 1865 Ellen, March\\n18, 1868; Martha, Jan. 18, 187 1; Mary, April 18,\\n1873; Rosalie, Oct. 20, 1875; John, Dec. 20, 1877;\\nJane, June 18, 1880; and Frank C, March 10, 1884.\\nI\\n4-. -5-!4#=^-^\\nfoseph M. Loop, born at Elmira, N. Y., in\\n1^?- 1814; remained in the State, following the\\noccupation of store clerk (after arriving at\\nsuitable age) until 1833; went to New Orleans,\\nLa., in 1834, to Wisconsin; in 1836, to Illinois;\\nin 1843, to Oakland Co., Mich.; in 1846, mar-\\nried Miss Jane M. Gardner, of Hancock, Berkshire,\\nMass., daughter of James and Laura (Hazard) Gard-\\nner; in 1854, removed to Port Sanilac, Mich.; in\\n1855, gaaduated at the University of Michigan, at\\nAnn Arbor. He has one daughter, Ada Estella\\nLoop, now married to J. H. Harrison, of Tuscola,\\nTuscola Co., Mich. Dr. Loop has followed the prac-\\ntice of medicine since coming to Michigan.\\n^\u00c2\u00abH^-5if^\\nohn Massman, farmer, section 27, Sanilac\\nTownship, was born March 5, 1831, in\\nMecklenburg, Germany. He grew to man-\\nhood in the land of his nativity, and accompa-\\nnied his parents to the New World in 1855.\\nThey settled in Sanilac County, purchasing 40\\n.acres of land on section 27. The father died July\\n25, 1882, and bequeathed his home and the care of\\nthe wife and mother to the son, who is discharging\\nhis filial duty in a creditable manner.\\nMr. Massman was married Sept. 18, 1862, in\\nSanilac Township, to Hannah Schliting, and they\\nare the parents of seven children\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Charles, Archie,\\nLouisa, Henry, Augustus, Sophia and Anna. Mrs.\\nMassman was born in Germany, and emigrated to\\nMichigan v/ith her parents when she was 13 years of\\nage.\\nAfter their marriage Mr. and Mrs. Massman took\\nup their residence on 40 acres of land on section 27,\\nof which he had become the possessor a few years\\nprevious. He has added by later purchase to his\\nestate, and is now the owner of 160 acres of land on\\nsections 34 and 27, all of which is under tillage ex-\\ncept 10 acres. The place is in excellent condition,\\nand is very materially increased in value by the ad-\\ndition of a residence, recently erected, and three\\ncapacious barns.\\nMr. Massman is an adherent of the Republican\\nparty and a sustainer of its issues.\\nn||3illiam L. Benedict, farmer, section 28,\\nl l li s jgiti i i lc, Washington Township, has been a citizen\\np of Sanilac County since 1862. He came\\nhither from Canada in December of that\\nyear, and in September, 1863, he gave sub-\\nstantial evidence of the spirit in which he\\nadopted the interests of his new home, by becoming\\na soldier for the Union. He enlisted in the nth\\nMich. Cav., and was in active service until the ter-\\nmination of the war. He received an honorable dis-\\ncharge, July 17, 1865, at Pulaski, Tenn. On being\\nmustered out he returned to Sanilac County and\\nbought 40 acres of land in the township of the same\\nname, where he pursued and developed his agricul-\\ntural purposes about ten years. In February, 1875,\\nhe sold the place and removed his interests to Wash-\\nington Township, where he bought 160 acres of land.\\nHe is now the owner of 80 acres, about half of\\nwhich is improved and cultivated. Mr. Benedict has\\nofficiated two yeais as Justice of the Peace, and the\\n^Il!l. ^:ilt]r", "height": "2866", "width": "2206", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph09chic_0360.jp2"}, "361": {"fulltext": ":DI1^I1I1^\\nSANILAC COUNTY.\\n365\\ns\\n(3\\ni\\nsame length of time as Township Treasurer. He\\nbelongs to the Masonic fraternity and is a Republi-\\ncan in political faith and action.\\nHis first marriage took place Sept. 3, 1868, at Port\\nSanilac, when Maria A. Maskell became his wife.\\nShe was born in Sanilac County and died April 27,\\n1875. Of two children of which she became the\\nmother, one is living, Samuel H. William H., the\\nyounger, died in infancy. Mr. Benedict was a sec-\\nond time married March ig, 1877, to Mary A. Whit-\\naker, who was born in St. Clair County, Jan. 5, 1859,\\nand is the daughter of Charles and Emmeline Whit-\\naker, who are now residents of this county. (See\\nsketch of Charles Whitaker.) Grace G., Jennie B.\\nand Garfield are the names of the three children born\\nof the second union.\\nMr. Benedict was born Oct. 19, 1837, in Canada.\\nHis parents. Smith and Dorcas Benedict, were na-\\ntives of the State of New York. They became resi-\\ndents of Canada after their marriage, where they\\ncontinued to live until their removal to Sanilac\\nCounty in 1882. They are yet living.\\nByeneea Baker, farmer, section 13, Worth\\njj^gf;^^. Township, is the son of Aaron and Can-\\ndace (Church) Baker. His parents were\\nnatives respectively of the United States and\\nCanada. They were married in Vermont, and\\nin 1840 came to Sanilac County, where they\\nremained until death. Mr. Baker is the third son,\\nand was born June 30, 1816, in Vermont. His\\nfather removed in 1826 to the Dominion of Canada,\\nand in 1842 made another removal, this time to\\nSani ac County, whither the subject of this sketch\\nhad come three years previously. In the fall of\\n1856 he bought his present estate of 80 acres of\\nunimproved land in Worth Township, on which he\\nhas since lived and established himself in fine con-\\ndition. Nearly all his land is under the plow, and\\nthe farm is supplied with good buildings and other\\nfixtures accessory to successful agriculture. He is\\nan adherent of the Republican party, and has held\\nthe local positions of Commissioner, Director and\\nAssessor.\\nHe was married in Worth Township, in March,\\n1843, to Mary Avery, a native of the Dominion, and\\nof this union three children have been born, Louis,\\nCandace and William. Only the eldest survives.\\n(See sketch of Lewis Baker.) Mrs. Baker is a mem-\\nber of the Baptise Church.\\n^^SH^\u00c2\u00ab^\\n^amuel CoppernoU, Postmaster and drug-\\ns^l gist at Port Sanilac, was born Sept. 5, 1822,\\n^Ivp* in Herkimer Co., N. Y. His parents,\\nGeorge A. and Mary (Lancing) CoppernoU,\\nboth descended from families who were among\\nthe original settlers of the Mohawk valley,\\nfamilies who were prominent in county, town and\\nChurch, and in the agricultural community. Both\\nfather and mother died in Herkimer, each aged about\\n70 years. The senior CoppernoU was a Deacon in\\nthe Presbyterian Church.\\nAt the age of 14 years Samuel CoppernoU engaged\\non one of the dairy farms of his native county as a\\nlaborer, continuing two years with his first employer.\\nThe year following lie labored for his brother-in-law,\\nalso a dairyman of Herkimer County. He was 17\\nyears old when he commenced working for a man\\nnamed Latham Gray, to learn the trade of carpenter\\nand joiner, receiving for the labors of the first year,\\n$100 in money. After completing his apprenticeship\\nhe went to work for his brother, also a mechanic,\\nwith whom he operated two years. He remained in\\nthe State of New York, working as a journeyman\\nuntil 1847, in which year he located in St. Clair Co.,\\nMich., where a brother-in-law resided, remaining one\\nwinter. In the spring following he went to Macomb\\nCo., Mich., where he worked at his tn^de until the\\nspring of 1852.\\nHe came thence to Lexington, in Sanilac County,\\nwhere another brother-in-law resided, remaining there\\nuntil the fall, when he established himself in the\\nmercantile business at Port Sanilac, then containing\\ntwo stores and a saw-mill, and flanked on all sides by\\na dense forest. Primitive nature still reigned, and\\nthe chief feature of the section was the abundance of\\nwild game elk and deer predominating. He con-\\ntinued his commercial pursuits until 1S67, when his\\nhealth failed and he withdrew from active business\\n^5\\n(h)\\n(i-\\n\u00e2\u0080\u00a2^m^\\nj-^.", "height": "2866", "width": "2206", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph09chic_0361.jp2"}, "362": {"fulltext": "SANILAC COUNTY.\\nZ^^^^ ^T\\n^^t^^\\nlife, his malady causing an almost total loss of voice.\\nAfter a rest of two years he regained his health to\\nsome extent, and resumed business. He secured a\\nstock of drugs and established himself once more in\\nthe trade, in which he has since operated continu-\\nously. He received his appointment as Postmaster\\nduring the administration of President Pierce, and\\nhas discharged the duties of the office without inter-\\nmission since his first appointment to the position.\\nHe is also local agent in the interests of the Detroit\\nFire and Marine Insurance Company.\\nMr. CoppernoU has been a decided Republican\\nsince the organization of the party. He has offici-\\nated as Township Clerk.\\nHis marriage to Susan Waterbury occurred Nov.\\n26, 1847, at Watervliet, Albany Co., N. Y. The\\nfather of Mrs. CoppernoU, Rev. Talmadge Water-\\nbury, was a native of New Hampshire. He was of\\nmixed Welsh and English ancestry, who were among\\nthe earliest settlers of New England. His progeni-\\ntors, like those of his wife, Rachel (Earl) Waterbury,\\nalso a native of the Granite State, were soldiers of\\nthe Revolution. All their children, ten in number,\\nlived to adult age and became heads of families.\\nMrs. CoppernoU was born Aug. 13, 1822, in Dela-\\nware Co., N. Y. Her mother fell a victim to the\\ncholera when she was ten years old, and she resided\\nwith a sister some years. Seven children have been\\nborn of her marriage, three of whom are deceased.\\nThey died in infancy. George T., May I., Eva H.\\nand Emma T., are the names of those who survive.\\nThe parents reside at Port Sanilac and are prom-\\ninent and active members of the Congregational\\nChurch, in which society their father has been a\\nDeacon for 25 years. They have been members\\nsince 1843.\\naniel Clark, of the mercantile firm at\\nII Lexington known as Clarks, was born\\nMay 31, 1853, in Bradford, Orange Co.,\\nf^ Vt. He is the son of Ira M. and Susan A.\\n(Bliss) Clark. (See sketch of E. B. and Ira\\nM. Clark). His parents removed, in 1857, to\\nNewport, N. H., and two years later to Claremont,\\nin the Granite State. They went thence to Olean,\\nN. Y., and in 1862 to Orford, Grafton Co., N. H.\\nWhile they resided there Mr. Clark was a student at\\nthe academy eight years. In 1870 he came to Le.x-\\nington, where he became a salesman in the mercan-\\ntile establishment of which he is now a proprietor,\\nthen under the management of his father and uncle.\\nHe came into possession of his interest therein in\\n1875-\\nHe was married in Lexington, Aug. 28, 1876, to\\nMary Niggeman. She was born June 3, 1854, in\\nPort Huron, and is the daughter of John P. and\\nElizabeth (Lueker) Niggeman.\\neorge C. Fraser is one of the leading and\\nprominent agriculturists of Sanilac County\\nand has been a resident of the township of\\nthat name (No. 12) since March, 1868, wlien\\nhe became the owner of 320 acres of land on\\nsection 32. The township was in an unsettled\\ncondition, particularly in the location where Mr.\\nFraser secured his claim, and the method of his\\noperations, coupled with Iiis energetic and persever-\\ning character, have added materially to the develop-\\nment of the county. He retains the ownership of\\n190 acres, 160 acres of which are in an admirable\\nstate of improvement and cultivation, and the re-\\nmainder will be in an equally advanced state within\\na few months. His farm is stocked with Durham\\ncattle, Cotswold sheep and Berkshire hogs, and he is\\nreaping the satisfaction of intelligent and skillful\\nmanagement of his agricultural affairs.\\nPolitically, Mr. Fraser is still a supporter of the\\noriginal principles upon which the National Green-\\nback party was founded in Michigan. He was the\\nfirst and only representative of that element in San-\\nilac Township in 1876. In 1882 he was the Green-\\nback candidate for Register of Deeds.\\nMr. Fraser was born Jan. i, 1832, in Northumber-\\nland Co., Ont., and is the son of Joseph and Jane\\n(Fletcher) Fraser. His father was a farmer and\\npossessed extensive agricultural interests, and the\\nson was carefully educated and trained in the know\\nedge of practical farming.\\nVl\u00c2\u00a3\\ni\\nO\\ne\\nV\\nA^tiii^iinf\\n.a-ci.", "height": "2866", "width": "2206", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph09chic_0362.jp2"}, "363": {"fulltext": "k0%/^^))^r^\u00c2\u00bb\\nS AN I LAC COUNTY.\\n367\\nHe was married Jan. 10, 1858, in Ontario Co.,\\nOnt., to Mary Ann Hodgson. Four children born to\\nthem are Hving, viz.: Norman P., Anna L., Byron J.\\nand Sarah J. Edwin and Pearson are deceased.\\nI Mrs. Fraser is the eldest daughter of Thomas P. and\\nSarali (Drumniond) Hodgson, and was born Dec. 28,\\n1838. I Her parents were of Dutch Hneage, and were\\nborn in the Dominion of Canada. The father died\\nin the winter of 1882, the mother yet resides in On-\\ntario.\\nAfter marriage Mr. and Mrs. Fraser lived upon a\\nrented farm in Canada two years. In i860 he\\nabandoned agriculture and traveled in Michigan a\\nyear as an agent. He went next to the oil regions\\nof Pennsylvania, where he remained 26 months, and\\nat the end of that time settled in Michigan, as stated.\\nMis. Fraser is a member of the Cliurch of Seventh-\\nDay Adventists.\\n\u00e2\u0080\u00945-\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0i Sept.\\nohn H. Murdaugh, cheese manufacturer\\nat Croswell, was born in Dorchester, Ont.,\\n5, 1852, and is the son of John and\\nElizabeth (Walker) Murdaugh. The father\\nwas born of French parentage Feb. 6, 1818, in\\nOntario. He owned a farm in the township of\\nDorchester, bat owing to a cancer on his thigh was\\nunable to work his place, and he established a gen-\\neral store on the farm which was conducted as long\\nas he lived. His death occurred in 1859. Mrs. M.\\nwas of Canadian lineage, and was born Aug. 18,\\n1829. She joined the Free-Will Baptist Church in\\nher early years and remained a member while she\\nlived. She became the mother of three children by\\nher first husband, Eliza C, John H. and Lillie.\\nThe elder daughter, born June 20, 1849, is the wife\\nof Simon Spears, a brick-mason at Grand Ledge,\\nMich., and they have two cliildren: Lizzie May, born\\nNov. 16, 1872, and Gertrude Stella, Jan. i, 1876.\\nLillie was born June 12, 1857, and is a member of\\nfher brother s family.\\nThe widow of John Murdaugh married Miles Van\\nWicklin, a carriage-maker at Lansing, where he pur-\\nsued his business during the last ten years of his life.\\nAfter his death Mr. Murdaugh of this sketch bought\\na home for his mother in Springfield, Ont., where\\nthey lived until her death April 18, 1879.\\nMr. Murdaugh had the sole responsibility of his\\nown education after his father s death, when he was\\nseven years of age. He went to work for his board\\nwhile he went to school, laboring at night and morn-\\ning. When he grew older he saved his earnings in\\nthe summer seasons and paid for his board and\\nschooling until he obtained a good business educa-\\ntion.\\nWhen he was 12 years old he was employed in a\\nmercantile establishment at Ligersoll, and passed 18\\nmonths in that avenue of business, after which he\\nspent five years in a woollen factory at Aylmer, Ont.\\nHe was about 20 years of age when he began the\\nwork of fitting himself for the business in which he\\nhas since been engaged at Harrietsville, Ont., and\\nwhich he followed in Ontario until his removal to\\nCroswell, in February, 1884.\\nHe purchased the lease of the cheese factory at\\nCroswell, owned by the estate of Moss, Mills Gaige,\\ntogether with the fixtures, and has since been en-\\ngaged in the transaction of a prosperous business.\\nThe daily product averages 600 pounds, and Mr.\\nMurdaugh conducts his operations as a cheese-maker\\nafter the method common to such establishments,\\nwhere the producers of milk constitute one factor in\\nthe business.\\nHe was married July 16, 1879, to Sarah Eliza\\nOlds, at Simcoe. She was born Jan. 29, 1861, at\\nSimcoe, and is the daughter of Walter and Frances\\n(Purcell) Olds. Her father has been dead some\\nyears: her mother is still living.\\nWhile in Canada, Mr. Murdaugh belonged to the\\nReform party, and he held an appointment there\\nas County Constable, in the district including Lamb-\\nton, Elgin and Middlesex Counties.\\nustin Wright, farmer, section 23, Worth\\nTownship, is the son of George and Electa\\n(Scott) Wright. The parents were both born\\nin the State of New York, and, after their mar-\\nriage, they located in Canada. In 1843 they\\nbecame residents of Worth Township, where they\\npassed the remainder of their lives. The death of\\ny\\nt", "height": "2866", "width": "2206", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph09chic_0363.jp2"}, "364": {"fulltext": "^m\\n(h\\n=1\\n1\\nI\\n368\\nSANILAC COUNTY.\\nI^^f\\nthe father occurred Dec. 8, 1872, that of the mother\\nAug. 12, 18S2.\\nMr. Wright is the oldest of 14 children, and was\\nborn in the Dominion of Canada, Oct. 29, 1830. He\\nwas 13 years of age when he came with his parents\\nto Michigan, where they settled in the month of July,\\nand he has been a resident of Sanilac County since\\nthat date, with the exception of four years, during\\nwhich he was a soldier in the service of the United\\nStates. In 1850, he purchased 80 acres of unim-\\nproved land on section 23, on which he erected good\\nbuildings and proceeded to make the necessary im-\\nprovements to put the place in first-class agricultural\\ncondition. He became interested in the issues of the\\nCivil War early in its course, and enlisted Nov. 5,\\n1861, in the loth Mich. Vol. Inf He received an\\nhonorable discharge July 19, 1865, at Louisville, Ky.\\nHe was in action at Stone River, Mission Ridge,\\nRoseview (Ga.), Marietta (Ga.), and numerous\\nothers of varying importance. He was present at\\nthe fight and capture of Atlanta, and at Jonesboro,\\nwhere his father was killed.\\nHe was married Aug. 18, 1850, to Elizabeth,\\ndaughter of Joseph and Lydia Van Camp. They\\nwere born in Canada, which was also the native place\\nof Mrs. Wright. She was born Dec. 8, 1830. No\\nchildren being born to them, Mr. and Mrs. Wright\\nhave been the foster-parents of six belonging to more\\nfortunate wedlock. Of these, three survive. John\\nSly is a resident of Muskegon; Margaret is the wife\\nof Henry Lewis; and Lillie E. Sly resides at the\\nhome in which she has been adopted.\\nMr. Wright is a Republican. He and his wife are\\nmembers of the Christian Church.\\n-nnasisiM^^\\nK4 S;Zl2TOv\\n\u00c2\u00a51\\na| jl^dward Cash, farmer and stock-breeder, on\\nSt^^k section 35, Watertown Township, was born\\nin Shropshire, England, Dec. 30, i8ir.\\nHe remained there with his parents until 15\\nyears of age, when the family came to America.\\nThey located in Kingston, Ontario, and after-\\nwards removed to Markham in Home District, where\\nthe father operated as a contractor and builder until\\nhis death about the year 1834, aged 39 years.\\nmother died in 1836.\\nMr. Cash was 17 years old when his father died.\\nHe had learned the builder s trade in his native\\ncountry, and on the death of his father he found em-\\nployment in that avenue. He worked two years\\nin that capacity in Ontario, and in 1841 came to\\nMichigan. He settled at Port Huron, where he\\nengaged in the lumber business, operating at the\\npoint where Brockway Center, St. Clair Co., Mich.,\\nis now located, and where he has been instrumental\\nin clearing many acres of primitive forest. He oper-\\nated as a lumberman on Black River, two years,\\nand came thence to this part of Sanilac County,\\nin 185 1. He purchased 240 acres, located on\\nsections 26 and 35.\\nAt that time there were no settlers in the adjoin-\\ning townships; the county was not named, but\\nwas attached to Si. Clair County. There were no\\nthoroughfares, and Mr. Cash opened roads in every\\ndirection in the county. Elk and deer abounded,\\nwhich he shot for food. He frequently killed three\\nanimals before his early, six o clock breakfast.\\nBears were very plenty and furnished much sport.\\nOn taking possession of his claim he cleared a\\npatch of land and built a shanty, which he\\noccupied 12 years. He began to make improve-\\nments on his farm and pursued his lumber interests\\nwith vigorous energy. He has owned extensive\\ntracts of land and has dealt largely in real estate.\\nHis possessions in Sanilac County amounted at one\\ntime to 1 ,400 acres of land. He has presented each\\nof his four sons with 80 acres of land, and has\\ncaused the advanced improvement of 200 acres of\\nhis homestead farm. Some years ago he built a\\nfine residence, which was then one of the largest\\nin Sanilac County. The farm is supplied with com-\\nmodious accessory buildings. It forms a decided\\ncontrast to the condition of things at the time of\\nsettlement, a part of which have been here and\\nelsewhere outlined. Among other annoyances which\\nthe early settlers encountered, was the overflowing\\nof Elk River and the danger from the wolves which\\nwere continually on the alert to seize and devour\\nevery living creature on the farms. Two years\\nelapsed after the removal of Mr. Cash hither before\\nhis wife saw the face of another white woman.\\nMr. Cash was married Aug. 10, 1850, at Port\\nHuron, Mich., to Mary Clifford. She is a daughter\\nI\\nx^-na:*:nK\u00c2\u00bb^\\n-^4^", "height": "2866", "width": "2206", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph09chic_0364.jp2"}, "365": {"fulltext": "\u00e2\u0096\u00a0\u00c2\u00a9V\u00c2\u00ab;llll5Silll^\\n1\\nSANILAC COUNTY.\\nof Richard and Sophia (Davis) Clifford, natives\\nrespectively of England and France. The mother\\nof Mrs. Cash was born on board the British man-of-\\nwar Victory, during the progress of the battle of\\nTrafalgar. Her father was purser of Lord Nelson s\\nflag-ship. The daughter was born in County AVex-\\nford, Ireland, Dec. 30, 1834. When she was three\\nmonths old, her parents went to England and a\\nyear later came to Ontario, where they passed the\\nremainder of their lives. When Mrs. Cash was xi\\nyears old, she came to Port Huron, where she\\nremained until her marriage. The record of 1 1\\nchildren born to Mr. and Mrs. Cash is as follows:\\nEdward, born Oct. 10, 1851, died Jan. 24, 1852;\\nFred was born May 4, 1853; Martha, March g,\\n1855; Sarah, March 6, 1857; Thomas, Feb. 25,\\n1859; Edward, Jan. 28, 1861 George, Dec. 3,\\n1862; Gustavus, April 8, 1865; Eleanor, Feb. 10,\\n1867; Arthur, Jan. 2, 1869; Abby, Aug. 2, 1871.\\nMrs. Cash is a member of the Methodist Episco-\\npal Church. Mr. Cash is a Democrat and has been\\nactive in the local management of the township\\nsince its organization.\\n\u00e2\u0080\u00a2vtece/\u00c2\u00a9^*\\n./^^!/3OT?v.\\nImasa Derby, farmer, section 32, Sanilac\\nTownship, was born July 27, 1845, in\\ns-Jl^S^ Jefferson Co., N. Y. His parents, Lewis R.\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0lia and Alzina (Farr) Derby, were born respect-\\n1 ively in Franklin and Jefferson Counties.\\nThey were both of New England parentage\\nand English descent. The father was a farmer\\nand removed to Michigan in October, 1866, and\\npurchased 80 acres of land on section 32. He is\\nstill living on the homestead, which is managed\\nby his son. The mother died Dec. 12, 1883, aged\\n74 years.\\nMr. Derby was 21 years of age when he came to\\nMichigan, where he has since resided continuously.\\nHe succeeded to the control of his father s farm\\nin 1869, and since that time has pushed his interests\\nwith vigorous energy and success, and has a well\\nimproved farm.\\nHe was first married in Jefferson Co., N^ Y., to\\nJane McDonald. The event transpired July 3,\\n1866. A son was born of this union, Ulysses R.,\\nMarch 15, 1869, and died Oct. 3, same year. Mrs.\\nDerby was a native of Ontario, born April 27, 1838,\\nof Scotch parentage, and died Sept. 25, 1869. Mr.\\nDerby was a second time married Dec. 21, 1872, to\\nMatilda Ennest. Three children have been born\\nto Mr. and Mrs. Derby, as follows: Lewis M., Oct.\\n24, 1876; Frank E., March 12, 1878; John A.,\\nDec. 27, 1882. Mrs. Derby was born Dec. 27, 1850,\\nin Oxford Co., Ont., and is the daughter of Hiram\\nand Mary (McNames) Ennest. Both parents were\\nof New England origin, and settled in the Dominion,\\nwhere they remained until their removal with their\\nfamily in 1865 to Michigan.\\nMr. Derby is a Republican in political connection.\\nHis parents have long been zealous adherents of the\\nMethodist Episcopal Church.\\nohn Blower, merchant and furniture dealer,\\nDeckerville, was born July 13, 1838, in the\\ntown of Nuneaton, Warwickshire, Eng.\\nHe emigrated from his native country to Can-\\n11 ada, in 1862, and came a year later to the\\nUnited States, locating at Port Huron, where\\nhe established himself in the same business in which\\nhe is at present engaged, and conducted his affairs\\nin that line as a traveling salesman. His first\\nbeginning was on the smallest possible scale, and\\nhe sold a stove for eight dollars, half of which he\\ninvested in goods as a starter. After he ceased to\\nsell goods on the road, he took his stock and came\\nto Deckerville. He rented an old log building in\\nthe best location in the village, and entered vigorous-\\nly into the work of establishing his business as a mer-\\nchant. After six years of effort he purchased three\\ncorners of the main thoroughfares of Deckerville and\\non one he caused the erection of the Commercial\\nHotel. On another corner he erected a building\\nwhich is utilized as a drug store, his own business\\nestablishment occupying the third corner. His store\\nbuilding is 38 X50 feet, and that where he conducts\\nhis furniture business is 40x42 feet in dimensions,\\ncosting $Sj09S-,_^The combined\\nK-,\\n(m\\nsi/", "height": "2866", "width": "2206", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph09chic_0365.jp2"}, "366": {"fulltext": "37\u00c2\u00b0\\nx\\nf\\n1\\nvV\\n7 ^III1^I1I1 V T\\nSANILAC COUNTY.\\n-\u00c2\u00ab4^^^\u00c2\u00ae\\nvalued at $g,ooo and his annual transactions are\\nestimated at $30,000. He was the first to establish\\na grain market in this section, and he built an\\nelevator near the railroad station having a capacity\\nof 25,000 bushels. He is the owner of a house and\\ntwo lots at Port Huron.\\nPolitically, Mr. Blower is a Democrat.\\nHe was married in his native county in England,\\nin June, i860, to Charlotte Armson, who was born\\nin the same shire, May 29, 1842. Her parents\\ncame to the United States with her, and settled at\\nPort Huron, where her father died, in May, 1872.\\nOf eight children born of her marriage, two Bisby\\nand David R. Brown are deceased. Priscilla, Isa-\\nbella, Anna, Jessie, Rosa and Sarah are the names\\nof those who are living.\\nMr. and Mrs. Blower are communicants in the\\nChurch of England.\\n^jenry A. Babcock, Supervisor of Elk Town-\\nship, resident on section 23, was born April\\n12, 1822, in Rome Township, Oneida Co.i\\nN. Y. He is the son of Job and Sarah (Wil-\\nliams) Babcock, who were natives of Vermont,\\nand were respectively descended from English\\nand Irish parentage. In the paternal line, Mr. Bab-\\ncock s ancestors belonged to the Puritans, and were\\namong the earliest settlers in America. His grand-\\nsires were both soldiers of the Revolution and served\\nthrough the entire course of the Colonial War. The\\nfather, Job Babcock, was a farmer by occupation, and\\ndied, of quick consumption, in October, 1834, at the\\nage of 49 years. The mother died July 4, 185 1,\\naged 69 years.\\nMr. Babcock is the ninth child of 15 born to his\\nparents, and the fifth son. They removed to Lewis\\nCo., N. Y., when he was two years old. Nine years\\nlater, they made another removal, to the St. Law-\\nrence River, where the father died the year following.\\nThat event threw upon the son the burden and re-\\nsponsibility of his own support, and he became a\\nfarm laborer, in which capacity he was employed\\nuntil he was 18 years old. He went then to Ontario.\\nTwo years afterward he was married, in Lambton\\nCounty, to Betsey Stryker, a native of New York, of\\nGerman ancestors. She was born March 17, 1824.\\nThe record of Mr. Babcock s family is unique in\\nnumber, and in the fact that no death has reduced\\nthe number. Fifteen children born to him and his\\nwife are all living, and all married but three. The\\ndescendants now number 60, there being 45 grand-\\nchildren. Following are the names and dates of\\nbirth of the children: Sarah M., Jan. 22, 1844;\\nEdward C, Feb. 17, 1845 Thirza J., Aug. 13, 1846;\\nJoseph J., in 1847; Jonathan VV., April 19, 1849;\\nRosetta S., Oct. 14, 1850; Rufus S., Feb. 9, 1852;\\nHarriet A., Dec. 14, 185- Emma J., March 29,\\n1856; Henry O., Dec. 22, 1857 Orland H., June 11,\\n1859; Betsey J., Dec. 2, i860; Julia G., May 31,\\n1862; Charles E., Sept. 13, 1863; Alvin W., Dec.\\n20, 1864.\\nTen years after his marriage, Mr. Babcock removed\\nhis family to Macomb Co., Mich., where he engaged\\nin farming until 1863. In that year he came to San-\\nilac County and purchased the farm on which he has\\nsince resided. He embarked in the manufacture of\\nhoops, in which business he was for some time inter-\\nested, in connection with his agricultural pursuits.\\nHis farm is in prosperous condition, and comprises\\n10 acres of small fruits. He is a Democrat in politi-\\ncal views, and has been Supervisor of the township\\nfive years. He has held various minor offices, and\\nis one of the building committee of the county jail\\nnow in process of election.\\n^farrison Cooper, farmer, section 5, Forester\\n~,ii Township, was born Dec. 17, 1847, in the\\ncity of London, Ont. He is the son of George\\nyj? and Phebe Cooper, and his father died in On-\\nS tario when about 40 years of age. The mother\\nis still living. Their family included five chil-\\ndren.\\nMr. Cooper entered upon an unaided struggle for\\nexistence when he was 12 years of age, and worked\\nfor 16 months in one engagement as a farm laborer.\\nHe went thence to Strathroy, Ont., where he entered\\nthe service of a liveryman and continued to operate\\nA\\nSi/", "height": "2866", "width": "2206", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph09chic_0366.jp2"}, "367": {"fulltext": "^llll :^nilri\\ns\\n6\\nSANILAC COUNTY.\\n-4^^^\\nin that avenue of business three years. In 1864 he\\ncame to Michigan and engaged in himbering in this\\ntownship near the lake shore, where he operated\\nsome time. He returned again to Ontario in 1865\\nand engaged in the pursuit of agriculture, in Middle-\\nsex County. He went later to Strathroy, Ont., where\\nhe engaged in a hotel enterprise and also conducted\\na saw-mill.\\nIn 1876 he returned to Michigan and bought 56\\nacres of land, which is his present homestead. It is\\nall cleared and under a good state of cultivation.\\nHis first marriage to Mrs. Elizabeth Jane (Philo)\\nBuck, occurred April 5, 1876; and they had two\\nchildren, Emma J. and Harry R. The latter died\\nin infancy. The decease of their mother took place\\nat her home in Forester Township, Sept. 12, 1881,\\nwhen she was 26 years of age. She was the widow\\nof E. Buck, and was the mother of three children\\nby her first marriage, Charles J., William F. and\\nLillie. Mr. Cooper was again married, in Port Hope,\\nto Mrs. Mary A. (Philo) Taylor, widow of John L.\\nTaylor, who was killed by a falling tree Dec. 17, 1879.\\nMrs. Cooper was born in Washington Co., N. Y.,\\nMarch 20, 1847. She is the daughter of Charles and\\nSophronia (Smith) Philo, who were natives of New\\nEngland and removed in 1855 to Ontario. She was\\nmarried at St. Thomas, and removed with her hus-\\nband to Ionia Co., Mich., and went thence to Lapeer\\nCounty, where her husband met his death by accident.\\nMr. Coojier is a Democrat in political faith, and\\nhas discharged the duties of several local official\\npositions.\\nmarriage to Elizabeth A., daughter of Andrew Mack-\\nlem, occurred Nov. 27, of that year. She is a native\\nof Sanilac County, and is the mother of three chil-\\ndren, one of whom died when an infant. Nina and\\nCandace are the names of the survivors.\\nMr. Baker is identified with the Republican party\\nand its interests. He has been School Superintend-\\nent a number of years.\\ni-VVN/v-^\\nc\\newis Baker, farmer, section 14, Worth\\nTownship, is the son of Seneca and Mary\\ni Baker. (See sketch of S. Baker.) He was\\nborn May 18, 1846, in the Township of Lexing-\\nton, Sanilac County, obtained a fair degree of\\neducation at the common schools and finished\\nhis studies at the Agricultural College at Lansing,\\nwhere he pursued them one year. At the age of 17\\nyears he became a teacher. In 1S73 he came into\\npossession of 80 acres of land, which he has since\\nconducted, and has 70 acres under culture. He was\\nan inmate of his paternal home until 1878, and his\\nfW. ames L. Shults, publisher of the Sanilac\\nCounty Reporter, was born Jan. 25, 1822,\\nin Geneseo, New York. His father, a\\nhatter by trade, removed his family from Gen-\\nesee County to Chautauqua County, in the\\nEmpire State. In 1833 another removal was\\neffected, to Toledo, Ohio. One year later they set-\\ntled on a farm in Lenawee Co., Mich., where they\\nresided until 1837, the date of his father s purchase\\nof a farm in Washtenaw Co., Mich.\\nMr. Shults was under the care of his parents dur-\\ning his minority. When he reached independent\\nmanhood he became a traveling agent and operated\\nin Indiana, Illinois, Wisconsin and Iowa. He passed\\na period of six years in that occupation, when he\\nengaged in farming in Livingston Co., Mich. Six\\nyears later he bought 160 acres of land in Seville\\nTownship, Gratiot County. He was one of the\\nearliest of the permanent settlers there, and remained\\na resident of the farm until December, 1883. He\\nthen removed to Port Sanilac, to secure the benefit of i\\nthe location for his wife, who was in failing health.\\nIn January, 1884, associated with his son, he en-\\ngaged in the journalistic enterprise, in which he is\\nstill interested. The paper is growing in popularity\\nand influence, and is conducted on independent\\nprinciples.\\nThe first marriage of Mr. Shults took place in\\nJackson Co., Mich, May 6, 1846, when he became\\nthe husband of Minerva J. Pierce. She was born in\\n1828, in Jackson County, and died July 25, 1848, in\\n.s^\\nat^\\nDenver, Col. Mr. Shults was a second time married\\nMarch 2, 1849, near Howell, Livingston County, to\\nLivingston County. Antoinette, only child of this ej\\nunion, is the wife of John Korting, and resides", "height": "2866", "width": "2206", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph09chic_0367.jp2"}, "368": {"fulltext": "S^/^l^^^#-\\nSANILAC COUNTY.\\n#^(\u00c2\u00aeVi\\nBetsey E. Rounds. They have been the parents of\\nW nine children, namely Mary, James, Flora, Minnie,\\nChester and Edith, who are living, and Lillian, Eva\\nand Rosa, who are deceased. Mrs. Shults was born\\nMay 3, 1831, in .\\\\llegany Co., N. Y., and descended\\nfrom New England ancestors. She lived in Livings-\\nton County from the age of five years until her mar-\\nriage.\\nilliam Kelly, deceased, formerly a farmer\\non section 9, Mailette Township, was\\nborn Aug. 29, 1817, in Ireland. His\\n\u00e2\u0080\u00a2parents, William and Margaret (Fallas)\\nKelly, were also natives of that county,\\nemigrated to America and settled in Can-\\nada, where they spent their last years.\\nMr. Kelly was about 23 years of age when he\\nbecame a resident of the Dominion. He remained\\nthere until 1861, when he came to Sanilac County\\nand bought a claim of 80 acres of Government land,\\non which he settled and resided until his death,\\nin the fall of 1884, of that lingering and painful\\ndisease, cancer. He was a Republican in his politi-\\ncal faith and practice.\\nHe was married Jan. i, 1854, to Jeannette Sproul,\\nin Canada, where she was born. Twelve children\\nwere born of this marriage, nine of whom survive.\\nTheir names are David, John, Archibald, Maggie,\\nWilliam, Hiram, George, Mary and Catherine. Those\\ndeceased are William, Susanna, and a child who\\nV\\ndied in infancy.\\nv.\\n*alvin H. Bleake, farmer, section 31, Sani-\\nS lac Township, was born April 5, 1828, in\\nDarlington Township, Ont. His parents.\\nfltj John and Sarah (Connor) Bleake, removed\\nto Michigan when he was 12 years of age,\\nlocating in the township of Lexington, Sanilac\\nCounty. His father died two years later, when he\\njjwas left, not only with tiie burden of his own main-\\n^-^^H!]\\ntenance, but also of the care of his widowed mother\\nand four younger children, a duty which he fully\\ndischarged for seven years.\\nHe was married when he came to the age of man-\\nhood, to Rachel Wixson, of Lexington. She was\\nborn in 1828, in the State of New York. They have\\nbeen the parents of eight childrien, three of whom\\nare deceased Daniel, John and Elmer. Alice,\\nVelma, Octavia, Lavinia and Sarah have attained\\nadult age and settled in life.\\nAt the date of Mr. Bleake s removal to Sanilac\\nCounty there were but three houses at Lexington,\\nand he belongs to the earliest pioneer element of the\\nHuron peninsula. After his marriage he located on\\na farm in Lexington Township, where he operated\\nuntil his removal to the farm of which he is the pro-\\nprietor, and which he bought several years previous\\nto his removal here. It contains 120 acres, and is\\nwholly improved, including excellent and valuable\\nfarm buildings. At the time he took possession it\\nwas in primitive wildness. In the fire of 18S1,\\nMr. Bleake was a heavy loser, fences and timber,\\nand all personal property, save a small amount,\\nbeing burned.\\nMr. Bleake is independent in politics, and in reli-\\ngious opinion adopts the tenets of the Latter-Day\\nSaints.\\nI rCJlCohn S. Thomson is one of the substantial\\nand prominent business men of Port Sani-\\nlac. His business includes merchandise,\\nreal estate, money-lending and salt manufac-\\n]u ture. He has been a resident of Sanilac since\\n1850, and is one of the earliest of the perma-\\nnent pioneer settlers of Huron County. His father s\\nfamily was the second to fix their location in Sanilac\\nTownship.\\nMr. Thomson was 16 years of age when he first\\ncame to the Huron peninsula. He had served an\\napprenticeship in engineering previous to removal\\nhither, and he operated in that position in a mill\\nerected by his father and Anthony Oldfield. After\\nfollowing that occupation two years he abandoned it\\nand resolved on turning the evident resources of the\\ncountry to his own advantage.\\nI\\nT\\nA\\nr^\\ntf^ .i\\nI", "height": "2866", "width": "2206", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph09chic_0368.jp2"}, "369": {"fulltext": "ti^^/^\u00c2\u00ae^\u00c2\u00ab^\u00e2\u0082\u00ac\\n#JSK-\\nSANILAC COUNTY.\\n373\\nHe arose one morning at four o clock to make his\\nway to Detroit, the nearest point where he could ob-\\ntain a supply of fishing tackle. He walked all the\\nway to the City of the Straits to procure the neces-\\nsary articles to establish his contemjjlated business\\nof fishing. He continued the prosecution of that\\nenterprise eight years, its labors demanding at fre-\\nquent periods his attention nights as well as days.\\nHe succeeded in saving sufficient funds to establish\\nhimself in trade, and he started the sale of mer-\\nchandise in a log house of ancient date on the lake\\nside at Bark Shanty, then the significant cognomen\\nof Port Sanilac. He invested $500 in merchandise\\nat the outset, and he continued his operations in that\\nline singly for six years, when he extended his con-\\nnections and began lumbering in company with his\\nbrother. He purchased 2,000 acres of timbered land\\nin Huron County and pushed his business in that\\nline with vigorous energy. His relations continued\\nto extend, and he erected a large salt-block with\\nbarns, tenements, etc., and his prospects were in the\\nmost promising condition when the disastrous fires of\\nSeptember, 1871, swept away everything. The scene\\nof Mr. Thomson s operations were in a location now\\nincluded in the township of White Rock, and of all\\nthat his enterprise and energy had built up but one\\nstructure remained standing. The aggregate loss\\nwas $110,000, partially covered by $4,500 insurance.\\nMr. Thomson settled his affairs on the basis of the\\nstrictest integrity, paying all claims against him in\\nfull, without asking compromise. This straightforward\\nmethod secured a wide-spread confidence, which\\nsoon enabled him to place his affairs once more in a\\nprofitable and promising condition. A prominent\\nbusiness firm of Detroit proffered unlimited credit,\\nand their relations were soon re-established and\\nmoved on prosperously until they decided on a\\nchange of location. In 1883 the brothers Thomson\\nsold their interests at White Rock, and John S. re-\\nmoved to Port Sanilac, where he established a mer-\\ncantile enterprise with $10,000 worth of goods.\\nThe salt interests of Mr. Thomson are located at\\nSt. Clair, where his brother is superintending the erec-\\ntion of an extensive salt-block. He is the owner of\\n1,500 acres of land in the Huron peninsula, and\\ndeals largely in real estate, in which he is operating\\nin the interests of the general public, selling to actual\\nsettlers on terms that conduce to the development of\\nHuron and Sanilac Counties. He owns nine im-\\nproved lots at Port Sanilac, and a residence that\\nranks with the best in Northern Michigan. It is built\\nof brick, at an expense of $10,000, with inside archi-\\ntecture and ornamentation of the finest type, the\\nfinishing being done in valuable varieties of hard\\nwood, the expense of the interior amounting to\\n$4,000.\\nMr. Thomson is a Republican of decided princi-\\nples, and he has served his generation in the political\\narena with the same energy and integrity with which\\nhe has built up and sustained his business standino-\\nHe was elected to represent his district in the Legis-\\nlature of Michigan in 1876, and re-elected in 1878.\\nHe discharged his duty to his constituency in secur-\\ning legislative action in directions where they were\\nimmediately interested, and procured the passage of\\nbills calculated to restrict the nefarious operations of\\nthe land-grabbers and other vampires with selfish\\ndesigns. He was prominent in the movement to\\nobtain a reduction in the State oil test, having for a\\nformidable antagonist the State chemist. Dr. R. C.\\nKedzie. After the fire of 187 1 he was appointed\\ndistributing agent in a district including 16 town-\\nships, and performed the same duty subsequent to\\nthe fire of 18S1.\\nThe marriage of Mr. Thomson to Mary W. Joiner\\noccurred Dec. 25, 1865. Of four children born to\\nthem, Herbert aTid an infant unnamed are deceased,\\nand Harriet and Charles are living. Mrs. Thomson\\nis the daughter of Charles W. and Harriet (Water-\\nbury) Joiner, who were natives of Polo, Ogle Co.,\\nIllinois, and of New England ancestry. Her father\\nwas heavily engaged in lumbering in Michigan for a\\nperiod of 16 years. He suffered immense losses in\\nthe fire of 1871, seven large saw-mills and an ines-\\ntimable quantity of lumber being consumed in Sep-\\ntember of that year. But he retrieved his fortunes\\nand retired with a competency. Mrs. Thomson was\\nborn June 23, 1842. She was educated at Rensse-\\nlaerville, N. Y.\\nMr. Thomson is a native of Manchester, Eng.,\\nwhere he was born Aug. 28, 1833. His father, Wil-\\nliam Thomson, was born in 1802, in the city of Gir-\\nvan, Scotland, of unmixed Scottish parentage. At the\\nage of 14 years he bscame a member of the Presby-\\nterian Church, accepting the tenets of that denomi-\\nnation with all the strength and fervor that charac-\\nterize his race. He served seven years in acquiring\\na knowledge of the blacksmith s trade, and when he\\niv\\nc^:\\n0)\\n^\u00c2\u00abt#*\\nj^\\n?Il!l^I]tl^", "height": "2866", "width": "2206", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph09chic_0369.jp2"}, "370": {"fulltext": "-T ^\\\\iUm r^\\n374\\nSANILAC COUNTY.\\n-is*\\n(Oj\\nV\\n\u00e2\u0080\u00a2r^\u00e2\u0080\u00a2\\nwas 23 years of age went to Manchester, Eng.,\\nwhere he operated two years as an engineer for the\\nfirm of Sharp Roberts.\\nHe sailed thence for the port of New York, where\\nhe remained but six weeks, and returned to Man-\\nchester, Eng., where he obtained a position in the\\nmachine shop of WilHam J. Crighton. He was\\nmarried in the old cathedral of that city, in 1830, to\\nAnn Stelfax, He remained in England thencefor-\\nward until 1850, when he set sail with his family\\nfrom Liverpool in the ship Blake for New Orleans.\\nThe passage consumed nine weeks, and after land-\\ning at the destined port the family proceeded to Cin-\\ncinnati, Ohio, where Mr. T. resumed his business in\\nthe machine shop of Lyons Co. In 185 i he came\\nto tlie present site of Port Sanilac, to engage in the\\nlumber business with Anthony Oldfield and others,\\nthe firm style being, Thomson, Oldfield Co. He\\nexpended years of effort with small reward, and\\neventually resumed his trade of blacksmith in the\\nemployment of J. L. Woods Co., and other mill\\nfirms along the side of Lake Huron. He conducted\\nhis business until his death in 1872. His widow\\nlives at Port Sanilac, and is 74 years of age. They\\nbecame the parents of eight children.\\nMr. Thomson of this sketch is the second in order\\nof birth and the oldest now living. He was well\\neducated in his native city, and served an appren-\\nticeship of four years as engineer. He comes of\\nstock, on both sides of his descent, distinguished for\\ntenacity of life, the generations preceding his parents\\nhaving attained to remarkable ages.\\n?(Eill eorge McDonald, merchant and Post-\\nI master, farmer, dealer in grain and real\\nestate at Minden City, was born April 22,\\n1844, in Hastings Co., Ont. In 1850 his par-\\nents, James and Agnes E. (Ferguson) Mc-\\nDonald, removed with their family to Michigan,\\nand located in St. Clair County. They are still living,\\nin the vicinity of Jeddo in that county, and are aged\\nrespectively 86 and 83 years. They are natives of\\nScotland, and belonged to well-to do and respectable\\nfamilies of the yeomanry. Mr. James McDonald\\nwas a builder by vocation, and emigrated to the Do-\\nminion of Canada in 1846, whence he came to Michi-\\ngan, being among the earliest settlers of St. Clair\\nCounty. The vicinity where the family located was\\nin an entirely unimproved state. Mr. McDonald\\npurchased 80 acres at first, and later, four tracts of a\\na similar acreage, and has distributed the five 8o s\\namong four sons every acre of the original several\\npurchases still remaining within the family. The\\nparents were married in 1831, and in December,\\n1881, celebrated their golden wedding. At that date\\nthere were six children and nine grandchildren, and\\nthere had been no death in the family since the com-\\nmencement of its existence as such. Jeannelte,\\nAlexander, Anna and George are residents of Michi-\\ngan; James resides in Tacoma, Washington Terri-\\ntory, and Duncan is in San Francisco, Cal. All are\\nmarried except one daughter, Anna.\\nMr. McDonald was reared in a careful manner, as\\nis the custom with people of the class to which his\\nparents belong. He was under his father s guidance\\nand instruction until he attained his majority, and\\nwas taught farming and sent to the district schools\\nduring the winter seasons. When he was 19 years\\nof age he went to Albion, Calhoun Co., Mich., to at-\\ntend the Mayhew Business College then located\\nthere, where he completed a course of commercial\\nstudy. After he was graduated at that institution, he\\nwent into business at Lakeport, St. Clair County,\\nwhere he established a mercantile interest under the\\nstyle of McDonald, Cadwell Co. This relation\\nwas in successful operation eight years. In 1870 he\\nwent to California and attended the State University\\nat Frisco, returning to Lakeport, Michigan, after\\ncompleting his course of study. He was married\\nthere Oct. 20, 1875, to Martha A. Wade. She was\\nborn Nov. 26, 1854, at Lakeport, St. Clair County,\\nand is the daughter of George and Theresa (Giles)\\nWade. Her parents were born respectively in Onta-\\nrio and England, and are of English descent. They\\nare aged 54 and 52 years respectively, and her father\\nis engaged in business with Mr. McDonald.\\nThe latter removed to Grass Lake, Jackson Co.,\\nMich., after his marriage, where he was a merchant,\\nmiller and dealer in stock. He came to Minden\\nCity, where he arrived Aug. 9, 1880, on the first pas-\\nsenger train that made a regular trip to Minden City,\\nand at once established the busmess which he has\\nsince pursued. He was the first shipper of grain by\\nv\\n^\\\\m^^\\n-^4?^3^f\u00c2\u00ae", "height": "2866", "width": "2206", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph09chic_0370.jp2"}, "371": {"fulltext": "SANILAC COUNTY.\\nr^^\\n:2i^iii?\u00c2\u00ab^\\n^0^m\\\\^m\\n375\\n(h\\nt\\nrail from this place, and his traffic in that branch of\\nbusiness is very large. His annual transactions in\\nthe other avenues in which he is interested aggregate\\n$50,000. He o\\\\vi-,s 120 acres of land in Minden\\nTownship, and considerable improved village prop-\\nerty.\\nHe is a zealous and earnest Republican, and is\\npresent Postmaster at Minden City. He is President\\nof the village (1884). While a resident of Lakeport\\nhe officiated several years as Postmaster, and also as\\nTreasurer of the Township.\\n-vtazfi;\u00c2\u00a9^^\\nK4\u00e2\u0080\u0094 w^^J OTJ X\\n%M^\\nvfi ohn Collins, merchant at Peck, was born\\n2 lj Jii y 28, 1836, in Esquessing, Halton Co.,\\ni Ont. His parents, James and Isabella\\n(Smith) Collins, were born in Scotland, of\\nnii.\\\\ed Scotch and Irish parentage. Both came\\nto this country before marriage. They settled\\nin Ontario, where they belonged to the agricultural\\ncommunity. They passed the remainder of their\\nlives in the Dominion, and there reared their family\\nof 1 1 children, six of whom are still living.\\nMr. Collins was the seventh child of his parents,\\nwho removed when he was eight years old to Strath-\\nroy, Middlesex Co., Ont., where he spent the time\\nuntil he was 20 years of age as a farm laborer, and\\nin attendance at the common schools. He then be-\\ngan business for himself and spent some months in\\nvarious occupations, after which he engaged in the\\nmanufacture of hoops and staves. On reaching the\\nperiod of his legal freedom he set out for the West,\\nand passed two years in prospecting. He returned\\nto the land of his nativity, and in 1861 decided to\\nsettle in Michigan. He located in St. Clair County,\\nand began to make hoops and staves at Memphis,\\nwhere he operated one year, returning at the end of\\nthat time to Ontario, where he was similarly em-\\nployed until January, 1866. He came to Peck and\\nestablished himself in the same branch of manufac-\\nturing. In 1868 he embarked in general trade, in\\nwhich he has since been occupied and pursued with\\nincreasing prosperity.\\nMr. Collins is a staunch advocate of and adherent\\nto the principles of the National Greenback party.\\nHe has served his township four terms as Treasurer,\\nand has discharged the duties of the minor official\\npositions.\\nMr. Collins has been three times married. His\\nfirst wife, Lida A. JeiTrey, was a native of Canada.\\nShe died at Strathroy, Middlesex Co., Ont. He was\\nmarried a second time, at Port Huron, to Minnie\\nLeonhard. She was born at Amadore, Sanilac\\nCounty. Of three children born of this union one,\\nJohn S., survives. Augusta B. is deceased, and an\\ninfant died soon after birth. The mother died in\\nElk Township. Mr. Collins was again married at\\nLakeport, to Vera M. Leonhard, a sister of the\\nsecond wife and daughter of Ferdinand and Augusta\\nLeonhard. The parents were Germans, and were\\npioneer settlers of Sanilac County, where the father\\ndied in the fall of 1883, aged 83 years. The mother\\nis still living at Amadore, and is 67 years of age.\\nMrs. Collins was born in the vownship of Worth.\\nOne child, Jennie M., was born to Mr. and Mrs.\\nCollins, May 8, 1883.\\nMr. Collins is the owner of a fine farm in Elk\\nTownship, whose management he superintends per-\\nsonally.\\n^I^4i\\nJlebastian Erbe,\\nfarmer, section 22, Sanilac\\nTownship, was born Sept. 21, 1822, in\\nPrussia. At the age of 15 years he began\\n\\\\v\\\\, to learn the trade of a needle-maker that\\nwork then being accomplished by hand\\nmanufacture and pursued that branch of\\nindustry until he was 19, when he learned the\\nbrewer s business, which he followed chiefly for a\\nperiod of 10 years. In 1851 became to the United\\nStates, locating at Detroit, where he readily obtained\\nemployment as a brewer. He remained in the City\\nof the Straits 18 months, coming thence in 1864 to\\nthe county and township of Sanilac. The section\\nwhere he made the purchase of 40 acres of land was\\nin nature s wildness. He afterward made purchases\\nof land until he had increased his real estate to 120\\nacres, The location of the place and its quality are\\namong the best in the township, and the owner has\\nplaced too acres in fine agricultural condition, with\\nm i!D ^r9\\n-4^^^\\nf\\nC\\n1", "height": "2866", "width": "2206", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph09chic_0371.jp2"}, "372": {"fulltext": "Wlf^rm^^--\\n376\\n1\\nf\\n1=3\\nE=X\\n1=3\\nT\\nSAJSIILAC COUNTY.\\nexcellent buildings and creditable herds of cattle and\\nsheep.\\nMr. Erbe endorses the principles and sustains the\\nissues of the Democratic party.\\nHis first marriage took place June 16, 1852, when\\nhe became the husband of Elizabeth Hollenbeck.\\nShe was born Sept. 9, 1829, in Prussia, and came to\\nAmerica with her parents when she was 23 years of\\nage. She died in Sanilac Township, Dec. 23, 1868.\\nSi.x of eight children of whom she was the mother\\nstill survive Chades, Minnie, Bertha, Bernhard,\\nAugust and Henry. Christina and Emma are de-\\nceased. Mr. Erbe was a second time married, in\\nSeptember, 1869, to Caroline Cain, a native of Prus-\\nsia and a resident of Ann Arljor, Mich., for some\\nyears previous to her marriage. She died at her\\nhome, July 29, 1879, leaving five children Herman,\\nJohn, Odes, Fred and Ida. The father was a third\\ntime married, Sept. 21, 1878, at Detroit, to Mrs Lucy\\nA. (Kinder) Hahn. She was born Dec. 4, 1827, in\\nWurtemburg, Germany. She was first married in her\\nnative land and came to Detroit in 1864.\\nThe family are Lutherans.\\nandall E. Davis, deceased, formerly a resi-\\ndent of Croswell, which was named Davis-\\nville in 1856, in his honor, and retained the\\ncognomen until 1879, was born Aug. 28, 1816,\\nin Venango Co., N. Y. His parents, Solomon\\nand Nancy (Randall) Davis, were born re-\\nspectively in Connecticut and Vermont, and died at\\nthe residence of their son at Davisville. They were\\neach 75 years of age at the time of their decease.\\nMr. Davis left home at 18 years of age to acquire\\na knowledge of the ship carpenter s business, and\\nspent four years in his preparation. He soon after\\nbegan to work as a millwright, and after pursuing that\\nbusiness a short time in the State of New York, he\\nwent to Canada, where he remained four years, en-\\ngaged in the same occupation. He came thence to\\nBelle River, St. Chiir Co., Mich., and was occupied\\nthere four years in ship-building.\\nIn November, 1846, he first came to Sanilac\\nCounty and assisted Ephraim Pierce to build a saw-\\nC^\\n\u00c2\u00ab|\u00c2\u00ab9\\nM^\\\\im\\nmill on Black Creek, where now is the site of Cros-\\nwell. In 1847 he bought a half interest in the mill\\nand the two owners operated conjointly three years,\\nmeanwhile building a grist-mill. Both mills were T\\noperated by water power. After managing the grist- yGj\\nmill a year, Mr. Pierce sold his interest in it to\\nMatthew W. Stevenson, and a year later the latter\\nbecame proprietor of his claim in the saw-mill,\\nMessrs. Davis Stevenson continuing to operate\\nthe mills several years. In the spring of 1857 the\\ndam of the saw-mill was forced away, and as the\\nwater lowered every year, it was determined to re-\\nconstruct the mills to run by steam, which was done\\nin 1858, and the two estabhshments were operated by\\none engine. Three years later they were set on fire\\nby a stroke of lightning and burned to the ground.\\nThey had previously built a steam saw-mill on a\\nsmall creek in Marion Township, which they man-\\naged together until Mr. Davis sold his claim to his\\npartner. Then he and his brother-in-law, O. W.\\nKing, built a saw and grist mill at White Rock,\\nwhich they continued to operate nearly ihree years.\\nAfter this Mr. Davis returned to his farm, now\\nowned by E. R. McCredy. His return was made\\nmemorable by being the day of President Lincoln s\\nassassination, April 14, 1865. Mr. Davis continued\\nto reside upon the place from that time to tlie date\\nof his death, Sept. 30, 1878.\\nHe owned a half interest in the first store building\\nerected on the west side of the river, the other half\\nbeing the property of William Jenny. Tliis was also\\ndestroyed by fire.\\nDavisville was named in his honor, and the first\\npostoffice was established there in 1857, of which he\\nwas appointed Postmaster. Mr. Davis was a Dem-\\nocrat in his political preferences.\\nHe was married Nov. 17, 1846, to Melvina King,\\nand they had five children, all of whom are now\\nliving: Orson C, born Sept. 5, 1849, is engaged in\\nmining in Colorado. George .\\\\.,born March 7, 185 1,\\nresides in California. Florence E., born Oct. 11,\\n1856, is the wife of C. W. Arnott, and resides at Q)\\nLexington. Jennie, born Sept. 7, 1859, married 1\\nGeorge Arnott, and resides at Lexington village.\\nNewton E. was born Oct. 17, 1861, and resides in\\nCalifornia. The children were all born in Lexington\\nTownship.\\nMr. Davis was born in Jefferson Co., N. Y., Dec", "height": "2866", "width": "2206", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph09chic_0372.jp2"}, "373": {"fulltext": "^V^llll^|]ll^i -r-\\nry\\nSANILAC COUNTY.\\nill\\nh\\nV\\ns\\n26, 1821, and is the daughter of John and Polly\\n(Wright) King. Her mother was born in Vermont\\nand her father in Massachuset .s. Their parents\\nremoved with their families to New York, where they\\nwere married; and in July, 1845, they came to\\nMichigan, landing at Port Huron, whence they came\\nto Lexington and bought a farm of 160 acres, which\\nafterwards became the property of their son, with\\nwhom they lived some years. Tliey died at the\\nhome of Mr. Davis.\\nI ff-\\nfeazleton Graves, farmer, section 13, Bridge-\\ntjia^JMB. hampton Township, is the son of Daniel\\nand Mary (Ferguson) Graves. His father\\nwas born in New Hampshire, his mother in Ver-\\ni mont. After their marriage they settled in Can-\\nI ada, where they resided during the remainder of\\ntheir lives.\\nMr. Graves was born in Ontario, April 17, 1830,\\nand resided in his native country until the fall of\\n186 r, the date of his removal to Sanilac County. He\\nis a prominent farmer of his township, where he owns\\n120 acres of land, most of which is under culture.\\nHe was married Dec. 23, 1854, in London, Ont., to\\nLavilla Green, a native of the Dominion. They have\\nhad six children, only two of whom survive. John,\\nMary, Ella and Ida are deceased. Percy and Emma\\nare living. Mr. Graves is a Democrat in political\\nconnection, and has held several of the minor local\\noffices. Mrs. Graves is a member of the Methodist\\nEpiscopal Church.\\nndrew B. Benedict, farmer and blacksmith,\\n_ resident on section 28, Sanilac Township,\\ngil^ was born Jan. 21, 1832, in Prince Edward\\nCo., Out. His mother died when he was 15\\nmonths old, and he lived with his father until\\nhe was 21 years of age, meanwhile acquiring the\\ntrade of blacksmith, which he learned of his uncle.\\nOn becoming his own man he came to Michigan\\nand located in Tecumseh, Lenawee County, where\\nhe worked four years at his trade. At the expiration\\nof that time he returned to Ontario, coming back to\\nMichigan within the year, and to Sanilac County,\\nwhere he purchased 80 acres of land in Sanilac\\nTownship. He has brought the entire tract from\\nnature s wildness to the best condition for the\\nprosecution of his agricultural purposes; and he has\\nalso worked to some extent as a blacksmith.\\nMr. Benedict is a Republican of a radical type,\\nand has held the different local offices of his town-\\nship from first to last.\\nHe was married in Sanilac Township, Sept. 25,\\n1858, to Phebe J. Blakely, and their household has\\nincluded the following children Smith, George,\\nEdgar, John H., Frances O., Emma M., Luella, Or-\\nilla and Melissa J. (deceased). Mrs. Benedict was\\nborn in Kent Co., Ont., Nov. 6, 1839. She came,\\nwhen she was 19 years of age, to this township on a\\nvisit, and soon afterward was married. Her parents\\nwere Scotch and Irish by descent all Canadians by\\nbirth. The father is still living, in Ontario.\\nThe family belong to the Methodist Episcopal\\nChurch.\\ni^\\n-\u00e2\u0080\u00a2fPlrl^ir\\nS?] eorge L. Hurley, farmer, section 20, Mar-\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0/ilili^t ^on Township, was born May 31, 1841, in\\nV 5~ Schuyler Co., N. Y., and is the son of\\ni^ F^ John and Dorcas (Wixson) Hurley. (See\\nY sketch of Joel Hurley.) He acquired a fair\\nf common-school education in his native State,\\nand became a resident of Michigan when he was 19\\nyears of age, his parents removing to this State in\\ni860.\\nHe commenced in life by assuming the manage-\\nment of his father s farm when he was 22 years of\\nage. In 1864 he came from Lexington to Marion\\nTownship, where during the next year he purchased\\n80 acres of land, now his homestead. He purchased\\nlater 80 acres on section 21, lying adjoining, of which\\nhe sold 20 acres. The remaining 140 acres are chiefly\\nimproved and supplied with good and suitable farm\\nfixtures of all varieties. He is an agriculturist of", "height": "2866", "width": "2206", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph09chic_0373.jp2"}, "374": {"fulltext": "^^sr^m^^\\nfe^^^r\\n-7 C II(i^ill]^\\nV\\ns:-\\nI\\nf\\n37 J\\nSANILAC COUNTY.\\nJ\\n-5^\\nacknowledged skill, and ranks among the leading\\nfarmers of this section of Sanilac County.\\nIn political faith Mr. Hurley is a Democrat. He\\nhas officiated two years as Township Treasurer,\\nalso as School Inspector and in the minor township\\noffices.\\nHe was married Feb. 8, 1863, in Worth Township,\\nto Delia Welch. They are the parents of several\\nchildren,\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Emma A., Levi L., Walter Z., Velma A.,\\nCharles H., William J. and Clara M. Laura A. is\\ndeceased. Mrs. Hurley was born in Ontario, Can.,\\nand came in early life witli her parents to Michigan.\\nWith her husband, she is a member of the United\\nBrethren Church.\\ni~\\nfr||. ohn C. Benaway, dealer in dry goods,\\n^t groceries and boots and shoes, at Dovvning-\\nton, was born July 10, 1854, at Grand\\nRapids, Mich. His father, Peter Benaway,\\nwas born in the State of New York and mar-\\nried Catherine Stockel, a native of Ohio, of\\nGerman and Irish descent. Their marriage took\\nplace in Grand Rapids, where they lived, the\\nfather pursuing his business as a carpenter until\\n1 86 1, when he removed his family and interests to\\nSanilac County, settling in May of that year in\\nWorth Township. In 1862 he enlisted in Co. K,\\n22d Mich. Vol. Inf., and was in the military service\\nof the United States until his death in February,\\n1864, at Chattanooga, Tenn., of camp diarrhea.\\nThe mother is again married and resides in Worth\\nTownship.\\nMr. Benaway is the second of seven children born\\nto his parents, and he was six years of age when\\nthey became residents of Sanilac County. He re-\\nmained under the guardianship of his mother until\\nhe was 1 7 years old, when he was apprenticed to\\nlearn the business of a shoemaker, at Jeddo, St.\\nClair County. He went thence a year later to Lex-\\nington, to complete his knowledge of his trade, and\\nreturned to Jeddo, where he established himself in\\nbusiness. After making several changes in his loca-\\ntion he came in March, 1878, to Downington. In\\n1880 he went to Minden and pursued the same\\nbusiness there four years. In December, 1883, he\\nerected a building for his business at Downington\\nand established himself permanently. Politically,\\nMr. Benaway is a Republican.\\nHe was married Dec. 8, 1874, at Jeddo, St. Clair\\nCounty, to Phebe Strovel, and they have two chil-\\ndren Lillie and Ethel. Mrs. Benaway was born\\nJan. 19, 1855, at Jeddo. Her parents are farmers of\\nSt. Clair County.\\nW\\n;.|fnSl amuel B. Dickinson, farmer, section 29,\\nlJ -_^ Sanilac Township, was born July i, 1832,\\ni illV S^ Sophiasburg, Ont. In 1849 his parents,\\n\\\\Vj Hiram and Abigail Dickinson, settled in Sani-\\njK lac County, locating 160 acres of land on\\nI section 27, in Sanilac Township. They were\\namong the earliest permanent pioneer settlers, and\\nnearly the entire township was in its original condi-\\ntion. Where Port Sanilac is now situated there\\nstood one shanty, and the senior Dickinson found\\nit necessary to cut a road two miles from the main\\nthoroughfare to his land. Wild game was abundant,\\nand was utilized to supply need, as all provisions\\nmust be procured from a distance.\\nMr. Dickinson engaged in lumbering soon after\\nthe removal of his father s family here, and operated\\nfor several years in various parts of the Huron pen-\\ninsula. In 1853 he bought 80 acres on sections 20\\nand 29, and subsequently purchased an additional\\n80 acres. This was his residence for some years\\nafterward, and he continued his lumbering mean-\\nwhile for other parties.\\nIn 1869 he began to operate as an agriculturist,\\nand proceeded to improve his farm. He has placed\\n1 00 acres in creditable cultivation, with suitable and\\nvaluable farm accessories.\\nMr. Dickinson is a Republican of decided type,\\nand has held several local offices of his township.\\nHis marriage to Amy Smith occurred Jan. ir,\\n1857, in Sanilac Township, and they are the parents\\nof eight children, namely: Amy, Samuel B., Eugene,\\nEdmond, Franklin, Herbert, Amos and Melissa.\\nMrs. Dickinson was born Aug. 15, 183 1, near Ham-\\nilton, Ont. Her parents, Amos and Christianna\\n0^\\\\\\nrF", "height": "2866", "width": "2206", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph09chic_0374.jp2"}, "375": {"fulltext": "Ss/^t^^fe^-^\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0..r^ llD^nP^\\nT\\nis;\\ny\\nJ\\n0%\\nV\\nSANILAC COUNTY.\\n379\\nSmith, settled in Sanilac County when she was 17\\nyears of age. She is of the type of women who\\nseem constructed for the wives of pioneers, possess-\\ning traits of character to contend successfully with\\nconstantly arising and repeated obstacles.\\nThe family are members of tlie Methodist Episco-\\ncal Church, in which Mr. Dickinson is Steward and\\nTrustee.\\n-?3=\\nCoseph Diem, farmer, section 11, Custer\\n^i Township, was born May 19, 1848, in St.\\nvj.x) Clair Co., Mich. His parents, Godfried\\nmf and Magdalen Diem, were natives of Ger-\\n]L many, and came to America in 1839, settling\\nin St. Clair County.\\nMr. Diem was married in Macomb County, April\\n9, 1878, to Victoria M. Harvey, who was born in\\nMichigan. Lillie and Carrie are the names of their\\nchildren. In January, 1883, they removed to Sanilac\\nCounty and bought 80 acres of tvild land in Custer\\nTownship. Politically, Mr. D. is a Republican.\\njl^li ^hubal D. Runnels, manufacturer of and\\ndealer in the Patent Rubber Backet Chain\\niv.fl Pump, has been a resident of Sanilac\\nCounty since 1855, his family having removed\\nto Worth Township when he was but^ five\\nyears old. He was born April 20, 1850, in\\nSomerset Co., Maine, and is the son of Isaac and\\nElizabeth (Dickson) Runnels. His father had a\\nfarm in Worth Township, and also carried on a small\\ntrade in merchandise, being thus occupied four years.\\nHe lost his life by drowning while trying to save a\\nboy from tlie same fate.\\nThe family remained in the Township of Worth,\\nbut Mr. Runnels returned to Maine, where he resided\\nwith his uncle, Adoniram Milett, three years. He\\nreturned to Worth Township and entered the employ\\nof his uncles, William Sweetser and T. L. Runnels.\\nHe was variously employed in their saw and grist\\nmills until he learned the business of each in all\\ndetails. In 1868 his mother removed to the village\\nof Lexington, and he went there to attend school\\nwinters. He was engaged at Port Huron during the\\nremainder of the year, rafting and in other employ-\\nment. Soon afterward he began the manufacture\\nof pumps and fanning-mills, in which he has been\\nsuccessful, and has gradually confined his labors to\\nthe first named enterprise. He is present Treasurer\\nof the township of Lexinoton; is a member of the\\nOrder of Masonry, and belongs to the Blue Lodge,\\nDamascus Chapter, No. 41, and Lexington Comman-\\ndery. No. 27. He is Past Master of the Blue Lodge,\\nand has held various offices in the several bodies to\\nwhich he belongs. He owns his house (which was\\nbuilt in 1881) and grounds, including three acres.\\nMr. Runnels was married June 26, 1878, at Lex-\\nington, to Libbie Brown. She was born in November,\\n185s, in London, Can., and is the daughter of Ery\\nand Mary A. Brown. Mamie, only child of Mr. and\\nMrs. Runnels, was born May 21, 1879. The parents\\nare members of the Congregational Church.\\n^@r^\\n\u00e2\u0080\u00a2^-ggi^iitif^\\nv^\\nilliam Murray, farmer, section 31, Sanilac\\nTownship, was born in Sutherlandshire,\\nScotland, in 1810. He belongs to the\\nHighlanders, and in 1831 came from his na-\\ntive land with his parents to the Dominion\\nof Canada, locating in Oxford Co., Ont. A year\\nlater Mr. Murray engaged as a laborer and farm\\nhand, and when he was 24 years of age he became\\nthe proprietor of 100 acres of land in Oxford County,\\ncontracting to pay for it in labor at $16 per month,\\nproviding meanwhile for his own maintenance, and\\nhe fullfilled the terms of the agreement to the letter.\\nHe resided on the place ten years, and went thence\\nto Nashville, Tenn., in i860, where he was occupied\\nas a laborer in a grist-mill two years. On leaving\\nthere he came to Michigan and purchased 80 acres\\nof land in Sanilac Township, afterwards increasing\\nhis estate by the purchase of more land. Later he\\ndeeded a homestead of 48 acres to his father and\\nmother, and also gave 80 acres to his oldest son. He\\n(o)\\nA^-", "height": "2866", "width": "2206", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph09chic_0375.jp2"}, "376": {"fulltext": "-2s\u00e2\u0082\u00ac^^s: 6V ^^IlIl^llllr r^\\narea\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0380\\nSANILAC COUNTY.\\nhas improved 120 acres of the remainder. The prem-\\nises are in fine agricultural condition, with capacious\\nbarns and two dwellings.\\nMr. Murray is a staunch Republican.\\nI His marriage to Catherine Murray took place in\\nOctober, 1855, in Oxford Co., Ont., and they have\\nbeen the parents of 11 children, all living but three.\\nThose deceased are Catherine, James and Maggie.\\nThe others are Jeannette, Robert, Ellen, David,\\nElspie, William, Donald and Neal. Their mother\\nwas born of Scotch parentage, in Ontario, and was\\nmarried when she was 26 years of age. She and her\\nhusband are members of the Presbyterian Church.\\n^\u00e2\u0096\u00a0^^^^B-^\\nfhomas Read, retired farmer, resident at\\nDcwnington, was born May 3, 1828, in\\nTi xyiP^^ Yorkshire, Eng. His parents, James and\\n=3 ^4K^ Nancy (Harland) Read, were natives of the\\nsame shire and came to St. Mary s, Ont., in\\na 1 1842. (See sketch of R. McLeod.) In 1854\\nthey came to Marion Township, where they passed\\ntheir remaining years on a farm, and died at the\\nages of 77 and 79 years.\\nOn coming to Sanilac County with his parents,\\nMr. Read began to labor as a lumberman, which\\npursuit he followed some time. The present site of\\nDownington was a complete wilderness, with all the\\naccompaniments of primeval forest. In 1855 he\\ncleared 16 acres of land now included within the\\nvillage corporation.\\nMr. Read was one of the first to respond to the\\ncall for troops to aid in suliduing the rebellion after\\nthe battle of Bull Run, and he enlisted Aug. 28,\\n1861, in the Fifth Mich. Vol. Inf., Co. E, com-\\nmanded by Capt. Traverse, of Port Huron. His\\ncommand was assigned to the Army of the Poto-\\nmac. He was in all the early actions where his\\nfl regiment was involved, and at the battle of Charles\\nCity Cross Roads, June 30, 1862, he was shot\\nthrough the neck. The day following he was taken\\nprisoner and conveyed to Richmond, Va., where he\\nwas incarcerated in the notorious Libby prison. He\\nV endured all the common horrors of that place and\\ntLjhe added sufferings of a wound without medical\\nassistance, besides lameness from collision with an\\nartillery wagon the day previous to being wounded.\\nHe was discharged Sept. 12, 1864. He served his\\nentire period of enlistment, spending 18 mon-ths in\\nthe hospital and one year on detailed duty. He\\nreturned from the seat of war to Marion Township,\\nand has since lived in the vicinity of Downington,\\nwith the exception of three years, when he resided\\nat the mineral springs of Alpena.\\nMr. Read is a Republican, and has officiated some\\ntime as Highway Commissioner. He owns 80 acres\\nof farming land, and three village lots.\\nHis marriage to Eliza Denison occurred Sept. 10,\\n1857, at Forester, which was then called Cherry\\nCreek. They have had two children, one of whom\\nJames A. is deceased. Roderick was married in\\nMarch, 1880, to Mary Plunkett, and now resides on\\nher father s farm in Bridgehampton Township. Mrs.\\nRead was born in Akron, Ohio, Sept. 24, 1844, and\\nis the daughter of Avery and Betsey (Bolster) Deni-\\nson. Her parents were of Yankee and German\\norigin, and were born respectively in Vermont and\\nPennsylvania. They located in Akron, Ohio, where\\nthe mother died, in 1846. The daughter was then\\ntwo years of age, and she was adopted by Rev. John\\nPettit, of Crawford Co., Ohio, a clergyman of the\\nCongregational Church, by whom she was carefully\\nreared to womanhood, receiving a fair education.\\n^\u00e2\u0080\u00a2r^/^\\nI C?] v.hristopher M. Oldfield, merchant at Port\\ny -^^g Sanilac, is a representative of one of the\\ng|j|f^ very first pioneer families of Sanilac Town-\\nIjfe ship, his father, Anthony Oldfield, having re-\\nmoved here in 1850. The latter was a native\\nof England, and while a resident of that country\\nwas engaged in trade. On removal to the United\\nStates he settled in Cincinnati, Ohio, and was a far-\\nmer in the vicinity of that city eight years. At the\\ndate of his making a permanent location in Sanilac\\nTownship, the Port rejoiced in the significant\\ncognomen of Bark Shanty, the place then consisting\\nof about three shanties, one of which was construct-\\ned of bark. Civilization and its concomitants were\\nat a decided discount, wild game and wilder Indians\\nc\\n(V\\n^sr^", "height": "2866", "width": "2206", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph09chic_0376.jp2"}, "377": {"fulltext": "\u00e2\u0096\u00a0^v\\nI1I1^ID\\nT-^^\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0iii^^\\nt\\ni^\\n(f)\\nI\\nSANILAC COUNTY.\\n381\\nabounding in the forests. Mr. Oldfield, senior, in-\\nterested himself and invested his resources in lum-\\nbering and merchandise, in which he was actively\\noccupied until his death in the winter of 1876. He\\nwas born about 1801. His widow, Ellen (Miller)\\nOldfield, resides at Port .Sanilac with her daughter,\\nand is more than 80 yeais of age.\\nMr. Oldfield of this sketch was born June 12, 1845,\\nat Cincinnati, and was about five years of age when\\nhis parents settled at Port Sanil a His earliest rec-\\nollections of the home of his childhood s years, sit-\\nuated at tliis point, are of living in a cabin, with a\\nroof so dilapidated that he could lie in his bed and\\nwatch the stars of heaven peeping in ujwn his small\\nfigure through the cracks and between the shakes!\\n(Let not the generations of the future suppose that\\nthis term refers to ague, which will be perpetuated in\\nthe minds of men to the end of the world, but un-\\nderstand that shakes were a species of long shin-\\ngle used to cover the roofs of pioneer homes, and\\nconstructed with the aid of such tools as early set-\\ntiers might possess.)\\nMr. Oldfield assisted his father in his store and on\\nthe farm until he was 17 years of age, when he was\\nsent to school at Ypsilanti, Mich., where he was a\\nstudent one year. When lie was 20 years old he\\nentered the Law Department of the University of\\nMichigan at Ann Aiiior, where he prosecuted the\\nprescribed studies of that branch one term.\\nInstead of pursuing his original plan of fitting him-\\nself for the practice of law, he returned to Port San-\\nilac, and was married, Oct. 5, 187 i, to Helen Mc-\\nGregor. Willie, Elwyn, Harry and Walter are the\\nnames of the four promising sons of Mr. and Mrs.\\nOldfield. The mother is the daughter of Archibald\\nand Margaret McGregor. The parents are natives\\nof Scotland.- They emigrated from their native land\\nto Detroit, where they resided a few years, and where\\nMrs. Oldfield was born, Oct. 5, 1849. Her parents\\nremoved to Sanilac Township during the ne.xt year,\\nand were among its earliest pioneers. They are\\nresidents and farmers on section 2 of this township.\\nSubsequent to the event of his marriage, Mr. Old-\\nfield was occupied as a salesman in his brother s store\\nthree years. In 1874 he went to Carsonvilie and\\nentered the employ of William Thompson, at the\\nsame time trafficking in grain.\\nIn i876 he established his jjresent business rela-\\ntions at Port Sanilac. He operated three years in a\\nbuilding which he rented and where he transacted his\\noperations with a capital of 1^4,000. In 1879 he\\npurchased a brick building erected for mercantile\\npurposes, and is now conducting a double store with\\nan invested capital of $12,000, and transacting busi-\\nness estimated at $1 25,000 /tv annum. He is sole\\nproprietor of the dock at Port Sanilac, and conducts\\nall shipments of merchandise from this place.\\nIn political connection he was formerly a Repub-\\nlican. He is a member of the Village Council, but\\nhas persistently refused other offices proffered him.\\n-^4\\n-\u00e2\u0096\u00a0\u00e2\u0096\u00a0-5r\\n?:a\\nm^\\nartin Decker, Postmaster and merchant\\nxt Deckerville, was born April 18, 1S16, (T^\\nin London, Middlesex Co., Ont. He is\\nthe son of Charles and Diadama Decker.\\nHis parents located in Michigan in 1851, set-\\ntling in Lexington Township, Sanilac County,\\nwhen the work of progressive civilization was then ic=\\nin its infancy. In 1865 became to Marion Town\\nship and began his lumber business on section 32,\\nwhere, in 1870, the village which bears the family\\nname was platted. Mr. Decker, senior, built a saw\\nand grist mill there, which was destroyed in the fire\\nof 1881, and he erected another grist-mill, where he\\nwas actively engaged in the prosecution of his busi-\\nness interests until the winter of 1882. On the\\nsixth day of December of that year his coat became\\nentangled in the main shaft while attending to his\\nduties, the swiftly- revolving machinery whirled him\\nfrom his feet and threw him violently to the floor,\\ncausing his instant death. He was 62 years of age.\\nHis widow resides on the homestead near the village\\nof Lexington. His father, David Decker, is still\\nliving, in the vicinity of London, Ont., and is\\nnearly 100 years old.\\nMr. Decker was a member of the paternal house- ^G)\\nhold until his marriage, which occurred Sept. 21, 1875, i\\nto Elizabeth A. Russell. Two children born of\\nthis union died in infancy. Elizabeth P., adopted\\ndaughter, was born March 19, 1874. Mrs. Decker\\nwas born Feb. 13, 1853, in Ontario. Her parents\\nwere French by descent and natives of the Dominion.\\n^Svjf^j^d\\n^Il!l^.IItli^\\nAj^.\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0-^4?^^( \u00c2\u00aeAi!", "height": "2866", "width": "2206", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph09chic_0377.jp2"}, "378": {"fulltext": "^DI1^CI1 T\\n^^(^\\\\m\\nI\\nT\\nv^\\nSANILAC COUNTY.\\nThey settled in Sanilac Co., Mich., in 1 866, where\\nthe mother died within the year. The daughter came\\nto the State with her uncle, William Russell, when\\nshe was 14 years of age, and when she was 21 years\\nold she came with his family to Sanilac County. He\\nis a resident of Marion Township.\\nMr. Decker located in the village of Deckerville\\nafter bis marriage, and managed a farm outside tlie\\ncorporation. His worldly assets at the date of his\\nmarriage were $5, on the wrong side of the ledger;\\nbut activity and perseverance in judicious opera-\\ntions have proven in his case what a man is worth\\nto the world when in adverse circumstances. He is\\nnow the owner of 80 acres of land, one-half of which\\nhe has improved. He established a small grocery\\nenterprise with a stock representing $50, which has\\nincreased to a trading basis of i|[,ooo. He owns two\\nvillage lots where his store and residence are situ-\\nated, and he is now erecting a business building. He\\nhas been Postmaster since 1870.\\nIn political connection he is a Republican, and\\nhas discharged the duties of a Notary Public since\\nhis appointment in iSSi.\\nIn October, 1884, Mr. Decker established a trade\\nin hardware at Deckerville, associating with himself\\nin the enterprise James V. Pennel, a young man of\\neducation and ability, who has had a successful ca-\\nreer as a teacher in Marion Township.\\nW illiani Phillips, farmer and carpenter, resi-\\n^^Ul l dent on section 6, Bndgehampton Town-\\nship, has lived in the county of Sanilac\\nX since i860. He became a landholder in the\\nsame year, by the purchase of 80 acres of\\nand, which he made his homestead, and of\\nwhich he has since continued in possession. His\\nfarm now includes 120 acres, with 40 acres of im-\\nproved land. He is an adherent of the Republican\\nj party, and has held various township and school\\nf-?. 9 offices.\\nMrs. Mary (McLellan) Phillips, his wife, was born\\nin Canada, of Scotch descent. She was married May\\n24, 1859, and has been the mother of 15 children, all\\nliving but two, Elizabeth M. and Warren D. Those\\nr,^\\nsurviving are named Alonzo, William J., Melissa,\\nWellington, George, Robert, Mary, Priscilla, Fred,\\nEdgar, Emerson, Elmer and Flora. Long may this\\nhousehold be protected from the afflictions common\\nto mankind.\\nMr. Phillips was born in Canada May 23, 1S36.\\nHis father, Peter Phillips, was born in New Jersey,\\nwhence he went to Canada and married Elizabeth\\nNevels, a native of the Dominion. Mr. Phillips re-\\nmained there until i860, and followed the pursuits of\\nfarmer and carpenter.\\ni|l!^red S. Viets, attorney at law, and insu-\\nranee, real-estate, collection and loan agent\\nE ?cj ^iV 3t Downington, was born Oct. 3, 1854,\\nat Windsor, Hartford Co., Conn. His parents,\\nSamuel W. and Caroline (Terry) Viets, were na-\\ntives of Connecticut, of straight Yankee line-\\nage, the father tracing his ancestry to the time of tlie\\nPilgrims, who sailed from Holland for this country in\\n1620. They were of Holland Dutch descent. Samuel\\n\\\\V. Viets removed his family and interests to Mich-\\nigan in 1S56, settling at Forester, Sanilac County, at\\nthe date of the establishment of the lumber busi-\\nness of Imley, Merriman Co. He was a skilled\\narchitect, and he superintended the construction of\\nall their buildings. The date was previous to that of\\nthe organization of the township, and after that was\\neffected he served 14 years as Treasurer, also as\\nTownship Clerk and other positions. He is the pat-\\nentee of Viets Edging Cutter, of established reputa-\\ntion. His claims as a millwright have a general\\nnotoriety, as he has constructed seven large mills in\\nthis State and remodeled many others. He led a\\nbusy, active life until Oct. 23, 18S2, when he had a\\nstroke of paralysis, causing the loss of his speech and\\ndejmving him of the use of his limbs. He resides\\nat Oscoda, Iosco Co., Mich.\\nMr. Viets of this sketch was two years of age\\nwhen his parents came to Forester. He spent the\\ntime previous to the age of 17 years in obtaining his\\nelementary education at the common school, and in\\n1 87 1 began to operate as agent for the American\\nsewing-machines. A year later he became clerk in\\nV^\\nI\\ni^^V\u00c2\u00ae) \u00c2\u00ab^4-\\n.iSjE^^.\\nju :s(||j:^:]|||; A-c\\n-\u00c2\u00ab^^t\u00c2\u00a7J^", "height": "2866", "width": "2206", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph09chic_0378.jp2"}, "379": {"fulltext": "", "height": "2866", "width": "2206", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph09chic_0379.jp2"}, "380": {"fulltext": "", "height": "2866", "width": "2206", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph09chic_0380.jp2"}, "381": {"fulltext": "^T-r^HU^UU^^ V w \u00e2\u0096\u00a0;^^Qfi^\\nSANILAC COUNTY.\\n38s\\nthe mercantile establishment of Mr. O Toole at Os-\\ncoda. He returned thence to Forester, where he\\nagain attended school. When he was 20 years of\\nage he became a teacher in the district scoools of\\nSanilac County, and spent some years in that voca-\\ntion.\\nHe beyan the study of law when he was 24 years\\nold, with Hon. O. E. McCutcheon, of Oscoda, and\\nin Novepiber. 1879, he was admitted to practice in\\nall the State Courts of Michigan.\\nHe engaged in a mercantile enterprise at Decker-\\nville in 1S80, and three years later sold out to enter\\nupon the prosecution of the various duties pertaining\\nto his present business relations. In February he re-\\nmoved to Downington and established his office.\\nHe was married July 17, 1879, to Mittie Hills.\\n(See sketch of E. Hills.) She was born May 6, i86r,\\nat Lexington, and has been a resident of Sanilac\\nCounty all her life. One child, Maud, was born to\\nMr. and Mrs. Viets, Aug. 22, 1881. The mother is\\na communicant of the Episcopal Church.\\nMr. Viets is a Democrat in political views and\\nconnectl(3ns. He has held the office of Superintend-\\nent of Schools.\\n-yuiMSJ%^r^--4^_\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0/^^^zraTrev\\nT J^i ,avid Stuart, farmer, section 25, Wheatland\\nTownship, was born June 9, 1S47, in St.\\nvj.^ Clair Co., Mich. His father, William Stu-\\nJH V art, was of Scotch origin, and a native of the\\nX State of New York. His mother, Ann (Victory)\\nStuart, vvas born in Vermont. Both died when\\ntheir son was still young, and he was an inmate of\\nthe family of his uncle, Daniel J. Stuart, until he was\\n16 years old. He then became responsible for his\\nown maintenance.\\nHe was variously occupied until the spring of\\n1878, and in March of that year he came to Sanilac\\nCounty and bought 120 acres of land in the township\\nof Wheatland. The place now includes 65 acres of\\narable land, and is in creditable condition. Mr.\\nStuart is a Republican in political connection, and on\\nthe organization of the township in 1882, was elected\\nits first Supervisor, to which position he has since\\nbeen successively re-elected.\\n\u00e2\u0082\u00acf\\nHe was married March 19, 1873, to Ella, daughter\\nof Harvey and Lucy Wheeler, of Macomb County.\\nThe parents are natives respectively of the State of\\nNew York and of Michigan. Mrs. Stuart was born\\nMarch 29, 1855, in Richmond, Macomb County.\\nBertha and Nellie V. are the names of the children\\nof Mr. and Mrs. Stuart.\\nI ndrew W. O Keefe, Clerk of Sanilac Coun-\\niy^pJif ty, was born Aug. 7, 1845, in Lanark Co.,\\nOnl. John and Bridget (Walsh) O Keefe, his\\nparents, were born respectively in Cork Coun-\\nty, Ireland, and in the Province of Ontario.\\nThe father came to America in 1827, when he\\nwas but ten years of age, settling in Ontario on a\\nfLirm. He afterwards removed to Sanilac County,\\nand died Nov. 22, 1883, in the township of Bridge-\\nham pton, aged 67 years. The mother still resides\\nthere, aged 5 2 years. Eight of nine children born to\\nthe parents are still living.\\nMr. O Keefe is the oldest born of his parents chil-\\ndren. Those younger are named and situated as\\nfollows: Michael resides at Galveston, Texas; Han-\\nnah lives at Alpena, Mich.; Ellen is a resident of\\nHarrisville, Alcona Co., Mich.; Richard D. is a citi-\\nzen of Sanilac County. He is a station agent and\\ntelegraph operator on the Port Huron Northwestern\\nRailroad at Minden City. In the fall of 1884 he was\\nelected Representative from the second district of\\nSanilac County on the Republican ticket. Mary B.\\nlives in this county, and is a school-teacher by\\nprofession James P. is Principal of the school at\\nMinden City John D. lives in Bridgehampton\\nTownship, and is a telegraph operator by occupation.\\nMr. O Keefe went to Oxford Co., Ont., in 1852,\\nwith his parents, where they remained until the date\\nof his removal to Sanilac County, 1867. He loca-\\nted in Lexington, where he engaged in teaching, and\\nlater went to Huron County, where he again taught\\nschool and kept books in a saw-mill from March,\\n1868, until April, 1869. At the latter date he came\\nto Forestville, Sanilac County, and engaged in the\\ncapacity of salesman and book-keeper in the mercan-\\ntile establishment of Isaac Green. This relation ex-\\n/N\\nD 3^ ntif^^^^", "height": "2866", "width": "2206", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph09chic_0381.jp2"}, "382": {"fulltext": "r 386\\nT ^DIi:^IlIl ^v\\n-\u00c2\u00ae#if^((i\\nI\\nh\\ne\\nV\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a00\\nt\\nSANILAC COUNTY.\\nisted until the fire of 187 1, when the whole town was\\ndestroyed by fire. He had become the owner of sev-\\neral lots, on which he erected a hotel. It was in\\nrunning order in 1872, and Mr. O Keefe continued\\nits management until 1880, acting also as Post-\\nmaster. He had become identified with the official\\nbusiness of the township of Delaware, having held\\ntlie offices of Clerk and Supervisor; and in the fall of\\n1880, while yet a resident of that township, he was\\nmade a candidate for County Clerk. His election\\nwas a decided triumph, and on the termination of his\\nfirst term of office he was re-nominated, in r882, by\\nacclamation, and again made a successful run, scor-\\ning nearly 1,000 majority. In 1884 he was re-elected.\\nMr. O Keefe is a staunch Republican. He owns a\\na house and three lots in .Sandusky and also holds an\\ninterest in other property. He also owns 80 acres of\\nland in Austin Township, and another tract of the\\nsame dimensions in the township of Custer. He is\\nalso a part proprietor in an extensive hotel property\\nin Forestville.\\nHe was married June 10, 1872, at Minden, to\\nAgnes Towel, a native of Ontario, of Irish parentage.\\nSire was born Dec. 31, 1852, in O.^cford Co., Ont., and\\ncame to Michigan in 1867. .She secured a good edu-\\ncation and became a teaclier, following that vocation\\nsome years before her marriage. Six children form\\nthe issue of this marriage, one of whom, Loretta,\\ndied in 1876, in early infancy. Those who survive\\nare named Estella, Nina O., Eva C, Wilham P. and\\nO Brien.\\nThe portrait of Mr. O Keefe is presented on an-\\nother page.\\nc=i)j=I\\nhomas McAfee, farmer, section 14, Bridge-\\nhampton Township, is one of the early set-\\nJj^T^ tiers of Sanilac County, having made his\\nlocation here in 1857. He was born in 1S32,\\nin Ireland, and is the son of John and Martha\\n(McComb) McAfee, also natives of that coun-\\ntry. He came to America in 1853, and in the fall of\\n1857 to Sanilac County. He made a purchase of 40\\nacres of land, and subsequently added 40 acres more\\nto his estate. He still holds the ownership of 80\\nacres, which now includes 60 acres of land under\\ntillage. Mr. Mc.\\\\fee has officiated as Justice of the\\nPeace in his township.\\nHe was married in Sanilac County, April 2, 1875,\\nto Margaret Gray, a native of Ireland. Mary .\\\\nn is\\nthe name of their only child. The parents accept\\ntlie tenets of the Presbyterian Church.\\n^^^f-i^S-vw\u00e2\u0080\u0094H\\nH. London, Supervisor of Sanilac\\nE^ i Township (1884), general farmer and\\nstockman on section ^2, was born Oct.\\n^j^ 17, 1831, in Middlesex Co., Ont. His parents,\\nJlt Jeremiah and Phebe (Cutler) London, were\\nboth born in Ontario, the former being of pure\\nEnglish descent, the latter of German parentage.\\nThe father was a farmer in Middlesex County until\\nhis death in the fall of 1883. (He was born in 1800.)\\nThe mother is 77 years old, and is still a resident of\\nthe county where she was born.\\nMr. London was bred to the occupation of a\\nfarmer under his father s instruction. He obtained\\nsuch education as was possible in the schools of that\\nplace and period, which were of the character of the\\ntimes when necessity urged to effort, and settlers\\nwere few and unable to sustain educational institu-\\ntions of the type now prevalent. When he was 22\\nyears of age he began his life independently, and he\\nengaged at first in lumbering, going afterwards to a\\npoint in Ontario, on Lake Erie, near Port Burrell,\\nwhere he obtained employment in a saw-mill. He\\ncontinued in that occupation there several years,\\nwhen he began to operate as a millwright, in which\\nbusiness he was engaged three years, during which\\ntime he traversed nearly the entire territory of On-\\ntario.\\nIn the fall of 1859 he came to .Sanilac County,\\nMich., and was an inmate of the family of his broth-\\ner-in-law, Nicholas Ilartt, two years.\\nHe was married at Port Sanilac, Oct. 9, 1859, to\\nLaura Houck, and they have liad seven children\\nJohn \\\\V., Phebe L., Lottie and Jesse are now living;\\nSydney and Hartman are deceased. Mrs. London\\nwas born in Brookline, Whitby Co., Ont., Oct. 27,\\n1837, and is the daughter of Christopher and Loretta\\ni^\\n1", "height": "2866", "width": "2206", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph09chic_0382.jp2"}, "383": {"fulltext": "iKr^))e^#-\\n\u00c2\u00abr\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0^^V4^tlll^lll]\\nf\\nM\\nSANILAC COUNTY.\\n387 s\\n(Winter) Houck. The parents were natives of On-\\ntario, born of Canadian parentage and Dutch Hneage.\\nThe father died in February, 1883, in Saginaw Co.,\\nMich., aged 73 years. The mother is now Hving in\\nthat county, and is 74 years old (1884).\\nAfter marriage, Mr. and Mrs. London located on a\\nfarm on section 35, Sanilac Township. In addition\\nto his agricultural pursuits Mr. L. established a\\nwood dock on the lake-side. In the fall of 1877 he\\npurchased 200 acres of partly improved land on\\nsection 32. The place is very valuable with 120\\nacres improved, splendid farm buildings, ar,d a fine\\nresidence, recently erected, of brick, at a cost of\\n$3,000.\\nMr. London is a dyed-in-the-wool Republican.\\nHe is an honored and trusted citizen of his township,\\nand has been prominent and active in local affairs.\\nHe is serving his fourth term as Supervisor.\\n1, f^f ^rames H. Hartshorn, merchant at Forester\\nand owner of the Lakewiew House at that\\nplace, was born Feb. 6, 1833, in London,\\nMiddlesex Co., Ont. His parents were natives\\n^r of Vermont, and went to Ontario in 1823,\\nwhen Middlesex County, where they located,\\nwas in its pioneer period, and the city of London had\\nnot even a beginning. He became a land-holder\\nthere and owned 100 acres, which is now traversed\\nby one of the principal streets of the city. He sold\\nthe property just previous to the laying out and plat-\\nting of London. He died on a farm in the same\\ntownship, Feb. 6, 1S47.\\nMr. Hartshorn s mother died when he was ten\\nyears old, and two years later he engaged in the lake\\nservice with Amos James, now tlie proprietor of the\\nCadillac House at Lexington. (See sketch). He\\nwas in the transportation service two years, running\\nbetween Port Huron and Cleveland.\\nAt the age of 14 years he cjuit the life of a sailor\\nand entered into a voluntary apprenticeship with H.\\nFoster, of Port Huron, to acquire a knowledge of\\nshoemaking. After serving two years he paid Mr.\\nFoster $100 to release him from his indenture, and\\nwent to Detroit, whence, after a brief stay, he pro-\\nceeded to Saginaw City and East Saginaw. He went\\nthence to the place of his nativity, where he operated\\nas a journeyman about six months. Later, he came\\nto Port Huron and entered the employment of his\\nformer instructor, Mr. Foster, and operated eight\\nmonths as foreman of his shoe factory. At the end\\nof that time he went to Lexington, where he man-\\naged a shop in the interests of Simons Nichols,\\ncontinuing there two years. He then established a\\nshop there in his own behalf, which he conducted\\ntwo years. In 1858 he made another remove, to\\nForester, where he managed a boot, shoe and harness\\nshop for Smith, Kelly Co., five years, and then\\npurchased the business and operated in his own in-\\nterests. He disposed of his stock and relations in\\nthat avenue April i, 1878, and established a general\\nmercantile enterprise, which he urged on until he\\nhad a business of greater proportions than he desired,\\nand he decreased its extent somewhat, and engaged\\nin keeping a house of public entertainment connected\\ntherewith, at the same time managing a farm of 80\\nacres on section 5 of Forester Township.\\nIn political views Mr. Hartsiiorn is independent.\\nHe has held the offices of Treasurer and Highway\\nCommissioner, besides the minor positions. He is a\\nmember of the Order of Maccabees.\\nHis marriage to Maria A. Bisbee occurred at Lake-\\nport, St. Clair Co., Mich., May 9, 1854, and they be-\\ncame the parents of nine children George S., Ar-\\nthur, Calvin, Fred, Ida E., Pearl, Henry and Erna.\\nThe two last named and an infant child are deceased.\\nMrs. Hartshorn was born Nov. 6, 1829, in London,\\nOnt. Her parents, Elijah and Sarah (Foster) Bisbee,\\nwere born in Vermont. They removed to Ontario,\\nwhere they settled on a farm. In 1835 thsy came to\\nLexington, where they were among the very earliest\\nof the pioneer settlers. Both are deceased.\\n\u00e2\u0080\u00945 tiC\\nTifl ames Reid, farmer, section 23, Bridge-\\nhampton Township, has been a resident of\\nSanilac County since 1863. He has been\\na landholder since 1874, when he bought 80\\nacres of land on which he has resided and\\nfollowed agriculture until the present time. At\\nthe date of purchase the entire tract was in a wild\\nI", "height": "2866", "width": "2206", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph09chic_0383.jp2"}, "384": {"fulltext": "^K^^\\ngtr|\u00c2\u00ab*-\\nii^\\nT25--ita^iSr\\n388\\nSAN/LAC COUNTY.\\n-7\\n-l^^^((s\\\\-S\\n5\\ns\\nstate, and he has devoted his energies and efforts to\\nsuch good purpose that he now has 70 acres under\\ncuhivation. Mr. Reid has been prominent in gen-\\neral affairs, and has discharged the duties of several\\nlocal township offices, with satisfaction to tlie public\\nand credit to his abilities and integrity. He has been\\nSupervisor nine years, Treasurer four years, and\\nJustice of the Peace four years. He is independent\\nin political sentiment.\\nMrs. Mary .\\\\nn (McFee) Reid, was born in the\\nnorth of Ireland, whence she came to Philadelphia,\\nremoving thence to Sanilac County, where she was\\nmarried to Mr. Reid May 28, 1S70. She and her\\nhusband are communicants of the Church of England.\\nMr. Reid was born in Ireland, April 20, 1833, and\\nis the son of John and Elizabeth (Crozier) Reid, also\\nnatives of Ireland, where they spent their entire lives.\\nMr. Reid was 22 years of age when he emigrated to\\nthis country. He spent eight years in Canada, before\\nsettling in the county of Sanilac.\\nlanson Goodrich, retired lumberman, re-\\nsiding at Forester, has been identified with\\nthe history and development of Sanilac\\nCounty since 1848. Coming hither before its\\norganization, he has seen the steps of its prog-\\nress and been able to note the effects of the\\noperations of the various elements that have come\\nhither, some with only selfish purposes, some with\\nhonest, eager desires to achieve all that was possible\\n.through judicious application of energies and strength\\nto develop the Huron peninsula and place it, as\\nspeedily as possible, on a footing with other sections\\nof the Peninsular State, its resources being in no de-\\ngree secondary. He came to this point from Cal-\\nhoun County to prosecute the lumber business, and\\nhe engaged in the construction and management of a\\nsaw-mill on the lake shore in Forester Township, in\\nthe interests of Jarvis Hard and Ingersol cSi Co.\\nAfter devoting three years to their business he estab-\\nlished himself in the lumber trade, and after the\\nseason closed passed the summer in gill-net fishing.\\nHe passed four years in this manner, and in 1852\\nabandoned lumbering altogether, devoting himself\\nS^v^))^#^ -^m\\nwholly to fishing and farming. He combined the\\ntwo pursuits three years, and in 1855 turned his at-\\ntention exclusively to his agricultural pursuits. At\\none time he was the proprietor of about 1,000 acres\\nof farming land, and he sold about four-fifths of his\\nacreage. He still holds 200 acres, which is nearly\\nall under improvement and cultivation, and supplied\\nwith farm buildings of exf client character.\\nWhen Mr. Goodrich became a resident of Sanilac\\nCounty it was included within the municipality of\\nSt. Clair County, and the Township of Forester be-\\nlonged to Austin, which comprised about one-third\\nof the county. He was a prime mover in the or-\\nganization of Forester, was its first Clerk and its\\nsecond Supervisor, which position he has occupied\\n22 years, consecutively with the exception of two\\nyears, and he officiated as Chairman of the Board\\ntwo years. He has also been Justice of the Peace\\na long term of years. In political faith he is a\\nDemocrat.\\nMr. Goodrich was born Feb. 9, 1814, in Fairha-\\nven, Rutland Co., Vermont, and is the oldest son of\\nsix children born to his father, Chauncey Goodrich,\\nwho was twice married. The mother of the four\\noldest children, Polly (Narramore) Goodrich, died\\nAug. 24, 1824. Her children were named Alanson,\\nLois, Mary A. and Chauncey. Polly and William\\nare the children of the second marriage. The father\\ndied about the year 1859, the demise of both parents\\noccurring in their native county in Vermont.\\nMr. Goodrich was educated in the substantial man-\\nner common to the county where he was born, and\\nwas trained to the business of a hunberman by his\\nfather, who was engaged in that calling. He re-\\nmained at home until he was 22 years of age, when,\\nin 1S36, he set out for the West. He made his first\\nstay at Marshall, Calhoun Co., Mich. The place\\nthen was but a small village, and located in a dense\\nforest. He operated there as a lumberman and es-\\ntablished a saw-mill, which he operated until his re-\\nmoval to Forester in 1848.\\nHis marriage to Martha Ainsworth took place at\\nMarshall, Nov. 9, 1843, and they became the parents\\nof five children. George married Josephine Sharp\\nand resides on a farm in Deckerville. Ella M. mar-\\nried AlLiert Clark, and lives in Deckerville. Frank\\nmarried Phebe West, and is also a resident of Deck-\\nerville. Ira married Esther Griggs, and lives at\\nSand Beach, Huron County. Chauncey wasrnarried\\n(IS),\\n/7s\\nr", "height": "2866", "width": "2206", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph09chic_0384.jp2"}, "385": {"fulltext": "-2^^ 6V4^tll] :iiii\\nf\\nSANILAC COUNTY.\\nNov. 2, 1879, at Forester, to Ida Hartshorn (see\\nsketch of James Haitshorn), and resides on the\\nhomestead.\\nMrs. Goodrich was born Dec. r, 1816, in Pennsyl-\\nvania, and is the daughter of Thomas and Rhoda\\n(Crouch) Ainsworth, who were natives of Massachu-\\nsetts and descended from ancestors of pure New\\nEngland origin. Her father was a farmer and re-\\nmoved after marriage to the Keystone State, whence\\nhe went with his family, in 1846, to Ogle Co., 111.,\\nwhere the father died, in 1S54, at the age of 50\\nyears. The mother died in 1874, aged 74 years.\\nMr. Goodrich is a Yankee pure and so]id, and pos-\\nsesses the intelligence, shrewdness and acumen that\\nhave been the accorded birthright of his ancestors\\nfrom the days of the Puritans. He is very nearly\\nthree-score years and ten, but his physical vigor is\\nunbroken, aijd he retains all the traits of his prime\\nof manhood.\\n\u00c2\u00ae|^Ufred Williams, farmer, section 32, Water-\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0^^^\u00e2\u0096\u00a03 town Township, was born Oct. 2c;, i8s2, in\\nMiddlesex Co., Ont. His parents, John and\\nSarah Wdliams, are both deceased. He was\\nreared to the calling of a farmer, and at the\\nage of 15 years he began his active life as a\\nfaim laborer, and also obtained employment in a\\nbrick-yard.\\nHe was married April 28, 1S74, in Strathroy, Mid-\\ndlesex Co., Ont., to Nancy Rowe, a native of that\\nplace, where she was born June 16, 1850. Four\\nchildren constitute the issue of this marriage\\nWalter A., Oliver S., Ernest A. and Rosannah M.\\n.\u00e2\u0080\u00a2\\\\fter his marriage, Mr. Williams rented a farm in\\nhis native county and spent three years in the prose-\\ncution of his business after that method. He came\\nto Michigan in the spring of 1877 and purchased 80\\nacres of land in this township. He went vigorously\\nto work in the improvement of his farm and placed\\n40 acres in first-class condition. The fires of 1879\\nand 1 88 1 swept away not only all his fences and\\nfarm buildings but also the material for replacing\\nthem. His loss from fire in the fall of 1881 was\\n$900. He sold his devastated estate and purchased\\n80 acres of partly improved land where he has since\\nresided and expended his energies. His farm now\\nexhibits 30 acres cleared and cultivated land, man-\\naged with skill and judgment of the most creditable\\ncharacter.\\nMr. Williams is a zealous Republican, and is\\nfillins; his second term as Drain Commissioner.\\ny^\\n^m\\n1 illiam A. Sweet, farmer, section i2,Bridg-\\nhamplon Township, is a native of the\\nDominion of Canada, where he was born,\\nJ in August, 1833. He is the son of Jared L.\\nand Martha (Purdy) Sweet, the former a\\nnative of Vermont, the latter of New York.\\nAfter their marriage they settled in Canada, where\\nthey were residents during the remainder of their\\nlives.\\nMr. Sweet received a common-school education in\\nhis native province, and in the winter of 1856 came\\nto Sanilac County, where he has since continuously\\nresided. He is a prominent land-holder of Bridge-\\nhampton Township, where he owns 100 acres of im-\\nproved and creditably cultivated land. He is amember\\nof the Masonic Order, and has been Supervisor of\\nhis township four years, and Justice of the Peace 16\\nyears. He has a war record that places his name in\\nhonorable connection with those of the native born\\ncitizens of the State. He enlisted Sept. 8, 1861, in\\nthe Sixth Mich. Cav. and was in the service in com-\\nmon. with the other members of the regiment until\\nApril 5, 1S63, on which day he was discharged, hav-\\ning received a gunshot wound in his left foot at the\\nbattle of Falling Waters, Md. He was actively\\nengaged in the battle of Gettysburg, and was con-\\nstantly under fire from June 30 to July 14. His\\ncommand was attached to the Cavalry Corps of Gen.\\nKilpatrick. After his discharge he returned to Sani-\\nlac County, whence he enlisted.\\nThe marriage of Mr. Sweet to Margaret Hicks oc-\\ncurred Jan. 16, 1855, in Canada. She is a native of\\nthe Dominion. The household now includes ten\\nchildren; three others have passed to the better land.\\nThe names of the deceased were Viola and Warren,\\nand a child who died in early infancy. Those sur-\\nC^", "height": "2866", "width": "2206", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph09chic_0385.jp2"}, "386": {"fulltext": "-::^K\u00e2\u0080\u0094^^T ^MUm\\nTT\\n-es^\\n\u00c2\u00a5^(@\\\\M\\nSANILAC COUNTY.\\nviving are William ^B., David H., I^ewis, Mary E.,\\nMartha E., Lydia M., Belinda S., Alberta L., David\\nG. and Emery A. Mr. and Mrs. Sweet are members\\nT of the Methodist Episcopal Church. Mr. S. belongs\\nto tlie Order of Masonry, Sanilac Lodge, No. 136.\\n:^j\\nV\\nJ; ,elos Churchill, farmer and builder, resi-\\nI\\nS-^\\nl-\\ndent on section 36, Wheatland Township,\\nwas born Oct. 14, 1834, in Cattaraugus\\nCo., N. Y. His parents, Silas and Minerva\\n(Wadsworth) Churchill, were born respect-\\nively in New Hampshire and Massachusetts.\\nAfter their marriage they settled in the State of New\\nYork, where they spent the remainder of their lives.\\nAt the age of 15 years, Mr. Churchill was appren-\\nticed to learn the carpenter s trade, and served seven\\nyears. He obtained a common-school education,\\nand was a resident of the city of New York from the\\nage of 16 years until he was 29 years old. He\\nremained in his native State until the spring of 1S82,\\nand combined his trade with the calling of a farmer.\\nIn the season named he came to Sanilac County and\\nbought 160 acres of land in the township where he\\nhas since resided. He has reclaimed and improved\\nabout 30 acres. In politics Mr. Churchill is a Re-\\npublican. He belongs to the Order of the Knights\\nof Maccabees.\\nHe was married in Chenango, N. Y., in August,\\n1857, to Percepta Nogar. She was born Aug. i,\\n1840, in the place where she was married. Irving\\nD De Forest, Wallace and Orlando are the names\\nof the children now included in the household of\\nMr. and i\\\\Irs. Churchill. One child was lost in\\ninfancy.\\n5lf) ^^^i irara Cudney, farmer, section xo, Sanilac\\ntfiMMi Township, is a native of the Empire State,\\n4^^ and was born Nov. 22, 18 10, in Dutchess\\nCounty. He comes by descent from some of\\nthe hardiest stock of Wales and Germany, his\\nI ancestral line on both sides being noted for\\ntenacity of life. He is 74 years of age at this writ-\\ning (r884), and exhibits but few of the traces of the\\ncourse of time, or the effects of a life of unusual\\nactivity and vicissitude. His dark hair is but slightly\\ngray; he is athletic and strong as in the prime of\\nlife, and is as able to perform a day s labor as when in\\nhis meridian of years. He has had no illness of any\\naccount in his life.\\nJoshua Cudney, his father, emigrated from Wales\\nabout 1756. He was of pure Welsh ancestry, and\\nmarried Margaret Franz, who came from Germany\\nabout the same time. The progenitors of both were\\nengaged in the War of the Revolution. They went\\nto Canada in 18 16, where they were residents during\\nthe remainder of their lives. The father died at 63\\nyears of age; the mother when she was 98 years\\nold, almost a centenarian.\\nWhen he was 22 years of age, the father of Mr.\\nCudney gave him 100 acres of land, all of which\\nwas improved, and on which he labored 14 years.\\nHe sold the place and went to McHenry Co., Ills.,\\nwhere he ])urchased 160 acres of land and operated\\nthereon as a farmer four years, when he again sold\\nhis home and came to the city of Monroe, Mich.\\nHe enlisted from that place in 1847, in the Second\\nMich. Inf., Co. C, under Gen. Buel, to serve in the\\nMexican War. He was in action at Buena Vista,\\nthe most brilliant victory of the contest, and at the\\nsiege of the city of Mexico, being present at the\\nsurrender of the latter. He was discharged in 1848\\nand returned to Michigan.\\nHe made a location near Grand Rapids, where he\\nresided four years, and where he was married. He\\npurchased 80 acres of land in the vicinity of the city\\non which he expended the labors of the time men-\\ntioned. He went thence to Oxford Co., Out., and in\\n1855 came to Lexington Township, in Sanilac County.\\nHe rented land for the next 14 years, and in 1869\\npurchased 240 acres of unimproved land, where he\\nhas since carried on his efforts to develop the place\\nto the best purpose, the entire acreage being under\\nimprovements and supplied with farm buildings of\\nexcellent cjuality, among which is a fine barn erected\\nto replace a similar structure which was destroyed in\\nthe fire of 1881. That disaster took away all his\\nfarming implements and the entire hay and grain\\ncrop of 160 acres of land, involving a loss of ^2,000.\\nPolitically, Mr. Cudney is a zealous Republican.\\nHe was married Nov. 13, 1852, while living near\\nGrand Rapids, to Anna Enstnian. She was born\\nA\\nC\\n0-", "height": "2866", "width": "2206", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph09chic_0386.jp2"}, "387": {"fulltext": "i\\nN/^1))\u00c2\u00ab^#^\\n:mi^nny\\nv\\nA\\nV\\n(k\\\\\\nSANILAC COUNTY.\\ny^^i isr\\nAug. 5, 1837,111 Oxford Co., Out., and is the daughter\\nof Simon and Nancy Eastman. Her father died at\\nKnoxville, Tenn., from a wound received while in\\naction in the service of the United States daring the\\nCivil War. Her mother died at Muskegon, Mich.\\nOf her marriage to Mr. Cudney 13 children have\\nbeen born, all of whom are living save one son\\nMarshall who was drowned in April, 1884, in Black\\nRiver, near Anderson, in Sanilac Township, while\\nworking on the drive. Hefell from a log, and, not being\\nable to swim, he was drowned before assistance could\\nbe obtained. The others were born in the following\\norder: Simon D., Charles, Elizabeth A., Justin \\\\V.,\\nHenry, Sanford, Ida, Ada, Adella, Efifie, John and\\nJames. Mr. C. is a communicant in the Church of\\nEngland, and Mrs. C. is a Baptist in religious belief.\\nesley R. Reinelt, farmer, section iS.\\n\\\\Vheatland Township, was born Aug. 28,\\n-M^^ ^53 Bohemia. His parents, John and\\nJESx Barbara (Sostek) Reinelt, were also natives\\nof that country. Mr. Reinelt left his native\\nland when he was eight years old, and since\\nthat age has resided in Sanilac County. He owns\\nabout 400 acres of land in the township of Wheat-\\nland and Argyle, and has about 60 acres under im-\\nprovement. He is a Catholic in religion and a\\nDemocrat in politics.\\n\u00c2\u00bbaaL^^,.:,^\u00c2\u00ab\\n1 1 cry McLeod, a resident of Downington, was\\nborn June 18. 1834, on the .\\\\tlantic Ocean,\\nwhile his parents were en route from Scot-\\nM W land to the Dominion of Canada. He is the\\nson of Noiman and Sarah (Dewer) McLeod.\\nThe family settled in the forest wilds of the\\ntownship of Caledonia, Ontario.\\nMr. McLeod had few educational advantages in\\nthe home of his early childhood, and he attended\\nschool very little until he was 12 years old, when he\\nwas sent to one two miles distant froni his home.\\nWhen he was 15 years of age he went to work as a\\nfarm laborer at $3 a month, and two years later went\\nto the vicinity of the city of Ottawa, where he spent\\ntwo years in the lumber woods.\\nIn 1854 he came to Port Sarnia and operated from\\nthat point as a lumberman until the spring of the\\nyear following, when he came to Michigan. He\\nlocated at Forester, where he was employed by the\\nfirm of Smith Dwight, of Detroit, who were exten-\\nsively engaged in lumbering on the Huron peninsula.\\nAfter their business collapse, Mr. McLeod entered\\nthe employment of W. H. Kelly Co., in the same\\ncapacity. The last named business house became\\nSmith, Kelly Co., in the spring of 1857, and he re-\\nmained in their service until the exhaustion of the\\nlumber resources and the consequent suspension of\\ntheir operations in that direction.\\nIn 1869 he went to Oscoda, Iosco Co., Mich.,\\nwhere he established a hotel and conducted its affairs\\nT5 years. In the spring of 1884 he returned with his\\nfamily to Sanilac County and established his sons in\\nthe grocery business at Downington, where they have\\nbeen and still are prosecuting their interests with\\nsatisfactory results. Mr. McLeod owns 640 acres of\\nland in Dawson Co., Texas.\\nIn character Mr. McLeod is of the right composi-\\ntion for a pioneer settler. Active, energetic and\\nshrewd, with his business faculties thoroughly trained,\\nhe has been a useful member of the community\\nwherein he has operated. In his capacity of land-\\nlord, he won a substantial reputation for his genial\\nand kindly temperament. His acquaintance with\\nthe earliest social element of Sanilac County dates as\\nfar back as that of most men now living within its\\nlimits. Mr. Willis, probably the first settler in Marion\\nTownship, was well known to him\\nHis marriage to Maria Read occurred at Forester,\\nOct. 29, 1857. Six children were born to them, four\\nof whom are living. Norman J. was manied July rg,\\n1881, in Oscoda, to Nettie Ively, who died within a\\nyear. The other children are named Reuben A.,\\nKatie and Henry. They reside with their parents at\\nDownington. Mrs. .McLeod is the daughter of James\\nand Nancy (Hartland) Read, who were born in York-\\nshire, England, and emigrated thence to Ontario in\\n1842. They settled in the county of Perth, where the\\nfather operated as a carpenter some years, and in\\nthe fall of 1855 they located on a farm in Marion\\ni*3\\n\\\\S\\n4c-\\n^f^^\\nm^m", "height": "2866", "width": "2206", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph09chic_0387.jp2"}, "388": {"fulltext": "4:DD^0I1^\\n392\\nSANILAC COUNTY.\\ni;\\nTownship. The father died there Aug. 5, 1865; the\\ndeath of the mother occurred at the same place Nov.\\n10, 1880. Mrs. McLeod is the sixth of seven chil-\\ndren born to them. She was born Aug. 19, 1839, and\\nwas a mere child when they removed to America.\\nWhen they removed to Marion Toivnship, the village\\nof Downington had no e.xistence, even in imagina-\\ntion, and she cooked the first meal for settlers where\\nthe place is now located. She is now managing a\\nmillinery establishment at Downington.\\nMr. McLeod is a prominent member of the fra-\\nternity of Odd Fellows, and has passed all the de-\\ngrees of the order and held all the ofiScial positions\\nin the local Lodge of which he is a member. He\\nbelongs to the A. O. U. W., and is a zealous, ardent\\nRepublican.\\n^rSlfbadiah W. Lewis, farmer, resident on sec-\\n^\\\\mA g^ Sanilac Township, was born July 13\\n1825, in London, Ont. His parents, Levi\\nand Anna (King) Lewis, were also natives of\\nOntario, of New England origin and descended\\nrespectively from Scotch and English parents.\\nThey were farmers, and in 1855 removed from the\\nDominion to Michigan, settling in the township of\\nLexington in this county, where they passed their\\nremaining years. The father died in 1870, aged 73\\nyears; the mother s decease took place in 1877, when\\nshe was 80 years of age.\\nMr. Lewis was educated in the public schools of\\nOntario, and, when of suitable age, acquired a knowl-\\nedge of the builder s trade, in which he was occupied\\nuntil he was 27 years old, when he was married and\\nremoved to Michigan. He purchased 160 acres of\\nland in the depths of the forest, which in 1853 cov-\\nered all parts of the township. There were no roads,\\nand if there had been teams, they could have availed\\nnothing, for want of roads. His farm includes 160\\nacres, situated on sections 8 and 17, witli 120 acres\\nunder improvement.\\nMr. Lewis is a Republican of the most decided\\nand inflexible type. He was one of the foremost and\\nmost active assistants in the organization of the town-\\nship of which he was the first Supervisor, and he\\nheld the office in 1866, 68, 69, 70, 71, 72, 73, 74,\\n78, 79 and 80. He held the position of Treasure r\\nthree years, and has served several years as Justice\\nof the Peace.\\nHis first marriage took place in March, 1853, to\\nMaria Harrtsliorn. She was born about 1832, in On-\\ntario, and was of Irish lineage. She died in Sanilac\\nTownship, in February, 1855, leaving a daughter,\\nMaria L. Mr. Lewis was a second time married\\nAug. 27, 1857, at Lexington, to Mary Law. They\\nhave had five children, born as follows: Mary S.,\\nNov. 3, i860; Florence E., March 3, 1863; Ulysses\\nE., Aug. 2, 1869; James A., born March 8, 1867,\\ndied Oct. 21, i88t. Cynthia E., born July 27, 1858,\\ndied June 17, 1878. The latter was the wife of Syl-\\nvester Hubbell, of Sanilac Township. Mrs. Lewis is\\nthe daughter of Mark and Sophia (Caster) Law, na-\\ntives of Ontario, and of German and Irish descent.\\nThey came to Lexington Township when the daugh-\\nter was seven years of age, and the father died there\\nin 1856. The mother is still living, and is 67 years\\nof age. Mr. and Mrs. Lewis are members of the\\nMethodist Episcopal Church, of which the former is\\nSteward and Trustee.\\n\u00e2\u0080\u00a2WZ-CC^S^-*\\ny^w-^^jiznyjwo\\nV^-\\nI\\nA\\nC\\neorge Mater, farmer, section 10, Custer\\nTownship, is the son of George and Anna\\nMater, natives of Germany. They emi-\\ngrated to the United States in 1830, and the\\nfather died in the city of Buffalo. The mother\\nI died in Barry Co., Mich. Mr. Mater waS born\\nFeb. 15, 1826, in Germany. He was four years old\\nwhen his parents came to this country, and he passed\\nthe greater part of his life in the State of New York\\nand Canada, until the spring of 1882, the date of his\\nremoval to the place where he now resides. He\\nbought 160 acres of land, which now includes 30\\nacres cleared and cultivated.\\nMr. Mater was married in Canada, to Mary A.\\nWintemute. She is of Canadian birth and German\\nancestry. Nine children have been born to them\\nl.\\n4^t\u00c2\u00a7K^ ^^i", "height": "2866", "width": "2206", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph09chic_0388.jp2"}, "389": {"fulltext": "7-\\n1\\ns\\nSANILAC COUNTY.\\n:a?0^-\\nh\\n(f\u00c2\u00bb\\nWilliam B., Anna I., George F., John M., Thomas\\nJ., Margaret E., Clara S., Samuel J. and Walter P.\\nThe father is a member of the Free-Will Baptist\\nChurch.\\nr. Ira M. Clark, deceased, formerly a resi-\\ndent and prominent business man at Lex-\\nington, was a native of Landaff, Grafton\\nCo., N. H., and was the eldest son of Col.\\nDaniel Clark. He early developed decided\\nintellectual traits of a superior order, and at the\\nage of 2o years began the study of medicine with\\nDr. Poole, of Bradford, Vt. After a thorough course\\nof preparation he commenced his practice at Peach-\\nam, Vt., but found it uncongenial and abandoned\\nhis professional plans, engaging in the business of\\nhotel-keeping. He operated in that avenue about 20\\nyears from 1850 to 1870 and managed success-\\nively the Vermont House, at Bradford, in the\\nGreen Mountain State, the Newport House, at\\nNewport, N. H., the Tremont, at Claremont, N.\\nH., the Olean, at Olean, N. Y., and the Globe\\nHotel, at Saratoga Springs.\\nIn 187 I he became the proprietor by purchase of\\nthe commercial firm known as Clarks (A. M.\\nE. B. Clark), and during the remainder of his life,\\nin connection with his sons E. B. and Daniel, con-\\ntinued the prosecution of its affairs. (See sketches\\nof E. B. and D. Clark).\\nDr. Clark was a Democrat of the Jackson school,\\nbut was never an aggressive politician. He was\\nthoroughly versed in political history, and the leaders\\nin political movements in his time were personally\\nknown to him but his good sense deterred him from\\ndemagogism, and he pursued a comparatively quiet\\ncareer, contenting himself with observing the course\\nof events, and storing the lessons of the period in his\\ncapacious memory. At the age of 30 he officiated\\nfor a time as Clerk of the New Hampshire Legis-\\nlature, when her districts were represented by such\\nmen as Frank Pierce, John H. Riding, Levi Wood-\\nbury, Harry Hibbard, James H. Johnson, Atherton,\\nand a host of others equally famous. He was an\\neager student of human nature, a voracious reader,\\nand possessed a rare faculty for assimilating all va-\\nrieties of information, which resulted in the accumula-\\ntion of a wonderful fund of knowledge. He possessed\\nby nature the gift of easy speech and his conversa-\\ntional powers, supported by the wealth of knowledge\\nat his command, made him a most desirable and\\nprofitable companion. He spent many winters in\\nWashington at a period when the most brilliant\\ngeniuses of the nation kept the capital in effulgent\\nglory with the splendors of their eloquence, and he\\nappreciated keenly the privileges of those historic days.\\nHe was known in the local and State politics of\\nMichigan, as he attended the conventions of his party\\nand lent his influence and support to the principles\\nwhich he maintained all his life. Under the old\\nNew Hampshire State militia organization. Dr. Clark\\nwas appointed and commissioned Adjutant with the\\nrank of Captain, and he discharged the duties of the\\nposition with an efficiency that reflected the greatest\\ncredit upon his abilities.\\nDr. rilark married Susan Bliss, and they became\\nthe parents of five children Helen Mar, tlie eldest,\\nmarried T. A. Gilmore, who officiated about 17 years\\nas a clerk in the lower branch of the Treasury De-\\npartment at Washington. She is deceased. (Her\\nhusband was the son of T. W. Gilmore, of Newport,\\nN. H., who was for many years President of the Sugar\\nRiver Bank.) EHis B. was the next in order of birth.\\nMary E. is the wife of A. W. Merrill, traveling repre-\\nsentative of the American Eagle Tobacco firm of\\nDetroit. Harry Hibbard was born in 1848, and died\\nin 1857. Daniel lives at Lexington, and is a junior\\nmember of the firm of Clarks. Mrs. Clark was\\nborn Dec. 27, 182 1, in Bradford, Vt., and is the\\ndaughter of Capt. Ellis Bliss, son of Lieut. Ellis Bliss,\\nwho acquired distinction in the Revolutionary War,\\nand at that time a resident of Hebron, Conn. She is\\nstill living, at Lexington.\\nDr. lark died Nov. 27, 1882, at Lexington.\\nhJh*^\\n.hristopher Derges, farmer, section 27,\\n^n^t^^^ Sanilac Township, was born Aug. 5, 1816,\\ng)j in Germany. He learned the business of\\nM\u00c2\u00a9 weaver when he was t6 years of age, accord-\\nM ing to the law of the country, which decides\\nthat young men shall be taught a trade, and he\\nfollowed weavnig as an occupation until 1853, when\\nhe came to the United States. He settled in Sanilac\\nt\\n\u00c2\u00abv -f\\nA^;0 !1 m\\n^^^_", "height": "2866", "width": "2206", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph09chic_0389.jp2"}, "390": {"fulltext": "i)7^^(f*\\nII11^I1II^ T\\n2V\\nr\\n4\\n(0\\n394\\nSANILAC COUNTY.\\nCounty in the same year, where one of his uncles\\nwas a resident. He was surprised on his arrival here\\nto find the country a mass of forest trees, but he soon\\nbecame satisfied of the promise of the place and\\npurchased 40 acres, made a clearing, built a house\\nand proceeded with the work of imprbvement in\\nearnest. He has also owned another 40, which\\nhe transferred to a friend, and his remaining original\\nacreage is all under improvement.\\nMr. Derges is a Democrat in political connection.\\nHe was married in March, 1844, to Christina Ho-\\nman. She was a native of the same province as her\\nhusband, where she was born Oct. 5, 1822. They\\nhave been the parents of ten children, two of whom\\nare deceased. The survivors are named Ferdinand,\\nMartin, Oduff, Christina, Anna, Reaka, Bethele and\\nMarion. Henry and Fritz are deceased. The pa-\\nrents are members of the Lutheran Church.\\nV^^.,\\n/\u00c2\u00aeli eorge A. Parker, Principal of the Union\\n.Schools of Lexington (1884), was born\\nFeb. 5, 1845, in the Dominion of Canada.\\nHis father died when the son was five years of\\nage, leaving the latter the only representative\\nof the family name, several sons and daughters\\nhaving died in infancy. His mother married a sec-\\nond time and removed from Canada to the State of\\nNew York, residing successively in Orleans and\\nMonroe Counties. Later, the parents removed to\\nSanilac County, where they passed the remainder of\\ntheir lives.\\nMr. Parker acquired his education in the Empire\\nState, and, subsequently to his completing an\\nacademic course of study, obtained a thorough busi-\\nness training in the Commercial College at Toronto,\\nOnt.\\nIn 1868 he came to Sanilac County and engaged\\nin teaching. He threw all his abilities and energies\\nvigorously into the work and won for himself an\\nenduring reputation in the vocation which he has\\nmade a profession. His interest in his duties as an\\neducator attracted favorable notice, and he has been\\nlong and closely identified with the educational\\naffairs of the county. He served several years as\\nCounty Superintendent of Scliools, as Township\\nSuperintendent of Schools, and, under the existing law\\ncreating a County Board of School Examiners, was\\nthe first member elected for the full term of ihree\\nyears in Sanilac County. In tlie fall of 1884 he was\\nre elected to the same position.\\nMr. Parker has been the Principal of the Schools\\nat Port Sanilac, and has been more intimately con-\\nnected with the educational interests of Sanilac\\nCounty than any other resident within its limits. He\\nhas been a well known and effective instructor in\\ninstitute and normal class work.\\nscar Wetmore, proprietor of the Exchange\\n^ft Hotel at Port Sanilac, was born May 3,\\n1836, at Akron, Ohio. He is also engaged\\nin farming on section 33, Sanilac Township.\\nWetmore is a representative of one of the most\\nextensive families of New England, of trace-\\nPuritan lineage, having branches in every\\none of the Eastern States. Both his grandfathers\\nwere soldiers of the Revolution, and his father, Buel\\nWetmore, served in the Civil War, being a Sergeant\\nin Co. K, Ohio Vol. Inf., and died in 1863, after two\\nyears active service, in the hospital at Nashville,\\nTenn. He contracted a pulmonary disease from ex-\\nposure, from which he died, at the age of 52 years.\\nHis occupation previous to his career as a soldier was\\nthat of a merchant and speculator. He married\\nCatlierine Barden, and they had six children. Mrs.\\nW. died at Toledo, Ohio, in the fall of r 881, aged 64\\nyears.\\nMr. Wetmore was the third in order of birth of his\\nparents children, and the third son. He was 13\\nyears old when they went to Toledo, remaining under\\ntheir control until the death of his father. He began\\nto work at the business of making sash, doors and\\nblinds when he was 18 years of age, which he pur-\\nsued as an occupation until his removal to Michigan\\nin 1864. On coming to Sanilac County he located\\non section 33, where he purchased a hotel structure\\nand two acres of ground therewith. Later he pur-\\nchased 160 acres of land on the same section, and\\ncombined agriculture with his hotel enterprise, until\\nable\\nV.^\\n6\\nlll]s\\nZ.\\n-^^^tf^", "height": "2866", "width": "2206", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph09chic_0390.jp2"}, "391": {"fulltext": "gs\u00c2\u00bb-\\n:m^-\\ni)\\nT\\np\\n/N\\n:t:\\nV\\nI\\nSANILAC COUNTY.\\nJuly, 1883, when he exchanged 80 acres of land for\\nthe hotel property of which he is now the proprietor.\\nPolitically, Mr. Wetmore is a Democrat, and he has\\nbeen active in the discharge of several official posi-\\ntions to which he has been elected.\\nHis marriage to Mary A. Hart took place July 4,\\n1862, in Verona, Mich. They have had seven chil-\\ndren, one of whom, Oscar, Jr., is deceased. Those\\nliving are named James, Catherine, Buel, Oscar and\\nIda Carrie. Mrs. Wetmore was born in 1838, in\\nIreland. Her parents emigrated to the United\\nStates when she was 12 years of age, locating first in\\nthe State of New York, and coming later to Sanilac\\nCounty. They live four miles from Port Sanilac.\\nMr. Wetmore belongs to the Masonic fraternity,\\nLodge No. 237, at Port Sanilac. The family are\\nRoman Catholics.\\n-^3=H=\\nL_i__i.\\n7 7\\nCt-\\noel W. MeMahon, attorney at law, Mar-\\n1^^ lette, and State Senator 1882-3, has risen\\nto greater eminence, probably, than any\\nother native of Sanilac County. He was born\\ny[ in this county, June 29, 1848. His father,\\nJohn McMahon, was born in County Clare,\\nIreland, and came to America as a British soldier in\\n1837, at the time of the trouble with Canada. He\\nwas discharged from military service in the Dominion,\\nand when war was declared between the United\\nStates and Mexico, he enlisted in behalf of the Re-\\npublic, his adopted country, and served faithfully two\\nyears. He finally located in this county, where he\\ncleared a piece of land and engaged in farming, until\\nhis death in 1853. In 1843 he married Miss Bar-\\nbara VVixson, a native of Canada but of New Eng-\\nland parentage. To them were born six children,\\ntwo sons and four daughters.\\nMr. McMahon, the oldest son and third child in\\nthe above family, spent his early boyhood upon his\\nfather s farm in this county, attending the district\\nschool and laboring for his widowed mother. At the\\nage of 14 years he left home and went out into the\\nworld alone, to battle with its difficulties and trials,\\ndetermined to conquer. He continued in farm labor,\\nattending school during the winter months, until he\\nK^\\nf\\nwas 17 years of age, when he entered a store as a\\nclerk for one year, and then for a few years he fol- }r\\nlowed agriculture and worked in the lumber camps,\\naccording to the season. At the age of 23 he\\nentered the Law Department of the Michigan Uni-\\nversity at Ann Arbor, defraying his expenses with his\\nown earnings. On completing one course of lectures\\nhe returned to this county and entered the office of\\nDivine Wixson, at Lexington, and after reading\\nlaw there for eight months he was admitted to the\\nBar and began the practice of his chosen profession, y\\nwhich he has since followed, with commendable sue-\\ncess. Since his admission to the Bar he has resided\\nat Marlette, where he enjoys a large share of the\\nlocal patronage.\\nFor some years Mr. McMahon has been exten-\\nsively engaged in the lumber business, both in the\\nUpper and Lower Peninsulas. He also owns a half\\ninterest in the private banking house of McGill\\nCo., of Marlette. He resides upon his farm adjoin-\\ning the village, where he is also engaged to some ex-\\ntent in agricultural pursuits.\\nIn politics Mr. McMahon has always been a Re- jj\\npublican. He has ever taken an active part in the\\npolitical affairs of his own place, and has held many\\nlocal offices. Upon locating in Mariette he was\\nelected Prosecuting .Attorney, which position he held\\nfor two years. In 1870 he was elected Supervisor,\\nwhich office he held three years. During every\\npolitical campaign, even only of local interest, he\\nhas given from two to four weeks of his time to the\\ncanvass of his county in the interest of his party,\\nand in these labors he has been eminently successful.\\nIn the fall of 1882 he was elected to the State Senate\\nof Michigan, on the Republican ticket, his opponent\\nin the campaign being John Tenant, on the Fusion\\nticket. As a Senator he acquitted himself nobly in\\nthe interests of his constituency, and also of the\\nentire State. He was Chairman of the Committee\\non Insurance, and a member of the Committees on\\nLiquor Traffc, Railroads, Immigration and State\\nNormal School\\nThe foregoing account is one well calculated to in\\nspire all young men, no matter how poor, with an\u00c2\u00ab*j\\nambition to fix their aim singly and proceed to ener-(.ii^\\ngetic work with a patient determination to succeed.^\\nThere is a plenty of room in the upper story of this(4^\\nrepublic for all such young men.\\n.k", "height": "2866", "width": "2206", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph09chic_0391.jp2"}, "392": {"fulltext": "-rC:I]I] :i]0^\\ny^^\\nvsaT\\n-#t^((2^ il\\nSANILAC COUNTY.\\nS^ Senator McMahon was united in marriage July 27,\\nM 187 I, with Miss Minerva Wheeler, a native of this\\n7, State, and a daughter of John B. Wheeler, who was\\na native of the Empire State. Her mother was born\\nin Canada.\\nV\\nhomas Barr, farmer, section 7, Forester\\nTownship, was born Feb. 21, 1849, in\\nLanark Co., Ont., and is the son of Thomas\\nand Elizabeth Barr. When he attained his\\nmajority he came to Michigan and settled in\\nForester Township. He was married there\\nNov. II, 1873, to Margaret Emily Rushton, and they\\nhave four children, Thomas, Calvin, Robert and\\nRuth M. Mrs. Barr was born in Branford, Ontario,\\nand came to Michigan in 1867 with her parents.\\nAfter marriage Mr. Barr took possession of 80\\nacres of land on section 31, Forester Township,\\nwhere he resided two years, and sold out at the end\\nof that rime. In 1877 he bought 80 acres, which\\nnow constitutes his homestead, and of which he has\\nimproved 60 acres. He was in prosperous condition,\\nwhen the fire of Sept. 5, 1881, destroyed his house,\\nbarns and the entire farm appurtenances, leaving the\\nground alone where he had expended his labors and\\nenergies. Even his stock perished, as was so com-\\nmonly the case in the county.\\nMr. Barr is a Democrat, and has held the position\\nof Supervisor since 1878. He has also discharged\\nthe duties of other offices, and has been Justice of\\nthe Peace eight years.\\n11\\n-^f j l ohn Kasdorf, farmer, section 32, Water-\\ni^Mllf~ town Township, was born April 2, 1842, in\\nmother of seven children. They are named Fred,\\nCaroline, Henry, Minnie, Mary, Bertha and Emma.\\nMr. and Mrs. Kasdorf were a part of the agricultural\\nclass in their native land until 1872, when they came\\nto the United States. They settled in Marine, St.\\nClair Co., Mich., where the father became a saw-\\nmill assistant, in which capacity he operated four\\nyears. He then engaged in farming four years in\\nColumbus Township in that county, where he became\\nthe proprietor of 40 acres of land. In the spring of\\n1 88 1 he came to Sanilac County, where he pur-\\nchased 80 acres of unimproved land in the township,\\nwhere he has since resided. He has improved 40\\nacres, and erected good farm buildings. He is a\\nRepublican in political connection, and himself and\\nhis wife belong to the Baptist Church.\\niehael N. Mugan, banker, attorney, real-\\ntate and insurance agent, at Port San-\\nilac, was born Aug. 19, 1848, in Oxford\\nm\\nPrussia. He was under the management\\nof his parents until he was 14 years of age,\\nwhen he became a farm laborer, in which em-\\nploy he was occupied until he was married, Oct.\\n22, 1866, to Rachel Gabbett, a native of Prussia.\\nShe was born March 13, 1839, and has become the\\nCo., Ont. His parents, Patrick and Mary\\n(O Connor) Mugan, were narives of the south\\nof Ireland. They emigrated to America pre-\\nvious to their marriage, the respective families to\\nwhich they belonged locating in Oxford Co., Ont.\\nAfter their marriage they settled on a farm in that\\ncounty, where they are living in retired affluence,\\nhaving accumulated $30,000, in the enjoyment of\\nwhich they are moving down the sunset walks of\\nlife, a situation which affords them satisfaction in\\nview of the fact that they set out in life in actual\\npoverty. They became the parents of 12 children,\\nfour of whom are deceased. Mr. Mugan of this\\nsketch is the eldest. Martin B., James G., Sarah\\nAllen, Katie and John are the names of the others\\nwho are living, all of whom reside in Ontario except\\nMartin, who is a citizen of St. Louis, Mo.\\nMr. Mugan was reared on his father s farm, ob-\\ntaining a fair elementary education in the public\\nschools of his native county, until he was 17 years\\nold, when he entered the Commercial College at\\nLondon, Ont., where he completed a full business\\ncourse of study, and studied classics to some ex-\\ntent. Afterward he came to Sanilac County and.\\nC^,\\nI\\nV^\\nI\\nG)\\nf\\nr", "height": "2866", "width": "2206", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph09chic_0392.jp2"}, "393": {"fulltext": "T\\nA\\nV\\nSt\\nrrr-T ^llI]5i^tlllf; r--\\nS A NIL AC COUNTY.\\n-:3!i^^^?iKr\\ntaught school one winter.\\n4\\nHe returned to Ontario\\nK and entered the grammar school at Ingersol, where\\ntr, he studied six months. At the end of that time he\\nwent to London, Ont., and he obtained employment\\nas a salesman in a provision store, where he was oc-\\ncupied some time.\\nComing thence to Michigan once more, he taught\\nschool in Sanilac County, at Forest. He remained\\nin the Huron peninsula two years, returning again\\nto Ontario, where he became a student in the C. L. I.\\nCollege and remained a student there nearly two\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0\\\\jg, years. In the fall of 1872 he came to White Rock,\\nHuron County, where he engaged once more in\\nteaching. While thus engaged he was appointed\\nCounty Superintendent of Schools, and was the in-\\ncumbent of that position until the office was abol-\\nished. He was again placed in nomination by all\\nthe political parties, when the position was annulled.\\nIn 1875 Mr. Mugan established a mercantile enter-\\nprise at Forestville in Sanilac County, in which he\\nwas engaged two years. On closing his affairs in\\nthat line he went to Port Huron for the purpose of\\nE^ reading law, and he entered the office of O Brien\\nAtkinson. He remained under their guidance two\\n1=3 years, and in March, 1879, was admitted to practice\\nin the State Courts of Michigan.\\nIn May, 1880, he opened liis professional career\\nat Port Sanilac. His meicantile venture Iiad left\\nhim in financial delinquency, amounting to $500, but\\nthe influx of business in his calling of attorney soon\\nenabled him to set himself right with the world, and\\nin 1882 he instituted a private banking house, with a\\ncash capital of $20,000, to which he soon added the\\nseveral enterprises now constituting the list of his\\nbusiness relations.\\nMr. Mugan is in sympathy with tlie Republican\\nelement in politics.\\nHe was married at White Rock, Dec. 25, 1874, to\\nMary A. McKee, and they are the parents of three\\nchildren, James P., Mary W. and Allen V. Mrs.\\nMugan was born at Port Huron, and is the daughter\\nof Charles S. and Mary (Stock) McKee. Her pa-\\nrents are natives of England. They emigrated to\\nOntario, and after some years residence in the Do-\\nminion they removed to Huron County, where the\\nfather was occupied as a merchant, and later as the\\nproprietor of a hotel, which he pursued until 1882.\\nHe is nov/ retired, and is about 65 years of age. His\\n^^00\\nwife is of the same age. Mrs. Mugan received a\\ncareful education in the common schools of White\\nRock and under the care of a private teacher until\\nshe was 18 years old, when she commenced a suc-\\ncessful career as a teacher. She is a lady of intelli-\\ngence and fine social qualities.\\nThe family are Roman Catholics.\\n-4- -^t^=c\u00c2\u00ab^ S.\\nh\\\\\\n-xociZriS^^\u00e2\u0080\u0094 ^^i\\n-.^-S/OTWJv\\nW r.,dward Cowan, farmer, section 2, Bndge-\\nWs hampton Townshiii, is a native of Ireland,\\n,Ky where he was born in September, 1840.\\n4^ He was but three years old when he was\\nbrought to Canada, where he remained until\\nhe came to Sanilac County in 1861, which has\\nsince been his home. He owns 80 acres of land, 60\\nacres of which are improved. Mr. Cowan is a Dem-\\nocrat in political faith. He has been the holder of\\nseveral township offices.\\nHis marriage to Mary E. Nelson took place in\\nBridgehampton Township, Oct. i, 1873. She is a\\nnative of Ohio. Following are the names of the six\\nchildren who have been born to Mr. and Mrs.\\nCowan: Rosa P., Edward J., William A., Arthur J.,\\nThomas R. and Frederick A. The latter is not\\nliving. The parents are members of the Church of\\nEngland.\\nm; 4 ohn O Connell, farmer and lumberman,\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0}MJl resident on section 14, Custer Township,\\n\u00e2\u0080\u00a2;i:;3 has lived in Sanilac County, since 1859.\\n)f He was born Oct. 12, 1849, in Ontario, and is\\nr the son of William and Grizelda (Wright)\\nI O Connell. His parents were natives of On-\\ntario and settledin the townshipof Brideghampton,in\\n1859, and are yet living on their farm.\\nMr. O Connell is the oldest of 1 1 children born to\\nhis parents. He was 10 years old when he came to\\nthis township and county, where he has grown to\\nA\\nc^:\\nm", "height": "2866", "width": "2206", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph09chic_0393.jp2"}, "394": {"fulltext": "m\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0^V ^llt]^llDrt\\n-#^C\u00c2\u00aeV^\\n(h\\nA\\nV\\nrQ^\\n398\\nSAJSIILAC COUNTY.\\nt\\nmanhood and established his citizenship. He is a\\nDemocrat in poHtical sentiment.\\nHis wife, Mrs. Mary (Spiker) O Connell, is a native\\nof Ontario. Their marriage occurred Jan. i, 1874,\\nin Bridgehampton Township. Three children have\\nbeen born to them, William, Agnes and Nora. Mr.\\nO Connell has held several local township offices.\\nonathan W. Babcoek is a leading attorney\\nof Sanilac County and resides at Lexing-\\nton. He is the junior member of the law\\nfirm of Divine Babcoek, and is prominent in\\nthe general interests of the locality where he\\nlives. The business house to which he belongs\\nis one of the most important and influential in this\\nsection of the Peninsular .State, and his official record\\nis one that does eminent credit to his abilities and\\ntestifies conclusively to his popularity and the quality\\nof the services he renders in behalf of the trusts\\nreposed in him by his friends.\\nMr. Babcoek was born April 19, 1849, in Williams\\nTownship, Middlesex Co., Ont and is the son of\\nHenry A. and Betsey (Siryker) Babcoek. (See sketch\\nof H. A. Babcoek.) His father was born in Oneida\\nCo., N. Y., and his mother belonged to the German\\nelement which peopled the Mohawk Valley in the\\nState of New York. She was born March 17, 1825,\\nin Wyoming Co., N. Y. Her mother was born in\\n1800 in the Empire State, and passed her last years\\nin the family of her daughter in Elk Township, where\\nshe died, in 1879. In 1852 the senior Babcoek re-\\nmoved his family to Romeo, Macomb Co., Mich., and\\na year later went thence to Richmond in the same\\ncounty. Jonathan was 14 years of age when a third\\nand last change was made in locality. In 1863 the\\nfamily settled on a farm in Elk Township, in this\\ncounty, where his parents yet reside, on the old\\nhomestead. Mr. Babcoek obtained a limited com-\\nmon-school education in Macomb County, and after\\nremoval to Sanilac County he was an efficient aid to\\nhis father in the manufneture of hoops. He became\\nskilled in all the departments pertaining to the busi-\\nness, and in 1869, when he was 20 years of age, he\\nobtained a position as agent for the purchase of\\nm^\\nhoops for the Salt Company of Onondaga, N. Y.,\\nunder the management of B. M. Dutcher. He con-\\ntinued to act in that capacity two years, operating\\nchiefly at Clio, Genesee County, Birch Run, Sagi-\\nnaw County, and Midland, Midland County. He\\nhad other ambitions and plans, and while accomplish-\\ning the labors of the thing that was nearest, he\\nprosecuted a general course of study in whatever\\nbranch seemed most feasible, meanwhile acquiring a\\nknowledge of men and affairs that affords tangible\\nproof of the value of experience in disciplining and\\nfitting the mind for the work which the world de-\\nmands of every man. In 187 1 he came to the village\\nof Peek, in Elk Township, and became a salesman in\\nthe store of Dutcher Collins. On the dissolution\\nof the firm in the spring of 1872, he engaged as agent\\nfor Charles Partridge in the purchase of staves and\\nhoops in Sanilac County. In August of the same\\nyear he was nominated on the Republican ticket for\\nthe office of Sheriff and was elected in November fol-\\nlowing. He discharged the duties of the position one\\nterm and removed to the township of Elmer in 1875,\\nwhere he resumed the manufacture of hoops. He\\ncommenced the study of law, reading nights and\\nlaboring to support his family. In January, 1877,\\nafter two years of hard work and study, he removed\\nto Peck and engaged in the store of D. Doane as\\nassistant, meanwhile continuing his studies, and was 1;\\nfinally admitted to the practice of his profession in\\nJuly of the same year, passing his examination before\\nHon. E. W. Harris. To the question as to his course\\nof instruction and the school where he had studied,\\nhe replied that he had prosecuted his legal course\\nchiefly in the woods. The results show that a man\\nmay achieve any purpose through determination and\\njudicious effort, independent of schools and boards\\nof instruction, as Mr. Babcoek received his creden-\\ntials authorizing him to practice law in the State\\nCourts of Michigan. He opened an office in the vil-\\nlage of Peck immediately after his admission to the\\nBar, where he prosecuted the business of an attorney\\nuntil Jan. i, 1882. At that date he formed a busi-\\nness association with John Divine. The relation still\\nexists, and the firm is engaged in the transaction of\\nheavy business interests. In addition to their labor\\nas attorneys, they are operating extensively in col-\\nlecting.\\nMr. Babcoek is a Republican of a decided radical (sj\\nstamp, and has been active and prominent in local\\n@tf:\\n/r)", "height": "2866", "width": "2206", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph09chic_0394.jp2"}, "395": {"fulltext": "^is/\u00c2\u00ae^)^#^\\n(0\\nV\\nA\\nJ\\nV\\nV\\nSANILAC COUNTY.\\n;2if^^?^i^\\n399\\npolitical connections. He was elected Supervisor of\\nElmer Township in 1876, and was one of the Com-\\nmittee who drafted the resolution to remove the\\ncounty seat to the geographical center of the county.\\nIn 1880 he was elected to the position of Prosecuting\\nAttorney, and scored a decided triumph over the op-\\nposition candidate. He was re-elected in 1882, with-\\nout opposition, and again in 1884. While resident\\nat Peck, he officiated in several official positions in\\nthe village and township, and has been actively in-\\nterested in school matters. He has been a member\\nof the Republican County Committee six years, and\\nChairman of that body four years.\\nMr. Babcock has been married twice. His first\\nwife was Nancy J., daughter of Chauncey and Lavi-\\nnia Allen. She died in Lexington, Sept. 21, 1S82,\\nleaving two surviving children, of three, of which she\\nwas the mot ier. Willard was born Sept. 4, 187 i,\\nAlice was born in April, 1873, and died in August\\nfollowing. Linda was born April ri, 1876. Mr.\\nBabcock was again married Sept. 24, 1883, to Anna\\nFarr. She was born in Sanilac County on the farm\\non which her father resides in Elk Township. She is\\nthe daughter of John and Mary A. Farr, pioneer set-\\ntlers of the township of Elk.\\nMr. Babcock is a member of the Masonic fra-\\nternity, and was a leading actor in the organization\\nof Elk Lodge, No. 353, of which he was first Master,\\nholding the position until his removal to Lexington.\\n(liHlliam K. Shirley, farmer, section 11,\\ntt^S!: Ii Bridgehampton Township, was born in\\nj^K Lanark Co., Ont., Aug. 20, 1838. John\\nand Jane Shirley, his father and mother, were\\nnatives respectively of England and Ireland.\\nMr. Shirley resided in his native province\\nuntil 1868, the date of his coming to Sanilac County\\nand also of his purchase of 120 acres of land. He is\\nnow the proprietor of 160 acres, and has 115 acres\\nunder first-class cultivation.\\nHe was married in Lambton Co,, Ont., Feb. 26,\\n1868, to Jane Larrett. She was born in that county,\\nMarch 19, 1844. George A., Mary A. V., John W.,\\nRobert W., Amanda J. and an unnamed infant are\\nthe children born of the marriage of Mr. and Mrs.\\nShirley. The two last died in infancy. Mr. Shirley\\nis an adherent of the National Greenback party. He\\nhas held the office of Overseer of Highways three\\nyears, and School Director three years, been Secretary\\nof his Churcli (Episcopal) and Sabbath-s( hool teacher\\nthe past two years. Mrs. S. is also a member of the\\nsame Church.\\n-5 ^^^^^^y\\nttia P. Rass, farmer, section 6, Watertown\\nTp., was born in Fowler, Trumbull Co., Ohio\\nJune 9, 1848. His parents, Andiew W. and\\nSarah A. (Reams)*[Rass, were natives of\\nPennsylvania, and were respectively of Scotch\\nand German descent. His father is a black-\\nsmith and wagon-maker by trade, and was a resident\\nof Trumbull County 26 years. He removed with his\\nfamily to Michigan in 1872, after passing three sum-\\nmers in Iowa. He first located in Midland County,\\nand went afterwards to Wayne County, where the\\nfamily continued to reside two years. They removed\\nthence to SaniJac County and settled in Elmer\\nTownship, where they now reside, and are aged\\nrespectively 66 and 59 years. In their household\\nwas one daughter Layura, now a resident at Cleve-\\nland, Ohio.\\nMr. Rass became the arbitrator of his own for-\\ntunes at 14 years of age. He engaged in his native\\ncounty in farm labor for a time, and next entered the\\nemployment of the Lake Shore Railroad Company,\\nwhere he operated three years between the cities of\\nCleveland, Ohio, and Erie, Pa. He went next to\\nIowa, where he engaged as a farm laborer during\\ntwo seasons. In the autumn of 1871 he located at\\nMidland, where he spent two years in the manufac-\\nture of doors and window sash in the einploy of\\nReams Ross, and at the end of that time em-\\nbarked in the same business in his own behalf. He\\ndid not succeed as he had planned, and at last sold\\nhis interest. He then entered the furniture estab-\\nlishment of his father, with w-hom he remained some\\ntime as clerk. He then engaged in tlie saw-mill\\nbusiness, and went after a short time to Wayne\\nVS\\n\u00e2\u0080\u00a2i\\no)\\n\u00e2\u0080\u00a2S\\nm\\ni^V\u00c2\u00ae)^\u00e2\u0082\u00ac-\\nu=:^^\\n^Mm]\\\\^", "height": "2866", "width": "2206", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph09chic_0395.jp2"}, "396": {"fulltext": "i Ji(\u00c2\u00a3\\nT\u00e2\u0096\u00a04^IlIl:-^;GQ^\\ni\\nf\\nJ\\na\\n400\\nSANILAC COUNTY.\\nCounty, where he remained two years. At the end\\nof that time he came to the township of Elmer,\\nwhere he purchased 40 acres on section i. To this\\nhe added by subsequent purchase a tract of ^o acres\\nin Watertown. The entire property was in a wholly\\nunimproved state, andhe has since that date cleared\\nand creditably improved 30 acres. Mr. Rass is a\\nzealous Republican, and has held the position of\\nSupervisor since 1881.\\nHis marriage to Permelia Sigler occurred Dec. 25,\\n1872, in Fowler, Ohio. She was born March 9, 1851,\\nin that place, and is the daughter of Austm and Me-\\nlissa (Lamberton) Sigler, natives respectively of Ohio\\nand Connecticut. The former is now a merchant at\\nCortland, and is 64 years of age. The mother died\\nin Ohio in 1858. Mr. and. Mrs. Rass have one child,\\n\u00e2\u0080\u0094Guy A., born Jan. 27, 1874.\\n-13=\\n=e^\\ni^iif\\nittmon A. Wilton, farmer, section five,\\nS}^imw, Bridgehampton Township, has been a resi-\\njlijp^ dent of Sanilac County since 1863. In\\ntip August of that year, he bought 40 acres of un-\\nji^ improved land in the township where he now\\nresides. He has bought and sold various tracts\\nof land in the township, and is now the proprietor of\\n50 acres, nearly all of which is under cultivation.\\nHe has discharged his duties as a citizen by serving\\nin the local offices, having been Justice of the Peace\\n15 years. Township Clerk, Highway Commissioner,\\nand filled the different school offices. He was\\nformerly a Republican, but at present is identified\\nwith the Anti-Monopolist element.\\nMr. Wilton was born in Canada, May 28, 1836,\\nand is the second son of his parents, William and\\nJane (Benzie) Wilton. They were natives of Eng-\\nland, whence they emigrated to the Dominion of\\nCanada in 1834. The father died there, Dec. 17,\\n1844. Their family included seven children. Mr.\\nWilton obtained only a limited education in his youth,\\nbut later in life he realized the necessity of mental\\ncultivation; and, by application and taking advantage\\nof all opportunities which presented, he acquired a\\nair share of learning. After attaining his majority.\\nhe followed the trade of a carpenter and joiner in\\nCanada, until his removal to Michigan, since which\\nhe has been a farmer.\\nHe was married Dec. 26, 1864, in Forester Town-\\nship, to Jane, daughter of James and Esther Aldred.\\nShe was born Aug. i, 1845, in England. Of seven\\nchildren born of this union two are deceased, Es-\\nther and Pittmon. Those who survive are Williain\\nS., Ida J., Mary A., Eliza E. and Joseph H.\\ng\\\\f1jills Beech, farmer, section i, Bridgehamp-\\ny ton Township, was born Sept. 6, 1836, in\\nPrince Edward Co., Ont. His parents,\\nyi-^^ Harlow Land Phebe (Harrington) Beech,\\nwere born respectively in the State of New York\\nI and Canada. His father died in the Dominion,\\nin 1879; his mother still survives, and resides in\\nCanada.\\nMr. Beech came to Sanilac County in the winter\\nof 1877. He bought the property he now owns,\\nwhich consists of 80 acres of land with nearly 60\\nacres under cultivation. He is independent in politi-\\ncal connection, and has held various offices in his\\ntownship.\\nHe was married in Prince Edward Co., Ont., Sept.\\n12, 1855, to Nancy Gerow. She was born in Canada,\\nand is the daughter of Benjamin and Martha (Wig-\\ngins) Gerow. who were natives of New Brunswick.\\nBoth her parents are deceased. Al Fretta is the name\\nof the only child of Mr. and Mrs. Beech, born Sept.\\n13. 1857-\\n^^r\\nW\\nA\\nC\\nA/v^^S-i^S-v^^\\n.harles Reinelt, farmer and lumberman,\\nresiding on section 7, Wheatland Town-\\np, is a Bohemian by birth, and has resided\\nin Sanilac County since 1863. He was born\\nOct. 8, 1842, and is the son of John and\\nBarbara (Sastek) Reinelt. His parents were\\nalso born in Bohemia. He emigrated to this country\\nWk", "height": "2866", "width": "2206", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph09chic_0396.jp2"}, "397": {"fulltext": "T\\nSANILAC COUNTY.\\nwhen he became 21 years old, and proceeded at once\\nto Michigan. The township of Wheatland was then\\nincluded in the municipality of Marion, and lie home-\\nsteaded 160 acres. As he entered somewhat exten-\\nsively into the business of lumbering, he increased\\nhis real estate to 320 acres. His arable land com-\\nprises about 80 acres. In political belief he is a\\nDemocrat and he was the first Highway Commis-\\nsioner and the first Constable of Wheatland, being\\nelected when the township was organized.\\nHe was married Nov. 12, 1865, in the township of\\nForester, to Mary J. Loub. She was born Oct. 28,\\n1849, in Ontario, Can. The following are the names\\nof their nine children John, Agnes, Albert, George,\\nMary, Charles, Ida, Arthur and Maggie. The family\\nbelongs to the Catholic Church.\\ni\\nf=^ t\\nrs. Irene E. Adams, only daughter of\\nAmos James, proprietor of the Cadillac\\n^?jS^ House at Lexington, with whom she re-\\nsides, was born at Port Huron, Mich.,\\nMarch 14, 1845. She passed the early years\\nof her life in her native place, where she\\nattended the graded school and completed the High\\nSchool course of study in her 18th year. She was\\nsubsequently a pupil under the instructions of Miss\\nHattii Hyde, now Mrs. F. S. Wells. She began the\\nstudy of music when she was seven years old, under\\na private teacher. Miss Sarah Howard, who was her\\ninstructress until she was ten years old. Her next\\nteacher, Louis Atkins, gave her two terms of lessons,\\nand she studied music under Mrs. Maria Gough,\\nseven years. She became very proficient, and after\\nceasing her lessons she became a teacher herself.\\nWhen she was 13 years of age, her aunt, Mrs. H.\\nN. Howard, of Port Huron, took her by boat to Chi-\\ncago. The party took passage in the latter days of\\nSeptember, 1848, in the Storm-King, a misnomer\\nin this instance, as in making port at Chicago during\\na heavy storm the boat reefed on a sand-bar and\\nthe passengers were taken ashore in a small boat at\\nthree o clock in the morning, after a disagreeable\\nseason of storm and sea-sickness. It is perhaps\\nneedless to state that the party returned by rail to\\nPort Huron, with a disgust for lake travel which time\\nhas not obliterated.\\nMiss James was married in 1S64, to Henry L.\\nAdams, a salesman in the mercantile establishment\\nof William Allen at Port Huron. After continuing\\nin that avenue of business one year, Mr. Adams\\nyielded to the solicitation of his father-in-law and\\nremoved to Lexington, where he became interested in\\nihe management of the Cadillac, associated with\\nMr. James. In 1867, the hotel changed owners,\\nMessrs. James and Adams returning to Port Huron,\\nwhere the latter embarked in the livery business.\\nA year later he exchanged his interests in that line\\nof business for the hotel property at Forestville,\\nowned by Charles Smith. Under the new manage-\\nment, the Forest House continued the most com-\\nmodious and comfortable refuge for the traveling\\npublic on the lake-side between Lexington and Port\\nAustin until the fire of 1S71, when it shared the\\ncommon fate and vanished in smoke and flame with\\nits entire contents. The succeeding days were full\\nof trial and suffering to Mr. and Mrs. Adams, and a\\nson, John William, who had been born to them\\nMay 22, 1866, and was a little more than five years\\nof age. The family pushed out on the lake in a\\nsmall fishing-boat, a terrific gale and a heavy sea\\nmaking their chances of safety exceedingly small\\nbut they preferred death by drowning, and they sat\\nin their frail boat, seeing the destruction of their\\nhome, ill clad, burning bits falling upon them inces-\\nsantly, making it necessary for them to keep in a\\ndrenched condition to avoid burning to death on the\\nwater. The latter was warm with the intense heat\\nthat pervaded the atmosphere, and was converted\\ninto alkali. For three days and two nights they\\nwere afloat without water or food, save two or three\\ncabbages picked up on the beach. Mr. Adams loss\\naggregated about $5,000, and included a barn and\\nlivery equipments worth $2,000, the hotel fixtures\\nand supplies. The large coach-dog, Billy, was\\nseverely burned.\\nIncidents abounded, and one that seemed the\\nresult of premonition must be mentioned, as it con-\\ncerns Polly, a part of the history of Lexington and\\nwell-known on the Huron lake-side. Polly is a\\nparrot, which is at this writing (1884) 35 years old,\\nand has been a member of the James family 30\\nyears. She is a remarkable sample of her remark-\\nable genus, and wants the regulation cracker, does\\ns\\n%m", "height": "2866", "width": "2206", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph09chic_0397.jp2"}, "398": {"fulltext": "^S/^\u00c2\u00ae\\n402\\nt\\nV\\nSANILAC COUNTY.\\nnot have to talk when she is not disposed, and is\\napt with her good bye when her capricious taste\\nis offended. For some reason, not understood by\\nherself, Mrs. Adams sent the bird to the Cadillac\\ntwo weeks before the fire. Her piano had never\\nbeen removed to Forestville, and about the time\\nPolly was sent to what proved to be safe quarters,\\nshe ordered the instrument shipi)ed from Port\\nHuron but, feeling a curious premonition, she sent\\ninstructions to have it landed at Lexington, which\\nwas done, to her great satisfaction when they were\\novertaken by catastrophe.\\nMr. Adams did not remain to accept the relief\\nwhich came promptly to the fire- sufferers, but joined\\nhis father-in-law, and soon after became again asso-\\nciated with him in the management of the Cadil-\\nlac at Lexington, of which Mr. James had become\\nthe proprietor. In 1875 he removed to Port Huron,\\nwhere, associated with Will. James, his brother-in-\\nlaw, he again embarked in the livery business, where\\nhe remained two years. His health had become\\nbroken and his disease developed into dropsy, from\\nwhich he died Aug. 11, 1879, at Lexington, whither\\nhe had returned in 1S77.\\nMrs. Adams and her son are members of her\\nfather s family at the Cadillac. (See sketch of Amos\\nJames.)\\n44|.^.^\\nhomas T. Nichol, farmer, section 18^\\nl^\u00c2\u00ae^li Bridgehampton Township, is the son of\\nXjjtg?= John and Elizabeth (Coulter) Nichol. The\\nH,^ parents were natives of Ireland and became\\ntJ residents of the Dominion of Canada, where\\nI the son was born, March 24, 1838. He came\\nto Sanilac County in May, 1855, his parents remov-\\ning hither at the same time. He has lived here ever\\nsince with the exception of one year, when he was\\nin the service of the United States. He enlisted\\nOct. 3, 1864, in the 22d Mich. Vol. Inf., and was\\nafterwards transferred to the 29th Mich. Vol. Inf.\\nHe is the owner of 160 acres, which includes 85\\nacres of cleared and improved land. He is a Deni-\\ncrat in political faith, and has been a faithful servant\\nin most of the official positions in his township. He\\nhas been Justice of the Peace since 1865, has offici-\\nated as Township Treasurer seven years, and has\\ndischarged the duties of all the school offices suc-\\ncessfully.\\nHe was married Feb. 3, 1 86 1, in Bridgehampton\\nTownship, to Sarah Tucker, a native of the State of\\nNew York. Eight children, named as follows, have\\nbeen born of this marriage Roxie A., William F.,\\nMaty J., Robert, Elizabeth, John, Thomas, Theo-\\ndore and Ellsworth. The two last were twins, and\\nEllsworth is deceased.\\nh\\nilliam Murray, farmer, section 3, Forester\\nI i rlr^J Township, was born Sept. 10, 1841, in\\nSVs Middlesex Co., Ont. His parents, Wil-\\n-_f^^ liam and Jane (Murray) Murray, were na-\\ntives of Scotland, and came to Ontario about\\n1838. The father was a farmer by profession,\\nand followed that business in the Dominion until\\n1 85 2, when they came to Forester Township and\\npassed the remaining years of their lives. The\\nmother belonged to the Methodist Episcopal Church\\nand died in 1S82, aged 62 years. The demise of the\\nfather occurred in 1863, at the age of 44 years. He\\nwas a member of the Congregational Church was\\nTownship Clerk at the time of his death.\\nMr. Murray was 11 years of age when he came to\\nMichigan. His father died soon after he attained his\\nmajority, and lie assumed the management of the\\nhomestead and the care of the family. His mother\\nwas his especial charge to the time of her death. To\\nthe area of the farm of his father, he has added\\n104 acres, and of the entire tract of 160 acres he has\\nplaced 100 acres in a condition suitable for agricul-\\nture. It was originally covered with heavy timber,\\nbut has now excellent barns and a good family resi-\\ndence.\\nMr. Murray belongs to the Republican element in\\npolitical affairs. He has been Township Clerk for\\nfour years, and has held other official positions.\\nHe was married Aug. 7, 1871, in Sanilac Town-\\nship, to Emmeline Mattison, and they have three\\nchildren, namely: Arthur H., born June 4, 1872\\nAlice, Dec. 24, 1873; James, July 19, 1875. Mrs.\\nwm", "height": "2866", "width": "2206", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph09chic_0398.jp2"}, "399": {"fulltext": "t!7\\n^VC:lili;^:i]ii^i v\\nS^\\nSANILAC COUNTY.\\n403\\nf\\n/On\\ny^\\nV\\n-4\\nMurray is the daughter of James and Emma (Heri-\\ntage) Mattisoii. Her parents were among the earliest\\nof the pioneers of the county of Sanilac, and are still\\nliving, in the township of the same name. She was\\nborn July 2, 1S42, in Monroe, Mich., and was six\\nyears old when she was brought to Sanilac. She was\\neducated in the city of Monroe, and at 16 became a\\nteacher in the public schools. She followed her\\nvocation 14 years and won a reputation for ability\\nand skill in the calling of teacher.\\nilliam Cowan, farmer, section 2, Bridge-\\np I lli^Sl i hampton Township, was born in 1834, in\\njl-S -i^ County Tipperary, Ireland. He was 16\\n^^fS$Y years old when he bade farewell to his native\\n\u00e2\u0080\u00a2^^tT land to come to America. He went first to\\nCanada, where he remained until 1S61, the\\nyear in which he removed to Sanilac County, where\\nhe has since lived. He is the owner of So acres of\\nland, and has 50 acres under creditable and profit-\\nable cultivation.\\nThe first marriage of Mr. Cowan occurred in the\\ntownship of Worth, when he became the husband of\\nLottie Webb. One child was born to them, William\\nby name. The mother died in 1873. Mr. Cowan\\nwas again married in Carsonville, June 12, 1880, to\\nElmina Dixon. One child, born of this marriage,\\ndied in infancy. Arthur is living.\\nMr. Cowan is a Democrat in political connection.\\nvaaaz/\u00c2\u00ae-^^\\np4^4\u00e2\u0080\u0094 \u00c2\u00bb.^^WOTi\u00c2\u00bbv.\\nr acob I. Deadman, Carsonville, Postmaster\\nllir at Farmer s and manager of the mercantile\\nestablishment of C. M. Oldfield, was born\\nSept. 22, 1S55, in Canada. His parents, Wil-\\nliam and Christina (McKay) Deadman, were\\nborn respectively in England and Scotland.\\nThey emigrated to Ontario in early life, married and\\nsettled there, and afterward came to Alpena, Mich.,\\nwhere they now reside.\\nMr. Deadman remained in the Dominion until he\\nwas 19 years old, and received a common-school\\neducation. In 1874 he came to Sanilac County, and\\nengaged in clerking for a period of seven years. In\\n1S82 he entered the employment of C. M. Oldfield,\\nmerchant at Carsonville, as manager of the business,\\nand has since operated in that capacity. In October,\\n1882, he was appointed Postmaster at Farmer s.\\nHe is a Republican and a member of the Order of\\nMaccabees.\\nMr. Deadman was married at Port Huron, May\\n27, 1879, to Mary McMuldroch, daughter of William\\nand Hannah McMuldroch. She was born Nov. 19,\\n1862, at Port Sanilac. Three children have been\\nborn to them, Elizabeth, Carrie and Christina.\\n,v.-ii;qi._\\nnthony ]jeins, a farmer in Sanilac Town-\\nship and engaged in the busines of a mar-\\nketman at Port Sanilac, was born June 11,\\n?{!]\\\\a 1838, in Wurtemburg, Germany. When he\\nli/ reached the age of 16 years he left his native\\nI country and came alone to the United States.\\nHe landed at the port of New York, where he made\\na brief stay, proceeding thence up the Hudson River\\nto Albany, where he obtained employment in a\\nbrick-yard. He went next to Onondaga County,\\ncoming, 18 months later, to Michigan, where he ar-\\nrived in 1856.\\nWithin that year he enlisted in the regular army\\nof the United States, and was first stationed at New-\\nport, Ky. His command was next sent to Texas,\\nand later to Florida. He was in the service 18\\nmonths, and at the end of that time he was dis-\\ncharged on account of minority (being under age),\\nbefore the expiration of his period of enlistment. He\\nremained in Florida, in the employment of the Gov-\\nernment, nearly two years, and then went to Arkan-\\nsas, where he first began to operate as a butcher, and\\ncontinued there in that occupation two years.\\nHe proceeded thence to the plains of the Indian\\nTerritory, where he was similarly occupied in the in-\\nterest of a Government contractor. He was there\\nemployed si.K months, coming thence to Michigan,\\n^^^h\\nu:^^\\n:]\\\\m\\ntlll 1 A^", "height": "2866", "width": "2206", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph09chic_0399.jp2"}, "400": {"fulltext": "m\\n^K/-\u00c2\u00ae))?^?!^\\n^:^tlll^llll^ r\\ntfe^ S\\n.404\\nSANILAC COUNTY.\\nI\\n-It\\nwhere his stay was brief. He returned to the South,\\nand when that section of the United States seceded\\nhe was compelled to enter the Confederate service,\\nand enlisted at Mobile, Ala. Twenty-one months\\nelapsed before he had an opportunity to make his\\nescape. He had had enough of war, and he again\\nmade his way to Michigan, going soon after to New\\nYork. In 1865 he returned to Michigan for a per-\\nmanent abode, coming to Huron- County. In the\\nfollowing year he located at Port Sanilac. He at once\\nestablished a meat market, and has since continued\\nthe prosecution of that business, together with\\nfarming.\\nMr. Leins is a Democrat in political belief and\\nconnection, and has served two terras as Township\\nTreasurer. He is a member of the village Board of\\nTrustees {1884).\\nHe was married June 5, 1866, at Port Huron, to\\nMary E. Flynn. Tliey have been the parents of five\\nchildren, two of whom Thomas C. and Augusta\\nare deceased. A. Elizabeth, Ida A. and William A.\\nare those who are living. Mrs. Leins was born Dec.\\n25, 1S34, in Emily, Victoria Co., Can. The family\\nare Roman Catholics.\\nI\\nO\\n^laf w,^-.\\nKulius Bisbee, farmer, section 20, Bridge-\\n!\u00c2\u00a3MJ,.,r hampton Tp., was born Oct. 11, 1829, in\\n||l^ Vermont, of which State his parents, Elijah\\nand Saria (Foster) Bisbee, were also natives.\\nThey removed to Canada in ^1832. The son\\nremained there until 1S45. In February of\\nthat year he came to Sanilac County, and was a resi-\\ndent here until 1S62, in which year he went to Ma-\\ncomb County. He remained there until April, 1880,\\nwhen he returned to Sanilac County, and bought the\\nfarm on which he has since resided. It comprises\\n140 acres of land, 75 acres of the place being under\\nculture. He is a Republican in political views and\\nconnection.\\nMr. Bisbee was first married at Port Huron, July\\n4, 1852, to Clarissa Warren. She was born in Can-\\nada and died in Sanilac County, in 1856, leaving one\\nchild, Ira W. The present wife of Mr. Bisbee was\\nMary A. Wade. She is a native of Michigan, and\\nhas been the mother of five children, Nettie C,\\nFrankie, Cora, Ida and Kitty. The second child is\\ndeceased.\\nU rastus B. Barrett, foreman of the agricul-\\nttjl^^ls tural property of Edward Smith at For-\\nkjlSf ester, has been resident at this point since\\n1865, when he came hither from Hampden\\nCounty, Mass., and engaged with Messrs.\\nSmith, Kelley Co. as foreman of their lum-\\nber interests. He operated in that capacity seven\\nyears, iiaving control of 200 men. On the suspen-\\nsion of their lumber business he succeeded to the\\nmanagement of the extensive farm of the firm, which\\nincludes 500 acres of improved land. Under the\\nsupervision of Mr. Barrett the place has proved a\\nfinancial success. He has improved the stock on\\nthe place and made a specialty of breeding horses.\\nHe owns a fine Percheron stallion, worth $2,000.\\nThe principal barn on the estate was planned by\\nEdward Smith, and constructed under Mr. Barrett s\\nsupervision, and is perhaps the best in the state. It\\nis 66 by 150 feet in size, with stone basement, with\\nfacilities for the shelter of 100 head of stock and 250\\ntons of feed. Only an extended description would\\nconvey an adequate idea of its style and con-\\nvenience. Its finish renders it a prominent addition\\nto the appearance of the place.\\nMr. Barrett was born Nov. 7, 1836, in Hampden\\nCo., Mass. His parents, Butler and Polly (Covves)\\nBarrett, were natives of New England and belonged\\nto the agricultural class of society. His mother died\\nin 1863, aged 54 years. His father is 83 years of\\nage, and is still living in the Bay State.\\nMr. Barrett was married Oct. 27, i860, to Mary J.\\nMcRae, and they have two children Edward S. is\\nthe elder. Jennie married Geo. P. Brown, of Port\\nHuron, Dec. 25, 1881, and resides at St. Ignace,\\nMich. Mrs. Barrett was born in June, 1847, in\\nSomersville, Conn., and is the daughter of Lathrop\\nand Delia (Owens) McRae.\\nAfter marriage Mr. Barrett resided in Hampden\\nCounty until the advent of civil war. He was\\nA\\nr\\nI\\n^^X\u00c2\u00a7^\\n\\\\^mm^", "height": "2866", "width": "2206", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph09chic_0400.jp2"}, "401": {"fulltext": "^IIIl^IlIl^ -r\\nT-r^\\nSANILAC COUNTY.\\n-:2^ #iisr\\nh\\nV\\ni~)\\namong the earliest to respond to the call tor the first\\n300,000 men, and he enlisted June 27, 1861, in Co.\\nC, Tenth Mass. Vol. Inf. His command was as-\\nsigned to the Army of the Potomac, under Gen.\\nMcClellan, and he participated in 1 1 of the hardest\\nfought battles of the early campaign under that\\nGeneral. Mr. Barrett served exactly three years\\nand received an honorable discharge June 27, 1864.\\nHe escaped wholly unhurt, and returned to Hamp-\\nden County.\\nPolitically, he is a member of the Republican\\nparty, and with his wife belongs to the Methodist\\nEpiscopal Church, of which he is one of the Trus-\\ntees. He owns a house and lot in the village of\\nForester.\\nS^ i|l ^S i^\\n^*gj;\\nM\\n[I f1 lexander Miller, farmer on section 19,\\nSj tt^Pt S Sanilac Township, has been a resident of\\n?^I|i\u00c2\u00bbj5 Michigan since i8i;o, and has lived in Sanilac\\nijal County since 1863. He was born May i,\\nI 1S13, in Roxburghshire, Scotland. He was\\nmarried there in 1837,10 Rachel Scott, a native of\\n/IT Scotland, born May 30, 1810. She died at her home\\nin Sanilac, Jan. 2, 1883, leaving seven children to\\nmourn the loss.of a wise, judicious and well beloved\\nmother. She is sincerely missed and lamented by a\\nlarge circle of friends, to whom she had become\\nendeared by the tests of 20 years of continuous ac-\\nquaintance. The children are named Robert.\\nAdam, Alexander, James, Margaret, Barbara and\\nRachel. William is deceased\\nThree years after his marriage, Mr. Miller re-\\nmoved from Auld Scotia to Ontario, where he was\\ninterested in farming seven years. In 1847 he trans-\\nferred his family to St. Clair Co., Mich., and settled\\non the river of the saine name, whence he came in\\n1850 to Sanilac County. He at once purchased 80\\nacres of land in the southern part of Sanilac Town-\\nship, which he sold afterward and bought 80 acres\\non which he established his present home. The\\nnature of the energy and perseverance which char-\\nacterize Mr. Miller are manifest from the fact that\\nin 20 years he has developed 160 acres of farming\\nland in this county through his own efforts.\\nPolitically he affiliates with the Republican party,\\nand has been active in local affairs in the township.\\nHe is a member of the Presbyterian Church, as was\\nalso his wife.\\nvt-\\n-VUZQ/\u00c2\u00ae^\\n^M^4\u00e2\u0080\u0094 \u00c2\u00ab/\u00c2\u00ae|^wroOTv.\\nohn McGregor, farmer, section 18, Bridge\\niljir hampton Township, was born Dec. 15,\\n1835, in Scotland. John and Christian\\n(McEachran) McGregor, his parents, were\\nIt also natives of Auld Scotia. Mr. McGregor\\ncame to .\\\\merica in 1852 and settled at first\\nin Canada, where he lived until the winter of i860,\\nwhen he came to Sanilac County. He made a small\\nbeginning as a proprietary land-holder, purchasing\\nat first 40 acres. His present estate includes 740\\nacres, and he has 300 acres improved and under the\\nplow. He is independent in political belief and\\naction, and has discharged the duties of several local\\nofficial positions.\\nHis marriage to Lydia Sampson occurred Dec. 25,\\n185S, in Canada. She is the daughter of Nelson and\\nElizabeth (Wilton) Sampson, natives respectively of\\nCanada and England. Mrs. McGregor was born\\nMay 29, 1843, in Canada. Eleven children have\\nbeen born of this marriage John, Mary, Lillie,\\nAdam, George, Christian, Gilbert, Lydia, Freddie,\\nJames and Elizabeth. The latter is deceased.\\nS)(|if iL.^rank Murray, merchant and Postmaster,\\nmMk\\n-Mi\\nand farmer at Richmondville (Forester\\nWF^ Township), was born April 27, 1849, in\\nj^ Ontario, and is the son of William and Jane\\ns^\\nJ)\\\\^ (Mumy) Murray. He was still in childhood\\nwhen his parents removed to Michigan and\\nlocated at Forester, where his father died, in March,\\n1862, and his mother in March, 1882.\\nMr. Murray became the independent master of his\\nown fortunes when he reached his majority, and\\nengaged in the manufacture of shingles. Jan. 3,\\n1872, he engaged as a salesman at Richmondville,\\ne\u00c2\u00ab^\\nSM^vl-\\nll!ir^IlDi\\n~^^st.\\na^^\\nm", "height": "2866", "width": "2206", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph09chic_0401.jp2"}, "402": {"fulltext": "mlM\\n^r\\n\\\\%n\\n406\\nSANILAC COUNTY.\\n1=3\\n1=3\\nwith E. B. Harrington, now of Port Huron. He\\nafterward attended the Commercial College at De-\\ntroit, and again entered a mercantile establishment,\\nengaging as salesman for Thomas Canham, at For-\\nestville. He then purchased the business formerly\\nowned by E. B. Harrington, at Richmondville. Two\\nyears later, he became the owner of 100 acres of\\nvaluable farming land under partial improvement,\\nsituated on section 16, Forester Township. He has\\nsince conducted liis two-fold business, with satisfac-\\ntory results, and has improved the entire acreage of\\nhis farm.\\nPolitically, Mr. Murray is a Republican, and is\\nactive and zealous in his support of the principles\\nof his party.\\nHe was married July 20, 1S73, at Forester, to\\nLizzie Allen, and they have two children, Maud,\\nborn May i, 1874, and Hermon F., June 29, 1884.\\nMrs. Murray was born Jan. 6, 1856, and is the\\ndaughter of William and Mary Allen, natives respect-\\nively of Ireland and Scotland. They came to On-\\ntario, whence they removed to Sanilac Co., Mich.,\\nwhsre they now reside.\\nThe fire of Sept. 5, 1881, was the cause of loss to\\nMr. Murray, of unusually aggravated character, as it\\nswept away the entire village of Richmondville with\\nthe exception of one residence. He lost 12 dwell-\\ning-houses, a blacksmith shop and his business build-\\ning, including a stock of $7,000 value. His aggre-\\ngate loss as about $15,000. The scene of the ruins\\ncan be better imagined than described at night not\\na vestige of the appearance of the place in the\\nmorning was to be found.\\nI trying D. Churchill, farmer and carpenter\\n|t resident on section 36, Wheatland Town-\\nship, is one of the prominent and ambitious\\nyoung men of Sanilac County. He is a son of\\nDelos and Percepler (Nogar) Churchill (see\\nsketch), and was born May 2, 1859, in Clie-\\nnango Co., N. Y. He accompanied his parents from\\ntheir native State to Sanilac County, in 18S2. He\\nhas received a good common-school education, and\\nhas been instructed in tlie details of agriculture and\\nbuilding by his father. In May, 1883, he bought 120\\nacres of wild land in Wheatland Township, wliich he\\nintends reclaiming and placing in profitable condi-\\ntion. He is active in the general mterests of his\\ntownship, and is present Township Clerk, to which\\nposition he was elected in the spring of 1884 (current\\nyear). He is already identified with the cause of\\nmorality, and is zealously engaged in active temper-\\nance work. In May, 1SS2, he organized the Marion\\nTemperance Union, and has also been instrumental\\nin establishing several other branches of the same\\norder, whose aggregate membership is about 500. He\\nis a member of the United Bretliren Church, and is\\nSu])erintendent of the Sunday-school. He has held\\nthe same position in the Methodist Church at Deck-\\nerville, where he was formerly a member. His\\npolitical views are in accordance with those of the\\nRepublican party, and he is known as an advocate\\nand promoter of reform in every needed avenue, and\\nthe friend of morality and good order.\\nJ enry Oldfield, resident at Carsonville, was\\nborn Feb. 24, 1S33, in Preston, Lancashire,\\nEng. His parents, Anthony and Ellen\\n(Miller) Oldfield, emigrated to the United\\nStates in 1842, and located at Cincinnati, O.,\\nwhere they spent eight years, and where Mr.\\nOldfield obtained a fair degree of education in the\\ncorarnon schools. In 1850 the family removed to\\nSanilac County and settled at Bark Shanty, now Port\\nSanilac. The significant name of the place suffi-\\nciently outlines the existent state of affairs at the\\ntime, everything being in a primitive condition, and\\nthe only traces of civilization being the rude tempo-\\nrary shelter constructed by those who had come\\nhither to avail themselves of the undeveloped re-\\nsources of lumber and fishing afforded at this point.\\n(See sketch of C. M. Oldfield.) His father and John\\nS. Thomson s father, of Port Sanilac (see sketch), en-\\ngaged in lumbering and he worked for them until\\nthe suspension of the lumber interest, when he inter-\\nested himself in a mercantile enterprise at Port Sanilac.\\nHe continued to conduct his interests in that avenue\\nuntil 1S76, when he sold his business to his brother,\\nV^\\nV\\nj^.iUi^\\n^I1 B^ !llly ^^^^jK-", "height": "2866", "width": "2206", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph09chic_0402.jp2"}, "403": {"fulltext": "\u00c2\u00ae))^Tt^\\nTT\\nv4:Dll^IlP i v\\nTT\\n-:2iiw!sr\\n;-3\\nP\\n/N\\nSANILAC COUNTY.\\nC. M. Oldfield. He took possession of his farm in\\nthe vicinity of Port Sanilac, where he continued to\\noperate as a farmer for five years. His place in-\\ncluded 40 acres, and he considers it one of the most\\nvaluable pieces of land in the county, its worth be-\\ning materially increased by a brick residence of supe-\\nrior character for a farm house, which cost $3,000.\\nIn 1883 he removed to Carsonville, and has since\\nbeen connected with his son-in-law, J. A. Hosemer,\\nin business.\\nMr. Oldfield was married June 12, i860, at White\\nRock, Huron County, to Mary S. Ferguson, and they\\nbecame the parents of seven children, viz.: Ellen\\nA., Thomas, Anna W., Emma, Frank L. and Eliza-\\nbeth T. One child died unnamed in early infancy.\\nMrs. Oldfield is the daughter of Laban and Amanda\\n(Waterbury) Ferguson. Her parents were natives of\\nNew York, and in 1850 came to Michigan. They\\nsettled at first at St. Clair, and came afterward to\\nWhite Rock, where her mother still resides. Her\\nfather died there in 1878. Mr. Oldfield was born\\nJuly 30, 1838, in Herkimer Co. N. Y.\\nMr. Oldfield is a zealous and earnest Republican,\\nand has held all the local offices of the township of\\nSanilac.\\n^(2^^\\nilliam A. Badeau, merchant at Minden\\nCity, was born March 15, 1832, in the\\ncity of New York. He was brought up\\nl and educated in his native city, and when\\nbut a youth he became an accountant in the\\nmammoth business house of L. N. Bates\\nCo. He operated in their interests 18 years in the\\naggregate, becoming accountant soon after he\\nengaged in their service, and fulfilled the trust im-\\nposed in him with the utmost credit to himself and\\nsatisfaction to those most intimately concerned. He\\nwent thence to Boonton, N. J., the seat of the famous\\niron works, where he conducted the United States\\nHotel for two years. He continued that business\\nuntil 1881, when he established an extensive furni-\\nture establishment at Minden City, and later con-\\nnected therewith a mercantile enterprise. He has\\nrecently erected a brick structure for business pur-\\nposes, 22 X 40 feet and two stories in height. It is\\nthe first brick edifice in Minden City.\\nHe was married Jan. 16, 1866, at Boonton, Morris\\nCo., N. J., to Julia A. Speer. She was born Nov. 20,\\n1849, at Montville, Morris Co., N. J., and died there\\nMay 15, 1 88 1.\\nMr. Badeau is a Democrat in political principle,\\nand held the position of member of the Village\\nCouncil two years.\\neorge Mahoon, Supervisor of Delaware\\nTownship (18S4) and farmer on section 9,\\nwas born June 27, 1S39, in Kings Co\\nW^ Ireland. His parents, James and Mary (Kid-\\nby) Mahoon, were both of Irish birth, and\\nwhile residing in Ireland his father operaled\\nas farmer and land agent for an English gentleman.\\nIn 1848 he emigrated with his family to Oxford Co.,\\nOnt., and he engaged as a teacher in the schools of\\nthe province. He became deaf later ia life, and at\\nthe age of 63 years retired from labor. He died\\nMay 24, 1S74, in Oxford County, aged 73 years. The\\nmother survives.\\nMr. Mahoon is the third, in order of birth, of his\\nparents 12 children, and was under the control of\\nhis father until the age of 17 years, when he was ap-\\nprenticed to a resident of Oxford Cbunty, to acquire\\na knowledge of the builders trade. One year of\\nthat business sufficed, and in the year following he\\ncame to Sanilac Co., Mich. He entered the em-\\nployment of a Mr. McKenzie, of Lexington, and\\noperated as a farm assistant two years. He then\\nwent to work for Jacob Buhl, as a carpenter, and was\\noccupied in that capacity five years.\\nIn 1870 he locatedon 80 acres of land, of which he\\nhad been the owner since a few weeks before the\\nfire. It is situated in Delaware Township. He had\\nmade preparations to take possession of the place at\\nthe time of his purchase, had made a clearing,\\nerected a shanty and other indispensable buildings,\\nbut their destruction by the fire necessitated a change\\nof plans, and he returned to his trade, which he\\nfollowed nine years, until he had once more placed\\nhis affairs in suitable condition to enter upon the im-\\nO\\ns", "height": "2866", "width": "2206", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph09chic_0403.jp2"}, "404": {"fulltext": ":2i%^fK-\\n408\\nSANILAC COUNTY.\\ni\\n2f\\nt\\nI\\nprovement of ]iis farm, which he did in 1877. He\\nadded ten acres to his original tract, and now has 50\\nacres in excellent condition for successful fanning.\\nHe is among the solid citizens of the township, and\\nenjoys a fair reputation as an agriculturist.\\nMr. Mahoon is a decided Democrat. He has been\\nSupervisor continuously since 1880, and has served\\nas Treasurer of the township, besides having dis-\\ncharged the duties of most of the other local offices.\\nHe was married Sept. 5, 1869, at Port Sanilac, to\\nIsabella M. Papst, and they have five children,^\\nEdward, Anna, James, Herbert and Mary. Mrs.\\nMahoon is the daughter of John I. and Sarah R.\\n(French) Papst. Her fatlier was born in Canada,\\nand lier mother in the State of New York. She was\\nborn Dec. 8, 1843, near Toronto, and was 15 years of\\nage when her father came with his family to Michigan.\\nThey located at I.exington, where Mrs. P. died, in\\n188a. Mr. Papst lives in California. Mrs. Mahoon\\nis a member of the Episcopal Church. She was a\\nteacher in the schools of Sanilac County seven years.\\n,r rKq aptain Israel Huekins, farmer, proprietor\\nJ i J-,d r of 70 acres of land within the incorpor-\\n^W limits of the village of Lexington, is\\nli,^ a pioneer resident of Sanilac County, whither\\nyjj he accompanied his parents in 1839. His\\nI father, Rev. Thomas Huekins, entered a claim\\nof 160 acres of land from the U. S. Government,\\nsituated three miles west of Lexington village, on\\nsection 34, in the same township. He was a Baptist\\nminister, and probably preached the first sermon in\\nSanilac County, where he labored as a minister of\\nthe gospel until his death. He and his wife, Polly\\n(Randall) Huekins, were both natives of New\\nHampshire. Their family consisted of four daugh-\\nters and a son.\\nCaptain Huekins was born in London, Can., July\\n1 r, 1822. He was 17 years of age when his family\\nremoved from the Dominion to Sanilac County. He\\nwas reared a farmer, and on the death of his father\\nsucceeded to the ownership of the family homestead,\\nby purchasing the interests of the other heirs. He\\nwas deeply interested in the progress of events in\\nthe affairs of this nation, and watched earnestly the\\ndevelopment of the issues created by the infatuated\\n\\\\jL .V^.-jj H\\nand infuriated South. In the fall of 1861 he aban-\\ndoned his agricultural affairs, to render all possible\\naid in the service of his country. He enlisted at\\nLexington, and was chiefly instrumental in raising\\nCo. D, of the Tenth Mich. Vol. Inf, and, on its\\norganization, was made its commanding officer,\\nwhich position he held until he received his dis-\\ncharge at Nashville, Tenn., Nov. 2, 1864, after three\\nyears of arduous service. His company was at-\\ntached to the Arn.y of the West, First Brigade, Sec-\\nond Division, Gen. Pope, Corps Commander. On\\nbeing relieved from militarj duty, lie returned to his\\nfarm.\\nCapt. Huekins is a prominent and zealous Repub-\\nlican, and has been for many years the incumbent of\\nimportant public offices. In 1856 he was elected\\nCounty Treasurer, and received a re-election in\\n1858. He has also served two terms as Supervisor\\nof his township. In 1866 he received the nomina-\\ntion for Representative, and was elected by a large\\nmajority over the opposition candidate. He accom-\\nplished effective service in the Legislature of Michi-\\ngan, serving on Committees on Military Affairs, on\\nPrinting and on the Legislative Manual. In 1873 he\\npurchased his present property in the village of Lex-\\nington. The acreage is all in a highly creditable\\nstate of cultivation, and supplied with a fine brick\\nresidence and suitable farm buildings. The value of\\nthe place is largely increased by good orchards and\\nother acquisitions.\\nCapt. Huekins was married Sept. 12. 184^, in\\nLondon, Can., to Melinda Pierce. She was born in\\nLondon, of parents who were born in Vermont. Of\\nthree children born of this union but one survive,\\nFanny, wife of John \\\\V. Norman a dentist at Lex-\\nington. She was born in 1848.\\n^l^gAl*\\n3 illiam H. Hacking, proprietor of the\\nHurd House at Minden City, is a native\\nof Sanilac County, and was born at Lex-\\ns^ ington, Feb. 11, 1S54. His parents, William\\nand Agnes (Harneaux) Hacking, were mar-\\nried in the Province of Ontario. They were\\nnatives respectively of England and Pennsylvania,\\nand were born of German parentage. They were\\nr^^\\nI\\nv:.\\nc\\nV\\nr^\\n^#^f", "height": "2866", "width": "2206", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph09chic_0404.jp2"}, "405": {"fulltext": "", "height": "2866", "width": "2206", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph09chic_0405.jp2"}, "406": {"fulltext": "", "height": "2866", "width": "2206", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph09chic_0406.jp2"}, "407": {"fulltext": ";n^^^^\\nSANILAC COUNTY.\\nIS^\\n411\\n1;)\\nJ\\nV\\n(i)\\nr^\\nfarmers, and removed to Michigan, whence, after a\\nshort residence, they returned to Ontario, where tlie\\nfather died, in Markham Township, in i860, aged 35\\nyears. The mother is a resident of Macomb Co.,\\nMich., and is 58 years of age.\\nMr. Hacking is the third child of five born to his\\nparents, the Hst being John N., Anna, WilUam H.,\\nGeorge and Joseph. WiUiam was but eight years of\\nage when his father died, and he came to Macomb\\nCounty with his grandmother. He was there brought\\nup, and after obtaining a fair education at the com-\\nmon schools, he operated as a laborer in various\\ncapacities.\\nIn 1883 he came to Minden (3ity and established\\nhimself in the saloon business. He managed his\\noperations in that line about 18 months, at the end\\nof that time entering upon the enterprise he is now\\nprosecuting. The Hurd House, under the manage-\\nment of Mr. Hacking, is one of the most attractive\\nand comfortable houses for public entertainment in\\nthe county of Sanilac.\\nIn political connection Mr. Hacking is a Republi-\\ncan. He is the owner of 240 acres of land in Huron\\nCounty, of which 100 acres are in a state of ad-\\nvanced cultivation.\\nHe was married July 24, 1872, at Croswell, to\\nRachel Schoettle, and they have two children, Nora\\nand Burt. Mrs. Hacking was born Jan. 28, 1855, at\\nUtica, N. Y., and is the daughter of Daniel and\\nChristina (Schoetde) Schoettle. Her parents are\\nnatives of Germany, and on their emigration to the\\nUnited States they located at Ann Arbor, going\\nthence to Jackson County, in this State. They came\\nto Sanilac County in 1868, and are engaged in\\nfarming.\\n5^\\n!;-^f1. ohn Southworth, of the business firm of\\n/Jl Downing Southworth, at Downington,\\nwas born Feb. 28, i84i,in the township of\\nAugusta, Washtenaw Co., Mich., and is the\\n%Z son of Ezra and Letitia (Dansingburg) South-\\nworth. His paternal great-grandfather was of\\nEnglish extraction and was a resident of America at\\nthe period of the Revolutionary War, in which he\\nwas a participant. His grandfather, William South-\\nworth, was born Oct. 3, 1773, and married Sarah\\nFinton, who was born June 2, 1784. The date of\\ntheir union was June 21, 1803. William Southworth\\ndied March 14, 1833; his wife died March 15, 1808.\\nTheir records are taken from the fly-leaf of a copy\\nof The New Testament of our Lord and Savior,\\nJesus Christ, newly translated out of the original\\nGreek, and with the former translations diligently\\ncompared and revised. The book was printed by\\nBenjamin Johnson in 1792, in Philadelphia, and was\\noriginally the property of a relative of Mr. South-\\nworth William Brown whose ownership is dated\\nApril 29, 1794.\\nEzra .Southworth was born Jan. 31, 1806, in Steu-\\nben. Co., N. Y. He removed thence in early life to\\nSeneca County in the Empire State, where he was\\nmarried in 1833. Previous to that event he came in\\nthe 2o s to Michigan, and was a passenger on the\\nsteam sailing vessel Niagara, in her famous trip\\nfrom Buffalo to Detroit, which consumed but 48\\nhours, an unparalleled feat, being the quickest trip\\non record at that date. Ypsilanti, where he passed a\\none summer, consisted of a log store and a log yH\\ntavern, and Ann Arbor included less than half a\\ndozen shanties, built of logs. No buildings marked\\nthe present site of Saline, in Washtenaw County.\\nHe returned to New York the same fall, where he\\nremained until 1840, when he settled in Augusta,\\nWashtenaw Co., Mich. In 1857 he made another\\ntransfer of his interests, to Newport, Monroe Co.,\\nMich., where he is still a resident. His family com-\\nprised seven children, Hannah, William, Mary,\\nJohn, Benj. F., Ezra and Sarah E. Mary died Jan.\\n17, 1876; Benjamin died Sept. 17, 1882. Their\\nmother died March 29, 1861, at Newport. Her\\nparents were of German birth, were married in their\\nnative country and emigrated to the United States\\nwith two children. They located in Steuben Co., N.\\nY., where Mrs. Southworth was born, June 20, 1806.\\nHer surviving children, with one exception, reside in\\nMichigan.\\nIn the paternal line of descent, Mr. Southworth\\ncomes of a race which from its earliest traceable gen-\\nerations has been remarkable for stalwart proportions.\\nHis grandfather was one of four children all more\\nthan six feet in height, ranging from that stature to\\nsix feet, nine inches. The deceased brother of Mr.\\nSouthworth was about six feet in height. The family\\nCm\\ni)", "height": "2866", "width": "2206", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph09chic_0407.jp2"}, "408": {"fulltext": "SANILAC COUNTY.\\nvmi\\n0\\ny^\\nbelongs also to a race in the maternal line remark-\\nable foi tenacity of life. The father of Sarah Finton\\ndied at the age of no years. His preservation of\\nfaculties and ambition may be determined from\\nthe fact that he died from the effects of a broken leg,\\nthe result of a fall while on his way to woo a bride.\\nMr. Southworth was early made acquainted with a\\nlife of labor, commencing to work by the month when\\nhe was a lad of ten years on the neighboring farms.\\nHe lived at home winters and attended school. He\\ncontinued this method of operation until he was i6\\nyears of age, and at the age of 20 years, became his\\nown man wholly. He engaged as a farm assistant in\\nhis native county until 1867, when he came to Wash-\\nington Township and associated with Alonzo Dowii-\\ning, his brother-in-law, in the manufacture of hoops.\\nIn June, 1870, they established a mercantile enter-\\nprise at Downington, the first permanent institution\\nof the kind at that point. All previous attempts had\\nbeen abandoned after a limited trial.\\nThe relations of the original association still exist\\nand its factors have been largely the instruments in\\naccomplishing the permanency of Downington, secur-\\ning for it the passage of the railroad and other ad-\\nvantages. Their business has been satisfactory from\\nits commencement.\\nMr. Southworth is independent in political opinion\\nand action. He is the owner of an undivided share\\nin 120 acres of land in Marion Township and is the\\nproprietor of other property at this point. Mrs.\\nSouthworth owns 80 acres of farming land.\\nHis marriage to Susie E. Watt, daughter of Archi-\\nbald and Sarah (Crawford) McAlister, occurred April\\n17, 1873, in Marion Township, at the residence of\\nHon. John Leitch. Her parents are natives of\\nKentyre, Argyleshire, Scotland. They are of unmixed\\nScottish descent, as indicated by the family names,\\nboth belonging to clans that have been recorded for\\nhundreds of years. They were married in Scotland\\nin 183 1 and emigrated soon after to America, settling\\nin Queenstown, Ontario, whence they went a year\\nlater to Lobo, Middlesex Co., Ont., where they are\\nyet living. Their children are nine in number\\nMargaret, Mary, Catherine, Sarah, Ellen, Sarah (2d),\\nSusie, Elizabeth and Flora. Margaret and Sarah are\\ndeceased. Mrs. Southworth became a teacher at 15\\nyears of age and pursued her vocation in Ontario\\nuntil she was 20 years old, when she came to Mich-\\nigan and was similarly employed. She completed\\nher education at Flint. She is especially interested\\nin the intellectual cultivation of her children and\\ndevotes much time to their mental progress. They\\nwere born as follows: Nora B., Feb. 22, 1874; Ezra\\nK., April 4, 1876; Friend P., Sept. 16, 1877. The\\nmother was born Aug. 18, 1845, in Middlesex Co.,\\nOnt.\\nMr. Southworth belongs to the Order of Masonry\\nand is a Knight Templar. He attended the Trien-\\nnial Conclave held at San Francisco in 1883 and at\\nthe same time made a point of visiting the Western\\nStates and Territories, extending his route of travel\\nto Mexico. He also made a profitable and protracted\\njourney during the centennial year, visiting the Ex-\\nposition and several States. In character he is of\\nreliable integrity, clear, rational judgment, and pro-\\ngressive in ideas. He is a careful business man and\\nalert to discover opportunity and mould it to his\\nown advantage and that of the community to which\\nhe belongs.\\nThe family relations of Mr. and Mrs. Southworth\\npresent to the observer one of the liveliest pictures\\nof home life conceivable. It manifests the quality\\nof the culture and genuine refinement which render\\nit a model. Unbroken harmony of purpose, tasteful\\nsurroundings and acquisitions which interest, in-\\nstruct and instigate the younger members to activity\\nin learning are the predominating features. Books,\\nmusic, rare and curious mementoes of travel, period-\\nical literature of the best type and a numerous list\\nof other attractions form the highest order of ele-\\nments in the training of the family of children.\\nTheir elementary education is received wholly at\\nhome, under the cultivated supervision of their\\nmother, resulting in physical and moral wholesome-\\nness of the present type. In the years to come, the\\nALBUJiof Sanilac County will be among the most\\nhighly prized treasures of one of the fairest homes\\non the Huron peninsula, containing, as it does on\\nanother page, the features of the considerate, judi-\\ncious father, who has established their enduring\\ncomfort and well-being. As the permanent portrait\\nof an honored, consistent citizen, the patrons of this\\nwork will esteem the likeness of Mr. Southworth an\\neminent addition to its merits.\\n9\\nA\\nC^.\\no)\\niSf.\\n;^V^^(^tK\\n^m", "height": "2866", "width": "2206", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph09chic_0408.jp2"}, "409": {"fulltext": "\u00e2\u0096\u00a0mi\\ncm\\nI\\nT2fiC^^^ crv llU^UUv:/ T^^\\n^Jr^ as:\\n4^@\u00c2\u00a75f\\nSANILAC COUNTY.\\n-S^\\no .5o~\\neorge Whitehouse, meicliaiU at Mindeii\\nCity, was born in Dudley, AVorcestershiie,\\nEng., Aug. 21, i8i8. His parents, George\\nand Mary A. Whitehouse, emigrated to Can-\\nada in 1832, locating in the vicinity of London,\\nOnt. Tiiey were educated, cultivated people,\\nand maintained an excellent standing in the com-\\nmunity where they passed the closing years of their\\nlives.\\nMr. Whitehouse was but 14 years of age when he\\ncame to Ontario. He had received a good education\\nin his native place, and on coming to a new and un-\\nsettled condition of things in the Dominion, he found\\nhis qualifications available in many ways. Mean-\\nwhile he purchased 70 acres of land, to which he\\ndevoted his time for some years. He was married in\\nMiddlesex Co., Ont., in 1835, to Mary A. Irwin. She\\nwas born in 1820, in Cumberlandshire, Eng., and\\ncame in early youth with her parents to Ontario.\\nHer parents were well-to-do, cultivated people, and\\nmuch care was exercised in her education and train-\\ning. Her father and mother are deceased.\\nMr. Whitehouse lived several years on his farm in\\nOntario after his marriage, and in 1859 he sold the\\nplace. He removed to Michigan and settled in the\\nunorganized portion of Sanilac County, included with-\\nin Austin Township. Everything was in its original,\\nnatural condition, and he purchased zoo acres of un-\\nimproved land, where he entered into the work of\\nreducing his property to a condition of civilization\\nand progress. He was one of the first to make a\\nclearing in that section of the county. He persevered\\nin his efforts until he cleared 80 acres, and was in\\nfairly prosperous condition in all respects when the\\nfire of 1871 made a clean sweep of all his visible\\nproperty on the surface of his farm. Produce, build-\\nings, stock, all went, and in an hour s time his pos-\\nsessions had vanished, all Init the bare acres on\\nwhich they stood. Within the same year he came to\\nMinden and purchased the stock of merchandise of\\nAlbert Jones, now of Forestville. Mr. Whitehouse\\nhas erected a larger and more convenient building\\nfor the purpose of transacting his btisiness, and is\\nengaged in tlie prosecution of an increasing and\\nprofitable trade. His place of business and residence\\nare located on improved lots, of which he is the pro-\\nprietor.\\nMr. and Mrs. Whitehouse attend the Methodist\\nEpiscopal Church, and take a deep interest in its prog-\\nress and welfare. He is a Repulilican and prohibi-\\ntionist in political bias, and is the Treasurer of\\nMinden City. While a resident of Austin he was\\nconnected with its official affairs, and was prominent\\nin promoting the well-being of the township.\\n^^6\u00c2\u00bbdwin Bostwick, farmer, section 8, Dela-\\nSs ware Township, was born Dec. 25, 1829,\\n\\\\t\\nI\\nin London, Middlesex Co., Ont., and he is\\nw- the son of Gideon and Henrietta Bostwick.\\nHis father died when he was 17 years of age,\\nand he continued the companion of his mother\\nuntil he reached his majority. After that period\\narrived, he engaged in lumbering, in which he was\\noccupied five years. In 1853 he engaged in clerking\\nin Strong s Hotel in his native place, where he offi-\\nciated effectively five years. After a respite of one\\nyear, he engaged in the same capacity in the Tecum-\\nseh House, a new hotel in London, and one of the\\nlargest in the Province of Ontario. After a service of\\nsix years he became the manager of the hotel and\\ncontinued to officiate in that capacity until Septem-\\nber, 1865, when he assumed charge of the City\\nHotel of London, and conducted its affairs one year.\\nHe then converted its facilities into those of a res-\\ntaurant, which he managed with success three years.\\nHe spent some time after that as the representative\\nof a rnercantile house in his native city, and in the\\nspring of 1872 he came to Michigan. He conducted\\na house of public entertainment at Cato, in Delaware\\nTownship, about two years, and then rented a farm\\nwhich he managed five years. At the expiration of\\nthat time he purchased 80 acres of land, and ap-\\nplied his efforts and energies to its improvement.\\nHe has placed 70 acres under cultivation, and has a\\nfine residence in process of erection.\\nMr. Bostwick is a Republican in political prin-\\nciple, and has served three terms as Township\\nClerk.\\nHis marriage to Lucy Netherclift took place at\\n^m^f^\\nSi^ C^^ ^D !1 Dtlf^ t^ sijg^n\\n-4 ^((?1", "height": "2866", "width": "2206", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph09chic_0409.jp2"}, "410": {"fulltext": "m\\n-vmim^^\\nt\\n414\\nV\\ni\\nSANILAC COUNTY.\\nPort Stanley, Ont., Aug. 6, 1855, and they are the\\nparents of five children, William, Charles, Ella,\\nJames and Alexander. James is a teacher by pro-\\nfession, and possesses the qualifications necessary to\\nfit him for positions of a high grade. Mrs. Bostwick\\nwas born Aug. 12, 1833, in Sussexshire, England,\\nand was three years of age when she emigrated to\\nOntario with her parents. She is a member of the\\nCongregational Church.\\nIllexander Stephens, M. D., retired physi-\\nig cian, and senior member of the real-estale\\nand colonization firm of Stephens Gernt, at\\nForestville (Delaware Township), was born\\nDec. 28, 1842, in Wellington Co., Ont. His\\nparents, John and Jane Stephens, were farmers in\\nthe Dominion and are now deceased.\\nDr. Stephens remained on the family homestead\\nuntil he was 20 years of age, and acted as assistant\\non a farm. He then became interested in the drug\\nbusiness, in which he acquired a complete knowledge\\nof the qualities of drugs and a taste for the profes-\\nsion of medicine. In 1864 he came from his Cana-\\ndian home to Ann Arbor, where he entered the\\nUniversity of Michigan in October of the same year.\\nHe was graduated in the Medical Department of\\nthat institution in the spring of 1867.\\nHe went to Rochester, N. Y., to enter upon his\\ncareer as a practitioner, but remained there only a\\nyear, his health having become seriously impaired as\\na result of assiduous application to study. He re-\\nturned to Ontario and resided in his native place for\\na time.\\nIn 1869 he accepted an appointment under tlie\\nCanadian Government as Immigration Agent at Par-\\nry Sound, Ont. He discharged the duties of the posi-\\ntion until 1873, when he resigned. In 1874 he\\nlocated at White Rock, Huron County, and entered\\nagain upon the practice of medicine. He came\\nthence to Forestville, reaching this place July 15,\\n1875, and resumed his work as physician and sur-\\ngeon.\\nIn 1882, associated with Mr. B. Gernt, he em-\\nbarked in traffic in real-estate, combining their busi-\\nness in buying and selling lands, with a colonization\\nproject in which they have realized substantial and\\nsatisfactory results. In the fall of 1882 they pvir-\\nchased under contract 300,000 acres of land in\\nTennessee, included in the counties of Fentress,\\nMorgan, Pickett and Overton. They propose to\\ncolonize with English and German emigrants. They\\nhave already sold more than 12,000 acres of land,\\nand aided nearly 200 settlers to secure homes and\\nlocate permanently. They have in process of con-\\nstruction the Tennessee Pacific Railroad, 100 miles\\nof which is surveyed through the counties named. A\\nmining scheme is already instituted and will soon be\\nin operation, which will rapidly develop the counties\\nand give an impetus to settlement.\\nDr. Stephens owns a valuable village property, and\\nis a member of the Ward Dock Company at Forest-\\nville. Politically, he endorses and sustains the Re-\\npublican party, and he has officiated several years\\nas Health Officer of the Township of Delaware.\\nHis marriage to Charlotte Wakefield took place\\nJuly 15, 1869, in Ontario. John Alexander, only\\nchild of tliis union, was born March 6, 1870. Mrs.\\nStephens was born Dec. 25, 1840, in Warwickshire,\\nEng. She was but six years of age when her parents\\nemigrated to Canada, and settled in Oxford Co.,\\nOnt. She is a member of the Methodist Episcopal\\nChurch. Dr. Stephens was trained under the tenets\\nof the Presbyterian Church.\\n==i=,\\n7 T\\nI .A\\nr~7\\n\u00c2\u00a3k-\\n?\u00c2\u00abtf\\nT^Dfl\\n.aptain Hannibal Hodges Nims, de-\\nceased, a former resident of Lexington,\\nwas born Aug. 23, 1834, in Richmond,\\nChittenden Co., Vt. The family of wliich he\\nwas a representative is of New England origin,\\nand its records, dating back to 1665, are still\\nin existence. His earliest American ancestors are\\ninseparably associated with the history of the de-\\nvelopment of this country. They were located at\\nDeerfield, Mass., a fact which in itself contains a\\nsignificance as to their identification with the his-\\ntoric early days of the Colonists. They were active\\nin the early Indian wars, and suffered the fate com-\\nmon to tliose who were participants in them, yielding\\nca:", "height": "2866", "width": "2206", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph09chic_0410.jp2"}, "411": {"fulltext": "r^^^ V Ill]^I]Il^i v\\nf\\ns\\nSANILAC COUNTY.\\ntheir lives in their struggles to protect their homes\\nfrom the vengeful sons of the forest. One was\\nkilled at Bunker Hill, and in the death of Capt.\\nNims, in the coarse of the struggle against the dis-\\nruption of the United States, he manifested how the\\nbest traits of noble ancestors m ;y be transmitted to\\ntheir posterity. He died iiolily, and is fitly remem-\\nbered and characterized as the hero of the village of\\nLexington. His comrades attest their remembrance\\nand appreciation of the character of his services in\\nthe naming of the local Post of the Grand Army of\\nthe Republic, at Lexington, which perpetuates his\\nname.\\nCapt. Ninis was the third son of Dr. Reuben and\\nSophia (Whiton) Nims. He obtained his education\\nin the common schools and academies of his native\\nState, and began his active business life in a mercan-\\ntile establishment at Winooski Falls, Vt. He went\\nthence to engage in the same variety of employment\\nat Burlington in the same county, and resigned his\\nsituation there to come to Lexington, Sanilac Co.,\\nMich., where he arrived May 20, 1854. He entered\\nthe service of J. L. Woods, with whom he continued\\nas salesman, and later as partner, until his with-\\ndrawal from the life of a civilian to become a de-\\nfender of the Union standard, with the single excep-\\ntion of one season, which he passed in Kansas.\\nHe was appointed Postmaster of Lexington in\\nJune, 1 86 1, the appointment continuing operative as\\nlong as he lived. During the summer and fall of\\nthat historic year he performed noble service for his\\ncountry and for Lexington, by acting as recruiting\\nofficer. On the first day of October of the same\\nyear he received his commission as First Lieutenant\\nof Co. D, loth Mich. Vol. Inf that regiment then\\nbeing in process of organization at Camp Thomp-\\nson, at Flint. His command left Lexington Nov. 19,\\n1 861, and the winter was passed in recruiting and\\norganizing. The regiment received marching orders\\n.\\\\pril 22, 1862, and reached Pittsburg Landing, Tenn.,\\neight days later. Lieut. Nims participated in the\\nactive service in which his regiment was involved\\nuntil July following its taking the field, when he was\\ndetailed for recruiting service in Michigan, and he\\narrived at Lexington July 15, receiving a few days\\nthereafter official notice of his promotion to a Cap-\\ntaincy, his commission dating from July 5, 1862. He\\nwas assigned to Co. K of the same regiment, vice\\nCaptain Judd, resigned. His record of recruiting\\nservice was the same as in his earlier efforts in the\\nsame direction, and in the summer and fall he en-\\nlisted and forwarded nearly 100 men. The loth\\nMichigan was iii Nashville during the late fall and\\nwinter, and all communication being cut off, it be-\\ncame impossible for Captain Nims to rejoin his com-\\nmand, and he spent the winter at Lexington.\\nHe was married Jan. 28, 1863, to Miss H. N.\\nWaterbury, eldest daughter of Hon. J. C. Water-\\nbury, of Lexington, and April 9th following he left\\nMichigan to rejoin his regiment, communication be-\\ning re-established. He was a participant in all the\\nmilitary service in which his command was involved\\nduring the year. Among the arduous events in\\nwhich he was an active sharer, was the march to\\nKnoxville to relieve Gen. Burnside. One of its hard-\\nships, which were of so severe a character as to ren-\\nder the occasion conspicuous, was the scarcity of\\nfood, which caused much suffering among the troo[)s.\\nThe command made but a brief halt before Knox-\\nville, retracing its steps in season to take part in the\\nfights at Mission Ridge, Nov. 24, Chickamauga, Nov.\\n26, and at Ringgold, Nov. 27.\\n\\\\n February, 1864, the regiment veteranized, re-\\nenlisting for three years, and the members were\\nawaiting their furloughs of a month and confidently\\nexpectant of soon seeing their homes, when, Feb. 23,\\nthey received orders to advance. Two days later\\nthey reached their position, and were in action at\\nBuzzard s Roost, where the regiment lost 75 men in\\nan engagement which continued but a few minutes.\\nShortly after the battle the men received their fur-\\nloughs.\\nCapt. Nims arrived at Detroit, March 11, 1864.\\nThe regiment left the State April 20 following, and\\narrived at Chattanooga May 11. On the next day\\nthey started to join Sherman s army on its march to\\nAtlanta and the sea, arriving five days later at Rome,\\nGa., participating in the capture of that place on the\\ni8th of May. Capt. Nims was engaged in the fights\\nand skirmishes which followed the action at Rome\\nthrough that memorable campaign, until the attack\\non Jonesboro, which resulted in the fall of Atlanta.\\nIn the course of the battle his regiment made an as-\\nsault on the rebel works, which resulted in their\\ncapture, after a severe conflict. After gaining the\\ninside of the fortification, Capt. Nims received the\\n^5\\ni^V|))$^#^\\nr^ctiriy^r^^^", "height": "2866", "width": "2206", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph09chic_0411.jp2"}, "412": {"fulltext": "T^Mm\\\\i^ T\\nZi^^S^\\nSANILAC COUNTY.\\nwound from wliich he died the day after the action\\nSept. 2, 1864. His death took place in the hospital,\\nand he was buried at Jonesboro. After the war was\\nclosed his remains were disinterred and brought to\\nhis old home. His final resting place is among his\\nkindred and friends, and over his grave the soft sum-\\nmer breeze from the restless Huron chants its mel-\\nody, and the snows of winter wrap the spot in a\\nmantle as stainless as the record of his brave young\\nlife. Crowned as he was with hope and ambition,\\nhis death was the peerless gem of his career, and\\nhis laureled name floats down the ages with those of\\nthe world s heroes who have died that liberty might\\nlive. Sanilac County treasures the memory and the\\nfame of Capt. H. H. Nims.\\nS-i^\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0s.\\nI eorge Thompson, farmer, section i, Dela-\\nt ware Township, was born Nov. 6, 1846, in\\nthe township of Lancaster, Glengarry Co.,\\nOnt. His father and mother, William B. and\\nJoanna (McGillis) Thompson, were natives\\nrespectively of England and Ontario. The\\nformer died in Lexington May i, 1883; the latter\\nstill resides there and is 55 years of age.\\nAfter arriving at his majority Mr. Thompson took\\npossession of a farm of which he has become owner,\\nand where he has made his home from the time he\\ncut the first tree and turned the first furrow, until the\\npresent time. He has improved and placed under a\\ngood state of cultivation 60 acres. He suffered heavy\\nlosses by fire in 1868 and 1S71, that entailed by the\\nlatter amounting to $1,000.\\nMr. Thompson is a Republican in political senti-\\nment and connection, and is present Treasurer of\\nDelaware Township (1884).\\nHe was first married April 8, 1868, at Le.xington,\\nto Mary Hillburn. One child Grant was born to\\nthem. Mrs. T. was born in 1848 and died from the\\neffect of injuries received at the burning of the house\\nFeb. II, 1872. Mr. Thompson was again married\\nNov. 30, 1874, at Lexington, to Barbara Hillburn,\\nsister of his first wife. Three children have been\\nborn to them, one of whom Walter is deceased.\\nThe others are named Mary S. and Joanna T. Mrs.\\nThompson was born in Ontario, March 9, 1857, and\\nremoved thence with her parents to Michigan, when\\nshe was nine years old.\\nThe parents are members of the Methodist Epis-\\ncopal Church, of which Mr. Thompson is Steward.\\nJames and Charlotte (Ferguson) Messmore,\\nhaving become residents of Wayne County when\\nthe city of Detroit was in its incipiency. They were\\nlocated in the vicinity of the City of the Straits, and\\nthe father became prominent in general and public\\naffairs, his education and position bringing him in\\ncontact with the best class of people, among whom\\nwere Zachariah Chandler and C. C. Trowbridge.\\nThe senior Messmore and his wife were born in\\nNew England, of English and German extraction,\\nand came to Wayne County in 18 18. The father\\nwas a man of genuine claims to a superior position,\\nand the mother was a lady of attainments and influ-\\nence. Their deaths occurred about the same date\\nin 1854, of cholera. They were aged respectively 47\\nand 40 years.\\nThey left seven children, of whom Mr. Messmore\\nof this sketch was the youngest. He was little more\\nthan three years of age at the death of his parents,\\nand he was cared for by his eldest sister, Mrs. Eliza-\\nbeth H. Whiting, until he was 15 years old, when he\\nobtained a position in a drug store, where he operated\\ntwo years. He received the education to be obtained\\nin the common schools, and he set himself to the\\nwork of jireparing himself thoroughly for a business\\ncareer. He had a taste for knowledge and an ambi-\\ntion to rank with a high order of humanity in point\\nof fitness and qualifications, and at 17 he was\\nenabled to attend Mayhew s Business College, where\\nhe obtained a thorough course of instruction. He\\nsecured, through the influence of the president of\\nthe institution, a situation as book-keeper in one of\\nthe most extensive wholesale houses in Detroit, re-\\nC\\nj f^^v harles L. Messmore, banker and dealer\\n^j[^Q^^ in real estate at Minden City, is one of\\n\u00c2\u00a9fe leading and prominent citizens of the\\nIj!!^ Huron peninsula. He is a native born citi-\\n-1^ zen of the State of Michigan, his parents.\\nJ\\nI\\nf^s*-\\nU^\\n-^tltl^llllf\\nr^A.", "height": "2866", "width": "2206", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph09chic_0412.jp2"}, "413": {"fulltext": "(h\\nV\\n/s\\n1\\nI\\nSANILAC COUNTY.\\nmaining in the position some time. He had a fair\\nsalary, but another firm, becoming apprised of his\\nabilities and integrity, offered him a considerable ad-\\nvance in the matter of remuneration, which he ac-\\ncepted, his late employers asserting their willingness\\nto have retained control of his services at a similar\\nrate if they had been seasonably notified of his\\nwislies. The latter relation into which lie entered\\nexisted until 1874, when Mr. Messmore went to St.\\nClair, Mich., engaged as a commission merchant,\\ntrafficking in produce.\\nIn the spring of 1875 he came to Le.xingion, San-\\nilac County, to enter upon the duties of book-keeper\\nwith Nims, Tewksbury Co., merchants at that\\nplace. The extensive interests and business rela-\\ntions of the firm required a person of the highest\\ngrade of ability and integrity, and Mr. Messmore\\nwas furnished with a recommendation of the strongest\\ncharacter by Col. Wm. Barron, of St. Clair, as being\\nin all respects eligible to the place. He discharged\\nthe duties of the position five years. Being in poor\\nhealth at that time, he purchased a farm near the\\nvillage of Lexington, on which he resided a short\\ntiine returning to his former employers, he acted as\\nbook-keeper for Messrs. N., T. Co. until 1881,\\nwhen he dissolved his relations with them and went\\nto Marlette. He erected the first brick edifice at\\nthat place and established the first bank. While a\\nresident there he was appointed, conjointly with Mr.\\nD. Donaldson, as distributing Rebel Agent among\\nthe sufferers in the burnt district in the eastern\\n[)art of Sanilac County.\\nHe sold his banking interest there to the present\\nbanker, Mr. McGill. \\\\Vhile a resident there he offi-\\nciated, without interim, in the Village Council.\\nMr. Messmore came to Minden City in the\\nsummer of 1883, and instituted the first bank. The\\nfinancial ability, the inflexible integrity and the per-\\nsonal worth of Mr. Messmore have built for his busi-\\nness a wonderful success, and he has acquired a\\nsurprising degree of confidence among the citizens of\\nthe county, with whom he has widely extended and\\nincreasing business relations. He has interested and\\nidentified himself with the progress and prosperity of\\nthe northern portion of Sanilac County, and gives in-\\ntelligent consideration and support to every scheme\\nthat extends a reasonable promise of advantage to\\nthe general welfare.\\nMr. Messmore is a Republican of a most decided\\nkind, and has be^n active and prominent in the party\\ninterests since his removal to Sanilac County. Among\\nother duties to which he has been called are those\\nof delegate to the various conventions, from the\\nState and Congressional down to the smallest.\\nThe family belong to the First Congregational\\nChurch. The village property of Mr. M. includes a\\nvaluable and handsome house on a lot situated in a\\nmost desirable part of Minden City.\\nMr. Messmore was married June 10, 1874, to\\nClara W. Barron, and they are the parents of three\\nchildren Clara W., Byron S. and Fanny F. Mrs.\\nMessmore was born Dec. 16, 1854, in St. Clair,\\nMich., and is the daughter of Emery and Mary B.\\n(Sanborn) Barron. Her parents were natives of\\nNew Hampshire and reside with her at Minden City.\\nShe was a teacher for some time previous to her mar-\\nriage, and is a lady of pre-eminent domestic traits\\nand fine social abilities.\\nitjzjze;\u00c2\u00a9^^\\n*;S^-i;.*\\n^y,^\\nyto;\\n^5\\nIroseph H. Brown, miller and member of\\n^1 the firm Harvey Brown, proprietors of\\nP^^ the Eureka Mills at Downington, was born\\n-m^ April 26, 1839, in Knox Co., Ohio, and is the\\n^r son of Samuel and Nancy (Carter) Brown. The\\nI parents were natives of Virginia and belonged\\nby descent to the long established Quaker families of\\nthat State. The father was a miller during the major\\nportion of his active life, which calling he followed\\nuntil his death in May, 1850, in Knox Co., Ohio.\\nThe mother lives in Clinton Co., Mich., and is 72\\nyears of age.\\nMr. Brown is the sixth of nine children born to his\\nparents, and during his minority he resided with them\\nand obtained a good education at the common\\nschools.\\nIn October, 1861, he became a soldier in the war\\nof the Rebellion, enlisting in Co. E, 36th Ohio Inf,\\nCapt. Warren HoUister. His regiment was assigned\\nto the Army of the Potomac, and he was a participant\\nin the battles of Lewisburg, Cross Keys, Bull Run\\n(2d), South Mountain, Antietam and Winchester, tak-\\ning part also in the numberless skirmishes and minor\\nv)\\n^^D!1^I1II", "height": "2866", "width": "2206", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph09chic_0413.jp2"}, "414": {"fulltext": "mr^\\n^t|^\\nrr\\n418\\nSANILAC COUNTY.\\n^iJ^^S^S^\\nt\\ns\\nx^\\nactions which are the every-day occurrences of war.\\nHe was honorably discharged in February 1864, at\\nMarietta, Ohio.\\nAfter being relieved from military service he went\\nto Cleveland, Ohio, where he spent a year, and pro-\\nceeded thence to Ontario, where he was married, in\\nNorfolk County, in 1866, to Margaret Maybee. One\\nchild Samuel A. was born to them May 19, 1870.\\nShe was born Sept. 22, 1841, in Norfolk Co., Ont.,\\nand is the daughter of Thomas P. and Deborah\\n(Culp) Maybee. Her parents are natives of Ontario\\nand are of Dutch descent. They were residents of\\nOntario during their entire lives.\\nAfter marriage Mr. and Mrs. Brown resided in\\nOntario one year, when tiiey removed to Houston\\nCo., Minn., where Mr. Brown pursued his trade as a\\nmiller, in which he had operated more or less since\\nhe was eight years of age. He came thence to\\nShiawassee Co., Mich., and was similarly engaged\\ntwo years. He made his first settlement in Sanilac\\nCounty in Forester, in September, 1874, where he\\nremained until his removal to Downington, Julys,\\n1883, where he purchased his milling interest of\\nAlonzo Downing.\\nIn political connection Mr. Brown is a Demoerat.\\n^34=4\\nA A\\nT~7\\nE\\nI fiehard J. Nye, farmer, section 14, Dela-\\nware Townshi]), was born June 11, 1848,\\nin Kent Co., Eng., and is the son of Rich-\\nard and Mary (Dulcet) Nye. (See sketch.)\\nHe emigrated to the United States when he\\nwas five years of age, and resided with his\\nparents in Wayne Co., Mich., near Detroit, about\\nseven years. He was 12 years of age when they re-\\nmoved to Sanilac County. He was a member of the\\npaternal household until he reached his majority,\\nbeing brought up to the calling of a farmer, which\\nwas the occupation of his father.\\nOn reaching manhood he became a laborer in the\\nlumber woods and followed that occupation until the\\nspring of 1873. At that date he purchased 80 acres\\nof land in Delaware Township, of which he took\\npossession in May, 1883. He has improved 45 acres.\\nMr. Nye is an adherent to the principles and issues\\nof the Republican element in politics.\\nHe was married July 2, 1873, at Port Huron, to\\nMonia Case, and they have three children, Mary\\nE., Horace E. and Chester A. Her parents, Christ-\\nopher and Mary A. (Hatlidge) Case, were natives of\\nGermany. In 1839 they emigrated from the father-\\nland to the United States and located at Mt.\\nClemens, Macomb Co., Mich., afterwaid removing to\\nSt. Clair County, where Mrs. Nye was born, Feb. 24,\\n1848. She was a small child when her father died,\\nthat event occurring in 1849, in her native place.\\nHer mother still resides there.\\n----^^^^^s-^\\nf g v ,iUis P. Morse, farmer, section 18, VVater-\\ntown Township, was born Oct. 19, 1849, in\\nLivingston Co., Mich. He is of New Eng-\\nfyk land ancestry, his parents, Orrin and Celinda\\n(Hendrick) Morse, having been born respectively\\ni in Connecticut and New York, of Yankee par-\\nentage. Their respective ages are 67 and 57 years\\n(1884). The father came to Livingston Co., Mich.,\\nin the year 1835, where after his marriage he became\\na successful farmer, and in the year 1880 retired\\nfrom active service.\\nThe son spent the years of his non-age in farm labor\\nand attending school at Flint, whither he went after\\nleaving the common schools of his native place. He\\ncompleted an entire course of commercial study in\\nthe business college of William F. Thomas, at Flint,\\nand was graduated.\\nHe was married about the time ot attaining his\\nmajority, to Sophia Hall. The date of the marriage\\nwas Jan. 11, 187 1. Mrs. Morse is the daughter of\\nJohn Hall, of Genesee County, a prominent specu-\\nlator and business man, who came to Michigan about\\n1836, and died in 1848. He married Juliette Hill, a\\nnative of Pennsylvania, who is now living with her\\ndaughter and is 74 years of age. Mrs. Morse was\\nborn March r7, t845, in the vicinity of Flint, Mich.\\nShe received her education in the schools of that\\ncity, and began teaching when she was 20 years of\\nage. She pursued that calling until her marriage.\\nsly\\nr\\n9", "height": "2866", "width": "2206", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph09chic_0414.jp2"}, "415": {"fulltext": "m\\nr^^^^ 6V^^tlP:^.BD^-\\nP\\ny^^\\nO\\nk)\\nSANILAC COUNTY.\\n4^t^;^v||\\n419\\nand secured the reputation of havuig unusual skill\\nand success in the profession. Of this marriage four\\nchildren have been born, as follows H. Beach, Dec.\\n31, 1S71; Olney R., Aug. 7, 1S75; Elba L. and Eva\\nE., (twins). May 13, 1882.\\nAfter marriage ISlr. Morse purchased 60 acres of\\nhis father s homestead, where he made a pursuit of\\nagriculture, until August, 1S79, at which date he\\ncame to Sanilac County and bought 160 acres of\\nland, most of which was in a wholly unimproved\\nstate, where he made a permanent location. The\\nrapidity and efficiency of his agricultural operations\\nmay be inferred from the fact that he has already\\nplaced 45 acres in first-class farming condition. He\\nhas won a substantial reputation as a progressive\\nand skillful farmer, and is now engaged in the con-\\nstruction of a creditable farm-house, which will cost\\n$1,500. The place is supplied with a large stock\\nand grain barn. Mr. Morse is a Republican of most\\ndecided views. He has held several local offices,\\nand is now Justice of the Peace. He and his wife\\nare members of the Free Methodist Church, of which\\nhe is a Trustee. He has been Superintendent of the\\nSunday-school four years.\\noseph Parkinson, freight agent at the dock\\nf at Forestville, Delaware Township, was\\nborn Nov. 10, 1825, in Dublin, the capital\\ncity of Ireland. His father, John Parkinson,\\nwas a soldier in tlie British service and came\\nwith his family in 1827 to Quebec, and was\\nsubject to the course of life couimon to the English\\nsoldiery, constant change, ^which afforded large\\nopportunities for sight-seeing and observation, and\\nserved to develop kindred traits in his children.\\nMr. Parkinson came to the extended section of\\nMichigan known as the Saginaw Valley, in 1844.\\nHe knew, literally, every white family tvithin the\\nlimits named. He engaged as a cook witli a trading\\ncompany, who had business connections with all the\\nearly settlements on the Huron and Saginaw coasts,\\nwhich was liis first regular employment. He was\\nfamiliar wiili all the lakes and principal river courses\\nof the United States, and has seen as much adven-\\nture as any man to be found in the Peninsular State.\\nHe has been through several disasters on the lakes,\\nand has been instrumental in saving many lives. He\\nlived for a time on Beaver Island, when it was in\\npossession of a branch of the Mormons under King\\nStrang.\\nMr. Parkinson came to Forestville some years\\nsince and obtained the position he now holds, and in\\nwhich he lias officiated continuously, that is, the\\nmanagement of the dock. His two daughters are\\nnow- engaged in teaching school in Delaware\\nTownship.\\ns^(\u00c2\u00bb)\u00c2\u00bb-5s\\nf^f\\\\^^^^^\\n-ohn W. Chute, jeweler and dealer ii\\nwatclies, clocks, silverware, musical mei-\\nchandise, sewing-machines, books and no-\\ntions, at Deckerville, was born July 28, 1843,\\nl\u00c2\u00a3 in Elgin Co., Ont. He is the son of Andrew\\nand Olivia (Woodworth) Chute, and was edu-\\ncated in the Dominion. He left liome in 1S66 to\\naccept a position as book-keeper for Wisdom Son,\\nin Chicago, remaining in the same employ until\\n1871. While in Chicago he attended Bryant\\nStratton s Commercial College, where he was gradu-\\nated on completing a full course of study. In the\\nsummer of tliat year lie went to Missouri, partly for\\nthe purpose of restoring his liealth, and explored tlie\\nState on horseiiack, teaching music to pay expenses.\\nHe returned to the Garden City in 1872, and en-\\ngaged as shipping clerk with Hepp Schoentlialer,\\nojjerating in tlieir interests two years. In 1S73 lie\\nbecame book-keeper for Smith Bios, in the same\\ncity. Late in that year he went to Middlesex Co.,\\nOut., and opened an establishment in London for\\nthe sale of musical instruments, making a specialty\\nof the Mason Hamlin organ. 1S77 he con-\\nverted his relations into the subscri[)tion book busi-\\nness, which he piosecuted two years with success.\\nIn 1879 he came thence to Oakland Co., Mich and\\ntaught music there and in St. Clair County. He\\ncame to Deckerville in the fall of 1880 and spent 18\\nmonths as a teacher in tlie public scliools. In the\\nlast months of 1S81 he opened the business which\\nhe has since prosecuted, and in which he is oper-\\nating successfully.\\nT 1\\nr=i\\n(1\\n%m;y^\\nm.", "height": "2866", "width": "2206", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph09chic_0415.jp2"}, "416": {"fulltext": "SANILAC COUNTY.\\n(c^\\nPolitically he is in affiliation with the Republican\\nparty.\\nHe was married Oct. 8, 1867, in Middlesex Co.,\\nOnt., to Lucy Warren, and they are the parents of\\nfour children, Minnie G., Augustus, Andrew E.\\nand Frederick. Mrs. Chute was born in Middlesex\\nCo., Ont., Aug. 27, 1839. Her parents were born in\\nNew England, and died in Middlesex County. Her\\nfather s demise jccurred May 3, 1867, when he was\\n69 years of age. That of her mother took place\\nFeb. 27, 1881, at the same age.\\nMr. and Mrs. Chute attend the United Brethren\\nChurch.\\nhomas L. Ward, merchant, miller and\\nfarmer, resident at Charleston, Delaware\\nTownship, has been the Postmaster at that\\nplace since the office was established there.\\nHe was born July 8, 1842, at Green Bay, Wis.\\nHis father. Dr. David Ward, was a physician,\\nwho married Phebe Smith about the year 1835.\\nMr. Ward enlisted, when he was 19 years of age,\\nin the military service of the United States in the\\nsuppression of the Rebellion. He enrolled in Feb-\\nruary, 1862, in the 17th Wis. Vol. Inf, Co. K, Capt.\\nWelcome Hyde. The regiment joined the Army of\\nthe Cumberland under Gen. Grant, and was in the\\nservice during the remainder of the war. Mr. Ward\\nwas discharged April 4, 1865, at Galesboro, N. C.\\nHe was under fire at Corinth, Vicksburg, and in the\\nGeorgia campaign. He fought at the siege of At-\\nlanta on the memorable July 22, 1864. At the battle\\nof Vicksburg he received a gunshot wound on the\\ntop of his head. Only the scalp was injured, but\\nthe suffering in his head from the concussion and\\nflesh wound was quite sufficient to satisfy him of the\\ndiscomfort of the chances of war, and he is at times\\neven now reminded of the complimentary notice of\\na rebel bullet. This would suffice to keep his po-\\nlitical faith in the right channel, even if there were\\nno new question of principle involved. He obeyed\\nthe injunction of one of the standard-bearers of the\\nRepublican party in 1884, and voted as he shot.\\nOn obtaining his discharge from the service he set\\nout for his home in Wisconsin, and in the fall of the\\nsame year he proceeded to Detroit, where he took a\\ncourse of study at the Bryant Stratton Business\\nCollege. He was on the lake one season, and went\\nnext to Forestville, where he operated as a clerk in\\nthe store of Jacob Buel. The next year he returned\\nto Wisconsin and resumed the same occupation, in\\nwhich he continued two years.\\nIn 1869 he returned to Forestville and engaged\\nagain for Mr. Buel. He went next to Dodge Co.,\\nWis., and established himself in a mercantile enter-\\nprise there. He sold his interest and returned to\\nMichigan, reaching this place May 12, 1872, and\\ninstituted the several branches of business in which\\nhe has since been engaged, excepting his agricultural\\nrelations, which he set in operation in 1877, when he\\npurchased 400 acres of land and commenced farm-\\ning. His farm now contains 340 acres of excellent\\nland, and includes 200 acres in fine agricultural con-\\ndition. His grist-mill has a producing capacity of\\n80 barrels per day.\\nIn the fire of Sept. 5, 1881, the village of Charles-\\nton was entirely destroyed, the loss of property\\nto Mr. Ward amounting to $25,000 in value.\\nMr. Ward was married in November, 1875, in Del-\\naware Township, to Elizabeth Geek, and they have\\nthree children, Lizzie M., Irving L. and Nellie.\\nMrs. Ward was born June 20, 1856, in Detroit. Her\\nparents, Henry and Elizabeth Geek, were natives of\\nGermany, and were married in Rochester, N. Y., in\\n1 85 1. After a short residence in the city of Detroit\\nthey came to Sanilac County and are now residents\\nand farmers of Delaware Township.\\ng (f^ ndrew Chute (dec.) was born Sept. 15, 1789,\\nin Nova Scotia. His ancestral descent is\\nI l\u00c2\u00ae traceable to the period of William the Con-\\nqueror, and it is supposed on that basis that\\nthe family name is Norman French in its ori-\\nI gin. He wms a farmer by occupation, and\\nabout 1842 removed to Elgin Co., Ont., where he\\npurchased 200 acres of land in the township of Bay-\\nham. On this he spent his life, redeeming almost\\nthe entire acreage from the unl)roken forest. He\\nmarried Alvira Woodworth, and they became the\\nparents of 1 2 children, as follows\\n^5\\nA\\nsy\\n4\\n/f^^\\nI", "height": "2866", "width": "2206", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph09chic_0416.jp2"}, "417": {"fulltext": "-:J^^ cr-7 i- |]lJ^UUs r\\nI\\n(0\\nI\\nSANILAC COUNTY.\\nEdmund was bom Dec. 31, iSi5;Sarah Ann, May\\niS.iSiS; Harriet, July 16, 1820; Alfred, July 29,\\ntS22 Sidney, Nov. 20, 1824; Ezekiel, Feb. 20, 1827;\\nE. Freeman, May 30, 1829; Wm. Edward, April 24,\\n1832; Aaron (deceased), Aug. 6, 1834; Lovenia (de-\\nceased), Sept. 15, 1836; Cynthia, April 7, 1839;\\nJohn Milton, Jnly 28, 1843. The mother was born\\nJuly 24, 1796, and died Jan. 18, 1864. Alfred, eld-\\nest son, is a minister, and Edward is a Deacon in\\ntlie Baptist Church, to which their parents belonged,\\nand in which their father was a Deacon for 50 years.\\nHe was a man of stainless character, and a zealous,\\noutspoken Christian, never failing to discharge what\\nhe believed to be his duty to his fellow men, with\\ndeed and voice e.xemplifying the faith he professed.\\nHe died in Ontario, Feb. 17, 1862, aged 72 years.\\nilliam Merekel, merchant at Forestville,\\nslBvVl, (Delaware Townshi[)), was born March\\n17, 1S46, in Bavaria. He emigrated in\\n1 1868 to America, and for a time found em-\\nploy in the city of New York, where he\\nlanded. He went thence to California, and\\nafter a brief stay at San Francisco he proceeded to\\nPlacerville, in the interior, and obtained a situation\\nas clerk in a hotel. (He there made the acquaint-\\nance of Mr. Marshall, the original discoverer of gold\\nnear Placerville, and who before his death fell into\\nreduced circumstances.)\\nMr. Merekel had received a good education in his\\nnative country, and was fitted to discharge the duties\\nof any position in business. He continued to operate\\nas a hotel clerk for some time. In 1872 he returned\\nto Germany to close his business affairs. While\\nthere he was married, April 6, 1873, to Franziska\\nPiatz. She was a native of Nuremberg, and was born\\nMay 29, 1852. She was brought up and educated\\nin her native place, and was employed in its shops\\nas a saleswoman. Four children have been born to\\nMr. and Mrs. Merekel, John William, Charles,\\nSophia C. and Selma C.\\nAfter his marriage Mr. Merekel came again to the\\nUnited States and located at East Saginaw, Mich.,\\nestablishing a grocery and provision trade. In 1878\\nhe came to Forestville and founded the business in\\nwhose successful prosecution he has since been\\nengaged. He is the owner of considerable improved\\nvillage property, and is considered a substantial and\\nreliable citizen. He is a member of the Lutheran\\nChurch, and his family are Catholics.\\nMr. Merekel is a Republican in political faith and\\nis present Township Clerk. He has served some\\ntime as Justice of the Peace.\\nvv^ 5-\\n;^4\u00c2\u00a3:l\\niii\\nV\u00c2\u00a9\\nf\\\\]|;-javid Oughton, farmer, section 25, Dela-\\n;cvXa/| i ware Township, was born Nov. 21, 1826,\\nJ ;^yi in County Wexford, Ireland. His parents\\nf j\u00c2\u00bb emigrated to the New World in 1830 and\\nlocated in Perth Co., Ont. The son remained\\nan inmate of the paternal household until\\nthe age of 24 years, when the most important event\\nof his life occurred, his marriage to Mary Ann Page.\\nFive children have been born to them William,\\nMargaret, Maria, Emily and David E. Mrs. Oughton\\nwas born in 1834, in County We.xford, Ireland. She\\nwas a resident of Perth Co., Ont., from early chijd-\\nhocd.\\nAfter his marriage Mr. Oughton located on 150\\nacres of land in Perth County, where he operated as\\na farmer until 1879, the date of removal with his\\nfamily to Michigan. Settling in the township of\\nDelaware, he secured a claim of 240 acres of land,\\nof which two-thirds is improved and cultivated.\\nMr. and Mrs. Oughton are communicants in the\\nEpiscopal Church.\\nJjavid A. West, M. D., modern allopathist\\njiL and eclectic physician, located at Lexing-\\n^^f ton, was born Jan. 16, 1847, near Bradford,\\n?\\\\tk Ont. He is the son of Benjamin and Mary\\n(Howard) West, and was reared by his father to\\nthe calling of agriculturist. (The father of Dr.\\nWest was born near Cincinnati, Ohio, and was a\\ndescendant from an old English family, which emi-", "height": "2866", "width": "2206", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph09chic_0417.jp2"}, "418": {"fulltext": "422\\nSANILAC COUNTY.\\nm^\\nV\\ngrated to America during the reign of George III.)\\nYoung David attended the winter terms of the com-\\nmon schools until 1862, when he became a student\\nat the Bradford High School, remaining until 1864,\\nA), when he began teaching. He continued this occu-\\npation about 18 months, when he matriculated at\\nthe Victoria Medical Branch College at Toronto. He\\npassed the severe ordeals of examination required by\\nthe regulations of that institution, and was graduated\\nin the fall of 1868. Before receiving his credentials,\\nhe established himself as a medical practitioner at\\nRaymond, Wis., but abandoned the place in the fall\\nfollowing, and returned to his home in the Dominion\\nto receive his diploma. He then taught the home\\nschool for three months and commenced the practice\\nof medicine in connection therewith, but soon re-\\nceived a call to Lexington, Mich., which he answered\\nin March, i86g. At that date, he came to Lex-\\nington and opened an office in company with Dr.\\nHiram Hayward. The association continued until\\nDec. I, 1872. Shortly afterward lie became a resi-\\ndent of Sanilac County. Dr. West made a purchase\\nof 40 acres of land in Worth Township, situated three\\nmiles from the village. He increased iiis acreage by\\na second purcliase of a like amount. He continued\\nthe practice of his profession in Worth Township\\nuntil December, 1882, when he removed to the vil-\\nlage of Lexington. He bought the fine residence\\nwhere he has since lived, and where his office is\\nestablished. His farm is under an excellent order of\\ncultivation lie also owns 200 acres of land in Buel\\nTownship, chiefly in a wild state. Dr. West is a\\nmember of the Order of Masonry and belongs to the\\nI. O. G. T. He received an appointment from the\\nGovernment in September, 1875, as United States Ex-\\nC amining Surgeon for Pensioners, for Sanilac and part\\nof Huron Counties, Mich., and still holds this office.\\nMrs. Isadore (Farwell) West, wife of Dr. West, was\\nborn June 20, 1848, in Oshawa, Ont. She is the\\ndaughter of Alexander and Elizabeth Farwell, and\\nwas married Dec. 25, 187 1. The children which\\ni constitute the issue of this marriage were born as fol-\\nS lows: Mary E., Dec. 5, 1872; Ruth E., Aug. 28,\\ng 1874; Alfred Albert, Nov. 26, 1S75 (died Oct. 4,\\n1876); Fannie A., Feb. i, 1877; Raymond A., Aug.\\nI, 1878; Lena, Oct. 8, i88r.\\nThomas West, the earliest ancestor traceable, and\\ngreat-grandfather of Dr. West, was a Dissenter and\\ncame to America as a missionary in 1760. He set-\\n1\\ntied in the vicinity of Bunker Hill. He was connected\\nwith one of the earliest schools of Boston as a member\\nof the Examining Board of a graduating class. His\\nfamily included his wife, Deborah Freeman, and five\\nchildren, Freeman, Deborah, Thomas, Samuel and\\nEunice. All are deceased. Freeman died from the\\nresults of exposure at Valley Forge in the war of the\\nRevolution. Eunice married a Dr. Vincent, of Ver-\\nmont. Their mother died in Massachusetts, and\\ntheir father went to Vermont and afterwards to Ohio,\\nwhere he died.\\nT homas \\\\Vest, grandfather of Dr. West, was born\\nJuly II, 1874, near Charlton, Mass., and removed to\\nVermont in 1786, where he married Polly, daughter\\naf Colonel Jacol) Davis, of Revolutionary fame. June\\n19, 1799, he was appointed Captain of the Ninth\\nCompany, Third Regiment, Second Brigade of the\\nVermont State Militia, by Governor Tichenor. He\\nwent to Ohio about 1808, when he took up land now\\nincluded in the site of Cincinnati. Li 1S13 lie went\\nto Harmony, near Springfield, Oliio, being troubled\\nby the uncertainty of the water level of the fickle\\nriver, and there engaged in agricultural and mercan-\\ntile pursuits. The latter venture involved him in\\ndisaster, as he purchased goods in the city of Pitts-\\nburg on the half-credit system. The depreciation of\\npaper money under the old State banking arrange-\\nments caused his failure.\\nIn 1820 or 1821 he removed to Canada and set-\\ntled at Youngstreet, near Newmarket, York Co., Ont.,\\nin a settlement of Friends, of which body his wife\\nwas a member. He taught school two years and\\ntook up 200 acres of the Clergy Reserve or Glebe\\nlands, situated near Bondhead, Simcoe Co., Ont. He\\nafterwards gave it to his son Thomas, and in 1S45\\nwent to Franklin, near Milwaukee, Wis., where he es-\\ntablished a home. He died there, at the age of 95\\nyears. His wife died wlien she was 88 years of age.\\nThe homestead then passed into the hands of his\\ndaughter Deborah, and is now held by his son\\nQuincy P., both of whom reside there. He was the\\nfather of ro children who attained adult age, and\\nwere born in the following order Julia (deceased),\\nDeborah, Thomas, Eliza (deceased), Benjamin F.\\n(deceased), George W., Quincy P., Alfred A (de-\\nceased), Derrick and David M. (deceased.)\\nBenjamin F. West was born April 16, 18 10, near\\nCincinnati, Ohio, and married March 14, 1834. His\\nwife was the daughter of Stephen and Tamma (Fos-\\nK^\\nV/\\nI\\n^WM^", "height": "2866", "width": "2206", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph09chic_0418.jp2"}, "419": {"fulltext": "m\\n^1\\n\u00c2\u00ae))\u00c2\u00ab^ri^\\n4:mi^:ill] v\\nrrr\\nSANILAC COUNTY.\\nr\\n423\\nV\\nt\\nter) Howard, born ISFarch 10, 1813, near Holland\\nLanding, Ont. They had 11 children Stephen H.,\\nOlive H., Alfred A., Mary E., Derrick, Thomas W.,\\nEsther, David A. and Tanima Amelia. A pair of\\ntwins died unnamed. Their mother died Aug. ig,\\n1853, near Bondliead. Mr. West was a second time\\nmarried, Dec. 20, 1855, to Mrs. Sarah (Baker) Hay-\\nward, of Saratoga Co., N. Y. One child, William B.,\\nwas born to them, Aug. 7, 18157, and died Oct. 22,\\n1867. She died Nov. 6, 1857. The father died\\nOct. 8, 1873, at Lexington, Mich., while on a visit\\nto his son, Dr. West. He was a man of sterling\\nqualities, a professed and consistent Christian.\\notlieb Sehubel, farmer, resident on section\\nII, Delaware Township, was born April\\n26, 1829, in Prussia. He emigrated to the\\nUnited States on arriving at the period of his\\nmajority, and went to Sandusky, Ohio, where\\nhe operated as a farm laborer for a time, after\\nwhich he worked as a carpenter, having acquired a\\nknowledge of that business while in his native\\ncounty. He was also a practical brewer.\\nIn 1853 he came to Sanilac County. He stayed\\na brief time at Forestville, and in com])any with his\\nbrother and a man named Matthew Schwab, he jmo-\\nceeded a few miles from the lake shore, where they\\npre-empted 400 acres of land. This -was during the\\nadministration of Franklin Pierce, and was the first\\npermanent settlement in the township of Delaware.\\nEverything was in the most primitive condition, and\\nthe ex[)eriences of Mr. Sehubel were the same oft-\\nrepeated account of the pioneer, but just as severe\\nas though no other had encountered them. He\\nowned 80 acres of the tract located by the three,\\nand has since purchased 80 acres. His homestead\\nnow comprises 140 acres, under excellent tillage.\\nHis residence is one of the finest farm dwellings in\\nthe township, and was erected at a cost of $3,000.\\nHe has two large, convenient barns, and is consid-\\nered one of the most substantial and skillful farmers\\nin Sanilac C ounty.\\nMr. Sehubel is a Republican of no uncertain kind.\\nHe was married May 8, 1858, in Delaware Town-\\nship, to Frederica C. Binder. Their children are\\neight in number, Emma, Ida, Mary, Louisa, Albert,\\nOlive, Lizzie and iNLirtha, and William (deceased).\\nTheir mother is a native of Wurtemburg, Germany,\\nand was born Oct. 16, 1839. She came to the United\\nStates with her parents when she was 14 years of age.\\nThey located in Hancock Co., O., and later came to\\nDelaware Township, where she has since resided.\\nShe is a member of the Evangelical Association.\\nlljdgar Hills, proprietor of the Howard House\\nat Downington, was born May 28, 1842, in\\nWt Westmmster, Essex Co., Ont., and is the\\nson of Ensign_C. and Diana (Carney) Hills.\\nThe father was born July 26, 1810, in Char-\\nlotte, Chittenden Co., Vt. He was early\\norphaned, and was reared to manhood in his native\\nplace in the family of a man named Palmer. He\\nspent a brief time after attaining his majority, at\\nvarious points, prospecting for a location, finally\\nsettling in \\\\Vestminster, Essex Co., Ont. He en-\\ngaged primarily as a clerk in a hotel, became the\\nproprietor of a considerable tract of wild land, of\\nwhich he retained ownership until his removal to the\\nStates. He was married to Diana Carney, who was\\nborn in the State, of New York, Oct. 23, 1816. They\\nbecame the parents of 13 children. Eight years\\nafter marriage, Mr. Hills came to Michigan with his\\nfamily, locating at first at Fort Gratiot, St. Clair\\nCounty. He pre-empted 30 acres of land situated\\nadjoining the Government grounds, where the bar-\\nracks were placed. He built a structure which he\\nutilized as a hotel and remained there resident three\\nyears. He sold his land and removed to what is\\nnow Pine Hill, Sanilac County. At that date (1847)\\nSanilac and Huron Counties were included within\\nthe municipality of St. Clair County. He came to\\nthat point in the interests of Cole Leutz, lumber-\\nmen, managing a boarding-house, and also operating\\nin lumber. Later on he purchased 157 acres of land\\npartly improved and known as the Hitchcock farm,\\nsituated two miles south of Bark Shanty (Port Sani-\\nlac). It lies on the lake shore, and on the termina-\\ntion of Mr. Hills engagement with Messrs. Cole\\nS;y\\nfi\u00c2\u00aba\\nk\\nSllD? va", "height": "2866", "width": "2206", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph09chic_0419.jp2"}, "420": {"fulltext": "424\\n^7s\\nn\\nI\\nSANILAC COUNTY.\\nLeutz, he took possession of the propeity, which he\\nmanaged 12 years, clearing and improving a large\\nproportion of the acreage. At that date the main\\nthoroughfare was the beacli on the lake-side, and Mr.\\nHills was instrumental in Iniilding the lake shore\\nroad from Potts Landing through Sanilac Township\\nto the boundary of Forester. His liouse was the\\nonly place of public entertainment on the lake-side\\nfor the limits named. During the period of his resi-\\ndence there the county was organized, in which work\\nMr. Hills was a prime mover and actor. He was\\nelected first Sheriff of the county and discharged the\\nduties of the position in a manner that reflected\\ncredit on his abilities and energies, and relieved the\\ncounty of many of the difficulties with which it had\\nstruggled at the hands of the unscrupulous lumber\\ntiiieves and land-grabbers. The hardships and ex-\\nposures he encountered in all seasons were such as\\ncan readily be estimated from the location and\\nperiod.\\nIn 1865 Mr. Hills sold his farm on the lake-side\\nand removed to Lexington. He passed two years\\nthere engaged in various occupations, and in 1S67\\nwent to Croswell, then Davisville, and became the\\nproprietor of the Union Hotel. (This building is\\nstill standing.) Later he occupied a hotel situated\\nin the village proper, which was recently burned. In\\nthe fall of 1876 he came to Deckerville, and in the\\nsummer of 1882 removed to Downington, and here\\nhe entered upon the management of the Howard\\nHouse, where he was operating at the tin.e of liis\\ndeath. He died of apoi)lexy, April 2, 1884.\\nMr. Hills, of this sketch, is the third son of his\\nparents. He was reared under their guidance, and\\nacted as his father s assistant in his various enter-\\nprises until the removal of the family to Lexington,\\nwhere he became a salesman for Andrew Monroe.\\nHe was a resident of Lexington until March, 1881,\\nwhen he entered into a partnership with his fatiier\\nin the conduct of tiie Union Hotel at Deckerville, a\\nrelation which continued to exist after their removal\\nto the Howard House at Downington.\\nMr. Hills was married July 17, 1862, in Sanilac\\nTownship, to Jerusha Haiton, and they have three\\nchildren: Alma, i)orn Dec. 21, 1S63, was married\\nDec. 26, 1880, to Andrew Conrad, resident at Down-\\nington Nora, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Conrad, was\\nborn Oct. 29, 1882; Nettie, second daughter of Mr.\\nand Mrs. Hills, was born May 6, 1866; Ensign, only\\nson, was born May 8, 1868. Mrs. Hills is the daugh-\\nter of Thomas and Matilda (Carney) Hatton, and\\nwas born July 11, 1S45, at Port Huron.\\nMr. Hills is a Democrat in political views and\\naction. The Howard House, which he has managed\\nsingly since the death of his father, is one of the\\nbest country hotels on the Huron Peninsula. It is\\nconveniently constructed, and its accommodations\\nare of a character which successfully recommends it\\nas a place of public entertainment, and it is deserv-\\nedly popular.\\n_ JJlbert Wickware, merchant, residing on sec-\\ni KlS Pk t O 35 Greenleaf Township, was born in\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0J\\\\SS Leeds Co., Can., May 10, 1845. His father,\\nijal Libeus P. Wickware, was born in the same\\ncounty, Nov. 18, 1817, and died March 4, 1877^\\nin Cass City, Tuscola Co., Mich. The mother, Cath-\\nerine (Mallory) Wickware, was also a native of\\nLeeds County, and was born in 1S15. Slie resides\\niir Ellington, Tuscola Co., Mich.\\nMr. Wickware left home at the age of 16 years\\nand interested himself in lumbering, in which he was\\nengaged continuously about 14 years. In 186S he\\nlocated at Caro, Tuscola County, where he operated\\nuntil 1875. In that year he opened his business as\\na Ijlacksmiih at Ellington, which he pursued there\\ntwo and a half years. In 1878 he removed to Cass\\nCity, and formed a partnership with a man named\\nLutes, which relation e.xisted one year. At the end\\nof that time, Mr. Wickware met with an accident\\nwJiich disabled him for two years, after which he was\\nvariously occupied until August, 1882, when he es-\\ntablished the mercantile enterprise in which he has\\nsince been engaged. The postoffice at this point is\\nunder his management, and the post station is dis-\\ntinguished by his name. In political connection he\\nadiieres to the National Greenback party. In 1S83\\nhe was elected Justice of the Peace, and is now dis-\\ncharging the duties of the position. He is a member\\nof the I. O. O. F., Lodge No. 203, at Cass City.\\nThe marriage of Mr. Wickware to Agnes Higgins\\ntook place in 1875. She was born April 4, 1855, in\\nr=i\\nSi/\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0^^Dn^nnf^\\nAu^", "height": "2866", "width": "2206", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph09chic_0420.jp2"}, "421": {"fulltext": "(h\\n1\\nf\\ns\\nSANILAC COUNTY.\\n-e\u00e2\u0082\u00ac^\\nCanada, and is the ds\\n(Watson) Hi\\nLi .o daugliter of George and Mary A.\\nliggins, now resident at Elmwood, Tus-\\ncola Co., Mich. Morley born Aug. 22, 1877;\\nEtta M., born March 29, 1879, and Myrtie B., born\\nApril 29, 1 88 1, are the names of the children of Mr.\\nand Mrs. Wickvvare.\\nJCohn MePhail, fanner, section 34, Greenleaf\\nIflr Township, was born in 1844, in Scotland.\\nHis parents, John and Flora (Thompson)\\nMcPhail, were natives of the Parish of Kil-\\nyC colmonell, Ayrshire, Scotland. After their\\nmarriage they emigrated to America and lo-\\ncated in Dunwich, Elgin Co., Ont., where they\\nbecame members of the agricultural community and\\nspent the remainder of their lives.\\nAt the age of 25 he left his paternal home and\\nbecame a farm laborer. When his father and mother\\ncame to Canada, he accompanied them and was a\\nresident of the Dominion until 1866. In tliat year\\nhe came to Sanilac County and located where he\\nnow lives. He entei ed a claim of i6o acres of land,\\nand has applied his energies and efforts to such good\\npurpose that he has 60 acres under good improve-\\nments. Mr. McPhail suffered heavy losses from the\\nfire of 1 88 1, but has rebuilt his house and barn. He\\nis a Republican in political faith and action.\\nHis marriage to Mary I. Hunter took place Jan.\\n28, 1884. She is the daughter of Hugh and Matilda\\n(Brown) Hunter, natives of Canada, wliere she was\\nborn April 15, t866.\\nr\\nI ohn Fotheringham, farmer, section 27\\nDelaware Township, was born Oct. 20,\\nurated\\nl-g) 1828, in Lincolnshire, Eng. He\\nto Ontario when he was 23 years of age, com-\\ning alone from all his friends and home asso\\nh\\nciations. He went from the Dominion to Ohio,\\nand went thence four years later to Illinois, where he\\nwas employed as a laborer on the Central Railroad\\nof that State. He returned to Ontario, and in i860\\ncame to Michigan, obtaining employment in tiie lum-\\nber woods of the Huron peninsula, where he was\\noccupied two years. In 1865 he purchased 40 acres\\nof land where he has since resided and prosecuted\\nhis agricultural operations. He made a later pur-\\nchase of 40 acres, and has improved the entire tract,\\nhis homestead including 80 acres of valuable land.\\nMr. Fotheringham is a Republican in political\\nopinion, and he has officiated in the various school\\noffices.\\nHe was married Sept. 13, 1865, at Lexington, to\\nMrs. Jane (Richmond) Lapp. One child William\\nhas been born to them. Mrs. F. is a native of\\nNorthumberland Co., Ont., where she was born Nov.\\n4, 1828, and where she resided until her marriage to\\nGeorge Lapp. Smith and Marilla are tlie names of\\nthe children born of her first marriage. The family\\nattend the Methodist Church.\\n\u00c2\u00ab4aaerE^\\n.^#^^^P |^4\u00e2\u0080\u0094 \u00c2\u00ab/^.SW)OTJv.\\nffUffiilliam McLaughlin, farmer, section 28,\\n\u00e2\u0080\u009ejiH^^J[g Custer Township, was born Nov. 25, 1831,\\njl^^i^ in tlie county of East Dunham, Ont. His\\nparents, Thomas and Jane (McGill) Mc-\\nLaughlin, were born in Ireland. The father\\nw is a carpenter by profession and brought up\\nhis son to the same calling. The latter followed that\\nas a business in Canada, in connection witli farming,\\nuntil the date of his coming to Sanilac County,\\nwhich occurred in the fall of iSS;. He i)urchased\\nSo acres of land in Caster Township in its primal,\\nnatural condition, and has already placed 30 acres in\\ncreditably improved and cultured condition. He is\\na Republican in political sentiment, and in the spring\\nof 1884 was elected to tlie office of Townslii|)\\nTreasurer.\\nMr. McLaughlin was married in Canada, Dec. 24,\\n1854, to Mary J. McDonald. She was born July 25.\\n1835, in West Durham, Ont., and has been the J^\\nmother of 16 children, 14 of whom are still living.\\nThey are named Thomas, James, Jane, William\\n^s\u00c2\u00a7.\\ni^^^", "height": "2866", "width": "2206", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph09chic_0421.jp2"}, "422": {"fulltext": "SANILAC COUNTY.\\nVS^\\n--^^mv^i\\nMary, Robert G., Jemima, Maggie, Elizabeth,\\n1 Freddie, Albert, John, Sarah and Ella. Two children\\ndied ill early infancy. The parents are members of\\nthe Methodist Church.\\n4#^*5^\\nr f-^Fncames M. Haviland, farmer and stockman,\\ny. L HJlL r resident at Minden, was born in Norfolk\\n|U)i?r% Ccs Ont May 20, 1834. His father,\\nabout 18 1 2 to the\\nV\\nCo., Ont,\\nBenjamin Haviland, came\\nProvince of Ontario and was one of the earliest\\nsettlers in the part of Canada wliere he located.\\nHe was a commissioned officer in the second struggle\\nof the Americans witli Great Britian, and held a\\nCaptaincy until his death. He was lineally descended\\nfrom George IH of England. (Mr. Haviland is the\\npossessor of a parchment crown deed which granted\\nto his grandfather, in 1803, a tract of land, a direct\\ndeed of gift from the British Government, and issued\\nby George HI. It is a curious document, and has\\n=3 attached to it by a string the royal seal of England,\\na piece of round leather four inches in diameter and\\nthree-fourths of an inch in thickness, and has upon\\nit the English coat of arms.) His paternal grand-\\nfather was a commissioned officer of the Revolution,\\nand was at one time one of the wealthiest men in\\nCanada. He was related to tlie famous Fairchild\\nfamily of the Dominion.\\nThe father of Mr. Haviland was born at Quaker\\nHill, N. Y., and married Lucy Craw, of Niagara Co.,\\nN. Y. Slie died in 1844, and her children were\\nplaced within a year under the care of a stepmother.\\nMr. Haviland found home affairs inharmonious, and\\nleft his claims and all his rights as an heir of his\\nfather s estate to seek his own fortune. He was a\\nlithe, agile boy, with a taste for adventure, and he\\nconnected himself with a circus which traveled\\nthrough Canada and the United States, and remained\\nin the employment of its managers seven years, in\\nthe capacity of acrobat and equestrian, in both of\\nwhich capacities he was skillful to an unusual degree.\\nMr. Haviland was married Dec. 17, 1852, in On-\\ntario, to Jane Caroline Ainslie, and they have three\\nchildren, all of whom are married, David B., John\\nC. and James M. Mrs. Haviland was born Nov. 21,\\n1829, in Chippewa village, Ontario. She is descen-\\nded from English and New York State parentage.\\nTwo years after his marriage, Mr. Haviland went\\nto Wisconsin, and not long after proceeded to Chi-\\ncago, whence, after a brief stay, he went to Lake Co.,\\nInd. Since that date he has resided at various points\\nin Michigan, and has spent eight years in Ontario.\\nHe came to St. Clair Co., Mich., in 1875, where he\\nwas engaged in farming about six years. He arrived\\nin Minden June 14, 1881, and purchased 160 acres\\nof land within the village limits. The chief portion\\nof the acreage is in advanced cultivation.\\nIn June, 1862, Mr. Haviland, true to the instincts\\nwhich he inherited, enlisted in the military service of\\nthe United States, enrolling in the 20th Mich. Vol.\\nInf., Co. A, his command being assigned to the Xmiy\\nof the Cumberland, Gen. Burnside, corps commander.\\nHe was in many actions, and in 1S63, at Fredericks-\\nburg, was attacked with paralysis of the right side.\\nThrough its instrumentality he was consigned to the\\nhospital at Baltimore, where he was on the sick list\\nfour months, and was discharged for disability to do\\nmilitary duty. He has never quite recovered. The\\npolitical colors of Mr. Haviland are of the correct\\nhue, and he certified to the character of his apprecia-\\ntion of his adopted nationality by voting as he shot\\nin the election of 1S84. He is Justice of the Peace\\nand member of the Village Board. Mrs. Haviland\\nis a member of the Baii .ist Church.\\nJiH^F\\n\u00e2\u0080\u00a2i^ohn A. Charlton, farmer, section 33, Green-\\nleaf Township, was born Feb. lo, 1S45, in\\nFrontenac Co., Can. His parents, Dennis\\nand Mary A. (Van Eseltine) Charlton, were\\nnatives of Canada and are now resident in the\\ntownship of Evergreen in this county.\\nMr. Charlton was an inmate of the paternal home\\nuntil he was 22 years of age, when he went to the\\nState of New York. In 1862 he came thence to\\nMichigan, and Jan. 23, 1878, located at Greenleaf,\\nSanilac County, where he has since operated as a\\ncarpenter and farmer. He has since purchased 80\\nacres additional on section 2,2i-\\nIn political faith and connection Mr. Charlton is a\\nd\\nc\\nt\\nI\\n^^Mm\\\\^", "height": "2866", "width": "2206", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph09chic_0422.jp2"}, "423": {"fulltext": "m\\n:J^^ c?-:r ^D U^ U llr r\\n(h\\nSANILAC COUNTY.\\nRepublican. He has been School Superintendent\\nsix years, and has officiated two terms as Assessor.\\nDuring the fire of i88 1, the farm builings and most\\nof their contents were consumed, including a fine set\\nof joiner s tools. The dog and cat were also burned.\\nThe house has been rebuilt, and Mr. Charlton is\\nenergetically engaged in the re-establishment of the\\nformer condition of things.\\nHe was married Feb. 20, 1867, to Emmeline,\\ndaughter of John and Phebe (McConnell) Hartwick.\\nShe was born Sept. 12, 1846, in Canada. Clara B.,\\nborn Aug. 24, 1868; Acher, born June 22, 1870,\\nand Birdsall, born Aug. 29, 1872, are the children of\\nMr. and Mrs. Charlton.\\nlexander McDonald, farmer, section 12,\\nI Minden Township, was born about 1820,\\nin Scotland. He emigrated to America when\\nhe was 14 years of age, with his parents, who\\nsettled in the Province of Ontario and are\\nstill living there, in greatly advanced age. They\\nhad seven children, of whom the subject of this\\nsketch is the eldest.\\nMr. McDonald became the proprietor of 100 acres\\nof land before his majority, and when he became\\nhis own man he took possession of the place and\\nresided upon it until his removal to Michigan. He\\ncame to this township Dec. 25, 1857, and purchased\\n160 acres of land in a wholly wild and unimproved\\ncondition. The route thence to Forestville, where\\nall supplies were obtained, was traversed l)y means\\nof Indian trails, there being no roads of any other\\ncharacter. His entire acreage is now under improve-\\nment, with good buildings, orchards and other farm\\naccompaniments of excellent and valuable type.\\nMr. McDonald is a Republican of decided prin-\\nciples.\\nHe was married July 29, 1844, in the State of\\nNew York, to Fanny Coredale, and they have been\\nthe parents of 15 children, five of whom are de-\\nceased, John and James are not living and three\\nchildren died in early infancy before they were\\nnamed. Those living are John (2d), James (2d),\\nWilliam, Henry, Sarah, Maxwell, Alexander, Mary.\\nElizabeth and Robert. Mrs. McDonald was born\\nin Dublin, in 1824, and is the daughter of John and\\nSarah (McGill) Coredale, both of whom were natives\\nof Scotland. After their marriage they went to Ire-\\nland, whence two daughters came when grown to\\nwomanhood to Ontario. Mr. and Mrs. McDonald\\nare members of the Presbyterian Church.\\n-^-\u00e2\u0080\u00a2H\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0i:\\nfh\\nV^\\ni ra P. Wilson, retired farmer, section 3,\\njl j^^i Minden Township, was born May ii, i8o6,\\n^ytly T in the State of New York. He was six\\nyears of age when his parents removed to On-\\ntario, and he lived at home with them until\\ntheir demise. As he was the youngest child, he\\ntook charge of the homestead, which is located in\\nNewcastle District, Durham Co., Out. He sold the\\nplace later, and purchased another farm, containing\\n200 acres, in the same county. On this he spent 45\\nof the best years of his life and effected a work of\\nimprovement which greatly increased the value of\\nthe estate. In 187 1 he sold the place and went to\\nLondon, Ont., whence he came to Michigan in 1875.\\nHe fixed upon Minden Township, in Sanilac County,\\nfor a location, and not long afterward purchased 140\\nacres of land, now constituting his homestead. Of\\nthis he has cleared and otherwise improved 75 acres.\\nThe place is a very fine one and is under the man-\\nagement of the youngest son of the family, Wellington\\nJ. Wilson.\\nMr. Wilson was married Nov. 13, 1828, at Bow-\\nmanville, Durham Co., Ont., to Henrietta Morley.\\nShe was born Aug. 6, 18 10, in Watertown, N. Y., and\\nremoved with her parents to Ontario when in early\\nyouth. .She grew to womanhood and was educated\\nin the province and died Sept. 13, 1850, in Downing-\\nton, Durham Co., Ont. She became the mother of\\nseven children, two of whom are deceased. They\\nwere named as follows Sophia, Sarah, Harrison,\\nEsther, George, Frederick and Wellington.\\nShe was a communicant of the Episcopal Church,\\nto which the other members of the family belong.\\nWellington J. Wilson was born in Darlington, Dur-\\nham Co., Ont., Dec. 16, 1850. He was married Sept.\\nI 13, 1875, in Perth Co., to Georgie M. Rice, and they\\nc^:", "height": "2866", "width": "2206", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph09chic_0423.jp2"}, "424": {"fulltext": "428\\nT ^M)^iih^^r^ 7^f^\\n-\u00c2\u00abiS*?@\\nf\\nS\\nc\\na\\nt\\nSANILAC COUNTY.\\nhave been the parents of three children. Nellie H.\\nwas born Oct. 23, 1879. Charles B. and Mabel died\\nin infancy. Mrs. Wilson was born Feb. 19, 1856, in\\nDurham Co., Ont., and is the daughter of John H.\\nand Elizabeth (Brown) Rice, of English descent, and\\nare now residents of the township of Minden. Mr.\\nWilson and his father are Republicans of zealous\\nand earnest principles.\\nK\\nm\\nr?^[ P^f on. John Leitch, Representative from the\\nr 2:s] A; Second District of Sanilac County in the\\nLegislature of Michigan in 1882-3, and\\nresident in Marion Township, was born Nov.\\n10, 1832, in the parisii of Knappdale, Argyle-\\nshire, Scotland. His ancestois for six genera-\\ntions were born in the same shire and are traced\\nthrough tradition to the first settlement of western\\nScotland. His father, Neil Leitch, married Mary\\nMcLaughlin of the same shire, whose family belonged\\nalso to the same clan the McDonald. In 1841\\nNeil Leitch emigrated to America with his family.\\nThey settled in Canada, in a then uninhabited and\\nunorganized portion of the Dominion, which is now\\nincluded within the township of Dunvvich, Elgin Co.,\\nOnt. The family maintained a residence there\\nabout six years, holding their claim by virtue of pos-\\nsession, and improving the land to some extent. In\\n1847 the senior Leitch settled in Ekfrid Township,\\nMiddlesex Co., Ont., and purchased 100 acres of\\nland, where the family resided until 1857, clearing\\nand improving one-half the tract. In April of that\\nyear they made another transfer, to the township of\\nAustin, Sanilac Co., Mich., where the father pur-\\nchased 120 acres of land in town 13, range 15, now\\nsection 34 of the township of Marion. In the depth\\nof the wilderness, remote from neighbors, with no\\nthoroughfares save the rude trails which served to\\nconnect the forest homes with civilization, the family\\nsettled and entered upon a struggle with the forces\\nof Nature. The fair fields and fruitful acres of to-day\\nattest the quality and merits of the efforts brought to\\nbear upon the untamed wilds of this portion of the\\nHuron peninsula. Neil Leitch died Sept. 17, 1875.\\nHis widow is now living (1884) on the homestead.\\nJohn Leitch brought his wife with him from Can-\\nada when liis parents removed hither. He was at\\nthat time a husband of only a week s duration, hav-\\ning married Mary McAlister April 7, 1857, in Lobo\\nTownship, Middlesex County. She was born Nov.\\n1, 1833, and is the daughter of Archibald and Sarah\\n(Crawford) McAlister, natives of Argyleshire, Scot-\\nland. The family of Mr. Leitch includes one son\\nand three daughters. Mary was born Feb. 24, 1858,\\nin Lobo Township, Ont., and is the wife of Allen M.\\nKay, M. D., of Tyre, Sanilac Co., Mich. (See sketch\\nof A. M. Kay.) They have one child, John L., born\\nMay 17, 1883. Sarah was born March 26, i860, and\\nmarried Andrew J. Emrey, lumberman at Manistee,\\nMich. One child, George, was born to them March\\n2, 1882. Archibald was born July 20, 1864. Isa-\\nbella was born June 2, 1866. The three children\\nlast named were born on the homestead in Marion\\nTownship.\\nOn coming to Michigan with his parents, Mr.\\nLeitch bought 280 acres near the location of his\\nfather. Two acres had been slashed and contained\\na small shanty. The remainder of the acreage was\\ndense forest, and here Mr. I eitch and his wife en-\\ncountered the vicissitudes of the pioneer. Elk and\\ndeer abounded, particularly the latter animal; and so\\nunaccustomed were they to the presence of man and\\nthe crack of the murderous rifle, that they seemed\\nfilled with an innocent wonder on encountering the\\nnew comers to their sylvan retreats. Mr. Leitch in-\\ncreased his landed estate by later purchases, and has\\nrecently reduced the responsibilities and cares of ex-\\ntensive proprietorship by sate. His homestead farm\\ncontains 160 acres, and is all under cultivation.\\nIn political opinion Mr. Leitch is a Democrat, and\\ntrusts in a development of the fundamental princi-\\nples on which the element was originally based to\\nre-establish the harmony of practice and precepts\\naccording to the significance of the distinctive term.\\nHe cast his first Presidential vote for Abraham Lin-\\ncoln. He is a man who has inherited and exempli-\\nfied the sterling traits of the race from which he\\nsprung, and his unswerving integrity and business\\ncapacity and executive ability are fully recognized by\\nhis fellow citizens, who have repeatedly availed\\nthemselves of the benefits of his character and con-\\nfided the public trusts to his management. He has\\nserved eight years successively as Township Treas-\\nV.^\\nt\\nAC^I!!i:^Ilt]v^\\n-4^^^@yi", "height": "2866", "width": "2206", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph09chic_0424.jp2"}, "425": {"fulltext": "\u00e2\u0080\u00a2T^^ K o^/ C^n n It: Q iiv r\\nSANILAC COUNTY.\\n429\\n1=1\\nv!)\\n1\\nurer, has been School Director ahnost without inter-\\nmission since the estabUshment of schools in his\\ntownship (nearly 20 years), and in 1882 was elected\\nSupervisor. In 1884 he was elected Justice of the\\nPeace.\\nIn the fall of 1882 he was the candidate of the\\nUnion Convention held at Deckerville, for Represent-\\native, and after a most gratifying campaign scored a\\ntriumph, running in advance of his ticket and receiv-\\ning a majority of 58 votes. His district comprises 14\\nof the 27 towns of Sanilac County. He served his\\nconstituency in a manner which proved the quality\\nof the judguiert which had elected him to the posi-\\ntion, and in the Legislature acted on Committees on\\nEducation and on the Public School at Coldwater.\\nHe introduced the bill to provide more inexpensive\\nand uniform text-books for primary departments of\\nschools of all grades in Michigan. He has been\\nactive in the Democratic State and County Conven-\\ntions, and was a delegate at East Saginaw Jinie 10,\\n1880, for the purpose of electing delegates to the\\nNational Convention at Cincinnati. He was a mem-\\nber of the Congressional Convention at Port Huron\\nin September, 1882, representing the Seventh Dis-\\ntrict, and of the Convention at Lansing, March 7,\\n1883, to nominate a Supreme Judge and Regents of\\nthe University of Michigan.\\n\u00e2\u0080\u00a2\u00c2\u00abia2?s^\u00c2\u00bb\\n4\u00e2\u0080\u0094 x^-S Zra J W\\nWilliam, Feb. i6, 1869; Jeanette, Nov. 4, 1873-\\nRobert, July 13, 1875.\\nMr. Wilson is a Republican in political principles.\\nIn r882 he was elected Township Treasurer and\\nheld the position two terms. In 1884 he was elected\\nHighway Commissioner, and has been one of tlie\\nofficers of his school district 12 years.\\n^^^P i^\u00c2\u00a9 v 5-\\nndrew Wilson, farmer, section 30, Green-\\nleaf Township, was born Sept. 10, 1S46, in\\nScotland, and is the son of William and Eliza-\\nbeth (Fairburn) Wilson. His parents were\\nnatives of Scotland and born respectively in\\n805 and 1804. On emigrating to America in 1861\\nthey located on 80 acres of land, on section 30,\\nEvergreen Township, and were the first settlers on\\nthe section. The mother died in 1874.\\nOn arriving at man s estate Mr. Wilson located\\n114 acres of land, which is still in his possession,\\nand of which lie has cleared 28 acres. He was\\nmarried in 1866 to Susan Neil, who was born in\\nSeptember, 1852. She died SeiJt. 16, i88i, and left\\nfour children, born as follows: Emily, July 16, 1867\\nohn Getty, farmer, section i, Austin Town-\\n-SMJ.i,,^ ship, was born April 4, i83r, in Upper\\niU i-- -i Canada. His father, Robert Getty, was a\\nnative of the State of New York and removed\\nto Canada, where he died. Harriet (Bigford)\\nGetty, his mother, died in 1836, in Michigan.\\nSince the age of 14 years, Mr. Getty has sus-\\ntained himself He came to Sanilac County in 1847\\nand settled at Lexington. In 1855 he came to\\nAustin Township and located 120 acres of land, and\\nalso 160 acres in Minden Township. Mr. Getty is\\na Republican in political connection. He was mar-\\nried in 1858 to Rebecca, daughter of Eli and Mary\\nA. (Brown) Seaman. She was born Dec. 8, 1840, in\\nNova Scotia, of which province her mother was also\\na native. Her father was born in the State of New\\nYork. Mr. and Mrs. Getty have had 12 children, all\\nof whom are living except a pair of twins, who died\\nin infancy. Those surviving were born as follows\\nAda, Jan. 3, i860; Ida, Jan. 9, 1862; Morris, Feb.\\n15,1864; Eli, Oct. 16, 1867 Effie, March 27, 1869;\\nHerbert, Sept. 5, 187 i Cora, Nov. 20, 1874; Maud,\\nMay 28, 1878; Minnie, Dec. 28, 1880; Ethel, Aug.\\n7, 1883. The parents belong to the Methodist Epis-\\ncopal Church.\\names F. Wilson, farmer, section 30, Green-\\nf^ leaf Township, was born May 9, 1849, in\\nScotland. His father, William Wilson, was\\nborn in 1805, and married Elizabeth Fairburn,\\nalso a native of Scotland, born m 1804. In\\n186 1 the family, consisting of fatlier and\\nmother and six children, came to America, settling", "height": "2866", "width": "2206", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph09chic_0425.jp2"}, "426": {"fulltext": "^nD :(lD^\\n43\u00c2\u00b0\\nSANILAC COUNTY.\\n#^5^\\nI\\n2j\\nin the township of Evergreen, on section 30, where\\nthe father located 80 acres of unimproved land.\\nThey were the first permanent settlers on the sec-\\ntion, where they were called to encounter most of\\nthe hardships and severities of pioneer life. The\\nmother died in 1874.\\nMr. Wilson is still residing on the farm on which\\nhis parents settled about a quarter of a century ago.\\nHe is a Republican in political faith. In the spring\\nof 1884 he was elected Township Treasurer of\\nGreenleaf. His marriage to Sarah M. Wright occur-\\nred in February, 1869. His wife was born in August,\\n1854, in Canada, and is the daughter of William H.\\nand Margaret (Smith) Wright. Her father was born\\nin England, and was a soldier in this country in the\\nCivil War. Her mother was born in Canada, and\\nthe family came to Michigan in 1861. Following is\\nthe record of the three children born to Mr. and\\nMrs. Wilson: Elizabeth, bom May 12, 1870; Mar-\\ngaret L., June I, 1872, and Walter W., April 25,\\n1874.\\naeob Seder, farmer, section 10, Argyle\\nj- Townsliip, was born Aug. 22, 1827, in\\nFrance, which was tiie native country of\\nhis parents, Nicholas and Barbara (Phillips)\\n1l Seder. The family came to America in 1836\\nand landed at New York, proceeding thence to\\nCanada, where the parents passed the remainder of\\ntheir lives, the father dying in 1845, the mother\\nin 1883.\\nMr. Seder was a resident of the Dominion until\\ni860, spending his time as a farmer and lumberman.\\nIn that year he came to Sanilac County and located\\n320 acres of land in Argyle Township under the\\nregulations of the Graduation Act. He was the first\\npermanent settler in the township, and his memory\\nof those days is full of reminiscences that would\\nmake an interesting volume if related in detail. His\\nfarm lay four miles from any traveled thoroughfare,\\nand he cut a road to his place. He has improved\\nand placed 60 acres under cultivation.\\nMr. Seder has officiated several terms in various\\nlocal offices, and has always been a Republican.\\nHe was married in 1846, to Mary Kalar, daughter\\nof James and Susanna (Whiting) Kalar, natives of\\nVermont, and both deceased. The demise of the\\nfather occurred in 1866; that of the mother in 1872.\\nMrs. Seder was born Nov. 22, 1826, in Canada West,\\nand is the mother of 12 living sons and daughters\\nThey were born as follows: Nelson, Jan. 15, 1847\\nSusanna, Sejjt. 15, 1848; Rosa, April 8, 1850; Mat-\\nthew, Feb. 17, 1852; Mary J., Oct. 3, 1854; Wesley\\nI., June 4, 1856; Jane H., July 18, 1858; Sarah D.,\\nSept. 15, i860; Isaac A., July 4, 1863; Harriet, May\\n22,1865; Emily, May 12, 1867 Ida, March 19,1868.\\nilliam MuUoy, druggist at Minden, Mich.,\\nin^^^u was born April 8, 1836, in the Province of\\nii^\u00c2\u00a7fe-s Ontario. His parents went to London,\\nt^^y Ont., about 1839, and after a residence\\nthere of ten years they removed with their\\nfamily to Sanilac County, Mich.\\nMr. Mulloy was 13 years of age when he came to\\nMichigan, and within the subsequent year he went to\\nWisconsin. Four years later lie returned to Sanilac\\nCounty and entered upon the vocation of a fisher-\\nman in Lake Huron, which calling he pursued 25\\nyears. His process was the variety known as gill-\\nnet fishing, and he had an excellent reputation for\\nskill and ability in his calling. Mr. Mulloy talks\\ninterestingly of the knowledge of the piscatorial tribe\\nhe has collected within the period of his experience\\namong them. He claims that the ages and habits of\\nfish must ever remain an unsolved problem, from\\nthe fact that no one has ever been able to prove that\\na fish died from natural causes. Their remains are\\nnot found, nor do they come to the surface after\\ndeath. His nets have sometimes captured other\\ntreasures of tiie water besides their legitimate prey,\\nand sometimes they have brought to light the evi-\\ndences of atrocious crime. His catch or lift\\nwith gill-nets has been at times as heavy as 30 bar-\\nrels at a single lift, and he has caught about 300\\nbarrels of fish in a season.\\nAfter the termination of his business as a fisher-\\nman, he embarked in the drug trade, coming to\\nMinden in 1879, where he erected a building for his\\n^^V\u00c2\u00ae))^^#\\nA\\nI\\nA ^^D !l^nD; ^r^\\n^^L.", "height": "2866", "width": "2206", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph09chic_0426.jp2"}, "427": {"fulltext": "^^f\\n-j ^v 4ii m p n^\\n-*6i\\nSANILAC COUNTY.\\n(h\\nV\\nbusiness. He carries a stock worth $2,500, and is\\nmanaging a successful and popular enterprise. His\\nfixtures and equipments are of the best and most\\ncreditable character. Besides his store he owns a\\nconsiderable amount of village property.\\nMr. Mulloy is a Democrat. He has officiated as\\nVillage Trustee, and has been School Director one\\nyear.\\nHe was married Dec. 20, 1862, at Port Sanilac, to\\nEllen Shipley, and they have two children, Mary\\nand William. Mrs. Mulloy was born Aug. 19, 1846,\\nin Ontario. Her parents became residents of Sanilac\\nCounty in her early childhood. She is a member of\\nthe Methodist Episcopal Church.\\nChristopher Murphy, Supervisor of the\\nX township of Greenleaf, and resident on\\nl?r/\u00c2\u00bb section 34, is the son of James and Han-\\nnah (Walker) Murphy. His father was a\\nnative of Dublin, Ireland, where he was born\\nin 1794. In 1830 he was married, in Eng-\\nland, and in 1854 came to Canada, with his family,\\nconsisting of himself, his wife and four children. He\\ndied in London Tcifuship, Canada, in 1865. The\\nmother of the subject of this sketch was born in\\n1799, in England, and died, in 1873, in Greenleaf\\nTownship, at the residence of her son.\\nThe latter was born July 26, 1842, in England.\\nHe grew to man s estate in the Dominion of Canada,\\nand obtained such education as the common schools\\nafforded. At the age of 18 years he entered upon\\nan apprenticeship to acquire the trade of a black-\\nsmith, in wiiich he served six years in Canada. In\\n1866 he came to Micliigan, and spent the following\\nwinter working at his trade. In 1867 he located the\\nproperty on which he has since lived and labored,\\nentering his claim under the provisions of the Home-\\nstead Act. It comprised 160 acres of valuable\\nwooded land, and he has 80 acres of well improved\\nreal estate. His career was one of uninterrupted\\nprosperity until i88i, when the historic fires which\\ndevastated this section of the Peninsular State\\ndestroyed his dwelling and household goods and all\\nhis barns and farming implements. The loss in\\nround numbers was $5,000. His persevering indus-\\ntry, good management and indomitable purpose\\nhave again put him in a fairway to restore all he has\\nlost and he has refitted his place with two fine\\nbams and a suitable dwelling.\\nMr. Murphy is a firm adherent to the principles of\\nthe Republican party. He has been the trustee of\\nthe local offices of his township since his settlement\\nhere, in various cay^acities. In 1867 he was elected\\nHighway Commissioner, and was elected to the same\\nposition eight times successively. He has been\\nSupervisor continuously since 1875, and has served\\nas Chairman of the Board. In 1881 he was a Mem-\\nber of the State Board of Equalization from Sanilac\\nCounty. He is a member of the I. O. O. F. Lodge,\\nNo. 203, at Cass City, and in 1882 was a Delegate to\\nthe Grand Lodge, held at Lansing.\\nHe was married in 1863 to Eliza, daughter of\\nGeorge and Margaret (Oram) Nelin. Her parents\\nwere natives of Ireland, and she was born April 23,\\n1839. She was orphaned in early childhood, and all\\nrecord of the births and deaths of her father and\\nmother are lost. The family includes three children,\\nborn as follows Viola O., Oct. 24, 1867; Francis\\nE., Sept. 29, 1869, and John H., May 21, 1873.\\nThree children have been removed by death.\\nMr. Murphy is County Treasurer elect, having\\nbeen elected Nov. 4th, current year (1884), by a\\nhandsome majority.\\n-5-\\n9\\n1\\nV\\names Wright, farmer, section 1 6, Green-\\nleaf Township, is the son of William and\\nMargaret (Smith) Wright. The father is a\\nnative of England and has passed his life in\\nthe pursuit of farming. In 1859 he came with\\nhis family to Sanilac County and located in\\nMinden Township, where he was a resident until\\n1879, when he settled in the township of Greenleaf\\non section 16. He bought 320 acres of land, where\\nhe now lives. The mother was born in Canada.\\nMr. Wright is a native of Canada, where he was\\nborn June 18, r856. He remained an inmate of his\\nfather s house until he attained his majority, when he\\nwas married to Jessie McAIpine. She was born Aug.\\n7, 1855, in Canada, and is the daughter of Archibald\\n\u00c2\u00ae))C^#^\\nStfsJiS^-\\nj:^^\\n^n%m\\nAu2.\\n-i^^^", "height": "2866", "width": "2206", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph09chic_0427.jp2"}, "428": {"fulltext": "iis/\u00c2\u00ae^\u00e2\u0082\u00ac^r#\u00e2\u0080\u0094\\nSANILAC COUNTY.\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0V ^^l\\n-^^m\\\\m\\n1i\\nand Harriet (Mackenzie) McAlpine, born respectively\\n,Q in Canada and Scotland. Her parents came to Huron\\n!iai County, where they lived until 1873, in which year\\nthey came to Greenleaf Township and located on\\nsection 17.\\nIn 1877 Mr. Wright settled on 80 acres of land,\\nwhere he has since resided, and has about 30 acres\\nwith good improvements. The property was fortu-\\nnate in escaping the ruinous fires of 1881. Politically\\nMr. Wright is a Republican.\\nf\\n^r^ilt^m\\nV\\names Henry Shults, editor and proprietor\\nof the Minden City Post, was born at\\nHowell, Mich., March 18, 1855, and when\\ntwo years of age his parents moved to Seville,\\nGratiot Co., Mich., where all the hardships of\\npioneer lite were endured and a liDme gradu-\\nally hewn out of the forest.\\nWhen 18 years of age the subject of this sketch\\nC3 had obtained a good common-school education and\\nbegan life as a school-teacher. After teaching one\\nterm he secured a position as apprentice in the office\\nof the St. Louis Herald, where he remained until\\nApril, 1877, when he took charge of the Isabella\\nTimes, at Mt. Pleasant, Mich. In October of the\\nsame year he moved to Chicago and accepted a posi-\\ntion with Donnelly, Lloyd Co., a large book-print-\\ning establishment, where he remained for some time,\\nfinally resigning to accept a position on the Chicago\\nTelegraph, now defunct. He afterwards was em-\\nployed on the Chicago Hotel World for two years.\\nNov. 3, 1879, he was married to Miss Kate Dow,\\nof St. Louis, Mich., who died on the 9th of April\\nfollowing.\\nIn November, 1880, he purchased the St. Louis\\n(Mich.) Herald, and sold it in February, i88r. He\\nthen returned to Detroit, and April 26th to Minden\\nCity, where he founded The Post, meeting with fair\\nsuccess until the great forest fires swept over the\\nHuron Peninsula, rendering many of his patrons\\nhomeless and destitute. On the day following the\\nfire he was appointed a committee with W. A. Mills\\nto draft and send to the press resolutions urging the\\nnecessity of relief for the people. On the same day\\nhe wrote several letters to his Chicago friends\\ndescribing the terrible condition of affairs and asking\\nthem to send all relief possible to the Port Huron\\ncommittee. They answered by sending him a check\\nfor $r,ooo, with instructions to distribute it according\\nto his best judgment. This was followed by some\\n$r,3oo more, all of which was distributed among\\nthe people of the burnt district, receipts obtained\\nand almost every cent accoimted for. In distributing\\nthis Mr. Shults endeavored to relieve actual distress\\nrather than attempt to replace losses, and hence\\nsought out those whose property was not insured\\nand were otherwise unable to provide for present\\nneeds. He was also appointed a member of the\\nMinden Relief Committee, but resigned.\\nFinding tlie people too poor to supix)rt the Post\\nfor a time, he removed to Pott Huron, and estab-\\nlished the Saturday Tribune. This venture proved\\nsuccessful, and in February, 1883, he sold the\\nTribune to its present owner, Mr. A. H. Finn. He\\nthen devoted his attention to the job-printing busi-\\nness in Port Huron, and to publishing the Post,\\nwhich he revived a short time after the fire. In Oc-\\ntober, 1S83, he purchased the Sanilac County Reporter,\\nwhich he still owns. April 7, r884, he moved to a\\nMinden City, equipped the Post office with a steam\\npress and necessary material, enlarged the paper to a\\nsix-column quarto, and has succeeded in placing it\\nin the front rank of local journals. It is strictly in-\\ndependent in politics, and has a wide circulation\\namong all classes. Being the only newspaper in the\\nentire northern portion o! Sanilac County, it enjoys a\\nfield particularly its own, and as the county is devel-\\noping rapidly, its influence and circulation is con-\\nstantly increasing. The office is equipped with a\\nfine assortment of new job-printing material. Local\\ndepartments for the surrounding towns of Decker-\\nville, Downingion, Tyre and Ubly make it especially\\ninteresting to the people of those places and vicinity.\\n:@J-\\noseph Brown, farmer, section -jo, Austin\\nl K- Township, was bjrn O ct. 10, 1832, in\\nLouisville, N. Y. His parents, John and\\nJane (McPherson) Brown, were natives of Ire-\\nland. The father was born in 1795, and died\\nin 1854, in Canada. The mother was born in\\n1797, and died in r837. They removed to Canada\\nin 1835, when their son was but three years old.\\nc^:\\nr^)\\n..o.\\ni^.", "height": "2866", "width": "2206", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph09chic_0428.jp2"}, "429": {"fulltext": "T=rv\\nDn^iii]^\\nV\\n:2ii =^^is:\\nSANILAC COUNTY.\\nI\\nf\\n1=3\\nt\\n433\\nThe latter re.nained under the care of his parents\\nuntil he was 12 years of age, when he began to work\\nin an edge-tool factory. Two years later he was\\nemployed in a blacksmith shop. Later, he engaged\\nin lumbering in the winter seasons, and passed the\\nsummers in working as a carpenter, until 1859, when\\nlie came to Michigan. He was married in 185- to\\nAnn Fisher. She was born July 20, 1836, and is the\\ndaughter of Alexander and Sarah (Graham) Fisher,\\nnatives of Scotland. Her mother was born in 1806\\nand died April 6, 1881 and iier father was born in\\n1794 and died May 6, 1855.\\nOn coming to Sanilac County, Mr. Brown located\\n1 6c acres of land on sections ig and 30. The fires\\nof 187 I and 1881 visited his farm in common with\\nothers and in the latter he lost a large barn, together\\nwith crops, the whole representing $3,000.\\nHe has been extensively engaged in real-estate\\ntransactions, and at one time owned upward of a thou-\\nsand acres of land. His estate now includes 500\\nacres of land situated in the most desirable portion\\nof the township. He was among the first of the per-\\nmanent settlers in Austin, and Mrs. Brown relates\\nher experiences luinting tlie cows with a gun on her\\nshoulder and guiding her labors by a compass.\\nMr. Brown is a Democrat in political faith. He has\\nbeen Treasurer of Austin, and has officiated 18 suc-\\ncessive years as Justice of the Peace and school\\nofficer.\\nThe births of ten children are recorded, as follows:\\nJohn, Dec. 30, 1854; Alex. L., March 13,1857;\\nJoseph, Jan. ir, 1859; Sarah J., Aug. 21, 1861 (died\\nAug. 26, .i88i); Fanny E., Sept. 15, 1863; Lilly,\\nNov. 25, 1865; William T., March 12, 1869; Robert,\\nMay 9, 187 I (died Feb. 2, 1872); Stanley A., April\\nII, 1873; Frank, March 3, 1878.\\n-t98\u00e2\u0080\u0094\\niiij illiam Hill, farmer, section 13, Greenleaf\\nItl^aL Townsliip, is a son of William and\\nJ^Si-j Asenath (Turner) Hill. His parents were\\n-Ik^ natives of the State of New York, and after\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0^r- their marriage removed to Canada. He was\\nborn July 30, 1825, in Oxford Co., Can. He\\nleft his paternal home in 1844 and first obtained\\nemploy as a farm assistant, which he followed at\\nvarious points as opportunity served until his mar-\\nriage, which occurred Jan. 4, 1848, Miss Caroline\\nWright being the bride. She was born Feb. 22,\\n1828, in Simcoe, Can and is the daughter of John\\nand Ann (Barrister) Wright. Her parents were\\nnatives of England, and lier father was a butcher by\\ntrade, in the old country but on coming to Canada\\nhe became a farmer. Both are deceased. The\\nrecord of the four children born to Mr. and Mrs.\\nHill is thus given Charles was born Aug. 6, 1849;\\nAmanda, Jtnie 28, 1851; Alonzo, Sept. 18, 1856:\\nBarney, Oct. 27, 1S66. Three children have been\\nremoved by death.\\nIn 1871 Mr. Hill came to Sanilac County and\\nbought 160 acres of land. He has given his sons\\neach 40 acres of land, and has 80 acres in the home\\nplace. His loss in the fire of 1881 was heavy.\\nHis political sympathies are with the Republican\\nparty, and he has officiated six years as Assessor of\\nhis district. Mr. Hill is a member of the Baptist\\nChurch.\\nf\u00c2\u00a7^i|^\\nj;^\\n-^WM^^O^\\nwen F. Teeple, farmer, section 13, Elmer\\nJK Township, was born in the village of Vit-\\ntoria, Charlotteville Township, Norfolk Co.,\\nOnt., and is the son of Captain Alexander and\\nMary A. (Winter) Teeple. His paternal grand-\\nfather was a pioneer preacher of the Baptist\\ndenomination, and was the sixth settler in the town-\\nship where he located. His father, Alexander Tee-\\nple, was a tanner by vocation and the son was\\ninstructed in the same calling. The father met his\\ndeath by being caught under a stone while digging a\\nhole to bury it, according to the custom of some\\nsections in disposing of boulders which are too large\\nto roll away. He was about 50 years of age. The\\nmother lives in Ontario, and is 62 years of age.\\nMr. Teeple resided with his mother two years\\nafter the death of his father, when he became a\\nsailor on the lakes. He passed five summers as a\\ncommon seaman, working as a tanner during the\\nintervening winters. After that he was variously\\nI\\nc)\\nI", "height": "2866", "width": "2206", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph09chic_0429.jp2"}, "430": {"fulltext": "\u00e2\u0096\u00a052*^4^^\\n-74^Dll^0Dy r\\nrr-\\n-\u00c2\u00aes\u00c2\u00a7\\n|7^f\\n434\\n(f\\nSAN/LAC COUNTY.\\nemployed in Norfolk County and in the State of\\nNew York for some time, when he again spent a\\nseason on the lakes.\\nHe was married Feb. iS, 1875, in Forestville,\\nNorfolk Co., Ont., to Sarah J. Severance. They\\nhave six cliildren, namely: Sewell E., born Nov. 24,\\n1875; Mary E., June 4, 1877; Francis A., March\\n23, 1879; Ros;imond C, Jan. 6, 1881 Owen V.,\\nApril 3, 1883; Helen E., May 2, 1884. Mrs. Teeple\\nwas born Nov. 24, 1854, in Rockport, on Cape Ann,\\non the coast of Massachusetts, and is the daughter\\nof Sewell and Mary J. (Tait) Severance. Her father\\ntraced his lineage to the earliest settlement of this\\ncountry. She lived at home until she was 16 years\\nof age, when she went to Lowell, Mass., and spent\\nthree years, occupied as a cloth-folder in a cotton\\nfactory.\\nIn 1878 Mr. Teeple removed his family to Michi-\\ngan and located on i6o acres of land, wholly unim-\\nproved, where he has since operated and cleared\\nand placed in profitable agricultural condition 50\\nacres. His barn 40 x 86 feet is the largest in\\nElmer Township.\\nThe family are Baptists in religious connection.\\nMr. Teeple is a Republican in political views, and a\\nmember of the Order of Masonry.\\n-\u00c2\u00bb=K=\\nI f,\\nT 7\\neil McEaehin, farmer, section 6, Green-\\nleaf Township, was born in Scotland,\\nMarch 16, 1833, and is the son of Neil\\nand Sarah (Campbell) McEaehin, now de-\\nceased, both of whom were natives of the land\\nwherein on either hand the knolls and swells\\nare crimsoned by the heather bells.\\nMr. McEaehin grew to mature years in his native\\nland, and in 1850 came to America. He made his\\nfirst stop at Quebec, Can., where he continued to re-\\nside until 187 I, when he removed to his present loca-\\ntion in Sanilac County. He settled on 200 acres of\\nland on which he has since resided and expended\\nhis energies to the best possible advantage. He is\\none of the substantial land-holders of Sanilac\\nCounty, and has creditably achieved what may beac-\\ncomplished by foreigners, who bring the old-country\\nthrift, industry and economy into full operation\\nunder the fostering influences and liberal possibilities\\nof a republican land with unequalled resources.\\nMr. McEaehin is now the proprietor of 800 acres of\\nland. He is a Democrat in political principle, and\\nhas served a number of years as Highway Commis-\\nsioner.\\nHe was married in February, 1857, to Flora Mc-\\nIsaac, daughter of O Neil and Mary (McEaehin)\\nMclsaac. Her parents were natives of Scotland.\\nShe was born in 1837, and is the mother of four sons\\nand two daughters, born as follows Norman E.,\\nFeb. 8, 1858; Angus, Feb. 27, i860; Sarah, April\\n17, 1862; Malcolm, March 16, 1864; Neil, June 16,\\n1868; Mary J., Dec. i, 1874. The family are\\nRoman Catholics.\\n^avid Murdock, farmer, section 12, Minden\\nTownship, was born July 9, 1838, in\\nI Uhjf County Tyrone, Ireland. His parents,\\nWiv David and Jane Murdock, were also natives\\nof Ireland, and emigrated with their family to\\ni Ontario, in 1847. They settled near Stratford.\\nIn 1852 they transferred their family and interests to\\nSanilac County, where the father died, when he was\\n70 years of age. His mother is now an inmate of\\nher son s home. She is 70 years of age, and is in\\nfine, robust health.\\nMr. Murdock was a lad of nine years when his\\nparents became residents of Canada, and he came\\nwith them to Michigan. He assisted on the home\\nplace a year after he attained his majority. He\\npassed the next two years in various occupations,\\nand in the fall of 1864 yielded to the pressure of the\\ntimes and became a soldier in the Union army. He\\nenrolled in Company E, 13th Ind. Vol. Inf., Capt.\\nStepp. The regiment was first attached to the Army\\nof the Cumljerland, and later to that of the Potomac.\\nMr. Murdock was in hot action at Fort Fisher, N. C,\\nand in several minor skirmishes. He received an\\nhonorable discharge Sept. 5, 1865, after the war was\\nclosed.\\nHe returned to the Huron peninsula and became\\nA^^^^\\nlf\\nI\\nv\\nSi/\\nk:^^", "height": "2866", "width": "2206", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph09chic_0430.jp2"}, "431": {"fulltext": "^^^r^^m^\\nK 6v :Hii:t:Dii^- -r\\nry\\n~^m((^!M\\nSANILAC COUNTY.\\n435\\n:-\u00c2\u00ab5\\nV\\nt\\ninterested in fishing along the lake-side, employing\\nthe gill- net and other methods. He continued in\\nthis avenue of business nine years. In 1876 he took\\npossession of a farm he had purchased previously,\\nwhere he has since expended his time and energies.\\nHe now owns 100 acres of land, and nine-tenths of\\nthe farm is in a good state of improvement and culti-\\nvation. In political faith and action Mr. Murdock is\\nindependent.\\nHis marriage to Mrs. Anna (Hunter) Tyler occur-\\nred Sept. 16, 1876, and they are the parents of three\\nchildren Margery E., Anna M. and James D. Mrs.\\nMurdock was born in Blackburn, Lancastershire,\\nEng., and is the daughter of John and Mary (Burton)\\nHunter. She received a common-school education\\nin her native country, and came with her parents to\\nAu Sable, Iosco Co., Mich., when she was 16 years\\nof age. Her first husband. Squire Monroe Tyler,\\nwas a native of the State of New York, and became\\na resident of Michigan when he was 16 years of age.\\nHe married when he was 24 years old, and died Dec.\\n29, 1876, in Iosco County, aged nearly 36 years. Six\\nchildren were born of the first marriage of Mr. Mur-\\ndock, one of whom is deceased. The others are\\nnamed John, Henry, Charles, Mary A. and Tliomas\\nJ. Mrs. Murdock is a member of the Methodist\\nEpiscopal Church.\\n*^^lexander Gillis, farmer, section 4, Green-\\n_ leaf Township, was born in Kilmora, Ar-\\n5^|p? gyleshire, Scotland, June 10, 1831. His\\njjaT parents, John and Mary (McNaughton) Gillis,\\nwere natives of Scotland, and were born re-\\nspectively in 1798 and 1804. They belonged to the\\nagricultural class in their native land. At the age\\nof 26 years, Mr. Gillis became a seaman and ship-\\nped as such on the Champion of Greenock, where\\nhe remained i8 months, and later served under Cap-\\ntain Cochrane. He followed the sea 15 years, and\\nin 1862 settled on a farm in Canada. Subsequently\\nhe became a sailor on the five Great Lakes, and was\\nalso in the service on the Ohio and the Mississippi\\n(g\\\\.V. \u00c2\u00abU?SUIi i\u00c2\u00bb,\\nRivers. In 1867 he made a permanent settlement\\nwhere he has since resided.\\nHe was married Feb. 15, 1 861, to Jane McEachin,\\nthe daughter of John and Jane (Black) McEachin.\\nThe parents were natives of Scotland, whence they\\nemigrated to Canada, where they still reside. They\\nwere born respectively in 1794 and 1807. Mrs.\\nGillis was born March 3, 1841, in Canada. The 12\\nchildren of whom she is the mother are all living,\\nand were born as follows: John, Sept. 6, 1862 Jane,\\nMarch 18, 1864; Mary, Oct. 24, 1865; Archibald,\\nJuly 31, 1867; Ann, Nov. 4, 1869; Catherine, Sept.\\n18, 1871; Duncan, Aug. 18, 1873; Sarah, July 6,\\n1875; Jessie, May 13, 1877; Maggie B., May 5,\\n1879; Dugald A., Dec. 21, 1881 Violet E., May 6,\\n1884 Their parents are members of the Presby-\\nterian Church.\\nrchibald McPhaii, farmer, section Aus-\\ntin Township, was born m i83i,in Scot-\\nland. In 1854 he left his native land and\\ncame to America. He went to Dunwich,\\nCanada, where he passed the summers in\\nfarming and the winter seasons as a lumber-\\nman, until 1859, when he came to Sanilac County.\\nHe pre-empted 160 acres of land in Austin Town-\\nship, and in the year following he bought the claim\\nfor 25 cents an acre. He has since added by pur-\\nchase 127 acres to his estate.\\nHe was married to Nancy Gillis, who was born in\\nNovember, 1841, in Scotland. (Both of her parents\\nwere natives of Scotland.) Six sons and six daughters\\nwere born to them, and of the 12 only five are living.\\nThe record is as follows: John, born March 31,\\n1867; Flora, Sept. 4, 1868 (died sixteen days later);\\nBetsey, Dec. 8, 1869; Archie, born Jan. 18, 187 1,\\ndied March 24, following; Dugald, born Jan. 18,\\n1872, died Aug. 8, in the same year; Florrie A.,\\nborn April 22, 1874; twins, born in July, 1875, died\\nSept. 29 and 30, following; May, born March 3,\\n1877 Thompson, May 10,1878; Maggie J., June\\n12, 1879 (died Oct. 6, same year); Ferguson, born\\nSept. 27, 1880, died Jan. 14, i88r.\\ni^", "height": "2866", "width": "2206", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph09chic_0431.jp2"}, "432": {"fulltext": ";^llIi:t:llD^. -r\\nSANILAC COUNTY.\\nMr. McPhail is a Democrat in political connec-\\ntion, and has discharged the duties of several local\\nofficial positions. The family attend the Presbyte-\\nrian Church.\\no\\nf\\nm\\neorge C. Vincent, M. D., practicing phys-\\nician and surgeon, at Deckerville, was\\nborn Dec. 25, 1842, in Ontario Co., Ont.\\nHis parents, Stephen and Dorothy (Truax)\\nVincent, were natives respectively of New\\nYork and Quebec. His father is of New\\nEngland parentage; his mother descended from\\nDutch ancestors. They were married in the Prov-\\nince of Quebec, and in 1S47 located in Lexington\\nTownship, Sanilac County, where the father died,\\nApril 8, 1873. Mrs. V. resides with a son in Le.x-\\nington, and is 80 years of age.\\nDr. Vincent is the seventh son and tenth child of\\n13 born to his parents. He was five years old when\\nthe family removed to Michigan, and he resided\\nwith them until he was 17 years of age. At that\\nperiod he obtained his father s consent to enter upon\\na combat with fortune in his own behalf, and he\\nwent to Dane Co., Wis., with the family of John\\nWilson, an old friend of his father. They remained\\nin the Badger State but a short time, going thence to\\nIowa, but Dr. Vincent proceeded no farther west.\\nHe obtained employment as a farm laborer during\\nthe agricultural season, and attended the academy\\nat Albion in the same county, in the winter. He\\nreturned to Sanilac County in 1862 and began\\nteaching before he was 20 years old, alternating his\\ntask in that avenue by attending college. Later, he\\ntaught music during his vacations and also taught\\nwinter terms of school. He passed 1 2 years in this\\nmanner, meanwhile reading for his profession as he\\nfound opportunity.\\nMarch 3, 1874, he came to Deckerville and com-\\nmenced the practice of his profession. His abilities\\nand attention to his business soon established his\\nreputation as a practitioner. He continued his course\\nof study, and in [875 was graduated at the Homeo-\\npatliic School of Medicine at Detroit. His field of\\npractice was at first, for obvious reasons, full of dif-\\nficulty, and he sacrificed comfort of all varieties to\\nmeet the demand for his services. In seasons of\\nprevalent sickness he has passed three weeks at a\\ntime without removing his clothing to sleep, and\\ncould only obtain rest by seeking a place unknown\\nto his family for a few hours. Dr. Vincent realizes\\nand responds to the responsibilities of his profession.\\nHe is a radical Republican, and is as active in the\\nmaintenance of the principles and issues of his party\\nelement as his business will permit. He is promi-\\nnent in school matters, and was Township Superin-\\ntendent during the entire period of the operation of\\nthe law which created the office. He is present\\nSchool Inspector, and has been almost continuously\\na member of the village School Board. He was ap-\\npointed first Health Officer after the organization of\\nMarion Township, and has since held the position.\\nDr. Vincent was married Nov. 3, 1862, in Dane\\nCo., Wis., to Evelyn L. Turner. She was born in\\nVermont, Feb. 9, 1843, and is the daughter of Solo-\\nmon and Rhoda Turner. Her parents removed from\\nthe Green Mountain State to Wisconsin in 18156,\\nwhere she obtained her education. Two children\\nare now included in the family of Dr. Vincent,\\nElva J., born July 12, 1864, and Minnie, April 10,\\n\u00e2\u0080\u00a2873-\\nThe estate of Dr. Vincent includes 20 acres with-\\nin the village plat, a residence worth $4,000, 160\\nacres of land on section 6, Custer Township, and 40\\nacres in another county.\\n^tojinf^^^\\n|?4\u00e2\u0080\u0094 w^^j^OTjrjv.\\nhomas Nicol, Township Clerk of Greenleaf,\\nand farmer on section 35, was born Nov. i,\\n1840, in Scotland, and is the son of James\\nand Anne (Young) Nicol, both of whom were\\nborn in 1804 in Scotland. Her father was a\\ncustom-house officer, and was drowned in 1838,\\nwhile engaged in tlie discharge of his duty. Her\\nmother is still living in Scotland.\\nMr. Nicol came to America in 1859. He landed\\nat Quebec, and went thence to London, Canada,\\nwhere he became a farm laborer. In 1867 he came\\nto Sanilac County and located on 160 acres of land,\\non which he has since resided. He has placed 90\\nacres under good improvements. The place is in\\nv|)\\n(^1\\nn\\nt\\n-^Sis^^!^\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a02 ^Da^no;^^", "height": "2866", "width": "2206", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph09chic_0432.jp2"}, "433": {"fulltext": "s\\n-:2^^ cr-7 |]0i^Uflr-\\nSANILAC COUNTY.\\neminently creditable condition, notwithstanding the\\nfact that it has been twice devastated by fire, the\\nscourges of flame in 187 i and in 1881 having both\\nswept over the place, the latter destroying all the\\n(hj fences and buildings. The energy and industry of\\nthe proprietor is plainly manifest in the rapid prog-\\nress of the work of reclamation.\\nMr. Nicol is a prominent member of the Republi-\\ncan party. He has been Township Treasurer 13\\nyears, and was .School Superintendent several terms.\\nIn 1880 he was elected to the position he now\\nholds. He is also Superintendent of the Poor and\\nhas been in that office five years. He was ap-\\npointed Census Enumerator in 1880, and was re-\\nappointed for the same duty last spring (1884).\\nThe marriage of Mr. Nicol to Elizabeth Ord\\noccurred in 1865. She was born in London, Out., in\\nMarch, 1832, and died Nov. 20, r883. She was a\\nN daughter of Ralph and Cecilia (Bettie) Ord. The\\nfamily belong to the Presbyterian Church.\\nh\\n^\u00c2\u00ab5H^\u00c2\u00ab\\nS ^jf(B Imer F. Marr, merchant at Cumber, Aus-\\nvT) 4. fe^iJC Township, was born April 23, 1855, in\\njfC Marr, was born Aug. 21, 1832, ni Canada. The\\nA latter went to Pennsylvania, where he lived\\nsome 18 years, and then came to Michigan and\\nmarried Mary Sherman, who was born May i, 1835,\\nin Southfield, Oakland County, this State. Their\\nmarriage took place in Tuscola, whence they removed\\nto Pennsylvania. After a residence there of two\\nyears, they returned to Tuscola, where they now re-\\nside; Mr. S. is engaged in agriculture.\\nMr. Marr resided in Tuscola County until he\\nreached his majority. From 1866 until 1877 he was\\na student at various schools, and also engaged in\\nteaching. He was graduated in the year last named\\nfrom the Union School at Caro. He passed the years\\nintervening until 1880 in teaching, when he came to\\nCumber, and with an invested capital of $300 en-\\ngaged in his present enterprise. He is an adherent\\nof the Republican party, and has been one year\\nTownship Clerk of Austin.\\nHe was married in 1883, to Lillie Brown. She\\nwas born Nov. 25, 1866, in Sanilac Co., Mich., and\\nis the daughter of Joseph and Ann (Fisher) Brown,\\nnatives of Canada and now residents of this county.\\n(See sketch.) Orin, only child of Mr. and Mrs.\\nMarr, was born Oct. 5, 1883.\\n\u00e2\u0080\u00a2waac/\u00c2\u00ae^^\u00e2\u0080\u0094 fe;\\nt^^/^jnrav\\nilliam Wright, farmer, section 17, Green-\\nMta^ji^ik, leaf Township, was born Aug. 3, 1827, in\\njI^ T) England, of which country his parents\\nA3x were natives. His father, William Wright,\\nK^^ was born in 1800 and married Mary A.\\ni\\nHoward, who was born in 1803 in Ireland. In\\n1833 they came to America with their family, con-\\nsisting of the father, mother and children. They\\nsettled in the State of New York, where they were\\nresidents 14 years, going thence to Canada. The\\nfather died there in 1877.\\nMr. Wright was six years old when his parents re-\\nmoved to the New World. He remained with them\\nin the Empire State until he was 13 years of age,\\nwhen he began life for himself He worked as a farm\\nassistant as opportunity presented, until he entered\\nhis manhood. On the occasion of making a visit to\\nhis parents in Canada he formed the acquaintance of\\nMargaret Smith, who became his wife in r85-. She\\ndied in i860, and three children survive her. They\\nwere born as follows: Mary R., Sept. 17, 1849; Sarah\\nM., Aug. 13, 1854; James, June 18,1856. The\\nmother was born in May, 1827, and was the daughter\\nof William and Mary (Helerman) Smith. The pres-\\nent wife was Sarah J. McGinnis, to whom he was\\nmarried a year later. She was born Sept. 30, 1837,\\nill Pennsylvania, and is the daughter of Zephaniah\\nand Mabala (Archer) McGinnis. When she was five\\nyears old her father died; her mother lives in Mar-\\nshall Co., W. Va.\\nMr. Wright came in 1858 to Minden Township,\\nSanilac County, where he located a claim of 40 acres\\nof land, and later on bought another tract of the\\nsame acreage. In 1861 he became a soldier in the\\nwar for the Union, enlisting in Co. K, loth Mich.\\nInf., which, on taking the field, was assigned to the\\nFirst Brigade, Second Division and 14th Army Corps\\ni^\\nV^\\nA\\n(a)\\n?n\u00c2\u00bbM-:", "height": "2866", "width": "2206", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph09chic_0433.jp2"}, "434": {"fulltext": "^-r(S)}^^\\nm^\\\\im\\n5\\no\\no\\nT7\\nSANILAC COUNTY.\\nHe received honorable discharge at Newark, N. J.,\\nJuly 13, 1865, after the close of the war, having\\nseen much actual service. Among the important\\nengagements in which he was an active participant\\nwere those of Bentonville, Atlanta, Chickamauga,\\nSavannah and Lister s Ferry. After the death of\\nhis wife he decided to change his location, and he\\nremoved to Greenleaf Township, where he settled\\nupon the property which has since been his home-\\nstead, then comprising 160 acres of unimproved land.\\nLater, he bought 160 acres of State land, and retains\\nthe ownershi]) of 240 acres, with 100 acres in fine\\ntillage, and with first-class farm fi.xtures. Like other\\nestates in this portion of Sanilac County, that of Mr.\\nWright was subjected to the fiery ordeal of the year\\n1881, but his losses were comparatively small. In\\npolitical principle Mr. Wright is a Republican of de-\\ncided type. He is a member of the G. A. R., Post\\nMilo Warner, No. 232, Cass City.\\nFollowing is the record of seven children born to\\nMr. and Mrs. Wright Cerilla A., born Oct. 16, 1867;\\nElmer Z., May 24, 1870; Ida C, June 21, 1872;\\nMelinda J., March 3, 1873; Vesta Deleta, Feb. 19,\\n1875; Pearlie M. Levy H., July 28, 1881.\\nVAV\u00c2\u00ab\\nS/MiS\\nSllrSMLiien M. Kay, physician, surgeon and den-\\nSB list at Tyre, Austin Township, was bora\\nDec. 17, 1850, in Lanark County, Can. His\\nparents, John and Catherine (Miller) Kay,\\nwere natives of Scotland. The father was\\nborn in 1790 in Argyleshire, the mother in\\n1800 in Glasgow. In 1828 they came to Canada,\\nwhere they passed the remaining portions of their\\nlives, dying respectively in 1863 and 1871.\\nDr. Kay obtained his elementary education in the\\ncommon schools of his native province, and when he\\nwas 13 years of age he entered upon a voluntary ap-\\nprenticeship with a shoemaker, and followed the\\nbusiness several years, when he began to fit himself\\nfor his profession in the county of Huron. He\\ncontinued his studies until, in 1870, he completed a\\nregular course of medical instruction, both in Canada\\nand in the United States. In 1874 he came to\\nMichigan and began his career as a practitioner in\\nSanilac County, locating at Tyre, where he has since\\nbeen engaged in the prosecution of a lucrative and\\nsuccessful business. Dr. Kay is an adherent of the\\nDemocratic party in political connection. He is a\\nmember of the Masonic Order, and belongs to Cato\\nLodge, No. 215, in Minden.\\nHis marriage to Mary Leitch occurred Dec. 25,\\n1876. She was born Feb. 25, 1858, and is the\\ndaughter of John and Mary (McAlister) Leitch (see\\nsketch of J. Leitch), natives respectively of Canada\\nand Scotland. They are now residents of Marion\\nTownship, Sanilac County. John L., only child of\\nDr. and Mrs. Kay, was born May 17, 1883.\\nVi^^i3?a\\n\u00c2\u00a7Ji^;|!i\\nO^JKaniel Sommerville, farmer, section 12,\\ni^^S\u00c2\u00a3_\\ni-\\\\^(\u00c2\u00bb\\njiji(^ land, the native country of his parents,\\nf^K John and Jeannette (Johnson) Sommerville.\\nThey were born in Argyleshire, respectively in\\n1822 and 1821. Mrs. S. died Nov. 11, 1882, in\\nAustin, Sanilac County. Their family included three\\ndaughters and five sons. The senior Sommerville\\nleft his native land in 1855 and settled at first in\\nMiddlesex Co., Can., where he engaged in farming\\nuntil the year i860, when he came to Sanilac County,\\nwhen the townships of the section where he located\\nwere yet unorganized, that of Greenleaf being indi-\\ncated as town 14 north, of range 13. He pur-\\nchased 160 acres of land on section 18, under the\\nprovisions of the Graduation Act, and is still resident\\nthereon.\\nDaniel Sommerville was born in the Scottish capi-\\ntal, Glasgow, June 8, 1847. H!e came to America\\nwith his parents, and was a rnember of the paternal\\nhousehold until he was 27 years of age, when he\\nmarried Charlotte, daughter of William and Eliza\\n(Smith) Wright. Her father was born Dec. 5, 1822,\\nin Birmingham, Eng. Her mother was born Sept. 6,\\n1826, in Canada. Mrs. Sommerville was born April\\n14, 1855, in Canada, and is tlie eldest of eight chil-\\ndren. In 1876 he took up his residence on the place\\nwhereon he now lives, which includes 80 acres of\\nvaluable land, with 40 acres under fine improve-\\n9\\nGreenleaf Township, was born in Scot- vS-\\nr^\\nm\\n^\u00c2\u00ab*^T;", "height": "2866", "width": "2206", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph09chic_0434.jp2"}, "435": {"fulltext": "\u00e2\u0096\u00a0tr-r4:llll ;illlv r\\nrr\\nr^^^KT\\n^m\\n-4^^K(sV^\\nV\\ni\\n4-\\nI\\nSANILAC COUNTY.\\n439\\nments. His place has fine farm buildings, among\\nwhich is the largest barr. in the township. He is a\\nradical and candid Republican, and has been offi-\\ncially connected with the affairs of the school district\\nwhere lie resides since he took his location. He is\\na member of the Masonic Order at Cass City. Three\\nsons and two daughters have been included in the\\nhousehold, as follows: John born Sept. i, 1877;\\nJames, March 15, 1879 (died April 29, 1879); George\\nB., March 26, 1880; Jeannette, Se;.n. 11, 1882: and\\nEliza, Aug. 13, 1884.\\nTilexander Soule, farmer and breeder of\\nIr stock, section 13, Austin Township, is the\\nson of Samuel W. and Elizabeth Soule;\\nthe latter was born in 1805, in the State of\\nMaine; the former was born in 1785, in the\\ncity of Boston, and died in 1856.\\nMr. Soule was born Dec. 8, 1834, in Avon, Somer-\\nset Co., Maine. He became an assistant in a cabinet\\nshop when he was 12 years of age, serving an ap-\\nprenticeship of two years, after which he worked as a\\ncarpenter and bridge-builder. In 1S57 he came to\\nSanilac County and entered a claim of 80 acres of\\nland. He has since increased his estate until he\\nowns an aggregate of 524 acres, with 100 acres in\\nfine arable condition. Mr. Soule is independent in\\npolitical belief and action. He was appointed the\\nfirst Clerk of tiie township on its organization, and\\nhas served a number of terms as a school officer.\\nHe was married in 1857, to Susan Blake, who was\\nborn Sept. i, 1839, and is the daughter of William\\nand Elizabeth (Darch) Blake, natives of England,\\nwhere the daughter was born. In 1838 her parents\\ncame to Canada, where they now reside. Twelve\\nchildren have been born to Mr. and Mrs. Soule, as\\nfollows: James, Jan. 12, 1859; George R., Aug. 23,\\ni860: Bertha J., April 8, 1862; Wilbam A., Oct. 6,\\n1863; Lucy A., June 19, 1865; Arthur J., Dec. 31,\\n1867; Susan M., April 17, 1869; Eleanor M., Nov.\\n27, 1871; Amy O., Oct. 18, 1873; Samuel W., Aug.\\n17, 1875; Myrtie E., May 6, 1879; Ernest G., Aug.\\n29, 1881.\\nThe family experienced the horrors of the fires of\\n187 1 and 1881. The loss in the latter, of crops,\\nbuildings, etc., aggregated $8,000. Mr. Soule has\\nerected two large barns and other out-buildings.\\nAi^S\\nt\\\\\\niilvS\\nobert M. Cleland, farmer, section 7, Austin\\nTownship, was born Nov. 2, 1841, in Scot-\\nland, and is the son of Alexander and\\ny\\\\^ Janet (Moore) Cleland, both of whom were\\nnatives of the same place. The family came\\nto America in 1853, landing at New York.\\nThey proceeded to Detroit, and after a residence\\nthere of five years they came to Sanilac County,\\nwhere they located 160 acres of land on section 7.\\nThe mother died in 1873, on the homestead. The\\nfather died in 1865, in Forester, Sanilac County,\\nwhither he had gone to nurse his son, who had re-\\nturned from the prison pens of the South as far as to\\nthat point, but was too ill to reach home.\\nMr. Cleland grew to man s estate on his father s\\nfarm, and in 1864 became a soldier for the Union.\\nHe enlisted in Co. H, Fifth Mich. Vol. Inf. He was\\ncaptured Oct. 27, 1864, after the action at Boydton,\\nVa., and taken to Richmond. A week later he was\\ntransferred to Salisbury, N. C, and was held there\\nfor four months. He was sent, March 22, 1865, to\\nWilmington, and thence to Annapolis, Md., whence\\na transfer was made to Camp Chase, Ohio. He\\nreceived a furlough of 30 days, and before its ex-\\npiration was taken ill. He did not recover until\\nsome time after his date of return had passed, but\\nreceived a final discharge at Triplar hospital, near\\nColumbus, Ohio, May 30, 1865, when he returned\\nhome.\\nHe was married March 31, 1875, to Ellen Annis,\\nwho was born May 17, 1854, at St. Thomas, Canada,\\nand is the daughter of Matthew and Abigail (Gibbs)\\nAnnis, both of whom were born in Canada. The\\nfather died in 1880; her mother resides in Bingham,\\nHuron Co., Mich. Abby M., only child of Mr. and\\nMrs. Cleland, was born June 2, 188 i.\\nPolitically, Mr. Cleland is a Republican. He has\\nbeen Supervisor of Greenleaf Township, and has\\nheld several official positions in Austin Township.\\n^5\\nI\\n^n!]gllllr\\ny_", "height": "2866", "width": "2206", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph09chic_0435.jp2"}, "436": {"fulltext": "^^DD^CD^\\n440\\nSANILAC COUN2Y.\\n-es\u00c2\u00bb\\nfy^^\\noco\\nKrehibald MeAlpine, farmer, section 18,\\nGreenleaf Township was born in 1822, in\\n,r||j^ panada. His parents, Hugh and Jeannette\\niilr (Campbell) MeAlpine, were natives of Scot-\\nland, born near the city of Glasgow. His\\nfather was a weaver and came to the American\\ncontinent in 1820. His mother died in 1823, and in\\n1827 his father went to Ontario, and died soon after.\\nHe then went to live with an aunt, who had the\\ncare of him six years. He was but a lad when he\\nwent to the State of New York, and shortly after to\\nMichigan, where he worked on the railroad. He has\\nbeen a resident of Michigan since 1838. In i860 he\\ncame to Sanilac County and located 240 acres of\\nland in Speaker Township, where he spent three\\nyears, in the manufacture of staves. He then re-\\nmoved to Sand Beach, Huron Co., Mich., where he\\nengaged in the construction of a State Road and\\ncompleted five miles. He went next to Port Hope,\\nwhere he was similarly occupied. In 1874 he loca-\\nted 480 acres of land, in Sanilac County. Of this he\\nretains 240 acres, and still retains the same area,\\nwhich includes 45 acres under good improvements.\\nHis buildings were all destroyed in the fire of 1881.\\nHe was married in 1850 to Harriet McKenzie.\\nShe was born in 1828, in Inverness, Scotland, and\\ndied in August, 1865, at Huron City, Mich., leaving\\nsix children, who were born as follows: Maggie, July\\n7, 1851 Hugh, April 20, 1853; Jessie, Aug. 8, 1855\\nIsabella, Jan. r, 1862; Julia, Oct. 11, 1863; Harriet\\nJ., born in July, 1865, died in September following,\\na month after the death of her mother.\\nMr. MeAlpine is a Republican in political affilia-\\ntion, and is a member of the Presbyterian Church.\\ns$- \u00c2\u00abB\\names G. Read, farmer, section 32, Green-\\nly leaf Township, is a native of England, and\\nand is a son of James and Sarah (Morray)\\nRead. They were both born in England,\\nwhere the father died, in 1853. In 1856 the\\nmother and son came to America and first\\nsettled in Ingersol, Oxford Co., Ontario. In i860 he\\nWk\\\\^^^^^ --^^D D\\ncame to Michigan and located in Tuscola County,\\nwhere he remained two years, going thence to Caro,\\nwhere he operated as a carpenter and builder, and\\nremained until 1879. In that year he removed to\\nSanilac County. He located 40 acres of land for a\\nhomestead, on which he has since resided, and has\\nincreased by later purchase to double its original\\nacreage. He contemplates a further purchase of 40\\nacres additional. Politically, Mr. Read is a Republi-\\ncan. He is a member of the Order of Odd Fellows,\\nand belongs also to the Orangemen.\\nHe was married in 187010 Isabella Chrystal. She\\nwas born Feb. 19, 1852, in Aberdeenshire, Scotland,\\nand is the daughter of William and Christina Chrys-\\ntal. Her father was born in 181 1; her mother in\\n1812. They came to this continent in 1853 and\\nlanded at Woodstock, Oxford Co., Ont.\\nThe death of the mother transpired in 1877. Her\\nfather resides in Seaforth, Ont. Following is the\\nrecord of the children born to Mr. and Mrs. Read\\nWilliam M., born July 18, 1871 Pericles G., Aug. 9,\\n1872; Walter J., March 21, 1875; Charlie, Nov. 19,\\n1877.\\nThe loss of Mr. Read in the fire of 1881, which\\ndisaster is given in detail elsewhere in this volume,\\nwas about $7,000, including the injury to the timber\\non the place. The house was burned, and the lives\\nof the childien saved by the parents covering them\\nwith quilts saturated with water. While doing this\\nthey were obliged to keep their own clothing wet.\\nlexander Nicol, farmer, section 25,Green-\\n^MM a leaf Township, is the son of James and Ann\\nW M (Young) Nicol, natives of the parish of\\ni^ Barry, Scotland. His father was a farmer\\n1;^ during the earlier part of his life, and later\\nI received an appointment as custom-house offi-\\ncer, which position he held until he lost his life by\\ndrowning, while engaged in the discharge of his\\nduty.\\nMr. Nicol was born Jan. 4, 1826, in Scotland, where\\nhe remained until he was 17 years of age. He passed\\ntwo years as a farm laborer, when he entered a\\nbrewery, in which he was employed eight years. In\\n1854 he came to Canada, where he obtained employ-\\nV\\nT r\\nZ=I\\n4?^", "height": "2866", "width": "2206", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph09chic_0436.jp2"}, "437": {"fulltext": "T\\n1=1\\nA\\n-^ij^^fe: ^V^ n B n Dv^^r^^ ^8\u00c2\u00abf r\\n4^^|5f\\nSANILAC COUNTY.\\nill a similar establishment. After a service\\nof six months he came to London, Ont., where\\nhe was variously occupied until i860, when he came\\nto Sanilac County and entered a claim of 160 acres\\nof Government land, his patent bearing the signa-\\nture of James Buchanan. Politically, Mr. Nicol is a\\nRepublican. He has officiated three terms as Clerk\\nof the township.\\nHe was married in 1848, to Mary, daughter of\\nCharles and Ellen hri.stian) Sontaer. Her parents\\nwere natives of the parish of Carymilie, and she\\nwas born in the same county, in 1820. Five children\\nhave been born of this union, as follows: Stewart,\\nMay 25, 1849; James, Jan. 13, 1851 (died in 1857);\\nEllen, April 2, 1853 (died July 23, 1866); Charles,\\nJan. 4, 1855 (died July 23, 1866); Agnes, April 25,\\ni860 (died Aug. i, 1866). Four ciiildren are de-\\nceased three of them dying within one week, two\\nof them on the same day. This affliction made that\\nof i88i,when the farm buildings and slock were\\ncompletely destroyed by fire, of comparatively trifling\\nimportance.\\nfedward Kivel, farmer, section 12, Green-\\ngii li xS^ifc leal Township, was born in 1 831, in Eng-\\n@fiV^ I ^d, of English parentage. His parents\\nbelonged to the farming class in their native\\ncountry. The son bid a final farewell to the\\nland of his nativity when he was but iS years\\nof age, and set out alone for the New World. He\\nlanded at Quebec, but made only a short tarry there,\\nproceeding thence to London, Ont. He was a resi-\\ndent there 19 years, and in 1870 came to this town-\\nship in Sanilac County. He located 40 acres of land\\nand has 20 acres under good improvements. He\\npassed through the fire of the year following with\\nonly the loss of one cow; but he sustained some\\nlosses in the fire of 1881.\\nMr. Kivel was married in 1S50, to Mary J. Mor-\\nrisli. She was born Jan. 10, 1834, in England, and\\nis the daughter of George and Elizabeth (Boyans)\\nMorrish, natives of the same country. The children\\nof Mr. and Mrs. Kivel were born as follows Eliz-\\nabeth, Oct. 6, 1854; Henry, Aug. 28, 1856; William\\nJ., Oct. 3, 1858; George, March 31, 1862; Alfred E.,\\nOct. 7, 1866; Charles, Nov. ir, 1870. The parents\\nare members of the Methodist Episcopal Churcli.\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0wfc\\nI\\nrV\\n^dward Lazenby, farmer, section i, Green-\\nleaf Township, was born July 10, 1842,\\nin Lacole, Clinton Co., Lower Canada.\\n\u00c2\u00b0stS- His [)arcnts, George S, and Elizabeth (Stock-\\ndale) Lazenby, were born in Yorkshire, Eng.\\nj His father was head manager of the farming\\ninterests on an English estate and came to Canada\\nin an early period, settling in Clinton County. Li\\n1843 he came to Cape Vincent, Jefferson Co., N. Y.,\\nand five years later he settled at Brampton, Peel\\nCo., Upper Canada. In 1858 he proceeded thence /vS\\nto Goderich, where he was a resident until 1869. In\\nthat year he became a citizen of Sanilac County\\nand located on section i, Greenleaf Township.\\nHe died there March 19, 1884, at the age of 86\\nyears.\\nMr. Lazenby set out from home at the age of 16\\nyears, with his small earthly possessions lied up in\\nan insignificant bundle, which he carried in his hand.\\nHe knew there was need of him where there was\\nwork to be done, and he found employment as a\\nfarm laborer, engaging one year. At the end of his\\nterm of service he went to the State of New York\\nand passed the ensuing year in teaming. In i860,\\nthe next year, he returned to the place where he was\\nborn, where he passed between four and five years\\nin various occupations. In 1865 he came to Bay\\nCity, Mich., where he spent the summer. The\\nwinter following he passed upon the farm lie now\\nowns, of which he became the proprietor in 1S66, by\\npurchase. It includes 80 acres of valuable land,\\nand he has since added 40 acres to his farm. He\\nhas placed 80 acres under the best improvements.\\nMr. Lazenby is adherent to the tenets of the Repub-\\nlican party. He has been Justice of the Peace one\\nterm. Overseer of Highways, and School Director\\ntwo terms. He is a member of the Order of Odd\\nFellows, Lodge No. 104, Bay City.", "height": "2866", "width": "2206", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph09chic_0437.jp2"}, "438": {"fulltext": "(g-J^^f^\\n6V ^IlI]:^nily\\nrrr\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0^jj^^ T\\n.442\\nSANILAC COUNTY.\\nHe was married July 10, 187 r, at Bay City, Mich.,\\nto Ellen Ferguson. She was born Feb. 9, 1849, and\\nis the daughter of William and Margaret (Fee) Fer-\\nguson. Her father was a native of Canada, and her\\ni mother of Ireland. Mr. and Mrs. Lazenby have\\nY had six children, born in the following order: Ida\\nA., Oct. 23,1872; Hattie M., Jan. 26, 1874 (died\\nSept. 30, following) Eddie B., Oct. 13, 1876; Nellie\\nM., April 9, 1879; Carrie, Aug. 31, 1882; Oliver\\nF., Sept. 19, 1884.\\nMr. Lazenby has been called on to endure the\\nordeal of fire and flame three times. In 1871 his\\nbuildings succumbed to the fire fiend; also in 1881,\\nin common with the inhabitants of Sanilac County\\nand Jan. 16, 1884, his house and granary were again\\ndestroyed. Notwithstanding, his affairs are in pros-\\nperous condition.\\n||^1|( lexander McRae, farmer, section 15, Aus-\\nAsASl tin Township, was born Jan. 21,1818, in\\nLower Canada. He is the son of Christo-\\nLower Canada,\\npher and Selinda (Phelps) McRae, who were\\nW natives respectively of Scotland and Canada.\\n1 His father emigrated from his native land to\\nCanada, where he engaged in farming until his death\\nin 1858. His mother residas in the State of Iowa.\\nWhen he was 21 years of age, Mr. McRae\\nengaged as an assistant in a saw-mill, and later was\\nemployed on a farm, after which he became a soldier\\nin the regular army of the United States, whence he\\nwas discharged, for disability, after a connection\\ntherewith of tivo years and three months. He was\\nmarried in 1844, to Caroline H. Rodgers. She was\\nborn in 1S27, near London, Can., and is the daugh-\\nter of Jonathan and Tamson (Wells) Rodgers. Her\\nparents were natives of Massachusetts, and after\\ntheir removal to Michigan were members of the agri-\\ncultural community.\\nIn 1858 Mr. McRae went to Illinois and came\\nthence two years later to Sanilac County. The fam-\\nily settled on section 21, Austin Township, where\\nthey resided four years, when they entered a claim\\nof r2o acres of land, under the provisions of the\\nHomestead Act. This place has smce been their\\nhome.\\nMr. McRae is a Republican in political connec-\\ntion. He has been Supervisor of the township five\\nyears and Clerk several terras. He has recently re-\\nsigned the office of Justice of the Peace, to which he\\nwas elected in 1880. He has also held the office of\\nNotary Public, 20 years; was Census Enumerator\\nfor 1884. Mr. and Mrs. McRae belong to the Baptist\\nChurch.\\n(d\\\\\\n^r^Y^^\\nc\\nm\\n^T^^H B^ DDf-^^ sj^jse:", "height": "2866", "width": "2206", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph09chic_0438.jp2"}, "439": {"fulltext": "m\\nZ^^ K (j\\\\ iM Mh\\n,ar*^\\nm\\nm\\nm ffi\u00c2\u00a7^-^^M\\n.ys^i iij li\\ni\\nI\\nvl^\\ne\\nV\\nA.--f^^:\\n5-7- li A/// \\\\fe\\n14 A#\\nI\\ni\\n#s-\\n.:a^g^jje^ ^tK-^II !1 M DDf ^r^^", "height": "2866", "width": "2206", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph09chic_0439.jp2"}, "440": {"fulltext": ".\u00e2\u0080\u00a2\u00e2\u0080\u00a2CO..\\n7 mmm T -^~^m^,\\n*^5C(\u00c2\u00aeV^\\n\u00e2\u0080\u00a2Yi\\n1:3\\nPi \u00c2\u00ae))^-i\\n^C ^D 3 dd;i ^^gg^\\n^4?^", "height": "2866", "width": "2206", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph09chic_0440.jp2"}, "441": {"fulltext": "SANILAC COUNTY.\\n-#^jC(\u00c2\u00aevS\\n445\\nh\\n1\\nI=X\\nI\\n1\\n-m. INTRODUCTi^ORY.\\nOiTiO\\ncCio\\nNLY a few years have passed\\nsince any attempt has been\\nmade to convert the unbroken\\nforests of Northern Michigan\\ninto an agricultural district\\nand homes for civilized man.\\nThe early surveyors which Government\\nsent out to make the survey of\\nthis part of the State reported that it\\nwas an irreclaimable waste and not fit\\nfor cultivation in any quarter, the soil\\ny r^p^ being of that character which pre-\\np/ \\\\\\\\-J eluded the propagation of cereals.\\nX The rapidity of settlement and enor-\\nmous crops of everything in the line of cereals\\ndemonstrated conclusively their mistake, for no acre-\\nage surpasses Northern Michigan in productiveness.\\nNotwithstanding the oft-repeated tales of want and\\nhardships told by their sires, men of energy, with\\ntheir families and all their earthly possessions loaded\\nupon wagons drawn by oxen, pushed their way step\\nby step, through the unbroken forests of Sanilac,\\nuntil they found suitable locations. With a spirit of\\nheroism have they toiled until the forests were laid\\nlow, and their herculean labor is manifest in the\\nbroad acres of highly cultivated land, upon which\\nstand palatial residences and outbuildings of the\\nmost expensive character. Over the grounds where\\nthe red man chased the bounding deer, and the\\nwild-cat and wolves held their nightly vigils, may be\\nseen the husbandman gathering the golden harvests;\\nwhere the Indian s wild war-whoop was heard, stands\\nthe stately house of worship. Transportation of\\ngoods by ox teams has given way to the power of\\nsteam, and a commerce has been opened up with all\\nparts of the civilized world. Prosperity in a high\\ndegree has smiled upon her people, who are fortunate\\nin living in the most healthful, beautiful and pro-\\nductive States in the Union, taking age into consider-\\nation.\\nThe history of this county is possessed of no small\\ndegree of interest. While other counties were con-\\nnected with the frontier by large bodies of excellent\\nlands, this seemed shut off from the gaze of shrewd\\nspeculators by reason of its heavy growth of timber.\\nThey were destined to become the heritage of an\\nhonest, industrious people, and the income derived\\nfrom the timber and products of the soil has given\\nmany of the first comers a handsome competency.\\n9\\nv\\nValue of Local History.\\nERY few of the present generation realize\\nthe great value of local history, living as\\nthey do in an age of industry and thrift.\\nThe opportunities for speculation and the\\nhaste to become wealthy take precedence of\\neverything else, and the fact is not taken into\\nconsideration that the pioneers are rapidly passing\\n5i:f5^^\\nm^\\n.^53^", "height": "2866", "width": "2206", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph09chic_0441.jp2"}, "442": {"fulltext": "SANILAC COUNTY.\\nw,\\nf\\n113\\ns\\nfrom the scene of their labors, leaving but little time\\nfor the compilation of biographical sketches which\\nconstitute the heretofore unwritten history of Sanilac\\nCounty. Their children have heard from the lips of\\ntheir aged sires the story of privation and toil of\\nthose who were first at the front in the settlement of\\nthe county, but their children will lose sight of the\\nfacts unless they be recorded in such manner as to\\nbecome intelligible and kept fresh in the minds of\\nsucceeding generations.\\nSurrounded, as we are, with everything which\\nwealth and taste can suggest, the fact is almost lost\\nsight of that here were the best years of the lives of\\nour ancestors devoted to the development of one of\\nthe best agricultural counties in the State. As the\\nvirtues, privations, toil and hardships of the pio-\\nneers of Sanilac are well worthy of a more fitting\\nmemorial than can be secured by a granite monu-\\nment, the design of the publishers is to record a his-\\ntory of inestimable value to every citizen.\\nThe facts mentioned have been carefully culled\\nfrom every source; neither pains nor expense has\\nbeen spared in the compilation of this work, which,\\nalthough not without error, is as correct as can be\\ngathered from the pioneers themselves.\\nUpon local history depends the perpetuation oi\\nfacts heretofore unwritten, as well as the biographical\\nsketches of every worthy pioneer in the county that\\ncould be procured. Each sketch speaks volumes\\nand a history of one man s life, perhaps of an entire\\nfamily, is now recorded where naught can efface or\\ndestroy it. From this will all future volumes of like\\nimport take their data. Those who have volunteered\\nthe information from which this work is compiled,\\nwill live in the history of this county as long as time\\nlasts. No manlier hands e er drew a sword than they\\nwho faced privation and danger while engaged in the\\nsubjugation of the dense wilderness which once cov-\\nered this now beautiful land, and to them is this\\nvolume dedicated.\\nKyj\\ne^\\n8^^^\\nS^ i.\\n-X:^Il!i:^I]Ilr", "height": "2866", "width": "2206", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph09chic_0442.jp2"}, "443": {"fulltext": ":t#\u00c2\u00ab-\\n:im:^:iiii^\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0r^^\\nSANILAC COUNTY.\\niJ\\\\Scr\\n447\\nSe^\\nNA^^\\nI\\n3^1(\\ni\\n^s!g j^;:_^^^;;;$^$;;;$\u00c2\u00abi$:i;$,i^;:;i*$;;a^$;i5;r gi;,;^5;;;^^$^^^^\\n.i^ieff\\n^1^::F\\n1\\n1=2\\nCO\\nm^m^!^^\\nAVING no literature, no per-\\nmanent records have ever\\nbeen made by the Indians\\nthemselves of their own\\nTradition alone\\nli history.\\nhas been the one uncer-\\n^/W-^ t^ method of preserving\\nthe fame of the noble red man s\\nachievements of the earlier ages\\nand, like the ancients of centuries\\nago, their deeds of valor were re-\\nmembered only by rehearsal to the\\nyounger generation around their camp-\\nfires, when it was not possible to make\\nwar any longer with neighboring tribes,\\nand where hunting had become tire-\\nsome, and sports had lost their charm. Indeed, the\\ntimes were rare when this state of affairs existed in\\nthe Indian village in fact the story-telling era came\\nonly when his majesty, the redskin, could do nothing\\nelse. It is a lamentable fact that no great literary\\ngenius ever sprang up from this race, however laugh-\\nable the possibility may seem hence, when the\\nmodern historian attempts to construct anything\\nnear a readable record of only a few tribes, he has\\nto build a large edifice with a very little, very raw\\nmaterial, which, if there were any tariff on it,\\nwould indeed come high, and even tiow is generally\\nof questionable quality.\\nThe first Indians mentioned in authentic records,\\nwho possessed the present county of Sanilac and\\nadjacent territory, were the Sauks, who were far on\\nthe decline when Columbus discovered America. A\\nfew years later (about 1519-20), the Otchipwes, or\\nChippewas, came from the East, probably from the\\nnorthern part of the New England States, struck the\\nGreat Lakes on the north of Lake Ontario, and fol-\\nlowed along Lake Erie, -vithout having touched\\nNiagara Falls (since they make no mention of the\\nplace in their traditions), thence up Lake St. Clair\\nand Lake Huron to Mackinaw, or Mee-she-niee-ke-\\nnak, the Great Turtle, as they called the island of\\nMackinaw. The Oh-dah-wa (Ottawa) family or\\nbranch of the Otchipwe tribe took its coarse up Lake\\nMichigan (Mee-she-gane), the great lodge of the\\ngreat Manitou; while the main body lingered\\nmany years around Georgian Bay and the shores of\\nLake Huron, finally spreading to the Sault Ste.\\nMarie and the Saginaw Bay country, in a more or\\nless constant state of war. The scenes of their\\nprincipal traditions are about these places, and up to\\nthe head of Lake Superior.\\nThe name Otchipwe was very naturally trans-\\nformed to Chippewa. Nothing could be easier for\\nthe speech organs of the English than to pronounce\\nOt chip-we, Od-jib-wa; and with their natural pro-\\npensity for clipping words, the Britisli soon made it\\nJib-wa, which, when spoken lightly, becomes\\nChip-wa, hence Chippewa. And here it may\\nbe stated whence Lake Huron takes its name. The\\nderivation is originally French. When the Wyandot\\nIndians were dispersed by the Iroquois, a portion of\\nthem settled around Detroit, and still retained their\\nold custom of dressing tlieir hair in the most fan-\\nw:\\ntf^\\n^c^nmtiii^^-^", "height": "2866", "width": "2206", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph09chic_0443.jp2"}, "444": {"fulltext": "4 DD^(iDr v\\nr^^^\\n-^m\\nSANILAC COUNTY.\\ntastic mode. The French explorers saw them and\\nwere indeed out-Frenched, exclaiming Quelles\\nhures! (what heads From /lurcs conies Huron,\\nand the lake was called for the tribe.\\nThe reasons for believing the Atlantic coast to be\\nthe original home of this tribe, is the reference in\\ntheir traditions to many Eastern landmarks, and\\nalso a similarity between their speech and that of\\nthe Algonquins.\\nWhen the great struggle for tribal supremacy took\\nplace in the first part of the i6th century the\\nChippewas gained possession of the district from\\nthe mouth of the Kawkawlin River to the river called\\nby the French Riviere aux Huroiis, now known as\\nthe Clinton. At this tiine the last Sauk warrior\\nfell, in the valley of the Saginaw. Throughout all\\nthis district, particularly along its rivers and streams,\\nmay be found mounds filled with human bones, scat-\\ntered around in all directions, unmistakably showing\\nthat they were cast together without regularity, and\\ntelling of fierce and sanguinary battles. As late as\\n1834 a few aged Indians resided on the shores of\\nLake Huron. During that year each of them was\\nquestioned in regard to the ancient history of his\\nnation, and they were not slow to relate all they\\nremembered concerning the Chippewa conquest of\\nNorthern Michigan. Finally the old chief, Putta-\\nsamine, was interviewed in the presence of Peter\\nGruette, a half-breed, well-known from Detroit to\\nMackinac. Gruette acted as interpreter, and as a\\nresult the following valuable legendary history comes\\ndown to us\\nThe Sauks occupied the whole country from\\nThunder Bay on the north to the head waters of the\\nShiawassee, and from the mouth of Grand River to\\nthe Huron River north of Detroit. The rest of the\\ncountry was occupied by the Pottawatomies, the\\nLake Superior country by the Otchipwes (Chippe-\\nwas) and Ottawas, the Menomonees around Green\\nBay, and the Sioux west of the Messipi. The main\\nvillage of the Sauk nation stood on the west side of\\nthe Saginaw River, near its mouth, and from that\\nplace they were accustomed to rush out to war with\\nthe Chippewas, on the north, the Pottawatomies on\\nthe south, and the nations in Canada. At length a\\ncouncil was called by the Chippewas, Pottawatomies,\\nMenomonees, Ottawas and the Six Nations of New\\nYork, to meet on the Island of Mackinaw. Their\\ndeliberations resulted in declaring a war of extermi-\\nnation on the Sauks. The chiefs summoned the\\nwarriors, a large army was organized and embarked\\nin canoes down the west shore of Lake Huron. Ar-\\nriving at Saginaw Bay, the warriors sailed over the\\nwaters by night, lay concealed during the day, and\\nso continued their advance until they arrived at a\\nplace called Petobegong, about ten miles above\\nthe mouth of the Saginaw River. There they disem-\\nbarked a portion of the army, while the main divi-\\nsion crossed the bay and made a landing on the\\neast bank of the esluary of the Saginaw during the\\nnight. Next morning both divisions started up the\\nriver in order to attack both the eastern and western\\ntowns at the same time. The warriors on the west\\nbank attacked the main village, surprised the inhabi-\\ntants and massacred almost every man, woman and\\nchild found there, a few survivors escaping across\\nthe river to another village which occupied the site\\nof Portsmouth.\\nWhile this was being done, the eastern division\\nof the allies came up to the village, where Bay City\\nnow stands, and a desperate battle was fought. Not-\\nwithstanding the favorable position held by the\\nSauks, they were defeated and great numbers of\\nthem were slain, the survivors retreating, some into\\nthe eastern wilderness, while others sought refuge on\\nSkull Island. For a time they considered them-\\nselves safe here, as the enemy did not appear to\\npossess any canoes but the season offered the\\ninvaders that which art denied, for on the next\\nnight the ice was found sufficiently thick to warrant\\na crossing, and the allies at once advanced on the\\nisland. Here was nothing left of the Sauks save 12\\nwomen, and those who fled eastward to the river\\ncountry. The victory was as decisive as it was\\nbloody. After reviewing their forces the victorious\\nbraves divided, some going up the Cass and Flint,\\nothers up the Shiawassee and in various directions,\\nspreading over the whole land. The most important\\nbattles were fought against other tribes in the neigh-\\nborhood of the Flint Bluffs and eastward to Detroit,\\nbut the details have been forgotten by the keepers of\\nthe traditions.\\nHowever, before dispersing the allies, a council\\ndecided the fate of the 12 women captured. Some\\nwere for torturing them to death; some recom-\\nmended mercy while others were for sending them\\n1\\nSi/\\nillA (S^^=^\\nfc^ss-\\n.^Mf-%^L.\\nln A^\\n:^\u00c2\u00abiB iS", "height": "2866", "width": "2206", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph09chic_0444.jp2"}, "445": {"fulltext": "T^V^ n:^ D ll^D ^r^ ^%sr\\nSANILAC COUNTY.\\nf\\nV\\nwest of the Mississippi. The last proposition\\nseemed to meet the approval of the majority, and\\nan arrangement was made with the Sioux that they\\nshould be the guardians of the women and be\\nresponsible for their protection. These pledges were\\nfaithfully kept by the Siou.x until death took their\\ncharge from them. The hunting grounds of the\\nSauks were divided among their conquerors, but\\nmany a brave gave up his life while on the chase,\\nat the instance of a Sauk rifle, and no tidings of him\\never reached his wigwam. A few of the conquered\\ntribe remained secreted here and there to pick off\\ntheir trespassers, and this led to the belief that the\\nspirits of the extinct tribe still haunted their former\\nhomes, and finally the territory was almost aban-\\ndoned. But the Chippewas claimed it, and were\\nfound there in 1640 by the French, who established\\na mission for them at Sault Ste. Marie, under the\\nleadership of Fathers Joques and Paymbaut. At\\nthat time they numbered about two thousand.\\nIn physique the Chippewas are tall, well devel-\\noped, good-looking, brave, expert hunters, little given\\nto agriculture, but fond of adventure.\\nAfter they became well established in Michigan\\nthey were at war continually with the Foxes, Iro-\\nquois and Sioux, driving the last named from the\\nhead-waters of the Mississippi and the Red River of\\nthe North, always defeating them in the woods, but\\nbeing worsted on the plains. Their wars so reduced\\ntheir numbers that when the Frencli missions were\\nrestored in 1760 only four bands of the Chippewas,\\nnumbering 550, were found on the Sault. They\\nalways assisted the French in their expedition, and\\nwere very devoted as long as the French ruled the\\ncountry. In Pontiac s war they surprised Mackinaw.\\nDuring the Revolution they aided the British, but\\nconsidered themselves bound by the treaties of Fort\\nMcintosh in 1785 and Fort Harmar in 1789. Subse-\\nquently they joined the Miamis in their hostilities,\\nuntil General Wayne reduced them, when they again\\nmade peace at Greenville in 1795. At this time\\nsome of them had moved as far east as Lake Erie,\\nbut they gave up their claims there in 1805.\\nWhen the second war with Great Britain began,\\nthe Chippewas (or Ojibways) again cast in their lots\\nwith the foreigners, but submitted to the general\\npacification of the tribes in 1816. Six years later\\nthere were 5,699 Chippewas at Saginaw, 8,335 along\\nthe Lake Superior line from Mackinaw to the Mis-\\nsissippi, and 550 mixed with other tribes. The\\nlimits of their territory were fixed in 1825; and in\\n1830, when all was peace elsewhere, they picked an-\\nother war with the Sioux, which had to be stopped\\nby the interposition of the United States Govern-\\nment.\\nGradually their lands were ceded to tiie Govern-\\nment, which, in 1837 and in 1842, agreed to pay\\ntliem for 25 years $22,000 in money, $29,500 in\\ngoods, $18,700 in other forms, $45,000 to the\\nhalf-breeds, besides off $145,000 in debts against\\ntliem.\\nAfter 1850 but few bands remained east of the\\nMississippi, the others having been removed. The\\nLake Superior bands and those in Michigan were\\ngenerally peaceful, industrious and far advanced,\\nhaving been for years under the salutary influence of\\nthe missionaries. The Red Lake band are still\\nchiefly hunters, while those farther west are restless\\nand lawless.\\nThe early missions established by the Catholics\\nare, for the most part, still maintained. The work of\\nthis Church can be found in the Church history of\\nthis book. There are also Methodist, Presbyterian\\nand Episcopal missions, but most of the Indians are\\nstill pagans. Kitche Manitou is their Great or\\nGood Spirit, and Matchi Manitou the evil one.\\nThe Medas are a body acting as a priesthood, but\\neach has his own Manitous revealed to him in\\ndreams. Their mythological ideal is Menabojou,\\nwho aids the Great Spirit in creating the world.\\nTheir industry reached its highest development in\\nmaking mats and canoes. To give a description of\\ntheir best civilization the following is quoted from a\\nFrenchman who visited this region about 1810\\nI remember one fine afternoon about ten years\\nago accompanying an old Indian trader thither.\\nSeated in a light canoe and each armed with a pad-\\ndle, we started from the mouth of the river for the\\nostensible purpose of bartering w th the Indians for\\nfurs and trinkets. For my part I was perfectly de-\\nlighted with the idea, as I never had an opportunity\\nhitherto of seeing the Indians at home, at least dur-\\ning the summer season.\\nThe river was sufficiently agitated to cause our\\ntiny boat to rock dreamily, and as we sped onward\\nthe rich wavelets leaped and sported against our ca-\\nI\\nK^\\nc^\\nO.\\n(o)\\n^0[i: ^Dtiv\\nrN^^^.\\n.^Jj.Oij!", "height": "2866", "width": "2206", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph09chic_0445.jp2"}, "446": {"fulltext": "^r^^m^-\\nWid\\n^V ^^I]0 :n(ls r-\\n;,a5i^\\n45\u00c2\u00b0\\nSANILAC COUNTY.\\nI\\n(h\\nV\\nt\\nnoes prow and sides like sportive kittens, ever and\\nanon greeting our faces with a damp paw that was\\nby no means unpleasant. On we sped, now under\\nthe shades of the green woods, now by the fringed,\\nrich borders of the clearings, or by the grass-covered\\nmarsh. We could see from a bend in the river the\\nIndian village, and hear the wild, joyous shouts of\\nthe dusky juveniles as they pursued their uncoutli\\nsports and games. As we approached their camp,\\nwhat a busy and exhilarating scene was presented to\\nour view I clapped my hands in the exuberance\\nof my spirits, for never before had I witnessed a scene\\nso full of real, unaffected, natural happiness as there\\ngreeted my senses. My companion did not appear\\nto share in my enthusiasm, owing, doubtless, to the\\nfact that he was accustomed to such scenes. Little\\nIndian boys and girls could be seen prowling around\\nlike little Cupids some wrestling, some shooting\\nwith tiny bows and arrows, some paddling their toy\\ncanoes, while others sported in the waters of the\\nriver, like so many amphibious creatures, each striv-\\ning to excel the other in the manner and demonstra-\\ntion of its enjoyment.\\nSuperannuated Indians and squaws sat by the\\ntent doors, looking on with a quiet, demure pleasure,\\nor arranging some toy or trinket for a favorite little\\ntoddler, while the more efficient were engaged in va-\\nrious occupations. Oh, how I longed for an artist s\\nskill, that I might sketch the wild and picturesque\\nscene! Here, thought I, is human nature in its free,\\nuntrammeled state. Care seemed to be a stranger to\\nthose children of nature; no thought of sorrow\\nseemed to engross their minds; and the world, with\\nall its vexations, was allowed to pass along, unnoticed\\nby them. Buoyancy of spirit was a striking feature\\nin their character. As we drew our canoe out upon\\nthe beach, the Indians came forward to greet us, and\\nwith a hearty shake of the hand wished us a cordial\\nbon jour. The dusky urchins left their sport to take\\na full survey of their visitors, having done which\\nthey returned to their games with a yelp and a\\nbound.\\nSituated upon the greenest and most beautiful\\nportion of the camp ground, were a number of white\\nand neat-looking tents, which were closed, and iso-\\nlated from the dingy, smoky tepees of the village. The\\ntrader, who seemed a sort of privileged character, was\\nentirely at home, while I, considering myself among\\n~r\\\\ A^u\\nstrangers, clung to him, and followed him wherever\\nhe went, not venturing to throw myself upon my own\\nresponsibility. I was therefore pleased when I saw\\nhim start toward the white tents, for I was curious to\\nknow what they contained Drawing aside the can-\\nvass, he entered without ceremony, I, of course, fol-\\nlowing him. Seated upon beautiful mats of colored\\nrushes, which served as carpets and divans, were some\\nthree or four good-looking squaws, very neatly and\\neven richly attired in the fanciful style of the na-\\ntive, busily engaged in embroidering and ornamenting\\nmoccasins, broad-cloth leggings, and blankets with\\nvariegated beads and porcupine quills. Everything\\naround evinced the utmost order, neatness and taste.\\nNo bustling tiichee or dirty urchin was allowed the\\nfreedom of those consecrated tents; but all was quiet\\nand calm within and if conversation were carried\\non, it was in that calm, soft, musical tone so peculiar\\nto them. So, thought I, here we have a sort of aris-\\ntocracy a setof exclusives, and a specimen of high\\nlife among the natives yet it was just the kind of\\nhigh hfe, in many respects, after which their white\\nsisters might take pattern. No idle gossiping or\\nscandal was indulged in; they quietly plied their\\nneedles, and kept their counsel to themselves. If\\nthey had occasion to visit their neighbors tents, it\\nwas done quietly and pleasantly, after which business\\nwas resumed.\\nThe feasts and festivals of the Indians consisted\\nchiefly of tlieir celebrated dances. Foremost of\\nall was the war dance, when the tom-tom and\\nhome-made drums sent their monotonous noise\\nthrough the forest, while the braves would form\\nvarious groups of from five to twenty, clasp hands\\nand circle around the drummer, who was generally a\\nsquaw singing their tah-dah-da-dah-da-dah with-\\nout any variation of the voice from the note on which\\nthe tune was begun. After that, were their feast\\nand various performances, all done to incite the young\\nmen to valorous deeds, after which the general initi-\\nation of their youth into the army took place.\\nThen there was the sugar dance of the sugar\\nseason, and the green-corn dance and harvest\\ndance later. Some tribes had the sun dance, but\\nit is not known that the Chippewas ever indulged in\\nthis sport. The Sioux sun dance is familiar to\\nall students of Indian history. It consisted of a fast\\nof several days, until the warriors became most fran-\\nCi.\\nr\\nC\\nk\\n^.^nn^Diif^-^", "height": "2866", "width": "2206", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph09chic_0446.jp2"}, "447": {"fulltext": "Ifto^\\nim/\u00c2\u00ae)$(^^\u00c2\u00ab :jm^ crT a au^uu i v\\nPin i\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0^ihi)(^%\\nSANILAC COUNTY.\\n451\\ntic with hanger, then individual torture took place.\\nIt is written that at one of these dances, one of the\\nbravest iiad himself suspended to the limb of a tree\\nby means of a willow run through a slot cut into the\\n(hj skin of his back, and remained thus for several hours\\nbefore the flesh tore out and let him drop. This was\\nconsidered heap much brave, as a sacrifice to the\\nsun. Another cut out a piece of his own liver, roasted\\nit over the fire, and then ate it, exclaiming, Who is\\nbraver than I After they became tamed a little\\nby civilization, some of these amusements were\\nabandoned.\\nMatrimonial customs among the I.ndians were very\\naccommodating and convenient. They had a sort\\nof probation they could marry for a moon or for\\nlife, and the men were permitted to have more than\\none wife. The ceremony consisted in presenting the\\nbride a fine blanket, necklace, or any nice trinket.\\nIf she accepted, the union was settled.\\nNearly all of the Indians had left this county be-\\nfore the first settlers came in, and hence reminis-\\ncence of them is very limited. In Custer Township\\na few remained after the general departure, and\\nArthur Carson tells of their friendliness towards the\\nfirst settkrs. His was the first cabin in that region,\\nand frequently on long journeys to the shore for pro-\\nvisions he was detained over night, so that Mrs.\\nCarson was often alone. Frequently some locator\\nof lands would pass in the evening and desire to\\nlodge at the Carson house. Two or three Indian\\nhuts stood only a few rods north of the present Car-\\nson House in Sandusky, and when it was too late in\\nthe evening to turn strangers away, Mrs. Carson was\\naccustomed to call over two or three squaws, who\\nV^ would stay with her while the stranger stayed .and\\nguarded the premises with jealous care.\\nIn their later years (1835-40) many of the In-\\ndians from Canada came over to the township of\\nWorth in the sugar season to catch the sap. They\\nhad sugar-troughs and neat pails made of birch bark,\\nbesides light brass kettles made in different sizes to\\n(o^ fit together so they could be easily carried. When\\nA\\nthe sugar-making was over they traded with the set-\\ntlers for various articles. Mrs. Randall Davis, of\\nCroswell, remembers that her husband s grist-mill\\nreceived quite a patronage from this source.\\nIn the last days of their habitation here, the small-\\npox broke out among the Indians and its ravages\\ncontinued some time unchecked. Nothing could be\\ndone to stay the plague. In the extremity of reme-\\ndies, bathing was tried. A hole was dug in the\\nground, filled with water, and then a hot stone was\\nthrown in, creating a vapor, over which the patient\\nwas placed until he perspired profusely. Then he\\nwas plunged into the river, and of course the result\\nwas almost inimediate death. The medicine men\\npleaded most vigorously to the spirits, but all to no\\navail. It was then considered that the Great Spirit\\nwas angry with the tribe, and the only help was emi-\\ngration, which took place almost like a stampede.\\nThe sick and dying were left near the river without\\nhelp or comfort, only to be killed by the wild beasts\\nwhen they became to feeble to fight them off. None\\nthat were left recovered, and thus ended the sad\\nstory of the once powerful tribe\\nOnly a few of the once noble red men are left\\nin the State. Inter-marriage has done much to de-\\ngenerate them, but the abridgement of their natural\\nhabits has probably done more. The greatest part of\\nthe Indian s make-up is hostility, and when this is\\nchained it dies. When the greatest part of anything\\ndies, the remainder swiftly follows. Peace is fatal.\\nOne by one the red man drops away unmourned.\\nThe boundaries of his hunting grounds are drawing\\ntogether nearer and nearer. Where once the smoke\\nof his wigwam curled above the pines and his yelp\\nwas heard as he tracked the deer over the forest\\nsnows, now stands a modern village. Only the\\nbrooks and meadows speak his name. When the\\nlast grave is made, who will shed a tear? Will not\\ncivilization feel remorse for its pretences to be power-\\nful enough to convert the red savages? The answer\\nmust be a humiliating one.\\n9\\ns\\nA\\n*^f\\nf\\ni mmm^\\n\u00c2\u00a3:x.\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0^\u00c2\u00ab^^f@.", "height": "2866", "width": "2206", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph09chic_0447.jp2"}, "448": {"fulltext": "m\\n452\\n-^rT .|]ii:5-lll|vi\\nSANILAC COUNTY.\\nIII /iv ^1^^\\ng ..C^\\nLook now abroad another race has filled\\nThese populous borders wide the wood recedes,\\nAnd towns spring up, and fertile realms are tilled\\nThe land is full of harvests and green meads\\nStreams numberless, that manj a fountain feeds.\\nShine, disembowered, and give to sim and breeze\\nTheir virgin waters the full region leads\\nNew colonies forth, that toward the western seas\\nSpread, like a rapid flame among the autumnal trees.\\nHAT blessing is too great for the\\naged pioneer, for him who,\\ni in the strength of youth,\\ni-j leaves childhood s play-\\nground and goes forth to\\nplant a people where noth-\\ning but the wilds of nature\\ngrow? Indeed, could all the\\nhardships be foreseen by those who venture\\nthither, our frontiers would recede slowly,\\nhowever well equipped the pioneer might\\nbe. To those surrounded by the comfort\\nof a cheerful home, with neighbors on\\nevery hand, a relative here and a pleasant\\nprivilege there, within the sound of the\\nschool bell and under the shadow of the\\nchurch steeple, there comes no adequate\\nconception of what the world would be without all\\nthese. Yet the pioneer was without all these, and\\nlong lives were spent without what in civilization are\\nabsolute necessities. There is a pleasure in the\\npathless woods, there is society where none intrudes,\\nmay be well enough for the entertainment of those\\nrocked in the cradle of affluence; but tiie spot where\\nthe only evening hymn is the concerted howl of sav-\\ni\\nage wolves, or the bleat of a deer in distress, while\\nthe wind whistles along its familiar path through the\\npines as it has done for ages, becomes monotonous\\nfrom long habitation. Yet, when the first crude\\nbarriers were gone, those were happy days. Where\\nlove is, that is home. After the winning of the daily\\nbread, peace was there. Neighbors were few, but\\nwere friends, their friendship being sincere. No\\nquarrels arose; there was little for dispute. Days\\ncame and went like the brook that ebbs its careless\\nway through the woods. That was all.\\nThe First Settlers.\\nN 1838 John B. Hyde brought a span of\\nhorses into the county and settled north of JL.\\nLexington, but there was no passage through V\\nthe timber, nor feed for them, and hence they\\ncould not be used. Mr. Hyde traded them for\\na team of oxen, which was the only yoke in\\nthis vicinity. This yoke of oxen was used by the\\nneighborhood in general when any hauling was to be\\ndone. Of course no hay or corn was raised at that\\n^^M^\\nr^\\n\u00c2\u00aey^", "height": "2866", "width": "2206", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph09chic_0448.jp2"}, "449": {"fulltext": "W0\\n(h\\nV\\nr^\\ntime, as the whole country was an unbroken forest.\\nTo keep the oxen from starvation, Mr. Hyde cut\\ndown huge maple trees each evening after returning\\nfrom his work, and fed the buds and tops of these\\nto the cattle. Often it was long after dark when he\\nwould return from his work, but he would take his\\nax, and while his children held a torch, would chop\\ndown three or four large maple trees in order to get\\nsufficient food for his oxen. This would be a good\\nday s work for people of an easier mode of life, but\\nwas only an item in the pioneer s career of heroism.\\nUnfortunately the country at large was but little\\nmore than in a pioneer condition at that time, and\\nits infantile experiences in establishing a currency\\nare too plain upon the pages of history to need men-\\ntion here. Suffice it to say, that just previous to the\\nsettlement of .Sanilac County the whole country had\\nundergone a panic. In the Huron Peninsula money\\nwas a curiosity. Shingles were the currency. A\\nthousand shingles were considered ample pay for a\\nday s labor at anything; 10,000 shingles bought a\\nbarrel of flour and 20,000 were paid for a barrel of\\npork. The market price of shingles was $1 per\\nthousand, but this was only the gauge of their value,\\nas they could not be exchanged for that sum at will,\\nsince the transportation of them was not practical for\\nso much miscellaneous trade. Shingles were taken\\nat the bar for whisky and beer, and it behooved the\\ndealer to care for them closely as they were brought\\nin; otherwise his tricky customers would sell him the\\nsame launch of shingles several times during the\\nevening. During this period, Mrs. Buel, mother of\\nJacob Buel, kept a hotel in Lexington and a thousand\\nshingles were charged for five meals; but the- men\\nnever tried to delude the good lady by stealing her\\nshingles and paying their board with the same\\nshingles twice. The country abounded in pine of\\nthe finest quality, hence money values and property\\ncould be accumulated in the form of shingles, and\\nwere far preferable thus than in the form of wild-\\ncat bank bills. In the earliest days the long\\nstraight pines were cut into short block logs the\\nproper length for shingles, which were then split off\\nthe proper thickness, then shaved by hand. This\\nwas quite a trade for several years, and many of the\\nbeautiful farms in Sanilac to-day were purchased by\\nthe original settlers with proceeds from the shingle-\\nmaking of their own hands.\\nvL\\nThe heavy growth of timber over all the land gave f\\nopportunity for but one kind of occupation, that of\\nlumbering in some form; and there were many\\nincomers who took up their abode temporarily in this\\ncounty without any intention of remaining here after\\nthe lumber was cut off and the proceeds were in\\ntheir pockets. Quite a number of the laborers, how-\\never, changed their opinions upon a closer examina-\\ntion of the soil when the forests had been cut away\\nthey took up claims, and became actual settlers.\\nThis leads to much dispute as to who were the\\nfirst actual settlers in any given locality but this\\ntrivial point of history sinks into insignificance when\\nwe behold the fine homes and farms made by men\\nwho came here without money enough to buy\\nscarcely a month s provisions, all of which attest the\\ngenuine worth of Sanilac County as an agricultural\\ndistrict.\\nThe classes of settlers were Scotch, Irish and\\nma f -N\\nng-\\no\\nEnglish from Canada, with a number of New Eng-\\nlanders and some from the Middle States. The\\ncounty was settled from the shore and the southeast\\npart. The following paper, from Captain Israel\\nHuckins, deals with the individual settlement of the\\ncounty\\nThe completion of the survey of 1834 led to the\\ndiscovery of large tracts of valuable pine lands, and\\nspeculators and capitalists immediately followed up\\nthe discovery by purchasing all such lands, especially\\nalong the shore, as were considered valuable on ac-\\ncount of the proximity to market or water carriage.\\nThe same practice has prevailed throughout the\\nsettlement of the entire county the speculator and\\nlumberman have kei)t in advance of the settler. A\\ncareful examination of the record shows that in the\\ntownship of Lexington, 72 per cent, of the lands\\nwere first purchased by speculators; in Sanilac town-\\nship, 70 per cent.; in Buel, 90 per cent.; and in some\\nof the western and northern townships the percent-\\nage was greater still. Thus a very small portion was\\nleft to the actual settler; and it may be added that\\nthe timber take from this county vast as it has\\nbeen in quantity and valuable in quality has bene-\\nfitted the inhabitants but little. Scores of non-resi-\\ndents have enriched themselves at our expense,\\nwhile most of the resident operators have gone else-\\nwhere to enjoy the fortunes made here.\\nThe character and circumstances of the settlers.\\n4^t^", "height": "2866", "width": "2206", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph09chic_0449.jp2"}, "450": {"fulltext": "||S/^\u00c2\u00ae^^#-\\nr^ c e:a[i :Da\\nm^- Xs^\\n454\\nSAJSIILAC COUNTY.\\nand the causes that led to the settlement are un-\\nusual. In 1837 a rebellion was inaugurated in the\\nt,%t British provinces, chiefly on account of the dissatis-\\nI faction of the inhabitants who settled there immedi-\\nately after the war of 18 12-14, under what to them\\nseemed the very liberal terms of the Canadian gov-\\nernment, which gave to each actual settler one\\nhundred acres of land. A very large portion of the\\nUpper Province was thus colonized by emigrants\\nfrom New York, Pennsylvinia, New Jersey and the\\nNew England States, whose sympathies and impulses\\nhad been so deeply imbued with the spirit of popular\\ngovernment that they became dissatisfied with British\\nrule. Finally a number of inferiors who wished to\\ngain royal notice prevailed upon the Queen to at-\\ntempt an establishment of the English Church there.\\nThis, with other provocations, was the incentive for\\norganized insurrection; and, seizing upon what seemed\\nto be a favorable time when most of her majesty s\\ntroops had been called home, the new settlers\\nand their sympathizers made a general movement\\nthroughout the provinces to make themselves free,\\nwith an ultimate view of annexation to the United\\nStates. The scheme was a failure, and those who\\nhad been in any way connected with it were declared\\nrebels, arrested and thrown into prison. A number\\nwere banished to Van Dieman s Land, under sentence\\nof penal servitude. All who reasonably could removed\\nto the United States. The early settlers of Sanilac\\nwere of this class and many had suffered severely on\\naccount of their connection with the rebellion. Of\\nthese may be mentioned Lount and Matthews, who\\nwere executed at Toronto Randall Wixson, who\\nwas banished to a penal colony, but who, on reach-\\ning England, was released on a \\\\sn\\\\.(: i habeas corpus;\\nJoel Wixson, also banished from the province without\\nthe semblance of a trial, and many others, whose\\nproperty was confiscated. Thus, many of the first\\nsettlers here had accumulated fortunes there, but\\nwere compelled to leave empty-handed, and start\\nanew in a wild, strange land. But they were hardy\\nand industrious, if poor, and came as pioneers in a\\ntwofold sense. Having subdued the wilds of the\\nCanadian forests, they came here to repeat their\\nexperiences of removing the dense woods from\\nhomesteads, and by incessant toil and the most rigid\\nf economy to provide subsistence for their families.\\nBut they found here a soil that responded boun-\\ntifully to the cultivator; a climate salubrious and\\nhealthy. Lake Huron afforded them a convenient\\nsource of communication with the metropolis of the\\nState, and in its waters an abundant su pply of the\\nbest fish was found. Berries were found in the for-\\nests and there was plenty of wild game, as elk, deer,\\nbear and partridge.\\nThe first white man who settled with his family\\nin Sanilac County was Joel Carrington, who came\\ninto what is now the township of Worth in 1834.\\nHe engaged in the manufacture of deck planks for\\nship-building, engaging a considerable number of\\nmen, sawing the planks with whip-saws.\\nReuben B. Dimond came next, and was the first\\nJustice of the Peace, holding the first elective office\\nin the county. In 1836 he also taught the first school,\\noccupying a small log house a short distance south\\nof the present village of Lexington.\\nThe first child born in the county was a son to\\nMrs. Charles Anderson.\\nIn r836 Dr. Woodard built the first saw-mill in\\nthe county, on section 32 of Worth township, subse-\\nquently selling it to N. B. Chase, who built a grist-\\nmill at the same place in 1841. R. B. Dimond\\nbuilt the next saw-mill in 1843, in the township of\\nWorth, and two years later Ephraim Pierce built one\\nin Lexington Township. In 1846 the first steam\\nsaw-mill was built by Hubbard, Lester Co., in Lex-\\nington, on the present site of John Feed s woolen\\nmill. John Smith built a water mill some years before\\nthis on Mills Creek, but the date is disputed.\\nThe second school in the county was taught in\\nWorth, by F. C. Blood, in 1841. The first school in\\nthe township of Sanilac was taught by Uri Ray-\\nmond in 1847; first in Forester by Miss Sarah\\nDewey in 1851 first in Austin by C. H. McKay in\\ni860; first in Moore by Miss Mary J. Moore in\\n1864. The beginning of the schools in the other\\ntownships is somewhat uncertain, but is given in the\\ntownship history according to the memory of the\\noldest settlers, since the records have been lost on\\naccount of the great fires or other causes. [For the\\nfirst churches, turn to the Church Histoyr of this\\ncounty.]\\nAfter Carrington, Dimond, and Woodard, the first\\nsettlers for agricultural purposes were John Ryan,\\nthe Leonards, Doctor Galbraith, George Smith and\\nothers in 1837-8 around the present village of Aui-\\nadore in Worth township.\\nf\\nm\\n0)\\n1^.\\nmi", "height": "2866", "width": "2206", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph09chic_0450.jp2"}, "451": {"fulltext": "r^m^ srvC it] n ti^ r\\nr^^^^^\\nSANILAC COUNTY.\\n4SS\\nmi\\nT\\n1\\nThe first white family to settle in the town of\\nLexington was that of John Smith. He came from\\nCanada in 1S37 and built a small log house on the\\nlake shore, preferring to keep in advance of civiliza-\\ntion. He had a family of 12 children, and their\\nlivelihood was gained by hunting and fishing, which\\nwas kept up until the neighbors became too thick,\\nwhen, like the Arab, he folded his tent and silently\\nstole away. The first permanent settlers were Reu-\\nben Simons, Thomas and Miles Huckins, S. W. Munn\\nand the Sheldon family, in 1838-40.\\nThe first inhabitant of the township of Buel was\\nJames L. McGrath, somewhat famous as a politician,\\nan advocate of temperance and a religious enthusi-\\nast, who settled in 1S50.\\nThe first permanent settler in the township of\\nSanilac was William Austin, long and well known to\\nmany of us as the Collector of Customs on the plank\\nroad, and familiarly known among the poets by the\\nnam de plume of Toll Gate. Henry Cooper and\\nJohn Kelly were his pioneer contemporaries in 1842.\\nIn the township of Forester, Ingersoll, Hurd\\nCo. commenced lumbering operations in 1S48. The\\nfirst family that moved in was that of A. Goodrich,\\nin 1849. Mr. Goodrich has been a Supervisor al-\\nmost continually since that time. Jacob Sharp\\ncame shortly after.\\nGeorge Stroud and John Stroud were the first to\\nplant a colony in the town of Austin, settling 20\\nmiles from the lake shore, in 1857.\\nThe settlement in Speaker was inaugurated by\\nMessrs. Davis and Parker in 1853-4. A mel-\\nancholy event in commencing this settlement was\\nthe accidental death of John McMahon, saddening\\nthe hearts and making deeper impressions on the\\nfew than a like calamity would at any other time.\\nHe had bought his land and had taken a few men\\nwith him to assist him in building a house. Arriving\\non the land late at night, they built a fire beside a\\nlarge tree and lay down to sleep. The tree soon took\\nfire and, falling, killed Mr. McMahon and seriously\\ninjured two or three others\\nThe first death in the county was that of a young\\nm.in named Perry, who was accidentally killed in the\\nbuilding of Dr. VVoodard s mill in 1836.\\nThe first marriage ceremony in the county was\\nperformed by Rev. Thomas Huckins, on July 11,\\n1839, the contracting parties being James Hughes\\nVto;\\nand Miss Helen Ann Ellsworth. The event took\\nplace at the house of the bride s father, who was a\\nfarmer living about one mile and a half south of Lex-\\nington. Miss Ellsworth at that time was but little\\nmore than 12 years of age. She soon moved with\\nher husband, who was a fisherman, to Green Bay,\\nwhere she died shortly afterward. Hughes then re-\\nturned to this county. It is related of him that he\\nbuilt the largest seine ever made along the Huron\\nshore. The seine was made in 1838-9, and, with\\nits appendages, was over half a mile long. When he\\nhad finished it he took a trip up to Northern Lake\\nMichigan, and from the first haul 204 barrels of\\nwhitefish were taken out but not having sufficient\\nsalt, most of the fish were lost.\\nThe Fourth of July was not forgotten by the pio-\\nneers, but the first notable celebration that occurred\\nwas at Lexington, in 1847. W. A. Mills, editor of\\nthe Sandusky (O.) Democratic Mirror, was the\\nspeaker. A pole was raised on the corner where\\nBell s drug store now stands, and the usual festivities\\nwere enjoyed. From the very first the nation s birth-\\nday was observed, as the first settlers were all patriots\\nfrom the war in Canada; and their joy found vent in\\nthe music of the fife and drum, the firing of anvils,\\nsmall arms, and such other inventions as could be\\nmade with their limited facilities. Saloons were\\nplenty, and of coarse the Bacchanalian idol received\\nhis portion of the popular worship.\\nThe first frame building in the county was Dr.\\nWoodard s mill, erected in 1836. The first brick\\nhouse was built by Thomas Huckins three miles west,\\nof Lexington, with brick made on his own farm; but\\nno more brick were made from this yard.\\nThe foregoing statements are probably accurate,\\nbut the following letters are of interest, the first being\\nby Mr. N. HoUister, and is without date, but was\\nwritten sometime in 1883:\\nEditor Jeffersonian I noticed in your paper\\ntwo or three weeks ago a request for some old settler\\nto give some dates in regard to the first settlers of\\nLexington. Now, I think that I might probably pass\\nfor an old settler. I came to Michigan in 1837, or\\nin other words, 47 years ago. My first stopping place\\nwas Burtch s mills, seven miles south from Lexington,\\nat the time owned at operated by Jonatlian Burtch,\\nwhere I stopped the next four years, working mostly\\nat the lumbering business and I think I ought to\\nknow something of the early history of Lexington and\\nSanilac County in general.\\n1=3\\n:s^^f:^\\nj^mmm\\no.\\nii^jC(", "height": "2866", "width": "2206", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph09chic_0451.jp2"}, "452": {"fulltext": "6V ^nn^DI|v r\\nSANILAC COUNTY.\\nf\\nV\\nI\\nr^\\nAt this time, all the territory embraced in Sanilac\\nand Huron Counties belonged to St. Clair Co., and\\nwas little less than a howling wilderness. In 1837 I\\ndon t think there were over 15 or 20 families in Sani-\\nlac and Huron Counties, all told. Between Burtch-\\nville and Lexington there were only three families,\\nconsisting of a man by the name of Cummins, R. B.\\nDimond and Mr. Catrington s people at this tin e. I\\nthink there was only one family living where Le.xing-\\nton now stands, by the name of John Smith he lived\\nnear the lake and I think not far from where the\\ngrist-mill now stands. Smith and boys had a boat\\nthat consisted of two large pine logs dug out and\\nfitted together side by side which made considerable\\nof a boat in which they used to carry away shingles\\nand bring supplies.\\nThe next settler in the village, I think, was Reu-\\nben Simons. I think he came in 1838. Among the\\nother old settlers was Mr. Hyde, father of A. Hyde,\\nof your village; Mr. Ellsworth, Mr. Monroe, father\\nof Andrew Monroe. Some of them came as early as\\n1838.\\nIn the winter of 1S39-40, John Wright came to\\nLexington with a small lot of groceries, and soon after\\nhe and Captain Darius Cole formed a partnership\\nand started a little grocery store. After this Capt.\\nCole and Isaac Leuty formed a partnership and done\\nconsiderable business in dry goods and groceries.\\nAbout 1840 settlers began to come in and scatter\\nover the township of Lexington and Worth.\\nElder Huckins and Dr. Huckins, brothers, came in\\n1839-40 and settled three miles west from Lexing-\\nton. George Ward came in the spring of 1841, and\\n.\\\\mos Wixson came in the fall of the same year. I\\nthink the date Webster Stevens came in was 1839\\nor 40.\\nI think you were correct in regard to the barn\\nstanding on Webster Stevens farm one mile south of\\nthe village, being the first barn built in the county,\\nbut not correct in regard to date. The barn was\\nbuilt in the summer of 1838, by Mr. Cauington,\\nfather of Mark Carrington, residing now in Port Aus-\\ntin. The barn when first built stood on the other\\nside of the road, not far from the lake. Mr. Stevens\\nmoved it to its present location after he bought the\\nplace.\\nNow, I don t know of but two men living that\\nhelped raise that barn, except myself: one is Mark\\nCarrington, of Port Austin, and the other is David\\nFowler, I believe, now living in Washington Town-\\nship. Respectfully, N. H.\\nThe author of the other is not known. The letter\\nwas published Aug. 17, 1844, in the Lake Huron\\nObserver, oi Port Huron; and is here given as a relic:\\nLexington, Aug. 10, 1844.\\nMr. Editor: Permit me to say a few words\\nthrough the columns of your valuabls journal, in\\nrelation to the agricultural prospects, the business\\nand lumber trade of our new and flourishing town-\\nship. It is pleasantly situated, 20 miles from the\\nbeautiful village of Port Huron and 90 miles from\\nDetroit, on the western shore of Lake Huron, on a\\nbluff or piece of elevated table-land, surrounded by\\nas rich and fertile farming lands as can be found in\\nthe Western States. The timber is princi|)ally maple,\\nash, oak, beech, birch and pine. A settlement was\\ncommenced in the township in the years 1838-9,\\nprincipally by lumbermen. Within three years past,\\nit has been rapidly filling up with enterprising farm-\\ners from the Eastern States and Canada, tlie latter\\nof whom have been driven from their native shores\\nby the iron hand of despotism, to seek homes for\\nthemselves and families in a land where equal rights\\nare extended to all.\\nThe township contains at present about 400 inhab-\\nitants, two-thirds of whom are farmers. I recently\\ntook a stroll about the country, and must say I was\\nactually surprised to see the large and beautiful\\nfields of grain and other produce, which the owners\\nwere busily engaged in harvesting. One of our most\\nenterprising farmers, Mr. A. Wixson, will have pro-\\nduced from his farm this year seven or eight hun-\\ndred bushels of wheat, besides large crops of other\\nproduce. IMr. W. emigrated to this place some three\\nyears since, and commenced in the forest with the\\naxe and grub-hoe. As near as I can ascertain there\\nwill be produced in this township this season, four\\nthousand bushels of wheat, and large quantities of\\nbarley, oats, hay, etc. I would say to those who wish\\nto procure farming lands to settle upon, that there are\\nseveral thousand acres of as fine farming lands in\\nthis vicinity as can be found in Michigan, Indiana or\\nIllinois, for sale at Government prices.\\nR. B. Dimond, Esq., has recently elected a large\\nsaw-mill about three miles from this village, and it\\nis now in successful operation. A gentleman from\\nCanada is now building a large flouring and saw-mill\\non Black River, five miles from the lake. Our little\\nvillage now contains four trading establishments, a\\nlarge potashery, several mechanics shops, etc. A\\nfine brig, the Big Z, which has been built by our\\nenterprising townsman, Z. Wright, Esq., will be\\nlaunched next week, when we Shingle-Weavers\\nhope to have the pleasure of a visit from you, Mr.\\nEditor. The Big Z is to be full-rigged ere she\\nleaps into her destined element. She will walk the\\nwater like a thing of life. It has been generally ad-\\nmitted by all who have seen her that she is as fine a\\nvessel as can be produced on the lakes, .\\\\nother\\nbrig, of 250 tons, is to be placed upon the stocks im-\\nmediately after the launcliing of this one.\\nOver three millions of shingles and large quantities\\nof lumber, bark, potash, etc., have already been\\nshipped from Lexington this season, which articles\\nare our principal exjxjrts at the present time. How-\\never, the time is not far distant when these will have\\nA\\nc^:", "height": "2866", "width": "2206", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph09chic_0452.jp2"}, "453": {"fulltext": ")l^t#\\nSANILAC COUNTY.\\n-^i^i^^\\n-\u00c2\u00ab\u00c2\u00ab^j^\\n457\\nt\\nA\\n1\\nf\\nI\\nto make room for wheat and other agricultural pro-\\nductions.\\nThe steamer Huron pays us a visit every other\\nweek. Our citizens are about building a pier into\\nthe lake. The work is to be under charge of Mr. R.\\nEverett, under whose superintendence tlie pier at\\nMilwaukee was built. It is to be completed in June,\\n1S45. The Buffalo and Chicago steamers can then\\ngive us a call occasionally.\\nYours, CVRENUS.\\nThe first newspaper establislied in the county was\\nthe Sanilac County Leader, which made its appear-\\nance in July, 1854. The editor was Joseph C. Wyl-\\nlis, who came here from Sturgis, where he had\\npublished the Sturgis Journal. The Leader changed\\nhands several times and finally died a natural death,\\nwithout a funeral, in i860. A relic of pioneer life is\\nthe Bark Shanty Ti?nes. Bark Shanty was the\\noriginal name of Port Sanilac, and the Times was\\nalmost the first institution for tlie public weal. No\\npresses or types were needed to conduct this enter-\\nprise; it was self-executing, and the editor was not\\nhowling continually for the subscribers to pay up.\\nThe community in general took a hand in editing the\\npaper, but Mr.U. Raymond acted as janitor and prop-\\nerty man, though he disclaims any responsibility for\\nits publications. He simply allowed blank writing\\npaper to remain on the counter of his store, and any\\nand all were at liberty to write anything they chose,\\nand the public were at equal liberty to go and read\\nwithout money and without price. As the pages\\nwere written they were sewed together, and the entire\\naccumulation of this literature of years lies before\\nthe writer. It is of foolscap size, and numbers\\nabout 200 pages. It was begun about the time\\nBuchanan was elected, and the following verbatim\\nselection from it exposes the character of the journal\\nFor the Bark Shanty times.\\nWhoever herd of sich a place as Kansas. They\\nsay the damakrats has split and one Buckcannon has\\ncaried part of um off clean up salt river and mr\\nUuglis has got togher part of am is goin to mak\\nsquaters of um\\nWell if them damakrats aint the tarnelest fules\\nyou ever did see they say kansus is to squat or\\nthe people must stick to squaterty or squaterness or\\nsomething about squateringness\\nthis Duglis they say is a smart feller but i kant\\nsee what he meens by talken so much about squatin\\nin kansus and He says they must do everything\\nthey wantoo in their own way\\nthat Buckcannon they say thinks niggars is horses\\nHe says kansus is a good place to keep sich kind\\nof animels for they git fat tliere he must be a darnd\\nfule to think as how niggars kin eat grass.\\nFurther along, previous to the changing of the\\nname of the village, the following appears\\nFor tilt Bark Shanty Timos.\\nQuis Says our place has a lop-eared name the\\nfirst part he thinks has afinity to the canine race, or\\na close resemblance to the rind of a certain tree\\nthe latter he thinks is significant and analagous to\\nthe place Bui I dont respect his judgement al-\\nthough the wise man has said a good name is a good\\nthing which we admit, we think ours is a good one.\\nAn instance of absent-mindedness is notable, as set\\nforth in the Times:\\nNot many years ago Mr. W. S. Allen, well known\\nby most of us, started one morning to get his horses\\nshod. He tramped down to Mr. Thomson s shop,\\nwent in, and in his blunt way told Mr. Thomson to\\nshoe them. Bring them in, replied the latter.\\nThen Allen looked around in surprise, and not until\\nthen had he discovered that the horses had been\\nleft at home.\\nThe young men and women of to day have very\\nlittle conception of the mode of life among the early\\nsettlers of Sanilac County. In but few respects are\\nthe manners of the present time similar to those of\\na quarter of a century ago. The clothing, the dwell-\\nings, the diet, the social customs, etc., have under-\\ngone a total revolution as though a new race had\\ntaken possession of the land. Pioneer life in San-\\nilac County finds its parallel in almost every county\\nin the State and throughout tlie entire Northwest.\\nThe land was to be cleared of forests, and the skill\\nof human art used to transplant to the fertile re-\\ngion the civilization of the East. Caljins were to be\\nerected, wells dug, and the rivers and creeks made\\nto labor for the use of mankind.\\nAs many living citizens can well remember, the\\npioneers had many difficulties to contend with, not\\nthe least of which was the journey from civilization\\nto their forest homes. The route lay through a wild\\nand rough country swamps and marshes were\\ncrossed with great exertion and fatigue; rivers were\\nforded with difficulty and danger; nights vrere passed\\nin the dense forests, with mother earth for a couch\\nand the trees and foliage for a shelter; long, weary\\ndays and weeks of travel were endured, but finally\\ntheir eyes were gladdened and their hearts beat\\n1\\nM.", "height": "2866", "width": "2206", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph09chic_0453.jp2"}, "454": {"fulltext": "^i^a ir Sr\\nSANILAC COUNTY.\\nZi^iv\\n5i\\n^t^fi^Vg\\nJ\\nJ\\nI\\nfaster when a vision of their future home burst upon\\nthem.\\nThe first thing upon arrival was to set about build-\\ning a cabin. While this was being done the family\\nslept in their wagons or upon the grass, while the\\nhorses or mules, tethered to prevent escape, grazed\\non the grass around them. Trees of a suitable and\\nuniform size were selected, felled and prepared for\\ntheir places. The day for the raising was announced\\nand fmm far and near came other pioneers to assist\\nin the labor. The structure went up, a log at a time,\\nthose engaged in the work stopping now and then to\\nwet their whistles, and soon it was ready for the\\nclapboard roof, which was held on by huge weight-\\npoles. A door and a window were cut where the\\ngood wife directed, a chimney built, and the building\\nwas ready for its occupants. The space between the\\nlogs was filled in with split sticks of wood, called\\nchinks, and then daubed over, both inside and out,\\nwith mortar made of clay. The floor was some-\\ntimes nothing more than earth tramped hard and\\nsmooth, but was commonly made of puncheons, or\\nsplit logs, with the split side turned upwards. The\\nroof was made by gradually drawing in the top to\\nthe ridge-pole and on cross-pieces laying the clap-\\nboards, or shakes, as they are called in this section\\nof the country, which, being several feet in length,\\ninstead of being nailed were held in place by weight.-\\npoles, reaching the entire length of the cabin.\\nFor a fire-place, a space was cut out of the logs on\\none side of the room, usually about six feet in length,\\nand three sides were built up of logs, making an off-\\nset in the wall. This was lined with stone, if con-\\nvenient; if not, then earth was used. The flue, or\\nupper part of the chimney, was built of small split\\nsticks, two and a half or three feet in length, carried\\na little space above the roof, and plastered over with\\nclay, and when finished was called a cob and clay\\nchimney. The door space was also made by cutting\\nan aperture in one side of the room of the required\\nsize, the door itself being made of clapboards secured\\nby wooden pins to two cross-pieces. The hinges\\nwere also of wood, while the fastening consisted of a\\nwooden latch catching on a hook of the same ma-\\nterial. To open the door from the outside, a strip of\\nbuckskin was tied to the latch and drawn through a\\nhole a few inches above the latch bar, so that on\\npulling the string the latch was lifted from the catch\\nor hook, and the door was opened without further\\ntrouble. To lock the door it was only necessary to\\npull the string through the hole on the inside. Here\\nthe family lived and here the guest and wayfarer\\nwere made welcome. The living-room was of good\\nsize, but to a large extent it was also kitchen, bed-\\nroom, parlor and arsenal, with flitches of bacon and\\nrings of dried pumpkins suspended from the rafters.\\nThe old cabins are rapidly being superseded by\\nmodern frajne and brick structures, yet with almost\\ntearful eyes we watch them disappear. Every log\\nand chink has a history; could they speak, they\\nwould tell us of the days of toil and privation under-\\ngone by our fathers, of the days made sacred by the\\nbirth or death of his children, of the religious services\\nwhich were held there when no church was yet built\\nin the neighborhood, or the merry-makings at which\\nthe neighbors for miles around attended, when logs\\nwere to be rolled, and a dance given in the evening;\\nthe whole to conclude with a supper, the delicacies\\nof which consisted of venison, maple sugar and corn\\nbread. One by one the old log structures are being\\nremoved, but it seems almost a sacrilege to tear them\\ndown, so closely have they been connected with the\\nsuccess of our pioneers, many of whom now state\\nthat although they are now v/ealthy and have every\\ncomfort and luxury that money can procure, yet the\\ndays spent in their primeval home and the kindness\\nwhich everywhere prevailed among neighbors, brought\\nmore happiness than is now enjoyed, although their\\nbarns are filled with grain, their pockets with gold\\nand their lands dotted with herds of cattle and sheep.\\nv-^\\nEH\\noN\\n-43=\\nU^\\n^mm", "height": "2866", "width": "2206", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph09chic_0454.jp2"}, "455": {"fulltext": "trnr ::Ull^UU^^v\\nSANILAC COUNTY.\\n459\\nm\\n(b\\nt\\n*ff\\n1^\\n^p?*C^\\n-\u00c2\u00ab\u00c2\u00abt\\nRANGE claimed this territory\\nwith all the Northwest from\\n1 67 1 to 1763, when it was\\nsurrendered to the British,\\nand the Quebec Act of\\n1774 placed it under the local\\nadministration of Canada. But\\nthis was only a despotic military\\ngovernment, and benefitted the\\ncountry very little. After the\\nRevolution, conflicting claims to\\nthis territory, held by Virginia,\\nNew York, Massachusetts and\\nConnecticut, were relinquished\\nin favor of the general Govern-\\nment, and when the British gave it up it was at-\\ntached to Ohio, then to Indiana until 1805, when it\\nwas separated, William Hull becoming the first\\nGovernor, and holding the office for eight years, or\\nuntil 181 3. Lewis Cass was the next Governor and\\nremained so until 1831, when George B. Porter was\\nappointed and held it until his death, in r834.\\nStevens T. Mason then became acting Governor,\\nFor the remaining Governors and their administra-\\ntions, see the first part of this book, commencing\\nwith page 105.\\nThe first mention made of Sanilac County in offi-\\ncial records is in the old Territorial Laws of 1827,\\nseveral years before the survey was made. A special\\nact then attached it to St. Clair County for judicial\\npurposes. At that time it extended to Saginaw Bay\\nand west to Tuscola County. The origin of the\\nname is not known, but the county is supposed to be\\nnamed for a Frenchman who traversed it in the\\nlatter part of the seventeenth century.\\nA special act of the Legislature in 1848, in force\\nafter Dec. 31, of that year, authorized the separate\\norganization of this county and fixed the county\\nseat at Lexington until 1853. By the same act the\\nsheriff was authorized, under direction of the Board\\nof Supervisors, to furnish suitable offices for county\\npurposes and a place .for holding court. The offices\\nwere foui d in various places until 1857, when a\\nbuilding was erected in the west part of the village\\nfor the purpose. The county at that time was too\\npoor to raise the necessary funds for the building,\\nand a subscription of $1,268 was taken to assist it,\\nwith $600 additional for a jail. Geo. S. Lester sub-\\nmitted a plan for the building, to cost $2,750, taking\\nthe subscription list at $1,150, at his own risk of col-\\nlection, the county paying the balance.\\nThe territory was all embraced in Lexington\\nTownship until the act setting off the county was\\npassed, when the townships of Worth and Sanilac\\nwere organized, the former including town 9 north,\\nranges 13, 14, 15,16 and fractional 17 east. The\\ntown of Lexington included towns 10 of all these\\nranges, with the north half of town 10, range 12 east.\\nSanilac Township was made up of all the remaining\\nterritory in Sanilac and Huron Counties.\\nThe first county officers were elected at the gen-\\neral election held in November, 1849, and were\\ninstalled Jan. i, 1850, as follows\\nv^\\nsv\\n-c\\nC", "height": "2866", "width": "2206", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph09chic_0455.jp2"}, "456": {"fulltext": "460\\nT fili:t:Dli-. r\\nt\\nSANILAC COUNTY.\\nCounty Judge Reuben B. Dimond.\\nJudge of Probate Clark M. Mills.\\nCounty Clerk Benjamin F. Luce.\\nRegister of Deeds Benjamin F. Luce.\\nTreasurer James L. Smith.\\nSheriff Silas Bardwell.\\nProsecuting Attorney John Divine.\\nThe first Board of Supervisors was as follows:\\nWorth, Peter H. Benedict; Lexington, Clark M.\\nMills; Sanilac, Charles McMillan. The Board met\\nin their first annual session Oct. 15, 1850, and pro-\\nceeded to do the county business in a straight-for-\\nward and economical manner. Read the assess-\\nment rolls as they were equalized\\nWorth SS4,795\\nLexington 67,515\\nSanilac 47,05 9\\nTotal $169,369\\nAfter transacting their usual business, the accounts\\nwere audited\\nC. M. Mills, Supervisor from Lexington $1-5\u00c2\u00b0\\nP. H. Benedict, Supervisor from Worth 2.04\\nCharles McMillan, Supervisor from Sanilac. 1.80\\nHiram Bacon, Deputy Clerk 1.50\\nThe County Judge received the enormous salary\\nof $50, and the Prosecuting Attorney, $45\\nPeter H. Benedict was the first Representative in\\nthe State Legislature from this county, having been\\nelected in 1852. He was at that time, and is still, a\\nfarmer in Worth, and is now about 70 years of age.\\nThe political complexion of the county was from\\nthe first overwhelmingly Democratic until 1854, and\\neven that year the Hon. John Divine was elected to\\nthe Legislature on the ticket by a large majority over\\ntwo other candidates, one the regular nominee of the\\nWhigs, and the other of an independent ticket. About\\nthis time Sanilac County became imbued with the\\nspirit of the whole country, and the Republican\\nparty sprang into being as if by magic. It swallowed\\nup the entire Whig party with few exceptions, and so\\ndrew from the Democratic party that in 1856 the\\ncounty was found to be as strongly Republican as it\\nhad previously been Democratic. Thus the popular\\nsentiment was almost entirely revolutionized. The\\nfew Whigs who did not come into the Republican\\nparty joined the Democrats, and the Whig party\\nnever held a caucus after that.\\nWhen the Sanilac County Leader appeared, in\\n1854, it was a strong advocate of Democracy, but\\nhad Free-Soil tendencies, and after 18 months came\\nout as a Republican paper, no doubt being largely\\ninstrumental in causing the change. To offset this\\nthe Democrats started the Sanilac Signal, but after\\ntwo years its inability to influence the public mind\\nwas demonstrated, and it was discontinued for want\\nof patronage. After the death of the Leader Repub-\\nlicans purchased the equipments of the Signal and\\nbegan the publication of the Jeffersonian.\\nFrom 1856 to 1870 the Republicans continued far\\nin the majority. Owing to the removal of the books\\nwhen the county seat was changed, and on account\\nof fires and other causes, the election records have\\nbeen misplaced, so that they could not be obtained\\nprevious to 1870, but the following compilation of\\nthe vote for Secretary of State is given since then:\\n1870 Daniel Striker, Rep., 966; Jonathan W.\\nFlanders, Dem 459; John Evans, Gr., 58.\\n1872 Daniel Striker, Rep., r,335; George H.\\nHouse, Dem., 407 Thomas C. Cutler, Gr., 22.\\n1874 E. G. D. Holden, Rep., 1,257 George H.\\nHouse, Dem., 544; Samuel W. Baker, Gr., 11.\\n1876 E. G. D. Holden, Rep., 1,915; George\\nHouse, Dern., 1,016; Albert Stegeman, Gr., 64.\\n1878 William Jenney, Rep., 1,453; George\\nMurdock, Dem., 635; George H. Bruce, Gr., 701.\\n1880 William Jenney, Rep., 2,239; Willard\\nStearns, Dem., r,294; Ira D. Crouse, Gr., 188.\\n1882 Henry A. Conant, Rep., 1,691; William\\nShakespeare, 1,275; Martin V. Rork, Gr., 8.\\nThe above does not include either the Prohibition\\nor Anti-Monopoly votes, as they have been very in-\\nsignificant until the present year. The returns for\\nthe election of 1884 are not in when this is written,\\nbut from a careful study of the situation the result\\ncan nearly be estimated. There have been no less\\nthan seven political parties soliciting the suffrage of\\nthe Sanilac County voter this year {1884), namely:\\nRepublican, Democrat, Fusion, Union, Greenback,\\nAnti-Monopoly and Prohibition, with possibly one or\\ntwo more without names. Though the Fusion and\\nUnion parties were a combination of all but the Re-\\npublican party, and could hardly be called homogene-\\nous, yet that ticket received votes which would have\\nbeen given to no other one party under other cir-\\nH.\\nH.\\n9\\n\\\\\u00c2\u00ab^^^l^-\\nDQr^A\\n-SlS^ii.,^\\n^\u00c2\u00a3B", "height": "2866", "width": "2206", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph09chic_0456.jp2"}, "457": {"fulltext": ":^2\\nV\\nSANILAC COUNTY.\\ncumstances. If disintegration continues, it must\\nsoon come to pass that Sanilac County will have a\\npolitical party for each voter, who, it is hoped, will\\nthen scratch his ticket at election, and leave room\\nfor a more cogent organization. As it is, the Repub-\\nlican party is in a small majority.\\nThe population of the county in 1880 and total\\nvote were as follows by townships\\nTownships.\\nArgyle\\nAustin\\nBridgehampton.\\nBuel\\nCuster\\nDelaware\\nElk\\nElmer\\nEvergreen\\nFlynn\\nForester\\nFremont\\nGreenleaf\\nLamotte\\nLexington\\nMaple Valley.\\nMarion\\nMadette\\nMinden\\nMoore\\nSanilac\\nSpeaker\\nWashington\\nWatertown\\nWorth\\nTotal 26,341\\nPopul.Ttion,\\n341\\n691\\n1,634\\n693\\n262\\n2,131\\n1,332\\n259\\n215\\n526\\n940\\n1,118\\n612\\n301\\n2,993\\n939\\n1,418\\n1,700\\n871\\n359\\n2,457\\n1,47 3\\n952\\n500\\n1,554\\nSchool\\nPopulation.\\n165\\n258\\n5n\\n276\\n42\\n735\\n530\\n61\\n94\\n146\\n341\\n473\\n248\\n99\\n998\\n284\\n622\\n590\\n224\\n131\\n920\\n531\\n462\\n203\\n579\\n9,523\\nTotal\\nVote.\\n44\\n100\\n168\\n103\\n39\\n213\\n189\\n39\\n36\\n51\\n121\\n170\\n82\\n51\\n525\\n123\\n179\\n28s\\n137\\nSO\\n364\\n213\\n99\\n70\\n272\\n3,723\\nThe assessed valuation of property, both real and\\npersonal, in the county from 1874 to. date, is as fol-\\nlows\\n1874 $3,122,584\\n1875 3,139,402\\n1876 3,121,891\\n1877 3,117,121\\n1878 3,179,307\\n1879 $3,314,609\\n1880 3,886,795\\n1881 3,906,254\\n1882 5,781,046\\n1883 5,175,361\\nsale. For 1884 the equalization by townships stands\\nas follows:\\nThe State Board of Equalization raised the value\\nin 1882 to $5,000,000, and at this time a law was\\npassed requiring assessments to be based upon a\\ncash value rather than the value at forced or auction\\n^^^f^ ^s,^^ ^AC ill a I|[li A;9\\nDelaware\\n$260,770\\nMinden\\nAustin\\n175,770\\n1 15,000\\nGreenleaf\\n100,285\\nEvergreen\\nArgyle\\nWheatland\\n109,150\\n103,950\\n70,505\\nMarion\\n260,290\\nForester\\n110,380\\nSanilac\\nBridgehampton.\\nCuster\\n405,300\\n220,000\\n75,000\\nMoore\\n125,035\\nLamotte $ro8,i6o\\nMarlette 500,000\\nElmer 1 19,623\\nWatertown.... 121,015\\nWashington 185,000\\nLexington 655,890\\nBuel 140,000\\nElk 210,000\\nFlynn 1 15,000\\nMaple Valley.. 154,000\\nSpeaker 240,000\\nFremont 194,270\\nWorth 41 2,000\\nTotal, $5,276,393\\nWhile these figures belong more properly to the\\nfinancial history, they are the bone of contention\\nin county politics and are given under this head.\\nThe cash transactions only of the Treasurer s office\\nfor 20 years ending Sept. 30, 1884, are as follows:\\n1863 $31,898.34\\n1864 27,501.03\\n1865 35,646.24\\n1866 35,135.44\\n1867 23,747.60\\n1868 30,723-31\\n1869 21,968.54\\n1870 26,628.76\\n1871 23,646.91\\n1872 47,592.82\\n1873 19,411.39\\n1874 $22,158.99\\n1875 24,458.15\\n1876 26,827.62\\n1877 28,255.53\\n1878 52,90355\\n1879 32,376-31\\n1880 35,790-38\\n1881 37,246.66\\n1882 44,372.63\\n1883 64,657.55\\n1884 (9 mos). 79,415.80\\nThe increase of business in 1872 was due to the\\nreturn of the taxes by the State; in 1878 it was due\\nto the loan of $20,000 with which to build the new\\ncourt-house, and in 1883 to the $7,000 loan for the\\njail. It will be seen tliat the first nine months of\\n1884 has given the county more business than any\\none year previous. This is on account of the in-\\ncrease of business in township improvements and\\nalso the primary school fund.\\nAs before stated, the election records previous to\\n1870 were misplaced, but the following is the list of\\nofificers since that time\\nSHERIFFS.\\nPeter D. Kenney,\\nJonathan W. Babcock,\\nJames Minard,\\nHugh McKenzie,\\nAndrew Gray,\\n1870\\n1872\\n1874\\n1876-8\\n1880-2\\nt\\n\u00e2\u0080\u00a2A-", "height": "2866", "width": "2206", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph09chic_0457.jp2"}, "458": {"fulltext": "m\\nI\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0.V*\\nr\\n3^\\n1=1\\nf^\\n462\\ns^t|-=\u00c2\u00bb-\\n^^11\\nT\\nmmm^\\nT\\nSANILAC COUNTY.\\nCOUNTY TREASURERS.\\nPhilip L. Wixson, 1870-2\\nDavid Crorey, 1874\\nJohn T. Faxon, 1876-8\\nHugh McKenzie, 1880-2\\nCOUNTY CLERKS.\\nSamuel Burgess, 1870\\nRudolph Papst, 1872-4\\nWilliam Dawson, 1876-8\\nAndrew W. O Keefe, 1880-2\\nPROSECUTING ATTORNEYS.\\nJohn Divine, 1870\\nWatson Beach, 1872\\nJoel McMahon, 1874\\nLevi L. Wixson, 1876-8\\nJonathan W. Babcock, 1880-2\\nCIRCUIT COURT COMMISSIONERS.\\nCharles S. Nims,\\nIsaac C. Wheeler,\\nWm. A. Mills,\\nWilliam C. Moore,\\nChas. E. Garner,\\nEdward H. Bentley,\\nWilford Macklem,\\nD. Stuart McClure,\\n1870-2\\n1874\\n1876\\n1878\\n1880\\nf\\n1870\\n1872-8\\n1880-2\\n1870\\n1872-8\\n1880-2\\n1870\\n1872\\n1874\\n1876\\n1878\\n1880\\n1882\\nc\\nm\\nCOUNTY SURVEYORS.\\nAlex. Sinclair,\\nJefferson W. Galbraith,\\nLuther D. Mills,\\nREGISTERS OF DEEDS.\\nSamuel Burgess,\\nRudolph Papst,\\nWilliam Dawson,\\nCORONERS.\\nArchibald N. Johnson and\\nLuther D. Mills,\\nAnthony Oldfield, Jr., and\\nArchibald N. Johnson,\\nGeo. C. Vincent and\\nJames Anderson, f\\nArchibald N. Johnson and\\nGeorge Weaver,\\nHenry McRae and I\\nHenry Bridenbach,\\nArchibald N. Johnson and\\nWilliam S. Moore,\\nArchibald N. Johnson and\\nAnthony M. Oldfield,\\nCOUNTY SUPERINTENDENT OF SCHOOLS.\\nGeo. A. Parker, 1870\\nPaden Macklem, 1872\\n(This office was abolished in 1875. Its duties now\\ndevolve upon three County Examiners.)\\nThe removal of the county seat from Lexington to\\nits present location in Sandusky was probably the\\ngreatest political convulsion in the history of the\\ncounty. The fact that three attempts were made\\nbefore it was accomplished argues sufficiently that .ij)\\nthe feeling in regard to it became deep-seated and\\nthe smallness of the majority by which the final tri-\\numph was made, is a protest against the law permit-\\nting a Step of that kind to be taken by a bare ma-\\njority. It is not the province of history to burden\\nitself with opinions, but only the facts are stated\\nwhen it is said that the people became so evenly di-\\nvided, with each party so determined to have its\\nown way, that both sides were on the verge of des-\\nperation. No good could come from this state of affairs.\\nFor convenience sake the county seat of every\\ncounty ought to be most centrally located, as far as\\ngeography is concerned but for the same sake\\nthe seat should not be there when it is inaccessible.\\nThis was the case when the event took place, and a\\nmore rational view expressed to the writer by many\\nof the friends of removal is that the whole\\nwork, though proper, was premature, on account j=3\\nof the undeveloped condition of the region into v^i\\nwhich the county capital was to be moved. The 1=1\\ncounty at that time was new and unable to stand v^\\nsufficient taxation to raise funds for needed roads ,_\\nand ditches, and other improvements becoming to a\\ncounty with such magnificent resources as this. On\\nthe other hand the majority of the citizens of the\\ncounty expressed their will to endure a few years of\\ncorduroy roads through an undrained section, in\\norder to have the question settled once for all and\\nthe choice was not entirely unwise, as the quickest\\nmethod of developing a country is to commence im-\\nproving it at once. Those immediately benefitted by\\nthe former location made a strenuous protest, but the\\ninterests of a few should not be conserved at the ex-\\npense of the entire county.\\nThe first location of the county seat was made by\\na committee from St. Clair county. The enabling\\nact authorized the Governor to appoint such com-\\nmittee, and the persons named were John Clark,\\nTames W. Sanborn and Marcus H. Miles. They\\nlocated it on section 25, town 10 north, range 16\\neast, within the present village of Lexington, where\\nit remained for thirty years, when (1879) it was\\nmoved to its present site in the village of Sandusky, Wj\\nCuster Township (section 35, town 12 north, range\\nr", "height": "2866", "width": "2206", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph09chic_0458.jp2"}, "459": {"fulltext": "\u00e2\u0096\u00a0^^v4 tiii^nii^ T^\\n-T^i^ 4^^((\u00c2\u00ae\\\\\u00c2\u00ab)\\ni\\no\\nSANILAC COUNTY.\\n463\\n14 east.) The first resolution to remove it was\\npassed at the October session of the Board of Super-\\nvisors in 1870, and the County Clerk was instructed\\nto post the required notices in the several townships\\nthroughout the county, in order to have the matter\\ncome before tne electors at the annual township\\nmeetings held in April of the following year. But\\nthe citizens of Lexington procured an injunction to\\nstop the clerk from posting the notices. The result\\nwas that, although the notices were not posted,\\nnearly every town in the county voted upon the\\nquestion of removal, and the removalists main-\\ntained a majority of 47 but in consequence of the\\ngreat irregularity of the proceeding, the subject was\\ndropped.\\nTwo years later the question was revived, and a\\nsecond attempt was made by the Board of Super-\\nvisors passing the required resolution in their October\\nsession of 1873. Tiie resolution was again submit-\\nted to the electors for tlieir rejection or approval, at\\nthe April election of 1874, and was carried by a\\nsmall majority. The Board of Supervisors met in\\nJune following, and after canvassing the votes, de-\\nclared the resolution carried, and the county seat\\nremoved, it also authorized the loan of $1,000 with\\nwhich to erect a temporary building for the offices.\\nThis building was to be finished by September of\\nthat year. At the same lime the loan was authorized,\\ninstructions were given to the county officers to re-\\npair to the new seat and take the records. When\\nthe first of September came the building was not\\ncompleted, and the officers had no disposition to re-\\nmove, even though the building were completed.\\nHence it was not possible for the next Board to do\\nany business at the new seat; so they met again at\\nLexington, with much chagrin. They audited the\\naccounts so far incurred by the removal, and then\\nrefused to proceed further with the county business\\nuntil the orders were issued, signed and accepted by\\nthe Treasurer for payment. When this was done,\\nthe Chairman of the Board served notices on all the\\ncounty officers that the county seat had been re-\\nmoved, and ordered them to go thither with the\\nrecords. The officers saw it in a different light.\\nThey concluded to remain where they were, for the\\ntime being at least, since some of the notices lacked\\ndate and others lacked signature. Not discouraged\\nat this, however, the majority of the Board concluded\\nto remove at all hazards, and with 13 members\\nthe Chairman departed for the new seat, taking with\\nthem a Deputy County Clerk. The officers and the\\nother lomembersof the Board remained at Lexington.\\nHere the n. alter hung fire. The 10 met and ad-\\nV_\\njoiirned from day to day; so did the 13! The latter,\\nhowever, concluded to give several townships the\\nbenefit of having the county seat, for a short\\ntime at least, and after movir.g to Custer\\nand Watertown, they halted the portable Board\\nat Carsonville to await some final agreement.\\nThe matter was laid before O Brien J. Atkinson, of\\nPort Huron, who advised the meandering Board to\\nreturn to Lexington and finish up their business.\\nThis they did, and at the same time passed a resolu-\\ntion to borrow the sum of $16,000 with which lo\\nbuild substantial county buildings. The notices were\\nproperly posted this time and the matter came before\\nthe voters in Apiil, 1875, but was defeated by a\\nmajority of 207.\\nNothing daunted, those in favor of the removal\\nsucceeded in procuring the passage of the same reso-\\nlution again in the following October. The question\\nwas submitted again in 1876, and carried by a ma-\\njority of 29 votes; but this time the legality of the\\nproceedings in submitting this vote, as well as the\\npassage of the resolution of removal, was disputed,\\nand thus the movement to change the county seat\\nwas again check-mated.\\nAt the following June session the Board instructed\\nthe Prosecuting Attorney to place the whole matter\\nbefore competent legal counsel and procure an opin-\\nion in writing. The opinion was submitted to the\\nBoard at the following October session, and was to\\nthe effect that the original resolution for removing\\nthe county seat had never been passed that in the\\nvarious amendments the point of removal had been\\nchanged to Carsonville; that upon the final passage,\\nif any point were designated, it was surely Carson-\\nville; that, as the other resolutions which had been\\nvoted upon referred to some other point, the whole\\nproceedings were undoubtedly void, and would not,\\nin the opinion of the counsel, stand the test of the\\ncourts; that the Board of Supervisors had better\\ncommence anew.\\nThe opinion was accepted, and the Board did\\ncommence anew, by passing the proper resolution at\\nthat session, October, 1876. It was successful, and\\nH\\n^m^", "height": "2866", "width": "2206", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph09chic_0459.jp2"}, "460": {"fulltext": "464\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0m-\\nSANILAC COUNTY.\\nA\\nthe several townships approved of it in April, 1877,\\nby the following total poll\\nFor removal i ,3 1 4\\nAgainst removal 1,201\\nMajority 113\\nAt the October session of 1877 a resolution was\\npassed authorizing a loan of $20,000 for the purpose\\nof building a court-house and county offices, the\\nloan to be secured by the bonds of the county, and\\nto be paid in five annual installments. This was\\nsubmitted to the voters in 1878 and carried by a\\nmajority of 655. John S. Thomson, of Port Sanilac,\\nWildman Mills, of Lexington, and Alonzo Downing,\\nof Marion, were appointed the building committee.\\nThey let the contracts in 1878, the building was\\ndone during 1879, and in January, 1880, the great\\ntask of removing the county seat was accomplished.\\nThe jail was then constructed, at a cost of $7,000,\\nbeing completed in the fall of 1884. The buildings\\nare commodious, substantial and beautiful and with\\nthe county seat in the exact center, the material\\nequilibrium of the county may be considered assured.\\nThat this struggle had its influence in the politics\\nof the county cannot be denied. In 1874 the re-\\nmovalists held a convention and nominated a full\\ncounty ticket, of which they elected the Sheriff,\\nProsecuting Attorney and Treasurer. The non-\\nremovalists elected the remainder of the ticket.\\nThe small majority of this party consisted of Repub-\\nlicans, and the remainder were Democrats, all op-\\nposed to the removal. The effect of this was to\\nweaken the Republican party. Bad feelings were\\ncreated, bolts, independent tickets and independ-\\nent candidates became more numerous, and from\\nthat time the Republican party in Sanilac County\\nhas grown less until it has only a small plurality\\nwhen the other factions combine to overcome it.\\nFrom 1856 to 1874 the proportion of Republicans to\\nother voters in the county was as 3 to i but, since\\nthat time it has somewhat disintegrated, from various\\ncauses, though some years the vote has been higher\\nthan others.\\ni\\ns\\nb\\n(cS\\n^^c^nn^niif^A^", "height": "2866", "width": "2206", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph09chic_0460.jp2"}, "461": {"fulltext": "(h\\nSANILAC COUNTY.\\n465\\nOOP\\nS\\nh\\nrHE record of Sanilac County\\nin the history of the coiuitry\\nis indeed confined ahnost\\nexclusively to the Civil War,\\nowing to the fact that there\\nwere no settlements in the\\ncounty until about the close\\nof the Black Hawk war. Southern\\nMichigan is dotted with a respect-\\nful number of battle-fields in the\\nWar of 181 2, furnished a liberal\\nnumber of soldiers for the Black\\nHawk war, and was well repre-\\nsented in the War with Mexico;\\nbut from the lonely forests of the\\nthumb no human voice responded\\nto any of these calls. Indeed, San-\\nilac possibly could have furnished a baker s dozen of\\nsoldiers for the Mexican War, but the ease with\\nwhich our armies pushed the greasers back into\\ntheir ancient capital left no demand for recruits even\\nfrom more thickly populated districts, and the inhab-\\nitants of this beautiful peninsula were lulled in the\\ncradle of peace, save their non-military conflicts with\\nwild game, until he horrors of the Civil War broke\\nupon them with awful suddenness. Even then, like\\ntheir sister counties and States, the pioneers were\\nunwilling to trust their senses, though they had had\\nyears of boisterous warning; but once the unwel-\\ncome news of Sumter was vividly before them, and\\nthey stood up, heroes ready for the trial. When\\nBull Run confirmed the uncertainty and magnitude\\nof the war, the spirit of Sanilac warmed into activity,\\nand the call for volunteers was answered with her\\nvoice in the chorus,\\nWe are coming. Father Abraham,\\nThree hundred thousand morel\\nThe Sanilac Wolverines was the first military\\ncompany to come together, though a few volunteers\\nfrom this county had joined the Second and Seventh\\nregiments. The name was soon afterward changed\\nto Sanilac Pioneers, but the company was better\\nknown as Co. D, loth Michigan Infantry. Capt.\\nIsrael Hucking made ihe first effort to raise the\\ncompany, and after a few days canvassing, found a\\nready response from about 60 of the best citizens.\\nThe necessary preparations were made, and on\\nTuesday, Nov. 19, i86r, the Wolverines were\\nready to step at the tap of the drum into active\\nservice.\\nThe company took passage on the Forester for\\nFlint, the rendezvous for the regiment, and were\\nenrolled as Company D of the loth Michigan In-\\nfantry. The night was dark and windy, ominous\\nof the stormy times through which the boys were to\\npass, yet there were very large numbers of citizens\\nfrom all parts of the county down to the dock in\\nLexington to see the Forester swing off with her\\nload of brave men on a journey from which there\\nwas such uncertain return, and to add a God-bless-\\nyou, and perhaps a last Good-bye! As the last\\nrope was pulled in, three times three hearty cheers\\nwere given to those on deck, who responded with a\\nprolonged hurrah for the flag. The boys left in good\\nA\\nSPIlr.", "height": "2866", "width": "2206", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph09chic_0461.jp2"}, "462": {"fulltext": "c7-T4^{ii]:t:o Driver\\nSANILAC COUNTY.\\nI\\n(O,\\n(0\\nV\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0rs\\nspirits, and thus was the inauguration of the war in\\nSanilac.\\nThe company was finally filled up to its maximum\\nquota in January, 1862, with the following list of\\nofficers\\nCaptain Israel Huckins,\\nFirst-Lieutenant H. H. Nims,\\nSecond-Lieutenant G. W. Jenks,\\nFirst Sergeant Richard Teal,\\nSecond Sergeant Rudolph Papst,\\nThird Sergeant C. R. Bunker,\\nFourth Sergeant Watson Beach,\\nFifth Sergeant Henry Wideman,\\nFirst Corporal Watson F. Bisbee,\\nSecond Corporal Robert F. Lewis,\\nThird Corporal CM. Cross,\\nFourth Corporal T. J. Springstein,\\nFifth Corporal Lemuel House,\\nSixth Corporal Stephen R. Moore,\\nSeventh Corporal Hugh McCaffery.\\nMany of these officers were afterward promoted,\\nand a few assigned to their companies. The com-\\npany was mustered into service in February, 1862,\\nand left Flint for Pittsburg Landing with the regi-\\nment April 22, 1862, having a full roster of 103 men\\nand officers. After participating in the movements\\nresulting in the evacuation of Corinth, it marched to\\nTuscumbia, Ala., in July, where five companies. A,\\nB, E, G and K, were made Provost Guard under\\nMajor Scarritt, four companies, C, F, H and L\\nguarding the railroad, and Company D guarding the\\nlanding at Florence, on the Tennessee River.\\nA month after this the regiment marched with its\\ndivision under Gen. Palmer to Nashville, where it\\nremained besieged until the arrival of the Army of\\nthe Cumberland, under Rosecrans.\\nIn April, 1863, Companies E and H were engaged\\nwhile guarding trains on the railroad between Nash-\\nville and Murfreesboro, losing 18 killed, wounded\\nand missing.\\nThe regiment remained in Nashville and vicinity\\nuntil July, 1863, winning the respect and esteem of\\nthe citizens of that place by the faithful discharge of\\nduty and the gentlemanly conduct of its members.\\nTo such an extent did the people of Nashville ap-\\npreciate the good manners of the regiment, that a\\npetition si-gned by a large number of citizens was\\npresented to General Rosecrans, asking that the reg-\\ni^\\niment might be permitted to remain as guards. The\\npetition was not granted, however, and the regiment\\nproceeded to Murfreesboro.\\nIn September following they went to Stevenson,\\nAla., thence to Sequachee Valley, thence over Wal-\\ndron s Ridge to Smith s Ferry, on the Tennessee\\nRiver. Leaving there at the commencement of the\\nbattle of Mission Ridge, the loth, with the Second\\nDivision of the 14th Army Corps, about this time\\nplaced under command of Gen. Jeff. C. Davis, was\\ntemporarily assigned to the command of Sherman,\\nbeing held in reserve during the battle of Mission\\nRidge, and driving the enemy out of Chickamauga\\non the morning after. With Sherman s forces it pro-\\nceeded to Knoxville and back to Chattanooga,\\nmarching 24 days upon five days rations! About\\nthe first of January, 1864, the regiment went into\\ncamp at Rossville, Ga., and on the 6th of February\\nwas mustered as a veteran regiment. But before the\\nregiment had received its furlough, shortly after\\nmuster, it was engaged at Buzzard s Roost, Ga.,\\nlosing about 70 men killed, wounded and prisoners.\\nOut of some prisoners, only two ever returned,\\nthe remainder having been starved to death in rebel\\nprisons.\\nOf this engagement a correspondent of the Louis-\\nville Journal says that with their furloughs in their\\npockets, and preparations made to visit their dear\\nones at home fr.m whom they had been parted so\\nlong, the bugles on the 25th of the month just passed\\nfound the roth responsive, with flags unfurled, and\\non the march for the battle field. Under Morgan at\\nBuzzard s Roost, they fought with the 60th Illinois\\nbeneath the shadows of towering Rocky Face, carry-\\ning their colors to the enemy s very works through a\\nmurderous fire of infantry and artillery, losing 25\\nkilled and wounded, among whom was Lieutenant\\nColonel Dickerson.\\nAfter the engagement at Buzzard s Roost the\\nregiment was furloughed as veterans, but returned\\nfrom home with a number of recruits to join its\\nbrigade at Resaca, Ga., immediately marching to\\nRome and participating in the capture of that place.\\nThe regiment remained with Sherman s army\\nthrough the long series of engagements which re-\\nsulted in the capture of Atlanta. It was participated\\nin by the loth, the boys bearing their burdens with\\nremarkable courage and endurance. At Peach-Tree\\nn\\ni\\n-^m ^M ^y^.", "height": "2866", "width": "2206", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph09chic_0462.jp2"}, "463": {"fulltext": "SANILAC COUNTY.\\n#^f\\nh\\nCreek, July 20, 1864, the regiment lost 21 men, six\\nof whom were from Company D. At Jonesboro, Sept.\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0flf. I, 77 men were killed and a number mortally\\nwounded, among whom was Captain H. H. Nims.\\nHe died the following day, universally mourned by\\nthe regiment and at home. Maj. Burnett was in\\ncommand of the regiment at this time. Col. Lenn\\nhaving charge of the brigade.\\nThe year 1864 was the most disastrous, the regi-\\nment losing over 200 men in killed, wounded and\\nmissing. After Jonesboro, it moved to Athens, Ga.,\\nby rail, thence to Florence, in pursuit of Forrest, and,\\nreturning to Chattanooga, it joined the column in pur-\\nsuit of Hood into Alabama. Again they were with\\nSherman, going to Savannah, and were at the battleof\\nBenlonville, where a number of men were lost but\\nhere a disaster was prevented by the determination\\nand bravery of their brigade.\\nOn the 24th of May, 1865, the 10th participated\\nin the grand review at Washington, was mustered out\\nof service July 19 at Louisville, Ky., arrived at\\nJackson, Mich., on the 2 2d, and was there paid off\\nand disbanded on the ist of August.\\nThe regiment had on its rolls during its whole\\nservice, 1,788 officers and men. Its losses were 299,\\numbering four officers, and 55 men killed, three\\nofficers and 26 men died of wounds, and two officers\\nV and 2og men died of disease.\\nWhen the call for more volunteers was made in\\nJuly, 1862, about $3,000 were raised by the citizens\\nof this county in addition to the bounty paid by the\\nState for enlistments. This, with the pressing need\\nfor more soldiers at the front, was the cause of form-\\ning anotlier company from this county for the 22d\\nMich. Inf\\nAt the same time Lieut. H. H. Nims was\\npromoted to a Captaincy, and recruited for Company\\nK from Sanilac and Huron Counties for the loth Mich.\\nInf, returning to the regiment in April, 1863.\\nThe boys for the 2 2d were enrolled as Company\\nK, with Alexander G. Galbraith as Captain, Henry\\nBreidenback as First Lieutenant and John A. Simons\\nas Second Lieutenant. The recruiting commenced\\nJuly 15, 1S62, was completed August 29, and on the\\n4th of September, numbering 997 strong, started for\\nKentucky by way of Cincinnati, in command of Col.\\nMoses Wisner, ex-Governor at that time.\\nThe rendezvous was at Pontiac, and on the day of\\nA)\\n0\\ndeparture a flag was given to the regiment by the\\nyoung ladies of that city. This flag was defended to\\nthe last at Chickamauga, where three color-bearers\\nwere severely wounded, with nearly the entire regi-\\nment, killed, wounded or taken prisoners.\\nCol. Wisner died of typhoid fever at Lexington,\\nKy., in Januar) 1863, and the regiment was then\\nplaced under the command of Col. LeFavour, serv-\\ning in the Third Brigade, Second Division, Army of\\nCentral Kentucky. It remained in the State until\\nthe 13th of April, 1863, having been stationed at\\nDanville, Lexington, Nicholasville, Stanford and\\nother places.\\nOn the 14th of April the regiment removed to\\nNashville, where it remained, doing interior guard\\nduty, until Sept. 5, when it moved 122 miles by rail\\nto Bridgeport, Ala., arriving there on the 6th, crossed\\non a pontoon bridge and encamped on the island in\\nthe Tennessee River. On the 15th the regiment\\nmoved to Rossville, thence to Ringgold, returning to\\nRossville* on the i8th. On the 20th they were\\nordered to re-inforce Gen. Thomas at Chickamauga,\\nand at 2 p. m. of that day became engaged. In his\\nreport of the conduct of the 22d Michigan at Chick-\\namauga, Col. Le Favour says, that at the second\\ncharge the rebels drove the brigade to the bottom of\\nthe hill. It was re-formed, marched up, and again\\ntook the crest. The regiment was out of ammuni-\\ntion and word was sent to Gen. Whittaker to that\\neffect. You must use your steel, was the reply.\\nThe regiment rushed forward with fixed bayonets\\nand emply muskets under a terrific fire of grape and\\nmusketry, received the counter charge of the enemy,\\nrepulsed and drove them at every point.\\nBut their gallantry proved to be their disaster.\\nIn their eagerness they had pressed far ahead of the\\nother regiments, and ere they were aware an order\\ncame to fall back, alas! too late! The enemy had\\nclosed in on their flanks and darkness found all but\\na few of the living prisoners and the dead on the\\nfield in the rear! Those who escaped returned to\\ncamp and on the following morning were ordered to\\nthe rear. Two days afterward the regiment encamped\\non Moccasin Point, on the north bank of the\\nTennessee River, seven miles from Rossville, and\\nwas engaged at this place in building fortifications\\nand doing picket duty until Oct. 28, when it was\\nordered to the south side of the Tennessee to sup-\\nport Gen. Hooker.\\nVg)\\n0)\\n^^^ywrnm^^", "height": "2866", "width": "2206", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph09chic_0463.jp2"}, "464": {"fulltext": "m\\n:f|^\\nJ\\nV\\nI\\n468\\nSANILAC COUNTY.\\nSiibseqaently the regiment was attached to the\\n4) Engineer Brigade, under Gen. Wm. F. Smith, but at\\nthis time it belonged to the Third Brigade, Second\\nT Division of the 14th Army Corps, though it was act-\\ning with the Second Brigade, Second Division of the\\n4th Army Corps. A testimonial to the 22d applica-\\nble to all soldiers of the Huron Peninsula, as found\\nin the reports, is as follows\\nThe marclies of the regiment through Kentucky\\nwere performed at a season of the year when the\\nroads were bad, and portions of the march were ac-\\ncomplished amid heavy falls of snow and rain but\\nunder these trying circumstances the men of the 22d,\\nas they have always clone., discharged their duty faith\\nfully r\\nTlie 22d remained in the engineer brigade uritil\\nthe I St of June, 1864, building roads, repairing rail-\\nroads and bridges near Chattanooga, up and down\\nthe Tennessee, sometimes rafting logs, and doing\\nvarious work. After the ist of June they were\\nbrigaded with the Ninth Mich., into what was known\\nas the Reserve Brigade, Department of the Cum-\\nberland, and then detailed for provost duty. In this\\ncapacity they went with Sherman to Atlanta, then\\nreturned to Chattanooga as part of the escort to\\nthe headquarters of Maj.-Gen. Thomas. The regi-\\nment then acted with various brigades until June\\n20, 1865, when it was mustered out at Nasliville,\\narrived at Detroit, in command of Col. Le Favour,\\non the 30th, and was there paid off and discharged\\nJuly 1 1.\\nFrom a roll of 1,586 men, 374, including three\\nofficeri, died of disease, one officer and 52 men were\\nkilled in action and 27 men and two officers died of\\nwounds.\\nThe 6th Mich. Cav also received a company from\\nSanilac County. The captain of this comp::\u00c2\u00bbny was\\nWesley Armstrong, of Lapeer; First Lieutenant, Ed-\\nward Potter, Burchville; Second Lieutenant, William\\nCreevy and George S. West, of Lexington. The regi-\\nment was organized at Grand Rapids under author-\\nity given to Hon. F. W. Kellogg, M. C, and was\\nmustered into service on the 13th of October, 1862,\\nwith 1,229 men and officers. Gen. James H. Kidd\\ngave this regiment a beautiful flag in 1S63, and this\\nwas borne by the steeds through many a close battle.\\nAfter tlie close of the war the regiment was ordered\\nto Wyoming on an e.xpedilion against the Indians,\\nand theirs was the first flag that floated over Fort\\nReno, on Powder River. In all its engagements the\\n6th lost 7 officers and 95 men killed, 18 men died of\\nwounds, and 266 of disease.\\nSanilac County was also represented by a limited\\nnumber of men in the 24th Infantry, 27th, 8th and\\n14th, but their valor and steadfastness were none\\nthe less, and this county can look upon tliese, as\\nupon all her other sons, with nothing but feelings of\\nhonor and pride.\\nCompanies were afterward formed at Davisville\\n(now Croswell), and also at Lexington, for the pur-\\npose of military drill, in order to be able to take tlie\\nfield at a moment s notice. The Davisville company\\nmet on Saturday afternoons in a field one and a half\\nmiles east of that place, and the Lexington company\\nmet every evening at Hyke s Hall. This was kept\\nup for some time, and had it been inaugurated at the\\nbeginning of the war many lives and a large amount\\nof treasure might have Ijeen saved to the nation.\\nBut who had any certain knowledge that the war\\nwould be precipitated so suddenly? and even if he\\nhad, he would not have been able to communicate it\\nto the masses with sufficient vividness and rapidity\\nto make them believe it. Only the cold facts that a\\npart of the country had rebelled, and hundreds of\\nlives had been lost witliout effect, could inform a\\nwar-hating people that the monster was upon them,\\nfor few of them knew anything of active service, and\\ncivil hostilities indeed seemed to have no place on\\nthe American continent. Yet the stranger knocked\\nat an tinsuspected time, and the oil in Uncle Sam s\\nlamp was low.\\nBut for all this Sanilac responded nobly to the call,\\nand if the cry for help was loud, the aid was plenti-\\nful and prom]3t; so that when the draft came it had lit-\\ntle claim on this county. When that dread conscrip-\\ntion was proclaimed, Wm. S. Mills was appointed Com-\\nmissioner of this county, and Walter P. Brown Sur-\\ngeon but there were only about 40 men to be\\ndrafted, as the quota for the 600,000 was 238, and\\nthe number already furnished exceeded 200. The\\nrequired number was raised by volunteers before the\\ntime appointed for the drawing. Hence the trouble\\nand embarrassment of all those who previously put\\noff for Canada or the woods, went for naught, only\\nincurring upon them the just odium of all who were\\nmanly enough to remain at their i,osts.\\ne\\nef\\nr-\\nmw", "height": "2866", "width": "2206", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph09chic_0464.jp2"}, "465": {"fulltext": "i^\\nr\\nV\\nV\\ni\\nSANILAC COUNTY.\\n^^m^M^\\ne\u00c2\u00ae^(\\n469\\nI\\nThis wholesome state of affairs left no motive for\\nopposition to the draft, and all passed peaceably\\nthrough those riotous times. However, this county\\nwas somewhat stirred with just indignation at the\\nturn of affairs in Huron County at that time, and a\\nripple of excitement vibrated along the lake shore\\nwhen a company of 75 uniformed and disciplined\\nsoldiers, with ten days rations, passed through to\\nquell what was thought would result in a serious\\ndisturbance.\\nThe immediate occasion of the broil was the tak-\\ning out of two drafted Polanders, by Sheriff Mankin\\nand County Treasurer Cottrell. This was the first\\nweek in January, 1865. Hardly had the officers left\\nParis Township, in Huron County, when an armed\\nband of about 30 men, chiefly Polanders, under the\\nleadership of one Francis Talaga, surrounded them,\\nand, with loaded rifles pointed at their heads, de-\\nmanded the release of the drafted men. Under the\\ncircumstances resistance was of course useless, and\\nS the officers surrounded the prisoners. But this did\\n=3 not satisfy the enraged rioters, and they fired several\\nVif^ shots at the officers, one or two of the bullets passing\\n=t dangerously near to their heads. The foreigners,\\nignorant of our laws and customs, liad in all prob-\\nability been incited to the attack by the pestilential\\npeace-makers who opposed the war.\\nBelieving this to be the true state of affairs, and\\nthat possibly there might be a general uprising, the\\nofficers wisely concluded that prompt measures were\\nthe most effective, and Mr. Cottrell at once pro-\\nceeded to the headquarters for this district and ex-\\nplained the circumstances. The result was the\\nappearance of the military company mentioned. The\\nsoldiers passed through tliis county on the isth of\\nJanuary, and the next day were upon the field of\\nduty; but instead of meeting a desperate and deter-\\nmined hand of men, fall of courage, tliirsting for\\nblood, not a hostile soul was seen. Peace reigned\\nserenely upon every clearing, throughout every dell\\nof the woods, and upon all the wide border no hero\\nwas seen.\\nThe ladies were not slow to recognize the necessity\\nof their assistance, and soon there was formed a\\nSoldiers Relief Society at Lexington, and a Soldiers\\nAid Society at Port Sanilac. These societies were\\nvery earnest and energetic in doing all that could be\\nC^ done by woman s hands for soldiers in need, and\\nmany were the boxes of clothin-g, comforters, sheets,\\nblankets, shirts, socks, bandages, handkerchiefs, dried\\nand preserved fruits, knick-knacks, newspapers,\\nmagazines, etc., that were sent by these ladies to the\\nhospital and camp of the Michigan boys.\\nHow much genuine benefit the work of these\\nsocieties was to the soldiers and how well it was ap-\\npreciated can be seen from the following extract\\nfrom a letter written by a soldier under General\\nRosecrans in West Virginia to a friend in this county:\\nPerhaps no one informed you of my being a sub-\\nject of sanitary attention. After being permitted to\\nshare with my noble comrades the toils and dangers\\nof the summer ajid fall- campaigns, my system finally\\ngave way to the fever which had been sapping its\\nstrength for weeks, and an ambulance bore me to the\\nhospital. Under the care of our skillful regimental\\nsurgeon, Dr. Salter, the fever was broken in a week;\\nbut a month had elapsed, and I had not yet recov-\\nered the full measure of my strength. It was not\\nuntil I had been several days home on a furlough\\nthat I felt my physical strength renewed to its former\\nstandard.\\nMy hospital life was far more pleasant than I an-\\nticipated. Up among the mountains, entering a\\nhospital was equivalent to speaking for a coffin.\\nHence all made an effort to keep on duty, in order\\nto keep out of the hospital. But it is not so bad at\\nthe post hospital at Charleston. Large, commodious\\nbuildings are used as an abode for the sick, and the\\ncomforts of the Ladies Aid Society do much to pre-\\npare the soldier again for duty. Bless their souls!\\nI well remember that, after lying with my knapsack\\nfor a pillow, my head almost bursting with pain,\\nwhen I was removed to another ward and supplied\\nwith quilts, coverlets, feather pillows, sheets and\\npillow slips by their fair hands, and my head resting\\nupon the soft, soothing pillow, I could not help it\\nmy eyes closed and I thanked God that our country\\nhas such women.\\nThe verdict for all soldiers from Sanilac can be\\nonly that of the most hearty approval. Well propor-\\ntioned in stature, their courage and manhood were\\nno less magnificent.\\nMen of the .silent bauds,\\nMen of lialf-told days,\\nLift up yoiu specter hands\\n.\\\\ii(l take our sweet honquet.=.\\ni\\nCm\\n^iin A^-", "height": "2866", "width": "2206", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph09chic_0465.jp2"}, "466": {"fulltext": "47\u00c2\u00b0\\nSANILAC COUNTY.\\nESC\\n1\\nS ITaferlaT Tnfepests,\\n^^SHJH*^\\n^VJHE development of a county\\nis a work of time. Changing\\na region so covered with for-\\nests that rarely a ray of sun-\\nshine reaches earth, into\\nmeadows, orchards and wav-\\ning fields of grain, dotted\\nwith school-houses, churches, facto-\\nries, crossed by railroads and set\\nwith beautiful homes, is not the\\nwork of a day. It is this transform-\\nation from savagery to civilization\\nwith which this chapter proposes to\\ndeal, giving first an exposition of\\n-^i the climate, soil and capacities of\\n-J. i county and the cause for its\\nvt^s^vk* settlement.\\nNo thought of remaining in the county perma-\\nnently was held by those who first came in to profit\\nby its natural advantages. Only the knowledge that\\nthe vast pineries here so accessible to market would\\nenable them to make and ship several thousand feet\\nof lumber daily, at a cost of $6 per thousand, and\\nsell it for $30 per thousand, possessed the first\\ncomers. After the lumber was cutoff, they considered\\nthe land worthless. Then the second era began.\\nHow badly the lumbermen were mistaken, was\\nproven by a careful e.xamination of the material re-\\nsources of the county by the sharp-eyed speculators,\\nwho soon secured not less than 75 per cent, of the\\nlands of the county. The other 25 per cent, was\\ntaken up by workmen who came only for the purpose\\nV\\nof lumbering, but when patches were cleared they\\ntook homesteads and became permanent residents.\\nMuch obloquy has been cast upon the lumbermen\\nand speculators by the first actual settlers of this\\ncounty. In the case of the first the complaint is\\nprobably justifiable, since the temporary sharks\\nstripped the land of its natural wealth; and when\\ntheir purses were filled retired to great cities to spend\\ntheir gains in luxury, leaving no improvement or\\nvalue behind them for what they had received; while\\nthe indignation at the course of capitalists in pur-\\nchasing and developing the land is somewhat mis-\\nplaced. True, money invested in the swamp\\nlands of Sanilac County made a good return to the\\ninvestor, but at the same time it left a permanent\\nbenefit to the region, when it was withdrawn, in the\\nway of internal improvements, which under the cir-\\ncumstances would have been impossible for the un-\\nendowed settler to construct. Ditches and roads\\nwere sadly needed in the early development of the\\ncounty, and to make these capital was needed which\\ncould be invested without any hope, much less\\nnecessity for its return for several years. The State\\nregulation concerning this provided that certain sec-\\ntions should be set apart for the purpose of draining\\nthe balance, and those who constructed ditches and\\nother improvements should receive these sections as\\nadequate pay. The work of making these improve- i^\\nments consumed a great deal of time and labor. No\\none without outside means of subsistence could\\nunder}ake it hence a large and immediate outlay of\\ncash capital was required. When the work was\\nK ll!l^llDr^\\nc^.", "height": "2866", "width": "2206", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph09chic_0466.jp2"}, "467": {"fulltext": "ev^ tlli:\u00c2\u00ab(inf^ ^r^^^ K-\\n-#^C(\u00c2\u00aeVp|\\nSANILAC COUNTY.\\nI\\nT\\ni\\nI\\nf\\nfinished, the land given in remuneration required\\nhalf a generation to bring it into a state of profitable\\ncultivation. This being done, those who originally\\nheld land which is now drained by these ditches,\\nand benefited by the improvements, received as great\\nan increase to their fortunes as the capitalist who\\ninvested the money and did the work. A drain\\nthrough three adjoiping farms of low land, increases\\nthe value of the central one just as much in propor-\\ntion as the other two, and yet incumbers it nothing if\\nby statute the others are given in payment for tjie\\nwork. In this way capital came into Sanilac County,\\nand there is nothing like hard cash to assist in de-\\nveloping a new county.\\nThe wonderful immigration into this county is not\\nwithout a cause, and this, with many other facts, is\\nwell set forth in Michigan and its Resources,\\nfrom which the following paragraphs are taken:\\nPHYSICAL FEATURES.\\nThe State of Michigan is 9,745 square miles larger\\nthan the State of New York; 13,700 larger than\\nPennsylvania; 17,855 larger tlian Ohio; 22,565 larger\\nthan Indiana; and 2,265 larger than Illinois. The\\nentire area of the si.x New England States is 7,550\\nsquare miles larger than that of Michigan. When\\nthe State was admitted into the Union, less than 50\\nyears ago, it ranked twenty-third among the States in\\nthe order of population. It is now ninth. It has a\\ncoast line of 1,600 miles more than half the dis-\\ntance between New York and Liverpool around\\nwhich vessels of 2,000 tons may sail without losing\\nsight of its territory.\\nThe largest body of fresh water in the world forms\\nits northern boundary; the second largest its west-\\nern; except these two, there are no lakes in Europe,\\nAsia or America larger than that which washes its\\neastern borders and it has ports on two others.\\nLying in the embrace of these immense seas, its cli-\\nmate has no equal in the moderation of ils temper-\\nature in any State or territory situated on the same\\ndegrees of latitude east of the Rocky Mountains.\\nMost of the southern peninsula of the State lies\\nbetween the same lines of latitude as the State of\\nNew York. The shore line of its upper peninsula on\\nLake Superior is mostly south of the latitude of Que-\\nbec. It has 4,332 miles of railroad. Fifty-one county\\nseats out of 67 in the lower peninsula have railroad\\nconnections nine others are lake ports there are\\nonly seven which have no outlets either by rail or\\nwater, and none of these is more than 20 miles from\\na railroad. In the upper peninsula there is only one,\\nand in the lower peninsula there are only eight coun-\\nties, which are not reached by railroad connections\\nalready in operation or in process of construction.\\ny^.\\n^mw^o^\\nThe farmers of Michigan have also the assurance 3^\\nof permanent competition in the rates of transporta-\\ntion to eastern and sea-board markets, not only by\\nvarious rival lines of railroad but by natural and arti-\\nficial water-ways. Every dollar saved in reaching\\nconsumers is added to the gains of the producer.\\nThe reports of the United States Department of\\nAgriculture show that in a series of six years, pre-\\nvious to and including 1880, the average cash value\\nper acre of eight leading productions of the farm,\\ntaken together, in ten principal farming States of the\\nWest was greater in Michigan than in any other\\nState.\\nIn the order of production Michigan stands first\\namong the States in the growth and manufacture of\\nlumber, first in salt, first in copper, first in charcoal\\npig iron, certainly second if not first in iron ore, first\\nin fresh-water fisheries, fourth in wheat, and fourth\\nin wool. It has the largest iron mine and the largest\\ncopper mine in the world. Seven-tenths of all the\\nwheat raised in tlie country is grown in nine States,\\nand only three excel Michigan in the volume of this\\ncrop. In the last census year it produced more wheat\\nto the acre than any State in the Union, except Col-\\norado, whose total yield was less than a million and\\na half of bushels. It is also one of the best fruit-\\nproducing States in the Union. All its principal\\nproducts are staples, for which there must be a con-\\nstant and growing demand.\\nThe State is practically free from debt. Its public\\nbuildings are paid for. It is prohibited by its consti-\\ntution from borrowing money in excess of $50,000,\\nexcept in time of war. The entire local indebtedness\\nof all its cities, villages, towns, counties, and school\\ndistricts is less than ten millions of dollars. Its taxes\\nare low, and one-third of them all is applied to edu-\\ncational purposes.\\nThe school system of Michigan makes education\\nfree to all. The primary schools, the Agricultural\\nCollege, and the University are open without charge\\nfor tuition to rich and poor alike. Even in nomina-\\ntions to the Government army and navy schools at\\nWest Point and Annapolis, it has become an estab-\\nlished custom to leave the periodical vacancies open\\nto competitive examination. Young men of every\\nnationality, creed, and condition have precisely the\\nsame right to public benefits and equal chances in\\nthe race for success.\\nWith all the advantages of a healthful climate, a\\nfertile soil, easy access to home and foreign mar-\\nkets, extraordinary facilities of transportation, a set-\\ntled society, a generous school system, established\\ninstitutions, freedom from debt, and a low rate of\\ntaxation, there are in the State several millions of\\nacres of unoccupied farming lands, suitable to almost\\nevery variety of husbandry, some of them open to\\nsettlement under United States and State home-\\nstead laws, and all within reach of moderate means..\\n0)", "height": "2866", "width": "2206", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph09chic_0467.jp2"}, "468": {"fulltext": "9v.\\nV^BSiaT^viSr\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0^v ^illli:^tlli\\n^^(^Hl\\n472\\nSANILAC COUNTY.\\n1=3\\nS^\\nNotwithstanding the enormous wealth of Michigan\\nin other resources, it is in agriculture, in which at\\nleast lialf of its active population are employed, that\\nit develops its greatest eminence. This eminence,\\nof which ample proof will be given, has for its found-\\nations natura ladvantages of which the State can-\\nnot be divested, and which ensure to its prosperity a\\npermanent and enduring character.\\nI. The fertility and diversity of the soil.\\n[I. The geographical position of Michigan, alto-\\ngether unique in its character, affecting both its\\nclimate and its markets. Lake Superior, more than\\nAGO miles long, and the largest fresh water sea in\\nthe world, washes its northern shores Lake Michi-\\ngan, 345 miles in length, second in size, and the\\nlargest lying wholly within the United States, forms\\nthe greater portion of its western boundary and\\nLakes Huron, St. Clair and Erie, with their connect-\\ning rivers, mark its limits on the east.\\nIIL The accessibility and nearness to the great\\nmarkets of the world, taken in connection with the\\ncomparatively small capital needed, constitute an-\\nother and very important reason for the profitable-\\nness of farming in Michigan. Every hundred miles\\nsaved in transportation to the seaboard adds to the\\nvalue of the staple agricultural productions. No\\nState or Territory in the Union has so many cheap\\nand fertile lands within so easy reach of the leading\\nmarkets.\\nIV. The wonderful diversity of natural resources\\nin Michigan, and the manufacturing interests to\\nwhich they contribute, create a constant and increas-\\ning home market for the products of the soil. Vast\\nquantities of the yield of the farm and garden go to\\nthe mills, lumber camps, furnaces and mines, and\\nfinds ready and profitable sale. There are few\\nneighborhoods where some of these markets are not\\nfound, and the wagons of the farmers of the vicinity\\nbringing hay, oats, potatoes, butter, cheese, eggs,\\npoultry, fresh meat and fruit are always welcomed\\nand rewarded with good prices.\\nThe Huron Peninsula is that fertile stretch of\\nland projecting into the waters of Lake Huron on\\nthe east and north, with Saginaw Bay upon its west-\\nern boundary. This jieninsula is known as the\\nThumb of the Michigan Mitten. This rich and\\nbeautiful rural district, with its undulating surface,\\nits extensive coast line, its numerous safe harbors,\\nbeautiful rivers, gurgling springs and healthful cli-\\nmate, render it a section of growing interest to the\\ncrowded denizens of the older States and neighboring\\nprovinces. Added to the advantages already enu-\\nmerated, there are numberless others of material\\nmoment, spanned by railroads, underlaid by ex-\\nhaustless quarries of li me rock, building and grind\\nstone, with untold subterranean reservoirs of salt,\\nand with a subsoil which for general purposes of\\nhusbandry in ease of clearing and richness cannot\\nbe surpassed. In brief, the peninsula possesses all\\nthe advantages of older sections foremost in its\\nschools, educational facilities and churches; dotted\\nwith live, rapidly growing villages; enjoying the most\\nample mercantile facilities, and with every advan-\\ntage in lines of railroad, steam and sailing vessels,\\nand close proximity to the leading markets. The\\npeninsula is traversed by the Black River, which\\nempties its waters into the St. Clair at Port Huron,\\nand the Cass River, with its head waters in Huron\\nCounty, which empties into the Saginaw River near\\nSaginaw. Indeed, the Huron Peninsula has a water-\\nshed distinct from that of the east of the State.\\nThe central portion of the peninsula is an elevated\\nplateau, rising some 400 feet in Sanilac and Tuscola\\nCounties, and extending into a range of hills in the\\nsouthern portion of Huron County. No portion, how-\\never, of this hilly country is so broken as to render it\\nundesirable for agricultural purposes. Indeed, this\\nis the quality of land sought by practical agricultur-\\nists who are familiar with the hills of New York and\\nPennsylvania, and which form a desirable contrast\\nto the more level and monotonous sections. From\\nthis plateau rise and flow a considerable number of\\nstreams in all directions, some north into Lake\\nHuron, some west into Saginaw Bay, others east into\\nthe St. Clair River, and yet others into the Cass on\\nthe south and thence west into Saginaw Bay.\\nHuron County is the head of the Huron Penin-\\nsula, and Sanilac, with a part of Tuscola, forms the\\nbase. Originally, Sanilac included all this territor)\\nafter it was detached from St. Clair, in 1S49, until\\nHuron County was organized. The permanent\\ncounty lines were then drawn, and the county is\\nnow bounded on the north by Huron County, on the\\nwest by Tuscola and Lapeer, on the south by St.\\nClair, and on the east by Lake Huron. It is trav-\\nersed from southwest to the north central line by\\nwhat is knovvii as the Huckleberry Marsh, which\\nhas an average width of three and a half miles.\\nWithin a few years this will no longer be known as a\\nmarsh, but must be called a garden, since the rich\\nsoil after drainage brings forth an hundred-fold.\\nOn either side of this marsh the land rises, and on\\nthe east toward the lake becomes rolling, even\\nbkiflfy in places along the shore. Its rivers have\\n4\\ni\\n-^^^(^J^", "height": "2866", "width": "2206", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph09chic_0468.jp2"}, "469": {"fulltext": "Mi\\nm^^\\nSANILAC COUNTY.\\n4^^f^vM;\\n473\\nr\\nh\\nbeen traced, and the growth and history of its\\nvillages will be found in the history of the several\\ntownships.\\n-t\\n4-\\nThe Soil.\\n^\u00e2\u0080\u00a2G3|f HE soil covering Sanilac County is almost\\n|i entirely formed of drift, or else of alluvial\\nmaterial. That is to say, it is comminuted\\nand triturated fragmental rock masses and of\\nlayer blocks of the various formations, trans-\\nported from the north by moving glaciers and\\nfloating icebergs, or washed to the spot by currents\\nof water. According to the best evidences, the entire\\ncountry under consideration was deeply submerged\\nat a time subsequent to the glacial period. This loose\\nmaterial covers almost the entire face of the Huron\\nPeninsula, as it does in a great measure the entire\\nState, forming a layer of more than 200 feet in depth.\\nThis drift soil is per.nanently adapted to the growth\\nof plants. Its composition, of a great variety of min-\\neral substances, furnishes an ine.xhaustible supply of\\nthose constituents necessary for successful vegetable\\nlife. Occasionally there is to be found on the shore,\\nespecially on the west shore, a limited area covered\\nwith a light, sterile, sandy drift. In other places oc-\\ncurs a heavy, fertile clay soil. But in most instances\\nthe drift soil upon the Huron Peninsula is composed\\nof a mixture of clay with sand and gravel, which\\ncombines all the properties requisite to the produc-\\ntion of a rich vegetation. It is easily tilled, suffi-\\nciently retentive of moisture during dry periods, and\\namply porous in wet seasons to prevent the drowning\\nof crops. The actual experiments in agriculture for\\nseveral years demonstrate the most favorable theories\\nof the geologist to be well founded. In various por-\\ntions of the county are found large beds of gravel,\\nhighly valuable for road building. On the shore is\\nsand which upon test is found to be of the best cpial-\\nity for the manufacture of glass. In several localities,\\nas well, is found a heavy clay, free from limestone,\\nand admirably adapted to the making of brick and\\ntile.\\nTwent-five years ago this county was an almost\\nunbroken, desolate wilderness, covered with a heavy\\ngrowth of timber, consisting of beech, maple and\\nother hard woods, and pine and hemlock of the softer\\nvarieties. At that time there was an occasional farm.\\nAlong the shore the lumber trade had stimulated the\\nformation and growth of several small villages, but\\nno general effort had been made looking to the culti-\\nvation of the soil. The opinion was prevalent, both\\nhere and elsewhere, that pine lands were worthless\\nfor agricultural purposes, and consequently the emi-\\ngration to this county was entirely in the lumbering\\ninterest. It was not until the great mass of the pine\\nhad been exhausted that the attention of the people\\nbecame directed to its grand adaptability to agricul-\\nture. It took but little time for the practical agricul-\\nturists to discover that tlie preconceived ideas in\\nrespect to the county and its capabilities were en-\\ntirely erroneous, and that which had been deemed\\nthin and sterile soil possessed the strength and every\\nattriljute for the prolific production of all farm prod-\\nucts. In the earlier days, around the shanties of\\nthe lumbermen, small garden spots were cleared, and\\nthrough the admirable growth of the garden products\\nwas discovered the value of the soil. Whilst pine\\nwas scattered over the county it was in no excess, but\\nwas almost invariably intermingled with hemlock,\\nmaple, elm, birch and a great variety of other\\ntimber. When the discovery was made that the\\nlands were not pine lands, emigration became at-\\ntracted to the section solely upon the merits of the\\nsoil, and without any stimulation by individuals or\\ninterested associations, and to-day what was an al-\\nmost unbroken wilderness contains twenty flourishing\\nvillages and is dotted with thrifty-appearing farms.\\n_j_..\\n3-V S-\\nClimate.\\nI^V\u00c2\u00ae))\u00c2\u00ab^#-\\nm^\\nJi ANILAC County is very favorably located.\\nIt has thirty-six miles of shore line with a\\nmagnificent harborage. This water stretch,\\ni\\\\^^ constantly in motion, coming in contact with\\nthe surrounding atmosphere, modifies the cli-\\nmate both in summer and winter. For ten\\nyears past, including the winter of 1880-1, which\\nwas of extreme severity, the lowest point touched by\\nthe thermometer at the Government works at Sand\\nBeach, in Huron County, was 10\u00c2\u00b0 below zero, while\\nat the same time it reached 1 6\u00c2\u00b0 below at Lansing.\\nt", "height": "2866", "width": "2206", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph09chic_0469.jp2"}, "470": {"fulltext": ":2j%^iiKr\\n-7\\n^Da^IiD^ 7\u00e2\u0096\u00a0\\n.474\\nSANILAC COUNTY.\\nV\\nThe winter of 1883-4, which was exceptionally\\nsevere, the lowest point reached at the Sand Beach\\nstation was ic\u00c2\u00b0 above that at Lansing. The sum-\\nmers are rarely accompanied by the excessive heat\\nexperienced in the interior portions of the State. The\\ndense, muggy days, so oppressive alike to man and\\nbeast, which accompany certain seasons in many\\nlocalities, are of rare occurrence in Sanilac County,\\nand fogs are infrequent. While but little cloudy\\nweather is witnessed, frequent, agreeable and essen-\\ntially valuable rains occur. So clearly is the atmos-\\nphere happily affected by the peculiar location of the\\ncounty in regard to its water surroundings, that an\\nhour suffices after a rain fall for the appearance of\\nbright skies and healthful atmosphere. No spot is\\nmore desirable and agreeable for summer residences\\nthan is the Huron Peninsula. The same influences\\nwhich operate to cool the air of summer have the\\npeculiarity of operating equally happily, but exactly\\ncontrary, during the winter season. During the\\nmonths of summer the vast bodies of surrounding\\n/fS water, through their continual motion while under\\nexposure to the rays of the sun and warm atmos-\\nVjJ phere, becomes heightened in temperature; and as it\\n==i retains this temperature much longer than the sur-\\nrounding; atmosphere, as the change of the season be-\\ny, gins, it tends to modify such surrounding atmospiiere\\nand thereby considerably protracts the mildness of\\nthe season. Indeed, it is a notable fact that the\\nHuron Peninsula enjoys the most delightful autumns\\nof any portion of the whole country. This gives all\\nkinds of fruit, cereals and vegetables ample opportu-\\nnity to mature, and the farmer sufficient time to pre-\\npare for the approaching season. One of the most\\nbeneficial effects of the atmosphere created by\\nthese deep waters in tempering the severity of\\nthe winter is in the preservation of the buds of the\\nless hardy fruit trees, this peculiarity of atmos-\\nphere of the Huron Peninsula partaking of the\\ntemperature of the water, which, being materially\\nabove the freezing point, mingles with the cooler\\nbody, lessening the severity of the severer seasons.\\nThis fact has been clearly demonstrated by a long\\nseries of tests which leave no possible doubt upon\\nthe subject. As was before mentioned, the fall sea-\\nson is greatly prolonged, and the early frosts, which\\nsometimes affects the interior of the State, are of ex-\\ntremely rare occurrence, and therefore the crops of\\nO\\nSanilac County have the most advantageous op^rortu-\\nnities for maturing.\\nAnother favorable condition, and one worthy of\\nmention, is the freedom of the Huron Peninsula\\nfrom the prevalence of those high winds which are\\nso frequent in occurrence in the prairie sections of\\nthe Great West. The devastating blizzards, ac-\\ncompanied by blinding dust in summer, and paralyz-\\ning snow in winter, and which constitute one of the\\ngreat terrors of so many western sections from\\nwhence emanate active exertions to attract emigra-\\ntion, are unknown to this county.\\nCrops.\\nEADING, as it does, in the two great essen-\\ntials for crop-raising climate and soil\\nSanilac County yields abundant returns for\\nthe labor of her farmers. As is the case with\\nnearly the entire State of Michigan, wheat is\\nI the staple product of this county, though other\\nproducts are raised at a good profit. To the cultivation\\nof wheat the farmer has given the greatest attention,\\nand the results have proven that the soil and climate\\nare favorable in the most satisfactory manner to its\\nsuccessful cultivation, while the quality of the grain\\nis equal to the very best raised in the State. This\\nhappy condition of the aptitude of the soil of Sanilac\\nCounty for the successful growth of the great Ameri-\\ncan cereal product, the truth of which being sub-\\nstantiated by public official reports and by the testi-\\nmony of the most experienced agriculturists, is of\\nthe utmost interest to the farmers of sections less\\nfavored in soil productiveness.\\nAlthough the farms of the county are new, and the\\ntillage consequently imperfect, the yield is consider-\\nably above the average of the growth throughout the\\nState. When the tillage is advanced to that degree\\nof perfection reached by the older portion of the\\ncountry, Sanilac county will stand, in quality as well\\nas quantity, by the side of the best wheat-bearing\\ncounties of Michigan. Indeed, in the south and\\neast portions of the county, which have been settled\\nlongest, the average yield at the present time equals\\nthat of the most productive fields of other parts of\\nthe State. While wheat ranks first in order of pro-\\nA\\nc\\n(0\\n-^\u00c2\u00abr: ^T^^tm-g^nilr^", "height": "2866", "width": "2206", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph09chic_0470.jp2"}, "471": {"fulltext": "rrvSi^Bli^UU^^^\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0^asfi^J^i;;-\\n4^^(^\\nSANILAC COUNTY.\\nfQ^\\nduction, cereals which can be raised in any other\\nportion of the State grow equally well in Sanilac\\nCounty, and in many instances surpass all other sec-\\ntions. In illustration, we may cite in instance, peas.\\nTliis article, which mildews, becomes worm-eaten and\\nis almost a valueless crop in the southern portion of\\nthe State to such an extent that attempts at their\\ncultivation has been almost wholly abandoned, are\\nraised bounlifully in Sanilac County. While the\\nyield of oats is perhaps not equal to that of some\\nother counties of the State, yet they can be satisfac-\\ntorily cultivated in this county. Corn can be raised\\neasily and advantageously. In Sanilac County there\\nare large tracts of land which may practically be\\ntermed corn lands. This land is to be found in\\nvarious portions of the county, and is to become of\\nthe greatest value and aid to agricultural success in\\nthe near future. While tliere are, as intimated be-\\nfore, large tracts of particular choice land, all of the\\ncounty is susceptible of prolific yield. Barley, both\\nas to quality and quantity, is far above the average.\\nThree hundred bushels is not an infrequent yield of\\npotatoes, while in quality they excel those of nearly\\nany other section. In the line of agriculture, among\\nthose articles which maybe grown may be specified:\\nwheat, Indian corn, oats, barley, rye, buckwheat,\\nclover seed, peas, potatoes, hay, hops, honey, maple\\nsugar, tobacco, apples, peaches, pears, plums, cher-\\nries, grapes, strawberries, currants, gooseberries, etc.\\nalso wool, mutton, pork, beef, butter, cheese, cider\\nand wine. The extraordinary growth of grass in\\nSanilac County has stimulated farmers to give extra\\nattention to stock-raising. With such success has\\nstock-raising been attended, that appearances point\\nconclusively to the fact that in the near future this\\nprofitable and agreeable branch of farming will be-\\ncome one of the great elements of prosperity of the\\ncounty.\\nFruit.\\nSl^ HILE tlie luxuries of this life are not\\n^jj equally distributed over the surface of\\nthe whole country, some sections abound\\nin those delicacies which please the ai)pe-\\ntite, while others, through the actions of\\nnature and the labors of the soil tiller, yield\\nalone the commoner essentials necessary to human\\nlife. In providing a home where one is to spend his\\ndays, seeking to secure a competence which shall\\nrender less irksome his declining days, the desire also\\nto so select a spot which shall be of endurance suffi-\\ncient to form a home for his descendants forms part\\nand parcel of his desires, and it is well that the mat-\\nter is taken into consideration. Again, the quality of\\nfood eaten by individuals, the cliaracter of climate\\nand even the surrounding scenery have a direct in-\\nfluence in molding the character of the inhabitants\\nof a section. The mountaineer becomes, after a few\\ngenerations, a sinewy, bold, daring man, while the\\ndweller of the plains, dwelling amid scenes of refine-\\nment, partakes of the nature of his surroundings. In\\nits native wildness the Huron Peninsula, with its\\nrunning streams, broad lakes and bay and vast for-\\nests, spontaneously yielded the most delicious of wild\\nfruits.\\nWhen Father Marquette and his Jesuit brothers\\npaddled around our beautiful peninsula 200 years\\nago, dropping here and there a few apple and pear\\ntrees along with the seed of tlie word, they little\\ndreamed of the great future that was indicated for\\nMichigan in the thrifty growth of seedling fruit-trees\\nthat were to spring up along their pathway. A few\\nof these old trees, and some that were planted few\\nyears later, are still found in various places on the\\nshores of Lakes Huron and Michigan, and are healthy\\nand strong, bearing regular crops of fruit, monuments\\nof the adaptability of the peninsula to the cultivation\\nof the apple and pear. Since the great fires which\\ndestroyed the forest and assisted in clearing up the\\ncounty the wild fruit-trees have been replaced by\\nlarge orchards containing every variety of fruit known\\nto Michigan. While peaches are not cultivated on\\nthe peninsula with as great success as is met upon\\nthe western shore of the State, still they are cultivated\\nwith far greater success than is found in the interior,\\nand in Sanilac County give a more than satisfactory\\nyield. Pears and plums are in every respect an ex-\\ntraordinary crop, and in no portion of the State can\\nbe found a county excelling Sanilac either in the\\nquality or quantity of these fruits. Generally these\\npatches of trees have been spared, while the stately\\npine and oak and hemlock have succumbed to the\\nblows of the woodman s ax, and their places are now\\noccupied by fertile fields. So popular have these\\nfruits become in the markets of the cities and in the\\nlumbering regions, that purchasing agents of the\\nVfo)\\n^m\\n#58-", "height": "2866", "width": "2206", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph09chic_0471.jp2"}, "472": {"fulltext": "476\\n^:llIi^DIl^\\nV^:t-\\nSANILAC COUNTY.\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0^\u00e2\u0080\u00a2^^^\u00e2\u0096\u00a0iisr\\n*4?^^C(\u00c2\u00aeV^^\\nlarger produce houses pass through the section in\\nadvance of the harvest, contracting the entire crop to\\ntbe dehvered in its seasons at the highest market\\nfigures. In this respect the Huron Peninsula has\\n(\u00c2\u00a711 greatly the advantage over all those western States\\nand Territories where no one of these choice fruits are\\nraised and all varieties of fruit are required to be\\nimported for consumption. While- peaches, pears,\\nplums, cherries and grapes excel in Sanilac County, it\\nwill readily be inferred that the apple production\\nmust necessarily be of equal value in magnitude and\\nquality of production. Such is the case, and the\\ngrowing apple orchards of the peninsula give promise\\nof the greatest encouragement. In this culture of\\nfruit in this county not unfrequently a single acre\\nfeahzes several hundred dollars after the family\\ndemand for fruit has been fully supplied. In addi-\\ntion to the excellence of yield and quality there must\\nbe taken into consideration the contiguity of the\\ncounty to the markets and the ease of access. In\\naddition to its railroad facilities, steam or sailing\\nvessels ply daily from the shore towns of the county\\nto Port Huron and to Detroit.\\nI\\ne^i\\nI\\ns^\\nSanilac County Agricultural Society.\\n^ARLY in June, 1859, a public call was\\nl^^l made for the purpose of bringing together\\n^j\u00c2\u00ae^ the citizens of the county to form an ag-\\nricultural society and county fair. In pur-\\nsuance, the meeting assembled at the court-\\nj house in Lexington on the iSth of that month,\\narticles of association were adopted, and officers\\nelected who were to hold their office until the last\\nday of the first annual fair, when new officers were to\\nbe selected. Twenty-five of the most interested were\\npresent at the first meeting, all of whom signed the\\narticles of incorporation, paid into the treasury one\\ndollar each and became members.\\nThe first fair was held on the 27th and 28th of the\\nfollowing September, the number of memberships in\\nthe meantime increasing to over a hundred. There\\nwas a good attendance from all parts of Sanilac and\\nHuron Counties, and the result was a successful in-\\nauguration of these harvest festivals. To encourage\\nthe enterprise, a large number of premiums awarded\\nvSa.^d)^^#^ %^(m\\nwere donated to the society, which, established it on\\na firm financial basis.\\nThe second annual fair was held in September of\\nthe foUwing year, and the number and amounts of\\npremiums were largely increased; but instead of\\ndonating the premiums this year nearly all the\\nawards were nearly all drawn, thus depleting the sur-\\n]jlusofthe previous year, owing to the larger pre-\\nmiums offered. However, it was ascertained after\\nthe first fair that the business of the society had been\\nsufficient to entitle it to assistance from the county.\\n.Accordingly a report was made, as required by the\\nstatute, to the Board of Supervisors, setting forth the\\nfacts under oath of the society s President, John\\nSheldon, and Secretary, Charles Waterbury. There-\\nupon the Board of Supervisors levied a tax of one-\\ntenth of a mill on the dollar of the valuation of\\nproperty in the county, and this tax was collected\\naccording to provision. However, the money thus\\nraised had to be expended under the direction of the\\nBoard, and no choice was left to the society. The\\nhonorable body concluded to invest the money in\\nland. The society made considerable effort to secure\\nas suitable land as possible, still restraining them-\\nselves within the prescription of the Board, and it\\nwas finally decided to purchase the land now held,\\ntime being given for the greater part of the purchase\\nmoney.\\nThe following year the Board cut down the appro-\\npriation to one-fortieth of a mill on the dollar, and\\nthus not more than half the sum required was raised\\nto meet the annual payment. This left the society\\nwithout anv funds and in debt for its land, which was\\nvery uneveii, only partially fenced, with no buildings,\\nand things generally unfit for use.\\nThis was the condition of affairs as the time drew\\nnigh for the third annual fair, wh le the general de-\\npression and closeness of money all over the country,\\nwith the civil war just begun, tended to subdue much\\nof the ardor felt for the undertaking in the former\\nyears.\\nBut the Executive Board of the society was equal\\nto the emergency, and, calling a meeting, they de-\\ncided to hold a fair at all hazards, trusting to its\\nmerit and the liberality of the people for success.\\nUnder this impulse the society decided to erect a\\nsubstantial exhibition hall, believing it unprofitable\\nto make any mistake, with their limited means, by\\nV^\\n9\\n(o)\\nm\\n\u00c2\u00a9J\\n^j\\n^m^", "height": "2866", "width": "2206", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph09chic_0472.jp2"}, "473": {"fulltext": "tf^^\\nia?\u00c2\u00ab:r\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0^rr\\nC^tlD^DIl J\\nrr\\niiMrs:^\\nSANILAC COUNTY.\\n477\\nW\\n(b\\nP\\nV\\ns\\neffecting any improvements which should not be\\ndurable. A high post-and-board fence was also put\\nup this year on the south side of the grounds, and\\nincluded two or three acres of land, which the society\\nproposed to purchase by voluntary subscription.\\nThe improvements, as a matter of course, placed\\nthe society deeply in debt; but be it said to the credit\\nof those who did the work, that nearly all the labor\\nneeded was voluntary nothing being charged for it.\\nThe fair was held on the loth and nth of Octo-\\nber, that year, and the efforts of the society were\\nabundantly fruitful, tlie receipts amounting to almost\\nenough to pay all the premiums awarded yet the\\nexpenses of the year, including the late improve-\\nments, had been large, and these, with the payment\\nagain due on the land, for which the annual tax from\\nthe county was half enough, left a great deficiency\\nin the treasury, which must be filled in some way.\\nAt this crisis, those who had donated most liber-\\nally before, both labor and money, came forward\\nagain and proposed not only to donate their premiums,\\nmany of which were the largest on the list, but also\\nto start a subscription and push it vigorously until\\nsufficient funds were raised to lift the society from\\nall indebtedness and purchase the land east of the\\ngrounds belonging to the society. The list of sub-\\nscriptions was started, with a contribution of $5 from\\nnearly all of the members, and the premium-holders\\nwere not slow to adopt the suggestion of the leaders,\\nso that the accounts of the society were once more\\nalmost to a balance. By this method the grounds\\nwere enlarged from year to year, and improvements\\nadded as the society became able.\\n^0\\nSalt.\\nRIOR to the settlement of Michigan by\\nwhite men the Indians supplied themselves\\nSsF 1^ with, salt from the saline springs of the\\nk~) Saginaw Valley and Huron Peninsula. In\\nit 1859 a well was sunk at East Saginaw to the\\ndepth of 650 feet, and was the first to obtain\\nbrine in paying quantities. Of late the Michigan\\nproduct of salt has largely exceeded that of any other\\nState. Huron County is largely interested in the\\nmanufacture of salt. The best quality sell promptly\\nfor dairy and family use, and it is believed that the\\nsame stratum underlies the eastern portion of Sanilac.\\nIt is predicted that within a few years an attempt\\nwill be made to test the matter, when, it is hoped,\\nSanilac will be able to compete with her neighbor on\\nthe north in this production.\\nvi\\nc^:\\n(k\\neACillII^IlIl -#^^f(\u00c2\u00ae", "height": "2866", "width": "2206", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph09chic_0473.jp2"}, "474": {"fulltext": "m^\\n.478\\n^mm ^^m\\\\^\\nSANILAC COUNTY.\\n(dS\\n.-^a. i3 ia?f^\\n^m -m:^\\nfev;.;a;\\nHE total area of Sanilac\\nCounty in square miles is\\nabout 1,050, which, reduced\\nto acres, becomes 672,000,\\nand at an average value of\\n10 per acre, which is low,\\nthe real estate of the county\\ncan be said to be worth a round\\n,000,000. This is not more\\nthan one-third of what the value\\nwill be after the county is all\\nput into tillable shape. In its\\nwild state the value of this land\\nJW was but little over $1,000,000; but\\nits adaptability to agriculture pur-\\nposes has raised this to its present value, which is\\ncapable of being pushed up to $40,000,000. All\\nthis vast latent wealth and territory, with all north\\nof it to Saginaw Bay, was formerly included within\\nthe boundaries of Lexington Township but the\\nLegislative act, in 1848, organizing the county, also\\norganized the two additional townships of Worth\\nand Sanilac. The former included what is now the\\nsouthern tier of townships in the county. The ne.\\\\t\\nstrip of six miles wide, longitudinally extending from\\nthe lake back to Lapeer County, was set off as Lex-\\nington Township, and Sanilac embraced all the ter-\\nritory north of that. The organization of the other\\ntownships is given under their proper headings, but\\nthe misplacing of the various records when the great\\nfires occurred, and at other times, made it difficult\\nfor the compiler to ascertain the exact dates in many\\ncases. The county now has 26 townships, the one\\nmost recently organized being Wheatland, which\\nwas created in 1881. They are all of the regulation\\nsize except those made otherwise by the irregularity\\nof the lake shore, and Marlette, which has the addi-\\ntion of the half town south of it, in the same range.\\nA short sketch of each is appended, and a careful\\nperusal will repay the reader, as the development of\\nthe county is there shown, step by step.\\n\u00e2\u0080\u00a25 1^\\nJjexington, Township and Village.\\nm^^-i\\nHIS being the town which fostered the\\ngrowth of this section before it was a coun-\\nty, its antiquity deserves the first consider-\\n\u00c2\u00bble) ation. The township covers town 10 (north),\\nof ranges 16 and fractional 19. The credit of\\nbeing the first settler is generally given to John\\nSmith, who hunted and fished on the shore as early\\nas 1835; but he made no permanent improvements,\\nand those who came later found nothing in this\\ntownship to indicate that a permanent settler had\\never been here. The first actual settler in the vil-\\nlage and one of the first, if not the first, in the town-\\nv|)\\n9\\nA\\nr^", "height": "2866", "width": "2206", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph09chic_0474.jp2"}, "475": {"fulltext": "-.^^^te: ^VC I1 ll I Hn\\n-\u00c2\u00abs#^\\nSANILAC COUNTY.\\nh\\nA\\n1\\nship, was John Beebe, who attempted to locate part\\nof the land south of Huron Avenue and east of\\nMain Street, but, failing in this, sold to Reuben\\nSimons, who settled on it in 1838. He built a frame\\nhouse, and this is claimed by many to be the first\\nframe in the county. It was destroyed by fire a few\\nyears afterward, one of Mr. Simon s children being\\nburned in it, and another son badly injured. This\\nhouse stood on the present site of the Methodist\\nEpiscopal church. The settlers turned out to help\\nhim re-build, and a block house was erected on the\\nother side of the road, where Mr. Simons lived for\\nmany years. The death of his son was probably the\\nfirst in the township.\\nJust after this a temporary fish dock was built by\\nMr. Wild. John A. Wright, about the same year,\\nbuilt a small store near the dock and sold goods for\\na year more, when he was succeeded by Zophar\\nWright, who for a long time was called the first\\nmerchant in Lexington. A little later Darius Cole\\nstarted a store. Then Mr. Cole and a Mr. Boynton\\nstarted an ashery on the creek near the brewery.\\nSubsequently Isaac Leuty came to the village, suc-\\nceeded Boynton in the partnership with Cole, and\\nthe firm of Cole Leuty continued many years.\\nThe dates for all this are uncertain, but these\\nchanges took place in 1839-41.\\nUp to this time the village was called Greenbush;\\nbut in 1842 Samuel W. Monroe and William Monroe\\ncame here, and platted and owned that part of the\\nvillage which has since been known as Monrovia.\\nJerauld Miller came here in 1843, brought some\\nleather and made shoes, being the first shoemaker in\\nthe village, township and county. He subsequently\\nbought land in the northern part of the village, built\\nhim a house, and cleared the present Fair Ground.\\nThe following year A. S. Pratt commenced build-\\ning the scow Pontiac, but failed to finish it and\\nHubbard Grice, who were established in the mean-\\ntime, completed and launched the boat. Another\\nscow, the Henry Young, was built about the same\\ntime by Cole Leuty, but Lexington never attained\\nmuch greater notoriety in the ship-building line.\\nThese were only small crafts, fitted for trucking\\nalongshore. The first steam-boat came up in 1846.\\nIt was the Old Huron, and always came during\\nservice on Sunday morning, as, indeed, lias been the\\ncustom of many boats since then. Goods and pas-\\nsengers were landed from a lighter and smaller boats\\ni))^^#-\\n-2- D!l^llDft\\nuntil 185 1, when the Hubbards built the first dock, to\\naccommodate the business of their saw-mill, which\\nwas erected in 1847. Much of the early history of\\nthis village is given in the chapter on pioneer life.\\nThe first hotel in the village, town and county was\\nbuilt and kept by C. L. Mills, on the present site of\\nthe Cadillac, in 1840. Mr. Mills kept the place but\\na short time when he traded it to James Yakes for the\\nfarm now owned in part by Luther D. Mills, two\\nmiles west of the village. Shortly after this, Mr.\\nYakes sold to J. VV. Buel, whose mother, Mrs. Mary\\nBuel, kept the place until the house was removed or\\ntorn down to make room for the present Cadillac,\\nwhich was opened July 4, 1S60. The Cadillac was\\nbuilt by John L. Wood, and named for Gen. De La\\nMotte Cadillac, who founded Fort Ponchartrain at\\nDetroit in 1701. Jeremiah Jenks was the first pro-\\nprietor and kept it until 1 863, when William Wilson\\ntook it for a year. Amos James thert rented and\\nkept it for two years, at the expiration of which time\\nMr. Wood sold the property to John Cole, in 1866.\\nAfter some other changes, occupying two years, Mr.\\nJames returned from Port Huron, whither he had\\ngone after the last sale, purchased the property and\\nremained its owner, but finally turned over the pro-\\nprietorship to his son. Will D. James. The Cad Uac\\nhas a livery in connection with the house. At pres-\\nent there is only one other hotel in Lexington, the\\nHenry House, which was formerly the Parsons\\nHouse. This house also has a livery in connection.\\nIt was purchased by George Henry, in 1871, and in\\n1878 he added a lumber yard to his business.\\nThe village of Lexington grew rapidly in numbers\\nand importance after 1849, being the county seat at\\nthat time, and in 1855 was incorporated. The re-\\nmoval of the county seat took with it the portion of\\nbusiness pertaining thereto, but the commerce of the\\nvillage remained unimpaired, and to-day, with a pop-\\nulation of 1,200, it is one of the most prosperous\\nand substantial business centers on the lakeshore.\\nOne of the oldest and most prosperous firms in\\nLexington is Tewksbury, Papst Co. This house\\nwas established in 1849, by J. L. Wood, who con-\\nducted the business for nine years and then admitted\\nW. I. Nims as a partner, the style of the firm becom-\\ning J. L. Wood Co., which continued until 1863,\\nwhen Benjamin Farrington also became a partner,\\nand the firm was changed to Wood, Nims Co.\\nAfter two years Mr. Farrington retired, and with him\\n^S^f^\\nc)", "height": "2866", "width": "2206", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph09chic_0475.jp2"}, "476": {"fulltext": "480\\nv |]||^:DDr\\nT\\nSANILAC COUNTY.\\n4^5(\u00c2\u00a9^-ii\\nthe Co. of the firm name. No more changes were\\nmade until 1873, when S. C. Tewksbury purchased\\nan interest, and the name was changed to Nims,\\nI Tewksbury Co. In 1880 Rudolph Papst pur-\\n(hj chased the interest of Mr. Nims and the present\\nfirm name was adopted, Tewksbury, Papst Co.\\nMr. Wood retired in 1884 and Mrs. L. A. Tewks-\\nbury became a partner. The business of the firm is\\nvery extensive, embracing three large stores, which\\ndisplay large stocks of dry goods, groceries, crockery,\\nhardware, school books, etc., etc. A large feed store\\nand a lumber yard are kept in connection with the\\nother business, and the firm also deals in grain and\\nlive stock. The other busiuess of the village as it\\nappears to-day, with the date of establishment, is as\\nfollows\\nJohn L. Bell Son, drugs, paints, oils, fir.e cigars\\nand fancy groceries. The business was established\\nabout 1848, and is the oldest of the kind in the\\ncounty.\\nBernard Miller, merchant tailoring, established\\n1851.\\nW. M. Grice, saw-mill supplies, steam and gas\\nfixtures, guns, revolvers, cutlery, sewing-machines\\n^y and supplies. Mr. Grice started in with a smal gun\\nS store in 1864, and by T875 he was able to add a\\nplaning-mill to his business.\\nJ. P. Niggeman, jewelry and books, established\\n1863.\\nM. Smith Son, boots and shoes, tinware and\\nbakery, established in 1864.\\nF. Komoll, clothing and tailoring, established\\n1873-\\nJonathan Frostick, shoe shop, established 1873.\\nJohn Schmidt, shoe shop, established 187 8.\\nF. Hicks Son, only exclusive boot and shoe\\nstore in Lexington, established 1873.\\nBernard Fox, harness, saddles and horse hardware,\\nestablished 1854.\\nR. D. Sherrick, furniture, cabinet -ware and under-\\ntaking. This was the first store of the kind started\\n^V on the Huron Peninsula, being established in 1849.\\n:i Mr. Sherrick has a large planing-mill and cabinet-\\n^M shop, which were established at the same time as his\\nq^ store, and he is also an extensive architect.\\nG. H. Mason, 99-cent store, dry goods, notions,\\ngroceries. Mr. Mason purchased this business of\\nZL Mrs. Ida Allen in 1882.\\nMrs. S. Goulding, millinery store, established\\n1877.\\nMrs. C. A. Vasey, notions, established 1883.\\nClarkes, dry goods, groceries, hardware, crock-\\nery, boots, shoes, hats, caps, ready-made clothing\\nand general merchandise; also dealers in grain and\\ncountry produce. The firm is composed of E. B.\\nand Daniel Clark, and was established in 1869.\\nMrs. Daniel Clark has a fine stock of millinery and\\nfancy goods in the same store. She also keeps a\\nfine line of zephyrs, Saxony and Germantown yarns\\nand stamped goods. Mrs. Clark is the successor of\\nMiss Martha Vasey, who established one of the first,\\nif not the first, millinery store in the county.\\nW. T. Lee, groceries, books and stationery, con-\\nfectionery and notions, in the postoffice building.\\nMr. Lee purchased this business of Mr. S. Burgess,\\nwho established it in 1872.\\nC. C. L. Sly, furniture, cabinet-ware, undertaker\\nand builder, established 187S.\\nMichael Meyers, blacksmith, established 1869.\\nWm. Mclntyre, photographer, established 1877.\\nAndrew Monroe, saloon, bakery and grocery, es-\\ntablished 1864.\\nPurkiss Brothers, brewery and saloon, established\\nin 1884. The brewery was formerly owned and run\\nby F. L. Walters. Its capacity is about 12 barrels\\nper day.\\nGeorge Lord, bakery and confectionery, estab-\\nlished 1882.\\nGeorge Oles, barber, established 1854.\\nCharles Miller, barber, established 1875.\\nFenton Cruikshank, blacksmith, established\\n1868.\\nPurkiss Son, meat market, established 1875.\\nWm. White, meat market, established 1S82.\\nLexington Bank of B. R. Noble, established in\\n1876.\\nBeach Macklem (Watson Beach, Wilford Mack-\\nlem), attorneys, established in 1865. This firm was\\nformerly Nims Beach, but Mr. C. S. Nims moved\\nfrom the county in 1882, and was succeed by Mr.\\nMacklem. The original firm owned and controlled\\nthe Jcffcisonian, but this is now the property of Mr.\\nBeach alone.\\nJohn Divine, the first attorney in the county,\\nopened an office in 1850. In 1859 W. S. Mills be-\\ncame a partner, and the style of the firm was\\nI Divine Mills. Two years later Mr. Mills received\\n1", "height": "2866", "width": "2206", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph09chic_0476.jp2"}, "477": {"fulltext": "m\\n^r ^^iin:^(m^ r\\nrr\\nv%\\n6)\\nSANILAC COUNTY.\\n481\\nan appointment in the Treasury Department at\\n^1? Washington, and Mr. Divine conducted the office\\n|i alone for a year or more, or until a partnership was\\nformed with L. L. Wixson. This partnership was\\nmaintained for 18 years, when Mr. Wixson was\\nelected Judge of the i6th Judicial Circuit (composed\\nof Sanilac, Huron and Tuscola Counties), and Mr. J.\\nW. Babcock took his place in company with Mr.\\nDivine, the firm at present being styled Divine\\nBabcock.\\nSOCIETIES.\\nLexington Lodge, No. 61, F. A. M., was insti-\\ntuted in 1853, and Hiram Bacon, now deceased, was\\nits first W. M. The membership is now 144. For\\na number of years this was the only Masonic lodge\\nin the county and at one time it had a membership\\nof more than 200, but at the present time there are\\nfive lodges in the county, and all of them drew\\nmembers from Lexington Lodge in order to organize.\\nDamascus Chapter, No. 41, Royal Arch Masons,\\nwas chartered in 1865, and Arthur M. Clark was the\\nfirst High Priest. The membership is now 92 mem-\\nbers.\\nLexington Commandcry, No. 2 J, Knights Templars,\\nwas chartered in 1867, and George Smith was the\\nfirst Eminent Commander. The membership is now\\n60 members.\\nThe Masonic Hall is one of the finest lodge rooms\\nin the State. The building cost more than $1 1,000,\\nand is elegantly furnished by the fraternity. It is\\nowned by the Masons and Village of Lexington\\njointly.\\nH. H. Nims Post, No. 118, G. A. R., Department of\\nMichigan, was organized in March, 1883, at Lexing-\\nton. The first officers were Post Commander, R.\\nPapst Senior Vice Commander, George Henry;\\nJunior Vice Commander, Josiah Reynolds; Quarter-\\nmaster, John Wyllis Officer of the Day, H. H. Huff-\\nman; Adjutant, O. Yake Surgeon, J. J. Bayed;\\nChaplain, J. B. Lucas; Sergeant Major, Watson\\nBeach Quartermaster Sergeant, L Papst. The\\nPost has increased in membership from 27 to 52,\\nin good standing.\\nCouncil No. JJ, Royal Arcanum, was organized in\\n1878. The principal work of this fraternity is mu-\\ntual life insurance.\\nLexington Library Association. In the autumn of\\n1870 very creditable steps were taken to form a\\nlibrary association, with Charles S. Nims as President,\\nand Charles Partridge as Treasurer and Anthony\\nBrunk as Librarian. The rooms were located in\\nFox s block, and about $150 subscribed as the initia-\\ntory contribution. This sum, with that already re-\\nceived from the leoal appropriation, was expected to\\npurchase books and sufficient periodicals for a read-\\ning room in connection with it, and also defray the\\ncurrent expenses for the ensuing year, the idea being\\nthat the library should be free. No charge was to be\\nmade for its use, but citizens were allowed the privi-\\nlege of contributing to its supijort, a fact in itself\\ndisastrous to longevity. The library was kept up\\non this plan for two years, or longer, but was never\\na success, and was finally stored in the book-case of\\nthe public schools. It is hoped that a movement\\nwill soon be made to re-establish it on a permanent\\nbasis.\\nThe Ladies Aid Society was organized in Septem-\\nber, 1873, as a Methodist society irrespective of\\ndenomination, designed for the benefit and main-\\ntenance of religious worship. The first President was\\nMrs. L. L. Wixson, and Mrs. W. Lee was the first\\nVice-President. A fee of ten cents was to be paid\\nevery member at every meeting, with an initiation fee\\nof 20 cents. The society is of an industrial nature,\\nand with occasional socials the ladies have accom-\\nplished great good.\\nCroswell.\\nHE name of this village was Davisville\\nuntil the general change which took place\\nin almost everything on the advent of the\\nPort Huron Northwestern Railroad, when\\nthe name was changed to Croswell, in honor\\nof Gov. Croswell. Since that time the village\\nhas experienced a new era, and is now noted for its\\nneatness, enterprise and general business thrift. Its\\neariy history is similar to that of the surrounding\\ncountry in the early days.\\nIndians lingered around for five or six years after\\nthe first settlements were made. They traded\\nbaskets of their own make to the pioneers for salt,\\nflour and pork. They were very friendly, and often\\nthe citizens would haul their canoes from Davisville\\nA\\n^iD II .^vl]lli V^*", "height": "2866", "width": "2206", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph09chic_0477.jp2"}, "478": {"fulltext": "SANILAC COUNTY.\\nf\\n2)\\nto I,exington for them. Meetings were held in the\\nschool-house, now known as the District School-\\nhouse. Rev. Clark King, of Kentucky, preached the\\nfirst sermons here, to a Methodist congregation, and\\noften the Indians would attend, enjoying the service\\nand claiming to be as good Methodists as anybody.\\nThe first frame building erected in Davisville\\nstands now on the west bank of the river, just east\\nof the residence of Mrs. M. Davis. It was erected\\nin the summer of 1849, and the following year the\\npresent house of Mrs. Davis was built.\\nThe school-house was built in the fall of 185 i.\\nRandall E. Davis donated the lots for it, and was\\nmuch interested in the erection of the building. The\\nfirst teacher was Miss Mary Hart (later Mrs. John\\nRobb). The pupils were the children of Mr. Davis,\\nMr. Stevenson and Mr. Hart, numbering ten or\\neleven in all.\\nMr. Davis completed the erection of a water mill\\ncommenced by Ephraim Pierce in 1845, which was\\nthe first mill in these parts. The mill was such a\\nsuccess that when the final payments were to be\\nmade, Mr. Pierce concluded to retain a half interest\\nin it. This partnership continued for about six\\nmonths, when Mr. Stevenson bought the interest of\\nMr. Pierce, and a grist-mill was added to the saw-\\nmill. This was run night and day through the year,\\nexcept a few weeks in the summer when the water\\nwas low, until 1854 or 1855, when the water became\\nso low that the power failed and the mill was aban-\\ndoned. A steam mill was then built, which was\\noperated until 1861, when it was burned to the\\nground during a severe storm. The fire was thought\\nto have been set by the lightning, though incendiar-\\nism was charged by many worthy witnesses.\\nThe first house of worship in Davisville was the\\nUnited Presbyterian church, and the clergyman was\\nRev. Mr. McClellan. The lots were donated by Mr.\\nMoffet, of Detroit, who at that time owned a large\\ntract of land in that vicinity. The history of the\\nother, churches will be found in the chapter on that\\nsubject.\\nThe first Fourth-of-July celebration was held in\\n1855, on the island below the old mill. It was prin-\\ncipally for the children, but people from miles around\\nattended, and a pleasant time was had.\\nThe first wedding in Davisville was in 1852. The\\nhappy pair were Miss Maria Hart and Mr. Brown.\\nThe first death was that of Miss Helen Crommer,\\na sister of Mrs. Stevenson, in 1850. The remains\\nwere removed to Canada. The present cemetery was\\nlaid out in 1853, the ground having been donated by\\nMr. Davis, and cleared by a logging bee.\\nThe first store was a grocery and dry-goods store\\nstarted by W. T. Jenney. A blacksmith shop had\\nbeen put up in 1854, and the postofiice was kept here\\nfor a number of years. Randall E. Davis was the\\nfirst Postmaster, being appointed in 1857, and the\\npresent Postmaster is M. V. K. Jones, since 1881.\\nHow Croswell has grown can be seen from the\\nsubjoined list of business houses as they are to-day\\nMills Gaige (Wildman Mills, J. M. Gaige), gen-\\neral real-estate dealers. The firm was established\\nin i860 as Moss Bros.; then it became Moss\\nMills, then Moss, Mills Gaige, and upon the\\ndeath of Truman Moss the firm was changed to its\\npresent style. It has been largely instrumental in\\nthe development and improvement of the raw lands\\nthrough the central part of the county, and at pres-\\nent owns several thousand acres of valuable lands in\\nthe vicinity.\\nT. B. U Ren, land office, established 1879.\\nCroswell Stock Brick and Tile Yard, David Mark-\\nham, proprietor, established 187 i. The vein of clay\\nat this yard is 40 rods wide, and over one mile long\\nand of unknown depth. It is first-class, and brick\\nfrom this yard are supplied for large buildings\\nthroughout this and other States. The capacity is\\nabout 15,000 brick per day.\\nJ. H. Richardson, dry goods, groceries and general\\nmerchandise, established 1883.\\nSherk Bros., dry goods and general store, estab-\\nlished 1882.\\nSanilac County Bank was established Sept. 28,\\n1882, by J. M. Gaige. It does a large general\\nbanking and money-loaning business throughout the\\ncounty.\\nHoratio J. Emery, M. D., graduate of the Royal\\nCollege of Physicians and Surgeons, Kingston, Can-\\nada, opened an office in May, 1884.\\nG. A. Annand, M. D., graduate of Victoria Uni-\\nversity, Toronto, established himself at Croswell in\\n1871.\\nDr. J. Steele, drugs, millinery and fancy goods,\\nestablished 1S82. Dr. Steele is a graduate of the\\nDetroit Homeopathic College, and Hahnemann Med-\\nV^\\nA\\nc^:\\nz.\\ni^^f\\n-HSS^^", "height": "2866", "width": "2206", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph09chic_0478.jp2"}, "479": {"fulltext": "@))^rf^\\n-^s^^ crv^ U^ U U^\\nok\\n-HSSg^\\nSANILAC COUNTY\\n(h\\n1\\ns\\nical College, Chicago, and came to Croswell in 1879.\\nP. L. Graham, druggist, established 1882.\\nBrunk cS: Stevens, jewelers, established 1882.\\nE. Gribben, boots and shoes, established 1881.\\nJjsiah Perry, blacksmith, established 1881.\\nCephas Arnot, general store, established 1870.\\nJenney Stoner, meat market, established 18S4.\\nH. H. Tyrrell, general store, established 1881.\\nAnderson House, W. West proprietor, built 1S79.\\nFranklin House and Livery Stable, H. D. Frank-\\nlin, proprietor, established 1883.\\nJames Harvey, carriage and blacksmith shop, es-\\ntablished 1883.\\nH. W. VVixson, general store, erected 1884.\\nLevi Mohorter, barber, established 1884.\\nSamuel Ward, shoe shop, established 1879.\\nC. A. Cowan, bakery, established 1883.\\nKennedy Clunas, meat market and stock deal-\\ners, established 1879.\\nThe Croswell Cheese Factory was started in 1880,\\nand is the only cheese factory in the township. J.\\nH. Murdaugh is the proprietor, and the building was\\nerected by William Mills, hi the present season,\\nfrom May i to Sept. i, 622,287 pounds of milk\\nreceived was made into 59,763 pounds of cheese on\\ncommission, the farmers furnishing their own milk\\nand receiving cheese, which is disposed of generally\\nin Liverpool and other ports of Europe at from 9 to\\n1 2 cents per pound.\\nA. R. Haist, furniture and undertaking, established\\n1881.\\nN. P. Houghtalin, hardware, established i88i.\\nW. S. Gibson, druggist, established 1879.\\nH. J. Heard, tinware, established 1884.\\nChas. McCormick, saddles and harness, estab-\\nlished 1 88 1.\\nWixson Pannell, hardware and groceries, es-\\ntablished 1889.\\nW. J. Hannah, general store, established 1S84.\\nC. E. Pettys, agricultural implements, established\\n1881.\\nThompson Stuart, flouring-mill, established\\n1S80. The capacity of this mill is 60 to 75 barrels\\nper day, and the flour is of a superior quality.\\nCroszwll Democrat, Horatio Pratt, editor and\\nproprietor. The Z d //wtV(// was established in 1880\\nas a Democratic paper, but, espousing the cause of\\nthe laborer, it supported Gen. Butler in the cam-\\npaign of 1884. The paper has a job office in con-\\nnection, and enjoys a growing prosperity.\\nA large Opera House was finished in the spring of\\n1883. The hall is 52 x 80 feet, with a 20-foot stage,\\nand a seating capacity of 1,200. There are two\\nlarge store rooms below, and the whole building cost\\nabout $20,000.\\nThe Croswell Cornet Band was organized in 1878,\\nwith 14 pieces. The organization is not chartered,\\nbut the property is owned in company. The present\\nofficers are President, Wm. Straffon Secretary,\\nGeorge Smith Treasurer, Thomas Pomeroy Leader,\\nJoseph Lee. Meeting nights are on Wednesdays\\nand Saturdays.\\nThe Parochial Society is a social organization of\\nthe ladies of the Episcopal Church for general benef-\\nicence and home mission work. It was organized\\nabout the same time as the establishment of the\\nChurch (1870), with Mrs. Julia H. Mills as the first\\nPresident. The President now is Mrs. Horatio Pratt.\\nThe church was moved to its present location in the\\nspring of 1883, and the Parochial Society purchased\\nthe lots for this for $225. The society contributes to\\nthe support of the pastor $100 annually, which is\\nmade by socials, sewing, etc. At a large Fourth-of-\\nJuly celebration in 187 i, the society raised $108 to\\npay for the church bell, and the entertainments\\ngiven by the ladies have always been very popular.\\nThe foregoing is a history of the settlement and\\ndevelopment of Lexington Township, except the\\nrecord of the schools and churches, which will be\\nfound in the chapter on those subjects. Being one\\nof the first towns organized, Lexington has always\\nhad a representation in the Board of Supervisors,\\nand the following is the list of her Supervisors from\\nthe first\\nC. M. Mills,\\nMarkCarrington,\\nC. M. Mills,\\nW. A. Nichols,\\nC. M. Mills,\\nHiram Bacon,\\nIsrael Huckins,\\nDaniel Wixson,\\nIsrael Huckins,\\nJames Hunter,\\nHenry Weideman,\\nJames G. Hunter,\\nJohn Sheldon,\\nJames G. Hunter,\\n1850\\n185 I\\n1852\\n1853\\n1854\\n1855\\n1856\\n1857-60\\n1861\\n1863-4\\n1865-8\\n1869\\n1870\\n187 1-3\\nA .^Da^nn; ^r9", "height": "2866", "width": "2206", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph09chic_0479.jp2"}, "480": {"fulltext": "484\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a07 ^ail)$illll\\nrrr-\\n-es^\\nI^^^C^\\nSAN/LAC COUNTY.\\nX\\nHenry Weideman,\\nJames G. Hunter,\\nHenry Weideman,\\nJohn Atkinson,\\n1874-7\\n1878-9\\nSo- 1\\n32\\nWorth Township.\\nif N the early times township-making had to\\nlit be conducted on an economical scale as\\nfar as inhabitants were concerned, but great\\nlatitude was allowed in measuring off the terri-\\ntory. When Worth was organized, in 1849, it\\neiribraced all of its present territory, with the\\naddition of the present townships of Fremont,\\nSpeaker, and Maple Valley. It was reduced from\\ntime to time, as the country settled, and there began\\nto be enough people on the west to make more town-\\nships, until now it is the regulation size of No. 9\\nnorth, range 16 east, with a fraction of the same\\nnumber of range 17, and is bounded on the west by\\nFremont, north by Lexington Township, east by\\nLake Huron, and south by St. Clair County.\\nThe first permanent settlers were the father of Mr.\\nM. Carrington, with his family, and Mr. N. Hollister\\nand his family. (See the chapter on the pioneers.)\\nMr. Carrington has the credit of putting up the\\nfirst frame building in the township a barn on the\\nlake road, one and a half miles south of Lexington,\\nin 1837 -though this is disputed.\\nIn 1840 a school-house was built in the northeast\\ncorner of the township, and called the Red School-\\nhouse, which was the first; and there was no church\\nuntil the Methodist Episcopals built one at Amadore\\nin 1859.\\nAmadore is a small village in the center of the\\ntownship, where there are two stores, a blacksmith\\nshop, a church, a school and a postoffice.\\nThere was a heavy forest fire in this township in\\n1856, and one again in 1864. No lives were lost,\\nbut a vast amount of timber was burned, which made\\nway for the present beautiful farms, that equal, if\\nnot surpass, those of any other part of the Huron\\nPeninsula. The fires 1871 and 1881 did not do\\nmuch damage, as the country was about cleared by\\nthat time.\\nBear, deer, elk and wolves were very numerous in\\nthis township in the early years, and a moose was\\n(|^^f|.. ^i^^^\u00e2\u0080\u0094 _^;:i_A g\\nkilled here as late as 1856. The entire to.vnship\\nwas largely sprinkled with sugar trees, and the con-\\nsequent abundance of herbivorous animals, which\\nfed on the succulent buds, was a standing invitation\\nto the Indians in Canada to indulge their sports.\\nThe Indians also had extensive sugar camps here,\\nbut after 1838 the small-pox made such ravages\\namong them that they did not return. Many of their\\nremains are found now, in the cultivation of the fields,\\nas their dead were buried very shallow, and it was\\nonly by the most careful efforts of Jonathan Hollister\\nthat they were induced to return and bury their dead\\nat all.\\nWorth has the honor of furnishing the first Repre-\\nsentative from this county to the Legislature, in the\\nperson of Peter H. Benedict, who was also the first\\nSupervisor. The list of Supervisors has been as\\nfollows\\ndistance for men to travel who had any\\ntownship business so a petition succeeded in\\napportioning to Lexington all of town 10\\nthrough the ranges from 12 to 17 east, and\\nleaving the remainder of the country north as San-\\nilac Township. This was done in 1849, when it was\\nfound that there were a sufficient number of settlers\\nto fill the offices and effect a township organization.\\nThere is considerable difference of memory among\\nthe pioneers of the present day, as to who were the\\nV^\\nPeter H. Benedict, 1850-2\\nNorton Hollister, 1853\\nPeter H. Benedict, 1854\\nGeorge Smith, 1855\\nAlexander G. Galbraith, 1856\\nPhillip L. Wixson, 1857^9\\nAndrew Macklem, i860\\nPhillip L. Wixson, 1861\\nGeorge Huckins, Jr., 1863-6\\nDaniel Wixson, 1867-9\\nGeorge Mclntyre, 1870-2\\nN. Hollister, 1873\\nPeter H. Benedict, i874~5\\nJoshua Wixson, 1876-81\\nGeo. Hinkson, Jr., 1882\\n-4- 4##5^\\nSanilac Township and Village.\\nHi^ROM the extreme northern point on the\\nll^jj^C Huron Peninsula to Lexington was a long\\n9\\ni", "height": "2866", "width": "2206", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph09chic_0480.jp2"}, "481": {"fulltext": "Ms\\nSANILAC COUNTY.\\nV\\nSs\\\\;a\\nfirst actual settlers, as lumbering was carried on by\\na large number of men who at first did not intend to\\nsettle here, but afterward took up claims. Among\\nthe first comers into what is now Sanilac Township,\\nwere William Austin, Michael Joseph and Charles\\nMaskell, and Hill Carney, all coming about 1844.\\nThe Maskells settled in the south central part of the\\ntownship, and Mr. Austin took up a claim on the site\\nof the present village of Port Sanilac, which was then\\nknown as Bark Shanty Point. The name came\\nfrom a small bark shanty, built several years before\\n(probably 1840) on the beach by some Detroit tan-\\nners who came up to make tan-bark. This was the\\nfirst building erected in the township, and the first\\nalong the shore for several miles. After 1854 the\\ntownship began to settle rapidly.\\nThe name of the village remained thus until 1857,\\nwhen the citizens petitioned the Post-Office Depart-\\nment to change it to the more enphonious name of\\nPort Sanilac.\\nAnthony Oldfield, William Thomson, Hugh and\\nQuintin Thomson, under the name of Thomson, Old-\\nfield Co., built a saw-mill on the beach near the\\nbark shanty in 1848, which was the first mill in these\\nparts. This company also kept a stock of general\\nmerchandise for the accommodation of settlers, but the\\nfirst regular store was started by U. Raymond a year\\nlater.\\nThe first frame dwelling in the village and town-\\nship was built by William Austin in 1849, and is still\\nstanding east of the Exchange Hotel.\\nUriah Raymond taught the first school in the\\ntownship, in a small log house in the southwest part\\nof town II. He taught for $10 per month, which\\nwas good salary at that time, and boarded round.\\nOne of his pupils in the first term was a married lady,\\nwho came to school with her own children. The\\nfollowing year the first school-house was built, on\\nsection 6. The first school in the village was taught\\nby Miss Clara Finleyson, in 1S50.\\nThe first wedding was that of Paul Shirley to Miss\\nMarshall, the ceremony being performed by Justice\\nEnsign Hill in 1850. The pioneers remember that\\nthe bride s family were opposed to the match, but the\\ncontracting parties slipped away, and before any one\\nwas aware they had gone to the Justice. Hastening\\nto the office of the legal functionary, the enraged\\nrelatives demanded the proceedings to stop but\\n485^\\nthey were too late. The fatal words had just been\\npronounced\\nJohn Oles fell under the wheel of a heavy logging\\nwagon in 1850 and died from the effects of the injury,\\nwhich was the first death in the township. He was\\nburied in the present cemetery, which, however, was\\nnot laid out until September, 1856. The ground at\\nfirst comprised but one acre, but was enlarged in\\n1874 to two acres and again in 1882 to nearly four\\nacres.\\nThe first Postmaster was William VanCamp, who\\nwas appointed by President Pierce in 1854, holding\\nit but two weeks, when U. Raymond took it for two\\nyears. James Yakes then held it until i860, when\\nthe present Postmaster, S. CoppernoU, was ap-\\npointed, and has held the office ever since, with the\\nexception of about four weeks in 1864. Thomas\\nThompson was then the Postmaster. Previous to\\nthe establishment of the postoffice here, the mail was\\ncarried from Pine Hill, five miles south, once a week,\\nby some one volunteering. The postoftice at Pine\\nHill was continued for several years after the one at\\nBark Shanty was established, but was discontinued\\nin 1881.\\nAfter Thomson, Oldfield cSc Co s store, and U.\\nRaymond s, the next general store was started by S.\\nCoppernoU, in 1852. He continued this store for 17\\nyears, and then made it a drug store exclusively.\\nThe other business of Port Sanilac is as follows\\nC. M Oldfield, double store, general merchan-\\ndise, established 1876.\\nJames Thomson, general merchandise, established\\n1872.\\nD. E. Mead, shoe store, established 1878.\\nJ. Ogden, blacksmith, established 1883.\\nWilliam Riley, harness shop, established 1875.\\nFrederick Plates, drugs, established 1879.\\nGeorge Katzenmeier, merchant tailor, established\\n1882.\\nMills Sullivan, millinery and fancy goods, estab-\\nlished 1880.\\nJoseph Coates, shoe shop, established 1S64.\\nO. F. Raymond, established 1883.\\nT. J. S. Thomson, general merchandise, estab-\\nlished 1856.\\nJ. T. Daily, hardware, established 1879.\\nWilliam VanCamp, bakery, established 1879.\\nM. N. Mugan, attorney, opened his office in 1880.\\nVI.\\nr\\nc\\nc\\n1\\nH^iiii^nii", "height": "2866", "width": "2206", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph09chic_0481.jp2"}, "482": {"fulltext": "^c^^\\n0\\nA\\n5\\n(i)\\nw\u00c2\u00bb\\nHe is also the proprietor of the Exchange Bank of\\nPort Sanilac.\\nThe Sanilac County Reporter was started in 1876,\\nby John A. Hopkins, and was sold in 1883 to D. W.\\nHammond, who conducted it for about three montiis,\\nand then it was purchased by the present proprietor,\\nJ. H. Shults.\\nDr. J. M. Loop opened an office in 1854. He is\\na graduate of Ann Arbor, Department of Medicine\\nand Surgery.\\nDr. F. M. Garlick, graduate of the Detroit College\\nof Medicine, began practicing here in 1876.\\nDr. J. G. Viiiing, graduate of Detroit Medical\\nCollege, came to Port Sanilac in 1884.\\nIn 1863 Wm. Van Camp built the Exchange Hotel,\\nand kept it for two years. Horatio Wright then pur-\\nchased it, and was the jolly proprietor for 1 2 years.\\nDuring the year 1878, Finius [Phineas?] Godfrey was\\nthe proprietor, and then Alonzo Hunter held it for\\nyears, when Orson Whitmore purchased it, and is\\nthe present proprietor.\\nA considerable industry was developed here in\\nship-building before the timber became scarce. Wm.\\nT. Clarey built the first boat -a small sailer in\\n1852-3, and he continued in the business until he\\nhad built some 15 boats, each from 20 to 35 feet in\\nlength, with two sails. Two years later Harvey G.\\nWheeler began the business, and has been engaged\\nin it until the present time. The boats were mostly\\nfor fishing purposes, and have sailed all the fresh-\\nwater lakes for years. The number of boats built by\\nMr. Wheeler reaches about 75, including two schoon-\\ners, the Hazard and the Charley, the former of\\nwhich was foundered in the St. Clair River, and the\\nlatter lost on Lake Superior several years ago. Sol-\\nomon Brown was also an extensive row-boat builder.\\nPort Sanilac has probably furnished more small crafts\\nthan any other place in Michigan.\\nBark Shanty Tent, No. 26^, Knights of the Mac-\\ncabees, was organized in January, 1881. The first\\nofficers were Sir Knight Commander, J. H. Hop-\\nkins; Record Keeper, G. M. Wheeler; Finance\\nKeeper, A. G. Berney. The society now has 14\\nmembers.\\nSanilac Lodge, No. 2j/, F. dy A. M., held its first\\ncommunication Oct. 10, 1867. Mark Willis was the\\nfirst W. M., and E. F. Holmes the first Secretary.\\nAt that time there were 11 members; in 1884 there\\nonlots donated to the fraternity by C. M. Oldfield.\\nThe lodge joined with the city to defray the cost of\\nthe building, which will be about $5,000, and the\\nlower part is to be used as a city hall. The Masonic\\nhall is to be very elegantly furnished.\\nThe Port Sanilac Cornet Band was organized in\\n1868, by A. B. Caswell. The band now has 18\\npieces, and is led by Dr. G. M. Garlick. Wm.\\nThomson is the President, and D. F. Raymond the\\nSecretary.\\nA Ladies Aid Society, of the Congregational\\nChurch, was organized in 1876, and a notable enter-\\ntainment in the history of the village, was the Cen-\\ntennial Tea Party, with a fair in connection, given\\nby this society in 1876. The receipts of the whole\\nentertainment, which held two evenings, were $120.\\nBenevolent societies generally expire when the neces-\\nsity for their existence is removed. This is not\\nentirely the case with this society, but it has not been\\nvery active since the church bell .and other appur-\\ntenances have been paid for; and, though it is not\\ndead, it has been in a very precarious state of\\nhealth for some time. This is no reflection upon\\nthe excellent work done by the members; the ladies\\nare 90. A large hall has been erected this year (1884),\\ndeserve great credit.\\nThe history of the churches of this township will\\nbe found in the chapter on that subject.\\nSanilac Township is of irregular shape, being nine\\nmiles long, three and a half wide at the north end,\\nand five miles wide at the south end. It embraces\\ntown II, and the south half of town 12 north, range\\n16 east, and is bounded on the east by Lake Huron,\\nthe north by Forester Township, the west by Bridge-\\nhampton and Washington, and the south by Lex-\\nington.\\nRead the list of Supervisors:\\nCharles McMillan,\\nHenry L. Hopkins,\\nWilliam Austin,\\nJohn Kelly,\\nJames Erskine,\\nJoseph M. Loop,\\nJames Erskine,\\nHenry Oldfield,\\nJames Erskine,\\nObadeahld Lewis,\\nRudolph Platts,\\nO. W. Lewis,\\nJohn H. Loudon,\\n1850-2\\n1853\\n1854\\n1855\\n1856-7\\n1858\\n1 85 9-6 1\\n1864-7\\n186S\\n1869-75\\n1876\\n1877-80\\n1881-82\\nA\\nro)", "height": "2866", "width": "2206", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph09chic_0482.jp2"}, "483": {"fulltext": "tlI] ^tlB^\\nSANILAC COUNTY.\\n487\\n(h\\n1\\nV\\nAustin Township.\\n^^s^\\nHE organization of this township has been\\nshifted from place to place more than that\\nof any other in the county. It was first\\norganized in 185 i, and included all the terri-\\ntory north of Sanilac to Saginaw Bay. It was\\ncut down from time to time on all sides until it\\nreached its present size and location, Greenleaf, on\\nthe west, being the last taken off, in 1864. The\\nother boundatied are: north, Huron County; east,\\nMinden Township; soath, Argyle Township.\\nIn 1854 a Mr. Watson settled in the township,\\nand is now credited with being the first. Soon after\\nthis was Alex. McRae, Joseph Brown and the Mere-\\ndiths; and by 1864 there were enough settlers to\\nform an organization, after all the other territory had\\nbeen cut off.\\nMrs. Alex. McRae taught the first school, in her\\nown house on section 2r, receiving $iS per month\\ntherefor. Two years later the first school-house was\\nbuilt, section 23 being the location.\\nThe first church was erected by the Baptists on\\nsection 28, in i86g. The land was donated by\\nAbram Meredith. In 1871, after the fire, it was\\nblown down money was then raised and more steps\\ntaken towards its completion but it was not finished\\nuntil after its removal, in 1879, to its present loca-\\ntion in the village of Cumber. The building was\\nsold before its removal to the United Presbyterian\\nChurch, but the Baptists retained the privilege of\\nusing it for their services.\\nA Presbyterian church was built on section 30, in\\n1880, but not finished before the 81 fire, which de-\\nstroyed it, and it has not been re-built. There is\\nalso a Methodist Episcopal church at Tyre.\\nIn 1868, on section 13, Mr. Joiner built a\\nsteam saw-mill and afterward added a shingle-mill,\\nwhich was the first of the kind in this region. This\\nmill was burnt and rebuilt three times. After the\\nfirst fire Mr. Joiner rebuilt it, and then sold it to\\nGeorge Doroner, who added a grist-mill, and ran it\\ntwo years. Then the boiler of the engine exploded,\\nkilling the fireman, A. Ray, and two strangers who\\nhad just at that moment stepped into the engine\\n^m^ ^-:^m\\nroom to warm themselves, the weather being very\\ncold. No other serious damage was done, as only\\nthe fire holes gave way. The engine was then re-\\npaired and run until the fire of 81, when the mill\\nwas burned to the ground again. It was replaced,\\nwith only a saw-mill this time, which was operated\\nonly two or three months, then moved to Cumber,\\nwhere it remained about one year. It was then\\ntaken from the county. The question is, whether\\nthis is the same mill that was first put up, after\\nbeing burnt, rebuilt, and changing hands so many\\ntimes. Another stationary mill was built at Tyre in\\n1883, which at present is the only mill in the town-\\nshi]j. There have been several portable mills at\\nvarious times.\\nThe only murder ever committed in Austin was\\nthat of Joseph Bradley, a young man of 17, who was\\nat the time, September, 1870, living with his wid-\\nowed mother on section 6. The shooting was done\\nby young Kidd, a youth about the same age, who\\nexpected to find considerable money. Kidd and\\nBradley were companions, and while they were to-\\ngether one day, Mrs. Bradley bade her son go to\\nTyre to change a bill. Kidd saw Mrs. Bradley have\\na $roo bill, and supposing this was to be changed,\\nfollowed young Bradley into the woods and shot him.\\nBut he found only $5. He immediately left the\\ncountry, but was arrested at Port Huron. His trial\\nresulted in a life sentence, but he was pardoned by\\nGovernor Begole after 12 years.\\nTYRE.\\nThis is a village in the northeast corner of the\\ntownship on section i, on the Port Huron North-\\nwestern Railroad. The first store was a log building\\nput up in 1865, by Richard ColHns, who sold out to\\nA. Gunning in 1868. Mr. Collins was the first Post-\\nmaster in the township, but resigned in favor of Mr.\\nGunning when he bought the store. Mr. Gunning\\nkept it about seven years when O. Sullivan bought it\\nand has it yet. The village was burned in the fires\\nof both 7 I and 81, but has been rebuilt. At present\\nthere is a Methodist church, a large saw-mill, a grist-\\nmill, and a lath and shingle mill. There are four\\ngeneral stores, kept by Sullivan Ryne, Wm. White\\nand McDonald Brothers. Dr. A. M. Kay keeps a\\ndrug store here Sanborn Co., of Port Huron,\\nhave a large elevator; McPhail Co. have a furni-\\nture store near the depot. The Tyre House is kept\\n1\\n9\\nm", "height": "2866", "width": "2206", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph09chic_0483.jp2"}, "484": {"fulltext": "r ^tl[l^IlD^^\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0r\\nSANILAC COUNTY.\\n-\u00c2\u00bb^C(\u00c2\u00ae\\nw\\nby A. Gunning, started in 1882. There are several\\nother smaller business establishments.\\nCUMBER.\\nThe postoffice here was established in 1876, with\\nWilliam Jordan as the Postmaster, who is still the\\nincumbent of the postion. E. F. Marr keeps a gen-\\neral store. A. blacksmith shop was started here in\\n1869, by T. M. Bradshaw. There is also a shoe\\nshop at this point, and the school-house of District\\nNo. 3.\\nSUPERVISORS.\\nFollowing is a complete list of the Supervisors of\\nAustin Township, through all its changes of territory\\nQ)\\nT\\nWilliam E. Crowell,\\nAlbert Jones,\\nJohn Wells,\\nJohn Mudge,\\nStephen Greenman,\\nGeorge Whitehouse,\\nRichard Collins,\\nAlexander McRae,\\nEdward Boddy,\\nEdgar P. Wells,\\nJohn White,\\nAlexander McRae,\\nThomas Pollard,\\nRobert McEwing,\\nTheodore M. Bradshaw,\\nEdward Hunter,\\nAlexander McRae,\\nHugh McKenzie,\\nJames White,\\nEdward Hunt, Sr.,\\nAlexander McRae,\\nHugh McKenzie,\\nTheodore M. Bradshaw,\\nAlexander McKenzie,\\n.^ej-\\n1851-7\\n1858\\n1859\\n1860-1\\n1862\\n1863\\n1864\\n1865\\n1866\\n1867\\n1868\\n1869\\n1870\\n1871\\n1872\\n1874-S\\n1874\\n187s\\n1876\\n1877\\n1878\\n1879\\n1880\\n1881-2\\nFremont Township.\\nag^^feevM\\niHtOI^ many years before any permanent set-\\n^glC tlements were thought of, a large lumber-\\n(4\\ning business was carried on in this town-\\nship, as the timber was very excellent; and\\neven when the professional lumbermen had\\nleft, many of the farmers engaged in the busi-\\nness in the winter and tilled their cleared lands in\\nsummer. This continued until the 71 fire destroyed\\nall that was left of the valuable timber.\\nll) ^r^\\nJohn Saunders, Daniel Lawson, William Grant,\\nAbram Spring, Silas Harris and Edward Branagan\\nwere the first settler^, all coming about the same\\ntime, in 1854 and 1855.\\nFremont was organized in 1S57 from Worth,\\nwhich now bounds it on the east. Buel Township is\\nnorth of it, Speaker west, and the southern boundary\\nis St. Clair County. Its number is 9 north, range 15\\neast. Peter Thibodeau was the first Supervisor and\\nJohn Saunders the first Clerk. The entire list of Su-\\npervisors could not be obtained, but here they are\\nfrom 1867\\nJohn Saunders, 1867\\nDaniel Lawson, 1868-73\\nJames Saunders, 1874\\nJohn Galbraith, 1875-7\\nAndrew Grav, 1878-80\\nSamuel Todd, 188 1-2\\nIn the balmy days of the spring of i860, when\\nnothing but the Civil War was disturbing the country,\\nWilliam Grant was married to Miss Miranda Beal,\\nwhich was the first wedding in Fremont. Preachers\\nwere scarce then, and the ceremony was performed\\nby Andrew Paisly, J. P. This was a remarkable\\npioneer wedding, since it was not an elopement, and\\nwas attended with no extraordinary circumstances.\\nIn 1858 a Christian Church society was estab-\\nlished, which was the first, and met at the house of\\nAbram Spring. It lasted about six years. The\\nubiquitous Methodists began their meetings in 1862\\nin the log school-house of District No. i, and have\\nkept them up ever since. The United Presbyterians\\nestablished their society about the same time, and\\nare now building a church on section 32. On this\\nsection a school-house was built in 1859, which was\\nthe first in the township.\\nRoseburg is the name of the postoffice on section\\n19, and there is also a cheese factory here, with a\\ncapacity of 600 to 700 pounds per day during the\\nsummer season.\\nGame was very plentiful in this township during\\nthe first years, and furnished the pioneers with meat.\\nThere were large numbers of deer, wild-cats, pigeons,\\nbear, partridge, raccoons, badgers and wolves, but\\nnot many elk.\\nA good story was told the writer by a resident ot\\nFremont, who desired his name withheld, the reason\\nfor which will appear later. It occurred on the night\\nof July 22, 186S. Tiie bear was a monster. A num-\\nber of hogs had disappeared during the spring, and\\n(o^\\n^mw^\\nm.\\nim", "height": "2866", "width": "2206", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph09chic_0484.jp2"}, "485": {"fulltext": "/^\u00c2\u00ae))4^#\u00c2\u00ab :a4 V ^tda-^HD^^v-e :2#ys^\\nSANILAC COUNTY.\\n489\\nA\\nt\\nI\\nit became necessary to search for the thief. Hence,\\none morning, after the usual quantity of live stock\\nhad been taken during the night, two men named\\nTeats found his track, and came near to what they\\nconcluded was liis haunts. Here they built a fire in\\nthe evening, and awaited for his majesty to appear.\\nA little before dawn one of the men saw the bear s\\neye flash ocily a few feet from where they were lying.\\nTaking aim, he fired, and the bullet went straight to\\nthe mark, putting out Bruin s eye and life at the same\\ntime. Certainly there was nothing remarkable about\\nthis. The extraordinary part was yet to come.\\nWhen the bear was measured, he stood 12 feet high\\nin his stocking-feet! Or, in technical terms, from the\\nzenith of his proboscis to the nadir of his posterior was\\nfour yards. Surely this was a whopper, not the\\nstory, but the bear, and another remarkable feature\\nof it is that the narrator even lived to tell it the sec-\\nond time! In the neighborhood where it occurred\\nthe incident is bear-lie believed.\\nSpeaker Township.\\nTownship g north, range 14 east, is the\\nlocation of this division of the county. It\\nwas a part of Worth until 1858, when a\\nsufficient number of settlers came in to make\\nan organization. Most of them came in 1856-7,\\nAugustus Siche being the first, and Nehemiah\\nStevens and son soon after. From that time the\\nnumbers increased rapidly, and in the latter part of\\n1857 there were children enough to warrant the build-\\ning of a school- house, which was put up one mile\\nnorth of the present village of Speaker.\\nThe only and first church building in the township\\nis the Catholic, which was built in 187 i, on section\\n28. The Protestant Methodists established a hurch\\norganization two or three years previous to this, but\\nheld services in a school-house.\\nThe history of this township has been a record of\\nthe work attendant u[)on clearing the heavy timber\\nfrom its surface. There is but little timber left at\\npresent, but the labor of preparing the land for tillage\\nhas extended through many years so that the prin-\\ncipal events have been the famous logging bees,\\nfor which Speaker has been noted. From 1857 to 67\\nlogging bees were the principal occupation for\\nboth pleasure and profit. Jolly times were enjoyed.\\nNearly every citizen of the township would turn out\\nto the premises where the bee was to be held,\\nand bring his ox team, the owner of the land having\\nfirst cut down the huge trees. The great logs then\\nlay scattered and crossed in every direction, over a\\nfield of usually 20 acres. The neighbors would\\nassemble in the morning, and the field was staked\\noff into throughs of about four rods wide across\\nthe field. This would give one strip of land or\\nthrough to each ox team, which was generally\\nassisted by six to ten men. Thus there were ten to\\nfifteen teams, ^nd from 60 to 100 men at each bee.\\nThe work to be done was to pile the logs into piles\\nthree or four rods apart, ready to be burned. All\\nthe teams would start even, and the first to finish the\\nthrough was to receive a prize. It required from\\nsix to eight hours of heavy lifting and dragging to\\nremove all the logs, but with the excitement of nearly\\na hundred stalwart workers in the field, the labor\\nseemed lighter than usual. Then it was the part of the\\nhost to show his appreciation of the labor rendered.\\nThis appreciation manifested itself in the evening in\\nvarious pleasant ways, concluding with a bountiful\\nsupper and a dance. The bees form quite a\\nchapter in the social and industrial history of Speaker,\\nand as long as there is sufficient uncleared land\\nthey will still be held. The last one was held in\\nSeptember, 1884.\\nMelvin is a small village in the southwestern part\\nof the township, where the first building was put up\\nfor a saloon in 1862. The Port Huron North-\\nwestern Railroad runs through it, and it now has one\\nhotel, two stores, a grist-mill and a saw-mill.\\nSpeaker is what was formerly Moore s Corners,\\na little north of the center of the township. Mr.\\nAndrew Moore keeps a store, is Postmaster, and has\\njust started a creamery, which is the only institution\\nof the kind in the county.\\nSUPERVISORS.\\nWm. S. Moore,\\nMordecai Helborn,\\nWm. S. Moore,\\nJohn Waek,\\nWm. S. Moore,\\nWm. B. I.aidlow,\\nWm. S. Moore,\\n1867\\n1868\\n1869-70\\n1871-4\\n1875-8\\n1879\\n1880-2\\ns", "height": "2866", "width": "2206", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph09chic_0485.jp2"}, "486": {"fulltext": "s\\ni\\n490\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0er-r 2^IIII^IiDr ^r-e7-\\nSANILAC COUNTY.\\nMaple Valley Township.\\n(J^jAPLE VALLEY was first settled in 1854.\\nThe first settler was Frank LaCass, who\\nwas followed soon after by Hiram Stien-\\nhoff. LaCass was killed in the late rebel-\\nlion. His widow still lives on the old home-\\nstead, but is insane, and has been ever since\\nhe was killed. Hiram Stienhoff died about four\\nyears ago. His widow still lives in the town. He\\nhas also several sons living in this township. John\\nH. Beckett was the third settler, and has been, and\\nis now, one of the most prominent citizens of the\\ntownship. He was the first Supervisor of the town-\\nship, an office he held 14 years. He has also held\\nseveral other offices, and was Postmaster at Valley\\nCenter till Jan. i, 1884, when he resigned and John\\nMakelim was appointed. He owns a fine farm near\\nValley Center, besides several other lots in the town-\\nship.\\nJackson Brink was the first Treasurer of the town-\\nship. He now lives in Ingham County, Mich. R.\\nG. Brown was the first Town Clerk. He lives near\\nBrown City in fact, part of the village is built on his\\nfarm. He is a :vell-to-do farmer, and Postmaster of\\nBrown City.\\nHiram Stienhoff, R. G. Brown, Wm. Martindale\\nand John H. Beckett, were the first Justices of the\\nPeace.\\nThe town was organized in 1857. The occupation\\nof the people was principally lumbering, stave-\\nmaking and hoop-making, till within the last 10 or\\n12 years, since which time they have been engaged\\nin farming. The population in 1870 was about 350;\\nin 1S80 was 939, and in June, T884, was 1,289.\\nSome of the first settlers were engaged a good\\npart of their time in hunting. There was plenty of\\ngame, such as bear, deer and elk; and there was one\\nmoose killed in the township, but such animals were\\nrarely seen.\\nThe first wedding was that of Stephen Rockwell\\nand Clarissa Bonney; R. G. Brown, Justice of the\\nPeace, married them. Ministers were few and far\\nbetween in those days. Mrs. Rockwell is dead, and\\nhe is now living in New Brunswick.\\nHannah Carter, wife of William Carter, was the\\nfirst person who died in the township. He after-\\nwards married a daughter of Hiram Stienhoff.\\nThe first and only railroad built through the town-\\nship, was the Port Huron Northwestern Railroad,\\nwhich was built in the summer and fall of 1880.\\nThere are two stations in the township. Valley Center\\nand Brown City. They are both enterprising little\\nvillages, each containing a saw and grist mill, wagon\\nand blacksmith shops, besides several stores, and\\nother places of business. Each village contains an\\nelevator, where farmers find a market for all kinds of\\ngrain.\\nThe Supervisors from the first are as follows\\nJohn H. Beckett, 1857-72\\nJohn M. Brown, 1873-4\\nJohn H. Beckett, 1875-8\\nRobert Jones, 1878-9\\nJohn Makelim, 1880\\nJohn M. Brown, 1881-2\\nBuel Township.\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0^iFp^fN the eastern boundary of Buel is Le.xing.\\ni\\nton Washington is north of it. Elk west.\\nAbout one-fourth of\\nSMi^ and Fremont south\\nthe town is cleared, so that most of its history\\nis yet to be made. The bottom lands are\\nvery rich, and when drained and cleared Buel\\nwill be one of the best agricultural towns in the\\ncounty.\\nBeing in town 10 north, range 15 east, it was a\\npart of Lexington until 1855, when there were set-\\ntlers enough to foirn a township organization.\\nThe first settler was probably Ezra Van Camp,\\nthough an old gentleman by the name of Wills came\\nin very early. Mr. Van Camp came in 1852, and\\nthe next year James McGrath followed. Mr. Mc-\\nGrath was very enthusiastic in politics and religion,\\nso that he had a school and a church as soon as\\nthere were people enough within its domain to sup-\\nport them. This was about the time of the organi-\\nzation, and a school-house was built that year on\\nsection 35. When this was done, a Methodist church\\nwas established, but the meetings were held in the\\nschool-house until 1881, when a building was erected\\nfor that purpose on section 28.\\nThomas Delaney was the Supervisor for a number\\nh\\nC\\nV\\nc\\n^c^tK\\no^\\nA 3iiii^[iiif^A^", "height": "2866", "width": "2206", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph09chic_0486.jp2"}, "487": {"fulltext": "m\\n-2^^ ^^-7^ [1 Q v^ U U ^V\\n-^aii^^^^\\n4^@\u00c2\u00a75((gvSi)\\n-^SS\u00c2\u00a7J.\\nSANILAC COUNTY.\\n\u00e2\u0080\u00a2191\\nof years previous to 186S, and since then the follow-\\ning gentlemen have held that office\\n(h\\nThomas Robb,\\nJohn Cameron,\\nArtemus Hicks,\\nHomer Hall,\\nJohn Cameron,-\\nHomer Hall,\\nJohn S. Baglcy,\\n1869-70\\n1S71-6\\n1877\\n1878\\n1879\\n1880\\n18S1-2\\nElk Township.\\n^^1^ I.K rounsliii.i shared tire political fortunes\\n^K^^i of Lexington until Buel was organized,\\nwlien Buel held jurisdiction over its terri-\\ntory for two years, or until 1857. Then Elk\\nwas set off by itself, but Flynn was attached to\\nj it until i86g. The township is bounded on\\nthe north by Watertown, west by Flynn, south by\\nSpeaker, and east by Buel.\\nNathaniel Vannest settled on section 28 in 1852.\\nHe was the first settler, and has been largely identi-\\nfied with the growth and enterprise of Elk ever\\nsince.\\nS In 1854 Chauncey Allen came from the State of\\n^A Indiana, with two yoke of oxen, and settled on sec-\\ntion 27. Mr. Allen started a store in i860 on his\\nfarm, and about one-half mile east of tlie present\\nvillage of Peck, in 1862, Alexander Farwell started\\na store. But the first store started in the village was\\nby Mr. Vannest, in 1868. Nine years before tliis,\\niiowever, Mr. Vannest built the Globe hotel in\\nPeck, which was the first building in the village.\\nThe burg now has a population of nearly 300, with\\ntwo hotels, a saw-mill and grist-mill combined, three\\ndoctors and one lawyer. The village is nine miles\\nfrom a railroad, but has a stage to Croswell daily.\\nThere is also an Advent Christian church here, which\\nwas built in the summer of 1879, and was the first\\nin the township.\\nrThe first school taught in the township was by the\\ndaughter of Ransom R. Pcarce, in her father s house.\\nThe next year (i860) the first school-house was\\nbuilt, a mile east of Peck, by a logging bee.\\nDavid Wilson was married to Miss Sarah Vannest\\nf\u00c2\u00ae in the autumn of 1858, which was the first wedding.\\nIn the spring of 1855, Richard Thomas was hunt\\n^m^ ^^M.m\\ning ducks on Elk Creek. He shot one and swam\\ninto the stream to get it, caught cold and died the\\nne.xt morning. This was the first death in the town-\\nship, but there was no funeral, and no gravestone\\nnow marks the place of his remains on the bank of\\nthe Elk.\\nFrom a dense wilderness Elk has been changed\\ninto a beautiful farming country, which is a monu-\\nment to the enterprise of her citizens.\\nThe Supervisors have been as follows:\\nPatrick Box,\\nWilliam Dawson,\\nJohn Ryan,\\nFrank J. Ryland,\\nByron M. Dutcher,\\nFrank J. Ryland,\\nN. Vannest,\\nFrank J. Ryland,\\nByron ftl. Dutcher,\\nOrrin Gould,\\nH. A. Babcock,\\n1867-8\\n1869-70\\n187 1-2\\n1873\\n1874\\n187s\\n1876\\n1877\\n1878\\n1879\\n1880-2\\nFlynn Township.\\nAPEER County and the south part of Mar-\\nlette Township form the western boundary,\\nz-W0 Elmer Township the northern. Elk the east-\\ntj[(j em, and Maple Valley the southern boundary\\nof Flynn Township. The exact location is range\\n13 east, town 10 north.\\nBefore the organization, which took place in 1869,\\nFlynn was attached to Elk Township. The town-\\nship was named for Thomas Flynn, who was one of\\nthe first settlers, and the first Supervisor. The other\\nSupervisors have been\\nRichard Nicholl,\\nM. J. Kolts,\\nPurdy Jones,\\nA. W. Payne,\\nJames McGregor,\\nJames Baldwin,\\n1870-1\\n1872-3\\n1874\\n1875-6\\n1877-81\\n1882\\nWilliam Fitch was the first settler, stopping on sec-\\ntion 36 in 1857. William Flynn came about one year\\nlater, and soon after they were joined by William\\nMcGregor and R. J. Nicholl.\\nThe first school-house in the township was a frame\\nbuilt in 1869, at Omard. The rest of this village\\nconsists of the postoffice.\\nI\\n9\\nA\\nI", "height": "2866", "width": "2206", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph09chic_0487.jp2"}, "488": {"fulltext": "T\\n:ail^OIi\\n\u00e2\u0080\u00a2:^T\\nTSShi^r iS^\\nSANILAC COUNTY.\\nAbout the time the township was organized a\\nMethodist Church was also estabhshed, but no\\nbuilding has ever been erected, the services having\\nbeen held in the school-house at Omard.\\nA large marsh runs across Flynn Township from\\nsouthwest to northeast. This has been cleared of\\nthe heavy timber, but is not yet in tillable shape.\\nWhen it becomes so, and is properly drained, the\\nland will be very fertile but at present a large part\\nof the township is new.\\nWashington Township.\\n(\\\\SHINGTON Township was organized\\nj^aaa^r, from Sanilac in 1S55.\\nJohn Jones, on\\nJiSe p section 12, was the first settler. He came\\nto his present home so long ago that he has\\nforgotten the date but says that he was one\\nof the first, if not the first, white man in the\\ncounty, having hunted and trapped through Sanilac\\nCounty before Michigan was a State. Mr. Jones\\nrelates many tales of adventure that are interesting\\nto hear, but are of slight use to the historian. Jona-\\nthan Lee and George Mitchell came into the town-\\nship in 1850, the former settling on section 13, and\\nthe latter on 25.\\nOwing to the heavy timber, the settlement was\\nslow, but when the trees were removed the land was\\nfound to be valuable and was rapidly taken.\\nThe first school was taught by Miss Harriet May-\\nbee in a log school-house on section 13, probably in\\n1852. The district then belonged to Sanilac Town-\\nship, and was District No. 6 of that township. About\\ntwo years later a frame school-house was built on\\nsection 14, and this was also the first frame building\\nin the township.\\nThe first saw-mill was built by George Pack, in\\n1857, on section 14. A grist-mill was also built in\\nconnection with the saw-mill.\\nThe first church in this township was built on sec-\\ntion 10, in 1879, by the Methodists, and the organi-\\nzation was effected about the same time as that of the\\ntownshi]). In 1858 a United Brethren church was\\nbuilt, on section 14.\\nSilas Hall was the first Postmaster, receiving his\\n^3, ^^^_\\n5^ -^?rf=\\nr- ^My.\\nappointment in 1855, and for some time carried all\\nthe mail around in iiis hat. In 186 1 Daniel Berney\\nbecame Postmaster, and after two or three years the\\noffice was moved into Bridgehampton Township.\\nGeorge Pack was appointed a Postmaster for the\\nsouthern part of the township in i86o, but upon his\\ndeath four years later it was moved to what is now\\nAnderson Station. This is a village on the Port\\nHuron Northwestern Railroad, where there are a\\nsaw-mill, a hotel and three or four stores, but is of the\\nsmall commercial importance, since the country\\naround it is not sufficiently cleared for agricultural\\npurposes.\\nThe following have been Supervisors of Washing-\\nton Township\\nJohn Jones 1S55-68\\nAlonzo Downing 1869-71\\nJ. Cleland 1872-3\\nWilliam F. Chipman 1874-5\\nJohn Cleland 1876-7\\nJames Anderson 1878-9\\nJohn Cleland 1880\\nW. F. Chipman 1881-2\\nThe township is bounded on the north by Bridge-\\nhampton, on tlie east by Sanilac, south by Buel, and\\nwest by Watertown and its number is range 15 east,\\ntown 1 1 north.\\nWatertown Township.\\nij^ CAMES McCLURE was elected the first\\n^i^M?- Supervisor of Watertown, in 1868, when\\nthe town was organized George Morris was\\nalso elected Town Clerk and Edward Cash\\nTreasurer at the same meeting, which was held\\nat the house of Mr. Cash. All these were re-\\nelected. There were only seven voters at the time,\\nthe remaining four being Thomas, Morris, and Hugh\\nCodington and Hugh Johnson. All were elected to\\noffice and some held three or four offices. For\\ninstance, Mr. Cash was at the same time Treasurer,\\nHighway Commissioner, School Inspector and Justice\\nof the Peace. What a happy condition of political\\naffairs that was, when every office-seeker could\\nsleep, snore and forget, in the full knowledge of a\\ncontented ambition\\nMr. Cash was the first settler (on section 35), com-\\nf\\ne^:", "height": "2866", "width": "2206", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph09chic_0488.jp2"}, "489": {"fulltext": "M^^t^\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0\u00e2\u0082\u00ac^i mmh\\nT-ry\\nSANILAC COUNTY.\\n493\\nh\\nV\\nTs\\nV\\ning in 185 1 and for eight long years he was the jnly\\nhuman master of the wilderness. Then came John\\nDoan, and three years later Mrs. Mary Doyle bought\\n40 acres of Mr. Cash and settled on it. The other\\nsettlers have come in since the 81 fire.\\nThe first school-house was built on the northeast\\nquarter of section 35, in 1867, and the first school\\nwas taught that winter by Mrs. Sophia Wilson, at\\nthat lime 70 years old. She received $12 per month,\\nand her pu|jils were the children of Mr. Cash and\\nMr. Codington.\\nJohn Gimmel built the first mill in the township,\\nin 1882. It was a shingle mill and was operated\\nabout one year, when it was moved to Sandusky. A\\nsaw-mill and shingle-mill was built by David Fowles\\nin 1882, and is at present located in the village of\\nCash. In 1883 William Tomelson started a general\\nmerchandise store in the village, but sold to Frank\\nAgle a year later. The postoffice was established\\nhere at the same time as the store. The mail comes\\ntwice a week, from Peck, eight miles south.\\nA large State ditch was finished in 1S84. Com-\\nmencing on section 35, it runs north, bearing a little\\nwest, and comes out on section 3. The township is\\nnow all cleared, and is settling rapidly, owing to the\\nfact that the county seat is on the north line.\\nThere is a Methodist church, built in 1877 and a\\nBaptist church, erected in 1S78.\\nWatertown is a little south of the center of the\\ncounty, being in range 14 east, town i r north. North\\nof it is Custer, east of it Washington, south of it Elk,\\nand west of it Elmer.\\nThese are its Supervisors from the first\\nJames McClure\\nGeorge Morris\\nE. C. Babcock\\nGeorge Morris\\nE. C. Babcock\\nGeorge Morris\\n1868-70\\n1871\\n1872-8\\n1879-80\\n1881\\n1882.\\nElmer Township.\\n1; ERHAPS not more than one-fifth of this\\ntownship is cleared at present, though\\nliljfj^ nearly all the heavy timber has been re-\\n^ij,^ J moved by lumbering or by the great fires. The\\nfirst settler was Walter Hyslop, who came in\\nJanuary, 1866. That year and the ne.xt there\\nwas quite an immigration, and then there was a lull\\nin the settlement until after the 71 fire.\\nThe township was organized in 1870, and the fol-\\nlowing are the Supervisors since that time:\\nS. P. Davis, 1 870-1\\nW. Hyslop, 1872-5\\nJ. W. Babcock, 1876\\nWilliam F. Doering, 1877-80\\nW. Hyslop, 1 88 1\\nAiha P. Ross, 1882\\nElmer Township is bounded on the north by\\nMoore, west by Madette, south by Flynn, and east\\nby Watertown. Its number is 11 north, range 13\\neast.\\nThe first school- house was built in 1S69, and\\nthere are four at present.\\nMarietta.\\n*ff NTIL 1859 this was a part of Sanilac and\\nBuel Townships, being all of town n and\\n3j^ the north half of town 10 north, in range 12\\neast. The first settler was Robert Stinson,\\n1|9-\\nwho came in 1854 and settled on section 15, of\\nj the half township. Timothy Smith came next,\\nand stopped on section 10, and William Walker came\\na little later, taking up land on section 2, town 10\\nin 1855. Thomas Walker came with his father, and\\nWm. Montgomery was but a little later. One year\\nfrom that time the Government land in Marlette was\\nall taken up.\\nIn the fall of 1858, Miss Mary Ball taught the\\nfirst school, in Charles Cole s house on section 25,\\nand a little later that year a log school-house was\\nbuilt on the same section, which was the first school-\\nhouse in the township.\\nThe first frame building was a barn built by George\\nHager, Sr., on section 16 of town 10, in 1859; and\\nthe first dwelling was built by John Gilligan, on sec-\\ntion 17, of tlie same town, in 1861.\\nThe first death in this township was that of John\\nMedill.\\nLike other people, the affections of the human\\nkind in Mavlette were as uncontrollable as ever, and\\ntwo young people could not wait until a Justice of\\nthe Peace or minister came into the township, but\\nrepaired to Burnside Township, in Lapeer county,\\nwhere Justice Marsh performed the ceremony, at the\\nhouse of John Fox. The names of the young folks\\nwere Georgte Notley and Miss Jane Walker.\\nMarlette Township is bounded on the west by Tus-\\ncola County, on the north by Lamolte, on the east by\\nV\\n11\\nmm", "height": "2866", "width": "2206", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph09chic_0489.jp2"}, "490": {"fulltext": "494\\nT2;\u00e2\u0082\u00ac^\u00c2\u00absr\\nv ^tlll ^lill^\\nSANILAC COUNTY.\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0O\\n1\\nElmer and Flynn Townships, and on the south by\\nLapeer County. Its number is range 1 2 east, town\\nII, and the north half of town 10 north.\\n=3\\nV\\nSUPERVISORS.\\nAlex. Newman,\\n1867\\nGeorge H. Fenner,\\n1868-70\\nAlex. Newman,\\n1871\\nW. Rudd,\\n1872-3\\nJohn Wilson,\\n1874\\nWm. Rudd,\\n1875\\nJohn Donald,\\n1876\\nTl\u00c2\u00bbomas Walker,\\n1877-8\\nWm. Rudd,\\n1879\\nJames Ronald,\\n1880\\nWm. Nash,\\n1881-2\\nMARLETTE VILLAGE.\\nThe land on which the village of Marlette was\\nbuilt was originally owned by Benjamin Hobson on\\nthe north, John McGill on the northwest, Charles\\nHarwack on the west, and Robert Wilson on the\\neast. The first frame building in the village was\\nRobert Wilson s frame house, still standing on Wilson\\nstreet.\\nE. W. Ellsworth has the only planing-mill in Mar-\\nlette. It was established in 1872, and supplies sash,\\ndoors, blinds and similar work for Sanilac and\\nadjoining counties. For some years Mr. Ellsworth\\nhad a furniture store in connection with his mill, but\\nsold out later.\\nE. J. Gillespie now operates the grist-mill built by\\nE. J. Warner in 18S0. Morton Hood s grist-mill\\nwas built by Robert and John Wilson, in 1866. In\\n1876, E. W. Vail purchased it and operated it for\\ntwo years, when it was sold to Bolton McGill. It\\nwas held two years by this firm, and then the present\\nproprietors took it.\\nH. W. Wilson, proprietor and manager of the Mar-\\nlette Steam Elevator, established his business in\\n1 88 1. The capacity is 14,000 bushels, and it is the\\nonly elevator in Marlette.\\nThe Marlette Plow Factory was started in 1878,\\nby Kilgour Mavis, who operated until the summer\\nof 1884, when it was bought by the present owner,\\nH. Ward Bristol. All the plows manufactured here\\nare for general purposes, and are of a superior\\nmake.\\nThe first saw-mill in the township was built by\\nJohn McGill, in the winter of 1866-7. Before it\\nwas completed, however, George H. Fenner became\\nV^\\na partner in the enterprise, and before Christmas of\\n1867, a grist-mill was added, which was the first in\\nthis part of the county. In April following, both\\nmills were burned. The saw-mill was soon rebuilt.\\nMr. McGill subsequently sold his interest to Charles\\nOakes.\\nThe postoffice for tlie township was established in\\n1865, about one mile and a half south of the village.\\nGordon W. Rudd was the first Postmaster, and held\\nthe office until 1869, when Mr. John McGill was\\nappointed on Mr. Rudd s recommendation, as Mr.\\nMcGill s mill and its surroundings made a more cen-\\ntral and convenient point for the office, Mr. Mc-\\nGill has held the office ever since his first appoint-\\nment.\\nFor the history of the churches in this village, ^ee\\nthe Church History.\\nThe other business of the village is as follows\\nThe first hotel in the village and township\\nwas the Northern Hotel, and was built in the\\nspring of i868, and was also the second frame build-\\ning in the village. T. H. Sheppard was the proprie-\\ntor, and kept it until 1872, when it was sold to\\nEdmund Rush, who sold it to John Durfee; Mr.\\nDurfee owned and kept it for two years, when Chas.\\nFurgeson purchased it and held it until the present\\nproprietor, J. Ireland, became the owner in 1883.\\nMr. Turner erected a small building to keep lodg-\\ners. Wm. Roberts bought it from him, and enlarged\\nit, and kept it four years. Wm. Graves then became\\nthe proprietor, for two years, again enlarging it, and\\nAbram Kitteridge bought the hotel from him, also\\nenlarged it, and rented it to Matthew Warner, who\\nkept it until the present proprietor took it.\\nW. B. McGill, grist-mill, lumber yard, flour and\\nfeed store, established 1882. He was a partner of\\nDaniel Bolton, but since Mr. Bolton s death, he Ikis\\nconducted the business alone.\\nH. H. Pratt, barber, established 18S1.\\nMarlette Bank, of McGill Co., was established\\nin 1 881, by Charles L. Messmore. It was purchased\\nby McGill Co. in 1882, and is a private i)ank.\\nJoseph Morris, general merchandise, was the first\\nstore in the village, and though it was the universal f^^i\\ncustom for stores to keep a bar at that time, Mr.\\nMorris kept a temi)erance store. He luul to haul\\ngoods 31 miles, from Almont. (g\\\\\\nW. A. White Co., dry goods, groceries, i)oots\\nC^\\nf\\nf\\nrv\u00c2\u00ae)\\nc^ii!]^ni]fi\\n^iU=i.\\n-^^(^J^", "height": "2866", "width": "2206", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph09chic_0490.jp2"}, "491": {"fulltext": "^^iin^iinf\\ny\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0\u00e2\u0080\u00a2f^\u00e2\u0080\u00a2\\nV\\n6\\ni\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0rr*r\\nSANILAC COUNTY.\\n-^\u00c2\u00aet^\\nand shoes, and general merchandise, estabHshed\\n1882. The store was formerly kept by J. McGill,\\nwho started it in 1869.\\nSmith King, general merchandise, ebtablished\\n1875. The business grew out of a boot and shoe\\nstore started by Mr. Smith, who conducted his busi-\\nness alone, adding a stock of general merchandise,\\netc., until 1884, when Mr. King became his partner.\\nM. McLennan, dry goods, groceries, etc., estab-\\nlished 1880.\\nD. Donaldson, dry goods, groceries and gei .eral\\nmerchandise, established 1879\\nW. VVinterstein Co., dry goods, etc., established\\n1883.\\nH. H. Doyle, dry goods and general merchandise,\\nesfablished 1884.\\nJ. A. Medler, clothir.g and furnishing goods, es-\\ntablished 1 88 1.\\nL. Landan, clothing, established 1884.\\nMrs. A. M. Vliet, millinery and dress-making,\\nestablished 1877.\\nJ. VV. Councilor, hardware, tinware, stoves, etc.,\\nestablished 1875.\\nA. E. Vail, hardware, stoves, etc., established\\n1880. The business was purchased from F. E.\\nTallmadge.\\nG. G. Rudd, groceries, crockery, glassware and\\nbakery, established 1881.\\nC. G. Tompkins, groceries, dry goods and general\\nmerchandise, established 1883.\\nH C. Sloat Co., groceries and provisions, estab-\\nlished 1884.\\nN. S. Fancher, meat market, established 1878.\\n\\\\V. D. Ragan, bakery and restaurant, establisiied\\n1881.\\nG. H. Bullock, bakery, confectionery and home-\\nmade candy, established 1884.\\nCharles M. Havens, shoe store, established 1881.\\nH. C. Burget, harness, established 1881.\\nW. McKee, shoemaker, established 1883.\\nR. Powell, jewelry and music, established 1879.\\nJ. H. Hayden, carriage and blacksmith shop, es-\\ntablished 1882.\\nHenry Wiggins, blacksn.ith, purchased the shop\\nfrom James Chapman, who started it in 1S68. This\\nwas the first blacksmith in the village, and also in\\nthe township. Since 1873 Mr. Wiggins lias enlarged\\nthe shop and added a wagon-shop.\\nRot/, Bros., fuinituie and undertakiiiL eslablished\\n1884. They have a fine hearse. The business is a\\nconsolidation of that established by James Black in\\nin 1879, and that formerly owned by E. VV. Ells-\\nworth.\\nC. H. Reynolds, drugs, patent medicines, toilet\\narticles, etc., established in 1882.\\nS. H. Warner, drags, established 1882.\\nS. B. Shaw, drugs, medicines, paints, oils and wall-\\npaper, established 1884.\\nDr. W. T. Dodge, graduate of the University of\\nMichigan, Department Medicine and Surgery, estab-\\nlished in Marlette, 1880.\\nDr. G. W. Harris, graduate of the University of\\nMichigan, Department of Medicine and Surgery, es-\\ntablished in Marlette 1881.\\nD. H. McCrea, same university, also Bellevue (N.\\nY.) Hospital Medical College, established himself\\nhere in 1877.\\nDr. F. P. Drummond, eclectic physician, graduate\\nof Albany (N. Y.) Medical College, established 1875.\\nDr. N. Vliet, dentist, established 1877.\\nJohn A. McMahon, attorney, graduate at Ann\\nArbor in 1877, has practiced law in Marlette since\\nthat time.\\nGeorge McKay, attorney, came to Marlette, took\\na course of lectures at Ann Arbor, and has practiced\\nfive years.\\nMcMahon McClure, attorneys. Joel W. Mc-\\nMahon studied law in Divine iS: VVixson s office in\\nLexington, spent one term at the Ann Adior Law\\nSciiool, and has been in Marlette n years. D.\\nStuart McClure graduated at Ann Arbor in 1880,\\nand entered into partnership with McMahon in\\n1881.\\nDoyle McMahon, attorneys, Justices of the\\nPeace, Notaries and insurance agents. This busi-\\nness was consolidated in the spring of 1884, from\\nthe same business previously carried on by the sep-\\narate members.\\nForester Township.\\nSJr-fi^-S C\\n\\\\i^\\n|tORRSrp:R S history is identical with that\\n|l of Austin, until 1855, when it was set oflf\\ni under a separate organization. The town-\\nshij) is bounded on tlie east by Lake Huron,\\n\u00e2\u0080\u00a2^k^ on the north by Delaware, west by ^Larion and\\ni Hridgeharapton, and south by Sanilac. It was\\noriginally town 12 north, range 16 east, but a little\\n0)\\nM\\n(i^-^^g:^^\\nDfi^nD;i\\n-i-a.\\n.:3!if^^^\\n1^^", "height": "2866", "width": "2206", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph09chic_0491.jp2"}, "492": {"fulltext": "m\\nc^tfr\\nr^i^ K ^V ^^I1 II i^: D Il^ r\\n-*#t^((\u00c2\u00aeV^;\\n496\\nSAJSIILAC COUNTY.\\nf\\nV\\na)\\nlater the south half of this town was given to Sanilac,\\nand it was replaced with all of town 13 on the north\\nin the same range. The unevenness of the lake shore\\nmakes Forester of irregular shape, the township\\nbeing nine miles long with an average width of three\\nand a half miles.\\nThe first settler to cut the heavy forest from a\\nfarm was Alanson Goodrich, who settled on section\\n4, in town 12, the spring of 1849. There were no\\nother actual settlers for several years afterward,\\nexcept Jacob Sharp, who came in two years later on\\nsection 9, though there were many lumbermen in\\nand out.\\nThe first frame building in the township was a\\nbarn erected on 33, town 13, in the spring of 1849.\\nThe first frame dwelling-house was built in 1852, by\\nImlay Merriman, but occupied by Jacob Sharp.\\nThe first saw-mill was built by Hurd Ingersotl,\\nabout 1852, on Cherry Creek, section town 13,\\nand was operated for 12 years, then torn down.\\nThe first school-house was a frame house on sec-\\ntion 34, town 13, in 1852. The first school was\\ntaught by Mrs. Thomas St. Clair, in her own house\\non section 33, the previous year. She received $20\\nper month from the township for her services and\\nthe use of her house.\\nF. T. .Smith Go s general merchandise store was\\nestablished in 1851, at Forester Village, under the\\nname of Imlay, Smith, Kelley Co. Upon the\\ndeath of Mr. Imlay, a year or two later, the firm\\nname became Smith, Kelley Co., which remained\\nuntil 187 I. Then George H. Tanner purchased an\\ninterest in the store and other business, and the firm\\nname was George H. Tanner Co. Four years\\nlater the present firm took it. This is the first store\\nin the township, and the firm has been very instru-\\nmental in building up the community. When it\\nwas Smith, Kelley Co. the firm built and furnished\\nthe Methodist church in the village, at a cost of\\n$10,000, including the ground, and donated it to the\\nMethodist Episcopal Society. It was dedicated in\\n187 r, md is the first church in the township. For its\\nsize the church is not excelled by any outside of De-\\ntroit, and is a monument to the gentlemen who gave it.\\nIt is also to the credit of this village that it has been\\non the side of temperance from the first, no saloons\\never having been allowed.\\nThe school-house was built in 187 1, and cost\\nabout $4,000. The postoffice has always been in the\\nstore of F. T. Smith Co., and its changes have\\nbeen that of the firm.\\nImlay, Smith, Kelley Co. built the first hotel,\\nsoon after their store. This is the Adams House,\\nand is still standing. The other hotels in the village\\nat present are the Lake View House, established in\\n1884, and the Tanner House, established in i87r.\\nThe I aniier House is owned by Edward Smith, and\\nthe Lake View by its present manager, James\\nHartshorn.\\nSoon after building the hotel. Smith, Kelley Co.\\nbuilt a shingle-mill, a planing-mill, a saw-mill, a\\ngrist-mill, a blacksmith shop and a cooper shop.\\nAll these are at present the property of Edward\\nSmith.\\nJames Hartshorn has a general merchandise store,\\nwhich was started in 1880.\\nRichmondville is a village in the north part of tiie\\ntownship. The first building was a store built by\\nLuce, Mason Co. in i860. Ten years later it was\\nsold to C. B. Harrington, who kept it six yea;s, and\\nthen sold it to Frank Murray. The store was burned\\nin 1881, but was soon rebuilt, in December of that\\nyear.\\nA school-house was built in 1873, burnt in 1881,\\nand rebuilt the following year. The dock here was\\nalso burnt in 1881, and is being rebuilt in 1884.\\nThere is a Methodist church about completed this\\nyear.\\nSUPERVISORS,\\nJames Hunter,\\n1855-7\\nA. Goodrich,\\n1858-68\\nLouis Charbmeau,\\n1869\\nA. Goodrich,\\n1870-6\\nF W. Temple ton.\\n1877-8\\nThomas Barr,\\n1879-82\\nDelaware Township.\\nHIS township was organized in 1858, from\\nAustin. Isaac Green was the first Super-\\n_ visor, and Alva Kelley the first settler, who\\ntook upland on section 4 of town 15 in 1853.\\nw The following year Michael Kelley came, and\\nI soon after were the VVolseys, Miners, Vartys,\\nand McClearys.\\nThe first school-house was built in the fall of\\n1\\n)^^t|-\\n^un", "height": "2866", "width": "2206", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph09chic_0492.jp2"}, "493": {"fulltext": "pS/\u00c2\u00ae))^t|-\u00c2\u00ab ^jC^ist\\n(o\\nSANILAC COUNTY.\\n497\\n1859, and is what is known as the Kelley school-\\nhouse. It was a log house, but was torn down\\nseveral years later, and a frame built in its place.\\nThe first school was taught in Capt. E. B. Ward s\\nhouse, in the present village of Forestville.\\nIn 1854 Capt. Ward built a saw-mill in Forest-,\\nville, which was the first frame building in the town-\\nship. The mill was burnt with the rest of the village\\nin 1871.\\nA Methodist cliurch was built in iSSi in the\\nsouthwestern part of the fractional township, which\\nwas the first. An attempt was made earlier than\\nthis to build a church in the village, but was always\\nfrustrated by Isaac Green, who was not a church\\nman, was opposed to churches in general, and had\\ngreat influence among all those able to give money\\nfor the building; hence the church people kept up\\ntheir devotion by meeting in the school-house.\\nForestville has seen better days than it does at\\npresent. In early times the mills there put out\\nnearly a million feet of lumber every week, which\\nmade business lively; but after the 1871 fire de-\\nstroyed what pine there was, the guardian angel of\\nthe village has failed to find other emidoynient for\\nthe people as a substitute.\\nThe stores of the village at present aie: Thomas\\nCanham s, established in 1870; William Merckel s,\\nestablished in 1874; D. W. Snowdy s drug store,\\nwhich he started in 1879. There are also an agricul-\\ntural ware-room and a shoe-shop, and several vacant\\nstore buildings. The first hotel in the village was\\nbuilt in 1858 by Isaac Green, who was also the first\\nPostmaster, having received his appointment in 1855.\\nHe held the postoffice until 187 1, when A. W.\\nO Keefe erected a large hotel and was appointed\\nPostmaster. Mr. O Keefe kept the office for five\\nyears, when his successor, Albert Jones, was ap-\\npointed, and has held it since.\\nThe first funeral in Delaware Townshiji was that of\\na child of Wm. Hill, which died in 1854. The next\\nyear O. B. Williams, one of the workmen in Ward s\\nmill, was married to Miss Granger, which was the\\nfirst wedding.\\nDelaware has more territory than the usual six\\nmiles square. Besides all of town 14 north, range\\n15 oast, it has a fraction of town 14 in range 16 east.\\nIt is bounded on the east by Lake Huron, on the\\nsouth by Forester, on the west by Minden Township,\\nand on the north by Huron County.\\nThese have been its Supervisors from 1S67, being\\nas far back as the list could be obtained\\nH. Breidenbach,\\nA. N. Johnson,\\nI. Green,\\nCharles Kelley,\\nA. W. O Keefe,\\nGeorge Mahon,\\n1867-70\\n1871\\n1872-8\\n1879\\n1880\\n1881-2\\nMinden Township.\\nI HIS, Township was cut off from Austin in\\n1.1859. Albert Jones was the first Super-\\nJM^ visor after it became a separate organization.\\n\u00c2\u00abl y Phillip Link was the first settler, and came in\\nand built a small log building on section 2, in\\n1855. Eli Seaman came the following year and\\nsettled on section 12, building a log house on ground\\nwhich lately was incorporated into the village of\\nMinden. This was the first building in the village,\\nand also in the township. John Mudge was the next\\nsettler in the township, coming a little later in the\\nsame year. The Bradys, Dyers, Smiths, Waits,\\nJoneses and others came in later, and the town began\\nto settle thickly after 1859.\\nThe first frame building erected in the township\\nwas a barn built by Mr. Phillip Links in 1859. He\\nalso built a dwelling soon after, which was the first\\nframe house in the township, and also in the village.\\nla 1864 Smith Canham built a saw-mill and\\nshingle-mill, which was the first steam mill in the\\ntownship. I he first mill of any kind was a grist-\\nmill, run by a horse-power. It was made by Norman\\nWait, who did the whole work of dressing the stones,\\nmaking the hopper and everything but the horse-\\npower. It was quite a convenience for the pioneers,\\nwho came for several miles to patronize it, though\\nthe flour had to be bolted by a sieve. It was finished\\nin 1857. In 1884 Ranson Brothers built a fine\\nsteam roller flouring mill with a capacity of 75 bar-\\nrels per day.\\nMiss Nancy Maybe taught the first school, in a loc\\nschool-house, which was built in the fall of 1858, in\\nthe present village of Minden. This was the first\\nschool-house ni the township. The present school-\\nhouse in the village of Minden was built in 1883, at\\na cost of $2,500.\\n9\\nHmmr \\\\i", "height": "2866", "width": "2206", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph09chic_0493.jp2"}, "494": {"fulltext": "SANILAC COUNTY.\\n-z^ is:\\nT\\nThe first church in the village was a Methodist\\nChurch, built in 1880. The ground was bought of\\nMichael O Connor, and also ground for a parsonage,\\nwhich was built in 1883. The first Church organiza-\\ntion in the township was a Methodist society, and\\nRev. E. Body, in 1856, was the minister. The other\\nchurches in the townshi[) are the Congregational\\nchurch in the village, completed in 1884, and the\\nCatholic church two miles and a half south of the\\nvillage, but is not yet completed, though services\\nhave been held in it for some time.\\n.\\\\n old gentleman by the name of Bolan came\\nfrom Canada and settled in this township in 1856,\\nand died two years later from old age. He was\\nburied in the private cemetery about half a mile south\\nof the present cemetery, on section 3. This was the\\nfirst death. Ground for the present cemetery, be-\\ning half an acre, was donated by Frederick Wraschey\\nin 1 86 1.\\nThe postoffice in the village was establislied in\\n1862. Wm. Downer was appointed Postmaster, and\\nWm. Seaman Deputy. Mr. Downer kept it until his\\ndeath, when Alfred Jones was appointed and held it\\nuntil 1872. He resigned in favor of George White-\\nhouse, who soon turned it over to O. K. Kerr, the\\npresent Postmaster.\\nThe first store in Minden was established in tlie\\nfall of 1859, by Alfred Gunning, who kept it two\\nyears and then sold to Wm. Downer. Mr. Gunning\\nthen moved to Detroit, but returned three years later\\nand built the second store in Minden. The building\\nis now occupied by Oscar Hatfield, with a stock of\\ngeneral mechandise. These were the only stores\\nuntil after the fire of 187 i. Afterthat the village began\\nto grow until now it has a population of 600. The\\nprincipal business houses at the present time are:\\nMichael Ryan, general merchandise; Union Hotel,\\nJohn Donlan, proprietor: Wm. Mulloy, drugstore;\\nJames Erskine Co., dry goods; Fred. Benedict, dry\\ngoods and groceries Hurd House, Henry Huckings;\\nO. McKay, agricultural implements; George McDon-\\naid, hardware; Jacob Springer, general merchandise;\\nO. K. Kerr, general merchandise Wellington\\nLloyd, harness: Dr. R. G. Haley, drug store;\\nGeorge Whitehouse, general merhandise; C. L.\\nMessmore, banker; August Ronisczick, shoemaker;\\nGeorge Paff, notions and produce; W. Badeau,\\nfurniture, grocery and provisions; George Lewis,\\ngrocery, provisions and bakery; Richard La Motte,\\nhardware; E. Proctor, vegetables, meat market,\\nalso livery stable; L. S. Wiiig, notions and mil-\\nlinery; Leo Kreiiner, meat market; Mooney House,\\nA. Mooney, prop r; John P. O Connor, groceries and\\nprovisions; George Steipps Son, planing mill,\\nfoundry and carriage shop Wm. Glass, cabinet-\\nmaker; Richard Brown, blacksmith; James Ryan,\\nblacksmith Minden Carriage Shop, Henry Pfaff\\nBrother, proprietors; A. N Johnson, physician and\\nsurgeon; R. G. Healy, physician and surgeon; Mills\\nBell, attorneys.\\nThe Minden tfi-/ was established in 1880, l)y J.\\nH. Shults, its present editor and proprietor.\\nAfter the 81 fire, the village was incorporated.\\nMr. Martin Dimond was the president of the first\\nBoard of Trustees, which was composed of George\\nMcDonald, R. G. Healy, Wm. Badeau, Wm. Mulloy,\\nA. Mooney and James H. Haviland.\\nMinden Township is numbered town 14 north,\\nrange 14 east, and its Supervisors have been\\nA. Gunning, 1S67\\nAlfred Jones, 1868\\nAlfred Gunning, 1869-70\\nFrank Pocha, 187 i\\nA. Gunning, 1872\\nThomas Bradley, 1873\\nAlfred Jones, 1874\\nThomas Bradley, 1875-6\\nThaddeus O Hara, 1877-82\\nS.*-^S^\\nGreenleaf Township\\nmC REENLEAF Township was organized in\\n1864, from Austin. Thomas G. Thomp-\\nrJ^l Sr son was the first Supervisor, serving one\\nW year. Wm. Pollard then held the office for\\ntwo years, Robert Cleland three years, Wm.\\nI Walker four years, wlien Christopher Murphy\\nwas elected (1876) and holds tlie office at the pres-\\nent time.\\nThe first permanent settler ivas Stephen Greennian,\\nwho came into the township and settled on section\\n26, in 1858. Alexander Nicol followed in 1859, lo-\\ncating on section 25. About the same time Daniel\\nMerchant, Wm. Curwell and Thomas Nicol came in,\\nand shortly after came the Wilsons, the Gordons, the\\nI\\ny^\\nc\\nC\\nO-\\nr^,", "height": "2866", "width": "2206", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph09chic_0494.jp2"}, "495": {"fulltext": "^,t#s\u00c2\u00bb-\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0^rr-7^- I] U U Us 7-^^5 ^2^^^^-\\nSANILAC COUNTY.\\n(h\\nMurphys and many others, taking up most of the\\nland in the southern part of the township.\\nThe first school-house was built on section 31,\\nprobably in the summer of 1865. Mrs. Wni. Mere-\\ndith taught the first school there, the following winter,\\nfor $14 per month. This was then considered a\\ngood salary, and made a heavy tax on the property\\nthen, which was at a low value in the woods.\\nThe first saw-mill was built on section 35, in 1879,\\nby Hugh Jordan. This is the only mill in the town-\\nship.\\nA store was erected by Benjamin Mankin in 187 i,\\nafter the fire, on section 31, but was short-lived.\\nThe goods were those sent to Mankin by the relief\\ncoTnmittee for the benefit of the fire sufferers, but in-\\nstead of distributing them to the proper persons he\\nsold them at enormously high prices, and then fled\\nthe country Another store was started on section 6,\\nin 1878, by George Dan, who kept it for two years\\nand then sold to James McNeil.\\nThe postoffice was started at Wickware in 18S2,\\nwhen Albert Wickware was appointed Postmaster.\\nA blacksmith shop was started in 1S81, on section\\n22, by George Cutting, who was the first blacksmith\\nin the township, but closed in September, 1884.\\nAnother was started at Wickware in the spring of\\n1883.\\nThe first and only church was built in 18S3\\nPresbyterian church, on section 26. Mr. Green-\\nman donated the lots.\\nStephen Greenman was married to Miss Mary\\nJordan in 1858, one year after coming, which was the\\nfirst wedding.\\nThe first funeral was preached by Rev. Wm. Pol-\\nlard, over the bodies of three of Mr. Alex. Nicol s chil-\\ndren, who died in 1876, of diphtheria. They were\\nburied in the center of the farm, back from what is\\nthe main road on section 25, the present location of\\nthe cemetery, which is about an acre in extent, and\\nwas donated for the purpose by Mr. Nicol in 1875.\\nA State ditch eight feet wide, commencing on sec-\\ntion 32 and running north to section 28. into the low\\ngrounds and on to Cass River, is in progress of ex-\\ncavation.\\nThe township has made rapid strides in clearing\\nsince the 81 fire more than all time before.\\nThe township is the northeast town of the county\\nand is numbered 14 north, range 12 east. On its\\n6\\n%^^u\\nnorth is Huron County, west is Tuscola County, east\\nis Austin Township, and south is Evergreen\\nEvergreen Township.\\nUST south of Greenleaf is Evergreen\\nTownship, which is numbered 13 north,\\nrange 12 east; and on the other three sides\\nip of this township are: East, Argyle Township!\\nsouth, Lamotte Township; west, Tuscola\\nCounty. Evergreen was a part of Argyle\\nuntil 1 87 2.\\nRobert Wilson was the first Supervisor after organ-\\nization. He was also the first settler, coming in\\n1864, and for some time was Supervisor of Argyle,\\nwhen it covered Evergreen.\\nPatrick Walsh was the next, cominginto the town-\\nship in 1867, and taking up land on section 23;\\nabout the same time Cyrenus Gould, a brother-in-\\nlaw of Mr. Wilson, settled also on section 2. Two\\nyears later, during the winter, the following families\\ncame in: Joseph Bond, section i, where he still\\nlives; George W. Gotham, on section 28, but moved\\nto section 23 in 1883; Henry Motney stopped on\\nsection 29, but left the county in the spring of 1872\\nO. J. Wethy, on section 29, his present home Frank-\\nlin Beardsley, section 30, left county in 1S73. All\\nthese came in the winter of 1869.\\nThe first school taught was by John B. Proctor, at\\nhis own house on section 22, in the summer of 1872.\\nHe taught five pupils three months for $40 per\\nmonth. The first school-house was erected by Pat-\\nrick Walsh, on section 27, the same summer.\\nA saw-mill was built by Robinson and Reynolds\\non section 29, in the winter of 1882-3, but was\\nburned down in June, 1884; one now stands on the\\nground, built by Mr.- Parrott. There was a shingle-\\nmill also attached to the saw-mill, and owned by\\nOscar Schulley, but burned with the mill. No insur-\\nance total loss, about $2,500.\\nThe first store was built by W. B. Brooks, on sec-\\ntion 31, in 1S81, at what is now known as Novesta,\\nwhich is on the county line of Tuscola, and takes\\nits name from the adjoining township in that county.\\nIt is a general store, and supplies a large portion\\nof Evergreen witli retail general merchandise. In\\nthe fall of 1882, Sylvester Day put up the next store", "height": "2866", "width": "2206", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph09chic_0495.jp2"}, "496": {"fulltext": "T ^m}^m^\\nSANILAC COUNTY.\\nI\\nvl)\\non the southwest quarter ol section 22, which was\\ncalled Evergreen Center. In the fall of 1883, he\\nsold to Mark Turner, who, after a short partnership\\nwith James McArthur, owns it by himself at the pres-\\nent time.\\nThe first postoffice was established in May, 1884,\\nat Evergreen Center, and is known as Shabbona;\\nand George Jones was appointed Postmaster. Pre-\\nvious to this, however, for some years, the people of\\nthe township have received their mail from the No-\\nvesta postoffice.\\nThe first wedding was that of Enos Johnson, to\\nDiana Clendenning, in 1876, by John B. Proctor,\\nJustice, at Proctor s place, in the front yard. Mr.\\nProctor was just ready to leave for Cass City when\\nMr. Johnson and Miss Clendenning rode up. He\\ncalled Mrs. Proctor to the door. She appeared with\\npotato knife in hand, and was surprised by her hus-\\nband saying the magic words, I pronounce you\\nman and wife.\\nThe first person buried in the township was Jere-\\nmiah Clendenning, but with no regular funeral ser-\\nvices. He was buried on section 35, on his own\\nland. He had lived by himself, and died of inflam-\\nmation of the lungs, in 1872. The first funeral ser-\\nmon was preached over the body of Mrs. Lois Boyle,\\nat the home of Mr. O. J. Wethy, in the winter of\\n1872, by Rev. John Marion, an Advent minister who\\nwas at that time lumbering in the township. She\\nwas buried at Cass City. As yet there is no grave-\\nyard.\\nJohn B. Proctor was the first Justice of the Pea^e\\nelected in the township; Josiah R. Lewis the first\\nClerk, and John J. Robinson the first Treasurer. The\\nfollowing is the list of Supervisors, with their terms:\\nRobert Wilson\\nO. J. Wethy,\\nRobert Wilson,\\nO. J. Wethy,\\nRobert Wilson,\\nO. J. Wethy,\\nIsaac Cragg,\\n1872\\n1873\\n1S74-5\\n1876\\n1877-9\\n1 880-1\\n1882\\nThe first lawsuit in the township was School Dis-\\ntrict No. 4 7 s. Robert Wilson, before Justice Proctor,\\nin Februaiy, 1875. It was claimed that Mr.\\nWilson s children were infected with itch, and his\\nrefusal to take them from school resulted in the suit.\\nIt was decided that there was no cause for action, as\\nthe children were so far convalescent that the disease\\nwas not contagious.\\nThere are two township ditches, one the Harring-\\nton drain, crossing sections 31 and 32, and emptying\\ninto White Creek; and the other the Washburn drain,\\nfrom section 19, crossing the corner of section 30 to\\nsection 29, and emptying into White Creek. The\\ntownship is about halt cleared, and is a very rich,\\nmixed soil, some parts being a clay loam, while the\\nhigh lands are sandy and a gravelly loam. It is con-\\nsidered a great soil for hay in the low lands, while\\ntlie hills bring forth an average of 25 bushels of\\nwheat, 40 bushels of barley, corn from 75 to 80\\nbushels.\\nThe rearing ot cattle pays better than wheat. Corn\\nand barley will be the principal grain crop. Pota-\\ntoes do well. Albert Ryckman raised this year\\n(1884), 30 bushels of finest, large, Early Rose, from\\none peck of tubers This is remarkable.\\nS\\nm\\nLamotte Township.\\nAMOTTE Township is on the west side of\\nthe county, south of Evergreen Township,\\nwest of Moore and north of Marlette Town-\\n(j ship, and is numbered 12 north, range 12\\neast. Its west boundary is Tuscola County. It\\nwas a part of Moore Township until 1870, when\\nit took an organization of its own.\\nAt the same time a postoffice was established,\\nand known as Newman s postoffice. Enos Johnson\\nwas the first settler, about 1866. James Moore came\\nshortly after Mr. Johnson or about the same time.\\nWilliam and David H. Mosher, W. H. Lamb and\\nLevi Sawtell came soon after, in about the order\\nnamed. From that time the township began to set-\\ntle pretty rapidly until the population in 1880 was\\nabout 300.\\nThere is not a village in the township, owing to\\nits recent settlement. After Mr. Newman gave up\\ntlie postoffice, Mr. Lamb was appointed, in 1870, and\\nheld it for one year, when he moved to Nebraska and\\nMr. Sawtell became Postmaster, keeping the office a\\nlittle over two years. N. R. Wells was then Post-\\nmaster for two years, Silas Moore for two years, then\\nH. B. Smith for three years, when Mr. Sawtell again\\nfo)\\n^iy", "height": "2866", "width": "2206", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph09chic_0496.jp2"}, "497": {"fulltext": "X 5,\\nTT?\\nv4^Illi;^tllls\\njfiST\\n-^5\u00c2\u00bb\u00c2\u00a9\\n(h\\n?i$\\n(i)\\nSAM/LAC COUNTY.\\n5\u00c2\u00b0i\\nA\\nI\\ntook the office and is the present handler of the mails.\\nAlfred West established the first saw-mill, on sec-\\ntion 33, in 1879. Dennis Soles established one on\\nsection 12.\\nThe first school taught in the township was in\\n1872, in a house owned by John Lamb on section 32.\\nThe first school-house was a frame erected one year\\nlater on section 30, but burned in 1881. Another\\nwas erected in the following year on the same spot.\\nNearly the whole township was entered as swamp\\nland, but has been drained and makes the very best\\nfarming land. A ditch was made by the State in\\n1874, commencing on the south side of section -^h\\nand crossing that section and also sections 29, 20\\nand 16.\\nThere are two Church societies in Lamotte,\\nMethodist Episcopal and Baptist. The former hold\\nmeetings in the school-house in District No. 3, and\\nthe latter in that of No. 2.\\nThe first wedding was that of Josephus V. Mosher\\nto Melissa Tiff, the ceremony being performed by\\nSpencer Warner, J. P., in 1872.\\nThe first death was that of a babe in the family of\\nW. H. Lamb, in 1870. There was no regular funeral\\nservice at this time.\\nThe cemetery is on section 17, the ground being\\ndonated by William Mosher, in 1876, and is one\\nacre in extent. The ground is in a splendid loca-\\ntion. Several graves were made before the cemetery\\nwas laid out.\\nRead the list of Supervisors:\\nW. H. Lamb,\\nL. Sawtell,\\nPeter Fox,\\nLevi Sawtell,\\nPeter Fox,\\nLevi Sawtell,\\n1870\\n1871\\n1872-8\\n1879-80\\n1881\\n1882\\nMoore Township.\\nASHINGTON Township originally covered\\nthis territory, but in 1865 the land included\\nfe -p in the present towns of Elmer, Lamotte and\\nWm^ Moore, was organized as Moore Township.\\nAt present, Moore is six miles square, being\\n_ town 12 north, range 13 east. East of it is\\nCuster; north, Argyle; west, Lamotte; south, Elmer.\\nJames Minard was the first settler, coming in i860.\\nSome locations had been made previous to this, but\\nno permanent settlements. Four years later Martin\\nMoore came in, and one year after that, Julius\\nOesterle came.\\nThe first funeral in the township was that of Mrs.\\nBenjamin Shingley, in 1869. John Riley, an Indian\\npreacher, conducted the services, and squaws fur-\\nnished the music, in their native tongue.\\nSamuel Moore built the first frame house in Moore\\nTownship, in 1876; but the log houses of the old\\nsettlers have been repaired and improved to such an\\nextent that they are now preferable to frame build-\\nings. It is held that a substantial log house, plas-\\ntered and well finished inside, with the outer covering\\nof a frame house, is very desirable, and many of the\\nhouses in Moore to-day are of this variety of archi-\\ntecture. They cannot be distinguished from frames\\nin appearance, but are more comfortable.\\nThe first wedding in Moore Township took place\\nat James Minard s house, in the winter 1862-3, in\\nthe presence of four or five hunters and an Indian.\\nThe happy pair were Charles Dace and Mary Jane\\nScott, Justice Thomas Walker performing the cere-\\nmony.\\nSUPERVISORS.\\nMartin Moore,\\n1865-8\\nWilmot Alman,\\n1869-70\\nW. Hyslop,\\n1871\\nJ. Minard,\\n1872-4\\nSamuel Moore,\\n1675-6\\nJames Minard,\\n1877-81\\nSamuel Stanbaugh,\\n1882\\nm:\u00c2\u00a3?^..\\n_j tAS)\\n:si^^\\nArgyle Township.\\nRGYLE Township was a part of Marion\\nH Township until 1868. Mr. Alexander Mc-\\nLachlin was elected the first Siipervisor. Ar-\\ngyle embraced Evergreen Township until 1872,\\nwhen that town became a separate organiza-\\nThe other Supervisors are as follows:\\nRobert Wilson, 1869-71\\nT. Wilson, 1872\\nA. A. Wheeler, 1873-6\\nDuncan McLean, 1877\\nDugald Mclntyre, 1878-80\\nDuncan McLean, 188 1-2\\nJacob Seder was the first settler in the township.\\ntion.\\nV^\\nV\\nc^:\\nd\\nf", "height": "2866", "width": "2206", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph09chic_0497.jp2"}, "498": {"fulltext": "m\\n\u00c2\u00ae5\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a07- -^DI] CDD\\n502\\nr,\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0w\\nSANILAC COUNTY.\\nsettling on section 10 in February, 186 1. The Kinz-\\nleys were the next settlers, coming only a month or\\ntwo later. Alex. McLachlin came about this time,\\nand the next year there was quite a number of set-\\ntlers.\\nThe first school was taught in a building owned\\nby A. McLachlin, in 1863, by Miss Josephine Lamb\\n(now Mrs. Charles Reinett). The following year a\\nlog school-house was erected on section 10, but\\nburned in 187 i, and was replaced with a frame, on\\nsection 4.\\nA church was built in 18S2, by the Lutherans, on\\nground purchased by them on section 22. A Meth-\\nodist Episcopal society had services for two or three\\nyears, in the Mclntyre school-house, District No. i,\\nand in 1S84 erected a churcli on section 10.\\nIn the winter of 1862, Jolm M. Cole was married\\nto Susan Seder, by Alex. McRae, Justice of the\\nPeace for Austin. This was the first wedding.\\nThe first death in the township was that of Allen\\nMcLachlin, aged five years. No funeral sermon was\\n?s? preached, as no minister could be found. The cem-\\n1\u00e2\u0080\u0094 r etery was laid out on section 27, in 1878, when it\\nwas bought by the township, and is one acre in\\nextent.\\nThe first stationary saw-mill was built by Ralph\\nS Stevens, on section 28, in 1882. Several portable\\nU mills had been put up previously, but none of them\\nremained for any great length of time.\\nBefore the settling up of this township, deer and\\nelk were thicker than in any other part of the county.\\nThere was a character here by the name of Charles\\nDraper, who used to trap large numbers of them by\\na spring gate, at the elk lick, on the northwest 13a rt\\nof section 27. Their skin and horns were the prin-\\ncipal parts of value. Draper was afterward sent to\\nthe penitentiary for forgery.\\nThere was not much clearing done until after the\\n71 fire, so that damage from that calamity was\\nlargely the destruction of timber.\\nAlex. McLachlin was appointed the first Post-\\nmaster, serving until his death in 1S79, when his son\\nAndrew was appointed, and holds the office at tlie\\npresent time. Before that the Argyle mail was\\nreceived at Tyre.\\nkept respectively by David Ross Joseph Barnum,\\nand a blacksmith shop, started in 1882, by Peter\\nBeogle.\\nThe surface is rolling, with some stone on the hills\\nand a rich clay loam in the bottoms. There is a\\ngreat deal of timber in the township, not more than\\none-fifth being cleared. A grist-mill and saw-mill\\nwas erected by Henry Nye, in the fall of 1884, in\\nArgyle village.\\n-5 vv^^f-i^S-v^^-i\\nCuster Township.\\nARGYLE VILLAGE.\\nThe village is located in the center of the town-\\nship, and consists of the postoffice, two general stores,\\nK^-xUSTER Township is the centennial town-\\np^^3 ship of Sanilac County, being admitted\\n^\\\\!0^ into the Union in the last days of 1876. It\\nyC is only a litile north of the center of the\\nj^ county, and, from its inland situation, was\\nalmost the last township to settle. Its exact\\nlocation is town 12 north, range 14 east; and it is\\nbounded on the north by Wheatland, on the east by\\nBridgehampton, south by Watertown, and west by\\nMoore. The fact that much of C\\\\ister Township is\\nlow, being crossed by the great Huckleberry\\nSwamp, kept many settlers from coming into this\\ntown early, as it was necessary to spend money on\\ndraining the land, before much could be done with\\nit. Hence speculators had a chance and improved\\nit. But Custer is partially cleared now, and when\\nproperly drained will be one of the richest agricul-\\ntural townships in the county. Its history is that of\\nBridgehampton, of which it was a part until it was\\nset off.\\nArthur Carson was one of the first settters, if not\\nthe first, though for some time he divided his time\\nbetween Custer and Bridgehampton, in both of\\nwhich townships he has a large amount of land from\\noriginal entry. Silas Doan and John O Connell\\nwere among the first settlers. The township did\\nnot begin to develop rapidly until it was decided the\\ncounty seat would be located on the southern line\\nof it.\\nS. Doan was the first Supervisor, holding the\\noffice four years, and John O Connell was the next\\nSupervisor.\\nSandusky is partly in this township. It was named\\nby VVildraan Mills for Sandusky, Ohio, which wa?\\nA", "height": "2866", "width": "2206", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph09chic_0498.jp2"}, "499": {"fulltext": "\u00c2\u00a789-\\n(b\\ni\\nSANILAC COUNTY.\\nfounded by Mr. Mills grandfather. Hubbard\\nKing, real-estate dealers of Detroit, donated 20 acres\\nof ground for the county buildings, which stand in\\nthe northern part of the village. The removal of\\nthe county seat from Lexington to this phtce will be\\nfound in the Political History. The village has a\\npopulation of about 200, and its growth dates from\\nthe location of the court-house, in 1879. There are\\nthree large hotels, a Methodist church, and a good\\nschool building, two resident physicians and one\\nlawyer. There is a daily stage to Carson ville, eight\\nmiles distant. From 1880 to 1882 C. A. Bacon\\npublished the Sandusky News here.\\nThe only secret society in the village is Sandusky\\nTent, No. 272. Knights of the Maccabees, which was\\nestablished in February, 1881. The officers are:\\nPost Coinmander A. W. O Keefe.\\nSir Kt. Commander Edgar Simpson.\\nLt. Commander C. G. Denio.\\nRecord Keeper C. J. French.\\nFinance Keeper\u00e2\u0080\u0094 F. P. Philo.\\nPrelate diaries Corbishley.\\nSergeant A. W. O Keefe.\\nMaster-at-Arms John Wilson.\\nFirst Master of Guards John Freer.\\nSecond Master of Guards R. Sofley.\\nSentinel Walter Freer.\\nPicket H. McKenzie.\\nThe other members are William Smith and Wil-\\nliam Blackford.\\nBridgehampton Township.\\nI M 1854 this township was set off from For-\\n1^ ester, and for some time comprised Custer\\nand Marion. It is town 12 north, range 15\\neast. Its neighbors are Sanilac and Forester\\non the east, Marion on the north, Custer on\\nthe west and Washington on the south.\\nBridgehampton s first settler was Theodore Laurel,\\nwho came in the spring of 1853. The next settlers,\\nin about the order named, were James Aldred,\\nOrange Baker, E. M. Miller, Wm. Ellethorp, John\\nGraham, Joseph Stephens, Charles Wood, James\\nLane, John Tucker.\\nA barn was built by James Lane in 1858, which\\nwas the fi.rst frame building in the township.\\nOrange Baker donated land for school purposes.\\non section 12 in 1855, and a school-house was built\\nthat year, which was the first.\\nWilliam Galloway built the first mill in the town-\\nship, on section 6, in 1S63. It was a shingle mill.\\nThe first store was built in what is now Downing-\\nton, in 1861. In 1881, John Pace started a store at\\nWilber Station, and he was also appointed Postmas-\\nter at this time.\\nThe first Church organization was the Methodist\\nEpiscopal, who organized 1855, holding their meet-\\nings in school-houses. This was done for 20 years,\\nor until 1875, when a movement was instituted to\\nbuild a union church, to be supported by all ortho-\\ndo.x people.. The ground was donated by Mrs.\\nMary Moore, on section 2. The deed was made\\nout specifying that it was a union church, but before\\nthis deed was recorded the Methodists secured an-\\nother deed, which was first recorded and took pre-\\ncedence against the other denominations. This is\\nwhat some of them call stealing a church. Another\\nchurch was built on section 14, in r88t.\\nCARSONVII.LE.\\nIn July, 1864, the first store in Carsonville was\\nbuilt by Arthur Carson, and is the hotel now kept by\\nJohn Connors. The next store was built in t868, by\\nU. Raymond Co., who sold to Wm. Thomson in\\n1874. He kept it until 1882, when it was purchased\\nby C. M. Oldfield and run as a branch store of gen-\\neral merchandise, in connection with his Port Sanilac\\nstore. In 1872 Arthur Carson built a large store\\nand kept a large stock of general merchandise until\\n1S82, when it was closed and is now vacant.\\nThe Exchange Hotel was built by John Farley, in\\n1880. He kept it for two years, and Robert Griggs\\npurchased it. Two years later it was sold to Wm.\\nJ. Crorey.\\nJohn Ryan built a store in i88i. He kept it until\\nthe fall of 1882, when Preston Cummings bought\\nit and now keep a general merchandise store. About\\nthe same time Wm. Bowin built a small Store and\\nnow keeps a few notions.\\nThe other stores are: Dr. J. W. Smith s drug\\nstore, established in 1851 J. A. Hosmer, hardware,\\n1882; John Farley, general store, 1883.\\nA large cheese-factory was built by a stock com-\\npany in i88r, at a cost of $2,200; capacity, five tons\\ndaily.\\nThe Methodists organized themselves into a class\\nvs\\nf^", "height": "2866", "width": "2206", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph09chic_0499.jp2"}, "500": {"fulltext": "\u00c2\u00a9V ^:I1 n^ M r\\n504\\nSANILAC K^OUNTY.\\nin 1874, and now, in 1884, are building a church,\\nwhich is the first in the village. The school-house\\ni^ for the village is half a mile east.\\nJ In 1880 William Thomson built a large elevator,\\n(hj and Arthur Carson s elevator was erected about the\\nsame time.\\nSUPERVISORS.\\nWilliam Sweet, 1867\\nDavid Crorey, 1868-74\\nJames Reid, i87S~7\\nDavid Crorey, 1878\\nJohn H. Kinney, 1S79-80\\nJames Reid, 188 1-2\\n\u00e2\u0080\u00945-\\nio\\nMarion and Wheatland Townships.\\n^^^f HESE were organized in 1858, and were\\nunder the organization of Marion Town-\\nship, and their history is identical, until\\nfuKp 188 1. Wheatland was then cut off, and com-\\npleted the full organization of the county into\\ntownships. It is west of Marion, and is\\nbounded on tlie north by Minden, on the west by\\nArgyle, and on the south by Custer. Its number is\\n13 north, rangi 14 east. Marion is in the same\\nnumber north; but in range 15 east. North of\\nMarion is Delaware; east of it. Forester; south of\\nit, Bridgehampton.\\nThe Raspburys, Wixsons, and Catalines were nota-\\nble pioneers, but the first settlers were William Kurtz,\\nJames Ogden, Nelson Ross and M. W. Stevenson,\\nwho came in 1849.\\nThe first school was taught by Miss Mary Arm-\\nstrong, in a log house which was previously a dwell-\\ning, and the same year (1859) a school-house was\\nbuilt on section i\\nAn English church was built in Deckerville in\\ni88i,and is the first church in the township. There\\nis now a United Brethren church in Deckerville,\\nerected in 1884, and a Methodist church in Down-\\nington, built in 1S83.\\nSUPERVISORS.\\nA. J. Wright,\\nJoel McMahon,\\nA. J. Wright,\\nA. Downing,\\n1867-8\\n1869-7\\n1872\\n1873-6\\nThomas Burgess,\\nW. E. Stevenson,\\nJohn Leitch,\\n1877-80\\n1881\\n1882\\nDOWNINGTON\\ni.C^\\nIs built on section 6, Bridgehampton Township, and\\non sections 31 and 32, Marion Township, and is\\ntherefore divided by the township line. The first\\nbuilding erected on the present site of the village of\\nDownington was constructed by William Bancroft, ot\\nPort Huron, in 1862, and was located on the north-\\neast corner of section 6 in Bridgehampton Township,\\non the farm of Morris Coconian. Mr. Bancroft estab-\\nlished a mercantile enterprise in the building, which\\nhe entrusted to the management of Ezra C. Carleton,\\nCongressman elect from the Seventh District of Mich-\\nigan, then a young man. The business was con-\\nducted one year, after which the building remained\\nvacant for a time. In the fall of 1868 William\\nThompson, of Carsonville, commenced the same\\nbusiness in the building, which he prosecuted until\\nJune, 1870, when Messrs. Downing and Southworth\\npurchased his entire interest, and continued opera-\\ntions on the same site until their removal into the\\nbuilding they have since occupied, in November,\\n1872. The structure was occupied by John Bena-\\nway, merchant, from March i, 1S77, until June i,\\n1880.\\nIn th^it year the place took its first important im-\\npetus from the construction of the railroad, which\\npasses through the extreme west of Bridgehampton\\nTownship. In the year following, the grist-mill of\\nHarvey Brown was erected, by A. Downing and\\nWilliam Harvey; and the Howard House was built,\\nby Alonzo Downing, on the site of the first building,\\nwhich has been moved twice, once to a position\\nsouth of its former location, and again, across the\\nroad where it now stands, and is occupied as a\\nresidence and millinery and fancy-goods store, by\\nMrs. Sawyer. In 1883 the Methodist Episcopal\\nchurch was built, and from August of that year until\\nJune, 1884, 2 1 buildings were erected. John Bena-\\nway established his trade, in boots and shoes, in\\n1877, and again in December, 1S83, at Downington.\\nIn June, 1884, he commenced operations in a new\\nbuilding.\\nThe first drug store was built by Dr. Little in\\n1880, was sold to J. A. Dunlap in 1S83, and recon-\\nstructed. Dr. Little built his present drug store in\\nC", "height": "2866", "width": "2206", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph09chic_0500.jp2"}, "501": {"fulltext": "m.\\nM\\n8 s\u00c2\u00bb-\\nSANILAC COUNTY.\\niar \u00c2\u00absv\\n^I^^C(\u00c2\u00aeV^\\n5\u00c2\u00b0S\\n1884. C. B. Purdy started his shoe shop in 1880.\\nGeorge Murray, now of the firm of Murray Bisbee,\\n;t; began the sale of agricultural machinery in 1881.\\nT\\nk\\nThe blacksmith and wagon shop of W. H. Jones has\\nbeen running since 1868. In 1884, J. A. Dunlap\\nbegan the sale of groceries. Mrs. Sawyer opened her\\nplace of business in the fall of 1882. Mrs. McLeod\\nhas been conducting a trade in millinery and fancy\\ngoods since 1883.\\nDowiiington contains 200 inhabitants, has resident\\none lawyer, two physicians and one clergyman.\\nDowning Soutliworth are managing a large\\nbusiness, including all the branches suited to the\\ndemands of the locality. They conduct an exten-\\nsive mercantile trade, are large buyers of all varie-\\nties of country produce, and have been active in the\\npermanent well-being of the place from its inception.\\nTheir business reaches an aggregate of $40,000\\nannually.\\nThe railroad station at this point is called Down-\\ning. On the establishment of the postoffice in 1883\\nthe village was registered Downington.\\nThe Howard House was in charge of J. R. Gar-\\nlick from December, 188 1, to June, 1883, when it\\npassed under the control of Messrs. E. C. and Edgar\\nHills, father and son. The latter has been sole\\nproprietor since the death of the former in April,\\n18S4. Mr. Downing sold the property to A. R.\\nConrad, who in turn sold it to R. McLeod.\\nIn September, 187 1, an accidental fire raged to a\\nconsiderable extent in the immediate vicinity of\\nDownington, which proved the means of safety to\\nthe place in the great fire a month later. In the fire\\nof 1 88 1, Downington was preserved from destruction\\nonly by the strenuous efforts of its citizens, who\\ne.xerted every means and precaution to prevent its\\ntaking fire, and fought the threatened invasion of\\nflame successfully, no property or buildings being\\nburned.\\n-s\u00e2\u0080\u0094 s\\nHE educational interests of\\nthe county merit special\\nmention, as they have fully\\nkept pace with other mat-\\nters in the struggle for ex-\\nistence; and, like many\\nother important interests,\\nhave come through it all with\\nmarked success. If the history of\\nthe first schools were all written, it\\nwould be a record of toil and zeal\\nupon the part of the pioneer teach-\\ners, and of general m anifestations\\nof sympathy and encouragement\\nfrom the hardy, toiling parents.\\nIn many instances the settlers\\nearnest desires for schools, where\\ntheir children might receive the rudiments of an\\neducation, so far exceeded their ability to support\\nthe same, that first schools were sometimes held in\\nsome family kitchen, slab shanty, or deserted log\\nhut. Some of these buildings were without floors,\\nand destitute of furniture, except the benches made\\nby splitting a log, sticking pegs into the round side\\nand hewing the slivers from the split side. The\\nonly desks used were made by sticking pegs into the\\nlogs of which the walls were made, and placing on\\nthem a slab upon which the more advanced pupils\\ncould do their writing. When school-houses were\\nbuilt in the neighborhood of the saw-mills, of which\\nthere were many in the early history of the county,\\nlumber was used and better buildings erected but,\\nas the population then was of a transient character,\\nthese schools were not more prosperous than those\\nwhich were less fortimate in the matter of building\\nmaterial.\\nAs the lumbering interest disappeared, transient\\nresidents moved away permanent settlers filled\\nmrfim:", "height": "2866", "width": "2206", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph09chic_0501.jp2"}, "502": {"fulltext": "r4tllll^(il] r-\\n4?^^\\nSANILAC COUNTY.\\n5\\nn\\ntheir places agricultural interests took the place of\\nlumber; the county began to show a healthy devel-\\nopment, and as a result of this change more school\\ndistricts were organized every year; new and better\\nschool-houses were built here and there, and town-\\nship and district libraries were established. We re-\\ngret the fact, however, that many of these libraries\\nhave ceased to exist.\\nThe first schools were established in North Lex-\\nington and Sanilac Townships. Others were soon in\\noperation in Buel, Delaware, Elk and Speaker. The\\nlog shanties and cabins gradually gave place to larger\\nand more comfortable frame structures and at the\\npresent time there are schools supported in 127 dis-\\ntricts, 1 1 of which are graded and located as follows\\n2 in Lexington, 2 in Sanilac, i in Buel, i in Elk, i\\nin Marion, i in Delaware, i in Marlette, i in\\nBridgehampton, and r in Minden.\\nThe largest of these is the Lexington Union\\nSchool, where a corps of experienced teachers are\\nemployed, presided over by Prof. Geo. A. Parker, a\\nteacher and educational worker of large ability and\\nexperience, who has been identified with the school\\ngrowth of the county from the beginning. Next are\\nthe Marlette and Sanilac schools, of excellent reputa-\\ntions. In fact, all the graded schools mentioned\\nabove are doing good work.\\nTwice have the school interests in the northern\\nand western townships been sadly interfered with.\\nFirst, during the great forest fires of 187 i, when ten\\nschool-houses were burned, located as follows: Del-\\naware, 4; Marion, 2 Austin, 3 Greenleaf, r. The\\nnumber of children deprived of school privileges at\\nthat time was 300, and the loss of school property\\nnearly $4,000. To the casual reader, or to those\\nliving in wealthy communities, or in cities where\\nschool buildings are erected at a cost of many thou-\\nsands of dollars, this statement of valuation may\\nappear small and trifling, but when they consider\\nthat the little school-houses were, in many districts,\\nthe only places of resort for instruction, amusement\\nand worship, their importance to these settlers may be\\nbetter understood. The devastation produced by the\\nfire was so general and wide-spread that the people\\nwere unable to build school-houses, and the prospect\\nfor them was gloomy in the extreme. At this crisis\\nthe State Relief Committee made an appropriation\\nof several thousand dollars for the purpose of help-\\ning in rebuilding the ichool-houses, so that in every\\n@r^^ 11 D\\ndistrict in which the school-house was burned, a\\nnew building was erected, and generally much bet-\\nter than the old one.\\nThe second disaster referred to was the Great\\nFire of 1 881, in which this county lost 27 school-\\nhouses, distributed as follows Austin, 4 Argyle, 2\\nDelaware, 2 Elmer, i Evergreen, 4 Foster, i\\nGreenleaf, i; Lamotte, 3; Maple Valley, i; Mar-\\nlette, i; Marion, i; Moore, i; Minden, i Wash-\\nington, 2 Watertown, 3. Fourteen hundred school\\nchildren were thus deprived of school privileges for\\nan indefinite time, lJg,ooo of school property de-\\nstroyed and the country devastated. The people\\nwere destitute; they had no means of supplying\\nthemselves with those things absolutely necessary,\\nso that this loss seemed irreparable, as these school-\\nhouses were the places in which the children of\\nthese stricken people were to receive the greater\\npart of their education. Many districts had been\\nbonded for the payment of the buildings burned.\\n.Some had been too poor to build anything better\\nthan a log house, and in some instances the small\\namount of district funds, in hands of the treasurer\\nwas destroyed with the rest of the property.\\nAfter the more pressing demands and immediate\\nwants of the people had been supplied by a gener-\\nous public, attention was turned toward the school\\ndistricts. Mr. Geo. A. Parker, Secretary of the\\nCounty Board of School Examiners, had labored\\nmany weeks in securing the required information\\nfrom all the unfortunate districts, and at the proper\\ntime forwarded petitions to the State Relief Com-\\nmittee and to the Legislature, which had been called\\nin special session by the Governor, to vote relief\\nfrom the State treasury for the help of the fire suffer-\\ners, asking for an appropriation to help rebuild the\\nschool-houses. This was granted, and new buildings\\nhave been erected in all those districts. Since that\\ntime there has been a steady advance in educational\\nmatters, and although the count)- can not boast of\\nexpensive structures, like older and more wealthy\\ncounties of the state, immigrants and settlers may\\nlocate in any township with the assurance of being\\nwithin reasonable distance of a school-house. The\\nschools and teachers compare favorably with tliose of\\nother counties, while the salaries are belter tlian in\\nmany older counties.\\nTwo or three incidents are mentioned connected\\nwith school supervision and visitation, as related by\\n\u00e2\u0080\u009e5\\nI\\n1=1\\nAi=^\\ntm^", "height": "2866", "width": "2206", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph09chic_0502.jp2"}, "503": {"fulltext": "SANILAC COUNTY.\\nthe County Superintendent of Schools of that time:\\nOn one occasion a gentleman drove 20 miles to\\nsee me, to make application for a legal certificate to\\npermit a certain lady to teach school in his district.\\nAs I could not issue a certificate without a personal\\nexamination of the qualifications of the candidate for\\npedagogical honors, I made an appointment to visit\\nthe school, inspect the lady s teaching, and remain\\nover night at this gentleman s house. At the time\\nagreed upon, I made my way as fast as I could\\ntowards the district to be visited. Forest fires were\\nburning in all directions at the time; the road for the\\nlast few miles was so obstructed by fallen trees as to\\nbe wholly impassable, and it was with great difficulty\\nthat I succeeded in reaching my destination, by\\ndriving along the course of the creek sometimes in\\nthe river-bed, and at others, up its steep banks now\\nlifting the buggy over logs, then down the banks\\nagain unhitching horse to get him extricated from\\nsome difficulty, and so plodding on through the blind-\\ning smoke and ashes with which the air was filled,\\ntill, just before dark, I arrived at the house of my\\nsearch. Here was a large clearing, but woods on all\\nsides and no other buildings except this gentleman s\\nin sight.\\nAfter spending a pleasant evening, where I was\\nmost hospitably entertained, sleeping soundly after\\nv my adventures, and eating a hearty breakfast, I pro-\\nceeded to the school-house, a log building, a half\\nmile distant. The teacher was not young and pretty,\\nthough pretty in one sense she was, but an old lady\\n70 years old; and as I looked at her sitting behind\\nher desk in her quiet dignity, white cap, spectacles\\nand old-fashioned neckerchief, I felt very much\\nlike the other urchins in the room, and as if I was\\njust as likely as they to feel the effects of the long\\nbirch switch within ready reach of her hand. Here\\nwas this old lady daily toiling in that log shanty\\namong her own grand-children and other youngsters,\\nnot for the money, but that they might not grow up\\nin ignorance. I must not forget to mention that the\\nold lady was the gentleman s mother.\\nOn another occasion I drove several miles over\\na corduroy road, to visit a school in a certain district\\nbut, upon arriving at the place, I found the school-\\nroom occupied by several cattle, school not being in\\nsession, one saucy animal standing in the door as\\nsentry and obstinately refusing to come out or to\\nadmit me.\\n1\\nf\\nAt another time I was compelled to walk several\\nmiles through the woods, on a very hot day, to visit a\\nschool in a new township, where the roads were im-\\npassable to horses. The heat was oppressive, the\\nmosquitoes and flies terribly annoying, the track so\\nobscure as to lead me several times into swamp holes,\\nwhen I would have to retrace my steps for some dis-\\ntance, and take another tack and before reaching\\nthe clearing a thunder shower came up, without\\nmuch warning, giving variety to the tramp by wetting\\nme thoroughly, twisting the trees in a mighty un-\\npleasant manner, and making me wish myself some\\nplace else. However, the house of the director was\\nfinally reached, the school visited, and good results\\naccomplished even here. The people had antici-\\npated my coming, and although their condition was\\none not to be envied, having no furniture in the\\nhouse except a rough, table, of home manufacture,\\nand benches made from split logs in place of chairs,\\ntheir kindness, and interest in having their school\\nvisited by the Superintendent, were highly com-\\nmendable.\\nOn one occasion I had stopped at a grocery inn\\nfor dinner, intending to start on foot for a school dis-\\ntrict three or four miles distant, and which could only\\nbe reached at that time by a lumber road. Making\\ninquiry about the direction to go, 1 found that a lady\\nalso waiting dinner was going right there, and agreed\\nto pilot me. I remarked that my t me was so limited\\nthat I would have to walk fast, and if she would direct\\nme she need not put herself to the inconvenience of\\ntrying to keep up with me. She replied that she\\nthought she could keep up. We started. After\\nwe had pushed through underbrush, dodged limbs,\\nwalked logs and waded swamps for about two miles,\\nI was the one trying very hard to keep up. She had\\nled me a worse tramp than any other woman had\\never succeeded in doing before.\\nOne of the most disagreeable incidents connected\\nwith this part of my work, was holding a trial over a\\nteacher, who had excited the ire of some of the resi-\\ndents of the district where he was teaching. A peti-\\ntion, signed by several tax-payers and gotten up in\\nlegal form, was presented me, requesting a hearing\\nand trial of the teacher. Giving legal notice to\\nteacher and school officers, and appointing a day for\\nthe trial, I in due time repaired to the school-house,\\nwhich I found filled with men, women and children.\\nTlie principal charge brought against the teacher\\nwas, Unbecoming and impioper conduct toward the\\nyoung ladies of the school. Upon investigating the\\nmatter I found that the substance of the complaint\\nwas that he had kissed some of the young ladies.\\nInasmuch as I was unmarried myself, the young\\nladies were so handsome, very tempting, and made\\nno complaint themselves, I could not for the life of\\nme find him guilty of the charge preferred against\\nhim; neither can I up to the present time!\\nI\\nC\\n%9-\\n.^^N^\\n^ii!i^ni];", "height": "2866", "width": "2206", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph09chic_0503.jp2"}, "504": {"fulltext": "508\\n-7 mmh\\n~3J^^^\\nill\\nSANILAC COUNTY.\\n^c^\\nglMors ^i CliuvcIiJ^\\no(r o\\nANILAC County religion began\\nwhen the settlement began. The\\npioneers could not forego the sol-\\nace of righteous paths, even\\nthough these led through the\\nwoods, 50 miles from civiliza-\\ntion. Godliness was a part of the pio-\\nneer s daily life, and when that daily\\nlife was removed from some pleasant\\nhome far back beyond the borders,\\nto the early forests of Sanilac, godli-\\n5ss came with it so that as soon as\\nthere were sufficient hearers, a sermon\\nwas preached. That sermon was by Elder\\nThomas Huckins, a Free-will Baptist min-\\nister, about July I, 1839, and was the first\\nProtestant sermon preached in Sanilac County.\\nThe first Methodist minister was Rev. Mr. Noble,\\nwhose field was at Port Huron, but he came occa-\\nsionally and preached, in 1S41. After that sermons\\nwere delivered irregularly until 1847, when a regular\\nappointment was established at Lexington. Eider\\nAbrani Sloat was the first regular Baptist minister,\\nsettling in Worth, in 1S50. Rev. Talmadge Water-\\nbury, of the Congregational Church, located in San-\\nilac about the same time. Elder Hiram Hayward\\nwas the first Christian Baptist preacher organizing a\\nChurch in Worth in 1847-8. The Rev. John Mc-\\nLelandjOf the United Presbyterian Church, organized\\na Church in Fremont in 1862, and one in Davisville\\nin 1863. Rev. A. B. Flower, an Episcopal minister,\\norganized a Church in Lexington and one in Davis-\\nville, in 1868. The Advent Christians were first\\nm\\nVi\\nrepresented in this county by Elder George Wright,\\nin Lexington, in 1869.\\n-H#f H^\\nCatholic.\\nREVIOUS to all these there had been\\n;v Catholic ministers here laboring among the\\nIndians several years, and the following\\npaper, by Rev. C. Denissen, will show the\\ndevelopment of that Church in this region.\\nThe history of the Catholic Church in America\\ncommences with the Indians, that is, with the first\\nvisits of the early missionaries to the Indians. In\\nlike manner we have to look for traces of missionaries\\namong the Indians in Sanilac County.\\nWe find records of Indian encampments along\\nthe shore of Lake Huron, south of Stevens Landing\\nand in the vicinity of the present village of Ama-\\ndore. In 1838 the sniall-pox broke out amongst\\nthem and carried the most of them off. After bury-\\ning the dead and burning the camps, the survivors\\nAs early as 1786, we find traces of Catholic mis- j\\nsionaries, who visited the Indians encamped on the k\\nbanks of St. Clair and Black Rivers in St. Clair\\nCounty we might, with a good deal of probability,\\nsuppose that some of these missionaries then and\\nafterward visited the Indians in Sanilac County along\\nthe shore of Lake\\nHuron and on the borders of J\u00c2\u00bb", "height": "2866", "width": "2206", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph09chic_0504.jp2"}, "505": {"fulltext": "\u00e2\u0082\u00acr-7 ^lin:t:illl\\nV^^\\nSANILAC COUNTY.\\n\u00c2\u00abr\\n-\u00c2\u00a5m^^k\\n509\\nh\\n1=1\\nV\\ni\\nBlack River, though this is a mere supposition,\\nwith more or less probability.\\nIn 1834 the Rev. Frederick Baraga came to\\nCottrellville with the intention of taking up his resi-\\ndence in St. Clair County, but, finding the missions\\ntoo small for his apostolic zeal, and desiring to\\ndevote his life to the service of the Indians, he\\nmoved up to Lake Superior in 1836, where he was\\nconsecrated Bishop of Sault Ste. Marie in 1853. We\\nhave heard it mentioned by the late Nelson Roberts,\\nof Port Huron, the well-known lumberman, that\\nFather Baraga visited Sanilac County. He probably\\nwas the last missionary to the Sanilac County\\nIndians.\\nThe first white settlers arrived here in 1833\\nor 34. The first white Catholic that settled in San-\\nilac County probably was Isaac Lemon, a French-\\nman, who took up land in Worth in 1837. It was\\nbetween 1840 and 1850 that a few Catholics located\\nhere in this wilderness. John Ryan and Charles\\nBurnham, of Worth, were amongst the first. Their\\nnumber increased between the years 1850 and i860.\\nIt was during that time that Catholic priests began\\nto visit this place occasionally. Rev. L. Kilroy, of\\nPort Huron, Rev. M. P. Wehrle, of Marine City, and\\nlater. Rev. A. J. Lambert, of the same place, held\\nservices for Catholics in private houses or in public\\nhalls. The baptism register of Lexington has its first\\nentry in 1863, when, July 12 and 13, Rev. Gustave\\nLimpens, of Detroit, and Rev. A. Van Den Driessche,\\nof Conner s Creek, gave a mission here.\\nThe prospects of Catholicity must have seemed\\nvery promising to the missionaries: we find that they\\nlooked for a solid foothold, as they immediately bar-\\ngained for an old wagon-shop and lot No. 4, R. B.\\nHubbard Co. s plat, village of Lexington. This\\nproperty was deeded by George McMillan, and his\\nwife, Isabella G. McMillan, and Robert McMillan,\\nand Agnes McMillan his wife, of Detroit, to Peter\\nPaul Lefevre, Bishop of Detroit, the deed bearing\\ndate Sept. 11, 1863. This shop became the meeting-\\nplace of the Catholics of Lexington.\\nIn 1864, 65 and 66, we find it recorded that\\nRev. S. Theophile Buyse, Gustave Limpens, L.\\nSchneider and M. Train brought consolation to\\nthese forsaken Catholics. It was in 1867 that the\\nmissions of Lexington made a giant step. Rev. Van\\nLauwe having been appointed Pastor of Port Huron,\\nmade regular visits to Lexington, and put that cha-\\notic mission in a regular running condition. He\\nhad the church building plastered and changed its\\nshop-ish appearance. In 1868 we find Father\\nVan Lauwe still cultivating this barren soil with un-\\ndaunted courage and perseverance.\\nThe year 1869 was another significant year for\\nthe Catholic Church in Lexington. In that year\\nBishop Lefevre sent Father Buyse here and to neigh-\\nboring townships, to unite as it were the scattered\\nelements of a mission and to see what prospects\\nthere could be for establishing a permanent parish.\\nHe visited these missions at regular appointed times,\\nand at the end of two years had the congregation\\nready for a resident priest.\\nIn the fall of 1870, Rev. P. J. De Smedt was\\nappointed as first resident Pastor of Lexington and\\nmissions. His assigned duty was full of hardships.\\nSome material being already collected by the en-\\ndeavors of former missionaries, he commenced to\\nbuild up a parish. In 187 i Bishop Borgess made\\nhis first confirmation tour through the missions. In\\nthe beginning of the year 1872, the hard-working\\nPastor, Father De Smedt, was stopped suddenly in\\nhis progressing labor and removed to St. Ann s\\nChurch, Detroit. Rev. M. Canters was sent to suc-\\nceed him. Nevertheless, after a struggle of eight\\nmonths, the Bishop removed him to other fields more\\ncongenial to his character and talents.\\nDec. 12, 1872, Rev. Christian Denissen was ap-\\npointed Pastor of Lexington and missions. His first\\nwelcome to his new parish he received from Mrs.\\nPeter Janette at her residence, a standing welcome,\\nfreshly and cordially given ever since. At that time\\ntlie church was not provided with all the necessary\\noutfit for Catholic services. Many articles were pur-\\nchased at once. It was evident both to pastor and\\ncongregation that the old shop should not he a\\nchurch building much longer, if the finances of the\\nparish would admit of a new church being built.\\nThat time did not arrive until 1879, when a site for\\na new church was donated by the Pastor. The new\\nbuilding was commenced in 1880, and in 1882 was\\ncompleted. The building was dedicated to Almighty\\nGod under the patronage of St. Denis, the Areopagite,\\non the 1 2th of July, 1882. The church edifice is of\\nthe Gothic style of architecture, and neatly designed\\nand finished. Ic being well proportioned and with a\\nc\\nC\\nA.\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0AV", "height": "2866", "width": "2206", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph09chic_0505.jp2"}, "506": {"fulltext": "^^m^\\nSANILAC COUNTY.\\n(b\\n:t^\\nlofty steeple, it makes quite an ornament to the\\nnorthern part of the village. The interior is com-\\nmodious for the congregation and sufficiently fur-\\nnished to give the worshiper a religious feeling of\\nmind. Service and Sunday-school is held at regular\\nappointed times, and on the first Sunday of every\\nmonth high mass is celebrated. On such occasions\\nMrs. P. Janette, nee Mary E. Schell, presides at the\\norgan, and the choir is composed of Mrs. R. A. Schell,\\nnee Fitzgerald, Mrs. E. L. Nims,\u00c2\u00ab t Theresa Rebecca\\nSchell, Mrs. W. R. Nims, /\u00c2\u00abr Catharine Helen Schell,\\nMiss Ailain Schell and Miss Carrie Seaty. Pastor\\nand congregation working for the same ends that\\ntheir religion teaches them, and the church not being\\nincumbered with any oppressive debts, it is safe to\\npredict that the future of the Catholic Church of\\nLexington will be prosperous materially and spirit-\\nually.\\nMISSIONS.\\nBesides the home parish, the Pastor of Lexing-\\nton has charge of other missions and stations. The\\nreader is aware that in Catholic phraseology a\\nmission means a place where a church is built,\\nwithout having a resident pastor, and by station is\\nmeant a place where there is neither church nor\\nresident pastor, but where divine service is held\\noccasionally in some convenient locality. The mis-\\nsions attended from Lexington are Sanilac, Speaker\\nand Marion, and the stations Fremont and Anderson.\\nSANILAC.\\nThe first Catholic settler in the township of San-\\nilac was William Griffith. He came from Bellport,\\nN. Y., in 1849 and settled on the south half of sec-\\ntion 3, town II north, range 16 east. Mr. Griffith\\ndied after a short time of pioneering, in 1855, and\\nwas buried in the Catholic cemetery of Grant, St.\\nClair County. In 1850 William Call settled on the\\nsoutheast quarter of the southeast quarter of section\\n4, township II north, range 16 east. Li 1851 three\\nnew settlers cast their lot in this wilderness. Michael\\nMaher took up his residence on the east half of the\\nsouthwest quarter of section 6, township 1 1 north,\\nrange 16 east; Michael Logan selected the west half\\nof the southeast quarter of the same section, and his\\ncousin, another Michael Logan, settled beside him\\non the east half of the southeast quarter. In 1853 we\\nfind another increase to the settlement. John Mul-\\nlen, with his large family of able-bodied sons, settled\\non the northwest quarter of section 5, township 11\\nnorth, range 16 east. John Mullen will long be re-\\nmembered as the leader of the nevv mission always\\ntrying to get a priest for holding divine services in\\nthat settlement, presenting the mission with three\\nacres of land for church and cemetery, and always\\nhaving his hospitable shanty at the disposition of the\\nsettlers for a meeting-place. He managed also that\\nevery visiting priest should be the guest at his house.\\nWhen the church was being built, John left no stone\\nunturned to succeed in that undertaking and ever\\nsince he has been as it were the watchman from the\\ntower of his house to look after all the interests of\\nchurch and cemetery. He feels convinced that that\\nsame cemetery will soon be the last resting-place for\\nhis weary bones.\\nIn the same year, 1853, Thomas Ford settled on\\nthe east half of the southwest quarter of section 5,\\nSanilac Township. James Kelly got ready for a home\\non the west half of southwest quarter of section 32,\\nForester Township. In the same year, 1853, Ter-\\nrence McCullogh settled on the northeast quarter of\\nsection 6, Sanilac Township. John Dwan took the\\nnortheast quarter of section i, Washington Township.\\nHugh Manion secured the east half of the northwest\\nquarter of the same section. In 1854 came James\\nHart and Thomas O Neil both settled on the west\\nhalf of southeast quarter of section 31, Forester Town-\\nship. In 1855 Pierce Campfield made his residence\\non the east half of the northwest quarter of section 6,\\nSanilac Township. His brother, James Campfield,\\nsettled beside him on the west half of the northwest\\nquarter. James afterwards moved to Detroit and\\nbecame an efficient member of the Police Depart-\\nment.\\nIn 1 85 6 came another settler of uncommon pluck,\\nPhilippe McCormick; he settled on the east half of\\nthe southwest quarter of section 6, Sanilac Township.\\nFrom this time 54 new settlers came very fast.\\nIn i860, amongst others, came from Detroit, Edward\\nAllen, and settled on the west half of northeast\\nquarter of section 31, township 12 north, range 16\\neast. Mr. Allen, after a few years of pioneering,\\nmanaged to build himself a comfortable residence.\\nHe made his house the hospitable stopping-place of\\nvisiting priests, and on many occasions was delighted\\nwith having the bishop for his guest. By his unos-\\ntentatious generosity, he made his clerical visitors\\nv\u00c2\u00a7)\\ny\\nI\\nm^i^", "height": "2866", "width": "2206", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph09chic_0506.jp2"}, "507": {"fulltext": "SANILAC COUNTY.\\nm\\nSii\\nf\\np\\nV\\nJ\\nfeel at home, and rendered their visits pleasant by\\nhis original and witty Irish-isms. All who knew him\\nlearned with regret of his death, which occurred\\nAug. I r, 1884.\\nWhile the settlement was in a pioneer condition,\\nMay 10, 1854, Father Kilroy, of St. Clair, held Cath-\\nolic services at the house of William Griffith. After\\nthe death of Mr. Griffith, services were held at\\nThomas Ford s house, Feb. 21 and 22, 1856. In\\n1857, after John Mullen presented the congregation\\nwith three acres of land for church-yard and cemetery,\\nservices were held at his place, until a church build-\\ning was fitted up for services. In tlie fall of the year\\n1857, Rev. M. P. Wehrle, from Marine City (then\\nNewport), visited this congregation. Old settlers tell\\nus that in June, 1S59, Rev. Francis Krutel cele-\\nbrated mass at Mullen s. Father Cluck, of Sherman,\\nHuron County, offered his services to this congrega-\\ntion, in 1863.\\nThe year 1863, was an important one for the\\ncongregation of Sanilac. Bishop Lefevre appointed\\nthe laborious Father Van Den Driessche as mission-\\nary of Sanilac. He paid his first visit July 13, 1863,\\nand from that date commence the baptism records of\\nSanilac. He immediately commenced collecting for\\nthe building of a church, and in 1864 enough funds\\nwere on hand to venture the letting of the job.\\nOn a reserved corner of the premises donated by\\nJohn Mullen, at the top of a gentle-sloping hill,\\narose a handsome frame church, which was ready for\\nservices the same year. Father Van Den Driessche\\nhaving led the way, this congregation soon became\\nknown to other priests, who, braving the hardships\\nof inconvenient travel and other discomforts, made\\nan occasional visit to Sanilac. We find recorded in\\n1864, Rev. Theoph. Buyse and Theodore Van Der\\nBom; in 1865 Rev. L. Schneider, in 1866, Rev. T.\\nBuyse and Theodore Van Den Bom in 1867, Rev. J.\\nReichenbach. For the next two years Father Buyse\\nseems to have been the only visitor. We find that\\nin 1870 Rev. Joseph Kraemer made visits in Sep-\\ntember and October.\\nIn the autumn of 1870, Rev. J. P. De Sraedt,\\nhaving been appointed resident Pastor of Lexington,\\nbegan to make regular monthly visits to Sanilac,\\nuntil January, 1872, when he was removed to Detroit.\\nRev. M. Canters, being the succeeding Pastor of\\nLexington and missions, gave liis services to Sanilac,\\nuntil autumn of the same year.\\n:s ^fi^ ^^^-^m\\nOn Christmas morning, 1872, Rev. C. Denissen,\\nbeing then Pastor of Lexington, made his first visit\\nto Sanilac. In his following visits he became aware\\nthat many improvements were necessary to keep\\npace with the increase of the congregation he found\\nan old standing debt of about $350 on the church\\nbuilding. His first care was to have that debt liqui-\\ndated. The grave-yard had not been staked or laid\\nout in family lots. In order to make this possible\\nthe stumps of the forest primeval were removed,\\na substantial fence was built around the grave-yard,\\nand the grounds were surveyed and staked in lots,\\nand have since become the resting place of many a\\npioneer. Becoming apparent that the old church\\nbuilding had become too small for the congregation,\\nan addition, the size of the old building, was com-\\nmenced, in 1883, and in 1884 was completed. This\\nchurch is at present tlie largest church edifice in\\nSanilac County.\\nSPEAKER.\\nThe first white settlers of the township of Speaker\\nwere John Davis and Peter Carroll (the correct or-\\nthography, McCardle who took up their resi-\\ndences on section 23, in the year 1853.\\nThe first white child born in Speaker was Sara\\nDavis, at present the wife of Frank Burnham, of\\nWorth she was born in the latter part of October,\\n1853. In 1854, Michael Burns settled on the same\\nsection.\\nOct. 19, 1854, Rev. L. Kilroy came on a sick call\\nto the house of John Davis. This was perhaps the\\nfirst time that a Catholic priest set foot in the town\\nof Speaker. Oct. 9, 1856, was the first time that\\nCatholic service was held in Speaker. Father Kilroy\\nsaid mass in the house of John Davis, and on that\\nday Hugh Davis and his brother, James Davis, and\\nElizabeth Carroll (McCardle) were baptized. These\\nwere the first children baptized in that township. In\\nthe same month Terrence Monaghan settled on the\\nsame section. He carried his cook-stove on his back,\\na distance of over a mile, the woods being too dense\\nto admit a yoke of oxen.\\nIn 1857 Anthony O Meally settled on section 21.\\nIn 1858 Richard Mullany and Michael Leonard took\\nup homes on section 28, and Stephen Mullany on\\nsection 22. In i860 the Catholic Baptism Records\\nof Speaker commence. It is evident from them\\nthat Father Kilroy attended this settlement regularly\\nyo;\\nca:\\nm\\nlfi A\\n1^", "height": "2866", "width": "2206", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph09chic_0507.jp2"}, "508": {"fulltext": "\u00e2\u0096\u00a0H^.\\nf\\nr^^K ^v ^iii m n iiri v\\nSANILAC COUNTY.\\n:0\\nV\\nuntil 1870, when Father De Smedt began his regu-\\nlar monthly visits. In the beginning of 1872 Father\\nCanters succeeded him, and in 1873 on New-Year s\\nday, Rev. C. Denissen made his first visit to Speaker.\\nAt that time services were held in the house of Ter-\\nrence Monaghan. The congregation growing to such\\nan extent that either Mr. Monaghan would have to\\nbuild an addition to his house or the congregation a\\nchurch, it was decided to erect the latter. The frame\\nwas erected in the fall of the same year, and the\\nchurch was ready for service by Sept. 20, 1874. Ter-\\nrence Monaghan having donated two acres for a\\nchurch-yard, a survey was made and a grave-yard\\nstaked off in family lots. From that time Speaker\\ncan be called a regular mission. The congrega-\\ntion kept increasing; the church, in the beginning too\\nlarge for the congregation, became better filled from\\nyear to year, and at present (1884) a large addition\\nto the church is absolutely necessary.\\nMARION.\\nIt seems that most early French settlers selected\\ntheir homes near a river or a creek. So it was in\\nMarion, where Levi La Framboise (who American-\\nized his name to Raspberry) settled near Cherry\\nCreek on section 5 of the Township of Bridgehamp-\\nton. Levi Raspberry has a large family of children,\\nwho settled in the immediate neighborhood after their\\nmarriages. These Raspberrys and a few more\\nFrench Catholics constitute the mission of Marion.\\nFREMONT.\\nThe first settlers of Fremont who professed the\\nCatholic religion are Moses Burns, Timothy Mc-\\nCarthy and his brother Dennis McCarthy, who came\\nin the summer of 1855. A few Catholics have set-\\ntled in that vicinity since. For these settlers Catho-\\nlic services are held in Fremont.\\nEpiscopal.\\nEV. A. B. Flower says of the establishment\\nof the Episcopal Church\\nIn the summer of 1869 I became the\\nmissionary of Sanilac County, acting under\\nthe Bishop and Missionary Committee of the\\nDiocese of Michigan. Lexington was chosen\\nas the place of residence and the center from which\\nto operate. A few funerals and perhaps a marriage\\nor two had been solemnized by a clergyman of the\\nChurch. Nothing more was undertaken until a Sun-\\nday-school was introduced by two young men, one,\\na trained Churchman, the other educated in a\\nChristian body not in sympathy with the Church.\\nThe newly appointed missionary found only a few\\ncommunicants, but a strong Churchly element from\\nwhich to form the congregation. Services were com-\\nmenced in the lower part of Masonic Hall. After a\\nfew years a handsome church edifice was erected\\nwhere the people now worship.\\nAn earnest Church lady of Davisville (now Cros-\\nwell), with her aged father and others of her house-\\nhold, regularly attended services at Lexington. At\\nthe request of this lady (Mrs. Wildman Mills), the\\nmissionary began ministrations at Croswell, in the\\nschool-house. From the first the services were well\\nreceived, and soon a church building became neces-\\nsary. Land was given by Messrs. Davis and Steven-\\nson upon which to erect the edifice. The firm of\\nMoss Mills subscribed largely towards its erection,\\nand the citizens generally contributed generously of\\nmoney and labor to the enterprise. As the work\\nwent on, Messrs. Truman Moss and Wildman Mills\\nurged the missionary to proceed, promising to make\\nup any deficiency that might ensue, and nobly did\\nthey redeem that promise for when the church was\\ncompleted and consecrated, by the name of Christ s\\nChurch, May 24, 1871, there was not a dollar of\\ndebt. The building was removed in the spring of\\n1883 to the place where it now stands. The Rec-\\ntors have been the Revs. A. B. Flower, W. H. Smythe,\\nand Mr. Carey.\\nIt is not out of place here to say that Mrs. Wild-\\nman Mills was the real founder of the Church, and\\nthe originator of the building, who, with her father\\nand husband, with other helpers, faltered not until\\nthe church was finished and entirely free from debt.\\nThe Christian Church.\\nHE Christian Church of Worth and Lexing-\\nton was organized June 24, 1867, by Rev.\\nHiram Hayward, assisted by Rev. Jesse\\nVancamp, of Bowmanville, Ont. Organization\\nservices were held in Elder Hayward s barn,\\nthe district school-house, where religious ser-\\nvices had been held, being too small to accommodate\\nI\\ni\\n0.\\n1\\nI\\n^!l!l^Dni", "height": "2866", "width": "2206", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph09chic_0508.jp2"}, "509": {"fulltext": "2\u00c2\u00ae\\nT\\n1^\\nV\\n3\\nS\\nC)\\nf\\nSANILAC COUNTY.\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0isr\\n513\\nthe congregation. There were 13 charter members,\\nand the total number of members added to the\\nChurch since is 179. The present membership\\nis 125.\\nRev. Hiram Hayvvard served tlie Cliurch as Pastor\\nfrom the time of organization, in 1867, until the\\nspring of 1878, when, on account of failing health, he\\nwas obliged to quit preaching. November 21, 1878,\\nRev. Geo. W. Sherman was chosen Pastor, and Rev.\\nJ. S. Warren Associate Pastor. May 10, 1879, Rev.\\nWarren withdrew, and Rev. Sherman continued as\\nPastor until October 22, 1881. January i, 1882, the\\nChurch secured the services of Rev. Solomon Prosser,\\nwho continued to act as Pastor until December 31,\\n1883. March 3, 1884, Rev. William Burch was en-\\ngaged by the Church as Pastor, and holds that posi-\\ntion now.\\nEdward Gordon, Henry Fockler and George A.\\nShell were the first Deacons elected by the Church,\\nand have been re-elected from time to time, and\\nstill serve the Church in that capacity. Francis Car-\\nmin was elected Clerk in 1867, and continued to\\nserve until Dec. 31, 1870. In January, 187 i, Hiram\\nS. Hayward was elected Clerk, and has been re-\\nelected each year up to this time (18S4).\\nThe church building was erected in 1868, on land\\ndonated by Rev. H. Hayward, and is situated on the\\nsouthwest corner of section i, Town of Worth, Sani-\\nlac County. The lot consists of half an acre of land,\\nwhich contains church and sheds, and is fenced.\\nThe value of church property is $1,200.\\nThere is a flourishing Sabbath-school, under the\\nauspices of the Church, comprising about 75 scholars,\\nwith the usual complement of officers and teachers.\\n-134=4=\\net-\\nwas organized in 1847, with H. N. Brown as Pastor.\\nAllan Atkins, Ebenezer Raymond, Darius Cole, Jo-\\nseph Pety, Henry Young, James F. Buel and Isaac\\nLeuty were instrumental in starting it. The building\\nwas erected in 1850, and the parsonage was donated\\nby Mrs. Maria Pack.\\nMethodist.\\nHE Methodist Episcopal Church at Cros-\\nwell was organized in 1854, as the Black\\nRiver appointinent, with Rev. Mr. John-\\nson, of Lexington, in charge. There were but\\nfew members at that time, and they met at the\\nhouse of John H. Hart, then in the school-\\nhouse, until, in 1865, Mr. Hart donated an acre of\\nland, upon which the present church was afterward\\nbuilt. In Lexington the Methodist Episcopal Church\\nMinor Notes.\\n44\\nm,-\\n4^-^\\nfor the Methodist society. The first church\\nbuilding in the village was the Congregational\\nchurch, built in 1866, on ground donated by\\nArthur Brock. This was also the first church\\nin the township, and its minister was Rev. Talraadge\\nWaterbury. The Methodists commenced their build-\\ning about the same time, but it was not completed\\nfor some months later. Thomas Oldfield donated\\nthe lots for I his. The organization for the Congrega-\\ntional Church took place in 1854.\\nVto)\\nCongregational.\\nJN organization of the Congregational Church\\nin Lexington took place Tuesday evening,\\nl^J?. March 13, 1866. Israel Huckins and Sam-\\nuel Burgess were elected Trustees for one year;\\nJoseph T. Moss and Watson Beach for two\\nyears, and E. Brown and Clark Hadley for\\nthree years. For some time the society occupied the\\nFree-Will Baptist church. Rev. Charles Spooner\\nofficiated as Pastor for two years, and was succeeded\\nby Rev. Charles Spittigue, who remained one year.\\nThe pulpit was afterward supplied by the Free-Will\\nBaptists, Rev. Dr. Buthrick being the minister.\\nThen there was a suspension of services until Sep-\\ntember, 1878, when the Free-Will Baptists and Con-\\ngregational society united, re-organized the latter\\nsociety, and turned the Baptist church over to it.\\nRev. William Woodmansee was called as Pastor,\\nand remained until September, 1883, when Rev. J.\\nT. Husted came, and is still in charge. The build-\\ning was remodeled in 1879. The membership of the\\nChurch at present is about 30.\\nca:\\nd\\nHE first sermon preached in Port Sanilac\\n;j, was by Rev. Mr. Sealy, in 185 1. This was", "height": "2866", "width": "2206", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph09chic_0509.jp2"}, "510": {"fulltext": "^IlD^IiIlv\\n514\\nSANILAC COUNTY.\\nt\\nThe Adventist church in Port Sanilac was built in\\n187 1, on lots donated by Frederick Platts. The\\norganization was effected only a month before the\\nchurch building began, service in the meantime be-\\ning held in a tent.\\nIn 187 I the first regular Baptist Church was organ-\\nized, under the leadership of Rev. A. Curry. George\\nH. Fenner was Deacon. Services were held on\\nalternate Sabbaths in the Presbyterian church until\\n187s, when the Advent church was purchased. Rev.\\nGeorge H. Fenner occupied the pulpit from 1877 to\\nMay, 1882, when the church underwent a repairing.\\nThen Rev. J. H. Girdnood was the Pastor for a year,\\nand since then there has been no regular pastor.\\nThe first Methodist Episcopal church was built in\\nMarlette in 187 1, and dedicated on New Year s.\\nJohn Wilson donated the lots for the church, and\\nMr. H. W. Wilson the lots for the parsonage, which\\nwas built two years later. Several years before this\\na Methodist Church was established and met in the\\nMontgomery school-house, three miles south of the\\nvillage of Marlette, which was the first Church organ-\\nization in the township. The first church in the\\nvillage of Marlette was the United Presbyterian,\\nbuilt in 1868, in the west part of the village, on\\nground donated by Jonathan Hobson. The logs\\nwere furnished by John Donald and Alexander Mur-\\nray and Rev. George H. Fenner, who at that time\\nowned a saw-mill, as a partner with Mr. McGill,\\nsawed the logs free. The building has since been\\nmoved down upon one of the main streets, and is\\nnow used as a carpenter shop. It was used as a\\nchurch until 1SS2, but the congregation changed\\ntheir creed to that of the American Presbyterian\\nChurch and then built the present commodious\\nbuilding, which consists of a large audience room\\nand a lecture room, at a cost of $3,500. It is on\\nMarlette and State Streets.\\nTlie first church in the township was built on sec-\\ntion 34, town II, in 1859. Logs were rolled to-\\ngether on three sides and crotch sticks were put up\\nwith polls across for a pulpit. There was no roof.\\nIt was Baptist and Methodist combined. At one of\\nthese meetings, a German lady, Mrs. Fischer, got\\nreligion, and began to pray. The minister thought\\nher broken English was altogether German, and\\nshouted All right! Pray on, sister! The Lord\\nunderstands Dutch.\\n1\\nX=I\\n(0\\nWm^^^^^\\nt^\\n^3^^^ ^^^nn^Diic^:,^\\n-#^f", "height": "2866", "width": "2206", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph09chic_0510.jp2"}, "511": {"fulltext": "SANILAC COUNTY.\\n515\\ni ROPERLY regarded, the press\\n1 may be considered the truest\\nevidence of civihzed life. It\\nis the chief proposer of great\\n*slSa, enterprises. It is the e.\\\\po-\\ntS^yir nent of the American mind,\\nwith very few exceptions, and\\nthese occur only where ignorance or\\nviciousness leads the freeman of our\\nsoil to become a convert to the savage\\nopinions of theoretical Europeans. Hap-\\npily, the newspaper men of the country\\ndo not claim many professors who in-\\ndulge in nonsensical praise of the slave-\\nholding monarchies of the world. Such\\nstuff takes root only in the minds of the\\nmore imbecile of our citizens. The press and people\\nunderstand their duties to the Republic, and appre-\\nciate the blessings which a federal government\\nconfers. So long as these indefatigable framers of\\nopinion stand faithfully by the pen and press, just so\\nlong will reason trample on all treason from within,\\nall treachery from without.\\nProscribe the liberty of the press, and the nation\\nsuffers in just such proportion 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 be always\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0h vx^^-i^S v H\\nready to co-operate with Justice and to applaud her\\nholy work.\\nSanilac Jeffei sonian.\\nHIS is one of the oldest, best established\\nand most influential journals published in\\nV^^ this part of the State, and, indeed, we can\\n.^y^ safely say, ranks among the leading news-\\npapers of the State. It has ever labored,\\nwith zeal and ability, for the upbuilding and\\nwelfare of the village, county and State, and the\\nnation as well.\\nThe Sanilac Ji-ffcrsonian was established at Lex-\\nington in 1858. The outfit of the office had been\\nused in publishing the Sanilac Signal. The Leader\\nhad been established for some time as a Republican\\npaper, but the party was split into two factions, and\\nthe Leader being owned and controlled by Joseph C.\\nWyllis, the leader of one of the factions, the other\\nside bought the plant of the Signal, and started the\\nJeff, by which cognomen it soon became known.\\nCharles Waterbury was established in the editorial\\nchair, and by his genial manner, business qualifica-\\ntions and vigorous handling of the local issues in the\\nparty, and of the great issues between the great\\nparties then agitating the country, he soon put the\\nnew venture on the road to success. The local split\\nin the party was virtually disposed, after two or three\\ncampaigns, in favor of the Jeff s side. The Leader\\nwas sold out in 1860 to the Democratic managers,\\n\u00c2\u00a739-\\ns^ ^r C^^ ^^^D n llI]r A::9\u00e2\u0080\u0094", "height": "2866", "width": "2206", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph09chic_0511.jp2"}, "512": {"fulltext": "1^\\n516\\nSANILAC COUNTY.\\n-^li^^ Sr\\nf\\n4\\n-5\\nand, after the Douglas campaign, went out of exist-\\nence. In April, 1865, the J^e^ passed into the hands\\nof Charles S. Nims and Watson Beach, Mr. Nims\\nhaving conducted the paper nearly a year for the\\nowners, after Mr. Waterbury s retirement in 1864.\\nMr. Waterbury went to Sandusky, Oliio, engaging\\nwith A. B. Nettleton in the publication of the San-\\ndusky Register. Afterward he removed to Glyndon,\\nMinn., where he died, of an acute attack of a brain\\nmalady. The older residents of the county recall\\nhim and the early days of the Jcfi in the contests of\\nthose days with affectionate remembrance. The\\nJeff was conducted by Messrs. Nims Beach jointly\\nuntil October, 1882, when Mr. Nims retired, taking\\nup his residence at Sand Beach, in Huron County.\\nAlthough partisan in politics, the paper continued to\\nwin its way in the esteem and favor of the public,\\nand has become an institution in hundreds of house-\\nholds in the county. It has been the leading paper\\nin the county in influence and circulation, and so\\ncontinues to be under the management of Mr. Beach,\\nthe present proprietor. Since the first number was\\nissued, its files are a complete history of the county.\\nIgnoring the usual custom of offering inducements\\nfor new subscribers, Mr. Beach has adopted the plan\\nof rewarding the faithful old subscribers by making\\nhis rates %i to twenty year-old patrons, and Si. 25 to\\nall others. The writers of this history are indebted\\nto the files of the Jeffersoiiian for many items of\\nhistorical value.\\nFor a personal sketch of Mr. Beach, see page 330.\\nQ^\\nCroswell Democrat.\\ni??\\n|jf|n^ jURING the month of July, 1879, the Port\\n__^. Huron Northwestern Railroad was\\n-\u00c2\u00b0i. J4 completed to Croswell, and at once gave\\n?f^ the village an importance and impetus which\\nattracted population and business. In Decem-\\nber, 1879, Horatio Pratt, who was then publish-\\ning a paper at Wayne, visited Sanilac County in\\nquest of a location for a newspaper, and among\\nother places visited Croswell. The citizens inter-\\nested themselves in the project, and gave it so much\\nencouragement and promised aid, that in February,\\n1880, Mr. Pratt removed his office to Croswell, and\\nMarch 5, 1880, the first number of the Croswell\\nDemocrat was issued, from a small building which\\nthen stood on the corner of Howard Avenue and\\nWells Street, near where the Opera-House Block\\nnow stands, and was the only building which could\\nbe had. While the first issue was being printed, the\\ncitizens fired a salute from a couple of anvils, and\\nthe Croswell Cornet Band gave the office a serenade.\\nThe paper started with a circulation of about 50\\nactual subscribers, which was rapidly increased, and\\nbefore the end of the first year, had reached nearly\\n400, and has steadily increased until it is now (Nov.\\n10, 1884) nearly 800. During the summer of 1880,\\nCol. J. M. Anderson erected a building on Howard\\nAvenue, just north of the Anderson House, and in\\nthe fall the Democrat found an office on the first\\nfloor. On the 27 th day of November, 1881, this\\nbuilding was burned, with the entire contents, in-\\ncluding the printing material and fixtures, and Mr.\\nPratt s law and editorial library, with office furniture\\nand papers, and a stock of sewing-machines, the\\naggregate value of which was about $1,500. It was\\ninsured for only $465. As this was but about half\\nthe value of the printing-office alone, the prospect\\nfor a speedy resumption was not favorable but the\\ncitizens again came to its aid, and after being\\nprinted at the Times office in Port Huron, for\\nfour issues, the Democrat resumed its publication,\\nwith new material for a newspaper and job office.\\nCol. Anderson rebuilt the office, and in February,\\n1882, the Democrat \\\\i3A back in a new and improved\\noffice. In the spring of 1S84, the building was sold\\nto the village, and the Democrat was removed to the\\nsecond story of N. P. Houghtalin s new brick store,\\non Howard Avenue, where it is now located.\\nIn politics, the Democrat has been a firm and\\nuncompromising advocate of Democratic principles\\nand measures, as represented, and promulgated by\\nthe revenue-reform, anti-monoj oly wing of the party,\\nand supported Hancock foi the Presidency in 1880,\\nand the Union State ticket in the fall of 1882 and\\nspring of 1883. When the Anti-monopoly organiza-\\ntion was effected at Chicago, the paper recognized\\nits principles as true Democracy, and gave the organ-\\nization aid and encouragement. In December, 1883,\\nit hoisted the name of Benjamin F. Butler as its\\ncandidate for President, and urged his nomination\\nby the Democratic party and when the Democratic\\nI\\n(7\\nr\\ni\\n^mM\\nz.\\n.:^^S^", "height": "2866", "width": "2206", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph09chic_0512.jp2"}, "513": {"fulltext": "i^\\nr^^ ervC^D B)^: n Ds\\nSANILAC COUNTY.\\n517\\n4\\nT\\nV\\n4\\nI\\nNational Convention put in nomination Graver Cleve-\\nland, the Crosvvell Democrat, adhered to its choice,\\nand supported General Butler and the Union elec-\\ntoral State and county ticket.\\nThe labors oixX^e. Democrat since its establishment\\nhave been especially directed to the unification and\\nconcentration of the opposition to the Republican\\nparty, believing that the only way to weaken and\\nroot out the undue and blighting influence of the\\ncorporate monopolies of the country in the adminis-\\ntration of .the national and State governments, is to\\nremove from power the party that has fostered and\\nbuilt up those monopolies, and in turn sustained and\\ncontrolled by them. That its labors have not been\\nfruitless, is shown by the returns which give the\\nPeople s party a vote of nearly or quite 800, in Sani-\\nlac County, and a Union vote of over 1,800, nearly\\nwiping out the large Republican majority on electoral\\nand State tickets of 1880.\\nHoratio Pratt, editor of the Croswell Democrat,\\nwas born at Somerset, Niagara Co., N. Y., Dec. 10,\\n1830. In the spring of 1832, his parents removed\\nto tlie then Territory of Michigan, and settled in\\nHillsdale County, in what was afterwards named the\\ntownship of Somerset and here the subject of this\\nsketch lived until he came to the age of maturity.\\nUntil he was 12 years of age, he attended the district\\nschool, summer and winter. After that he spent his\\nsummers on the farm, attending the scliool in the\\nwinter only. When 16 he attended the Union School\\nat Jonesville, under the instruction of Prof. A. M.\\nWelch, afterwards Principal of the Normal at Ypsi-\\nlanti. Two years later he attended the Michigan\\nCentral College, at Spring Arbor, where he took an\\nacademical course of instruction.\\nFor several years afterward he taught school in the\\nwinter, and worked on a farm in the summer, devot-\\ning a portion of his spare time to a study of the law.\\nIn the spring of 1S58, he went to Lansing, and\\nentered tlie law office of D. V.. Wiley, where he com-\\npleted his studies, and in December following was\\nadmitted to practice, and soon after opened a law\\noffice at Williamston, Mich., and built up a lucrative\\npractice. In i860, he was elected Circuit Court Com-\\nmissioner, and re-elected in 1862, being the only one\\nelected on the Republican ticket that year. In 1864,\\nhe was elected Judge of Probate for Ingham County,\\nand the following summer removed to Mason, the\\ncounty seat.\\n^s^^^r^ @r^ -:II 3\\n5\\nIn 1862 he became interested in a mercantile estab-\\nlishment at Williamston, and had acquired several\\nthousand dollars, and on removing to Mason, invested\\nit in real estate; and in 1865, with other parties, built\\nthe first brick block in the place. In 1868, he was re-\\nelected Judge of Probate, and in 1870, became half\\nowner, and sole editor, of the Ingham County News.\\nIn 1872 he sold his newspaper interests and engaged\\nlargely in merchandise and real estate. The Jay\\nCooke failure found him with business sails full\\nspread, and in the business depression and. shrinkage\\nof values which followed, he was a heavy loser, and\\nbecame financially embarrassed, with the thousands\\nof other business men who were driven to the wall\\nduring that period.\\nAfter an unsuccessful struggle to retrieve his\\nlosses, in 1876, he turned out his entire property to\\nhis creditors, and removed to Wayne, and resumed\\nthe practice of law. Soon after his location in Wayne\\nhe became editor of the Wayne Pilot, and a year\\nlater purchased the material, and established the\\nWayne County Tidings. In 1884, he removed the\\noffice to Croswell, and commenced the publication\\nof the Croswell Democrat, in which he is still engaged.\\nIn politics, Mr. Pratt was an ardent supporter of\\nthe Republican party, until 1872, when, in the col-\\numns of the Ingham County Netvs, he opposed\\nPresident Grant s renomination. For the following\\neight years he took no active part in politics. He\\nfavored many of the principles of the National Labor\\nparty but never acted with it. In 1880, he sup-\\nported Hancock for President, and labored for the\\nsuccess of the Democratic party. When the Anti-\\nmonopoly organization was effected, he took a deep\\ninterest in the movement, and warmly espoused the\\nprinciples of that organization. He has been much\\nin favor of the union of all the elements opposed to\\nRepublican rule, and has labored earnestly to bring\\nthem into unity, and promote combined action. In\\nthis respect he has as coadjutors many who are em-\\ninent in statesmanship and in the various branches\\nof learning, both east and west, and north and south,\\nmany, too, who are honest and shrewd, and desire\\nto uproot only the evil and establish the good.\\nMr. Pratt has been twice married in 1852, at\\nSomerset, to Catharine Houghtahn, whodied in 185:;,\\nand in i860, at Williamston, to Louise Simons, his\\npresent wife. A daughter, and only child, is mar-\\nried, and resides at Ashland. Wis.\\ng\\n3=3\\nt\u00e2\u0080\u0094T", "height": "2866", "width": "2206", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph09chic_0513.jp2"}, "514": {"fulltext": "v ^iin^iiii^ v\\n^;sr\\n-#^f5)Vi\\nI\\n[j\\nSANILAC COUNTY.\\nU^^.aJ;\\n5\\nMarlette Ijcader.\\nNE of the numerous papers of Sanilac\\nCounty, and one ably conducted and wor-\\nq),^ thy the patronage and sympathy of the\\ntSf community in which it is published, is the\\nb Marlette Leader, published at Marlette. Po-\\nlitically, the paper is Republican, and during\\nthe last exciting and memorable Presidential cam-\\npaign it ably advocated and defended the principles\\nof the Republican party. In October, 1883, its present\\neditor, William C. Sherman, came to Marlette, and\\nshortly afterward assumed editorial charge and man-\\nagement of the paper, and has since continued in\\ncharge of it. For a personal sketch of Mr. Sherman\\nwe refer the reader to page 34S.\\nSanilac County Reporter.\\nV MONG the numerous journalistic enter-\\nprises that have been inaugurated in this\\ncounty is the Sanilac Comity Re/or/er. In\\nOctober, 1883, it was purchased by Mr. J. H.\\nShults, editor and proprietor of the Minden\\nPost. His father, Mr. James L. Shults, is associated\\nI\\nwith him in this enterprise. The paper is independ-\\nent in politics, and is receiving a fair share of public\\nfavor and patronage. We refer the reader to page\\n37 1 for a personal sketch of J. L. Shults.\\nThe Minden Post.\\nHE northern portion of Sanilac County is\\n1^^^ represented in the newspaper line by a neat\\nf w^ and vi ell conducted sheet published at Min-\\nra den. The Fc st was established in 188 r, by\\nits present editor and proprietor, J. H. Shults.\\nDuring the hard times following the terrible forest\\nfires, which devastated that section of the State, the\\nenterprise inaugurated by Mr. Shults suffered alike\\nwith all the business interests in the district. As\\nsoon as practicable he revived the paper, and it is\\nnow receiving the support and encouragement of the\\npeople in that section of tlie county, and is continu-\\nally enlarging its sphere of usefulness and influence.\\nThe Post is independent in politics, and its columns\\ndeal ably with the important issues of the day in an\\nimpartial manner. We refer to page 432 of this book\\nfor a biographical sketch of Mr. Shults.\\n^A.J\\n9\\ne^\\n\u00c2\u00a7j^m^\\n-2 oa^:iii];", "height": "2866", "width": "2206", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph09chic_0514.jp2"}, "515": {"fulltext": "mm.\\nK ^^V4^I1 D Wi^ o\\nSANILAC COUNTY.\\nm^\\nt^t^ ^tj^ I .Vi I .gi i^ ^t^JSi iSilAtS^i.V. i i it r -U t T r i aa t%. t^ ^t!as\\nVto)\\n1\\nSKY of flame, of smoke a\\nheavenful, the earth a mass\\nof burning coals, the mighty\\ntrees, all works of man be-\\n.f^-^^.f tvveen, and living tilings trem-\\n%^:r h^ bling as a child before a\\nirj\\\\/ demon in the gale! Such is a\\nforest fire. To those wlio have\\nseen, the picture needs no paint-\\ning. A simple record of the\\ngreat ordeal is all that can be\\ngiven here. Beneath the trees\\na cloak, formed by the dropping\\ntwigs and leaves, had been gather-\\ning for )ears, but had not yet re-\\nturned to its original dust. The autumn of 187 i\\nwas unusually favorable for ridding the ground of this,\\ntogether with logs and stumps that had stood in the\\nway of I he plow. The farmers fired the heaps of\\nwood and brush over their premises. The fires burned\\non and for a long time there was no rain to quench\\nthem. The earth became drier, the fires gradually\\nran together, the upward current of heat drew the dry\\nair from the westward inland rather than the heavy\\natmosphere from over the lakes, and thus the wind\\nwas formed. Chips and fragments carried thither\\nstarted new fires, and ultimately the whole surface\\nwas ignited, ready for one general conflagration.\\nOn Sunday night, Oct. 8, 1871, the hurricane was\\nripe and started on its wild career across the land,\\nblowing, burning, killing, devouring. When aroused\\nto the danger, human beings could only stand aghast\\nin awe and wonder, until compelled to flee for refuge.\\nIn some places little alarm was felt, and people went\\nto bed at night as usual, to be aroused at midnight\\nby the fearful cry of fire, that called some to see their\\nearthly treasures vanish into smoke and ashes, sav-\\ning themselves almost by a miracle, while others,\\nchoked with flame and smoke, left their charred\\nbones alone to tell their friends where and how they\\ndied!\\nThe counties that suffered most from the fires were\\nSanilac, Huron and Tuscola. The extent of the\\nlosses can never be known. Thousands of acres of\\nvaluable pine were burned or rendered worthless. It\\nwas fortunate at this time that the country over which\\nthe tornado passed was not so thickly settled, except\\nalong the lake shore; otherwise the loss of human\\nlife would have been appalling. As it was, the greater\\nloss was that of property and pine. The extent of\\nthis can never be accurately known, and the record\\nat best must be incomplete.\\nAt Forestville the people were engaged in fighting\\nthe fire on one side of the village, when it rushed in\\nlike a tornado from the other side, and almost in\\nthe twinkling of an eye the village was in flames\\nJSi^!^", "height": "2866", "width": "2206", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph09chic_0515.jp2"}, "516": {"fulltext": "r ^llll^llll^.\\n1520\\nSANILAC COUNTY.\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0o5\\nV\\nand the citizens were compelled to seek shelter on\\nthe beach or in the water, or any place which of-\\nfered safety. The storm of fire swept over the bank,\\ngrasping everything it could reach, to feed itself upon.\\nMrs. Green, who was an invalid, had to be carried\\nout of the burning house and provided with shelter\\nin a hole in the bank. Henry L. Adams, who kepi\\nthe Forest House, got his family into a boat on the\\nbeach and covered them over with wet blankets; but\\neven in this situation Mrs. Adams shawl was burned\\nthrough until it looked as though it had been laid\\non a bed of coals. The people sought a refuge in\\nboats or anything else they could reach, and man-\\naged to save their lives by covering themselves with\\nwet blankets.\\nMrs. Jacob Buel, who at that time lived in Dela-\\nware, relates the following\\nMrs. F. Buschkowski, my daughter, was at that\\ntime in Paris Township, Huron County. They were\\nliving over the store, and were burned out, losing all\\ntheir property. Mrs. Buschkowski s clothes were\\nburned completely off. After the fire had raged\\nsome hours, Mr. Buschkowski saw the uselessness\\nof attempting further resistance, and, loading a num-\\nber of woolen blankets into the wagon, he started for\\na mill race which had been begun about half a mile\\nfrom the store, and by rapid driving succeeded in\\ngaining tlie race before the wagon took fire. The\\nfamily were snugly placed in the race and blankets\\nthrown over them, and by keeping these wet pro-\\nfusely they succeeded in escaping by the loss of\\nonly the clothes they wore. A little farther up an\\nold lady was found who had plunged headlong\\ninto the race, blinded by the fire. When she was\\nfound her feet were burned off! There had been but\\nlittle clearing done as yet, and the fire swept along\\nover that portion of the country without any obstruc-\\ntion.\\nCaptain Bridenbach, living two miles below Forest-\\nville, lost his barn and sheds, and the family saw\\nthe flames around the house so close and threaten-\\ning that they fled to the lake to save their lives, com-\\ning back to their homes the next morning to find the\\nhouse uninjured! It had taken fire at one corner,\\nbut the flames went out and the house stood. Nearly\\nall the buildings four miles south on the shore were\\nburned, and how many in the woods west has never\\nbeen known. In half an hour Forestville was in\\nruins every building but one small saloon, and both\\nd\u00c2\u00bbcks crowded with valuable goods, lumber and\\nshingles being in ashes. Everybody suffered. Most\\nof tlie citizens lost their all. The following is a\\npartial list of the sufferers, with the estimated loss of\\neach so far as could be learned Isaac Green,\\n$20,000; Jacob Buel, $15,000; William Canham,\\n$5,000; Joseph Parkinson, $3,000; Dr. Johnson,\\n$2,000; J. Law, $r,ooo; H. L. Adams, $1,000;\\nP. Riechrath, $r,ooo; and others probably to the\\namount of $75,000 and perhaps much more.\\nThe people of White Rock had apprehended some\\ndanger to their school-house and watched it part of\\nthe night. About midnight the storm came. The\\nwind blew a perfect hurricane, unroofing buildings\\nand envelopin j the whole village in a sheet of flame.\\nMen, women and children jumped from their beds,\\nsnatched what few valuables they could gather, and\\nrushed over the bank pell-mell down into the lake\\nand out on the dock, while the flame and smoke\\npoured over their heads, scorching them so horribly\\nthat the cold water of the lake was regarded as a\\nvifelcome relief The lake was so rough that women\\nand children were thrown back upon the beach and\\nobliged to risk death by drowning to be saved from\\ndeath by fire. Part crowded on the dock and tore\\nup planks and fought the fire from there and thus\\nsaved part of the dock and provisions in the ware-\\nhouse. Mr. Corbett and his wife rushed out to\\nsave themselves, but became separated. .She went\\none way and was saved, but he went another and was\\nnever heard from again\\nDr. Johnson and his family at White Rock were\\ndriven into the water with the rest, where they re-\\nmained for hours battling with the flames and water,\\nMrs. Johnson s shawl being burned ofl from her head\\nOne family, consisting of an old father and mother\\nand two sons, started for the shore, which was some\\ndistance. It became apparent that the old couple\\ncould never get through. So the sons dug a hole in\\nthe ground and placed the father and mother care-\\nfully in, giving them a chance to breathe, and left\\nthem. It has since been ascertained that they were\\nall right. The gale was so fierce that before the fire\\nreached the salt block at White Rock the roof was\\nlifted bodily and carried some distance. One man\\nran his wagon into the lake, covered his family with\\nwet blankets and shawls, and the fire burned the\\n(f\\ne\\nA\\nr\\nri/\\n\u00e2\u0080\u00a2^M^", "height": "2866", "width": "2206", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph09chic_0516.jp2"}, "517": {"fulltext": "\u00e2\u0096\u00a0Ss/^\u00c2\u00ae)$^?i\u00c2\u00ab\u00c2\u00ab :a\u00e2\u0082\u00acl K C v c tig^llll v-^ s:\\n4^^((\u00c2\u00aeV^\\nSANILAC COUNTY.\\n521\\nspokes of the wheels to the water s edge One wo-\\nf\\\\ man, with a child only two day s old, was obliged to\\n-\u00e2\u0080\u00a2^_ stand in the water for hours to save herself and her\\nI\\n(0\\nA\\nV\\np\\nV\\nbabe from the flames.\\nMr. Martin Dumond, whose mill was destroyed,\\nwas rescued from the flames by his workmen, having\\nendeavored to save something from the fire until he\\nsank down suffocated by the fire and smoke.\\nAt Gunning s mill the people huddled together in a\\nhole in a sand-bank which had been excavated to ob-\\ntain sand for building purposes. Two women whose\\nnames are unknown were burned, and a family of\\nfive persons named McDonald are supposed to have\\nperished, as nothing has been seen or heard of them\\nsince the fire.\\nIn the township of Paris the people were crowded\\ntogether at the Catholic Churcli, without food except\\nmeat, and no bedding, and scantily clothed.\\nIn Marion the fire was not so dreadful, owing to\\nthe large clearings and cultivated fields, but some\\nfamilies were entirely cleaned out, while all suffered\\nmore or less from the loss of barns and crops. Mr.\\n\\\\Vright lost everything but his house. At Decker-\\nville only three houses were burned, but all the lum-\\nber, sleighs and much valuable loose property. How\\nanything was saved there, is indeed miraculous.\\nMinden was spared from the devouring element\\nwhich raged on every side. The whole country\\nround about was burned houses, horses and human\\nlives were not spared. Two women were burned in\\nParis, Huron County, and one family of five persons.\\nThere was not provision left in the whole country to\\nfeed the people any length of time, and numbers\\nsuffered for the necessaries of life.\\nThe fires had traveled over a goodly portion of\\nBuel and Elk, burning the buildings and crops of the\\nsettlers. The lumber shanties of Mr. B. Mills with\\nall their contents of hay, grain, horses and sleighs,\\nwere totally destroyed. Numerous instances of poor\\nfamilies losing all their crops were reported. One poor\\nwoman, Mrs. Perkins, living a distance from other\\nsettlers in the northwest part of Elk, was alone with\\nher children for nearly tvvodays, fighting the fire that\\nattacked her- premises, and had not a drop of water\\nwithin a mile. When visited by neighbors after the\\nfire, she was found blind and exhausted, her house\\nsaved, but her outbuildings, which contained her hay\\nfor her stock, and the little store of potatoes, in ashes.\\nThe bridges and crossings in swamps were burned\\nout, so that teams could not pass with loads west of\\nBuel.\\nJohn M. Lamb, of Lamotte, fought the fire so hard\\nthat he lost his life from the effects of the exhaustion.\\nThe fire took effect on his lungs. He was 64 years\\nold. The property damage was principally timber, as\\nthe township was not settled at that time. To give\\na partial idea of the extent of the suffering, the fol-\\nlowing is taken from the report of Mr. J. W. Bartlett,\\nto the Detroit Relief Committee, Oct. 16, 187 r\\nI am on my way down, and will try to give an\\naccount of my stewardship. At White Rock we\\nloaded two teams and started inland, stopped over\\nnight at Mr. Campbell s shingle-mill, eight and one-\\nhalf miles from tlie shore, and in the morning pushed\\nthrough to Joseph Buschkowski s mill, 18 miles from\\nthe lake. The roads were terrible. We had three\\nax-men to cut the way through. The bridge was\\nburned and we had to take the fields, going more\\nthan 25 miles to make 18. We got a large box, six\\nbundles of clothing, six barrels of flour, two barrels of\\npork, and a box of bread into the burnt districts and\\nit was needed. As near as I could find out, not one\\nhouse in ten is standing. In some thickly settled\\nparts every house was burned for five miles. The\\npeople are huddled into the houses that remain,^\\nsick and burned, with little children lying around on\\nthe floors. I looked into but one house myself On\\nthe floor was a poor woman with both feet burned to\\na crisp. She had a nursing babe by her. Her com-\\nplaint was that she was sorry her child was so dirty,\\nas she had no change of clothes for it, and no soap\\nto wash it. She lay on a pile of pea-straw, with an\\nold bed-tick on her. Her clothing was burned, as\\nwas also her baby s. There were a dozen or more\\nchildren there and several women. Near McGregor s\\na man and seven children were living in their cellar,\\non new turnips. Houses were pointed out to me\\nwhere they had 17 families.\\nThe suffering during the days of the fire was ter-\\nrible. Children were buried in the ground, or put\\ninto wells. One family of my acquaintance, men,\\nwomen and children, got into a dock, and lay with-\\nout a drink of water for days. Many are blind for\\nlife. We found a committee, consisting of Joseph\\nBuschkowski and a Pijlish man with an unpronounce-\\nable name. They will see to a proper disposition of\\nc^,\\n1\\n^Dllfc^ijs s\u00c2\u00ab*?J\u00c2\u00abEi", "height": "2866", "width": "2206", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph09chic_0517.jp2"}, "518": {"fulltext": "7 ^DD^DIls T\\nSANILAC COUNTY.\\nwhatever is sent. The best place to land is Rock\\nFalls. White Rock is nearer, but the dock is bad\\nthere. Things have to be taken off in boats. Mr.\\nTliomson, sent up to take charge of the dock, and\\nthe teamster, J. Stoner, worked like a buck driving\\nthe team out for me over the worst road I ever saw.\\nThe people seem to try their best to help each other,\\nand one of the strangest cases of honesty I ever saw\\nhappened here. An ox team followed us with 50\\nblankets, six beds, clothing, flour, etc. Not a thing\\nwas pilfered or begged on the road, but all was\\nbrought to me, though the blankets were worth more\\nthan gold.\\nOne team, from Smith, at Forester, reached Paris\\nbefore ours. We went ten miles further inland.\\nWhen we got out to the road, we met four teams\\nfrom Sand Beach who had been three days with about\\n20 men cutting through, under the charge of Richard\\nCriedson, of Port Austin, Chairman of the County\\nRelief Committee. I then went through to Minden,\\nwhere the fire had been very serious, but not to tlie\\nextent farther north. I found there a representative\\nof a Detroit house relieving the poor suffering people\\nby buying up their stock at $3 or $4 per head, to drive\\nout. He was relieving want and making money at\\nthe same time. He gave his card and that of the\\nfirm.\\nI then went to Cato, to Jacob Buel s, whose peo-\\nple had fought fire successfully, and saved the mill\\nand building. From there Mr. Buel took me to For-\\nestville, and my legs took me to Richmondville,\\nwhere I found T. Luce fighting fire, relieving the\\nsuffering, and fighting sharks, who make a pretense\\nof suffering to get money. He had been imposed\\nupon a little; but he says, when he gets his place safe\\nfor a day, those who imposed upon him will pay back,\\nor be prosecuted for obtaining goods under false pre-\\ntenses. I took the boat there and came up to White\\nRock, where we took on board one man dreadfully\\nburned and one or two sick people with destitute\\nfamilies. At Rock Falls we received another con-\\nsignment of unfortunates.\\nI telegraphed you to send no more meat, as\\nthere is more than enough. They have plenty of\\ncattle and hogs, and if they can get salt and barrels\\nbefore the cattle starve, they will save meat enough.\\nAxes with helves are wanted, and working utensils,\\nneedles, thread, soap and combs for they are the\\ndirtiest people I ever saw, no one having a change of\\nclothing or soap to wash with. I have been treated\\nwith the utmost kindness by every one. No one\\nwould take pay. Teams were at my disposal every-\\nwhere, though I walked most all the way, the roads\\nwere so bad.\\nThe Board of Supervisors was in session at Lex-\\nington, but hastily adjourned, and the members\\nhastened away to their respective homes, expecting\\nto find nothing b lt ashes of their firesides, and the\\ncharred bodies of their loved ones. The experience\\nof Mr. Hugh McKenzie, m the following paragraphs,\\nmay well represent the trials of these men\\nOn Saturday, before I left my home in Austin to\\nattend a regular session of the Board of Supervisors,\\nto be held at Lexington Oct. 9, 187 1, I as some-\\nwhat uneasy, as the jjrobability that running fires\\nwould do some damage was fixed if the wind should\\ncontinue to blow. On Monday we organized the\\nBoard and did some work but on Tuesday, soon\\nafter the roll call, I said to Alison Goodrich, one of\\nthe oldest members, that I was so uneasy about\\nhome that I could not content myself to stay and\\nwork. He replied that he himself was also afraid to\\nstay any longer; and soon afterward he offered a\\nresolution to adjourn, which was carried about half\\npast ten a.m.\\nAs we were walking toward the hotel, to prepare\\nfor our return home, our attention was called to a\\ncrowd of people coming up from the dock, which did\\nnot fail to arouse still more the feeling of anxiety for\\nfriends at home. They were a portion of the home-\\nless people taken by a steamboat from White Rock,\\nand many of the number were very destitute of\\nclothing. I remember of only one expression that\\nwas made by John S. Thomson. In answer to some\\ninquirer, he said that it looked as if hell had poured\\nits flames upon them!\\nWe were soon on our way homeward, a distance\\nof 58 miles to drive as best we could. I had my\\nhorses and lumber wagon. In company with me\\nwas Robert Cleland, of Greenleaf, Frank Pacha, of\\nMinden, and Robert Wilson, of Evergreen. Mr.\\nWilson rode his mule until we reached the burnt\\ndistrict. Here he found it necessary, owing to the\\nmulishness of the animal, to fall back and tie it with\\na strong rope behind the wagon. The first 28 miles\\nthe roads were clear e.xcept one bridge. There we\\nr\\ns\\n^^^nn^cntif^\\nr9-\\n-4^^^", "height": "2866", "width": "2206", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph09chic_0518.jp2"}, "519": {"fulltext": "ft\\nrl-\\n,(i)i\u00c2\u00ab^\\nT ^nii:t:tiii\\nf\\nA\\nr-T\\nV\\nI\\nSANILAC COUNTY\\n523\\n1\\nwere forced to climb over logs and around burning\\nbridges and culverts as best we could. The night\\nseemed to me the darkest that could be, except when\\nwe were lighted by the burning timber.\\nThrough the kindness of Mr. Decker, at Decker-\\nvilla, I obtained an ax, which we freely used on\\nmany occasions before daylight. We arrived at Min-\\nden soon after midnight and called at John Donlan s\\nHotel. He and Andrew \\\\V. O Keefe were up. Mr.\\nO Keefe said to me that all that he iiad left was on\\nhis back, and many others of his Forestville friends\\nbarely saved their lives.\\nWe could not gain any information about the\\npeople further west, only the reports were that they\\nwere all burnt out. We continued onward to Tyre,\\nand when we got there we found numbers of the\\npeople of that neighborhood occupying the floor of\\none log house that was saved. At this point Frank\\nPacha left us and did not stop to say Good-by, boys.\\nWhen he got to his family he had no home left.\\nThe only information that we could get was that the\\npeople were all burnt out, and that the roads were\\nso blocked up with fallen timber that the people\\ncould not come out. The truth of the last state-\\nment was soon after verified to us, as within the next\\nhundred rods south from there we had to begin cut-\\nting our way through. At this point our nerves were\\nfully put to the test, such as cannot be forgotten as\\nlong as we are allowed to reflect upon it. It was\\nabout three o clock in tlie morning, and so dark that\\nwe could scarcely see our way. The logs and tree-\\ntops seemed to be piled up in the road to such an\\nextent that any further advance with team seemed\\nimpossible.\\nWe then had to consult as to what could be done\\nwith the team. We had driven them 48 miles, and\\nhad still 10 miles to go. If we succeeded in bring-\\ning them through we could not find a place to leave\\nthem. I said to Robert Cleland that I would begin\\ncutting a hole through, and that he had better go on\\nahead and see about the extent of the jam, to which\\nhe agreed; so I began to cut as best I could, and\\nmust here say that the prospects were not in any\\nway flattering. Soon Cleland returned with brighter\\nhopes. He said that if we could get through the\\nfirst jam of timber, that the others, so far as he had\\nseen, would not be so bad, and thought that we\\ncould reach Patton s clearing. There we could pos-\\nsibly find some place free from fire, where we could\\nleave the team.\\nSo we continued to cut our way through for\\nabout two hours, when we succeeded in reaching the\\nPatton clearing. Here we found our way clear\\nthrough the field, but could not find any building or\\npeople left consequently we concluded to take the\\nteam as far as we could. This clearing enabled us\\nto avoid the heaviest jams in the way, although at\\nthe west end we were compelled to cut through\\nanother jam. About that time daylight relieved us\\nto a certain extent, and our way was made easier.\\nSoon after we arrived at the old home of the Cle-\\nlands, which was safe and out of danger. I alighted\\nfrom the wagon, told Robert to take the horses and\\nkeep them until called for. Then I made the other\\nfour and one-half miles as fast as I could. Wilson\\nmounted his mule, and the race began. He led me\\nsome distance while the road was clear for the first\\nmile and a half; then there was another mile of\\ntimber to make, in which I passed him. There we\\nparted for that morning.\\nOn arriving at Mr. Jordon s (now Cumber), I\\nfound that they had saved their house. Mr. Brad-\\nsliaw s barn was burnt, and also John Weldon s\\nhouse and the school-house. From there I had a\\nmile and a half of bush road to travel to get home,\\nand the nearer I got the more anxious and uneasy I\\nbecame to find my wife and two children, they being\\nconstantly on my mind. As I approached the clear-\\ning I took the shortest way for the house, which I\\ncould not see on account of the smoke until I was so\\nnear that I could have called to my family. I found\\nthem safe, although very much overworked. My\\nwife said to me, about the first words, Who told you\\nabout us? she not realizing that the fire was so\\ngeneral.\\nThe fires were somewhat slow in reaching Lexing-\\nton, owing to the clearings and its removal from the\\ninterior; but on Tuesday morning, Oct. 10, the fierce\\nsouthwest wind blew the fire into the field of Mr.\\nPack, where there were many stumps and old trees,\\nand it kept on toward the village with resistless\\nfury. The alarm was soon sounded, and the whole\\npopulation were at once on the spot, fighting the\\ndemon with all the energy they possessed, but all to\\nno avail. No power seemed adequate to stay its\\nprogress. The homes of the people were at its\\nC\\nr^mM]\\\\^", "height": "2866", "width": "2206", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph09chic_0519.jp2"}, "520": {"fulltext": "ss/^\\nT IIIl^Iill ^V\\n^5C(\u00c2\u00ae^\\n524\\nSANILAC COUNTY.\\nI\\ne\\nmercy, and in a few hours would soon be in ashes.\\nThe village lay helpless, with her citizens in sus-\\npense, when it seemed that Providence interposed\\nand a bountiful rain came down in time to place the\\nfire under their control, causing all hearts to swell\\nwith gratitude.\\nIn the afternoon the steamer Huron arrived,\\nladen with helpless and ruined fugitives, and a\\nsadder sight is not often seen. The whole was one\\nmass of scorched and burned humanity. Hands\\nwere burned, feet blistered, faces inflamed, with\\nswollen eyes reddened and half out from the smoke,\\nand the whole frame of those who were fortunate\\nenough to escape was in utter exhaustion.\\nThis confirmed all rumors that had previously\\nreached the village, and set at naught all surmises\\nthat it was only a little smoke. Business was sus-\\npended and everything was thrown into anxious\\nsuspense. The awful truth that nearly the whole\\ncounty had been swept over in a few hours, destroy-\\ning everything before it, and burning people alive,\\nbegan to be realized.\\nA citizens meeting was called by the President of\\nthe village to take immediate action to aid the suffer-\\ners, and a committee was appointed to receive sub-\\nscriptions of money and clothing to relieve immediate\\nnecessities. The fair, which was to have been held\\non Tuesday and Wednesday, was adjourned, as every\\none who was able was needed at their homes to fight\\nthe fire, and could not come forward and make the\\nentries in the books of the fair.\\nLexington escaped the first sweep of the fire, but\\nher time of the calamity was soon to come not from\\nthe forest fires, but from the most despicable of all\\nsources, incendiarism. It seems that the heroic\\nand successful efforts of her citizens the previous\\nweek had not only been unappreciated, but had ac-\\ntually created an envy somewhere, as men had been\\noverheard to say that Lexington would get a\\nscorching soon. It was hard to believe this; but all\\ndoubt was dissipated when on Tuesday evening,\\nOct. 17, 187 1, while the people were generally at\\ntea, the alarm was sounded and all rushed into the\\nstreets to find that the warehouse of Messrs. Potter\\nWixson, in the rear of their store, was on fire, and\\nbefore anything could be done the combustible ma-\\nterial within the building was so ignited as to make\\nvain all hope of saving the building or anything in it.\\nThe engine was quickly on the spot, playing on the\\nrear of the store, not more than 20 feet distant,\\nchecking the progress of the fire in that direction\\nand giving rise to the hope that it might be confined\\nto the warehouse, when the water in the old well\\ngave out, and by the time the engine could be\\nshifted to a cistern near by, the flames had made\\nsuch progress that the store could not be saved.\\nThe light wind that was blowing carried the flames\\nand sparks directly against Wood s store and tlie\\nstables a few rods east of the ware-house. For some\\ntime the smoke and heat were intense, yet the citi-\\nzens and firemen stood bravely at their posts,- feeling\\nthat the entire town would be in ashes before morn-\\ning if the flames were not stopped. Those in the\\nheat of the fire were covered with cloths and\\ndrenched with water by others while they fought the\\nfire. Notwithstanding the gigantic efforts of ever)-\\none, the fire seemed to go beyond all control. The\\nstrength of the men was almost gone, and soon they\\nmust stop from exhaustion. Hope was abandoning\\nall hearts, when the heavens opened and a bountiful\\nshower of rain helped to quench the flames. With\\nfresh courage the half-roasted and worn-out people\\nbent their energies anew to their work, and soon\\nhad the satisfaction of feeling that the great\\ndanger was past. The loss, including buildings and\\ngoods, was about $20,000, partially covered by insur-\\nance.\\nThere was but little doubt as to the incendiary\\ncharacter of the fire, and the supply of water being\\nshort, teams were put on to fill up the tanks and\\nwatchmen stationed to prevent another attempt.\\nNext evening the excitement from the fire had\\nsomewhat abated, except perhaps the discussion of it\\nwhen neighbors met, and people were wondering if\\nthat were the end, when the dread cries again rang\\nthrough the streets, and the livery barns attached to\\nthe Cadillac House were seen to be in flames. The\\nfire spread rapidly to a stable west, and from there\\nto the large Cadillac barn, thence to Meyer s large\\nwagon-shop, and a little dwelling in the rear.\\nMeyer s blacksmith shop next took fire, but was\\npidled to pieces, and by keeping the adjacent build-\\nings well watered the fire was stayed. Thus, by\\nworking the engine vigorously, the Cadillac was\\nsaved. The buildings burned with fearful rapidity,\\nbut the unyielding determination and invincible\\nv|)\\ns\\nC\\n(I)\\n^5\\nM\\\\lyt", "height": "2866", "width": "2206", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph09chic_0520.jp2"}, "521": {"fulltext": "TT\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0T^ imj^ uu^i?^\\ntei,-\\n-4^^5( ^V\u00c2\u00a7^\\n/7s\\nSANILAC COUNTY.\\n525\\npluck of the citizens and firemen again prevented\\nthe spread. The loss by this fire was about $10,000,\\nprincipally falling upon Mr. Meyers, whose hard-\\nearned savings had come by the hammer and anvil.\\nAs soon as the fire was put out a meeting of the\\ncitizens was held, and, though late in the evening,\\nwas attended by nearly everybody. A strong watch\\nwas organized and posted. Thursday morning the\\nstreets were filled with teams drawing water, and\\nwith people preparing for the prevention of fire.\\nThe e.xcitement began to abate toward noon, but the\\nvillage was canvassed to ascertain the presence of\\nany suspicious parties.\\nAbout noon people had resumed their business\\nagain, when another alarm was sounded. The build-\\ning this time was Nicholas Wolfel s barn, and this\\nand Jesse Howey s barn were the only buildings de-\\nstroyed. The excitement was now intense, and a\\ngeneral suspension of business took place. The\\nwind was blowing strongly from the west, and a fire\\nin the western part of the town could not be con-\\ntrolled. Everyl)ody made a careful search of their\\npremises, and kept a strict watch day and night.\\nFinally a vicious-looking boy about 17 years of age\\nwas found, who could not give a proper account of\\nhimself, and he, with a man similarly conditioned,\\nwas arrested, as they were seen in the vicinity of the\\nthree fires just previous to the discoveries. The\\nalarm then abated.\\nThousands of people were homeless and stripped\\nof every description of personal property. Many\\nwere entirely discouraged, and every day many\\nfamilies could be seen passing out of the county,\\nwith their cattle and what other things they had left\\nfrom the fires. In the burned districts the former\\nresources of the settler for making a little money\\nwhile improving his farm were gone. The pine was\\nburned, hemlock bark almost entirely destroyed, and\\nthe wood gone, in many cases not enough being left\\nfor fencing. The food for the stock had been con-\\nsumed by the fire, and the mills giving employment\\nto hundreds of men were in ashes. Winter was\\ncoming on, and the country was destitute.\\nThese were some of the difficulties that stared\\nthe burned-out settler in the face. In order to go on\\nwith the work of placing his fences and building, and\\nprepare for the next crop, it was necessary for the\\nfarmer to have a team but it was hardly possible to\\nobtain sufficient feed. Many sold portions of their\\nstock at ruinous piices in order to obtain feed for the\\nrest. It is indeed difiicult to comprehend the terri-\\nble reality in which these people were placed. Their\\nfeelings and sufferings can best be set forth by some\\nof the incidents related by those who lost their all.\\nOne illustration is the experience of Mr. W. B.\\nThompson, living west of Forestville. He was an\\nEnglishman of energetic character, and had been in\\nthe settlement seven years. Said he, I had my\\nfarm in good shape with 100 acres cleared. Having\\nserved some time as gardener and also as a farmer, I\\ntook great pride in having everything neat about me,\\nand raised the best crops in the township. My crop\\nat that time was fully as good as any I had ever\\nraised, and I had made arrangements for the sale of\\n$750 worth from my farm, which would have paid\\noff a mortgage I gave to get me a team, and have\\nleft me with money to spare. I had finished a barn\\n36 X 60, and had it in the best of shape for the ac-\\ncommodation of my stock and storing. My garden\\nwas the best in the township. Trees were just be-\\nginning to bear. When the gale sprung up there\\n^was no fire within a mile of me. I thought I could\\nsave the building, but the storm was soon upon us.\\nThe barn caught, and after fighting the fire for some\\ntime, I abandoned it to save the house but this,\\ntoo, caught, and in a few minutes the smoke and\\nflames were so thick that I began to look only for my\\nfamily, when, alas! the next to the youngest was\\nmissing! I rushed into the house through the\\nsmoke, whicli was suffocating, and groping around\\nfound him on the floor by the crib, where he had\\nsunk down too frightened to cry or moan. We then\\nwent out into the meadow, but the smoke and fire\\nwere so bad that we could find no safe place so we\\nwandered around through the fields to find the\\ncreek, which we finally did. I placed the seven\\nchildren in a heap and fought the fire from them for\\nseveral hours, until the wind went down. I could\\nhave courage to go ahead, though this is the third\\ntime I have been cleaned out in the same way. If I\\nwere the only one but my neighbors are all in the\\nsame condition.\\nWhen a man s entire premises were not burned,\\nthe wind was so strong that all his loose possessions\\nwere carried off, and many of them blown into the\\nwoods and burned. To show the force of the wind.\\n9\\nK\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0^^^3D!1^!1!1", "height": "2866", "width": "2206", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph09chic_0521.jp2"}, "522": {"fulltext": "^:llll^ilPr.\\nSAA ILAC COUNTY.\\nV\\nHZ\\n1=3\\nn\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0J\\nt\\nCaptain Breidenbach, whose liouse was spared, tells\\nthis of his wife: She was most grieved over the\\nsupposed loss of the old clock, which we had since\\nwe commenced keeping house. She attempted to\\ncarry it away, but the fierce wind snatched it out of\\nher grasp. Next day, when we could get to our\\nhouse, she found parts of it here and there, and kept\\nputting them together until everything was there\\nbut the pendulum. Finally she hit upon a door-\\nknob as a substitute, and the clock tolled off its\\nminutes with the old regularity, to the great satisfac-\\ntion of the household. Next day a little neighbor\\ngirl came in to show what a pretty thing she had\\nfound, which proved to bathe missing pendulum!\\nThe losses from this fire can never be known.\\nWhen the smoke had cleared away, and people had\\nrecovered sufficiently to estimate their losses, an at-\\ntempt was made to arrive at an approximate value\\nof the destruction. It was found that the property\\ndestroyed would amount to $4,000,000, in very\\nround numbers; but the various itemized records\\nwere so misplaced, and in many cases consumed by\\nthe fire of i88r, that it is not possible to arrive at a\\ndefinite calculation of the extent of the calamity.\\nThere were also many of the township records de-\\nstroyed or lost on account of these fires, so that\\nmuch of the early history in this book had to be\\ntaken from the memory of the oldest inhabitant.\\nWhile great care has been taken to verify the infor-\\nmation thus obtained, it must necessarily be at vari-\\nance in some instances; but there are so few that\\nthe facts generally can be relied upon as accurate.\\nThe following is a summary of mills and stores\\nburned by this fire in Sanilac and the southern part\\nof Huron County\\nGunning s mill and store at Tyre.\\nBael s mill and dock at Forestville.\\nGreen s dock and store at Forestville.\\nF. Buschkowski s mill.\\nDumond s mill.\\nLudington s mill and store, Verona.\\nPack, Jenk Co. s mill, dock and store. Elm\\nCreek.\\nR. B. Hubbard Co. s mill, store and dock, Hu-\\nron City. Mill, dock and store, New River.\\nCanham s store, Forestville.\\nThompson mill (flouring and shingle), salt block,\\nstore and dock. White Rock.\\nMunford s store. White Rock.\\nThompson s store. White Rock.\\nWhitcomb s mill. Rock Falls.\\nDurant s store and dock. Center Harbor.\\nStafford, Haywood Co., mill, dock and tannery.\\nPort Hope.\\nIrwin s store, Sand Beach.\\nCarrington, Pack Co s. mill and dock. Sand\\nBeach.\\nJoiner s mill, Tyre.\\nSusalla s shingle mill, Paris.\\nGrobell s mill and several other shingle mills, pro-\\nprietors names unknown.\\nThis is merely a list of mills and stores. Around\\neach were numerous dwellings which shared the\\nsame fate.\\nIt is estimated that the dwellings, household\\ngoods, clothing, winter s provisions and supplies for\\nstock of from four to five thousand [leople were de-\\nstroyed, and with the mills the means to supply food\\nfor these.\\nBut beyond all these, there were losses which\\nalmost beggar description. Human life was lost;\\nand when some trinket, cherished by a departed\\nfriend, is brought to view, or when even the charred\\nstumps of the fields, ghostly relics of the past, are\\nseen, the eye must fill with tears, and there burns\\nafresh that fire of intolerable suffenng within, which\\nwill last while life lasts.\\nInto a man s character enters the labor of years\\nfor a home, a fortune, a position in society, a deposit\\nin the bank, an education for his children, and that\\nsense of possession which induces a feeling of\\nsecurity and self-respect. All the accumulations of\\nhis life-time, gathered by means of his education, his\\ngenius, or his manual labor, and with economy and\\npatience, laid by as a surplus beyond his daily wants,\\nbecome a part of him. To take them from him is\\nlike tearing from him a part of his physical body.\\nWherever there is a vacancy that needs filling, a\\nwant thus unsupplied, there will be severe mental\\npain, prolonged and intensified accordnig to temper-\\nament. It may be alleviated by philosophy, stoicism,\\nor Christian resignation, but the pain is there, hurt-\\ning and wounding more keenly than the fire which\\nburns the flesh. When these accumulations are\\ngrown into one s very nature, the tearing them away\\nis still more painful. The habits of the household\\nare more or less connected with the surroundings of\\nthe household. Familiar books, pictures, articles of\\ndaily use, and little ornaments organize themselves\\ninto the very life of the family, and their sudden loss\\nwrenches the soul.\\nOut of doors the merchant weaves his goods into\\ni\\nV^\\n9\\nA\\n1\\nI\\nt\\n(5^\\n-:i]!i-^iia", "height": "2866", "width": "2206", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph09chic_0522.jp2"}, "523": {"fulltext": "m\\ni#\\ni\\nV\\n(i)\\nSANILAC COUNTY.\\n527\\nthe warp and woof of bis daily experiences the\\nfarmer assimilates into liis moral character his grow-\\ning herds and swelling farms. At home they and\\ntheir wives and children are daily feeding their minds\\nand hearts on the little incidents and objects which\\nsurround them. Every home has something that is\\nassociated with the memory of a pleasant hour.\\nThere are mementoes of holidays, birthdays, family\\nanniversaries of the dead and absent, all dear and\\nbeautiful, however tiny and rude. Money cannot\\nreplace them, any more than the whole world can\\npay for a lost soul. When multiplied by the many\\nbeautiful experiences with which some lives are rich,\\nthey form a large part of it, and their separation\\nbegets an anguish of soul that cannot be healed.\\nMy wife, said one of the victims of the fires,\\nstood bravely by, and counted over our losses the\\nhouse, the gardens, the library, the pictures, the\\ntrinkets, the albums, the mementoes but when she\\nrecalled the little shoes of our dead baby, which\\nwere in a heap of ashes like the rest, she burst into\\ntears.\\nTo lose in a single hour all these accumulations of\\na life-time, in its many phases, is a severe shock, and\\ncalls into being a long abiding anguish which does\\nnot lift when the smoke of the fires that made it\\nclears away. It means real misery and suffering, a\\nmisery that put in chains ambition, affection, and all\\nthe well-spring of human happiness and satisfaction\\nin an incalculable variety of ways. Every family who\\npassed through the fires suffered all this and when\\nwe count the numberless pangs and heartaches, and\\nthe number of families, the result passes beyond the\\ndomain of mere statistics, and leads to a realm of\\ndistress, wide-spread, unbearable, crushing the very\\nlife\u00e2\u0080\u0094 a distress which no balm can soothe, no remedy\\nheal.\\n-Kji-\\n-CSA\\nmi\\nThe Fire of 1881.\\nITH all its magnitude and intensity, the\\nfire of 187 I did not consume all the tim-\\nber, but in most places only deadened the\\ngreen timber and prepared the way for a\\nmore terrible calamity, ten years later. By\\nthe expiration of one decade, much of the\\ncountry had been cleared, and since then was a larger\\nr-\\nnumber of settlers. The eastern part of the county\\nhad become more generally free from fuel for run-\\nning fires, but the development of the central and\\nwestern townships, placed them in a better condition\\nfor the terror; and with the second growth of timber,\\nand the thicker settlement, the circumstances were\\npossible for a vastly greater destruction of property\\nand life. Though many of the inhabitants had had\\nthe experience and skill gained by battling with the\\nformer fire, it availed them little, as the disaster of\\n188 1 was so sudden and appalling, that none could\\nwithstand it, and all efforts to resist it were futile. It\\nalso came so much earlier in the season that the\\nsettlers most exposed were the least prepared.\\nThe date of the last fire was Sept. 5, i88r. On\\nWednesday of the previous week the fires swept over\\nmuch territory and destroyed many buildings, but it\\nwas left for the cyclone of Monday, the 5th, to com-\\nplete the wholesale destruction. It required but little\\nmore than four hours for the fire to travel across San-\\nilac County. The wind blew a perfect gale, and\\nfanned every ember into a flame that consumed\\neverything in its path, and only ceased when there\\nwas nothing else to burn. In some townships in the\\nnorthern part of the county, every person was a sub-\\nject of relief. In Northern Sanilac and the adjacent\\ncounties, 150 people were burned to death. The\\nrecord is a sickening tale. Hundreds received per-\\nsonal injuries from which they can never recover.\\nThe loss of property, though enormous, cannot be\\ncompared with this. Many are now suffering\\nfrom effects of the fire that will be constant and life-\\nlong Among cattle, horses, swine, sheep and every\\nliving thing, the loss of life was frightening, and in\\nmany cases poor beasts, half burned to death, had\\nto be shot to free them from their agony.\\nOne writer describes the approach of the storm as\\nfollows\\nFor several days the wind had arisen during the\\nday sufficiently to fan the fires into relentless flames,\\nready at a moment s o[)portunity to leap forward in\\nthe work of destruction. That opportunity was pre-\\nsented. Soon after noon on Monday, the 5th, the\\nwind, which had been blowing steadily, began to in-\\ncrease in volume and force. Darkness settled like\\na vast pall over the earth, not having the appear-\\nance of being caused by smoke. It came on gradu-\\nally, like the darkness of an eclipse, and many\\nt\\n^Il!l^tlllr", "height": "2866", "width": "2206", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph09chic_0523.jp2"}, "524": {"fulltext": "SANILAC COUNTY.\\n-:ii sr\\n(L\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0=3-\\nalmanacs were consulted to see if that was not the\\ncause of the darkness. In many places lamps were\\nlighted at noon; a little later Egyptian darkness pre-\\nvailed. The wind became a gale, then a tornado,\\nand in the midst of the darkness the flames rushed\\nupon their victims with a rapidity that nothing could\\nwithstand. The gale seems to have raged with the\\ngreatest fury in the northern part of Sanilac and\\nsouthern part of Huron County. In some places in\\nthese localities it seemed almost as though the scenes\\nof Sodom and Gomorrah were re-enacted, and that\\nthe heavens rained fire. Survivors from the burnt\\ndistricts describe the scene as bordering upon the\\nsupernatural. The fire did not move from building\\nto building in the usual way, but while the people\\nwere speculating as to the cause of the intense dark-\\nness, they were suddenly overwhelmed by a billow\\nof fire that rushed upon them from out of the dark-\\nness, and enveloped whole towns in flames almost\\nin the twinkling of an eye. Many had not even\\ntime to commit the indiscretion of Lot s wife, by\\nlooking back. As one passes over the charred and\\nblackened earth where these scenes occurred, he can\\nform some idea of the intensity of the fire; but no\\none, not even an eye witness of the terrible catastro-\\nphe, can conceive of the vast accumulation of heat\\nthat could swallow up farms and villages at one\\nswoop of its fiery breath. May a merciful Provi-\\ndence prevent the repetition of such a dire calamity!\\nA letter purporting to be written to friends in Can-\\nada, by J. B. Morrison, contains the following lines\\ndescriptive of the scene after the fire:\\nNow, to convince you, 111 relate\\nA little of what I have seen\\nIn one day s travel o er the State.\\nThis is no wild romantic dream.\\nFor fifteen miles along our way.\\nRuins were thick on every hand\\nAnd since the flames have died away\\nGrim desolation has command.\\nThe sight was shocking to behold\\nNo fence or building to be seen\\nFor when the wheels of fate had rolled\\nThe fields were black instead of green.\\nAnd all along our dismal way,\\nHorses and cattle might be found,\\nSad victims to this dread affray.\\nStretched out upon the blackened ground.\\nAmid the ruins here and there.\\nWomen and children might be seen\\nSearching among the coals with care\\nFor some remains of what had been.\\nI saw a weeping mother, who.\\nSurrounded by her children dear,\\nCould not expose themselves to view,\\nBut hid as soon as we drew near.\\nAnd men were walking to and fro,\\nConversing how they might contrive\\nWhat they should do, and where to go,\\nTo keep their families alive.\\nOthers were sauntering along,\\nSome with a trifling little pack\\nLike beggars in an idle throng,\\nWith scarce a shirt upon their back.\\nOh! such distressing scenes as these\\nShould move the heart of any man\\nAnd yet they are not half the woes\\nThat ail the poor of Michigan.\\nThe next jar tearful eyes beheld\\nWas a poor man upon the way\\nHis story he could hardly tell,\\nFor he was weeping bitterly.\\nHe had been twenty miles away\\nWhen this blast of affliction came.\\nAnd now to find his family\\nHe had tried all day long in vain.\\nNo track or tidings could be found\\nTo rid him of suspense so great.\\nHis building was burned to the ground,\\nAnd this no doubt had been their fate.\\nHope and despair within his heart\\nWere striving which should have the lead;\\nSuspense came in to play her part.\\nThat neither of them should succeed.\\nAh! when affliction serves me so.\\nThen I ll have reason to complain\\nThen I can talk of grief and woe.\\nAnd not lament for worldly gain.\\nWe rode along till we were shown\\nWhat chilled the warm blood in my veins\\nA female corpse for life had flown\\nForever from her sad remains.\\nShe, with some others, tried to flee\\nFor safety to a ditch near by.\\nBut fell ala beside a tree,\\nAnd there she was condemned to die\\nWhat anguish then she must have felt\\nTo hear no answer to her cries.\\nIn bitter agony, for help\\nBefore she roasted here alive\\n\u00c2\u00abC\\n5\\n(0\\n^^Mmw^^", "height": "2866", "width": "2206", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph09chic_0524.jp2"}, "525": {"fulltext": "\u00e2\u0080\u00a2A*\\nS\\n(J)\\n-^^K ^V ll n n M^ r6 :J^^^\\n-^*t?\\nSANILAC COUNTY.\\n529\\nHer daughter came while we were there;\\nHer age, I judge, about fifteen;\\nHer dreadful anguish and despair\\nSo moved me that I left the scene.\\nOh Where s the heart that throbs witli life\\nWithin the breast of mortal man,\\nThat cannot in this dreadful plight\\nFeel for the poor of Michigan?\\nThe misfortune was so widespread and so disas-\\ntrous that it became the subject for a special session\\nof the State Legislature, and Governor Jerome s\\nmessage contains a general summary of the fire.\\nSenators and Genfkiiicn of the House of Representa-\\ntives\\nThe constitution of the State provides that the\\nGovernor may convene the Legislature on extra-\\nordinary occasions. Such an occasion has been\\nreached. An emergency of pressing character has\\ncaused me to exercise the power at an earlier day\\nthan would otherwise have been necessary.\\nA district covering portions of Huron, Sanilac, Tus-\\ncola, St. Clair, and Lapeer Counties was widely de-\\nvastated in September last by forest fires, the property\\nof 3,231 families destroyed, and 14,438 persons made\\ndependent upon public aid. In this calamity 1,521\\ndwellings were consumed, together with 1,480 barns,\\nhundreds of miles of fences, domestic animals in great\\nnumbers, and vast quantities of household furniture,\\nclothing, and agricultural implements, vvfith accumu-\\nlated stores of food. The losses of those who have\\nasked and received aid, as shown by sworn apprais-\\nals, amounted to $2,346,943, or an average of over\\n$726 for each family. To add to the terrible aspects\\nof these dreadful misfortunes, nearly 3C0 human\\nbeings perished in consequence by suffocation and\\nby burning. No reference is made in this estimate to\\nthe losses of those who have neither asked nor re-\\nquired assistance, which is known to have been of\\ngreat magnitude; nor to those of a public nature,\\namong which were 51 school-houses and a large num-\\nber of churches and highway bridges.\\nThe destruction thus wrought left men, women and\\nchildren destitute of either clothing, food or shelter\\nall that was combustible has been swept away. It\\ncovered a territory of over 1,800 square miles, and in\\nthe jjrogress of its ravages swept the entire district\\nwithin from two to four hours after it began. No time\\nwas given to save even household treasures. With a\\nfurious wind came smoke and intense darkness, fol-\\nlowed quickly by a fervent heat that nothing could\\nwithstand. The wonder is not that so many perished,\\nbut that so many escaped.\\nThe urgent necessities created by this calamity\\ndemanded instant relief. Before tlie fires were ex-\\nhausted food and clothing were being administered\\nfrom neighboring communities. The people of this\\nState and of other States responded to appeals to\\ntheir humanity :vith a broad and kindly generosity\\nthat can never be forgotten. Seldom within the\\nmemory of this generation has the kinship of man-\\nkind been demonstrated by more marked and tangi-\\nble manifestations. The thanks of the State are due\\nto every individual who came to the help of our suf-\\nfering fellow-citizens at this trying juncture, and they\\nespecially l)elong to the men and women of our sister\\ncommonwealths and the neighboring British prov-\\ninces. In addition to large amounts contributed for\\nthis rehef by churches, societies, and individuals di-\\nrectly to the suffeters, of which there is no attainable\\nrecord, but which is known to aggregate many thou-\\nsands of dollars, there has been received by the Stale\\nFire Relief Commission, the Detroit and Port Huron\\nCommittees, and committees of other localities, as\\nreported to me, the sum of $623,436.89 in cash, to-\\ngether with donations in kind which when added to\\nthe cash contribution would equal the sum of one\\nmillion dollars.\\nThe country where the fires raged is purely agri-\\ncultural, without other local industries to furnish\\nemployment consequently after the first distresses\\nwere relieved, the unfortunate people whose wants\\nwe are now considering, being left with nothing but\\nbare land, were compelled to elect between seeking\\nnew homes elsewhere or to depend upon being sus-\\ntained by other than their own resources until they\\ncould reach self support from the product of their\\nown farms. They ciiose the latter course, with the\\nmost encouraging results thus far, and have devoted\\ntheir energies and labor to rebuilding houses and\\nfences and to sowing fall grain, the returns from\\nwhich can only be realized at the coming harvest.\\nIn ordei to succeed in the course adopted and to\\ncontinue in the occupancy of their lands as homes,\\nthese people must be sustained until their crops ma-\\nture. They must have food until harvest, and food\\nfor their animals until the grass grows. They also\\nrequire seed for their spring crops. The contributed\\nfunds will soon be spent and the harvest is months\\nin the future.\\nThe exigencies of the case demand action, and to\\nafford relief is no longer a question of policy, it is\\nan imperative duty. The State cannot permit its\\npeople to want for food. In 1859, under similar cir-\\ncumstances to a limited extent, citizens were aided\\nfrom the treasury of the State, and the act was in\\nharmony with the judgment and sentiment of the\\npeople.\\nFor more information you are respectfully referred\\nto tljp report of the State Fire Relief Commission,\\nwhich covers the transactions of committees at De-\\ntroit, East Saginaw, Bay City and Flint, and to the\\nstatement of the Port Huron Committee, both of\\nwhich are hereto appended. I commend the wants\\nof these unfortunate citizens to your generous con-\\nsideration.\\n\\\\P)\\n-t\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0V\u00c2\u00ae))\u00c2\u00ab^#-\\njl;^\\nH.m llIln A;^", "height": "2866", "width": "2206", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph09chic_0525.jp2"}, "526": {"fulltext": "I^k/^^))\u00c2\u00ab^tf-\\n-23^^ ^v ^nn:^iiiir^\\nSANILAC\\nCOUNTY.\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0^21^^\\nf\\n3\\nThe tax rolls for the townships of Forester and\\nP, Evergreen, in the county of Sanilac, were destroyed\\nin the general conflagration, and legislation is now\\nasked to legalize the action of their authorities in\\nmaking subsequent provision for the collection of the\\ntaxes in those townships. I recommend that the nec-\\nessary action be taken. David H. Jerome.\\nExecutive Office, Lansing, Feb. 2j, 1882.\\nThe detailed account of the losses from this fire\\nwould make volumes. Over 14,000 people were\\nrendered destitute, and 300 lost their lives. The\\nrecord of the death of each of these is a book within\\nitself. The awe, the effort to escape, the struggle,\\nthe exhaustion, the suffering, the suffocation, the\\ndeath agony, the burning of live bodies, the hopeless\\ncry for help of those who perished must ever remain\\nsealed! For those who survived there was little left\\nto keep them from wishing that they too had per-\\nished House was gone, barn was gone, stock roasted\\nalive, harvests consumed! There was not much to\\nmake life desirable. For miles and miles no mark\\nof civilization could be seen, where but a few hours\\nbefore all was green and flourishing, but now a\\na charred skeleton of the past, surrounded by ashes\\n^1^ blown far and wide, that told the sorry tale.\\nIn Richmondville the entire village was destroyed\\ns^ except R. W. Sherman s residence, which was the\\nS only building for miles around, and was the only\\nt\\nrefuge for over a hundred people for several days.\\nIn Delaware but few people escaped loss, and\\nwhole families lost their lives together in the terrible\\nordeal. One illustration must suffice. Sylvester\\nRichmond s house, four miles west of Forestville,\\ncaught fire. In an eight-foot well, nine rods from the\\nhouse, there was about two feet of \\\\Vater. Mr. Rich-\\nmond placed his wife and six children in this, then\\nfought the fire uiilil the heat could no longer be en-\\ndured, when he himself took refuge in the well. The\\nterrible force of the wind soon lifted the roof of the\\nhouse, carrying it off toward the well, over which it\\nwas dropped. Suffocation followed, and in this con-\\ndition they were found two days later! Eighty-seven\\nfamilies in this township lost everything they had,\\nand every one lost much\\nMinden was about the center of the burned dis-\\ntrict. Thirty-seven families were rendered destitute,\\nmany lives were lost and every one suffered.\\nIn Bridgehampton and Marion each, the entire\\nproperty of from 25 to 30 families was consumed, and\\nnearly everybody lost something.\\nWashington Township was similarly affected.\\nTwenty-seven families in Watertown saw their\\nhomes and all they possessed entirely burned. Every\\none suffered.\\nIn Austin every person was a subject for relief for\\nseveral months, and what few houses were left\\nstanding were converted into hospitals for the sick\\nandQthe burned. The dead bodies of people, cattle,\\nhorses, hogs, and every living thing, lay scattered\\nover the township. Men were employed for several\\ndays in piling and burning the carcasses of the horses\\nand cattle.\\nForty families in Greenleaf were rendered homeless\\nand destitute, and Lamotte and Evergreen townships\\nhave similar records.\\nIn Elk 15 buildings between Robert Coffron s and\\nJ. McClure s, a distance of two miles, were burr.ed,\\nand 45 families lost everything.\\nIn Argyle, Flynn, Marlette, Speaker, Fremont,\\nBuel, Custer and Maple Valley Townships there was\\nbut a repetition of the same sad story.\\nHuron County suffered fully as much as Sanilac.\\nJohn Herrick was caught with his rig near Bad Axe\\nand remained over night- in a field. Next morning\\nbetween Bad Axe and Sand Beach, lie overtook two\\nwomen, each with a child, with not a single stitch of\\nclothing upon them 1 He had two grain sacks, which\\nhe tore up and gave to them.\\nMartin Dumond, of Paris, was engaged the follow-\\ning day in picking up dead bodies. By noon he had\\ncarried seven to the Catholic cemetery!\\nThe general discouragement wrought by the fires\\nis set forth in the case of Mr. Henry Rogers, of Wash-\\nington Township. A few weeks before the fire his\\nfarm was worth $3,000, but had a mortgage of $[,500\\non it, and after the fire there was not a thing left\\nexcept the land. There were 1 1 persons in the\\nfamily, eight of v/hom were children, and the oldest\\nwas but 13 years of age. Mr. Rogers was then in\\npoor health, and said, after looking over the destruc-\\ntion If I were all alone I could laugh at it but I\\nwouldn t go back and go through it again. Many\\npeople were entirely disheartened and left the coun-\\ntry, but the prompt measures of relief soon stopped\\nthe emigration, and those who left generally returned.\\nDeeds of heroism were without number. Fathers\\nand mothers stood in tlie breach battling for the\\nlives of their little ones, and even children became\\nr\\ni\\nSI\\nto)\\na\\nnmif\\n.^v^-\\n#t^5C(\u00c2\u00ae i", "height": "2866", "width": "2206", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph09chic_0526.jp2"}, "527": {"fulltext": "I\\nmm\\n\u00e2\u0080\u00a2tf\u00c2\u00ab*\\ncrTj llB^UU\\nt^\\nk)\\nm\\nSANILAC COUNTY.\\n531\\nheroes in their efforts to save their younger brothers\\nand sisters. An instance in Sanilac Township is\\ntypical. The family of John Armstrong consisted of\\nhusband, wife and five children, the oldest being a\\ngirl only 13 years of age, and the youngest a baby.\\nThe fire reached the house late in the afternoon, and\\ngreat balls fell here and there, kindling everything at\\nonce. The parents sent the children, under the care\\nof the oldest girl, to Mr. Cudney s.the nearest neigh-\\nbor west, but when they reached there they found\\nCudney s barns burning. They supposed everything\\nelse would go, and started north, wandering about,\\ndriven here and there by the smoke, flame and\\ndarkness. The girl carried one child in her arms,\\nwheeled another in the baby carriage, and the boy of\\nten carried one on his back. When driven from her\\nhome, the mother followed her children, but not\\nbeing able to find them at the neighbors, supposed\\nthem burned to death, and she fainted. After Mr.\\nArmstrong found it impossible to save his property,\\nhe started to find his children. Learning that they\\nwent north he followed, but was driven back by the\\nfire, and traveled around all night in search of them.\\nNext morning he found them at James Farr s. They\\nhad traveled through four miles of smoke and dark-\\nness, lighted only by the fires\\nA remarkable escape was that of Matthew Tyson\\nand his family, who lived a little northwest of Cros-\\nwell. In the previous spring Mr. Tyson had pur-\\nchased So acres of land in Buel, built him a house\\nand cleared out a road. On all sides there where\\nheavy slashings, interwoven with huge fallen trees,\\nset with great stumps and the whole land covered\\nwith everything that would burn readily and lead\\nthe fire with the swiftness of the wind. About a\\nmonth before the fire he had moved his family in,\\nand there was just space enough cleared around his\\nhouse to make a way for a team. On all sides was\\nslashing, right up to the house. When the danger of\\nthe fire became certain, and it was seen that his\\nhouse would be burned, he prepared to move his\\nfamily at once. But before he was ready to start he\\nleft the team in charge of his boy and returned\\nhastily to the house for something. Before he could\\nreach the wagon again he heard the cries of his boy\\ncalling him to help put out the fire from the wagon,\\nquench it also from the boy s own clothes. Before\\nthis could be done, their path was cut off by the\\nhuge flames. Prt videntially he had cleared a path\\nthrough the slashings a day or two previous, after\\nsome hay, and it was only by the most strenuous\\nefforts that he escaped through this.\\nIra Humphrey was a mail-carrier during the au-\\ntumn of the fire, and his is a sad record of devotion\\nto duty. Along the route for several miles before\\nreaching the spot where he met his fate, Mr.\\nHumphrey was warned by tlie people not to proceed\\nfurther, as his road would lead liim through terrible\\ndanger. But to every one he made the same reply\\nhe must go; he was carrying the U. S. mail, and\\nmust make connections. When within a short dis-\\ntance of the fatal spot, he was halted by Mrs. Snell,\\nwho told him that the fire had blockaded the road\\njust ahead, and that it would be impossible to pro-\\nceed. He only repeated his former declaration that\\nhe must go. Yielding to her earnest importunities,\\nhowever, he turned about and drove back a few rods,\\nwhere a number of people were gathered, hitched\\nhis horse and went forward to examine the road.\\nReturning, he said he thought he could get through,\\nand started, against the protests of all. For a few\\nrods two or three persons accompanied him, but an\\nawful wave of flame rolled toward them, and the\\nmen separated. Mr. Humphrey ran forward a few\\nrods, turned one side into a field, and fell. When he\\nstarted to run his clothes were on fire. He pulled\\noff his vest, containing his watch, and threw it on\\nthe ground. When found, the crystal of the watch\\nhad melted. His horse was found by Mr. S. Moore,\\nwho could not leave home on account of the fire, but\\nfixed a note to the horse s neck and started him\\nhome to carry the sad news to the family.\\nMoore Township was also the scene of many a tragic\\noccurrence, and one will be remembered as long\\nas they live by at least 28 persons. About\\n5 o clock on Monday afternoon the 5th, they began\\nto realize their danger and started for Cass River;\\ndistajice, eighty rods. Among the rest, was a lady\\nby the name of Hall, who had a son, Willie, r i years\\nold, sick with typhoid fever. Mrs. Hall secured the\\nservices of another lady, and the two carried the sick\\nboy until they were exhausted, when the flames were\\nso nearly upon them that they were obliged to aban-\\ndon him. Mrs. Hall says her son was dead when they\\nlaid him down. Mr. Wells then carried the corpse a\\nfew rods farther; but at this time his wife became\\ncrazed by the intense excitement, and started for the\\nfire Mr. Wells dropped the body of the boy, and\\n\u00e2\u0080\u00a24\\nSpi\\n1\\nSDII-", "height": "2866", "width": "2206", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph09chic_0527.jp2"}, "528": {"fulltext": "fm\\ni^yt-vetj\\n^:!lla^Ilil^^V\\n-ee^\\n532\\nus\\ns?\\nSAJSIILAC COUNTY.\\ni^^^fs^^\\nwith great difficulty succeeded in securing his wife\\nfrom her fate. The next morning the corpse of the\\nboy was found where it had been left The whole\\nparty waded into the river and were obliged to keep\\ntheir clothes wet to keep from being burned by the\\nflames which rolled over them from the shore. They\\nwere compelled to stay in the water most of the\\nnight, and in the morning only two of the party\\ncould see, being temporarily blinded by the fire and\\nsmoke. The water became so hot that fish died by\\nhundreds.\\nMr. H. Story was away from home on the terrible\\nMonday, but hurried back to rescue his family. As\\nhe approached the house, then enveloped in blinding\\nsmoke, he stumbled over an object which he thought\\nto be a hog. He seized it to throw it to one side,\\nwhen he made the awful discovery that it was one of\\nhis children, suffocated and burned. A few feet\\nfrom them lay his wife and another dead child!\\nTwo miles south of Ubley, in Huron County, lived\\nDennis O Connell. As the fire approached, he, with\\nhis wife and eight children, went into the well 12\\nfeet deep with three feet of water, and soon three of\\na neighbor s family joined them there. Cramped in\\nthis narrow space, in intense darkness, nearly suffo-\\ncated by smoke, utterly helpless, these 13 per-\\nsons, including one infant in its mother s arms, re-\\nmained five hours before they dared venture into the\\nupper world again\\nThese are not isolated cases. The experience\\nwas common, and can be multiplied a thousand\\ntimes! Every family within an area of three coun-\\nties suffered likewise.\\nThe great fires were the occasion for the manifesta-\\ntion of some of the noblest,as well as some of the mean-\\nest traits in the human character. What could be\\nmore generous and noble than the response to the call\\nfor relief that came from all parts of the world There\\nwas no occasion to ask for anything; just as soon as\\nthe cause became known, money, provisions and\\nclothing poured in from every city in the North, and\\nby its abundance, many were replaced in comforta-\\nble, and some in affluent circumstances.\\nThe distribution of the supplies was confided to\\nmen of well-known business character and integrity,\\nwho had a personal knowledge of most of the cases\\nwhich came under their supervision. These men\\ndevoted their own time and means freely and gen-\\nerously to deal out the relief, neglecting their own Sf\\ninterests.\\nYet the supplies had hardly arrived on the\\ngrounds before those near made a rush for them\\nand though a sufficiency was given them to supply ^S)\\ntheir immediate wants, many were disappointed and\\ngrumbled because they did not receive an abundance.\\nThe worst cases were those who suffered the least.\\nInstead of eating the bread and accepting the relief\\nwith thankful hearts, their conduct was disgusting to\\nmany sensible persons. How different were they\\nfrom the people who gave the donations While\\nthere were many of this class, of course there were\\nhundreds too timid to ask for necessaries.\\nAs illustrating the difference between people who\\napi)lied for relief, and the manner in which they ap-\\npreciated the charity extended, a gentleman engaged\\nextensively in the distribution, related this: He met\\na woman and man, representing two families, who\\nhad suffered. The man immediately demanded\\nrelief, when the committee man inquired\\nHave you received anything since you were\\nburned out.\\nNoothin to spake of, sor-r.\\nWhat! nothing yet?\\nWale, noothin e.xcept this ould hat, sor-r.\\nIs that all?\\nOh, yes, this coat, sor-r and so on through his\\nentire outfit.\\nHas your house burned?\\nYes, sor-r!\\nWhere do you live\\nOh, in yon bit of a shanty\\nHow was that saved\\nShure, an it was not saved at all the relafe give\\nus the nails and lumber and wid me own ban s I put\\nit up; and so on until it appeared that he had re-\\nceived everything in abundance tha the committee\\ncould furnish, and in reality possessed much more\\nnow than before the fire.\\nFurther supplies were not ordered in this case.\\nStanding near was a poorly-clad, bareheaded /p)\\nwoman. The member of the committee inquired\\nwhat she had lost and if she had been supplied with\\nthe necessities.\\nOh, we lost everything, but I guess we can get\\nalong, only if we had one o them buck-saws at the\\nstore-house, so I could saw the wood while my has-\\n9\\ni\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0Vg))^#-\\nA\\n-^ll[i:^DDv", "height": "2866", "width": "2206", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph09chic_0528.jp2"}, "529": {"fulltext": "k)\\nSANILAC COUNTY.\\n#@^f(gV\u00c2\u00ab\\n533\\nband builds fence; but I didn t like to ask for it,\\nwe ve had so much.\\nUpon a close examination it appeared that she\\nand her husband had asked and received very little.\\nShe was bareheaded. Her bonnet had burned, and\\nshe had not even asked for one, thinking siie could\\nget along some how.\\nProducing a very nice hood, the gentleman said:\\nThere, my good woman, is a fine hood which a\\nlady in Detroit gave me to give to some deserving\\nwoman, and I think I have found one; and with it\\nhe gave her an order for the buck-saw.\\nThe Irishman thought it moighty quare that\\nsome people got everything asked for, and he had\\nasked for everything and got nothing!\\nEvery class of relief was received from all parts of\\nthe world, and from every class of people. The fol-\\nlowing sums of money were sent from tlie respective\\nGrand Lodges, immediately following the fires, to\\nArthur M. Clark, at that time Grand Lecturer of\\nMasons, of Michigan, to be distributed among some\\n200 Masons, who lost their homes and were left des-\\ntitute by the fire:\\nMichigan S4.S00\\nMaine .1,100\\nConnecticut 1,200\\nDelaware 50\\nIllinois 1,200\\nCalifornia 1,100\\nWest Virginia. 100\\nMississippi 800\\nIowa 500\\nIndiana 137\\nPennsylvania 4 4oo\\nLouisiana 1,600\\nWisconsin 500\\nTennessee 1,200\\n.South Carolina... ^^o\\nTexas 1,400\\nArkansas 900\\nAlabama 50\\nMissouri 250\\nMaryland 600\\nKentucky 100\\nKansas\\nOhio\\nNew Jersey\\nNew York\\nMichigan Knights\\nTemplars 1,000\\n300\\n65\\n5\u00c2\u00b0\\n125\\nTotal $23,877\\nIn addition to the above there was also sent a\\nlarge amount of clothing and provisions, which was\\ndistributed among these suffering Masons.\\nThe general relief, together with something of the\\nlosses, can be seen from the rei)ort of the .State Fire\\nRelief Commission, which is appended\\nREPORT IN REGARD TO FIRE RELIEF.\\nHis Excellency, D.wid H. Jerome, Governor of\\nMichigan\\nThe Fire Relief Commission of Michigan ap-\\npointed by you to supervise the work of relief to the\\nsufferers by the disaslrous fires in this State on the\\nfifth of September last, in compliance with a joint\\nrequest from the several committees already engaged\\nin the work, has the honor to submit the following\\nreport of its labors to the present date:\\nThe work of relieving the sufferers being still in\\nprogress, and a portion of the funds entrusted to our\\ncharge for that purpose yet une.xpended, the report\\nof your Commission is necessarily incomplete.\\nThe Commission has, from the date of its organiza-\\ntion on the tenth of October last to the present\\ntime, held regular meetings upon everv lawful day,\\nand have devoted much time and careful thought to\\nthe discharge of the important and onerous duties\\nassigned to it. While maintaining a watchful super-\\nvision over the contributions entrusted to it by the\\ngenerous people throughout the land, and using its\\nbest judgment to secure a faitlitul, impartial, and ju-\\ndicious distribution of the same to those who were\\nreported to it by proper authority as entitled to\\nreceive aid, not a single individual appeal has been\\nmade (and the number of these has been very large),\\nbut has received careful consideration and investi-\\ngation by the Commission, so that the relief asked\\nfor should, if practicable, be promptly given if the\\napplicant was found entitled to it.\\nImmediately upon the organization of your Com-\\nmission, the Detroit Relief Committee turned over to\\nit the books and records of every kind belonging to\\nthat committee, together with a condensed report of\\nthe receipts and disbursements, and the remaining\\ncash and merchandise in the hands of the commit-\\ntee, as shown by the report.\\nShortly thereafter the relief committees of East\\nSaginaw, Flint and Bay City made similar reports to\\nyour Commission, that of the first two being accom-\\nDanied by the remaining funds in their hands. Bay\\nCity, by mutual agreen.ent, continued its work of re-\\nlief in the Bad Axe district, reporting on the same\\nfrom time to time to the Commission. On the 27th\\nof January a final report was sent by the Bay City\\nCommittee, accompanied by a check for the remain-\\ning funds in their hands.\\nUpon careful consideration of the general condi-\\ntion of the sufferers, and of the system adopted and\\nin operation for their relief as shown by the reports\\nof the committees, your Commission, being pledged,\\naccording to arrangement at the meeting requesting\\nits appointment, to carry out all existing contracts\\nmade by the previous relief committees, resolved, as\\nthe most judicious course under existing circum-\\nstances, to carry out in its general features the sys-\\ntem adopted by the Detroit Relief Committee, which\\nappeared to have been most admirably planned, and\\nto have been carried out hitherto with great energy\\nand success.\\nThe limits of such a report as the present will not\\npermit the Commission to present other than a gene-\\n*^R\u00c2\u00ab\\nV^\\n^C^ll!15^ntlr", "height": "2866", "width": "2206", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph09chic_0529.jp2"}, "530": {"fulltext": "Zj^fecS\\n534\\nSANILAC COUNTY.\\nS^-.\\nI\\nT\\niS\\nI\\nral and somewhat condensed review of the work of\\nrelief. The section of country burned over was\\npromptly arranged into districts of from one to five\\ntownships each, as was found to be most convenient;\\none-half of some townships being in one district and\\nthe other half placed in another, tiie better to ac-\\ncommodate the sufferers. These districts were placed\\nin charge of a responsible and prominent citizen re-\\nsiding therein, through wliom, as their relief agent,\\nassisted by voluntary local committees in the district,\\nthe general relief committees and the Commission\\nhave dispensed every form of relief, except in cash,\\nwhich has been distributed, with their assistance, by\\nspecial agents.\\nThrough these district agencies as originally or-\\nganized, with the exception of a few changes shown\\nto be necessary as the work developed, relief has\\nbeen dispensed to the sufferers under the following\\ngeneral classification: Provisions and groceries;\\nclothing and bedding; medicines and medical aid\\nseed wheat and grass; plows, wagons, harness, and\\nagricultural implements and tools of all kinds; lum-\\nber and shingles; doors, windows, nails, etc., for\\nhouses and barns; furniture, including stoves, bed-\\nsteads, chairs, tables, crockery, tin and wooden waie\\nhay and other feed for such number of cattle as they\\nwere advised to retain; donations and loans in money\\nto aid in rebuilding saw-mills, etc., destroyed; cash\\ndistributions by special agents directly to the suffer-\\ners on as liberal a scale proportioned to the size and\\nwants of each family as the Commission deemed it\\nwise, with the means at its command, to allow.\\nOn the progress and results obtained in the distri-\\nbution of the foregoing means of relief, the Commis-\\nsion reports as follows\\nProvisions and groceries have been liberally sup-\\nplied sufficient to subsist the sufferers upon an aver-\\nage to nearly the first of January, a cash distribution\\nbeing made i\u00c2\u00bb the latter part of November and be-\\nginning of December, as a substitute from that date.\\nClothing and bedding have been supplied to the suf-\\nferers in abundance, the former, as well as large\\nquanties of the latter, being furnished through tlie\\ngenerous contributions of the public in these articles.\\nMany districts were supplied with more clothing of\\ncertain kinds than was required, the greatest demand\\nbeing for warm bedding, ticking, new boots and\\nshoes, and woolen wear for winter use. These the\\nCommission purchased and distributed wherever re-\\nquired.\\nThe stocks of clothing now on liand we believe\\nto be sufficient for the requirements of the sufferers.\\nSeed wheat for fall sowing was furnished by\\nthis Commission and other committees to all who\\nwere reported as entitled to it, and ready to\\nsow. Through the energy of the committees\\nand their agents in the district, aided by the\\nfavorable season a large area was sown in good\\ntime with the promise of a favorable result. A\\nquantity of grass seed was also furnished and sown.\\nPlows, wagons, harness, and other farming imple-\\nments were sent forward in liberal quantities as\\nrapidly as practicable. The distribution of the most\\nexpensive of these articles was intrusted to the judg-\\nment of the agents, to be loaned or donated, as they\\nmight deem advisable, it being impossible to siqiply\\nall who applied. By the aid, however, of a liberal\\nexpenditure for the repair of those only partially de-\\nstroyed, most of the sufferers are now enabled to\\nprosecute the work on their lands.\\nThe work of furnishing lumber and shingles to\\nreplace, after a sort, the houses and barns destroyed,\\nwas entered upon immediately after the fires, but so\\nlarge were tlie quantities required beyond the avail-\\nable stocks within reach, that some time was un-\\navoidably consumed before all the sufferers could be\\nfurnished with sufficient for shelter. In order to\\nhasten and increase the supply, advances and dona-\\ntions were made to owners of saw-mills destroyed in\\nthe district, to be repaid in lumber or sawing for the\\nbenefit of the sufferers. The Detroit Relief Com-\\nmittee, by whom such loans and donations were\\nchiefly made, was guided in its action by the recom-\\nmendation of the district agents, that such aid would\\nnot only increase the quantity of lumber for the use\\nof the sufferers, but by sawing logs for those who re-\\nquired, be of general benefit to the district. Some of\\nthese loans have already been repaid in full or in part\\nin lumber and sawing. The sufferers are now all\\nunder shelter, and temporary shelter for the stock is\\nalso nearly furnished.\\nAs fast as places of shelter could be got ready, and\\ndoors and windows sent forward to close them in, the\\nCommission, who had meanwhile been forwarding\\nstoves as fast as they could be furnished by the\\nmanufacturers, purchased and sent forward a moder-\\nate quantity of furniture, consisting of bedsteads,\\nchairs, tables, tin and wooden ware, and crockery,\\nuseful and substantial in kind and character; and\\nalthough the supply to each family was necessarily\\nlimited, the requisitions of the district agents having\\nbeen filled, it is believed that sufficient has been dis-\\ntributed to supply the necessities of the sufferers,\\nand enable them to resume housekeeping.\\nThe abundant rains during October, falling upon\\nthe soil burned over and enriched by the fires, pro-\\nduced an abundant crop of grass, which, with the\\ncontinued mild weather until late in the season,\\nproved of incalculable benefit and saved the lives of\\na large number of cattle. At the proper time a cir-\\ncular letter was sent to the several agents, request-\\ning them to notify the sufferers that hay would be\\nfurnished to each family so entitled at the rate of\\none ton for each head of cattle, at the maximum\\nnumber of one team and one cow, three head in all,\\nto those requiring so many, and to advise those who\\nffki\\nI\\nV\\nl-\\\\\u00c2\u00ae) ^^l^\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0^C^Dfl^DDv^", "height": "2866", "width": "2206", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph09chic_0530.jp2"}, "531": {"fulltext": "\u00e2\u0096\u00a0^^v ^tiii ^nii^i\\nry\\nmi\\na.\\ni^\\nV\\n4)\\n(5n\\nt\\nSANILAC COUNTY.\\n535\\npossess-id more without having otherwise the means\\nto subsist them, to dispose of the surplus wliile in a\\nfit condition for sale. The advice was generally fol-\\nlowed, and one ton of hay issued. In this connec-\\ntion it should be understood that the amount of hay\\nso furnished by this Commission and other com-\\nmittees was not considered sufficient to winter the\\ncattle so supplied, but rather as the maximum quan-\\ntity which the funds then on hand would warrant.\\nThe remarkably mild winter, however, while it has\\nprevented much valuable out-door work with teams,\\nhas at the same time enabled the sufferers to practice\\nthe closest economy in feeding, so that the allowance\\nhas lasted for a longer time than was anticipated.\\nThe Commission is of the opinion that an addi-\\ntional iialf ton per head, which it is now engaged in\\ndistributing, will, siiould the spring prove to be\\nfavorable in proportion as the vvinter has hitherto\\nbeen, not only subsist the cattle until the first of\\nApril as contemiilated, but, with the aid of some\\ncoarse grain to feed the teams during seeding time,\\ncarry them through fill grass.\\nUpon a careful review of the position of the suffer-\\ners, and of the repoits from the agents in response to\\na request for information thereon, it was resolved\\nearly in November, to substitute, instead of supplying\\nprovisions, payments in money to the sufferers, upon\\na scale as nearly adequate and proportionate to the\\nsize and wants of each family as practicable. The\\nfirst payment was made by special agents sent for\\nthat purpose, in the latter part of November and\\nbeginning of December, being for the months of\\nDecember and January. The change from supplies\\nto money payments appeared to give general satis-\\nfaction.\\nIn January a second payment was made for the\\nmonth of February and part of March, 25 per cent\\nbeing added to the amount allowed in the previous\\npayment.\\nIt is believed that when the hay now being pur-\\nchased and distributed is paid for, also outstanding\\ncontracts for lumber, freights and other expenditures,\\nthat a sufficient amount will remain on hand to make\\none more cash distribution, sufficient at least to sub-\\nsist the sufferers until April first.\\nThe following statement of cash receipts and dis-\\nbursements under the different classifications of aid\\ngiven, including those of the Detroit Relief Com-\\nmittee, is respectfully submitted. Proper vouchers\\nfor all disbursements will be found on file in the\\noffice of the Commission. The receipts and disburse-\\nments, in condensed form, of the East Saginaw and\\nBay City Relief ommittees follow in the order\\nnamed. A statement of the actual receipts in cash\\nhas not yet been received from the relief committee\\nof Flint; their total expenditures and balance re-\\nmitted to your Commission is therefore given\\nRECEIPTS OF CASH.\\nBy Detroit Relief Committee $207,274 89\\nBy Fire Relief Commission 198,284 56\\nFrom East Saginaw Relief Committee. 1,680 15\\nFlint Relief Committee 1 63 44\\nBay City Relief Committee 5 40\\nTotal receipts $407,408 44\\nDISBURSEMENTS.\\nProvisions and groceries $52,702 50\\nSeed wheat and grass seed 26,5 17 60\\nFurniture, stoves, etc., etc., 34,704 94\\nAgricultural implements, tools, etc.,. 10,497 ^5\\nBlankets, boots and shoes, eic, 171272 52\\nLumber and shingles, doors, etc., 21,144 \u00c2\u00b02\\nHay and feed for cattle 66,845 44\\nHospital stores and physicians 2,803 9\\nFreights and teaming, etc., 14,484 88\\nDistribution agencies, office, etc 9,664 06\\nAdvances to rebuild saw-mills, etc.,. 7,823 00\\nDistributed to the sufferers 69,583 66\\nTotal disbursements 334,042 40\\nBalance on hand $73,366 04\\nContracts have been n ade for the full\\namount of hay required to complete\\nthe allowance of one-half ton per head\\nadditional, which is now being distrib-\\nuted, on which there is unpaid about. $35,000 00\\nEstimated amount required to pay freight,\\nalso amount still due for lumber to\\ncomplete shelter for stock, and for mis-\\ncellaneous expenditures, about t8,ooo 00\\nMaking total estimated liabilities about. 53,000 00\\nLeaving a balance on hand with which to\\nmake one more cash distribution of\\nabout 20,000 00\\nWhich will probably be distributed in March.\\nIt will be seen therefore, that on payment of the\\nabove liabilities, and one more cash distribution, the\\nentire fmid in the hands of the Commission will be\\nexhausted.\\nREPORT OF EAST SAGINAW RELIEF^COMMITTEE.\\nCash receipts $5,251 34\\nDistributions in money and supplies. 3,571 19\\nBalance remitted to the Fire Relief Com-\\nmission, as per its report $r,68o 15\\nHAY CITY RELIEF COMMITTEE.\\nCash receipts and donations of mdse. $23,063 i\\nCash distributions in money and supplies 23,058 41\\nBalance on hand remitted to the Fire Re-\\nlief Commission as per its report.\\nm--\\nC^,\\ni\\n$5 40\\nmM\\\\i^", "height": "2866", "width": "2206", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph09chic_0531.jp2"}, "532": {"fulltext": "6v ^ni]\u00c2\u00a7iiHf T^\\n536\\nSANILAC COUNTY.\\n-es^@\\nA\\no\\nV\\nCcS\\nFLINT RELIEF COMMITTEE.\\nCash receipts (no report)\\nt Distributions in money and supplies.\\nCash remitted to the Fire Relief Commis-\\nsion as per its report\\n.457 91\\nS163 44\\nIn the foregoing are presented only the receipts\\nfrom contributions in cash and in merchandise sold\\nfor cash, which, from its nature and the circumstances\\nof the sufferers, it was deemed more advantageous to\\nsell than to distribute in kmd.\\nIn addition to the above, large quantities of cloth-\\ning, bedding, articles for domestic use, and other\\nsupplies, have been received from all parts of the\\nUnited States and Canada, which were forwarded to\\nthe agents as rapidly as practicable, to be distributed\\nto the best of their judgment. The widely varied\\ncharacter and quality, and the quantity of these\\ndonations, their rapid accumulation, and the neces-\\nsity of sending them forward without delay for the\\nuse of the sufferers, precluded the possibility of\\neither the Detroit Relief ommittee or this Com-\\nmission appraising them at any satisfactory valuation,\\nand therefore no attempt to value them was made.\\nIn presenting a statement of the number of pack\\nages of all kinds received, we beg to add that pro])-\\nerly prepared books were placed in the hands of the\\nagents on which to record the amounts distributed of\\nthese, as well as of all other supplies, against the\\nname of each family receiving aid.\\nDonations of mercliandise received by the Detroit\\nRelief Committee and the Fire Relief Commission,\\npart being sold and credited in cash donations, the\\nremainder distributed or now in store:\\nClothing, bedding, and mixed merchandise,\\npackages 4i48o\\nHardware, tinware, crockery, packages 161\\nGrain, flour, potatoes, and seeds, bags 3A ^i\\nGrain, flour, potatoes, and seeds, barrels 221\\nFurniture, stoves, and stove furniture, pieces. 678\\nFarming implements and harness, pieces. 428\\nProvisions, groceries, dried fruit, packages. 164\\nSashes, doors, and blinds, packages 190\\nBooks, boxes 10\\nTotal number of packages and pieces 9,755\\nUpon the basis of the relief which has been\\nalready afforded by the different committees, it is\\nbelieved that the funds now on hand will be suffi-\\ncient to subsist the suffererers until April first. It\\nwould have been very gratifying to have been able\\nto state that the sufferers would from that date be\\nable to support themselves, or that the funds so\\ngenerously donated would prove sufficient to accom-\\nplish that end.\\nThe fact remains, however, that much yet is re-\\nquired to be done for our unfortunate fellow citizens,\\nand the Commission deems it its duty to submit for\\nconsideration, without any specific recommendation\\nas to the amount which may be required, a few of\\nthe principal wants of the people for which aid is yet\\nnecessary, and for which no means are yet provided\\nto supply.\\nIt will be seen that only such needs are referred\\nto as have already either formed a part of the work\\nof relief or have become connected therewith, as in\\ntlie case of taxes, for the payment of which money\\ndonated for the subsistence of the sufferers has been\\nin many cases used.\\nThe following comprise the principal heads under\\nwhich aid will be required after April first, to supply\\npart of which it is essential that operations should\\nbe commenced as early as practicable.\\n1. Provisions for teams during seeding time.\\n2. Seed for spring sowing.\\n3. Money to pay taxes.\\n4. Subsistence for the people until they can real-\\nize from their lands and labors.\\nOther losses occurred to a very considerable\\namount, in school-houses, fences, bridges, culverts\\nand public edifices. For these the Commission did\\nnot feel warranted in making appropriation from the\\nfunds at its disposal. It will be obvious from the\\ncharacter of the work itself, and the possibility of\\ncontingencies arising in the future, which may to\\nsome exient increase or diminish the necessity for\\naid to the sufferers, that the Commission cannot\\nassume the responsibility of naming a specific sum\\nfor that purpose, but instead thereof respectfully\\nsubmits some statistics in connection therewith,\\nwhich it trusts may be of service in determining the\\namount yet necessary, and which will be found\\nattached to this report. In accepting the trust\\nplaced in our hand, we have so endeavored to dis-\\ncharge the duties incumbent upon us in furnishing\\naid to our suffering fellow citizens as to enable them\\nto build up their homes again, and to become self-\\nsupporting.\\nIn closing this report we may be permitted to say\\nthat we, as a people, are under the deepest obliga-\\ntions to our fellow citizens of other States for so gen-\\nerous a resDonse to the appeal for aid to our suffering\\npeople, and that we have endeavored to administer\\ntheir bounty for the best interests of those for whose\\nbenefit it has been so freely bestowed.\\nAll of which is respectfully submitted.\\nH. P. Baldwin, Chairman\\nA. H. Dev,\\nD. C. Whitwooi),\\nGeo. C. Codd,\\nF. W. Swift,\\nC. T. GORHAM.\\nDetroit, Feb. 22, 1882.\\nV^\\n(0\\nA4 ii!i\u00c2\u00a7ini\\ns#", "height": "2866", "width": "2206", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph09chic_0532.jp2"}, "533": {"fulltext": "1\\n.0\\nSANILAC COUNTY.\\nm\\n537\\nSTATISTICS OF LOSSES.\\nThe following statistics of the losses by the fires\\nare prepared from reports made lo the Fire ReUef\\nCommission\\nNo. of townships more or less banied over 70\\nof houses destroyed 1 6 2 1\\nof barns destroyed I1480\\nof families burned out and reported for aid. 3,231\\nof persons burned out and reported for aid 14,438\\nTotal value of property reported destroyed. $2, 346,943\\nAverage loss of each family $726 40\\nAverage loss per capita 162 55\\nThe estimate made above of property destroyed\\ndoes not include that of individuals not requiring\\nand who did not apply for aid.\\nSTATISTICS AND ESTIMATES IN RELATION TO FURTHER\\nAID FOR THE SUFFERING.\\nFEED FOR STOCK.\\nTotal number of cattle at the maximum al-\\nlowed of one team and one cow to each\\nfamily, that are receiving one and a half\\ntons of hay each, in round numbers, about. 5,000\\nProportion of teams in the above requiring\\nadditional feed during seeding time 1,700\\nSEED.\\nTotal amount asked for per returns collected as\\nfollows\\nKiishels.\\nOats 31,663\\nPeas 23,361\\nWheat 11,665\\nCorn 8,332\\nBushels.\\nBarley 6,814\\nPotatoes 1 1,665\\nTimothy seed. 2,074\\nClover seed 2,166\\nThe above report from individual requests, in-\\ncludes returns and estimates from all the sufferers\\nof every class. Deducting from this quantity the\\nproportion of those whose losses were slight, and\\nwho should be able to supply themselves (about\\none-fourth), and also the quantity believed, on a\\ncomparison of the statistical returns of losses with\\nthe amount asked for, to be in excess of the ability\\nto use for seeding purposes, will show that about\\n60 per cent of the quantity asked for will be suffi-\\ncient to supply all that can be properly used by those\\nentitled to seed.\\nlAXES.\\nThe taxes reported by the township treasurers as\\nassessed to the sufferers amount to $26,276.\\nThe above amount includes the assessment\\nagainst every sufferer of all classes, one-fourth of\\nwhom at least should be able to pay without aid.\\nSUBSISTENCE FOR THE PEOPLE.\\nThe number of families reported who will\\nprobably require aid for subsistence after\\nApril 1 2,000\\nNumber of persons included in these families\\nwho will probably require more or less sub-\\nsistence from April i until harvesf, say\\nabout five months 9,000\\n(5\\nSTATEMENT FROM PORT HURON.\\nPort Huron, Mich., Feb. 10, 1882.\\nHis Excellency^ David H. Jerome, Governor, Sa^ l-\\nnaw Ci/v, Mich.\\nDear Sir: In reply to your telegram of yester-\\nday we would respectfully report that the total\\namount of money received by our committee up to\\ndale is $192,831.44, of which amount $175,008.62\\nhas been expended and appropriated, leaving an\\navailable balance of $17,822.82 in our hands. We\\nhave received and distributed donated goods valued\\nat $255,960.26. Respectfully submitted.\\nYours very respectfully,\\nM. H. Allardt, Secretary.\\nV)\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0^mm^^^\\no.\\nK\\n1M", "height": "2866", "width": "2206", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph09chic_0533.jp2"}, "534": {"fulltext": "9\\n538\\nSANILAC COUNTY.\\n-2i ^i#iis:\\n1=3\\n(S 2)@^V\u00c2\u00ae)g(\u00c2\u00ae ^^,g^,\\nMiOCtLLI\\n(S) $^(2)(S)N^@)S$fe\\no^So\\nOR this department of the\\nfft Album, we reserve several\\nshorter sections of the his-\\ntory of Sanilac County, al-\\nthough they concern matters\\nof equal importance vi^ith the\\nforegoing. Such are those re-\\nlating to the dependent poor of\\nthe county, a murder, the great\\ninsurance company case, the rail-\\nroad, etc. Many smaller items\\ncould he given, had we space,\\nwhich some might think should\\nhe incorporated into a volume of\\nthis character, but lack of room\\ncompels us to draw the line somewhere between\\naccepted and rejected matter, at the risk of criticism.\\n-ra=\\nPoor Farm.\\nHE Board of Supervisors in 1867 appointed\\n1,^ a committee, consisting of Phillip L. Wix-\\nX^rijyo son, Alonzo Goodrich and George Mcln-\\n^fed tyre, to provide a farm and home for the poor.\\ntd After careful examination of several pieces of\\nI land, they found an acceptable spot in the\\npresent farm of 120 acres, five miles northwest of\\nLexington.\\nPrevious to this the poor were hired out to differ-\\nent families, at the expense of the county, but\\nincreasing numbers demanded a general place of\\nrefuge.\\nCaptain Israel Huckins was the first Chairman of\\nthe Board of Superintendents of the Poor. He held\\nthe office for a short time, when R. J. Arnot was ap-\\npointed, and has held the office ever since, with the\\nexception of the year 1S75. when Captain Huckins\\nagain had it.\\nThe long term of service by Mr. Arnot, is the best\\nstatement of the satisfactory manner in which the\\nfarm has been managed. The building of the home\\nwas committed to his care. It was finished in 1868,\\ncosting S3i3\u00c2\u00b0\u00c2\u00b0) ^d the first inmate was admitted\\nNov. 24, of that year. Her name was Mrs. Green,\\na woman partially insane, a.id who had fits.\\nGeorge Kerslake kept the home for the first four\\nyears John Harris then took it for the same length\\nof time, at the expiration of which Mr. Kerslake was\\nreinstated, and has kept the farm since. The keeper\\nat first received !ii3\u00c2\u00b0\u00c2\u00b0 P yeafi with board for him-\\nself and family; but his salary was gradually raised,\\nuntil he now receives $400 per year. Mrs. Kerslake\\nis a most estimable woman for her ])osition, and the\\noutside work is carried on quite economically.\\nIn addition to the grain and produce raised on the\\nfarm, it requires about $1.50 per week from the\\nCounty Treasury, to sustain each inmate, though in\\ngood crop years a portion of this money is returned.\\nThe value of the farm at present, including build-\\nings, live stock, farming implements, and all other\\nproperty, has been carefully estimated at $7,995.\\nThe average number of inmates is 12 to 14, the\\n(5\\nmf\\\\\u00c2\u00ae^m^\\nu^\\n^m?^M^\\nA", "height": "2866", "width": "2206", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph09chic_0534.jp2"}, "535": {"fulltext": "Tafl^^\\nv ^^im^.uu^-;\\nSANILAC COUNTY.\\nlowest number at any one time being 7, and the\\nhighest 20.\\nIn order to become an inmate, an application must\\nbe made to the Supervisor of any township, or to the\\nSuperintendent of the Poor, who has power to ex-\\namine and admit worthy candidates. A great deal\\nof temporary relief is afforded to persons outside of\\nthe home. The number thus assisted in 1S83 was\\n2S4, involving a total expenditure of $3,407.08. The\\ntotal expenses for maintaining the Poor House and\\nFarm for 1884, ending Sept. 30, was $1,475.41, exclu-\\nsive of interest on capital invested, and value of\\npauper s labor.\\nAjaee;\u00c2\u00a9^^\\nW^ \u00c2\u00ab/^^J OT7Jv.\\nGreat Murder.\\ntN the year 1881, on Thanksgiving Day, a\\nman by the name of VV. J. Philips, who re-\\nsided at Allerton, Iowa, came into this\\ncounty for the purpose of buying cattle. The\\nlast that was seen of him alive was on the\\ntrain between Port Huron and Amadore, which\\nwas on Thanksgiving day. About two weeks after-\\nward a body was found on the east side of what is\\nknown as the Wild-Cat road, and about two miles\\nnorth from Amadore. The body was identified as\\nthe body of Mr. Philips by parties who had pre-\\nviously known him, he having bought cattle in this\\ncounty to a considerable extent. Suspicion at once\\nrested on one Dixon, who was known to have been\\nbuying cattle with Mr. Philips. An inquest was\\nheld over the remains, and there was every evidence\\non the body of a most foul and brutal murder. The\\nskull was broken in apparently with a club or other\\nblunt instrument, the throat cut from ear to ear, and\\nother marks of violence. Mr. Dixon was sent for\\nas a witness at the inquest, and his action was so\\nstrange as to confirm the already existing suspicions\\nagainst him and on the evening following tlie in-\\nquest, Mr. Dixon was, at the instance of Justice\\nMcNair, who held the inquest, arrested. Inquiry\\nwas made, and it was ascertained that Mr. Dixon\\nhad then recently been seen to have large sums of\\nmoney. Subsequent inquiry developed the fact that\\nPhilips brought with him about $1,500 in money\\nAfter Di.xon was arrested and taken to the jail, he\\nwas searched and a small bottle of medicine, as he\\nclaimed, was, at his instance and earnest solicitation,\\nleft with him in the cell. About 10 o clock of the\\nevening after he was arrested, he was discovered to\\nbe very sick. A doctor was sent for, who at once\\npronounced the patient to be laboring under difficul-\\nties brought on by poison. Suspicion at once rested\\non the bottle of medicine. It was taken in charge\\nby the doctor, and actually found to be poison. Mr.\\nDixon lingered aloi g for two days, and finally died\\nfrom the effects of poison, and with him died the\\nfacts in relation to one of the most brutal murders\\never committed in any country.\\nAfter Dixon s death detectives were put on to fer-\\nret out the facts, but all the evidence discovered\\npointed to Dixon as the only party to the murder.\\nAn inquest was held over the body of Dixon. A\\npost-mortem examination was had, and there was\\nevery evidence that he came to his death from\\npoisoning. Dixon s body was taken charge of by\\nrelatives in Macomb County. Philip s body was for-\\nwarded to his wife at Allerton, Iowa.\\nA Crook-ed Case.\\n^fiiu^^\\n5\\nN the winter of 1883-4, David Pickard, a no-\\ntorious crook in this county, was convicted\\nT of the larceny of a horse. His conviction\\nwas brought about to a considerable extent by\\nthe effort of J. A. Nealy, another crook, who\\ngave information that led to Pickard s convic-\\ntion. Pickard was sentenced to a term of five years\\nin the State Prison at Jackson, and after arriving at\\nhis destination, sent word to the Prosecuting Attor-\\nney that hmiself, Mr. Nealy and Mr. Dixon had per-\\npetrated the murder of Philips. An investigation\\nfollowed, but Pickard s story was so inconsistent with\\nknown facts, that after the examination, which lasted\\nseveral days, Nealy, who had been arrested, was by\\nrequest of the Prosecuting Attorney discharged.\\nPickard s story is not generally believed, although\\nthere are some who think it true.\\n^m4\\n#sa\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0t^\\n^mM^^\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0-^4^^C@", "height": "2866", "width": "2206", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph09chic_0535.jp2"}, "536": {"fulltext": "J^tf^^\\n540\\n(h\\n53^\\ns\\nt\\nSANILAC\\nCOUNTY,\\nA Mutual Insurance Company.\\nCOMPANY of this nature was attempted\\nto be organized in Sanilac, Tuscola and\\nHuron Counties. Their business office\\nwas located at Minden, in Sanilac County.\\nThey did a considerable business in Sanilac,\\nHuron and Tuscola Counties. There was a\\nclause in the insurance contract that purported to\\nlimit the liability of the insured to the amount of the\\npremium note, so-called, which was, on the ordi-\\nnary risk, about 1^4 per cent, for a period of three\\nyears.\\nThe great forest fires of 1881 caused a great loss\\nto this company, being about$8o,ooo, which was very\\ngreatly in excess of the premium note, so-called.\\nThe company became insolvent and went into the\\nhands of a receiver, under the statute authorizing\\nthe formation of such companies. The receiver\\nclaimed that under the law the company had no au-\\nthority to limit liabilities of its members, and conse-\\nquently made an assessment of an amount sufficient\\nto pay the total loss of the company, which was\\nabout six times as much as the so-called premium\\nnote, and insisted on payment.\\nA meetmg of the policy-holders was held at Min-\\nden in the fall of 1883, and a committee was ap-\\npointed to contest the validity of the assessment\\nSuits were begun by the receiver, and steps were\\ntaken by the authorities to test the legality of the\\norganization of the company. An information in tlie\\nnature of a quo luarranto was filed in the Circuit\\nCourt for the County of Sanilac, and a bill in chan-\\ncery was also filed to enjoin the receiver from collect-\\ning any amount beyond the so-called premium note.\\nThe receiver was successful in both suits in the\\nCircuit Court, and both suits are now in the Supreme\\nCourt.\\nThese cases attract more attention than any other\\ncases of a civil nature ever begun in Sanilac County.\\nThe reason for this is, that there are between two or\\nthree thousand men interested in the result, resid-\\ning in Sanilac, Huron and Tuscola Counties. E. F.\\nBacon, of Sand Beach, Huron County, Mich., is the\\nreceiver. Divine Babcock, of Sanilac, and R.\\nWinsor, of Hurqn, are the attorneys in the (juo war-\\nranto case, and Beach Macklem are the attorneys\\nin the chancery case against the receiver. The re-\\nceiver has Col. John Atkinson, of Detroit, as his at-\\ntorney, and the cases promise a vast deal of interest\\nfor some time to come.\\n^ss^\\nK^\\nRailroads.\\nTHE PORT HURON NORTHWESTERN,\\nHIS is the only road at present that trav-\\nerses Sanilac County, and the building of\\ni^m^t^\\ni WM^^\\n^jTOp? it marked an era in the county s dcvelop-\\n^c 2 equipment and genuine merit it is\\nnot behind the older, standard-gauge roads of\\nthe State, and Sanilac County contributed\\nlargely to this achievement.\\nMr. Wildman Mills led off the subscription in this\\ncounty with $20,000 in cash and the right-of-way\\nthrough his lands.\\nMoss, Mills Gaige contributed 12 acres of land,\\nbuilt the depot at Croswell, and furnished 65,000\\nfeet of lumber for the elevator.\\nIn Washington Township the citizens contributed\\nf 8,000, a bond signed by E. R. McCreadie, Mat-\\nthew French, M. W. Stevenson, C. W. Arnot and\\nothers, guaranteeing payment. Marlette gave $15,000,\\nsecured by John McGill, J. W. McMahon and others.\\nAt Carsonville Wm. Thomson gave $300, Arthur\\nCarson $500, and several others from $100 down to\\n$5, making a total of $3,000. Dovvningion was not\\nbehind the other stations along the prospective\\nroute, and Minden guaranteed $5,000, J. Erskine\\nbeing the largest donor.\\nThe first 25 miles of road was opened from Port\\nHuron to Croswell May 12, 1879, and the other ])ro-\\ngressions were as follows\\nCroswell to Carsonville, March 8, 1880.\\nCarsonville to Deckerville, July 5, 1880.\\nDeckerville to Minden, Aug. 9, 1880.\\nMinden to Sand Beach, Sept. 13, 1880.\\nSaginaw Junction to Marlette, Jan. 17, 18S1.\\nMarlette to Mayville, Sept. 21, 1881.\\nMayville to Vassar, Dec. i, i88r.\\nca:", "height": "2866", "width": "2206", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph09chic_0536.jp2"}, "537": {"fulltext": "m\\nSANILAC COUNTY.\\nS4I\\nf\\nVassar to East Saginaw, Feb. 21, 1882.\\nPort Huron to Almont, Oct. 3, 1882.\\nPalms Junction to Port Austin, Dec. 11, 18S2.\\nThe greatest architectural achievement of the\\ncompany was the Black River bridge, which is said\\nto be one of the largest and best built bridges in\\nMichigan. It is 70 feet high, and 800 feet long.\\nOfiScers of the Company President, John P. San-\\nborn; Vice-President, Clias. F. Harrington; Secre-\\ntary and Treasurer, F. L. Wells; General Manager,\\nHenry McMorran General Superintendent, J. R.\\nWadsworth; Chief Engineer, A. L. Reed; Cashier,\\nE. C. Chamberlin; General Passenger and Freight\\nAgent, J. R. Wadsworth. All offices at Port Huron.\\nDirectors: Frank C. Beard, S. L. Ballentine, C. F.\\nHarrington, Henry McMorran, J. P. Sanborn, E. B.\\nHarrington, P. B. Sanborn and F. L. Wells, all of\\nPort Huron.\\nThe road was chartered and articles of association\\nfiled on the 23d of March, 1S78. There are nine\\nstockholders, and all the stock, which is fully paid,\\nis held in Michigan. Tlie stockholders meet annu-\\nally on the first Wednesday in March, and the fiscal\\nyear of the company ends Dec. 31st; general offices\\nare at Port Huron. The amount of capital stock\\nauthorized by ihe charter is $1,090,000, divided into\\n1,090 shares of $100 each. The total cost of con-\\nstructing the road was $3,213,297.65, making an\\naverage of $14,739.89 per mile, not including sid-\\nings. The cost of equipment, locomotives, snow-\\nplows on wheels, passenger, mail and baggage cars,\\nfreight cars, machinery and tools was $303,213.78.\\nTotal cost of construction and equipment, $3,516,-\\n511.43. Total earnings for year 1882: passenger,\\n$142,268.58; total earnings for year 1882, freight,\\n$99,998.54; total earnings from all sources, $245,-\\n218.10. The expenses were: For maintenance of\\nway and buildings, $182,75.26; maintenance of mo-\\ntive power and cars, $11,829.19; conducting trans-\\nportation, $64,858.96; general e.xpenses, including\\ntaxes, $17,971.81; total, $112,935.29.\\nNumber of locomotives of more than 20 tons\\nweight, exclusive of tender, 6 of more than 10 tons.\\nexclusive of tender, 80. There are 22 eight-wheel\\npassenger cars, 2 express and baggage cars, 4 combi-\\nnation (smoking, mail and baggage) cars, 164 box\\nfreight cars, 1 1 stock cars, 84 platform cars, 28 pas-\\nsenger cars equipped with train brake, 259 freight\\ncars with train brake, and 155 with hand-power brake.\\nThe company owns also 183 miles of telegraph line.\\nTheir receipts for carrying the mail averaged $44.45\\nper mile in 1882.\\nThe greatest accident that ever occurred on this\\nroad was in May, r884, when, five miles south of\\nSand Beach, three panes of glass were broken in a\\npassenger coach.\\nThe road has now been running five years, making\\nan average of 30 miles per hour, and 500,000 miles\\nper year. The best time made was 59 miles per\\nhour. A special on the 13th of September, 1884,\\nmade six miles in seven minutes. This was Gen.\\nLx)gan s train, and the engineer seemed to realize\\nthat the General was running for the Vice-Presidency!\\nThe road-bed is in first-class condition, and passen-\\ngers accustomed to riding on standard-gauge roads\\nare surprised at the ease and rapidity with which\\nthey are conveyed over the Port Huron North-\\nwestern. It is believed to be the finest narrow-gauge\\nroad in the United States.\\nIn 1883, the total wreck expenses were less than\\n$150, covering all breakage and damage to cars. All\\nfreight trains have the Westinghouse air-brakes, with\\nbell ropes from engine to coach, which is the best\\npossible safeguard against disasters and loss of life.\\nDuring the hardest days, after the 81 fire, the\\nroad carried everybody free of charge and as long,\\nas relief was needed for the unfortunate district, no\\ncharge was made for the transportation of supplies\\nor agents in charge.\\nThe company at that time suffered a loss of $40,-\\n000, in ties, rails, station-houses, etc.\\nThe road is 218 miles long, not including side-\\ntracks, and tliOLigh, like all new enterprises, it had\\nhard times to start, it is now beginning to pay good\\ndividends, and is a decided success.\\n^\u00e2\u0080\u00a2J!I:*;dii-", "height": "2866", "width": "2206", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph09chic_0537.jp2"}, "538": {"fulltext": "^i^^M Mh^\\nj^\\nz^^^^sr\\n*^^^^^vii\\ne-\\ni\\n^^(?4^|i|,\\nI\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0^^Dn:^iin;i A\\n^^^M^l", "height": "2866", "width": "2206", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph09chic_0538.jp2"}, "539": {"fulltext": "\u00e2\u0096\u00a0yiy\\n-^\\\\imm\\nV\\n.VC\\nAcheson, Robert 231\\nAdams, Mrs- Irene 402\\nAdams, John 23\\nAdams, John Quincy 39\\nAnderson, James 183\\nArnot, Alexander 261\\nArnot, Robert J 301\\nArthur, Chester A gg\\nAttridge, Robert 246\\nAvery, Arthur 308\\nB\\nV\\nBabcock, Amos 290\\nBabcock, Edward C 319\\nBabcock, Henry A 370\\nBabcock, Henry O 247\\nBabcock, J. W 398\\nBadeau, W. A 407\\nBagley, John J 157\\nBagley, John S 257\\nBaker, Lewis 371\\nBaker, Seneca 365\\nBaldwin, Henry P JS3\\nBanks, George H 259\\nBanks, Peter 190\\nBarns, Dan 289\\nBarr, Thomas 396\\nBarrett, E. B 404\\nBarry, John S 113\\nBeach, Watson 33c\\nBeal,Wm. H 352\\nBeals, Albert 211\\nBeckett, Edward W 217\\nBeckett, John H 206\\nBeckton, John 189\\nBedford, Dr. S. W 276\\nBeech, Mills 400\\nBegole, Josiah W i6g\\nBen away, John C 378\\nBenedict, Andrew B 377\\nBenedict, Wm. L 364\\nBenedict, Peter H 329\\nEettis, Joshua 301\\nBigger, Mahlon 331\\nBingham, Kinsley S 137\\nBinks, John J 236\\nBisbee, Julius 404\\nBlair, Austin 145\\nBleake, Calvin H 372\\nBlower, John 369\\nBond,Eenj.E 328\\nBostwick, Edwin 413\\nBoughner, A. P 201\\nBoyne, George 250\\nBoyne, Robert 264\\nBradley, Nathan N 320\\nBriggs, Myron 252\\nBrooks, D. A 210\\nBrooks, W. B 194\\nBrown, John M 214\\nBrown, Joseph .432\\nBrown, Joseph H 417\\nBrown, Lewis W 360\\nBrown, R. G 222\\nBryce, Robert 205\\nBuchanan, James 75\\nBullock, Ira 278\\nBurnsi Moses 366\\nCady, Loren 222\\nCameron, John 243\\nCameron, William 276\\nCarson A rth u r 199\\nCash, Edward 368\\nCharlton, John A 426\\nChipman, Wm. F 363\\nChurchill, Delos 390\\nChurchill, Irving D 406\\nChute, Andrew 420\\nChute, John W 419\\nClapsaddle, Alexander 246\\nClark, Arthur M 341\\nClark, Daniel 366\\nClarke, E. B 317\\nClarke, Dr. Tra M 393\\nCleland, Robert M 439\\nCline, Jacob 317\\nCody, M. B 347\\nCoe, George 235\\nCollins. Alvaro 260\\nCollins, Benj 230\\nCollins, John 375\\nCook, James i 2io\\nCook, JohnW 189\\nCooper, H 370\\nCoppernoll, S 365\\nCorbishley, Charles 333\\nCouncilor, John W 228\\nCowan, Edward 397\\nCowan, William 403\\nCragg, Isaac 2J2\\nCraig, William 229\\nCrapo, Henry H. 140\\nCrorey, David 363\\nCrorey, Wm. J 314\\nCroswell, Charles M 161\\nCudney, Hiram... 390\\nGumming, Jacob 334\\nD\\nDale, Hugh 210\\nDavis, Augustus 217\\nDavis, Calvin 221\\nDavis, R. E 376\\nDawson, John 245\\nDawson, William 313\\nDeadman, Jacob I 403\\nDecker, Martin 381\\nDenissen, Rev. C 332\\nDenton, James S.. 196\\nDenton, E. M 261\\nDerby, Amasa 369\\nDerges, C 393\\nDevlin, Henry 244\\nDickinson, S. B 378\\nDiem, Joseph 379\\nDoane, Demster 209\\nDodge, W. T.,M. D 224\\nDonald John 214\\nDonaldson, Ale.\\\\ 257\\nDorward, James 323\\nDuff, William 273\\nE\\nEastman, A 249\\nElliott, Thomas, Jr ^127\\nEllsworth, E. W 249\\nEmery, H. J 315\\nEnglehart, W. A 187\\nEnglish Adam 234\\n.2^\\n^tiD^tin^\\nJL..^^\\nEnnest, Wm. H 349\\nErbe, Sebastian 375\\nErskine, John 258\\nErvin, George 336\\nEtherington, George 229\\nF\\nFancher, N. S 223\\nFelch, Alpheus 117\\nFenton. Calvin 353\\nFields, Marcus 307\\nFillmore, Millard 67\\nFitch, John L igi\\nFitch, Robert W 241\\nFitch, Thomas 215\\nFitzgerald, John 278\\nFletcher, Charles 260\\nFoster, Moses 306\\nFotheringham, John 425\\nFox, John H 302\\nFranklin, Henry D 235\\nEraser, G. C 366\\nFrench, Charles J 201\\nFrench, David 238\\nFrench, Joseph W 309\\nFrench, Matthew 265\\nGaige, J. M 285\\nGalbraith, John 3x8\\nGalbraith, Joseph 186\\nGalbraith, J. W 337\\nGamble, Benj 195\\nGardner, J. K 265\\nGarfield, James A 95\\nGetty, John 4^9\\nGillis, Alex 435\\nGoodrich, Alanson 388\\nGraham, Andrew 307\\nGrant, Ulysses S 87\\nGrant, William 333\\nGraves, Harlcton 377\\nGray, Alfonzo 2/9\\nGray, Mark 355\\nGreen, Wm. F 360\\nGreenly, William L 121\\nGrice, John 316\\n5\\nf^", "height": "2866", "width": "2206", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph09chic_0539.jp2"}, "540": {"fulltext": "m^rm\\n544\\nINDEX.\\nTTT\\nZi^^i^\\n(0\\n/7s\\ni\\nP\\nGrice, Wm. M 353\\nGrimes, Jacob 274\\nH\\nHacking, Wm. H 408\\nHall, Homer 24S\\nHamilton, John G .256\\nHands, James. 237\\nHarrison, Wm. H 51\\nHartshorn, J. H 387\\nHaviland, James M 426\\nHayes, Rutherford E gi\\nHayward, Daniel 185\\nHayward, Hiram 359\\nHeberly, Christian 241\\nHenry, George 290\\nHerbert, Robert 216\\nHerbert, Samuel E 215\\nHicks, Geo. W 256\\nHilborn, Edward 221\\nHill, William 433\\nHills, Edgar 423\\nHinkson, Geo., Jr 349\\nHoUister, Norton 335\\nHosmer, J. A 188\\nHouse, Finley 313\\nHuckins, Israel 408\\nHurley, Geo. L 377\\nHui ley, Joel 331\\nHyde, Almond 318\\nHyslop, Walter 218\\nIreland, John 334\\nIsles, John 206\\nJackson, Andrew 43\\nJackson, Andrew 247\\nJacobs, O. B 263\\nJames, Amos 344\\nJames, Wm. D 305\\nJefferson, Thomas, 27\\nJerome, David H 165\\nJeuhl, J. C 2ig\\nJohnson, Andrew 83\\nJones, M.V. K 292\\nK\\nKasdorf, John 396\\nKay, Allen M., M. D 438\\nKelly, Wm 372\\nKerr, Joseph 266\\nKerr, Wm. W 191\\nKeys, James 205\\nKirkbnde. Thos 228\\nKivel, Edward 441\\nKnight, James, 2S0\\nKyes, F. A 228\\nLaidlaw, Wm. E 343\\nLane, Oliver 309\\nLangan, D. M.,M. D 262\\nLawson, Daniel 304\\nLawson, Graham J 338\\nLazenby, Edward 441\\nLearn, P. H 203\\nLegear, Robert 200\\nLeins, Anthony 403\\nLeiich, Hon. John 428\\nLewis, O. W 392\\nLincoln, Abraham 79\\nLondon, John H 386\\nLoop, Joseph M., M. D 364\\nLynd, James 211\\nM\\nMacklem, Andrew 303\\nMadison. James 31\\nMahaffy, Hugh 213\\nMahaffy, Thomas. H 196\\nMaher, Richard 361\\nMahoon, Geo 407\\nMakelim, John 213\\nMarkham, David 295\\nMarr, E. F 437\\nMassman, John 364\\nMason, J. M 3^6\\nMason, Stevens T 105\\nM ater, George 392\\nMavis, Chas. F 296\\nMcAfee, Thos 386\\nMc Alpine, Ales 296\\nMcAIpine, Archibald. ...440\\nMcCardle, Andrew J 331\\nMcCarroll, Peter 245\\nMcClelland, Robert... izg\\nMcClure D. S 224\\nMcClure, James 328\\nMcClure Nathan 310\\nMcClure, Robert 252\\nMcCrea, Henry, M. D 322\\nMcCree, W. A 245\\nMcDonald, Alex 427\\nMcDonald, George 374\\nMcEachin, Neil 434\\nMcGill, John rgo\\nMcGill, Wm. B 213\\nMcGregor, John 405\\nMclntyre, George 343\\nMcIntyrcWm. V 301\\nMcKay, George 321\\nMcKellar, John 295\\nMcKenzie, Hugh 255\\nMcLaughlin, Wm 425\\nMcLeod, Rory 391\\nMcLeod, Wm 211\\nMcLeod, WilUiam 263\\nMcMahon, John .A. 218\\nMcMahon, J. W 395\\nMcNinch, Geo. R 332\\nMcPhail, Archibald 435\\nMcPhail, John 425\\nMcPhee, H. J 272\\nMcRae, Alex 442\\nMerckel, Wm.^ 421\\nMessmore, Chas. L 416\\nMiller, Ale.x 405\\nMills, Clark M 361\\nMills, L. D 272\\nMills, M. D 195\\nMills, Wildman 179\\nMinard, James P27\\nMitchell, David 202\\nMonro, Andrew W 304\\nMonroe, James 35\\nMoore, Andrew 305\\nMoore, Chas. H 273\\nMoore, M. W 215\\nMoore, Samuel 189\\nMorse, D. P 418\\n-Moss, Truman 299\\nMugau, M. N 396\\nMuUoy, Wm 430\\nMunn, O. A 186\\nMurdaugh, John H... 367\\nMurdock, David 434\\nMurphy, Christopher 431\\nMurray, Frank 405\\nMurray, Wm., Speaker Tp.. .259\\nMurray, Wm., Sanilac TP...379\\nMurray, Wm., Forester Tp. .402\\nN\\nNash, James 244\\nNeumann, Joseph 258\\nNichol, Thomas T .402\\nNicol, Ale.\\\\ 440\\nNicol, Thomas 436\\nNicolson John 261\\nNims, Capt. H. H 414\\nNims, Wm. R 338\\nNoble, Archibald 250\\nNorman, Thomas 275\\nNotley, George 202\\nNye, Richard J 418\\no\\nO Connell, John 397\\nO Keefe, A. W 385\\nOldfield, C. M 380\\nOldfield, Henry 406\\nOlmstead, Richard \u00e2\u0096\u00a0\u00e2\u0080\u00a2324\\nOughton, David 421\\nPack, George 185\\nPapst, Rudolph 294\\nParker, Geo. A 394\\nParker, Wellington 192\\nParkinson, Joseph 419\\nParsons, Andrew 133\\nPearson, Richard 196\\nPhillips, Peter C 227\\nPhillips, William 382\\nPhilo. Franklin P 349\\nPierce, Franklin 71\\nPitcher, Alansing D 193\\nPlanz, Henry 265\\nPolk, J. K 59\\nPratt, H 517\\nPurkis, T. F 362\\nPutney, Elmore 289\\nR\\nRansom, Epaphroditus 125\\nRass A. P 399\\nRass. W. D 238\\nRead, James G 440\\nRead, Lotan C 269\\nRead, Thomas 380\\nRector, N E 347\\nReid, James 387\\nReinelt, Charles 4CX)\\nReinelt, Wesley R 391\\nReynolds, J 350\\nRobb, John S 306\\nRobinson, Levi B 274\\nRobinson, John J 223\\nRockwell, Morris 394\\nRonald, James 275\\nRudd, Geo. G 232\\nRudd, William 236\\nRunnels, S. D 379\\nRutherford, James 280\\nSawtell, Levi 262\\nScholtz, R 266\\nSchubel, Gotlieb 423\\nScott, Charles 310\\nScott, John 212\\nScribner, Francis A igi\\nScribner, Wm. E 295\\nSeder, Jacob 430\\nSharp, James, Sr 303\\nSheldon, John -251\\nSherrick, R. D 354\\nShell, Geo. A 354\\nShell, Lafayette 355\\nShell, Nathan 345\\nSherman, Wm. C\\nShier, William 293\\nShirley, Wm. K 399\\nShrier, Wm. H 235\\nShults, James H 432\\nShults, James L 371\\nSimmons, David 186\\nSimmons, M iles 187\\nSloat, Silas J 200\\nSly, C. C. L 324\\nA\\nSi/\\n348\\n^\\\\m^i\u00c2\u00a5\\n7^,^^.\\nmmm\\n\u00c2\u00aeS=^:", "height": "2866", "width": "2206", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph09chic_0540.jp2"}, "541": {"fulltext": "INDEX.\\n545\\nSmack art, Henry 224\\nSmafield, William 273\\nSmith t F T 327\\nSmith George 356\\nSmith, H. W., M. D 188\\nSmith, M. W 251\\nSmith, William 321\\nSommerville, Daniel 438\\nSoule, Alex 435\\nSouth worth, John 411\\nStephens, Alex., M D 414\\nStevens, Chas. E 277\\nStewart, Bryant 322\\n,Straffon, Alfred 247\\nStuart, David 385\\nSullivan, John.. 238\\nSumner, A. B 204\\nSweet, Wm- A 389\\nTallmadge, F. E 271\\nTaylor. S. C 266\\nTaylor, Zachary 63\\nTeeple, Owen F 433\\nTenniswood, John 270\\nTcnniswood, Robert 288\\nThomas, William 239\\nThomson, John S 372\\nThompson, Geo 416\\nThompson, Wm 350\\nThornton, John J .337\\nTice, S. M 232\\nTobin, John 242\\nTodd, Samuel 316\\nTomlinson, Wm. M 344\\nTurner, Mark 219\\nTuschingham, Samuel 314\\nTyler, John 55\\nu.\\nUdell, Hiram 241\\nUmphrey, Matthew 230\\nUmphrey, Samuel 345\\nUren, T. B 243\\nUtley, John 361\\nV\\nVail, A. E 279\\nVan Buren, Martin 47\\nVan Camp 280\\nViets, F. S 382\\nVincent, G. C, M. D., 436\\nVliet, Nathan 233\\nw\\nWalker James 291\\nWalker, John 288\\nWalker, Thomas 220\\nWalker, Wm 270\\nWallace, Wm. P 291\\nWalther, F. L 315\\nWard, T. L 420\\nWarner, D. J 231\\nWarner, Spencer H 233\\nWaterman, J. T 293\\nWatson, Dr. James A 193\\nWebb, W. P..., 220\\nWelch, John H 204\\nWelch, S. J 264\\nWelch, Thomas 195\\nWest, Alfred A., M. D., 270\\nWest, D. A., M. D.., 421\\nWest, Samuel J 242\\nWest, Stephen H 234\\nWest, Wakefield 323\\nWestmore, Oscar 394\\nWeston, Alex .335\\nWeston, Geo. W 184\\nWethy, O. J 216\\nWever, Dr Geo 329\\nWhitaker, Charles 184\\nUO.\\nWhitehouse, Geo 413\\nWickware, Albert 424\\nWil lard Geo A 288\\nWilliams, Alfred 389\\nWillits, A. W 184\\nWilson, Andrew .429\\nWilson, Ira P 427\\nWilson, H. W 217\\nWilson, Wm. T 352\\nWilson, James F 429\\nWilton, P. A 400\\nWinterstein, W 248\\nWisner, Moses 141\\nWixson, John J 271\\nWixson, Joshua 302\\nWixson, Phillip L 351\\nWolfel, N icholas 187\\nWoodard, Marshal 275\\nWoodbridge, Wm ioq\\nWooley, Hiram C 259\\nWright, Austin 367\\nWright, James 43^\\nWright, Wm 437\\nYates, Oliver 362 Q\\nZavitz, John N\\nc^:\\n\u00e2\u0082\u00acEwi.-m.^^^m (m\\nY^^Q^^ ^vC)\\n(V\\nI\\nAdams, John 22\\nAdams, John Quincy 38\\nArthur, Chester A 98\\nBagley, John J 156\\nBaldwin, Henry P 152\\nBarry, John S 112\\nBegole, Josiah W 168\\nBingham, Kinsley S 136\\nBlair, Austin 144\\nBuchanan, James 74\\nClark, Arthur M 340\\nCarson, Arthur 198\\nCrapo, Henry H 148\\nCroswell, Charles M 160\\nDawson, William 312\\nDoan, Demster co8\\nFelch, Alpheus 116\\nFillmore, Millard 66\\nFitch, Robert W 240\\nC.aige, J. M 283\\nGaige.Mrs. J. W 282\\nGarfield, James A 94\\nGrant, Ulysses S 86\\nGreenly, William L 120\\nHarrison, Wm- H 50\\nHayes, Rutherford B 9Q\\nHayward, Hiram 358\\nJackson, Andrew 42\\nJefferson, Thos 26\\nJerome, David H 164\\nJohnson, Andrew 82\\nLincoln, Abraham 78\\nMadison James 30\\nMason, Stevens T 104\\nMcClelland, Robert 128\\nMcKenzie, Hugh 254\\nMills, Wildman 178\\nMinard, James 226\\nMonroe, James 34\\nMoss, Truman 298\\nO Keefe, A. W 384\\nParsons, Andrew 132\\nPierce, Franklin 70\\nPolk, James K 58\\nRansom, Epaphroditus 124\\nRead, Lotan C, M. D 268\\nSmith, F. T 326\\nSouthworth, John 410\\nTaylor, Zachary 62\\nTyler, John 54\\nVanBuren, Martin 46\\nWashington, George xS\\nWisner, Moses 140\\nWoodbridge, William 108\\nWS^\\n-I^^C^ys,^", "height": "2866", "width": "2206", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph09chic_0541.jp2"}, "542": {"fulltext": "INDEX.\\nINTRODUCTORY 445\\nValue of Local History 445\\nINDIAN HISTORY 447\\nOrigin of the name Chip-\\npewa 447\\nOrigin of the name Hu-\\nron 448\\nSauks, Pottawatomies, etc. 448\\nEarly Catholic Missions 449\\n449\\n45\u00c2\u00b0\\nThe Great Spirit\\nIndian Customs\\nWhat Civilization\\nDone for Them\\nHas\\n45\\n452\\n452\\n453\\nPIONEERS\\nFirst Settlers\\nFirst Things\\nFrontier Life and Events 453\\nPOLITICAL 459\\nFirst County Officers 459\\nFirst Board of Super-\\nvisors 460\\nPolitical Parties 460\\nPopulation and Vote 461\\nValuation of Property 461\\nCounty Officers to Date 461\\nRemoval of the County\\nSeat 462\\nMILITARY 465\\nFirst Company from San-\\nilac 466\\nIts History through the\\nWnr 466\\nOther Companies 468\\nThe Draft, etc. 469\\nThe Polander Excitement 469\\nMATERIAL INTERESTS 470\\nLumbering 470\\nLand Speculators 470\\nPhysical Features 471\\nHuron Peninsula 472\\nSoil 473\\nClimate 473\\nCrops 474\\nFruit 475\\nSalt 477\\nCounty Agricultural Society 47 6\\nTOWNSHIPS 478\\nArgyle 501\\nAustin 487\\nBridgehampton 503\\nBuel 490\\nCuster 502\\nDelaware 496\\nElk 491\\nElmer 493\\nEvergreen 499\\nFlynn 491\\nForester 495\\nFremont 488\\nGreenleaf 498\\nLamotie 500\\nLexington 478\\nMaple Valley 490\\nMarion 504\\nMarlette 493\\nMinden 497\\nMoore 501\\nSanilac 484\\nSpeaker 489\\nWashington 492\\nWatertown 492\\nWheatland 504\\nWorth 484\\nVILLAGES\\nAmadore 484\\nAnderson Station 492\\nArgyle Village 502\\nCarsonville 503\\nCroswell 481\\nCumber 488\\nDownington 504\\nForester Village 496\\nForestville 497\\nLexington Village 478\\nMarlette Village 494\\nMelvin 489\\nMinden City 497\\nPeck 491\\nRichmondville 496\\nSandusky 502\\nTyre 487\\n5\u00c2\u00b05\\n507\\n508\\n5\u00c2\u00b08\\n512\\n513\\n512\\n513\\nEDUCATIONAL\\nAnecdotal\\nCHURCH HISTORY\\nCatholic\\nChristian\\nCongregational\\nEpiscopal\\nMethodist\\nTHE PRESS 515\\nCroswell Democrat 516\\nMarlette Leader 518\\nMinden Post 518\\nSanilac County Reporter 518\\nSanilac Jeffersonian 515\\nFOREST FIRES 519\\nThe Fire of 1871 519\\nForestville 519\\nWhite Rock 520\\nMarion Township 521\\nMinden Township 521\\nBuel, Elk and Lamotte 521\\nJ. W.Bartlett s Account 521\\nLexington 523\\nW. B. 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